WWE Raw Results - August 22, 2016

Tonight’s WWE RAW opens up from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

RAW Commissioner Stephanie McMahon and RAW General Manager Mick Foley are in ring. RAW General Manager Mick Foley introduces the first-ever WWE Universal Champion Finn Balor and out he comes to a pop. Balor hits the ring as fans chant “you deserve it”. Balor says this title represents a lifetime of sacrifice and if you believe in yourself, you can do anything. Balor says he achieved the impossible at SummerSlam but there was a sacrifice.

Balor thanks WWE for the opportunity, all the talents in the back. He also thanks Rollins for giving him the match of his life. Balor then thanks the fans, most importantly. A “thank you Finn” chant starts up. Balor says , he has to relinquish the title. Foley takes the title from his shoulder and fans boo. Foley raises Balor’s arm and they cheer him. Balor makes his exit as Rollins’ music hits and out he comes.

Rollins says the injury is a shame but let’s not live in the past, now we know who the true winner at SummerSlam was. Rollins proposes a championship celebration for the true WWE Universal Champion. The music interrupts and out comes Sami Zayn to a pop. Before Sami can speak, Chris Jericho’s music hits and out he comes. Kevin Owens is out next, to another pop. Stephanie is whispering an idea in Foley’s ear when the music interrupts and out comes Enzo Amore and Big Cass. Roman Reigns is out next to a loud mixed reaction. Fans chant for Heath Slater.

Foley says everyone in this ring is deserving of a title shot, so they’re going to hold a series of matches that will culminate next week with the crowning of a new WWE Universal Champion. Rollins vs. Sami kicks off the series and that match is now.

WWE Universal Title Fatal 4 Way Qualifier: Sami Zayn vs. Seth Rollins

Winner: Seth Rollins

WWE Universal Title Fatal 4 Way Qualifier: Kevin Owens vs. Neville

Winner: Kevin Owens

Out come WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day to a big pop. Big E declares that he’s back. Kofi says the fans made them because they were vocal during the good times and the bad times. Before they can begin the festivities, the music hits and out comes Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson ranting about how stupid the segment is. Gallows and Anderson remind them they lost last night. Gallows says they’re entitled to a rematch for the titles. Anderson says Kofi is the stupidest of them all and asks if he enjoyed the Magic Killer he got at SummerSlam.

Karl Anderson vs. Big E

Winner: Big E

Titus O’Neil is in the ring. He reminds us that The Prime Time Players were also WWE Tag Team Champions. Titus says he would be WWE Universal Champion if it weren’t for Young. Titus also knocks WWE Hall of Famer Bob Backlund. Titus blames Young for not getting opportunities, not being in the main event and not being champion. Titus wants Young to come to the ring so he can bury him and be done for him.

Titus says Backlund is backstage telling Young not to come out. Fans have had enough and they start chanting for Heath Slater. Titus says he doesn’t know who they want but he wants Young to come out. Backlund runs down to the ring and Titus grabs him. Backlund avoids an attack and applies the Crossface Chicken Wing. 

Titus gets out and slams Backlund. Young runs out and checks on Backlund and Titus grabs Young and hits Clash of the Titus.

WWE Universal Title Fatal 4 Way Qualifier: Rusev vs. Big Cass

Winner by Count Out: Big Cass

Out comes WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte with Dana Brooke. She cuts a promo on how she beat Sasha Banks all by herself at SummerSlam. RAW GM Mick Foley comes out and confirms that Sasha will get her rematch for the title when she comes out. Charlotte wants the night off but Foley says he and Stephanie have signed the hottest free agent of the new era. He introduces the newest member of the RAW roster and out comes Bayley to a big pop.

Fans chant “you deserve it”. Bayley thanks Foley for the opportunity. She wants to seal the deal with a hug. Charlotte says there’s a reason why Bayley was left behind in the women’s revolution. Bayley respects Charlotte and would never try to upstage her but she will challenge her for the title. Fans pop and a “yes!” chant starts up. Charlotte suggests Dana vs. Bayley. Foley makes the match and it will be next.

Bayley vs. Dana Brooke

Winner: Bayley


Johnny Knockout vs. Braun Strowman

Winner: Braun Strowman

Out comes Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley for their “farewell” segment. Fans cheer them and chant. Bubba Ray Dudley takes the mic first and looks back to one year ago when they came back home to WWE. D-Von says it’s been one hell of a year, one hell of a career. D-Von says every bump they took, every ladder and chair shot, he would do it all again. Bubba says usually it’s the fans cheering for them but he tells them to get to their feet and cheer for themselves. The music interrupts and out comes Primo and Epico, The Shining Stars. The Shining Stars say this is embarrassing. Fans chant for tables as Primo and Epico head to the ring. They have a special going away present for D-Von and Bubba, a pair of economy comfort tickets to Puerto Rico. They pity the poor people that have to sit next to their sorry asses. They go on taking shots at The Dudleyz until they get dropped with big right hands. Fans pop. Epico takes a 3D while Primo takes the big diving headbutt. 

