We’re back from the break and MVP is in the ring in a suit. He insults the fans for a minute before saying he’s here because he’s transitioning from in-ring competitor to brainiac. He says it’s time for him to lead others to success. He says he needs a solid foundation to build a stable, and he wants to build it around a guy like Edge. He says he and Edge go way back but the guy lacks focus.
However with his leadership, he can get Edge back to the top of the mountain. He says he knows the fans can’t wait to see Edge but he’s not here for them. A black SUV pulls up backstage and out steps Edge in all black, wearing a beanie that he rips off and tosses. MVP is excited and says he and Edge are about to make a lot of money.
Edge’s music hits and out he comes to a huge pop. Edge stomps straight to the ring and snatches the microphone from MVP. He yells for Randy Orton and tells him to grow a set. He tells him to get out here right now. Edge slams the mic into MVP’s chest, and MVP says Edge isn’t focusing again, his mind is elsewhere. Then asks how is his wife. Edge turns and hits MVP with a Spear!
No sooner has he hit the Spear than out comes Randy Orton to attack Edge. Orton beats Edge around for a minute, then Edge shoves him away and hits an RKO! Edge looks incensed, then he goes from the ring and grabs a chair. Edge grabs a second chair but Orton rolls from the ring and runs up the ramp. MVP then attacks Edge again but Edge gets him in a standing triangle choke. Edge then hits MVP with an RKO onto a chair, before grabbing the other chair and hitting a Con-Chair-To. Edge stares at Orton, who slowly backs away on the ramp. The fans chant “one more time”, so Edge obliges and hits a second Con-Chair-To. They go back to the staredown and Orton turns to leave but Edge jumps out of the ring and chases after him.
*Commercial Break*
It’s announced that, next week, AJ Styles and The Undertaker will have a contract signing.
We see a video of Triple H receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from Arnold Schwarzanegger.
Edge is running around backstage, looking for Orton, when Charly Caruso stops him and tells him Randy left the arena. Edge looks pissed.
Aleister Black Vs. Seth Rollins W/Murphy
The match begins with a lock-up and Seth takes the wrist of Black. Aleister fights out and hits two arm-drags but Rollins comes with a kick to the gut, then looks for The Stomp but Black moves and swings for Black Mass but Seth ducks. Seth then runs at Black but gets tossed over the ropes. Black feigns a dive but springboards back and sits in the ring.
*Commercial Break*
Back live and the former Black is in control of the current Black. Rollins hits a slingblade for a two-count, then applies a sleeper. Black gets to his feet and fires Rollins off, but Seth slams him face-first into the buckles.
Seth leaves the ring and drags Black under the bottom rope so that he’s draped on the apron, then hits a running knee. Back in the ring and Black dodges a springboard knee from Seth, and delivers some running forearms. Black drops Rollins with a few kicks, then kips-up and hits a springboard moonsault.
Murphy gets on the apron and Black punches him, but Seth rolls him up for a near-fall. Black hits a headkick and a snap German suplex but Murphy runs in and breaks the pinfall.
Winner Via Disqualification: Aleister Black
Seth and Murphy beat on Black after the match until AOP come out and join the fight. They hit Black with a neckbreaker/powerbomb, then out come The Viking Raiders and they brawl with AOP. The heels are in control until out come the RAW Tag Team Champions, The Street Profits. The Raiders and the Profits clear the ring. Ford gets on the microphone and says they should make this an eight-man tag team match, because they want the smoke.
*Commercial Break*
Seth Rollins, Murphy, Akam, & Rezar Vs. The Viking Raiders & The Street Profits
We’re back and the bell rings with Murphy and Montez Ford in the ring. They tie-up and Ford forces Murphy to the corner and they shove each other. Ford backflips away, then dropkicks Murphy and tags Dawkins, who comes in with a dropkick for a one-count.
