All three compeitors for the Triple Threat make their entrance and Strowman is definitely the fan favourite.
Here. Comes. The. MONSTER! #RAW @BraunStrowman pic.twitter.com/FRxKoHFogn
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) August 1, 2017
Roman Reigns Vs. Braun Strowman Vs. Samoa Joe
The bell rings, and Strowman levels Samoa Joe with a forearm. Strowman puts Reigns in the corner and starts avalanching both men. Strowman gets Joe out of the ring before avalanching Reigns again. Strowman throws Reigns out of the ring before screaming, “This is my yard!” The fans liked that.
*Commercial Break*
We come back from the break to see Reigns sidestep a Strowman avalanche. Joe hits a corner kick, and Reigns drops Strowman with a leaping clothesline. They then throw Strowman out of the ring. Reigns and Strowman then fight. Reigns punches him and connects with a pair of clotheslines. Joe reverses a whip and counters a leaping clothesline into an arm bar. Reigns nearly gets his left arm to the bottom rope, so Joe applies an arm bar on that arm.
Strowman pulls Joe out of the ring, bounces him off the apron, and sends him into the barricade. Reigns gets out of the ring and punches Strowman into the crowd. Reigns bounces him off a divider, but Strowman soon fights back. Strowman bounces him off a crate and throws him back to ringside. Joe then applies the Coquina Clutch on Strowman at ringside. Joe releases to try to attack Reigns, but Reigns punches him. Joe elbows him and hits an overhead kick to take him down at ringside.
The ? sounds and FIRST ATTACK goes to @BraunStrowman! #RAW #SummerSlam pic.twitter.com/LmdwGQj5Bi
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) August 1, 2017
Joe puts Reigns in the ring, but he eats a kick getting in. Joe goes for a uranage, but Reigns backs him to the corner and clubs away at him. Reigns then big boots him down. Reigns sets up for a Superman Punch, but Joe gets out of the ring to recover. Reigns then comes off the steel steps with a Superman Punch. The crowd loudly boos him.
Reigns puts Joe in the ring and sees Strowman getting to his feet. Reigns signals and goes for a spear at ringside, but Strowman big boots him down! Strowman takes a moment before driving Reigns into the ring post. Strowman then elbows Joe and clotheslines him on the floor. Strowman sends Reigns into the steel steps and stands over him. Strowman then runs over and knees Joe in the face. Strowman goes back to Reigns and throws him into the ring.
Strowman grabs the top half of the steel stairs and throws them into the ring. Strowman goes to grab Joe, but Joe hits an overhead kick before hitting a senton splash on the floor. Joe gets in the ring and hits Reigns with a senton splash for a near fall. Joe sets up the steel steps in the corner and grabs Reigns. Reigns counters with a Samoan Drop attempt, but Joe applies the Coquina Clutch. Strowman runs in and avalanches them both down. Strowman then hits a Running Powerslam, but Reigns breaks up the pin!
This can’t be good… #RAW #SummerSlam @BraunStrowman pic.twitter.com/n4NqpVClYY
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) August 1, 2017
Strowman viciously whiplashes Reigns into the corner a few times. Strowman then grabs the steel stairs and stares at Reigns. A loud “YES” chant fires up. Reigns hits Strowman with a Superman Punch to loud boos before hitting him with the stairs to knock him out of the ring. Reigns then spears Samoa Joe for the win.
Winner: Roman Reigns
Later tonight, we’ll see Big Cass take on The Big Show. Replays are shown of Big Cass dominating Enzo Amore last week on RAW.
Enzo Amore comes up to Big Show and apologizes for getting him involved in his feud with Big Cass. Enzo says it means a lot that he helped him out. Big Show says he doesn’t mind this fight. Big Cass needs a lesson in respect, and he can teach that.
*Commercial Break*
Elias is in the ring. Elias strums the guitar and greets the crowd before asking, “Who wants to walk with Elias?” The crowd loudly cheers him. Last week, he laid Finn Bálor’s soul to rest. Now he’s back where he grew up, Pittsburgh. The thing that stands out to him the most are the people. The people of Pittsburgh inspired him to write a song. Elias says it’s a city of bridges, but it’s really a city of pits. Elias then makes fun of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Kalisto interrupts him to no reaction.
Elias vs. Kalisto
They lock up and Elias powers him to the corner before giving a clean break. Kalisto applies a side headlock. Elias tries to whip him off, but Kalisto holds it on before climbing the ropes to hit a takedown. Kalisto kicks him before hitting the ropes and trying for a move, but Elias throw him out of the ring and we head to a break!
“WHO WANTS TO WALK WITH #ELIAS?!” #RAW pic.twitter.com/4I3pGuev2q
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) August 1, 2017
*Commercial Break*
We return to see Elias still in firm control. He corners Kaslito for a flurry of kicks and punches to the gut. He nails Kalisto with a backbreaker for a two count. The Lucha Dragon hits a spin kick to the head out of nowhere to give himself some space.
Kalisto follows up with a springboard senton and a spikerana to Samson. Elias hits a knee to the face followed by his finisher reverse spinning DDT for the pin and the win.
