[intro music playing]
[Triple H] Then.
Now.
Forever.
Together.
[Michael Cole] Monday Night Raw is live and sold out tonight
at the Huntington Center in Toledo, Ohio.
It is the final Monday Night Raw
before Clash at the Castle in Scotland on Saturday.
And he is the intense and powerful,
dominant, unpredictable badass,
Bron Breakker, in action tonight.
Bron Breakker will take on this man, The Mad Dragon, the Czar of Raw,
the spirited Ilja Dragunov.
These two renew an old, hostile rivalry tonight, live.
Damage CTRL is also here tonight,
including an increasingly-infuriated and irresistible IYO SKY.
She hasn't been the same
since losing the Queen of the Ring semifinal to this woman.
She's the resilient, athletic warrior, Lyra Valkyria,
who has an incredible couple of months since being drafted to Raw.
Lyra versus IYO, live, one on one,
tonight.
["Gallantry" playing]
[Pat McAfee] The lad of the week!
[Samantha Irvin] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
Drew McIntyre!
[Cole] A man from Ayr, Scotland, who returns to his homeland,
heading to Glasgow this Saturday in Clash at the Castle,
where there's an opportunity
to win the World Heavyweight Championship once again
in a battle with The Judgment Day's Damian Priest.
A reminder, special start time
East Coast two o'clock in the United States,
eleven o'clock on the West Coast, seven o'clock local time in Scotland.
Well, listen, Drew McIntyre, Pat, needs to get his house in order.
Like, maybe he should stop allowing
outside distractions to take his focus.
Gonna show you what I mean in just a moment.
Last week, here on Monday Night Raw,
it was the champion, Damian Priest, versus Rey Mysterio.
Big win for Priest before Drew McIntyre…
-[crowd] Three, two, one! -…would ambush Damian Priest from behind.
The numbers game, however, would help Priest
as The Judgment Day cohorts would come out to the ring,
and then Drew McIntyre would turn his attention to me.
You want to call me a hypocrite?
[Cole] And Drew McIntyre focusing on this imaginary feud with me, an announcer.
It cost him, as Priest chokeslammed McIntyre through the announce table.
McIntyre took his eye off the ball and it cost him, Pat.
Those five days…
[crowd chants] CM Punk! CM Punk! CM Punk!
[chanting gets louder]
I'm not focused on anything else.
But right now, in five days, at Clash at the Castle,
who's ready for a new World Champion?
[crowd cheering]
Let's say I'm looking forward to going one on one with Damian Priest.
But wherever Priest goes,
we know The Judgment Day are scurrying right behind him
every single bloody time.
Priest. I don't give a damn because it--
["Rise For The Night" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[McAfee] You say his name and he appears.
El Campeón.
[Cole] Well, that's gonna make Drew even more angry.
Flanked by Bálor and McDonagh.
The World Heavyweight Champion,
Damian Priest, defends, Saturday in Glasgow
against Drew McIntyre.
Priest cashed in the Money in the Bank contract back at WrestleMania.
[McAfee] When Drew McIntyre took his eye off the ball.
Last week, Damian Priest
South of Heavened Drew McIntyre through the commentary table,
when Drew McIntyre took his eye off the ball.
In Drew's home, will he be able to remain focused?
And will it matter?
Damian's at the top of his game.
Drew.
You got your shot at Clash, yet you're still out here making excuses.
Last week, you said I made this personal.
Why?
Because I made you look stupid playing your own game.
No, Drew, you just made this personal right now.
[crowd chants indistinctly]
You're out here trying to tell these people
that I need The Judgment Day to be champion.
[crowd chants indistinctly]
This title, it's not The Judgment Day's World Title.
[crowd chants indistinctly]
And this title that you're obsessed with, that you're looking at right now.
[crowd chants indistinctly]
You're forgetting about the man that holds it.
[crowd chants indistinctly]
Drew, on Saturday, I'm heading into your territory
in front of your people,
[crowd chants indistinctly]
and I'm gonna put you down.
[crowd chants indistinctly]
And as much as I love my crew,
I don't need The Judgment Day or anyone else, to be champ.
I'm champ because I'm Damian Priest.
[crowd cheering]
It's a fine speech, but at this point,
I don't give a damn what you've got to say.
Hope you enjoyed your time with the title,
because on Saturday, it belongs to Drew McIntyre,
and the only bloody chance you have in the world
are these idiots right here.
Oh, man. Stop. Give it a rest.
You're… You're unbelievable.
You're still passing blame.
I'll tell you what. I'm gonna give you an out.
I'm gonna make this real simple for you.
I have an idea. How about tonight…
you go one on one with Finn Bálor?
[crowd cheering]
And if you beat him, which I know you can't,
The Judgment Day is barred from ringside at Clash at the Castle.
But when Finn Bálor beats you…
not because I need them there,
but I want them there, front and center.
I want them to have the honor and the privilege
of watching me beat you in your home.
[scattered cheering]
You gotta respect a man who's willing to dig his own grave.
I'm gonna beat Finn Bálor,
and I hope, next Monday, you're man enough to shake my hand.
Because on Saturday I am gonna embarrass you, humiliate you,
and I'll be standing here next week,
World Heavyweight Champion!
Hit my music.
["Gallantry" playing]
You know, Pat, that's an interesting proposal from Damian Priest,
because, remember, his last title defense against Jey Uso,
Judgment Day had a very important part in that.
[McAfee] A lot of people would say a lot of the matches
that Damian Priest has won,
The Judgment Day have had a massive piece of.
-A lot of pressure on Finn Bálor… -You screwed up.
…for the entire Judgement Day.
Yeah, Bálor loses, Judgment Day is barred from ringside on Saturday.
Now, Judgment Day is also dealing with a ton of drama.
A little bit of an example…
What's going on with Liv Morgan and Dominik Mysterio?
This was last week on Monday Night Raw.
I meant what I said when I said that
I want to take everything away from Rhea Ripley.
And that includes you.
[Cole] The Women's World Champion seems to be on a mission
-to seduce and steal Dom from Rhea. -[inaudible conversation]
Back off!
[mic thuds, rattles]
-[whistling] -[Cole] But Finn Bálor…
ever the dad, making sure it didn't happen last week.
And then in a Braun Strowman, Carlito match-up later on,
Morgan would come out to make sure Braun Strowman didn't tear Dominik apart.
[McAfee] Protecting her new man.
[Cole] And once again, Bálor would intervene
between the lovebirds?
[McAfee] Potentially.
No, no, no. I ca-- No.
-[laughs] -No.
Excited to see me?
Look,
I know that you're supposed to hate me right now,
but I'd really, really like to see you later.
And I think that you'd really, really like to see me too.
I don't want anything to do with that, I don't want anything to do with you.
-So-- -Listen, I get it.
But I don't think that a gorgeous man like you
should be with a girl that makes you call her Mami.
A gorgeous man like you
should be with a girl that's not afraid to call you daddy.
If you change your mind, I'll be in my hotel room waiting.
[McAfee] Room key drop off from our champion.
["Tokyo Shock" playing]
[Cole] My, oh, my.
[McAfee] "Daddy Dom"?
-[Cole] That's not gonna end well. -[bell dings]
[Samantha] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first,
accompanied by Dakota Kai and Kairi Sane,
representing Damage CTRL,
IYO SKY!
[Cole] And this may not end well either.
IYO SKY is in an awful mood.
Upset that Lyra Valkyria knocked her off
in the Queen of the Ring tournament.
IYO SKY and Lyra one on one, live, next.
[yelling]
[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, tonight, Monday Night Raw is in Toledo, Ohio.
Meanwhile, Damian Priest, our World Champion, and Zelina Vega
attended the National Puerto Rican Day Parade in New York City.
The parade is America's largest cultural celebration,
where tens of thousands of attendees
visited Fifth Avenue to celebrate their heritage.
Here's a special look.
[upbeat music plays]
[man] Welcome to the 67th Annual National Puerto Rican Day Parade.
[Damian Priest] I'm excited for today.
I believe we should all be proud of wherever we come from.
The day for us Puerto Ricans to show the world our culture
and our flag and our style.
Since I was a kid, this was something
that I looked forward to every single year.
[Cole] Well, Zelina Vega will be ringside tonight
for the big Six-Man Tag Team Match.
These three on one side,
The Monster of All Monsters, Braun Strowman,
the legendary Rey Mysterio and the high-flying Dragon Lee
against Dominik, JD and Carlito of The Judgment Day, later tonight.
Meanwhile, a very focused IYO SKY ready for action.
[McAfee] Locked in on the top rope.
Locked in.
["Triumph" playing]
[McAfee] You hear them?
-[Cole] Whoo! -[McAfee] No, that--
[Cole] Whoo!
[indistinct] Too many. You did too many "Whoos."
[Samantha] And her opponent,
from Dublin, Ireland,
Lyra Valkyria!
[Cole] Rematch and the semifinals of the Queen of the Ring tournament.
Lyra's been a target of IYO SKY
ever since she lost to her in the semifinals
of the Queen of the Ring.
Last week, IYO escalated the situation.
And my next goal, after listening to Jey Uso,
is Money in the Bank.
I will do anything--
[yelling]
[Cole] For IYO SKY, Pat, this attack on Lyra Valkyria…
An opportunity to get back to basics for Damage CTRL.
[McAfee] You want to run Monday Night Raw, I guess,
just destroying one of the newest draftees to Raw
isn't a bad way to do it.
[Cole] IYO SKY says, "It's time for people to fear us again."
Meanwhile, the former leader of Damage CTRL, Bayley,
the WWE Women's Champion over on Friday Night SmackDown,
gonna have her hands full with Piper Niven this Saturday…
[bell dings]
…in Piper's homeland of Scotland at Clash at the Castle.
So here we go. Valkyria, IYO SKY one on one tonight.
What a month for Lyra Valkyria.
Since being drafted, she's knocked off all three members of Damage CTRL,
made it to the finals at Queen of the Ring.
[McAfee] She's off to an incredibly hot start here on Monday Night Raw,
but tonight, she's got an IYO SKY that seems to have a look in her eyes.
She wants to do some damage.
[yelling indistinctly]
[Cole] Lyra Valkyria mentioned last week that she wants to be a part of
the women's Money in the Bank contract Ladder Match.
[McAfee] Everyone should want to be there. Climb the ladder, change your life.
Lyra got to taste the success there at the Queen of the Ring championship.
[Cole] IYO SKY knows what it's all about.
She's a former miss Money in the Bank.
Cashed in to win her first championship.
Valkyria roll through.
Of course, IYO is a former NXT champ as well.
And Lyra now with a basement dropkick.
Former NXT Champion in her own right.
Lyra Valkyria.
A suplex,
bridging cover, kick out by IYO SKY.
[McAfee] Phenomenal run there by Lyra
and that is all she has really done since joining Monday Night Raw.
-Kairi Sane and Dakota Kai on the side. -[indistinct]
[Cole] Oh!
Back to Money in the Bank for just a moment.
Qualifying matches for the Money in the Bank contract Ladder Match
begin next Monday here on Raw.
SKY sent across the ring, Valkyria misses with a kick.
[IYO SKY grunting]
[Cole] IYO SKY showing off. The Genius of the Sky.
Nice takedown by Valkyria.
Now turning this around, and unique submission maneuver here.
And look at this, punishing IYO SKY!
Valkyria has been so impressive.
[McAfee] IYO SKY's the shape of a pretzel right now in Lyra Valkyria arms.
Watch this [continues indistinctly].
-[screaming] -[McAfee] Well, swinging her around.
