WWE Monday Night Raw Results – July 31st 2017

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Raw opens with a look back at the open of last week’s show, in which Kurt Angle booked the Fatal 4-Way for SummerSlam.

Michael Cole welcomes us to Raw and plugs the Triple Threat main event. Kurt Angle comes out to his hometown of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania!

Angle says this is first time back in Pittsburgh and he guarantees the fans an incredible show. He announces The Big Show Vs. Big Cass, Jason Jordan on Miz TV, and the Triple Threat between Braun Strowman Vs. Roman Reigns Vs. Samoa Joe. Angle says he wants to personally address the WWE Universe before the show starts. Angle says that today marks the 21st anniversary of him winning his Olymic gold medal with a broken freakin’ neck and he wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for the fans. Angle thanks the fans and leaves…but wait…

Angle’s old friend, Brock Lesnar makes his way to the ring. Paul Heyman addresses Angle and says he sees what he’s trying to do; he wants to take the title from Brock Lesnar. Heyman says there is no other reason Angle would book Lesnar in a Fatal 4-Way with the most stacked heavyweights in WWE’s history.

Heyman mentions all three men in the match with Lesnar come SummerSlam, building all three men up, except for Samoa Joe, who he called a disgrace. Heyman says he understands and respects what Angle is doing, he has a board of directors and a chairman breathing down his neck. Heyman reckons Joe, Reigns and Strowman will take Lesnar out together, then fight over the title. Heyman suggests we change the name of the show to “SummerSlam 2017: Brock Lesnar loses the Universal Championship”.

Heyman makes reference to the recent gossip that Lesnar is going to UFC because he says Angle wants Lesnar to make the “Ultimate” price. That being said, if Lesnar loses, both he and Heyman will leave WWE. However, Brock Lesnar won’t lose the WWE Universal Championship to Samoa Joe, Braun Strowman, or Roman Reigns and at the end of the night he will still be the Champion.

*Commercial Break*

Matt and Jeff Hardy make their way to the ring for a rematch from last week! The Revival are on commentary for this one.

The Hardy Boyz Vs. Anderson & Gallows

Matt starts the match with Karl Anderson. Matt with a headlock but he lets go against the ropes, only to reapply it in the centre of the ring. Anderson shoves him off but Matt retaliates with a shoulder tackle, then grounds Anderson with a headlock.

Back on their feet, Anderson lands a back suplex on Matt, only for Hardy to sit up and immediately reapply the headlock. Jeff tags in and lands an axe-handle on Anderson. Jeff tags Matt back in and he lands an elbow to Anderson from the middle rope. After a wrist lock, Matt tags Jeff again and they hit a double team splash/leg drop for a two count. Luke Gallows looks to storm the ring but Matt forces him intot he corner and the big man is forced to read Poetry in Motion! Anderson and Gallows roll out to regain composure.

*Commercial Break*

We come back from the break to see Gallows throw Jeff to the corner and punch away at him. Gallows picks up a two count. During the commercial, Gallows gave Jeff a superkick. Jeff makes a comeback and hits a sit-out Twist of Fate. Anderson tags in and prevents Jeff from tagging Matt. Anderson puts him in the corner, but Jeff sidesteps him.

Matt tags in and starts bouncing his head off of the turnbuckles to “DELETE” chants. Matt clotheslines him in the corner and follows up with a bulldog for a two count. Anderson tries to boot him back, but Matt blocks it and elbow drops him off the second rope. Matt hits a flying elbow and connects with a Side Effect for a near fall. Matt goes for a Twist of Fate, but Anderson pushes him off. Matt elbows him, and Gallows gets a cheap shot with a kick to the head.

Gallows tags in, and they go for the Magic Killer, but Jeff breaks it up. Gallows uppercuts Jeff and big boots Matt. Matt sidesteps an avalanche and hits a Twist of Fate. Jeff tags in, and he connects with the Swanton Bomb for the win!

Winners: The Hardy Boyz

The Hardy Boyz celebrate on the ramp and wave at The Revival. The Revival tells them to keep moving. They’ll never hit a Swanton Bomb on them. The Revival gets up from commentary, and a brawl breaks out between the two teams. The Hardy Boyz make a comeback and throw Gallows into the LED screens. They then knock Dash Wilder and Anderson off the stage. Jeff hits Scott Dawson with a sit-out Twist of Fate, and Matt follows up with a regular Twist of Fate. Finally, they hit Poetry in Motion off the stage onto Wilder and Anderson. The Hardy Boyz celebrate.

Renee Young is backstage with Dean Ambrose. Replays are shown of Ambrose and Seth Rollins beating The Miz and The Miztourage. Ambrose then avoided giving Rollins a fist bump. She asks if he’s getting back together with Rollins. Ambrose says they looked good out there and felt like old times, but as far as getting back together… Seth Rollins walks up to him. Rollins agrees with Ambrose about last week being special. Ambrose says he still doesn’t trust Rollins. As much as the WWE Universe might want it, and maybe he does too, he got burned by Rollins once. It won’t happen again. Ambrose walks off.

*Commercial Break*

We return to see Seth Rollins walking backstage, and he runs into Sheamus and Cesaro. They tell Seth that he and Dean have the opposite problem they had because they initially hated each other but became best friends and Tag Team Champions. Sheamus says Dean used to be Seth’s best friend but now he’s an isolated loner who couldn’t even get on Ride Along. Cesaro says maybe Seth can get a new show called Ride Alone. Seth shouts at them at says he’ll fight either of them tonight, to which Sheamus gets in his face and says it’s him. Sheamus tells Rollins that he’s dug himself a hole and he should learn to stop digging.

We have a six-man tag team match with the cruisersweights coming up, and out comes Akira Tozawa with Titus O’Neil.

TJP, Ariya Daivari & Tony Nese Vs. Rich Swann, Cedric Alexander & Akira Tozawa

The match opens with Tony Nese and Cedric Alexander. Nese ducks Cedric and poses with his impressive arms. They lock-up and Swann hits an arm drag, headscissors, then a dropkick and Nese scrambles to his corner.

Daivari tags in and so does Rich Swann. The two trade leap frogs before Swann catches him with a headscissors and applies a shoulder lock. Tozawa tags in and hits an axe handle to Daivari’s shoulder from the top rope. Tozawa hits the ropes and kicks Daivari before landing a senton for a two count.

Daivari attacks a distracted Tozawa and slams him shoulder-first into the mat – bear in mind Tozawa’s shoulder is injured. Tozawa screams and holds the shoulder against the bottom rope, while Titus tries to convince him to quit the match and preserve himself.

*Commercial Break*

We come back from the break to see Daivari working on the arm, but Tozawa quickly fights out and tags in Swann. TJP is tagged in as well. Swann hits a 360 leg drop before knocking Nese off the apron. Nese breaks up the pin. Alexander tags Nese out and hits a summersault senton. Swann hits a summersault senton onto TJP in stereo with him.

Tozawa then takes Daivari out with a suicide dive on the outside. Swann gets TJP in the ring. Nese tries to attack, but Alexander stops him. Swann gets out of a Detonation Kick and rolls him up. Tozawa tags in, and Swann superkicks TJP. Tozawa follows up with a Super Senton Splash for the win.

Winners: Rich Swann, Akira Tozawa & Cedric Alexander

Titus checks on Akira after the match before all three guys celebrate their win.

Miz TV with Jason Jordan is up next!

*Commercial Break*

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Curtis does our weekly live match-by-match coverage of WWE RAW and SmackDown for Ringside News. In addition to SmackDown, Curtis also does WWE & NXT special event coverage as well. He has been helping out at for Ringside News for many years.

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