We get a loud call for tables as D-Von goes under the ring to bring one in. Fans chant ECW as they prepare to put Primo through a table. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson attack out of nowhere. They beat up The Dudleyz on the floor. Anderson sends D-Von into the steel steps. Gallows beats on Bubba. 

They deliver Magic Killer to Bubba on the floor as fans boo. D-Von charges Gallows as he’s leaving but they deck him and bring him in the ring where the table is still standing. Fans boo as they put D-Von through the table with a Magic Killer. Gallows and Anderson stand tall as their music hits.

WWE Universal Title Fatal 4 Way Qualifier: Chris Jericho vs. Roman Reigns

Winner: Roman Reigns

Reigns stands tall as we go to replays. RAW goes off the air with Reigns celebrating the win.

WWE RAW Results – August 15, 2016

Tonight’s WWE RAW opens up from Corpus Christi, Texas as Seth Rollins is outside talking about how he will defeat “The Demon King” Finn Balor at WWE SummerSlam to become the first-ever Universal Champion.

Lana is in the ring with WWE United States Champion Rusev. Rusev says Roman Reigns ruined a special moment last week and due to that there will be no RAW tonight. Rusev wants Reigns to come out but RAW General Manager Mick Foley comes out. Then Stephanie McMahon comes out and runs him down for not showing Foley respect. 

Rusev threatens to call Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan to see if they want him on SmackDown. Roman Reigns is out next, insulting Rusev and Lana. This leads to Foley making Rusev vs. Reigns for tonight.

Sheamus vs. Sami Zayn
 

Winner: Sami Zayn

The New Day vs. The Dudley Boyz

Winners: The New Day

Rachel Levy vs. Nia Jax

Winner: Nia Jax

Out comes Paul Heyman with Brock Lesnar to a big pop. Heyman and Lesnar prepare for their promo and Heath Slater’s music hits and he comes out to interrupt, ranting on how he’s the hottest free agent. Slater says he gets another shot at a RAW contract at SummerSlam, if he beats Lesnar tonight. Lesnar interrupts him and says he has guts and Slater has mouths to feed, responsibilities to handle. Lesnar tells Slater to come in the ring, he has responsibilities too.

Lesnar says let’s talk about your kids. Lesnar gets in Slater’s face and says he doesn’t give a shit about kids. The crowd pops. Slater turns around to strike. Lesnar blocks it and unloads. Lesnar takes Slater to Suplex City and nails the F5. 

Lesnar stands tall as Heyman cuts a promo on Randy Orton and SummerSlam. Heyman says Lesnar is the entire box office for SummerSlam because no one in the back can stand up to him, including Orton.

Kevin Owens vs. Big Cass

Winner by DQ: Big Cass
Jericho and Owens destroy the Cass before bringing him in the ring. Cass fights them both off but gets superkicked by Owens. Owens and Jericho stand tall as Jericho’s music hits.

The Shining Stars vs. The Prime Time Players

Winners: The Shining Stars

Neville vs. Jinder Mahal

Winner: Neville 

Foley and Stephanie are backstage and Foley announces that Jon Stewart will be their guest at SummerSlam. Rollins walks in and wants the night off but Foley suggests him to try looking for Balor by calling him out in the ring.

Out comes Seth Rollins and calls out Finn Balor. He’s eventually interrupted by the lights flickering and a voice playing over the speakers. The music hits and out comes Balor as The Demon King to a big pop.

Fans chant “holy shit” and “this is awesome” as Balor meets Rollins in the middle of the ring. They start going at it with each other. Rollins avoids the Coup de Grace and scrambles to the floor but Balor nails a dive. Balor runs back in the ring and stands tall as a frustrated Rollins looks on from the ramp.

Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs. Golden Truth

Winners: Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson 

Gallows and Anderson continue mocking Big E’s injury until Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods attack from behind. They unload on Gallows and Anderson, then stand tall as fans pop. Fans chant “New Day rocks” as Woods tries to nail them with Francesca but misses.


Charlotte vs. Alicia Fox

Winner: Charlotte 
 

Sasha stands up at the announce table and they stare each other down. Sasha makes her way into the ring but Dana Brooke rushes out of nowhere. Sasha catches it too late and gets beat down. Charlotte applies the Figure Four and keeps it locked as Dana holds officials off.

Roman Reigns vs. Rusev
 

Winner: Roman Reigns

RAW goes off the air with Reigns standing tall in the corner.

WWE RAW Results – August 8, 2016

Tonight’s WWE RAW opens from Anaheim with Michael Cole, Corey Graves and Byron Saxton.

Out comes Enzo Amore and Big Cass to a big pop. Enzo says he had it in the bag, referring to WWE Women’s Champion Sasha Banks. He knocks Chris Jericho for messing things up and for wearing a scarf. The music interrupts and out comes Jericho with a scarf on. Jericho rips on them both and says he also has someone to watch his back now. The music hits and out comes Kevin Owens. 