[Cole] Punishing SKY, Valkyria.
[McAfee] Right in Damage CTRL's face!
[Cole] In complete control.
Shoulders down, again a bridge by Valkyria,
and a kick out by IYO SKY.
[McAfee] What a transition there into the pin after pretze--
[Cole] Ooh! Did you hear that?
[McAfee] Kick to the mouth. Lyra Valkyria is flying.
[Cole] Valkyria through the second rope,
got caught and IYO SKY made her pay.
-Bounces her face-first off the apron. -[yelling indistinctly]
-Dakota Kai, Kairi Sane… -[yelling]
…of Damage CTRL looking on.
[McAfee] IYO SKY very comfortable…
-[Cole] Moonsault! -[McAfee] …doing that.
[yelling indistinctly]
[Cole] SKY has taken over.
Can Valkyria climb back into this match-up?
There's the Genius of the Sky.
[Cole] It's been all IYO SKY during the commercial break,
but Lyra Valkyria trying to climb back into this match-up,
live, sold out tonight, Toledo, Ohio for Monday Night Raw.
And now Valkyria!
Springboard cross body off the second rope,
and Lyra starting to fight back into this.
Both these women, former NXT Women's Champions.
Shout out to current NXT Women's Champ, Roxanne Perez,
who knocked out off TNA iMPACT's Champion…
Knockouts champion, Jordynne Grace,
at NXT Battleground in Las Vegas last night.
Tremendous battle.
[McAfee] UFC Apex looked fantastic.
Congrats to everybody.
Lyra Valkyria heading to the sky.
[Cole] Valkyria now gonna fly.
There's the missile dropkick, top rope to SKY.
Valkyria has been so impressive
since arriving on the Monday Night Raw roster.
Fisherman's suplex, and Valkyria floats into the cover now on SKY.
Kick out by IYO.
Check out the height and impact here on this missile dropkick by Valkyria.
[McAfee] Lyra has proven very quickly that she's the real deal.
Flies around very smooth.
Got beat up a lot here tonight by IYO SKY, still fighting.
That's why it's the number-one trend in the United States of America.
[Cole] NXT Battleground was trending for like 24 hours.
[McAfee] As it should have. A lot happened.
[Cole] And look at Valkyria.
She was going for a German suplex and SKY able to counter,
driving Valkyria face-first into the turnbuckle.
-And IYO SKY looks to turn things around. -[screaming]
Former WWE Women's Champion with a knee to the back.
What a backbreaker.
The woman who says she was inspired by the legendary Rey Mysterio,
the Genius of the Sky.
IYO SKY, top rope…
look for over the moonsault, lands on her feet.
Valkyria…
has SKY up.
Perfect position. SKY, though…
Look at this!
Valkyria, shoulders down,
and a kick out.
That is how Lyra beat IYO SKY to win the match-up in the semifinals
at the Queen of the Ring.
[McAfee] Was only able to lock in one leg.
I wonder if that was the difference. IYO SKY reversals quick.
[Cole] And SKY right back in control.
Cover again on Valkyria…
and just barely getting her shoulder up is Lyra.
[McAfee] These two have gone through it here in Toledo.
[Cole] And… Ooh! Right to the midsection.
[McAfee] Lyra had to think that IYO was going for a roll-up there,
instead stomps through her sternum.
[Cole] Waist lock applied by SKY.
Standing switch now by Valkyria.
SKY, and-- Oh! Great move by SKY,
using the ropes to her advantage.
Yes, smart move by the former champion.
[McAfee] The Genius of the Sky. Genius of the ropes.
[Cole] Valkyria, though, has IYO on her shoulder,
setting her up for Nightwing!
Cover by Valkyria,
and Dakota Kai got involved!
Official, Chad Patton, wasn't able to see it.
-Dakota cost Lyra the match. -[crowd booing]
Allowing SKY to kick out of Nightwing.
[McAfee] Oh, come on!
[Cole] And Lyra's irate.
And rightfully so, as she takes out Kairi Sane and Dakota Kai.
[McAfee] We assumed Damage CTRL were gonna be some menaces this evening.
We didn't think it would cost Lyra a match.
[Cole] And now Valkyria…
to the top rope, and IYO SKY…
was able to regroup.
And now the Meteora in the corner.
[McAfee] The distraction by Damage CTRL.
[Cole] And now IYO said, "That's it."
[McAfee] Put Lyra in a terrible spot, as IYO SKY…
[Cole] Top rope for SKY.
IYO… over the moonsault--
No, Lyra got her knees up!
Great counter by Valkyria.
And Lyra off the second rope,
Tornado DDT planting SKY.
And Valkyria says, "That's it."
Once again, perhaps, looking to go for Nightwing,
but SKY pulling the hair of Lyra.
-Shoulders down, stacks her up… -[crowd] One, two, three!
-[Cole] SKY gets the win! -[bell dings]
["Tokyo Shock" playing]
[Samantha] Here is your winner,
IYO SKY!
[Cole] And, Pat, that really is a damn shame,
because Valkyria had IYO SKY defeated if it wasn't for Dakota Kai.
[McAfee] One, two, three, Lyra's walking out of here with a dub,
but instead, Dakota Kai and Damage CTRL intervened and…
[Cole] And now from behind.
I told you Sane and Dakota Kai very bitter over the fact
that Lyra has knocked off all members of Damage CTRL over the past month.
[McAfee] A little bitterness here, a little jealousy,
some rage coming out and showing through here.
[Cole] And now gonna try to teach Valkyria a lesson,
as they help IYO SKY to her feet.
IYO is not done yet either.
She believes he was embarrassed in the Queen of the Ring tournament,
and now taking that embarrassment out on Valkyria.
[McAfee] And a bunch of extra shots.
[Cole] Yeah, we saw IYO lose it last week.
["Party All The Time" playing]
[McAfee] Help is on the way!
[Cole] Former Tag Champs, Carter and Chance,
on the way to the ring, coming to the aid of Lyra.
Evening the playing field.
[McAfee] Oh, of course, Damage CTRL, wants none of a fair fight.
[Cole] Well, there's a lot of history too,
between Carter and Chance and Damage CTRL.
They lost the tag titles to The Kabuki Warriors.
[McAfee] Yeah, Damage CTRL doesn't want anything to do with a fair fight.
That's what we know.
[JD] Boys, don't worry about this Drew McIntyre.
-No danger. No danger. -[speaking indistinctly]
-Don't worry about that. -We're got a lot of issues.
-You got to handle our other problem. -We'll handle it.
I trust you, boys, I trust you.
Dom, you okay, mate?.
You, uh, figure out this stuff with Liv?
[sighs] I gotta be honest, boys.
She was in here earlier.
I told her to leave me alone,
but she left me her hotel room key.
-That's cool. -Le chateau!
-That's not cool. -No.
[inaudible conversation]
[Cole] They are the superhero-like Tag Team Champions,
Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill.
They defend in a Triple Threat, Saturday,
but they are here live tonight on Monday Night Raw.
That Triple Threat Match in Glasgow, Saturday,
in Scotland at Clash at the Castle will pit Bianca and Jade Cargill
against Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark,
and of course Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre as well.
Clash at the Castle is about to be epic in Glasgow, Scotland.
You can write it down.
We also learned last week
that there will be an Intercontinental Championship match.
Sami Zayn defending against Chad Gable.
Sami Zayn nearly granted Chad's wish
before Sami would address the rest of the Alpha Academy.
You need to set yourselves free from Chad Gable.
[Cole] Yeah, it was another set up by Chad Gable,
-another sneak attack. -[speaking indistinctly]
[Cole] And then Gable would turn his attention
to the conflicted Otis once again.
But it was this right there when Otis was inadvertently
shoved into Maxxine and Tozawa that set Otis off,
coming to the aid, Pat, of his Alpha Academy friends.
Even though it was an accident by Sami.
Truth!
Sami…
have you seen Truth?
Uh, no. Not for a while.
[grunts]
You all right? You seem a little…
Do you… Do you know what happens when Truth is left on his own?
Not good things.
Truth!
Maxxine, Tozawa, I was actually kind of hoping I'd run into you.
Uh…
First of all, are you okay?
Is your ankle okay? Are… you okay?
I've been better. But, uh, I'll be okay.
[sighs] Look, I just wanted to say I'm…
I'm sorry that you guys have been caught in the middle of this,
and everything you guys are going through, I'm…
I'm sorry.
Um…
Did you see the footage back?
You saw what happened?
I saw it.
Okay.
I don't want to sound like a broken record,
but I just want to remind you, you know, you don't have to take this, right?
[crowd cheering]
I guess there's not much left to say here, right?
I'll see you in the ring tonight.
Sami…
I lost it.
I didn't mean for it to happen again.
Let me explain.
-All right? I'm-- -Look. Otis, man. Hang on.
You don't have to explain.
Okay, look, I'm sympathetic towards everything you're going through, I get it.
I've been through this stuff with Roman Reigns and The Bloodline.
The thing is, I understood my reasons.
But for the life of me, I can't figure out why you keep putting up with Chad Gable
after everything he puts you through week in, week out.
Well, Sami, at one time I had it all.
Different time, I lost it all.
My Money in the Bank briefcase,
my peach,
my big brother, Tucky.
Lost them all.
Chad Gable was there.
That's my family.
My sister, Maxxine.
My brother, Tozawa.
That's my family.
Without Chad Gable, I'm…
nothing.
No, Otis, see, that's what I have a problem with.
That's not true.
That's what he wants you to think.
You are not nothing.
Those are his words. Do you understand that?
Do you know how special you are?
Do you know how special you could be?
[crowd cheering]
I really hope that one of these days,
you can see it for yourself.
[crowd chanting] Otis! Otis! Otis!
[inaudible conversation]
[crowd booing]
[speaking indistinctly]
I've got my hands full with Drew McIntyre.
I know. You're in the main event.
-Hey, look. -Hey.
What's up, boys?
What's up, big man?
Dom. What's up, man?
You weren't out there with us at the beginning of the show,
and I hear something about some hotel card business.
-What's up? -Whoa, whoa.
Don't worry about that hotel room key stuff.
That's just Liv trying to plant seeds and…
-Distract us. -Distract us. Exactly.
Don't worry. The key's right here. Nobody's touched it.
Right where?
Don't look at me. I didn't touch it.
Guys, guys, we got to go.
My match is coming up next. Come on.
It wasn't me, dude.
It just disappeared?
[McAfee] Where's the key?
["Booyaka 619" playing]
[Cole] Distract us.
♪ Booyaka, booyaka ♪
[McAfee] Can't have that happen.
[Cole] As the world turns.
Not that QR Code stuff again.
♪ Booyaka, booyaka, 619 ♪
[bell dings]
[Samantha] The following is a Six-Man Tag Team Match
scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, accompanied by Zelina Vega,
representing LWO,
the team of Dragon Lee
and WWE Hall of Famer,
Rey Mysterio!
[Cole] Hey, and stop trying to scan that thing.
Last time you did it, you were all freaked out
for three or four seconds.
[McAfee] I know. It's some weird obsession about watching it,
not understanding it, kind of freaked out by it,
but intrigued all at the same time.
[Cole] And I'm intrigued by this team,
of course, the LWO, Rey and Dragon Lee,
but they've got his partner as well in this Six-Man Tag Team Match,
and that partner will be on his way next.
It's The Monster of All Monsters.
They team up against JD and Dom of The Judgment Day,
and Carlito, live, next.
[Cole] Well, it's Monday Night Raw, which means another sellout.
