Monday Night Raw opens with a video of Roman Reigns talking about how he’s the uncrowned WWE Universal Champion. Reigns says people may have lost faith in him, but he never has. Bobby Lashley begs to differ. They will fight at Extreme Rules to determine who is the best.
Roman Reigns is shownn walking backstage when Bobby Lashley walks into the frame to block him – completely hiding Roman from the camera with his giant back. Lashley asks where he’s going. Reigns says he’s going out to his ring, so Lashley better get out of his way. Lashley suggests he call him out because he won’t be coming to talk. You can hear the fans loudly chant for Bobby. Lashley says he’ll tear Reigns apart. Lashley then smiles and lets Reigns pass by.
Roman Reigns makes his way to the ring. Roman says in his entire time in WWE, he’s never heard anyone ask him to call them out. So much like the fans, he’s curious what Bobby can do. So Reigns calls Lashley out and the big man answers the call.
Bobby Lashley makes his entrance and he looks ready for business. Lashley slowly climbs the ring steps and stares at Reigns from the apron. Reigns stares a hole through him. Lashley gets in the ring, and RAW General Manager Kurt Angle comes out to the stage with Constable Corbin. Angle says it’s not going to happen tonight and suggests they save it for Sunday. Reigns and Lashley then start trading punches. The RAW locker room runs out to separate them. They eventually pull away from them and trade blows before being pulled apart again. The fans in Boston are really into this and it’s making it far more interesting.
Lashley breaks out a second time and splashes Reigns in the corner before punching him down. Lashley then kicks Reigns out of the ring. Bobby goes outside and breaks free from the pack to punch Reigns again. Finally he’s pulled to the ramp. Lashley once again breaks free and floors Roman with a big clothesline. Lashley stands over Reigns and continues to beat on him. Lashley gets Roman in the ring, but he’s pulled back by a plethora of Superstars. Reigns then gets to his feet and gets a head of steam before wiping out the entire RAW roster and Lashley with a diving plancha! Reigns then backs up the ramp as his music plays. All of a sudden, Reigns sidesteps the superstars that were talking to him at the top of the ramp, and runs down the ramp to jump on Lashley once again. Reigns finally goes up the ramp and walks off. Bobby angrily paces at ringside. Wow, that’s an example of how to make a feud interesting with one final push.
Alexa Bliss and Mickie James are backstage watching the brawl on the monitor. Bliss says that was intense, but that is nothing compared to the pain and destruction they’re about to bring on Natalya and Nia Jax. This match is next.
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Replays are shown of the wild brawl between Roman Reigns and Bobby Lashley, including the dive by Reigns over the top rope onto the RAW roster.
Alexa Bliss and Mickie James make their entrance, followed by Nia and Natalya.
Alexa Bliss & Mickie James vs. Nia Jax & Natalya
Alexa Bliss starts the match against Nia Jax….but immediately tags in Mickie James. They lock up, and Jax throws her down. Jax powers James into the corner, and Natalya tags in. They hit the Hart Attack. Natalya goes for the Sharpshooter, but James gets out and tags in Bliss. Natalya quickly clotheslines Bliss down and goes for a Sharpshooter, but Bliss gets out of the ring to regroup.
Natalya hits Bliss with a baseball slide and sends her into the barricade before clotheslining James at ringside. Natalya gets Bliss in the ring, but Bliss rolls out the other side as we head to the break.
*Commercial Break*
We come back from the break to see James working over Natalya. James kicks away at her in the corner and tags in Bliss. James whips Alexa into Nattie, but Bliss puts the brakes on and slaps Natalya in the face. Bliss chokes her with her boot before catching her with a snapmare and applying a chin lock. While the chin lock is going on, they do a 30-second commercial for Extreme Rules. Natalya climbs to her feet and hits a snapmare, but Bliss quickly clotheslines her down and covers for a two count. Bliss punches away at her and picks up another two count. Alexa puts her in her corner and tags James back in. James whips Bliss into Natalya, but Nattie counters with a back elbow. Natalya then takes James down.