Ivar tags in with Akam and they exchange shots, with the Viking drop the militant with a boot. Erik tags in and he delivers a huge knee to Akam, then tags Ivar right back in. Akam knees Ivar and tags Seth Rollins. Seth looks to whip Ivar but the big man won’t budge, so Seth forearms him and tags Murphy.
Murphy and Rollins team to whip Ivar but he bounces back out with a shoulder tackle to Murphy and tags Erik. Ivar is bodyslammed onto Murphy, who then hits a jawbreaker to Erik and stumbles to tag Rezar.
Ford tags in and he comically chops the chest of Rezar over and over to no effect. Ford ducks a lariat and hits a dropkick. Ford then climbs to the top rope and hits a crossbody but Rezar catches him and hits a fallway slam. Akam tagged back in and he batters Ford with forearms.
Murphy tags in and he takes Ford down with a sleeper. Ford fights to his feet but Murphy drops him. Murphy puts Ford in his corner but Montez kicks him back and elbows Seth and the authors before diving over Murphy and tagging Erik. The Viking comes in against Murphy and drops him with lariats and a overhead suplex.
Rezar runs in but Erik punches him and kicks him from the ring before hitting a suicide dive but Rezar doesn’t budge. They share a staredown but Murphy comes off the apron with a meteora to Erik.
*Commercial Break*
Back from the break and Erik it knocked from the ring, where Seth throws him into the barricade, and a second time. Rollins looks to do it a third time but Erik turns the tables.
Both men are back in the ring and Erik tries to make a tag but Murphy and Akam run in to knock his teammates from the apron. Rezar tags in and he clocks Erik with a knee to the face for a near-fall. Akam tags in and he takes a headlock on Erik near his corner.
Erik fights to his feet but gets forced back and Seth tags in agaIn. Rollins and Akam gang Erik in the corner and Seth chokes him with his boot. Seth takes a front facelock but Erik fights up, only for Seth to hit him and knock Ivar from the apron. Erik connects with a knee to the face of Seth and finally makes a tag to Montez Ford.
Ford comes in against Murphy with a springboard crossbody. Ford knocks both authors from the apron with dropkicks, then hits Murphy with a DDT right out of The Rock’s book, followed by a standing moonsault.
*Commercial Break*
Rollins drops Ford with a flying forearm and whips him to the corner. Ford starts to make a comeback but Seth stops him dead in his tracks and goes right back to the rear chinlock. Murphy tags in and hits a belly-to-back suplex to Ford. He allows Ford to get to his feet though, and gets hit with a superkick.
Ivar and Rollins tag in and Ivar hits a shoulder tackle. Akam runs in and he gets hit with a lariat and a crossbody. Rezar runs in but he gets hit with a seated senton. Erik tags in and they attempt a springboard clothesline/German suplex but Rezar attacks Ivar on the ropes.
Meanwhile Seth hits a Falcon Arrow to Erik. Everyone runs in and hits some of their signature moves. Rollins attempts a Stomp on Erik but gets hit with a spinebuster. Montez Ford gets tagged and he hits a frog splash but Murphy breaks it up.
Dawkins tosses Murphy over the ropes, then the Vikings hit suicide dives to AOP and Murphy. Seth comes out of nowhere with a springboard knee to Dawkins. Ford knocks Rollins to the outside, then hits a tope onto everyone at ringside…except Seth. Ford slides into the ring and gets Stomped.
Winners: Seth Rollins, Murphy, Akam & Rezar
As Rollins is celebrating his win, Kevin Owens appears and drags him from the ring. Owens beats on Seth until AOP toss him in the ring. Owens hits Akam with a Stunner, then tosses Rezar over the ropes. Murphy runs in but he gets hit with a Stunner as well, but Seth then kills the fun with a Stomp to KO. Rollins hits a second Stomp. Murphy is about to get into the ring but Rollins stops him, saying this is his moment. Rollins then lifts KO for a third Stomp.
And that’s this week’s RAW. Let us know what you thought. Come back tomorrow for more wrestling news, and I’ll see you on Wednesday for AEW Dynamite results. Until then, safe travels.