Tonight, we are in Toledo, Ohio,
and it has been an incredible year so far for WWE,
and last night was more of the same.
We're at the UFC Apex in Las Vegas for NXT Battleground.
[man] We are live in Las Vegas, home of NXT Battleground,
and we are live inside the state-of-the-art UFC Apex.
And tonight will be nothing short of historic.
Welcome to the NXT Battleground.
[commentator 1] Kelani Jordan has made history!
[commentator 2] Lola Vice proves she's the baddest!
[commentator 3] Will the juggernaut head back to TNA with NXT gold?
[commentator 4] Pop Rox! Perez defends her title.
[commentator 3] Can Trick Williams knock back and knock down Ethan Page?
[commentator 4 speaks indistinctly]
[commentator 3] It's gonna be a party in Las Vegas
for the NXT Champion, Trick Williams.
[Ludwig] I'm fully aware of the things
that have been said about me by simpletons.
That I'm just a sidekick,
that I'm nothing more than Gunther's mouthpiece.
Well, last week, I did not beat Sheamus by talking.
I did not beat Sheamus with anyone's help.
I beat Sheamus with A-plus talent and A-plus ruthlessness.
Go ask Sheamus.
Ask him how it was possible for a talking Ken doll
-to absolutely destroy his knee. -[bell dings]
Ludwig Kaiser is not going to be taken lightly.
I am designed for greatness.
I belong at the top,
and anyone who dares to step in my way
will be eliminated.
A loud-mouth clown?
Eliminated.
A weak tag team partner?
Eliminated.
WWE legend?
Eliminated.
[dramatic music plays]
The rise of the Kaiser has begun,
and soon you will call me
Mr. Money in the Bank.
[music fades]
[Cole] Again, qualifying matches start next Monday
for Money in the Bank.
[McAfee] Maybe it's Ludwig's time.
[Cole] Rey Mysterio, Dragon Lee.
Here comes their partner!
["Monster Of All Monsters" playing]
[loud thud]
[Samantha] And their tag team partner,
weighing in at 385 pounds,
Braun Strowman!
[McAfee] To see him in person,
it's like you're looking at a modern marvel.
A meat castle!
A meat mountain!
That's one big son of a bitch!
[Cole] We can thank Pat McAfee for Braun Strowman's new T-shirt.
It's interesting when we have The Monster among All Monsters
in this Six-Man Tag Team Match-up,
because the referee looks like Dracula.
So now we are…
This is gonna be interesting.
LWO teaming up with Strowman tonight.
Braun Strowman, 6'8", 385, with a score to settle with Judgment Day.
["The Other Side" playing]
[McAfee] Talk about aura.
Talk about one big son of a bitch.
[loud thud]
[Samantha] And their opponents,
the team of Carlito
and The Judgment Day, JD McDonagh
and Dominik Mysterio!
[Cole] There's so much to unpack in this match tonight.
I want to first start with JD McDonagh,
who, last week, beat the hell out of Braun Strowman,
who had been taken out by the rest of Judgment Day with a steel chair.
When asked about that attack,
McDonagh said, "It was better than therapy."
If you're JD McDonagh, why on earth would you ever try to rile up Braun Strowman?
[McAfee] Because he's a weirdo and a doofus.
You called him JD McDumb-uh.
Dumber than who? Everybody.
[Cole] When you beat up Braun with a chair and then brag about it, that's dumb.
-Sorry. -[McAfee] That's McDumb. Yeah.
[Cole] And now you've got Carlito, who is a prospect, so to speak,
in The Judgment Day, looking to earn his cut. And…
if he could win this match-up for the group,
it would go a long way to maybe becoming initiated into The Judgment Day.
And then, of course, you've got the drama surrounding
none other than "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio.
So let's recap this situation.
Dominik's girlfriend is Rhea Ripley, right? His Mami.
-Rhea Ripley, was taken out of action by-- -[bell dings]
And there's JD McDonagh wisely going to run away,
and Carlito now from behind.
That was good strategy by Judgment Day, maybe not for Carlito,
who is now sent across the ring with a massive Biel.
[yelling]
[Cole] Tag.
[McAfee] Oh, Dom did not like that.
[Cole] Dom was saved by the Women's World Champion, Liv Morgan, last week
from an assault by Braun Strowman.
And here comes Dragon Lee.
[McAfee] Beat the hell out of your--
[Cole] And JD McDonagh gonna come in off the tag.
[McAfee] You coward.
[Cole] Dragon Lee, the high-flyer, the spectacular…
Oh, it's Rey. Sorry, that's Rey Mysterio.
[McAfee] What did you think? He's about to fight his kid.
-What are you even… -[Cole laughs] Sorry.
That's why Dominik got out. My bad.
And now, uh, Rey Mysterio, the legendary, the Hall of Famer,
Rey Mysterio going after JD McDonagh.
Of course, Mysterio knocked off by Damian Priest of The Judgment Day
last week.
[McAfee] He should not be punching JD McDonagh's head too often.
-[Cole] Yeah, right? -[McAfee] JD's head is a weapon.
[Cole] Good way to break your hand.
And now McDonagh sent into the corner.
Tag made. Now here comes the high-flyer, Dragon Lee.
-Thanks for helping me out there. -[McAfee] That's on me.
I was too excited about Dominik Mysterio getting his ass beat by his dad.
[Cole] And now Dragon Lee.
Nice suplex. Floats into the cover,
and a kick out by McDonagh.
[crowd chanting] Dom, you suck! Dom, you suck!
[McAfee] He just put earmuffs over his head like a child, which he is.
He could still hear it, though. Toledo's right.
-That guy sucks. -[Cole] Dominik from behind.
[crowd booing]
Dragon Lee, who had Finn Bálor on the ropes last week,
before involvement by The Judgment Day.
And now Dominik Mysterio, of course, comes in once Dragon Lee is down and out.
Those two had a long rivalry in NXT,
when Dominik Mysterio was the North American Champion.
[McAfee] Dominik Mysterio, incredibly talented in the ring.
Obviously he learned from his dad his entire life.
[Cole] Tag made. Rey Mysterio, I believe, is now the legal man.
Rey top rope, gonna get some--
Oh! And there's the seated senton on his son, Dominik.
Double team coming from Lee and Mysterio,
and Dominik sent flying out of the ring.
There goes McDonagh.
The two luchadores putting on a show here tonight.
[McAfee] Beautiful synchronization.
[Cole] And Rey launches himself. Caught.
[McAfee] I'm kind of shocked that they did it.
[Cole] Dragon Lee baseball slide underneath,
and now taken out
by Judgment Day, and Mysterio planted.
[crowd booing]
Dominik, McDonagh and Carlito have taken control.
[Cole] And we are back, live on Monday Night Raw.
Sold out tonight. Toledo, Ohio.
This is a Six-Man Tag Team Match-up,
and I can confirm it's Rey Mysterio in the ring against Carlito right now.
[McAfee] That's high-class professionalism of you.
Got a lot of years of experience in here, and Rey Mysterio needs a tag.
[Cole] Drop toe hold by the Hall of Famer. Carlito into the corner.
Dragon Lee, Braun Strowman begging Mysterio to make a tag.
As is Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh for Carlito.
[McAfee] Carlito locks up Rey's legs
and kind of drags him away from the corner.
Brilliant stuff from Carlito and The Judgment Day.
[Cole] Tag made. Here comes JD McDonagh.
And again, as you mentioned, Pat,
great strategy by the veteran Carlito,
making sure that Rey didn't get to his corner,
isolating the former world champion!
Back suplex by JD, cover now.
Hook of the leg.
Rey kicks out at two.
[indistinct conversation]
[McAfee] The LWO and Braun Strowman
obviously looking for massive comeuppance here for Judgment Day.
[Cole] We joke a lot about JD McDonagh.
He does make some weird decisions, but he's a psycho.
I mean, he can tear you apart in the ring.
[McAfee] Absolutely.
Strong, talented,
quick, dumb.
[Cole] And Carlito, as Rey's trying… struggling to make it back to his feet.
[McAfee] Rey feeding off the energy from Toledo.
[Cole] Rey sent across the ring.
Carlito with a clothesline, takes out Mysterio.
[McAfee] Casual clothesline from Carlito.
Almost a no-looker there.
[Cole] Slowly taking his time, continuing to punish the Hall of Famer.
[Rey grunts]
[Cole] Oh! Impact.
Down goes Dragon Lee off the cheap shot by Carlito.
[McAfee] That's smart wrestling.
[Cole] It's also smart that he didn't take the cheap shot on Strowman.
[McAfee] Yeah, obviously.
Out of the two, you certainly hit Dragon Lee over Braun Strowman, but…
Rey Mysterio fighting back,
knocks out his kid and McDumb-uh, slides through Carlito's legs.
[Cole] Caught him with a spin kick to the face,
and now Mysterio's got an opportunity.
[crowd cheering]
[McAfee] Toledo wants it.
The number-one trend in The United States.
[Cole] Strowman is fired up.
Rey! He caught Dominik.
McDonagh…
sent over the top rope, and Strowman itching to get in there.
Can Rey make a tag?
Pat, this place would come unglued.
And Carlito…
And now Judgment Day, making sure Strowman isn't involved.
Drives him into the barricade.
[McAfee] Which just knocked the barricade into the fifth row with Braun Strowman.
Nobody sucks as bad as you do, kid.
[Cole] Dominik mouthing off here at ringside.
Should worry about the matches.
Carlito goes shoulder-first into the ring post.
[Carlito] I'm thinking about it. I'm thinking about it.
[McAfee] Judgment Day down and out.
Same with the LWO and Braun Strowman.
[Cole] Mysterio trying to crawl toward the corner,
but there's no one there for his team.
[McAfee] It's a long way to go too, for Rey.
[Cole] Carlito intercepting Mysterio.
[McAfee] Ground and pound here by Carlito.
We'll keep him on our side.
[Cole] And now JD McDonagh.
[McAfee] We can quick shift this thing to beat down a Hall of Famer.
This is Judgment Day wrestling.
[Cole] Tremendous job isolating Mysterio, continuing to punish Rey.
[McAfee] These little rat bastards are good, aren't they? Judgment Day.
[Cole] They're real good.
Strength in numbers. But Mysterio…
-[McAfee] Great. -[Cole] Greatest of all time.
Oh, what a move by Rey!
Switching direction mid-air, looked like everybody was off balance,
and Rey turned it into a DDT.
[McAfee] The core strength Rey Mysterio needed
to execute that is unheard of.
[Cole] That was absolutely incredible.
And now, Dragon Lee on the apron. Mysterio trying to make a tag.
McDonagh gonna make a tag to Carlito.
Here comes Dragon Lee.
[McAfee] Carlito has been incredibly jealous of Dragon Lee in the past.
[Cole] Dragon Lee looking to use his quickness.
The dynamic luchador
launched out to the apron by Carlito.
Lee bounces face-first off the turnbuckle,
catches Carlito with a kick.
Now Lee gonna go to the top rope, and Carlito gonna make him pay.
[McAfee] Carlito was caught in the trance of Dragon Lee there for a second,
gathered himself, now he's in complete control.
Up at the penthouse. Top rope.
[Cole] Dragon Lee able to counter.
Carlito in trouble.
Leap from the top rope!
My goodness. For the win.
[crowd] One, two…
[Cole] McDonagh breaks it up.
Now Rey Mysterio, back into the fray.
Both men dumped over the top rope. Rey hangs on.
-Dominik! -[McAfee] Stupid Dom.
[Cole] Dropkick to his dad and…
-[inaudible] -[Cole] Look who's here.
