We’re back live and Triple H is in the ring with Kevin Owens. There are a few NXT Superstars at ringside; Dominic Dijakovic, Damian Priest, and The Forgotten Sons.
Triple H says he’s always loved Boston; he trained with Killer Kowalski just down the road from the arena. Magic happens in this building and tonight is no different. He says he’s here for a similar reason he was for Seth Rollins. However he had a soft spot for Seth, Owens is a different breed. He says Owens turned on his best friend, then he had the guts to walk down the aisle of Raw with the NXT Championship and beat John Cena. Triple H says that Owens, more than anybody, put NXT on the map and legitimised it. But then he was taken. He didn’t want KO to leave and he imagines he didn’t want to leave either, but he was made leave. Made leave by people who didn’t realise until he got there, that they didn’t want him. He reminds Kevin that Kurt Angle fired him, Shane McMahon fired him, and he’s been told over and over he doesn’t fit the mould, doesn’t belong. But he knows where he belongs. He sees the real Kevin Owens; the guy with an in-ring IQ as good as anyone, a guy who is every bit as good as he thinks he is, a guy who doesn’t fit the mould and he loves that. Triple H points to the men on the ramp and say they’re not here to fight him, but isn’t it ironic that they came all this way for him. Yet nobody in the back, his teammates, and not one of them are out here to help. Triple H says they don’t give a damn about Owens but that’s only the half of it. The other half is that they know they wold get their asses handed to them and prove they aren’t the A-Brand anymore.
Buddy Murphy, Mojo Rawley, and more come running down to attack the NXT guys. Adam Cole and The Undisputed Era run in from behind and attack Owens. Triple H berates Adam Cole but the UE continue the attack anyway. The O.C. run down and scare Undisputed Era from the ring.
*Commercial Break*
Charly Caruso is backstage and she announces that, next week on Raw, AJ Styles will put his United States Championship on the line against Humberto Carrillo. He steps in and says he is honoured to have the opportunity.
Paul Heyman cuts a promo sitting in a chair and staring at the screen. He reminds us that Brock Lesnar beat the living hell out of Rey Mysterio and his son Dominic, then took the WWE Championship from Kofi Kingston five days later. After being attacked by Cain Velasquez, Brock Lesnar redeemed the biggest loss of his career and defeated him at Crown Jewel. Then Rey Mysterio, a sore loser, beat Brock Lesnar with a steel pipe. Heyman says that rumours say Brock Lesnar is injured but that’s not true. He says Brock is healthy and will be at Survivor Series. Not only that, but Brock Lesnar has requested the match be a no-disqualification match! Paul says that one of two things will happen at Survivor Series; Rey will pull off the biggest upset in history in what can only be called a miracle; or Brock will beat Rey so bad it will be considered torture and scrubbed from WWE history. So it will either be a miracle or a massacre.
Rey Mysterio joins Charly Caruso backstage and before he addresses Brock, he brings Humberto Carrillo over and tells him he’s incredibly proud of him and to continue on his journey. Rey turns back to Caruso and says Brock Lesnar made the mistake of his life by putting his hands on his son. Rey says he accepts the no disqualification stipulation because he’s already shown what he can do with his little friend, and Mysterio holds up the pipe he beat Brock with. Rey asks Brock if he thinks this stipulation benefits him, but he will hunt him down and make him pay. Mysterio says the old him would demand an apology but they both know that’s not Brock’s style, and that’s OK because this Sunday he isn’t coming for sorry, he’s coming for the WWE Championship. Rey dedicates the match to Dominic.
Asuka and Kairi Sane make their way to the ring. Asuka will be in action after the break.
*Commercial Break*
Asuka W/Kairi Sane Vs. Natalya
The bell rings and they lock-up. Asuka takes the wrist and forces her down, but Natalya fights up. Natalya kicks Asuka before applying a side headlock. Asuka fights up and they both hit shoulder blocks but neither falls. Asuka looks for a running hip attack but Nattie avoids it. Natalya counters a roll-up attempt.
Asuka connects with a spinning back fist for a near-fall. Asuka applies an armbar before transitioning to an octopus stretch. Natalya gets out and connects with a dropkick. Natalya punches away at the Empress and goes looks for an exploder suplex but Asuka fights it.
This time, Natalya hits a German suplex and follows-up with a discus clothesline for a near-fall. Asuka elbows Natalya off and leaves the ring. Kairi Sane distracts Natalya, which allows Asuka to hit a baseball slide. Natalya throws Asuka into the barricade and puts her in the ring. Asuka gets inside and simply kicks her in the face for the win.
Winner: Asuka
Our main event is up next, in which Randy Orton teams with a mystery partner to face The Viking Raiders for the Raw Tag Team Titles!
*Commercial Break*
Randy Orton comes to the ring, followed by The Viking Raiders. Randy’s mystery partner is out last and it’s none other than…
Raw Tag Team Championship Match
(C) The Viking Raiders Vs. Randy Orton & RICOCHET
The match gets underway and Erik uses his strength to dominate Ricochet, who in turns tries to use his speed to out-manoeuvre the big man.
No sooner has the mach started though, than the camera cuts backstage and we see a huge brawl between Raw and SmackDown Superstars.
*Commercial Break*
Back from the break and Orton has Erik in a headlock. The Viking fights out with a big forearm that drops Orton. Both men are down and tags are made to Ricochet and Ivar.
Ricochet springboards over Ivar, then flips over his back, but Ivar returns the favour. Ivar and Ricochet both flip around for a minute until Ivar hits a handspring back elbow. Orton makes the tag but Ivar knocks him from the apron, then throws Ricochet out. Ivar with a suicide dive onto both Orton and Ricochet, then tosses Orton inside and Ricochet into the barricade.
Ivar looks to get back into the ring but Orton grabs him and connects with the draping DDT. Orton readies for the RKO but out comes the SmackDown roster – to the SmackDown theme song – and they attack Randy!
Winners Via Disqualification: Randy Orton & Ricochet
The blue team beat on The Viking Raiders, Randy, and Ricochet around ringside but, somehow, the four Raw Superstars manage to get back in the ring. The NXT Superstars, Tomasso Ciampa, Keith Lee, Matt Riddle, Pete Dunne, and Lio Rush run down and lay waste to SmackDown. They then stare at the four Raw Superstars in the ring, but out comes Forgotten Sons, Undisputed Era, and more.
The NXT Stars invade the ring and the brawl breaks out with the Raw Superstars arriving as well to get involved. There’s men everywhere in and around the ring and up the ramp,with NXT getting the best of it.
The camera cuts backstage to Triple H, who says that this is just the beginning. He says at Survivor Series this will be finished and we will see that NXT is the A-brand. He invites Raw and SmackDown to NXT on Wednesday and says the doors will be left wide open. We see ringside again where everyone continues brawling as Raw comes to a close.
And that’s the end of Monday Night Raw. Let us know what you thought and come back tomorrow for more news and results. Until then, safe travels!