Jax is tagged in, and she shoulder blocks James down before knocking Bliss off the apron. Jax avalanches James before throwing her down and hitting a second avalanche. James comes back with two kicks to the face, but Jax headbutts her. Jax lifts Mickie with a military press and throws her down on her face. Jax then drops a leg for the win.
Winners: Nia Jax & Natalya
As soon as the bell rings, Bliss immediately cracks Jax in the back with a Kendo stick. Bliss kicks Natalya and hits her in the back with the Kendo stick. Bliss then hits Jax on the back a few times with the stick before Jax blocks it and swings for Alexa but she rolls from the ring. Bliss immediately runs away with James up the ramp. Jax breaks the Kendo stick over her leg and chases them up the ramp.
Matt Hardy will take on Bo Dallas later tonight. Coming up next, we’ll take a look at Kevin Owens’ attack at the hands of Braun Strowman!
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We return to Monday Night Raw and see replays of Alexa beating Nia with the Kendo stick. We see Nia backstage and Charly Caruso stops her for a word. She rhymes off Alexa’s misgivings against Nia but Jax stops her and says Bliss can’t break her, but she can break her. She says she will break her like she broke that Kendo stick. She says she will pay her back, inch by crushing inch, and take back her Raw Women’s Championship.
We see footage from last Monday when Kevin Owens asked Kurt Angle to do something about Braun Strowman, who has been terrorising him for a month, then their match that night, which resulted in Braun knocking KO off the stage inside a porta-potty. We see Kurt Angle on the phone backstage when Kevin Owens walks in. Angle asks what he’s doing here and Owens says he’s here to work because he’s a professional. Owens says he knows Angle has a vendetta against him, and lets Braun run riot on him, but he has connections. He hands Angle a doctors note that says he isn’t cleared to compete tonight, so he will be spending the rest of tonight where Braun can’t find him…here in Angle’s office.
Mojo Rawley makes his way to the ring to no reaction whatsoever. He will be having a match, take that with a grain of salt, against No Way Jose after the break
*Commercial Break*.
No Way Jose Vs. Mojo Rawley
The bell rings, and Rawley powers Jose into the ropes. Jose punches back at him, but Rawley no sells it. Rawley charges, but Jose contains him with a front facelock. Rawley counters out with a flapjack. Rawley sends him into the ropes and floors him with a shoulder tackle for a two count. Rawley covers again for a one count.
Rawley connects with some stiff forearms to Jose. No Way manages to elbow him back, but Rawley shuts it down with a shoulder thrust. Rawley connects with a gutwrench suplex for a two count. Mojo applies a chin lock before slamming his head off the mat. Rawley then goes to a head and arm lock. Jose escapes the hold and tosses Rawley out of the ring.
Incensed, Rawley jumps up onto the apron and over the top rope. Mojo attacks Jose in the ring, and takes him down for a two count. Rawley goes back to the head and arm choke. Jose gets up and elbows him before kneeing him in the face. Jose forearms and knees away at him before connecting with a clothesline for a two count. Jose goes for the ten punches in the corner, but Mojo counters with an Alabama Slam for the win.
Winner: Mojo Rawley
We get another therapy session between Sasha Banks and Bayley, but it’s a female therapist this time. Bayley says she and Sasha were friends from back in NXT and she would do anything for Sasha, but Banks has stabbed her in the back time and again. She’s tired of giving her chances because Sasha Banks only cares about Sasha Banks.
We see Seth Rollins walking backstage. He walks into Jinder Mahal and Sunil Singh. Jinder tells him that he should not burn it down because life is beautiful and should be treated as such. Rollins pretends to agree with Jinder and asks for help, so Jinder starts his weird breathing exercise and Rollins backs-up like Homer Simpson into the the hedge. Rollins will be live next!
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