Liv Morgan.
[McAfee] Coming to get a front-row seat to the Dominik Mysterio show.
-Get out of here! -Okay--
-You can't be here. -[inaudible]
You can't be here, Liv.
-Get out of here. -[inaudible]
No.
Get down and get out.
[inaudible]
[Cole] Oh, no!
[McAfee] The hell's going on?
[Cole] Oh, and Zelina from behind.
Zelina and Liv going at it.
[Liv yelling]
-No! Get off me! -Come on, Liv.
[Cole] All hell's broken loose and the monster's risen.
[shouting indistinctly]
[McAfee] The LWO's Dragon Lee tags in.
[Pat shouting in Spanish]
[in English] Braun Strowman's rolling!
[Cole] The hell you saying?
[McAfee] That's Spanish for one big son of bitch!
[Cole] Carlito sent into the ring.
Braun Strowman taking everybody out.
Splash in the corner.
Running powerslam.
Tag!
[McAfee] 385 pounds, 6'8",
putting Dragon Lee on his shoulders.
Big tree fall hard, Dragon Lee.
[Cole] From the shoulders of Strowman.
[crowd] One, two, three.
-[Cole] Dragon Lee with the win. -[bell dings]
["Control The Empire" playing]
[Samantha] Here are your winners.
The team of Braun Strowman,
WWE Hall of Famer, Rey Mysterio,
and Dragon Lee.
-♪ Feel my struggle and my pain ♪ -♪ Turn it up ♪
[McAfee] Zelina almost getting lifted into the sky by Braun Strowman
as LWO and the big son of a bitch
celebrate a massive win.
Yeah, but Judgment Day has got all kinds of problems.
Damian Priest is going to blow his stack over this Liv Morgan situation,
which he believed was settled.
I mean, Liv Morgan was straddling Dom
-right there in front of all of our eyes. -Yeah, yeah.
Zelina Vega got involved nonetheless--
Nah, she was right on top of Dom right over there--
Let's switch gear now. Also to come, later on tonight--
-[McAfee speaking in Spanish] -[in English] It is an NXT rivalry.
Uh, coming back to life here tonight
because Bron Breakker gonna take on this man,
Ilja Dragunov.
[McAfee speaks indistinctly]
[uneasy music plays]
[Dragunov] Raw is a different beast.
Like, in NXT, I used to be the undisputed king.
I crawled, I struggled,
I screamed and I cried in pain,
but eventually, I overcome.
Bron, you're the golden child.
Gifted at all sports, and you think that is intensity.
[Cole] Oh, my God!
No.
It is not having all of that.
It is developing skills and endurance
when no one thinks you are gonna make it.
Intensity means suffering!
And The Mad Dragon
is gonna make you suffer.
The only escape is when
I'm done breaking…
you.
Yo, what's good?
[crowd cheering]
Look, look. I just came to say that I know exactly what you're capable of.
And tonight, you're gonna go out there and show Bron Breakker
exactly what The Mad Dragon is all about.
Thank you.
But I know Bron.
-Yeah. -There are dangerous people,
and there is Bron Breakker.
That's true.
But I will go out
-and I will slay that monster. -Yeah.
Because that monster is not gonna slay the Dragon.
And when I'm done,
we both have a another round to go.
You read my mind.
You know I got your back.
[Cole] Dragunov and Bron Breakker later on tonight.
["Born To Be" playing]
Sami Zayn has a title defense in five nights.
A lot on his mind, including 330-pound Otis
who he goes one on one with, live, next.
♪ …I'm not about to lose ♪
♪ I'm the greatest Big smile for the haters… ♪
IYO.
IYO!
Dude, what the heck was that out there?
I took care of it.
[yelling]
Damage CTRL has to change!
[yelling]
[continues yelling]
["Worlds Apart" playing]
[Cole] Well, that happened.
[McAfee] It certainly did, didn't it?
♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
[McAfee] She's not happy.
♪ Oh-oh-oh-oh ♪
[crowd] ♪ Let's go! ♪
[Samantha] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
the Intercontinental Champion,
Sami Zayn!
[Cole] Well, Chad Gable pushed, Chad Gable prodded,
Chad Gable ambushed and attacked Sami Zayn
and finally got what he wanted.
Another opportunity at Sami Zayn, Intercontinental Championship.
Chad Gable has never held a singles title in WWE.
He wants to correct that wrong in his mind
when he takes on Sami Zayn this Saturday
for the Intercontinental Title at Clash at the Castle in Glasgow, Scotland.
Special start time two o'clock on the East Coast,
11:00 in the morning out West.
Sami really been trying to talk some sense into Otis,
Tozawa and Maxxine of the Alpha Academy.
Very complex situation
when it comes to their relationship with the coach, Chad Gable.
[McAfee] Yeah. The Stockholm syndrome is, uh…
best way to describe it all at Alpha Academy.
[crowd chanting] Sami! Sami! Sami!,
You guys are very nice to me.
Thank you very much for that.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] That was nice.
I'm not gonna lie, I could use that right around now
because it's been a messed-up couple of weeks.
And we are five days away
from me defending my Intercontinental Championship match
at Clash at the Castle against Chad Gable.
[crowd booing]
Chad, I don't even know what to call this rivalry
because it started out extremely personal,
and somehow it's turned into…
I don't even know what to call it.
But I'm not gonna run down a list of every dirty move,
every sucker punch, every sneak attack, every manipulation,
everything you've done with the Alpha Academy.
I am gonna put this very bluntly.
Saturday, Clash at the Castle,
I am going to defeat Chad Gable…
[crowd cheering]
…and I am going to put an end to all of this once and for all.
There's no more dealing with this manipulative,
abusive
psychopath.
It's time to go back to work,
and work for Sami Zayn, is continuing to be
the Intercontinental Champion.
Now, after Chad Gable--
["Shoooosh" playing]
[Cole] I don't know if we should be looking too far ahead, Sami.
[song fades]
[crowd chanting] You suck! You suck! You suck!
This is typical Sami Zayn.
Trying to tear down everything I've built
and make himself the sympathetic superhero
in somebody else's story.
It's pathetic!
The only manipulator here, Sami, is you.
Always interjecting yourself into everybody else's business, right?
Look, don't worry about the Academy.
We're good, all right?
They trust their master.
They trust my methods.
Actually, we're quite happy, come to think of it.
And wait till you see how happy they are
when their hero takes your Intercontinental Championship on Saturday.
Are… are you… [scoffs]
Are you out of your damn mind?
Did you really just say that they're happy?
You think they're happy? You think they're happy?
Chad, turn around and get a good look.
Do they look happy to you?
[crowd] No!
[Sami] Tozawa, are you happy?
-[crowd] No! -Come on.
Maxxine, you're limping around in an ankle brace.
Are you feeling happy?
-[crowd] No! -[inaudible]
And what about you?
Are you feeling happy, Otis?
[crowd] No!
[crowd chanting] Otis! Otis! Otis!
The truth is, Chad Gable doesn't give a damn about the three of you.
He doesn't care if you're happy or not.
But you know who does?
Every single one of these people.
And the truth is, you guys won't be happy
until you leave Chad Gable's sorry ass once and for all.
Hey!
You shut the hell up, Sami.
Nobody's leaving anybody, all right?
Here's what you don't understand.
You don't understand that we're a family.
And families stick together,
no matter what.
And they're gonna be with me on Saturday.
But tonight, I'm unleashing my version of Otis on you.
The version of Otis that doesn't feel bad about anything.
The version of Otis that does what I say,
that obeys.
The most brutal and ruthless version of Otis you've ever seen.
And I'm unleashing him right now.
["Shoooosh" playing]
[Cole] What version of Otis will Sami Zayn face?
We find out live, next on Monday Night Raw.
[Cole] We are back on Monday Night Raw.
-[bell dings] -Intercontinental Champion, Sami,
against the 330-pound Otis of Alpha Academy.
Chad Gable at ringside, the coach of Alpha Academy,
who meets Zayn in five nights
at Clash at the Castle for the Intercontinental Champion.
[McAfee] The insufferable Chad Napoleon Gable out here,
yelling and dressing down Alpha Academy.
Yes!
[Cole] Oh, and a clubby blow by Otis, and Sami trying to cover up in the corner.
Sami flat-out asked Otis.
More! Harder! We talked about this. Harder!
Yes! Yes!
[Cole] And Otis is listening to Chad Gable.
[McAfee] He has been. I mean, he's been torn, clearly,
but in the end, he's always sided with Napoleon.
That's the Otis I wanted.
[McAfee] Listen to the marching orders from the suit.
[Cole] A big splash by the 330-pounder.
Again. Again. Now!
[McAfee] Chad Gable has found himself an Intercontinental title match
at Clash at the Castle.
[Cole] And Otis obeying all of the orders from the coach tonight.
-[Gable] Again! Otis. -[McAfee] Absolutely.
Chad wants Sami beaten down before Saturday.
Otis, do it again. Do it again. Right now.
[Cole] Watch the impact here of Otis.
[McAfee] Full send from big-dozer Otis.
I said do it again. You need to start listening to me.
We talked about this. [indistinct]
This is it. You need to start listening when I talk to you.
Okay?
Now stick with the plan, you idiot.
[Cole] I mean, Otis has been listening to him all match long.
Because of that, Sami hit a Helluva Kick
out of nowhere for the win.
[bell dings]
["Worlds Apart" playing]
[Cole] And now Gable again attacking Zayn.
Chad Gable attacking Sami Zayn yet again.
[McAfee] Cheap shottin' Chad.
Beaten down Sami Zayn
after interrupting and losing the match for Otis.
Get out of my ring! Get out!
Get out! Right now. Go!
You, get up.
You're fine. Get up.
[McAfee] Kicking Tozawa and Maxxine out of the ring.
[Cole] Otis was dominating the match before Gable…
[McAfee] I mean, Tony Meola just coached the team to the elite eight.
-There's no reason to interrupt… -Hit him.
[McAfee] …whenever your team's rolling.
Otis had him. Chad ruined it.
Hit him.
Stealing Otis' shine once again.
Hit him now!
Hey!
[crowd cheering]
What did we talk about?
We talked about this.
You're supposed to do what I'm saying.
[crowd chanting] Otis! Otis! Otis!
Hey, listen.
[McAfee] A smack in the mouth.
[speaking indistinctly]
You never listen to me.
-[yells] -[crowd booing]
[McAfee] Chad letting these smacks fly.
[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Oh, man. Otis went right after Sami Zayn.
And now continues the assault
with a World's Strongest Slam.
[crowd booing]
[Cole] Big smile on the face of Gable.
Pat, you used the phrase earlier and it is apt for this situation.
Serious Stockholm syndrome for Otis here.
[McAfee] We can all see it.
[speaking indistinctly]
[Cole] Otis is apparently all in.
-[crowd cheering] -[Cole] Maybe not.
[McAfee] Oh.
Please.
-You don't want to do this. -[McAfee] Let us see his worm.
Do it, Otis.
[indistinct] You don't have to do this.
Hey, hey.
[crowd cheering]
Don't do this.
[crowd booing]
[McAfee] A conflicted Otis exits the ring,
and Chad Gable's thanking his lucky stars, that Napoleon.
[Cole] Yeah. Well, here's the problem.
Doctor Frankenstein may have created his monster.
You know how that worked out.
Where is he?
Sonya, Natalya, have you seen Truth?
-He went that way a long time ago. -A while ago.
-Thanks. -Yeah.
Truth!
[R-Truth] Miz.
-Thank you, ma'am. -Where you been?