Jericho says he and Owens had a lot of problems when he first came in but now they’re closer than brothers. Jericho says Owens has his back no matter what. Cass paints a picture of them in the bath together. Owens says he actually used to like Cass and says he related to him while they were in WWE NXT. 

Owens says he also had a best friend that was holding him down. Owens says Cass brought his dead weight to RAW instead of dropping it. This makes Owens dislike Cass. Owens doesn’t care if Cass is 7 feet tall, he’s going to hurt him Cass steps up to Owens. Owens says if it’s not him that hurts Cass, it will be Jericho. 

Cass turns his attention to Jericho. Jericho agrees, if Owens doesn’t want to hurt Cass, he will. Jericho directs his challenge to Enzo, saying he better be prepared for “it” tonight.

Chris Jericho vs. Enzo Amore

Winner by DQ: Chris Jericho

Mick Foley is backstage on the phone with Stephanie McMahon. He’s also using the new tablet she gave him. He invited Daniel Bryan to the show to settle the stuff going on with Lesnar and Orton. WWE Women’s Champion Sasha Banks walks in and wants the SummerSlam match changed to a Handicap Match so she can keep her eye on Dana Brooke. Foley will ban Dana from ringside if she can beat Dana in a match tonight. If not, it will be a Handicap Match.

Braun Strowman vs. Jorel Nelson

Winner: Braun Strowman

Titus O’Neil vs. Darren Young

Winner: Darren Young

Out comes Seth Rollins to a pop. Rollins addresses Finn Balor. Rollins says everyone in the entire world already knows how good he is. He wants to talk about Finn Balor and get to know him. 

Rollins goes on about being disrespected by Balor’s ignorance and arrogance. Rollins tosses the mic after declaring that he will beat Balor and become the first ever WWE Universal Champion at SummerSlam.

Sheamus vs. Cesaro

Winner: Cesaro

The Dudley Boyz vs. Neville and Sin Cara

Winners: Neville and Sin Cara

Out comes WWE United States Champion Rusev for a celebration of love. The music hits and Lana makes her way out in a wedding dress. They walk to the ring together. A table is set up in the ring with wedding cakes. Lana takes the mic and talks about her husband and her wedding, saying none of us could attend because it was VIP. 

Lana says today is our lucky day because they’re going to re-live their special day. Rusev comments on how beautiful his wife is and says she’s all his. Rusev and Lana brag on their wedding and knock fans. Music hits and out comes Roman Reigns.

Rusev readies for a fight but Reigns says he’s not out here to fight, he just noticed Rusev didn’t even have a best man. Reigns step up and be Rusev’s best man. Reigns ends up issuing a challenge for SummerSlam but Rusev turns him down. Rusev attacks Reigns and beats him into the corner. Reigns fights back and they brawl across the ring as Lana screams.

Rusev stumbles into Lana and she goes face first into the cake. Lana hates Reigns now. She throws a fit and Reigns leaves the ring. Reigns looks on from the stage as Lana continues her tantrum.

Dana Brooke vs. Sasha Banks

Winner: Sasha Banks

Kofi Kingston vs. Luke Gallows

Winner: Luke Gallows

Gallows and Anderson stand tall over Kofi. They drag him over to the ring post but Woods makes the save, swinging a steel chair as they run.

Out comes RAW General Manager Mick Foley and introduces his guest SmackDown General Manager Daniel Bryan. Bryan comes to a pop and a “yes!” chant. They give each other props for their work as General Manager. Foley apologizes for Brock Lesnar coming to SmackDown and attacking Randy Orton. Bryan says he doesn’t have to apologize because SmackDown fired the first shot when Orton invaded RAW with the RKO outta nowhere.

Foley shows video from Talking Smack where Bryan knocked RAW for the Universal Title. Foley says this is not a joke and the title is not a joke. Rusev’s music interrupts and out comes the WWE United States Champion. He says RAW doesn’t need another champion, they have one and his name is Rusev. Rusev enters the ring now. He says the next time a SmackDown Superstar shows up on RAW, he will crush him. Rusev calls Foley the greatest GM. Bryan wonders if he’s sucking up to Foley to get out of the match with Reigns.

Rusev threatens Bryan and out comes Cesaro to interrupt. Cesaro comes out talking about deserving a US Title shot. Bryan mentions that Cesaro is underutilized on RAW. Foley tells Bryan to stay out of it. Foley makes Cesaro vs. Rusev for the title tonight.

WWE United States Title Match: Cesaro vs. Rusev

Winner: Rusev

Rusev stands tall and referee checking on Cesaro as Rusev raises the United States Title at ringside. He turns around to Roman Reigns running down the ramp with a big spear. 

Reigns looks down at Rusev and heads back up the ramp as his music hits. RAW goes off the air with Rusev laid out at ringside and Reigns standing tall on the stage.