We come back from the break to see Rollins hit a Sling Blade. Rollins boots him back and hits a blockbuster for a two count. McIntyre puts him on the apron, but Rollins comes back with an enzuigiri. Rollins springboards off the top rope and hits a clothesline for a near fall. GM Baron Corbin is shown watching the match backstage. Rollins tries for a turnbuckle powerbomb, but McIntyre counters out. Rollins lands on his feet, but McIntyre lifts him. Rollins counters an inverted Alabama Slam into a roll-up for a two count.
Rollins looks for the Stomp but McIntyre avoids it and responds with chops. Rollins counters a short-arm clothesline into a falcon arrow for a near fall. Rollins goes to the top rope, but McIntyre crotches him up there. McIntyre chops the chest and climbs to the second rope. Seth slides off and hits a bucklebomb! Rollins follows up with a superkick and signals for the Stomp. Dolph Ziggler’s music hits, and he runs down to the ring. Ziggler gets out before making contact with Rollins. McIntyre follows up with a Claymore Kick for the win!
Winner: Drew McIntyre
Ziggler and McIntyre double-team Rollins until Roman Reigns runs down for the save. Braun Strowman’s music hits, and Ziggler and McIntyre overtake Reigns. Dean Ambrose then runs down with an axe handle and attacks Strowman, McIntyre, and Ziggler. Strowman soon runs him over with a shoulder block and gets him in the ring. Rollins attacks Strowman from behind, but he’s quickly taken out with a superkick from Ziggler. Ambrose tries to fight back, but he’s triple-teamed down. Ziggler and McIntyre hit Ambrose with a Zig-Zag/Claymore Kick combo. They then send Reigns into Strowman for a Running Powerslam. Strowman, Ziggler, and McIntyre stand over The Shield while their music plays. They then do The Shield’s fist bump pose.
Elias is tuning his guitar backstage when Kevin Owens walks up to him. They make fun of a random guy backstage and Elias throw nuts in his face. Owens will face Bobby Lashley next!
*Commercial Break*
We’re back in Seattle and Elias is seated on a stool next to Kevin Owens in the ring. Elias greets the crowd and plays a riff while Owens listens on nodding his head. Elias has one question for everyone: Who wants to walk with Elias? Owens raises his hand. Elias says only one man will walk with him tonight: Kevin Owens. Owens says he’ll gladly walk with Elias in Australia when they face Bobby Lashley and John Cena on Saturday. They’re both a couple of great guys. What doesn’t make sense is John Cena teaming with Bobby Lashley. Elias says it makes about as much sense as a basketball team in Seattle. Huge boos from the crowd, shockingly so. Renee Young makes a great joke about Detlef Schrempf. They just sit there admiring the noise, which is so much more than a normal cheap pop. Elias says Oklahoma City is a place he gets. A team here in Seattle just doesn’t make sense. Owens says he’s clearly upset the crowd, but sports aren’t his thing. Something else that isn’t his thing is John Cena. Owens is being booed to high heaven.
Owens says John Cena is living up to his catchphrase since they haven’t seen him in some time. Elias says the last time he saw Cena was at WrestleMania when he ruined his first WrestleMania concert. Owens says Cena ruins everything, just like Seattle fans. The boos just keep going so loud. They turn the lights on so you can see the crowd going nuts. Elias and Owens keep trying to go on with their promo, but the boos are drowning them out. Owens says Cena’s ego is as large as the people of Seattle’s egos. Elias says Cena needs to be in the ring with men like them, the same way he needs Seattle to shut their mouths. It keeps Cena alive and relevant. Owens says Cena needs to beat the best, and they’re the best that Monday Night RAW has to offer.
Lio Rush comes out to no reaction.. Rush says John Cena is a legend. They’re right to recognise the importance of the match on Saturday. Rush warns Owens not to overlook the match tonight. If he does, he’ll look as foolish as Rush has made him look the past two weeks. Rush then introduces Bobby Lashley and they walk to the ring. Lashley faces Owens, next!
*Commercial Break*
Bobby Lashley W/Lio Rush Vs. Kevin Owens W/Elias
The match kicks-off and Lashley immediately takes control by taking Owens’ back and slamming him down. Owens hysterically grabs the ropes and makes the referee separate them. Owens then takes him down with a headlock and keeps him there.
Rush offers Lashley some advice from ringside, so Bobby gets to his feet, ducks Owens running at him, then hits a shoulder tackle and KO rolls from the ring. Owens regroups with Elias, then gets back inside, where Bobby immediately slams his head into all four turnbuckles. He punches Owens against the ropes until he falls to a knee. Owens punches him, then runs but is caught with a powerslam. Lashley lifts Owens onto his shoulders but KO slides off. Lashley runs at KO in the corner but nobody’s home and he crashes and burns. Owens then uses that to throws Lashley shoulder-first into the opposite ring post. Owens has gained some control ahead of the break.