Oh, I was talking to a fortuneteller.
She told me both of our futures, man.
Looks like we got a tag team title match tonight.
Tonight?
We got some…
-Fortune teller told you this? -Yes.
-So it's not official? -Yep, yep.
Oh. It's official. It's written in the stars, dawg.
We're dealing with forces that's bigger than ourselves.
It's in our destiny.
And tonight, we got a tag team title match against APA,
Faarooq and Bradshaw.
-Truth… -Yes.
…we can't fight APA.
Don't be scared, dawg.
Bro, I got a vision. I see unicorns.
What are you talking about? APA, unicorns…
And when did WWE spring for a fortune teller?
I hate to break it to you, man. Fortune telling isn't real.
Santa Claus ain't real.
The tooth fairy ain't real? Chupacabra?
-Truth? -Yes, ma'am.
It was a pleasure reading your fortune.
Oh, pleasure was all mine.
Miz, I have a reading for you as well.
She hooked you up.
AOP is looking forward to seeing you both in the ring tonight.
-She met APA -It's a death card.
I got the same one.
It's written in the stars, dawg.
We gonna die tonight.
-[Cole] I hope not. -[McAfee] They might.
["A Storm Is Coming" playing]
♪ A storm ♪
♪ Ha-ha, is coming ♪
["Watch Me Shine" playing]
♪ I'm on my own against the wall ♪
♪ The pressure's building But, no, I will never fall ♪
♪ Instead of crying, they hear me roar ♪
♪ And now I see that I'm way better than before ♪
♪ I never needed you at all… ♪
[Samantha] Please welcome the WWE Women's Tag Team Champions,
Jade Cargill
and Bianca Belair!
[Cole] Tag champs defending a Triple Threat on Saturday
against the two teams that are about to collide in the ring.
Alba Fyre, Isla Dawn
and Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark.
That match is live, next.
[Cole] You know, Pat, during NXT Battleground last night,
our WWE Champion from over on SmackDown, Cody Rhodes,
sent out a very curious tweet.
[McAfee] I read it, I said, "What the hell is going on here with Cody Rhodes?"
[Cole] A lot of history between Cody Rhodes and some of the individuals
nuances, in fact, down in NXT.
We're gonna find out what Cody Rhodes meant because--
[McAfee] Breaking! Breaking!
[Cole] Cody Rhodes will be live on NXT.
The WWE Champion, live on NXT right here on USA tomorrow night.
NXT is buzzing, and now the champions heading down to Florida.
I can't wait.
Well, congratulations to another champion,
NXT's Kelani Jordan.
Kelani Jordan, last night at NXT Battleground, making history.
She became the first-ever NXT Women's North American Champion.
Kelani has only been wrestling, Pat, for two years.
She was discovered at our Nashville tryouts,
the former Michigan state gymnast.
Again, congratulations to Kelani Jordan.
She won a Ladder Match last night.
This man wants to be in a very important Ladder Match next month.
["Main Event Ish" playing]
♪ USO! ♪
[McAfee] Yeet fest.
[Cole] Jey Uso has the fans on their feet.
[McAfee] What a scene.
The boy's still got big plans this year for himself, right?
[crowd] Yeet!
I can finally be Main Event Jey Uso now.
So with that being said, though…
I want to take this time to thank every single one of you'll
for yeeting with me on my own journey.
Main Event Jey Uso is now in your city.
You'll be rocking with me, yeeting with me.
[McAfee] Every city, yeeting with Jey Uso.
[Cole] I've never felt anything like this.
It's like the walls are moving. This is nuts!
[McAfee] This man has earned all this.
It's time for me to deliver for you'll one time.
[crowd] Yeet!
[Jey] I got one more plan this summer.
I'll prove to the whole world.
I'm gonna climb to the top of the ladder.
I'll prove to myself why…
Snatch that briefcase!
…they call me Main Event Jey Uso…
…and become Mr. Money in the Bank!
[crowd] Yeet!
[Cole] The stars are out on Monday Night Raw,
including Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill,
the Women's Tag Team Champions.
Big interest in this upcoming tag team match-up.
["Limb By Limb" playing]
[McAfee] One of the most impressive tag teams of all time.
-Lucky to have them on Raw. -[bell dings]
[Samantha] The following is a tag team match scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, the team of
Zoey Stark and Shayna Baszler!
[Cole] Another part of this Triple Threat Match,
the tag championships on Saturday at Clash at the Castle.
Last week on Monday Night Raw,
Shayna and Zoey had a Tag Team Championship match.
KOD hit by Bianca Belair
-before Fyre and Dawn… -[bell dinging]
…The Unholy Union, would enter the ring and chaos would break out.
Same thing happened this past Friday on SmackDown
after Jade and Bianca won a match-up.
Everyone got involved again.
The brawl is on.
And the Tag Team Champions…
well, they had heard and seen enough,
so they decided to make a challenge.
There's gonna be Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill
versus Shayna Baszler, Zoey Stark
and Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn at Clash at the Castle.
[Cole] As Shayna and Zoey get ready for tag team action,
our own Cathy Kelley standing by with their opponents here tonight.
Thanks so much, Cole.
I'm standing by with Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn,
and you two have successfully inserted yourselves
into the women's tag team title picture
and now have an opportunity at Clash at the Castle
in your home country of Scotland.
So what does that opportunity mean for you two?
Like you said, on Saturday,
we compete in front of our home crowd,
in front of all our friends and family,
and what is possibly one of the biggest matches of our careers.
Cathy,
on Saturday, we are gonna show everyone
why we should have been in that match from the start.
But tonight…
Tonight, we take care of Zoey and Shayna,
who, if it wasn't for us, would have been beaten
and embarrassed by the tag champs last week.
So, you're welcome, girls. [giggles]
And tonight…
Tonight is just a taster for Saturday.
Because whether it's pinning these two or Jade and Bianca,
we will be walking out of Clash at the Castle
your new Women's Tag Team Champions.
I can't wait.
["The Depths" playing]
[McAfee] All right.
Let's see about that.
[Samantha] And their opponents,
Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn!
[Cole] Both grew up in the Glasgow area.
They will be performing in Glasgow
this coming Saturday night at Clash at the Castle.
Now I do want to bring our focus back to Shayna Baszler
in this tag team match-up tonight.
You have to wonder what kind of condition Baszler is in.
Twenty four hours ago, in a battle, NXT Underground
and NXT Battleground against former MMA competitor, Lola Vice.
Vice knocked her out.
Big back fist took out Shayna Baszler,
also injured Shayna's knee.
A career-defining victory for Lola Vice at NXT last night.
[McAfee] Great to see Underground was back at it.
A lot of people said maybe made an early stop nonetheless.
Shayna and Lola beat the hell out of each other
at NXT Battleground just last month.
[Cole] Zoey Stark, uh,
telling Shayna…
[McAfee] "I got this."
-[Cole] "I'm gonna start this for you." -[bell dings]
Isla Dawn goes right up to the injured knee of Baszler.
Smart move by Dawn,
as Stark and Dawn start this match-up.
[all yelling indistinctly]
[Cole] Zoey Stark…
Fyre, off the apron.
And now Dawn…
[both grunt]
[Cole] …sends Stark into the corner.
[McAfee] Phenomenal st--
Smart start.
[Cole] Well, Dawn and Fyre, former NXT Women's Tag Team Champions.
[McAfee] They seem to have the right attitude.
They don't really give a damn about anything.
[Cole] Tag made again by Dawn.
Doing a great job now with Shayna Baszler out of action.
Isolating Zoey Stark here.
Cover by Dawn, hook of the leg
and a kick out.
Remember, Triple Threat rules on Saturday.
First team to gain pinfall or submission will become the Women's Tag Champs.
Stark rolls up Dawn, and a kick out,
which means Jade and Bianca do not have to be involved in the decision.
Again, Shayna Baszler…
knocked off the apron to her already injured knee.
The attack by Dawn.
[McAfee] Zoey Stark, nobody to tag and… Ooh!
Dawn is really…
They're gonna have home-field advantage this weekend too.
[Cole] Indeed. Oh!
Look at this. Double-team move now.
Fyre off the top rope, cover now on Stark.
Is it enough to put her away?
Hook of the leg…
and Shayna Baszler dragging Fyre out of the ring.
Baszler back up on the apron.
Tag made and here comes The Submission Magician.
Shayna Baszler sending Fyre into the steps.
[McAfee] The attack of the knee by Dawn
might have just pissed off Shayna Baszler.
Might have woke her up after a big Underground fight.
[Cole] Yeah, rough 24 hours for The Queen of Spades.
[McAfee] Obviously not vibing after a loss to Lola Vice,
-but looking for some get back. -[screaming]
[Cole] You gotta wonder what the-- Look at Dawn getting involved.
You got to wonder what the tag champs Jade and Bianca are thinking
as they watch this match-up from just to our right at ringside.
Roll up by Fyre.
Kick out by Baszler.
And Shayna…
-Ooh! -[screams]
[Cole] Knee right to the back.
[McAfee] A backbreaker. And oh, no.
[screams]
[McAfee] A good luck in the future stomps from Shayna Baszler.
That'll break an arm.
That'll end a career.
[Cole] That's what she is trying to do.
Ticked off at the way this match-up starts.
Kneepad down and right back to the knee goes Fyre.
Oh! Baszler again using that knee as a weapon and drops to one knee.
[McAfee] She took the knee pad off there too.
[Cole] And Baszler now looking to put Fyre away,
wrestling her down center of the ring.
Submission move locked in.
[grunts]
[Cole] Shayna Baszler staring at the Tag Team Champions.
-Kirifuda puts Fyre away. -[bell dings]
[McAfee] I'm in direct eyeshot of Shayna Baszler.
What an intimidating scene.
She's still choking her out!
["Limb By Limb" playing]
[Cole] Sending a message to Fyre and Dawn.
[Samantha] Here are your winners,
the team of Zoey Stark
-and Shayna Baszler! -[inaudible conversation]
[McAfee] Shayna just sent a message to everybody in the arena,
including our champions.
[Cole] Yeah. Triple Threat Match, Saturday, at Clash at the Castle.
Meanwhile, in moments, The Mad Dragon, Ilja Dragunov,
versus this man, high-octane Bron Breakker.
[McAfee barking]
[intense music plays]
[Cole] The intense,
powerful,
dominant badass.
[Breakker] I had to make an example out of Ricochet.
Because this is what happens
for not putting me in the King of the Ring tournament.
[Cole] Bron Breakker sending a massive message to the rest of WWE.
[Breakker] As far as Ilja Dragunov goes, I gotta give it to him.
He's one of the best performers in the world.
But me being the golden child isn't any more intense
than you fake yelling into the camera every week
and holding your breath until your face turns purple.
[intense music continues]
It's gonna take everything and then some
for you to prepare to beat me.
Because there's only one badass in WWE.
There's only one meaner than evil, there's only one dog!
And that…
is me.
["Break And Destroy" playing]
[dog barking on speakers]
[bell dings]
[Samantha] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, from Atlanta, Georgia,
weighing in at 250 pounds,
Bron Breakker!
[Cole] One of the most intimidating superstars I have ever seen, Pat,
Bron Breakker.
[McAfee] The dogs are barking in Toledo.
Every time this man steps foot in an arena, you can feel the intensity.
It is palpable.
What's about to take place is gonna be historic.
It's gonna be epic.
It's gonna be Bron breaking.
[McAfee barks]
[Cole] RG III,
your buddy from ESPN, college football and NFL analyst,
sent out a tweet concerning the man who's about to battle in action tonight,
Bron Breakker.
