Rezar and Akam of the Author’s of Pain are sitting down for another interview. They say that last week they said the would expose the WWE locker room as soft, so tonight they will. Both of them stand up and walk out of the room. They walk down a hallway and start pounding Heath Slater and someone else. The camera cuts to them sitting down again and they say nobody is willing to face them.
Rey Mysterio makes his way to the ring for the Fatal 5-Way match, which takes place after the break.
*Commercial Break*
Fatal 5-Way Elimination Match
Rey Mysterio Vs. Ricochet Vs. AJ Styles Vs. Robert Roode Vs. sHINSUKE nAKAMURA
The match begins and Roode stays outside the ring. Ricochet and Mysterio clear Styles and Nakamura from the ring. Rey tries to roll-up Ricochet but doesn’t get the pinfall. Roode then comes into the ring and they knock him down. Rey is knocked to the apron by Ricochet but then he hits a springboard moonsault to Styles. Ricochet hits Nakamura with a suicide dive.
*Commercial Break*
Nakamura gets knocked from the ring by an enziguiri from Ricochet as we return. Ricochet dives over the ropes after tossing Styles out but nobody’s home. Inside the ring, Roode shoves Rey into the ropes and delivers a knee to the gut before sliding Rey out of the ring and onto Ricochet on the floor!
Styles tosses Ricochet into the ring and he and Roode double-team him in the corner. Roode turns on AJ but Styles drops him with a Pele Kick, then Ricochet knocks the US Champ from the ring. Nakamura attacks Ricochet, hitting a running knee, followed by a front suplex. Nakamura hits a running knee to the gut but Ricochet comes back with an enziguiri. Mysterio hits a senton from the top rope and Nakmaura rolls to the outside.
Mysterio and Ricochet are the only two in the ring. Rey looks for a tilt-a-whirl but Ricochet reverses into a suplex for a two count. Styles runs back in and kicks Ricochet, before landing a splash in the corner. Ricochet hits a rolling dropkick and AJ rolls out. Roode comes in and Ricochet hits him with a jawbreaker, followed by a kick against the turnbuckles and a springboard clothesline. Ricochet hits Roode with the Recoil but then Nakamura runs in and hits Kinshasha for the first pinfall!
Ricochet Eliminated
*Commercial Break*
Back live and Rey is on the top rope but Shinsuke kicks him. Nakamura climbs up but AJ comes in and grabs him, then Roode does the same and we get a tower of doom. Roode tries to pin all three men to no avail. Roode tosses AJ from the ring, then whips him to the corner. Nakamura kicks Roode in the back, then hits a leaping knee from the middle rope but Robert kicks out!
Styles comes in and connects with some big strikes to Nakamura but misses one and Nakmaura makes him pay with a kick and a sliding knee. Nakamura follows-up with an attempted Kinshasha but ends up knocking AJ from the ring. Mysterio comes in with a springboard crossbody to Nakamira, followed by the 619. Styles prevents Mysterio from doing the senton by dropping him on the apron. Styles then hits Nakamura with the Phenomenal Forearm for the pinfall.
Shinsuke Nakamura Eliminated
As soon as AJ scores the pinfall over Nakamura, Roode lifts AJ and hits the Glorious DDT for the 123!
AJ Styles Eliminated
We’re down to Robert Roode and Rey Mysterio. Roode drags Rey into the ring and readies for a Glorious DDT but Mysterio reverses into a roll-up for two. Rey then hits Roode with a hurricanrana onto the ropes. He runs for the 619 but gets caught with a 619 for a near-fall!
Mysterio looks for a seated senton but Roode reverses. Roode looks for the Glorious DDT but gets knocked onto the middle rope. Mysterio hits the 619, followed by a springboard splash for the win!
Winner: Rey Mysterio
Rey has won the opportunity to face Seth Rollins next week for the Universal Championship next week on Raw.
Seth is shown backstage and Charly Caruso asks him for his reaction to Rey winning the Fatal 5-Way match. Rollins says congrats to Rey Mysterio and he can’t wait for that dream match. But win, lose, or draw against Rey, he’ll have to face Bray Wyatt inside Hell In A Cell. He says he isn’t looking past Rey, or past Braun tonight, but he isn’t thrilled. Regardless, he’s going to do what a Champ does: prevail, and burn it down.
*Commercial Break*
Seth Rollins Vs. Braun Strowman
The match begins and Seth kicks Braun’s leg, then does it again. Braun catches the third kick and flips Seth head over heels then drops him with a clothesline. Braun delivers a big shoulder tackle, then another. Rollins ducks a clothesline from Braun and attempts a tilt-a-whirl sleeper but gets immediately tossed off and rolls from the ring.
*Commercial Break*
We’re back and Braun has Seth in a bear hug. Rollins fights out and looks for a Pedigree but Rollins flips him off. Braun runs around the ring to tackle Rollins but he jumps into the crowd to avoid it. Seth tries to jump at Braun but gets grabbed and thrown on the floor.
Braun puts Seth back in the ring and tries to tackle him but hits the ring post. Rollins drags Braun under the bottom rope and slams his leg against the ring post. Seth then hits Braun with a blockbuster, followed by two frog splashes for a near-fall.
Rollins tunes-up the band for The Stomp but Braun lifts him up. Seth drops down and shoves Braun over the ropes and to the outside. Rollins hits a suicide dive, then a second one, and looks for the third but Braun catches him and hits a chokeslam on the apron. Strowman runs around the ring and delivers a big shoulder tackle, then another, and a Running Powerslam on the floor!
Strowman brings Seth into the ring and puts him on his shoulder and readies for the Running Powerslam but the lights go start to dim and the music starts playing. The Fiend takes Braun Strowman down and out!
No Contest
Rollins crawls into the corner and wants nothing to do with The Fiend. Rollins makes some noises like he’s petrified. Strowman starts to get up but Bray takes him down with the Mandible Claw again. Bray laughs manically as he chokes Braun out. The Fiend then stares at Seth until the lights go out and the show ends.
And that’s the end of Raw! Let us know what you thought and be sure to come back tomorrow night for SmackDown Live results.
