It was WWE Raw following SummerSlam with Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins teaming up in the main event, plus a four-way match for an Intercontinental Title shot.
This week’s Raw was the follow-up to SummerSlam from the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The first hour of the show was commercial-free.
Cody Rhodes started the show talking about his win over Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam. Cody said he felt like he could beat anybody in the world, so Seth “Freakin” Rollins walked out with the World Title. The Judgment Day interrupted that leading to a brawl. Sami Zayn made the save.
A big six-man tag team match was made for the main event: Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins & Sami Zyan against The Judgment Day.
Match #1:Chad Gable defeated Tommaso Ciampa, Ricochet & Matt Riddle to earn an Intercontinental Championship match with Gunther. – Gable won with the Chaos Theory on Ciampa for the pinfall win. Gable was in his hometown, so the crowd was behind him a lot. Gable celebrated with his young son after the match.
In a backstage scene, Seth Rollins made it clear he didn’t want to team with Cody Rhodes. Sami Zayn reasoned with both guys saying they have all had issues with The Judgment Day, so they should work together to do it. Cody and Seth said they were cool with it.
LA Knight was on Raw doing a photoshoot, so The Miz walked up to it and he was mad about it.
Match #2: Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Bronson Reed with a Kinshasa.
Raquel Rodriguez was informed by a WWE trainer and Official Adam Pearce that she wasn’t cleared to return yet from her (storyline) knee injury.
Ludwig Kaiser mocked the Alpha Academy to Maxxine Dupri, so Otis showed up and challenged Kaiser to a match.
Becky Lynch did a promo talking about ending her rivalry with Trish Stratus next week on Raw. Zoey Stark interrupted talking about how great she is. Shayna Baszler interrupted, exchanged words with Stark and Lynch suggested a match between them.
Finn Balor and Damian Priest argued backstage after Balor was talking to his friend JD McDonagh Priest made it clear he was trying to help Balor win at SummerSlam. Rhea Ripley walked in saying they all tried to help Finn win, but it didn’t happen and they can move on from it while still running Raw. McDonagh said it seemed like Priest’s Money in the Bank briefcase was causing problems, so they should get rid of it. Priest was mad and Ripley said don’t worry about it because JD isn’t Judgment Day.
Match #3: Shayna Baszler beat Zoey Stark by pinfall. – Baszler won with a slam similar to the Piper’s Pit that Ronda Rousey used. Becky Lynch watched from ringside.
During a Shinsuke Nakamura interview, there was an attack off screen. It was JD McDonagh beating up Sami Zayn, who was selling a left arm injury.
Match #4:Ludwig Kaiser defeated Otis. GUNTHER ran into the ring and did a cheap shot kick on Otis when the referee wasn’t looking and Kaiser got the pinfall win. After the match, Chad Gable saved Otis from a three man attack by Imperium.
Seth Rollins & Cody Rhodes were interviewed about what happened to Sami Zayn. Cody excused himself and Seth said it may be 2 on 3. Shinsuke Nakamura walked up to Seth saying he’ll team with Seth & Cody. Seth agreed to it.
The Miz did an in-ring promo bragging about his career while complaining about newer talent disrespecting him. LA Knight interrupted the promo and reminded Miz that Knight eliminated Miz in the SummerSlam battle royal. Miz bragged about his success over 20 years while asking Knight what he was doing and Knight said they kept Miz around because he’s safe while Knight had to fight his way to get there.
Knight said he’ll use Miz as a stepping stone to get to the top and Miz didn’t like that. They got into a fight with Knight dropping him with BFT. When Miz was out on the mat, Knight shook his hand to show respect.
Match #5:The New Day’s Kofi Kingston & Xaver Woods defeated The Viking Raiders (Erik & Ivar). – This was Kofi’s first match in five months since having ankle surgery. New Day when after Kofi hit Trouble in Paradise on Erik and a dive onto Ivar on the floor. Woods hit a top rope elbow drop for the pinfall win.
It was mentioned that Women’s Tag Team Champion Sonya Deville suffered a torn ACL in her knee. They didn’t address what will happen with the Women’s Tag Team Titles that Deville holds with Chelsea Green.
After The Judgment Day foursome made their entrance for the main event, Raquel Rodriguez attacked Rhea Ripley at ringside. They had to be broken up by WWE Officials. Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell tried to keep Raquel back, so Ripley went after them as well. Ripley was finally pulled off her rivals to end it.
Match #6:Cody Rhodes, Seth “Freakin” Rollins & Shinsuke Nakamura defeated The Judgment Day’s Damian Priest, Finn Balor & Dominik Mysterio. After Priest did a cheap shot with the Money in the Bank briefcase, he gave it to Balor to use, but that backfired when Rollins superkicked the briefcase into Balor’s face. Sami Zayn also showed up to take out Priest with punches. Cody was legal for his team and hit Cross Rhodes on Balor for the pinfall win.
After the match, Rollins reluctantly shook hands with Rhodes. After Rollins posed on the turnbuckle, he turned around and Nakamura hit Rollins with a Kinshasa knee strike. That likely means Nakamura is coming for the World Title. That’s where the show ended.
Next Monday On WWE Raw
Becky Lynch faces Trish Stratus in a match where Zoey Stark will be banned from ringside on the August 14th edition of Raw. That was the only match announced so far.