[McAfee] And the whole world has realized what Bron Breakker is,
a natural dog.
[Cole] And Breakker, set for action here on Raw.
["Death Waltz" playing]
[Samantha] And his opponent, from Moscow, Russia,
weighing in at 210 pounds,
Ilja Dragunov!
[Cole] Well, if you're a fan of NXT,
you know that these guys have had a storied rivalry back in 2022, 2023.
These two men ruled NXT.
In fact, in a match late last year,
Dragunov would knock off Bron Breakker.
And here's an interesting stat, Pat.
These two men… two of the three people
to have beaten Gunther
since he arrived in WWE a number of years ago.
[McAfee] Obviously, that's an incredible feat.
You have to have a mix of power and quickness
and ring IQ.
And obviously, both these men have that.
I'm not sure how intelligent it is to sign up for a match with Bron Breakker,
but Ilja's been impressive thus far here on Monday Night Raw.
[Cole] Yeah, welcome to the house of the dragon.
-Ilja Dragunov… -[bell dings]
…set to do battle with Bron Breakker tonight.
[McAfee] Welcome to the doghouse, bub.
[Cole] And now Dragunov and Breakker going after one another,
exchanging blows center of the ring.
When asked what he did to Ricochet,
Bron Breakker said, "Had to make an example of it."
He told Dragunov to go home,
"Do your little diet changes and all your stupid weightlifting."
None of that's gonna help you in this match-up tonight."
And Dragunov! Pop, pop enziguri,
driving Breakker back to the corner.
Both of these men so physical, so intimidating.
They'd even say they both got a little screw loose,
-the way they compete in the ring. -[McAfee] Absolutely.
[referee] [indistinct], Ilja, let's go.
[Cole] Another big chop by Dragunov
who will take the fight to you, no matter who you are.
And Breakker taking him down and pounding away on Dragunov.
[shouting indistinctly]
[McAfee] Bron Breakker, so explosive, so powerful.
[Cole] Dragunov lands on his feet.
A couple of spinning hands, and another one,
driving Breakker back.
[McAfee] A lot of chops there to drive Bron into the corner.
[Cole] A very spirited Dragunov on offense tonight.
…two, three.
[Cole] Former NXT Champion.
[McAfee] Speed chops from Russia
coming right up for Bron Breakker in the corner.
[Cole] NXT UK champ as well.
Bron Breakker, of course,
would be the man to unify those championships.
[McAfee] Chopped him in the throat, kicked him in the mouth.
I did not expect this from Ilja against Bron Breakker.
[Cole] I mentioned before, very physical rivalry between these two men.
Dragunov into the corner,
paint brushing the face of Breakker with the boot.
[McAfee] Sitting on him and choking him a little bit as well.
[Cole] And Dragunov…
What's been impressive is he's taken the fight to Breakker.
[McAfee] He's in control of Bron Breakker right now.
Another kick to the head.
[Cole] A never-say-die attitude.
Dragunov always looking to overcome any obstacle.
Breakker, though, sends Dragunov right into the second rope!
About decapitated him.
Dragunov seeing stars. No clue where he is.
[Cole] And we are back, live on Monday Night Raw,
sold out tonight, Toledo, Ohio.
This has been a hard-hitting affair.
Bron Breakker vs Ilja Dragunov.
And Breakker took over before the commercial break
and has been dominating ever since.
[McAfee] Absolutely in control.
Actually lifted Ilja up and said, "Not yet."
[Cole] Yeah, but I mentioned before the resilience of Dragunov.
Staying in this fight with Bron Breakker,
has been so impressive since being the sixth overall draft pick
by Monday Night Raw back in April.
[McAfee] He was not selected to compete in the King of the Ring and has--
[Cole] Oh, my goodness! What a power slam!
Dragunov kicked out.
[McAfee] Did you see that?
[Cole] I wish we had a camera on your face because your expression said it all.
[McAfee] Just how quickly he picked him up and put him down.
The beauty of Bron Breakker.
[Cole] There's no love lost between these two rivals.
Now just pounding with his forearms to the back of the head,
and Dragunov defenseless with the blows to the back of the neck.
[McAfee] There's nothing that Bron Breakker can't do.
He wants to get revenge and prove to everybody
that he was supposed to be in the King of the Ring tournament.
Thought he was overlooked.
-Put a chip on that shoulder. -How about now? Huh?
[Cole] Nobody is overlooking Breakker anymore,
I can guarantee you that.
[McAfee] You can't be. And that's the exact point he's trying to prove.
[Cole] There's been some question about the way he's gone about things.
Trying to injure people.
Oh!
[McAfee] Yeah, he's maybe taken a bit too far,
but he's trying to leave an impact.
"I'm the guy," he's trying to say.
[Cole] Impact made by both men as they were exchanging blows,
but then he drops Dragunov again.
Now Dragunov catches Breakking, stops him in his tracks.
Ilja trying to build some sort of momentum here.
A big clothesline.
[McAfee] Ilja and Ricochet have been battling against Bron.
[Cole] Another clothesline.
And now, Dragunov fired up.
Oh and whoa!
What a collision!
Breakker…
dropping Dragunov.
And through the second rope…
Constantin Special!
[groaning]
[Cole] Both men down, critical moment in this match.
[McAfee] Somehow, after eating a flying knee,
Ilja is able to hit a Constantin Special.
[Cole] And Dragunov in the corner, running knee again to Breakker.
He's got Breakker in trouble. Dragunov trying to put Breakker away.
Slams Breakker down.
Now Dragunov.
That's the Czar of WWE.
Knee to the forehead of Breakker, and Dragunov is starting to feel it.
The symphony is playing.
[McAfee] I don't hear any instruments, but it must be in his mind.
[Cole] Whatever works. German suplex!
[groans, speaks indistinctly]
Man, just the… the grit of this man.
[McAfee] He's sandpaper.
Ilja Dragunov is the depiction of sandpaper.
[Cole] Yet another German and still has not released.
Still favoring the neck which was attacked
by Breakker early on.
Dragunov going for a third German.
[McAfee] Imagine throwing Bron Breakker around three straight times.
[Cole] Breakker trying to break the waist lock.
[yelling]
Dragunov lifting him up. And Dragunov…
Still able to deliver the suplex into a bridge.
Cover, shoulders down, kick out by Breakker.
What an incredible, powerful move.
[McAfee] It's like a hip flexor suplex.
[Cole] Speaking of that, how's your hip?
[McAfee] Not great.
It's better than Bron Breakker's.
It just got used as a suplex.
Leverage there from Dragunov.
-[Cole] Gonna need surgery? -[McAfee] There's certainly not
gonna be any surgery in my life.
We're not gonna ask questions we don't want the answers to.
[Cole] Now Dragunov. Look at this. Breakker, though.
Back body drop!
And now Bron Breakker trying to take over.
What a match this has been between two of the up-and-coming superstars
here on Monday Night Raw.
Breakker, powerhouse.
Went for the press. Dragunov slips behind.
Ooh! Caught him. Right in the face.
And now Dragunov trying to lift Breakker up.
And he does, on his shoulders.
Sending Breakker… into the corner.
[McAfee] Leg whipped into the ropes there.
Dragunov…
[Cole] Yeah, impressive.
[McAfee] Testing Bron Breakker more than I've ever seen in my life.
[Cole] He's was great NXT Champion.
As was Breakker.
Survivor. That's who Dragunov is.
Breakker's flashy…
-[McAfee] Explosive. -[Cole] …in many ways. Explosive.
Dragunov's just blue collar. He's down in the… dirt.
Fight back.
[McAfee] Bron Breakker's blue collar as well. He's a dog.
Ilja Dragunov taking Bron Breakker to the limit.
[Cole] Up to the top rope.
Dragunov, what the hell is he gonna do here?
Looking to go Coast to Coast on Breakker!
Cover!
Dragunov rolls out of it.
And now he heads out to the apron, up to the top rope.
Dragunov looking to put him away!
-Oh, goodness! -[yelling]
That bomb by Dragunov, cover,
hook of the leg on Breakker,
and kick out by Bron at two.
That was money, money, money from Ilja Dragunov.
And the senton. I thought he was gonna put Breakker away.
[Cole] And a senton bomb by Dragunov,
but somehow Breakker kicked out.
Dragunov trying not to get frustrated.
Trying to stay on the attack of Breakker.
Very competitive match-up here tonight.
[grunting]
Now pounding elbows to the back of the Breakker.
[McAfee] Bron's hold there, trying to slow it down.
[Cole] Oh, goodness!
Steinerline by Breakker.
Destroyed Dragunov.
And Bron said, "That's it" went for a spare and ran into a knee.
Man, what a battle between these two here tonight!
H-Bomb!
[Ilja groaning]
[Cole] H-Bomb!
[crowd chanting indistinctly]
[Cole] Indeed it is.
[crowd continues chanting]
[Cole] Insane moment here, the H-Bomb by Dragunov.
[McAfee] Hit right on the button of Bron Breakker.
[Cole] Now Breakker on our announce table, Dragunov with a knee.
Excuse me, a boot to the face of Breakker,
driving him over the announce table.
And now Dragunov tearing the announcer table apart.
Bron Breakker.
All discombobulated over here.
[Cole] Breaks the count, Dragunov wants the victory over Breakker.
Trying to drag Breakker back up onto our table.
What the hell is this Russian thinking?
[Cole] Ilja, blocked by Breakker.
And Bron--
Oh, goodness! Ribs first, right on the edge of our announce table.
What an absolutely brilliant move
from Bron Breakker.
[Cole] And Breakker will break the count.
The referee, Eddie Orengo, looking on
as Breakker continues to do even more damage
to the midsection of the ribs of Dragunov.
Dropping him on the barricade.
And quickly this match has turned into the favor of Bron Breakker.
-Oh! Mid-section first to the steel post. -[screams]
This is the destructive nature of Bron Breakker.
[McAfee] Bron Breakker gets his opportunity
to beat the hell out of you, he's gonna take it.
[Cole] Intense as they come.
Dragunov still fighting back!
How the hell is he doing this?
[McAfee] I have no idea what's wrong with this guy.
[Cole] Spear! To the bad ribs!
Sudden impact by Breakker!
But Dragunov able to roll out of the ring.
Breakker could not get into the position to cover.
This has been an unbelievable physical battle.
-[McAfee] It's been a fight, Cole. -[Cole] And Breakker.
Turning on the speed jets and just plowing through,
bulldozing through Dragunov.
If he you didn't have broken ribs before, he's got them now.
[McAfee] Literally looks like JJ Watt turning the corner.
Myles Garrett down the road.
Four!
[McAfee] Breaking the spine in the sternum of a human.
[Cole] Official…
-Six! -…Eddie Orengo now on the count of six.
Dragunov,
I don't even know how he can breathe, let alone make it back to his feet.
[crowd] Eight!
[Cole] Eight now. Dragunov trying to drag himself back in,
and he does, barely beats the count.
Bron Breakker, full head of steam.
Another spear, splitting Dragunov in half.
-Stacks him up, Breakker with the win. -[crowd] One, two, three!
[bell dings]
["Destined For Greatness" playing]
[Samantha] Here is your winner,
Bron Breakker!
[Cole] The unpredictable badass.
[McAfee] Dog!
[Cole] I mean, what a fight by Dragunov tonight.
[McAfee] Absolutely.
Turned in the corner and sawed the guy in half.
Bron Breakker did that, hit the ropes, hit that speed,
Bron Breakker did that.