*Commercial Break*
We come back from the break to see Owens send Lashley into the ring steps before getting him in the ring for a senton splash and a near fall. Owens then applies a wristlockto ground the big man. Lashley tries to fight up, but Owens takes him back down. I have to say I really loathe that every single match has the same formula, it makes Raw so tedious to watch.
Lashley fights up but Owens connects with a right hand. Owens hits the ropes, but Lashley leapfrogs him before hitting a lariat. Owens sidesteps him, but Lashley turns him inside out with another clothesline. Owens quickly boots him back, but Lashley quickly comes back with a reverse STO. Lashley hits some running attacks in the corner before trying for a suplex but can’t get him up. Owens kicks him and hits the ropes, but Lashley takes him out with a big spinebuster.
On the outside, Lio Rush avoids an attack by Elias. He ducks and weaves but Elias finally grabs him and applies a full nelson. Lashley is distracted by this, so Owens rolls him up for the win!
Winner: Kevin Owens
Lashley attacks both men, but he’s soon overwhelmed. Rush comes off the top rope, but Elias swats him out of mid-air and he rolls from the ring. Owens then hits Lashley with a Pop-up Powerbomb.
*Commercial Break*
Bayley makes her entrance, accompanied by her Mixed Match Challenger partner, Finn Balor. They dance and do Bayley’s entrance together and Finn really looks like a fool.
Bayley W/Finn Balor Vs. Alicia Fox W/Jinder Mahal & Sunil Singh
Bayley takes the fight to Alicia quickly in the corner but Foxy throws her off and hits her with a nice spinning facebuster for a one count. Fox applies a chinlock, but Bayley quicky elbows her way out. Bayley comes back with a forearm to the face and a back elbow off the second rope for a two count. Fox takes her down and hits a northern lights suplex for a two count. Still the best bridge in the business, as Booker T always liked to remind us!
Fox then applies the chinlock again. Bayley fights back and takes her down. Bayley hits a pair of clotheslines and snaps her off the second rope. Fox comes back with a roll-up, but winds up rolling through for a dropkick. Bayley fights back and hits the ropes, but Jinder Mahal grabs the leg. So she responds by kicking him through the ropes, followed by Finn Balor taking him out with a Sling Blade on the floor. Bayley then hits Fox with a Bayley-To-Belly for the win.
Winner: Bayley
Finn and Bayley celebrate together after the fact.
Shawn Michaels will be live next, and that’s our main event!
*Commercial Break*
The Heartbreak Kid, Mr. WrestleMania, The Showstopper, Shawn Michaels makes his way to the ring!
To the surprise of no-one, HBK is over like nobody’s business in Seattle! They chant his name and he says they make it feel good to come home. He reiterates “last time ever”, and says you have to imagine how intense it is when you go into a match like this knowing it’s the last time it can ever happen. He says you run the gamut of emotions. And here we are, it happens this Saturday in Australia, Triple H and The Undertaker.
Michaels says the first thing he did when he heard about this match, was pull out his dusty wallet – because he’s notoriously cheap – and book a flight to Melbourne because he wanted to be a fan and watch it live. He says that was then, but things have gotten personal. He talked to The Undertaker, who asked him who would win. He says he has the upmost respect for The Undertaker but he swears to God he would pick his friend over anyone, any day of the week. And for some reason, that upset The Undertaker. He says Undertaker has Kane in his corner, and Triple H will have his brother in his. Michaels says if Kane or anyone else tries to get into the ring, he will put them down with some Sweet Chin Music.
Just then, Kane’s music hits and HBK waits for him. Kane is behind Michaels! The music stops and HBK turns around, only to be clocked with a right hand. Then the bell tolls! The lights go out, come back, and The Undertaker is beside Kane! The fans are losing their minds! Undertaker and Kane stalk HBK, standing over him, and Shawn looks up at the Deadman to see him slit his throat. Side note, Michaels has shaved his head! Undertaker lifts Michaels for a Tombstone but then Triple H’s music hits!
Triple H runs down to the ring and brawls with Kane and Undertaker. HBK get involved again but Kane and Undertaker grab them and hit double Chokeslams! The noise is deafening as The Brothers of Destruction stand over DX! Kane and Undertaker turn to leave but notice that Triple H is getting up, so Undertaker goes back in and hits a Tombstone!
Underaker and Kane leave the ring to the Deadman’s music. That’s it for tonight’s Raw! WOW! Let us know what you thought of that ending. And we’ll see you back here tomorrow! Until then, safe travels.