Winner: Elias
Charly Caruso is backstage with RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss. She asks about facing Bayley at SummerSlam. Bliss says she’s ecstatic because she’s routinely beat this Bayley. She didn’t want to face Sasha again. She didn’t get herself intentionally counted out at Great Balls of Fire, but it’s not true. Never in a million years did she think Bayley would beat Sasha. Sasha is off on a promotional tour, so Bayley is all alone with Nia Jax. Alexa says that tonight will be a massacre.
*Commercial Break*
We return and get replays of Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose getting beat-down.
Dean and Seth are backstage licking their wounds and Rollins thanks Ambrose for making the save. Dean says he didn’t come out to help, he won the match and didn’t need any help. Seth asks why he came down then, and Ambrose says he knows he’s the Architect and he put him in a situation where he needed to come down or he’d look bad, so next time don’t pick a fight you can’t finish. Dean tells Seth to not bother saying that he would have done the same because the hell he would, and storms off.
Bayley comes to the ring and we see highlights of her beating Sasha last week.
The eyes of @NiaJaxWWE are FIXATED on @itsBayleyWWE… #RAW pic.twitter.com/AX1LSEhl7J
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) August 1, 2017
Nia Jax Vs. Bayley
Bayley in with a forearm, keeping her distance, firing knees off and Jax grabs her by the ponytail and whips her out toe the apron. Bayley gets back in and slips out, a punch caught and Nia fires off a headbutt before stalking after her.
Bayley punches Nia, then tries a whip but gets denied, so she slips down into a sleeper hold only to get tossed off. Nia throws Bayley out of the ring and we go to a break.
*Commercial Break*
We come back from the break to see Bayley try to fight back. Jax picks her up, but Bayley slides off and drives her into the corner. Bayley jumps over her and goes for an avalanche, but Jax grabs her. Jax then hits a double chicken-wing slams. Bayley rolls out of the ring clutching her shoulder. The referee checks on her.
Jax puts her hair in a side ponytail to mock Bayley. Bayley slowly gets in the ring, and Jax stomps her. Jax puts her in the corner and avalanches her. Jax drives her shoulder-first into the turnbuckle again. Bayley kicks her away and connects with some incredibly weak looking kicks. Bayley avoids some offense from Jax and dropkicks her to the apron.
She needed to pull out all the stops, but @itsBayleyWWE SOMEHOW pulls out the victory over @NiaJaxWWE by count-out! #RAW pic.twitter.com/ilYDes6Vf9
— WWE (@WWE) August 1, 2017
Bayley knocks her off the middle rope and knees her to the floor. Bayley is still clutching her shoulder. Bayley comes off the apron with a cross-body block to the floor. Alexa Bliss tries to interfere, but Bayley cuts her off. Jax throws Bayley off and checks on Bliss. Jax then goes for an avalanche, but Bayley moves and Jax hits the steps. Bayley gets in the ring to win by count-out!
Winner Via Count-Out: Bayley
Renee Young is backstage with Big Cass. She asks how he feels about Big Show wanting to teach him respect. Big Cass says Big Show doesn’t respect himself for hanging out with Enzo Amore. You’re judged by the company you keep, so Big Show is a miscreant. This match is next.
*Commercial Break*
Enzo Amore makes his way to the ring doing his usual shtick. Enzo says he’s no angle because he’s done some dirty, dastardly, despicable things. In all his life, he has never eaten the brown part of a bruised banana. Enzo would eat the brown part of bruised banana before he stops being real. Big Cass is a fraud. He’s not out here writing checks his hind end can’t cash. He’s got a guy that will write him a reality check. The check won’t bounce. That only thing that will bounce is Big Cass. Enzo then introduces The Big Show.
The Big Show Vs. Big Cass
Show grabs Cass as soon as he steps over the ropes and goes on the attack. The ref backs him off and rings the bell. Cass lands a kick to the body, but he gets cornered and hit with a chop to the chest. Cass tries to build some momentum, but Big Show just throws him over the top rope like it’s nothing. A running shoulder takes Big Cass down. Enzo talks some trash to his former friend as Big Show catches him with a powerslam.
A suplex sets up Show for the Chokeslam. He grabs the throat, but Cass takes out his knee. Cassady applies a leglock to capitalize on the damage he inflicted with a chop block. Enzo looks concerned after a boot to the face from Cass. Big Show chops Cass out of the air when he leaps off the second rope.
There aren’t many Superstars who can reach high enough to hit a PERFECT #BigBoot on @WWETheBigShow, but @BigCassWWE did just that! #RAW pic.twitter.com/1ifO91F6S5
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) August 1, 2017
Big Cass hits a running boot to the face. Enzo comes into the ring and jumps on Cass to cause the DQ!
Winner Via Disqualificatio: Big Cass
Big Cass immediately gets Enzo off his back and viciously big boots him down. Cass stands over Enzo and slaps him in the face. Show starts to get to his feet. Cass tries to charge him, but Show floors him with a Knockout Punch. All three men are down. The crowd is absolutely silent. Big Show finally gets to his feet and his music plays. Big Show helps Enzo to the back.
Despite the DQ loss, @WWETheBigShow teaches @BigCassWWE a lesson after all in the form of a KNOCKOUT PUNCH! #RAW pic.twitter.com/p0X9Zn9eaD
— WWE (@WWE) August 1, 2017
That’s it for this week’s Raw! Let us know what you thought on the Ringside Talk app and be sure to come back here tomorrow night for SmackDown Live and 205 Live! Until then, safe travels!