One, two, three, Bron Breakker beats Ilja Dragunov.
[Cole] I hope everybody in the Monday Night Raw locker room
is looking on.
[McAfee] Including that soup bowl stooge
and good guy Adam Pearce.
Give Bron Breakker some opportunity.
That's what this guy's wanted all along.
[Cole] I have no idea what the hell Breakker's doing here.
[McAfee] He's seemingly--
[Cole] Dragunov trying to drag himself back to his feet here.
And oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness!
Wait a minute! Ricochet!
Ricochet intercepting Breakker who had bad intentions.
[McAfee] Ricochet told Ilja, "I have your back."
[Cole] And dropkicking Breakker in the WWE fans.
Breakker was gonna do serious damage to Dragunov.
He was coming for a big spear through the barricade
before Ricochet intercepted him.
Thank goodness for Ricochet.
[McAfee] Saved Ilja.
And look, what happened out there tonight,
that wasn't it, ain't it.
We've got to fix that. All right?
We've got missing key cards.
-Where it's at. I want to know. -Where's the card anyway?
-Hey! -I don't know how that got there.
-[speaking Spanish] -[in English] She planted it.
Impossible.
-Dude, I didn't do it. -Guys, this is evil.
-It has to go. -It's got to go. It's got to go.
Hey, listen. This…
We all need to chill. This is just Liv Morgan trying to drive us apart.
We don't need that keycard here.
We are The Judgment Day, and we run this place.
Let's show everyone.
I agree with that.
Yo, look. Dom, you're my boy. I trust you.
But this stuff with Liv, you've got to put your foot down.
-All right. -And you gotta shave that mustache.
All right, enough.
Let's get back to Judgment Day business.
Finn, Main Event tonight, you are gonna smash through.
You will. Hell, yeah.
Big man, Saturday at clash, you finish the job.
-Yeah, I am. -[speaking Spanish]
-[in English] Let's do it. -Absolutely.
[indistinct]
Right, I'll take care of Drew, boys.
Get it done! [indistinct]
We got this.
[indistinct]
[Miz] Awesome!
[Cole] They got it all figured out.
[Miz] Toledo, Ohio!
-You'll know what time it is. -Truth!
♪ What we're gonna do? ♪
♪ Let's crank it up Let's crank it up now ♪
♪ Here we go ♪
♪ People over there, what's up? ♪
♪ Let me hear your say, what's up? ♪
♪ What's up? ♪
♪ Miz, tell 'em who we is ♪
♪ The Awesome Truth ♪
♪ You can get with this Or you can get with that ♪
♪ You better come get with this 'Cause this is where it's at ♪
♪ What's up? ♪
♪ Miz, tell 'em who we is ♪
♪ The Awesome Truth ♪
♪ We be skipping, jumping Leaving the competition ♪
♪ Make them disappear Like your favorite magician ♪
♪ It's like that as a matter of fact ♪
♪ Y'all can tell them That the Awesome Truth is back ♪
♪ Most of the time you see us Just being simple ♪
♪ [indistinct] We be Busting them up like a pimple ♪
♪ Statin' our claim to fame ♪
♪ Two most must-see superstars Playing the game ♪
♪ Haven't even started yet ♪
♪ But you can better believe I'ma yank it off a sure-shot bet ♪
♪ What's up? ♪
♪ What's up? What's up? ♪
♪ Miz, tell 'em who we is ♪
♪ Awesome Truth ♪
[Cole] Miz adds nothing. Like, zero.
He adds nothing.
♪ What's up? What's up? ♪
[McAfee] He tries.
♪ Miz, tell 'em who we is ♪
♪ The Awesome Truth ♪
♪ You can get with this Or you can get with that ♪
♪ Toledo, Ohio, this is where it's at ♪
♪ What's up? ♪
♪ Miz, tell 'em who we is ♪
♪ The Awesome Truth ♪
-[McAfee] Stuck the landing-- -[Cole] Tag title match!
[McAfee]Way to go, Miz. You stuck the landing.
[Cole] It's gonna be quite the weekend across the pond in Glasgow, Scotland.
It starts on Friday.
Eleven o'clock Eastern, 8:00 a.m. Pacific.
It's the kickoff show, Clash at the Castle.
That will be followed by SmackDown
at 8 o'clock on the East Coast, live.
It'll be from Glasgow, and of course, Saturday,
the Countdown show, 12:00 noon Eastern,
two hours to whet your appetite.
Prepare for the first-ever premium live event
in the history of Scotland, it's Clash at the Castle.
Start time, two o'clock Eastern, eleven o'clock Pacific.
[Sheamus sighs]
Look, I know we haven't seen eye to eye since I came back,
but I'm here to remind you, this Saturday, you're on the cusp of greatness.
Home field advantage, boisterous Glasgow crowd.
Take it home, fella.
You're right.
I've seen what's been happening with you and Ludwig.
It's time to remind everybody who Sheamus really is.
And Saturday, when I win the World Title, you better bloody be there.
'Cause we'll be smashing back pints all night.
Now you're speaking my language.
And don't worry about that beady-eyed, weird-looking
Ken doll muppet.
You know what I'm saying?
Because that guy better be sleeping with one eye open
'cause he's got the mother and father of all receipts coming his way.
He says he wants to win Money in the Bank…
Well, I'm gonna win Money in the Bank, and I'm gonna smash Kaiser's face in.
How about that for a twofer?
Love everything about it.
Just, when you win the Money in the Bank,
I'll be World Heavyweight Champion.
So unlike everybody else, you're actually a real man.
Give me the heads-up for the cash then, eh?
Well, if I do this way to cash in on you, it'll just be like old times.
It'll be…
Banger after banger
after banger after banger!
Here we go! [chuckles]
[Cole] Ladies and gentlemen, Clash at the Castle
is presented by Gin and Juice,
a ready-to-drink cocktail by Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.
New premium spirit brand, named after Snoop's iconic song,
Gin and Juice, produced by Dr Dre.
We know first-hand how good that is.
[McAfee] Delightful.
[Cole] Awesome Truth set to defend the tag team title,
let's head back to Cathy Kelley.
Yeah, Cole, I'm here with Awesome Truth's challengers for this evening,
and, Karrion, it's arguably the biggest opportunity
for the Final Testament, the match tonight.
Is this a major step in your ultimate vision?
Of course it is.
The Final Testament has every single thing you would need
to take over any brand here in WWE.
And tonight, Authors of Pain are bringing the tag titles home.
And maybe… just maybe,
when we do that, Xavier Woods will realize
he belongs here with us instead of Kofi Kingston.
Woods, we would never abandon you
the way Kofi did last week.
You can't trust him.
[chuckles]
[Cole] Well, that's an interesting way to look at what happened… last week.
We're gonna show you what happened here in a few moments.
And, by the way, it's AOP, not APA.
["The End Is Near" playing]
[McAfee] Truth was talking to a fortune teller,
which was actually Scarlett.
The big boss Kross, leading the Final Testament and AOP.
[Cole] The Final Testament
continuing to drive a wedge for The New Day
just like last year.
Hey, Woods.
After tonight, you won't have to follow him around anymore.
Trust me.
[Cole] So this is the match that Scarlett was talking about.
It was The New Day against AOP.
Scarlett with a distraction.
Kofi Kingston getting into it with Karrion at ringside.
Xavier Woods had no one to toss
or to tag, I should say, until Kofi came up onto the apron.
And then what a rush, AOP with the win.
-Not the way the Final Testament… -[bell dings]
described what happened with The New Day.
Tonight, Authors of Pain, looking to win Tag Team gold
from former NXT and Raw Tag Team Champions.
Looking to take the title tonight from R-Truth.
Scarlett played fortune teller, talked R-Truth into this
Tag Team Championship match tonight.
Gave them both death cards. And she just kind of like…
-[Cole] "You're cursed." -[McAfee] Yeah.
[bell dings]
The following contest is scheduled for one fall,
and it is for the World Tag Team Championship!
Introducing the challengers,
accompanied by Paul Ellering, Scarlett and Karrion Kross,
representing the Final Testament.
At a combined weight of 618 pounds,
Akam, Rezar,
Authors of Pain!
[McAfee] Dudes are huge.
And their opponents,
they are the World Tag Team Champions,
R-Truth and The Miz,
Awesome Truth!
[Cole] Awesome Truth winning the tag titles back at WrestleMania.
Part of that big Six-Pack Ladder Match challenge.
[McAfee] Got the handshake figured out.
[Cole] And tonight, they're going against the massive
Akam and Rezar of the Authors of Pain.
Don't forget Scarlett's at ringside,
Paul Ellering is at ringside, Karrion Kross at ringside,
all part of the Final Testament.
-[bell dings] -So Rezar and The Miz starting things off.
The veteran Miz, of course, a former two-time World Champion.
He's been a tag champ nine times in his career.
Going against the massive 6'4", 330-pound Rezar.
[Ellering shouts indistinctly]
[Cole] Ooh! Getting some instructions from Mr. Ellering,
the Hall of Fame-- Tag, here comes Akam.
[McAfee] [indistinct] Akam.
-[Cole] Oh! -[McAfee] Big right arm.
[Cole] Clothesline. AOP has taken over, tag titles up for grabs.
[yelling indistinctly]
They're gonna bring--
[Cole] Hey, this is a Tag Team Championship match.
The world tag team title is on the line!
Miz, and R-Truth, the champions,
against the Authors of Pain. And Miz right there,
side stepping Rezar who's able to make a tag to Akam.
And Miz trying to fight back and somehow make a tag to R-Truth.
Step up enziguri.
[McAfee] Akam, the Punjabi powerhouse.
[Cole] And here comes Truth!
Truth sort of made this match-up.
He was talking to the fortune teller, who happened to be Scarlett,
earlier on tonight.
Truth now!
About to pay homage to his childhood hero, Mr. Cena.
-[McAfee] Sends Rezar over the top rope. -[Cole] Tag!
[McAfee] Brilliant Truth stuff.
[Cole] Truth and Miz in position.
[Scarlett] No, no!
[crowd] You can't see me!
[Cole] Karrion Kross getting involved as the official was over there,
Rod Zapata, dealing with Scarlett.
And Kross may have given the Authors of Pain and the advantage here.
[McAfee] I knew Final Testament was gonna rear its ugly head.
[Cole] Look who's here!
Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods, The New Day,
here for some payback.
[indistinct conversation]`
[Cole] And Truth from behind with the tag team titles, uh-oh…
Didn't even stun Akam, just made him mad.
Miz, from behind.
Roll up, shoulders down.
-Awesome Truth with the win! -[bell dings]
[announcer] Here are your winners,
and still the World Tag Team Champions,
Awesome Truth!
[Cole] So much for driving a wedge, right?
New Day.
It may have just cost the AOP the Tag Team Championship.
[McAfee] R-Truth,
his brilliance works again.
The champs remain the champs.
We're almost there, we're almost there.
Come on.
-[both exclaim] -[Cole] Oh, my God!
[grunting]
[Cole] Bron Breakker and Ricochet fighting it out in the parking lot.
[grunts, groans]
[McAfee] Ricochet just got thrown by Bron Breakker.
[coughing]
Bron Breakker and Ricochet.
Fighting on a Chevy, brother.
[Cole] Oh, my God! Oh, Jesus.
Somebody get out there and stop this thing.
[groaning]
[continues groaning]
[Cole] My goodness, what the hell is Breakker doing?
The hell are you doing?
[Ricochet groaning]
[man 1] Bron, what are you doing?
-[indistinct shouting] -[man 1] We gotta go.
[man 2] Get out of here!
