We return from the break and Roman is halfway to the ring, showing absolutely no signs of hurting from his two previous beatdowns tonight. Lashley is out second.
Roman Reigns & Bobby Lashley Vs. The Revival
The bell rings and Dawson and Reigns start things off. Roman with a headlock on Dawson but Scott gets out of it. He goes after Roman’s injured ribs following their attack on him earlier. Roman with a right hand as Dawson goes to the outside.
Lashley is asking Roman to tag him in but Reigns keeps saying no. Scott back in the ring as Roman is distracted by Dash. Scott attacks Roman who tags Dash in. They start double teaming Roman. Dash tags Scott in and he keeps attacking Roman’s ribs. Roman tries to fight back but a clothesline as Wilder is tagged in. He goes for the cover but the big dog kicks out. Lashley is getting frustrated on the apron.
Dawson is tagged back in and goes right for the ribs. Roman starts to fights back with right hands. Reigns sends Scott chest first into the turnbuckle. Dash is tagged in and starts beating on both men. Lashley gets in the ring and a spine buster on Scott and he throws Dash to the outside. Lashley cleans house and asks Roman to tag him in. Reigns still refusing. Reigns goes for the spear but The Revival double team Roman as the referee rings the bell.
Winners VIA DISQUALIFICATION: Roman Reigns & bobby lashley
Bobby Lashley walks away from the ring. Back in the ring, Roman is still getting double teamed as Dash hits a frog splash on him. Nothing about Reigns is a babyface.
Backstage, Owens is with Kurt Angle. KO tells Kurt to cancel the match tonight, saying he has tickets to another Shania Twain concert. Angle says no, the match is staying on. Angle tells him there is no way he is getting out of this match. Owens storms off.
*Commercial Break*
We return and see half a dozen replays of what happened before the break. Kurt Angle is backstage on his phone, in walks Roman. Reigns says he wants the match at Extreme Rules, and Angle says fine, they have it. Roman nods and says he will lay Lashley out. I don’t see how Reigns can act like Bobby left him high and dry but hey, that’s the non-egomaniacal Big Dog.
No Way Jose is in the ring when we come back, and out comes Mojo Rawley again. Rawley grabs the microphone and says he sacrificed everything to have the opportunity to place his boots in his ring. And what does Jose do with his opportunity? He dances. And Rawley is supposed to give him a rematch because he dances? No way, Jose. He drops the mic and Jose goes to attack him but Mojo ducks him and hits him. He slides out of the ring and attacks members of the Conga line – tossing him over the steel steps like a rag doll. Then Rawley runs and hits him with a overly-hard pounce into the barricade. No Way Jose rolls to the outside and the two men brawl. Mojo gets the upper hand and slams No Way Jose onto the ring apron. Mojo talks some trash and leaves.
We see a lengthy video package of Alexa Bliss winning the Money In The Bank briefcase, then cashing in later than night against Nia Jax. It then shows Ronda Rousey’s attack on Alexa and subsequent suspension. We see Ronda backstage with Renee Young, having a sit-down interview. Rousey says she might be suspended but she won’t be come Extreme Rules.
We return to the arena and the Women’s Championship, Alexa Bliss comes to the ring with Mickie James.
*Commercial Break*
We return from the break and out comes Nia Jax. Jax says at Backlash when she squashed her like the insect that she is, she thought she was behind her forever. But she was wrong: one Money in the Bank cash in later, they are back where they started. But this needs to end. And at Extreme Rules with Ronda at ring side, it will end. Backstage she spoke to Kurt Angle and he told her that at Extreme Rules, their match will be an Extreme Rules match.
As for tonight, she tells Mickie she brought Alexa with her but Jax brought back up of her own. Natalya’s music comes out and both women walk down to the ring.
Mickie James W/ Alexa Bliss Vs. Nia Jax W/Natalya
The bell rings and Nia pushes Mickie down. Mickie gets up and tries to fight back but Jax with a head but takes her down. James back up but Jax pushes her into the corner. She throws James from one corner to the other. James rolls onto the ring apron and to the outside.
Jax follows her and James tries to slide back in but Jax catches her. She puts Mickie on her shoulders but Alexa grabs Mickie’s leg and pulls her off. All four ladies face off.
*Commercial Break*
Back from commercial and Mickie baseball slides Nia who is on the outside. James works on Jax’s knees. She slides back in the ring. Nia Jax gets back in the ring and Mickie keeps working on Nia’s knees. Nia tosses Mickie into the corner but Mickie kicks her off. Mickie James continues to kick Nia on her knees and drop kicks her onto her knees. James slams Nia’s leg on the bottom rope. Mickie gets Nia in a leg lock but Jax tries to get out of it and does. Jax with a leg scissors across Mickie’s waist. James catches the bottom rope to force the break.
Nia with a headbutt to James that floors her. And a clothesline. Nia building momentum. She throws Mickie into the corner but Mickie with a big boot onto Nia. Jax lifts Mickie up and a sit down power bomb. Alexa distracts the referee and Natalya takes out Alexa. Jax lifts James and lands the Samoan drop for the win.
Winner: Nia Jax
Backstage, Kevin Owens is with Jinder Mahal. Mahal instructs him to breathe, and KO tells him he is breathing in and out but it’s not working. They are interrupted by Charlie and she tells him he looks a little shaken up. Owens says he’s not shaken up, she just surprised him by sneaking up on him. He says he is glad he is facing Braun Strowman, he is thrilled. Why would he be shaken up? Because Braun likes to use him like his own personal crash test dummy? Owens says he has fought him before and now he knows his every move. He says he will get in the ring and show the world how you destroy a monster.
*Commercial Break*
Backstage, Renee Young is with Bobby Lashley. He says Roman called him an ego maniac but he was the one who told him to stay away from their match. As for Extreme Rules, he can’t wait for it.
Out comes Kevin Owens, followed by Braun Strowman, Mister Money In The Bank. Owens looks petrified.
Kevin Owens vs. Braun Strowman
The bell rings and right away Strowman pushes Kevin down as Owens rolls to the outside of the ring. Kevin starts running away to the back. The referee counts to 10 and Kevin Owens is counted out. Welp.
Winner: Braun Strowman
Bruan starts running to the back after him but KO is waiting backstage. He runs through the exit door and tries to get into his car but his car is locked. He hides in a porta-potty outside. Braun comes to the outside of the arena and starts yelling, asking where Kevin Owens is. He passes by the porta-potty and stops, like a horror movie. He smells something and looks at the portable toilet. He knocks on there and asks if anybody is in there while changing his voice – hilairous. Kevin Owens answers and says “yes, go away.”
Strowman uses duct tape and starts wrapping it around the toilet. Strowman reminds KO that he told him he would find him. He grabs the ropes attached to the toilet and drags it into the arena and back onto the stage. He takes a big run-up, like a bull, and hits the porta-potty off the stage onto the ground below. He hit the thing very hard. We see referees run up and open the door. Strowman is watching from the stage as Owens rolls out from the toilet, covered in the blue liquid they use to keep it from smelling. Braun walks back to the stage and poses to end the show.
That’s it for this week’s Raw. Let us know what you thought of the show and come back tomorrow night for SmackDown Live!