We don't want to do it.
[indistinct shouting]
[man 2] What are you doing?
-You gotta go. -Gonna get you help.
[indistinct shouting]
Come on, Bron. Get it out of here! What are you even doing?
Ah! I can't breathe.
-I can't breathe. -[referee] We need help!
[Cole] You know, after he beat Dragunov, Bron Breakker wanted to do
more damage in the arena before Ricochet intercepted.
Breakker was so ticked off about this
that he went after Dragunov again in the backstage area.
Now, this is moments ago.
Ricochet and Breakker would fight out into the parking lot.
And the bottom line is this.
This is ugly. This is nasty.
Breakker is seriously is gonna hurt somebody.
He probably already did with this to Ricochet.
[Ricochet groaning]
[McAfee] Nothing sounded or looked good for Ricochet out in that parking lot.
It was tough to watch.
[Cole] Our ring announcer, Samantha Irvin, is the fiancée of Ricochet.
She watched in horror out here, as Pat and I did,
to what happened, and now this is live in the parking lot area.
Samantha distraught, of course, with Ricochet.
They've stretchered him and they're gonna take him to a hospital.
EMTs working Ricochet. There's the thumbs up to say he's okay,
but how can he be okay?
[Samantha] I want to go with him.
[Ricochet] Babe, it's okay.
[paramedic] It's gonna be alright.
You're gonna be all right, Ricochet.
Just stay calm.
-Good? -Yup.
-Okay. -It's gonna be all right.
We gotta get him out.
[man 1] Get out of here, guys.
[man 2] Come on.
[Cole] I know our social media team will be all over this
with updates on Ricochet…
[siren wailling]
[Cole] …throughout the night. Here's the bottom line.
Our general manager, Adam Pearce, is not here tonight,
but someone needs to do something about Bron Breakker.
It's one thing to beat the hell out of the people in a match in the ring.
It is another to take it to this extreme.
He's gonna seriously injure somebody.
He may have already done that tonight.
Something has to be done about Breakker.
Yeah. Bron Breakker is certainly a problem.
He went too far this time, and he's trying to make
an impact and a legacy and everything.
But you just can't be sending people to the hospital.
[Cole] And again, social media will keep you updated on the situation
["Gallantry" playing]
…for Ricochet, tonight.
We have to try to pull our attention away from what happened
out in the parking lot to our main event.
Massive implications here in this match-up for that man, Drew McIntyre.
The problem is we showed you Samantha Irvin, not out here,
our normal ring announcer for Monday Night Raw.
She's with her fiance, Ricochet.
[McAfee] I'll step up. I'll step up, if need be, for the team.
[Cole] You're gonna ring announce?
[McAfee] I'll step up for the team if need be.
[Cole] Watch your leg, please.
[McAfee] I can't do Samantha Irvin level of anything, but…
[bell dings]
The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first,
a big, handsome bastard from Scotland,
weighing in at 275,
Drew McIntyre!
[Cole] I'm not quite sure that that's the way to do it.
[McAfee] What's that?
[Cole] I said, I'm not quite sure that that's the way to do it.
Too much? Geez!
[Cole chuckles] You're gonna hurt your other leg.
McIntyre, Bálor.
McIntyre needs a win to ban Judgment Day from ringside, Saturday.
Main event's next.
-[McAfee] Think I nailed it. -[Cole] Not bad.
Told you about the breaking news for tomorrow night
NXT right here on USA.
WWE Champion, Cody Rhodes,
just a few days from his defensive Clash at the Castle,
visits NXT and some old friends, live tomorrow night.
Speaking of Clash at the Castle, this coming Saturday,
Cody Rhodes in an "I Quit" match with AJ Styles.
You win the match when you incapacitate your opponent
till they cannot make it to their feet before the count of ten.
That's for the WWE Championship.
Also, Triple Threat Match for the Women's Tag Title.
Bianca, Jade, defending against Shayna and Zoey
and Alba and Isla as they go home to Scotland.
Chad Gable, big opportunity
at Clash at the Castle.
[McAfee] Intercontinental title opportunity for Chad Gable,
who has certainly been despicable as of late,
but could walk out of Scotland as a champion against Sami Zayn.
[Cole] Hey, Piper Niven gonna have a home field advantage
as she battles Bayley for the WWE Women's Championship.
And Drew McIntyre versus Damian Priest for the World Heavyweight Title,
Clash at the Castle, Saturday.
2:00 Eastern, 11:00 a.m. Pacific.
And McIntyre in this match tonight can really turn the odds.
Maybe in his favor.
Come Saturday, he beats Finn Bálor,
Judgment Day will be barred from ringside
at Clash at the Castle.
["The Other side V2" playing]
[McAfee] Oh, I gotta do that.
[Cole] Yeah, your job's not done yet.
[McAfee] Samantha, well, I apologize.
Alicia…
…for ruining your profession.
But I shall try.
[loud thud]
[McAfee] And Drew's opponent,
representing the bum-ass Judgment Day,
out of Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland,
with 0% body fat on a 225-pound frame,
Finn Bálor!
[Cole] You got to exercise those vocal chords.
You were cracking a bit at the end.
[McAfee] I couldn't get the full name out there.
I was coaching all weekend.
-I was coaching. -[Cole] You didn't do bad, either.
Bálor, McIntyre, big match-up here tonight.
You got to wonder if McIntyre is gonna be bringing
the World Heavyweight Championship to Monday Night Raw
next week in the great state of Texas on the coast in Corpus Christi.
So here are the stakes.
A win for McIntyre… Bálor, JD…
-[bell dings] -[Cole] …Dom, Carlito,
none of those guys can get involved.
And Priest and McIntyre's match, come Saturday at Clash at the Castle.
And then Drew McIntyre will truly have no more excuses.
[McAfee] One on one with Damian Priest,
I think Drew McIntyre feels like he would win that match.
I'm not sure Damian Priest feels that way,
but without The Judgment Day at ringside, you have a much better opportunity
if you're Drew McIntyre.
[Cole] McIntyre and Bálor, first time they do battle in over five years.
And there's the power now of McIntyre.
Bálor, though, hangs on and a nice takedown.
[McAfee] A lot of pressure on Finn Bálor.
Not that Finn's not used to it.
Obviously, Champion… World Champion multiple times.
[Cole] What is interesting about the stipulation, Pat, is the fact that
the World Champion, Damian Priest, is the one who threw it out there.
Oh! He said, "Okay, I'm gonna prove to you I don't need The Judgment Day to win."
So if you can beat Bálor tonight, it is truly gonna be one on one.
[McAfee] Damian Priest says you know what?
"Yeah, Drew, beat yourself up tonight"
"in a match with Finn Bálor, former World Champion,
five nights away from our championship fight."
That's where Damian Priest head was at.
[Cole] McIntyre with a clothesline to Bálor.
McIntyre told Priest,
"You're gonna dig your own grave,"
because I'm going to embarrass you."
[McAfee] Oh!
Right in front of that Toledo, Ohioan's face.
[Cole] Now of course, with Bálor on his shoulders,
and Drew driven into the ring post by Finn.
Ooh! And now Finn Bálor wisely going to work
on the right arm of McIntyre, which is already taped.
Another chop by Bálor.
And Finn sends Drew back into the ring.
McIntyre, of course, was World Champion at WrestleMania
when he defeated Seth "Freakin" Rollins,
held the championship for just over five minutes.
[McAfee] 5:46, took his eye off the ball.
Damian Priest cashed in on him after he was distracted by CM.
[Cole] Drew was upset about that.
And 80% of the Money in the Bank contract winners over the years
have cashed in for a World Championship.
Should not have been surprised, as Bálor takes out McIntyre,
lands hard on the apron.
[McAfee] Drew McIntyre's been champion numerous times.
When he's at his best, he's unstoppable.
[Cole] McIntyre stopping Bálor in his tracks,
and face first goes Finn Bálor.
[McAfee] And the man is just chiseled from the wrestling Gods.
Big, fast, athletic.
[Cole] McIntyre trying to focus completely and entirely on Bálor tonight.
Wait a minute. What a throw!
Belly to belly.
Bálor bounces off the table, into the barricade.
McIntyre in control.
This is insane.
[Cole] Monday Night Raw is sold out here tonight in Toledo, Ohio.
This is our main event.
Finn Bálor and Drew McIntyre.
So much riding for McIntyre in this match-up.
If he beats Bálor, it ensures that all of Judgment Day
will be barred from ringside for McIntyre's World Championship match
versus Damian Priest, Saturday, Clash at the Castle.
McIntyre, of course,
will be a hometown favorite in Glasgow.
A real home field advantage for McIntyre.
[McAfee] Drew went to the university in Glasgow.
[Cole] Oh, nice. Side Russian leg sweep.
Bálor now trying to turn this into a submission.
McIntyre is in trouble, middle of the ring.
Trying to block here.
Critical moment for McIntyre.
McIntyre trying to power out of this.
[McAfee] [indistinct] for a moment.
[Cole] Well-placed elbows by The Scottish Warrior.
[McAfee] Drew went to university in Glasgow,
got signed to the WWE out of Glasgow.
A lot of history for Drew McIntyre and the Clash at the Castle.
It's gonna be absurd there for him.
[Cole speaks indistinctly]
Announce the winner of this match. Whoever that may be.
Don't be intimidated.
Oh, my goodness!
And that chump woke McIntyre up.
[McAfee] It's like an alarm clock there for Drew McIntyre,
[Cole] Bálor realizing, "I'm not sure why I did that." McIntyre…
sending Bálor across the ring, misses wildly.
McIntyre caught him that time.
Well, maybe not.
Oh! What a counter by Finn Bálor,
cover, almost pulled it off.
And now into an armbar, Bálor doing everything he can
to take out McIntyre in this match.
This is incredible. What a counter by Bálor.
And the armbar applied.
McIntyre, trying to fight his way out again,
trying to use his power, lift Bálor up off the mat, into the air.
Down goes Bálor!
That sitout powerbomb by Drew
breaks the armbar and leaves both men down the center of the ring.
What a [indistinct] by Drew.
[McAfee] He has that capability at any time…
in front of a sold-out arena here in Toledo, Ohio.
We got two greats battling.
[Cole] McIntyre with a clothesline.
And another one, and he's starting to build momentum.
There's a belly-to-belly throw, sending Bálor across the ring.
[McAfee] The longer this match goes,
the more energy that Drew McIntyre is wasting
before Clash at the Castle.
[Cole] Another great throw to Bálor.
[McAfee] Good throwing, Finn. Neck breaker.
[Cole] You sound like McIntyre, making excuses.
And a kip-up by McIntyre.
[crowd cheering]
[McAfee] I like that Drew's using this as a practice match, almost.
[Cole] Practice match against Bálor? Are you nuts?
[McAfee] Against an ex-champion.
One last live spar.
[Cole] McIntyre looking for a Claymore, Bálor with a sling blade to counter!
[McAfee] Finn Bálor.
[Cole] Up over the top!
Bálor wipes out McIntyre.
A number of people are weighing in text messages
rating your ring announcing.
The average is three out of ten.
-[McAfee] Three? -[Cole] Yeah.
Bálor now has McIntyre exactly where he wants him.
And Bálor drives Drew into the corner!
Drew feeling that, Bálor continues to put on the pressure.
Right into of the arm of McIntyre.
Drew goes down, Bálor with an opportunity.
[McAfee] Merci beaucoup, de grand.
[Cole] Oh! And a Glasgow Kiss
to Bálor on the top rope.
[McAfee] Drew McIntyre…
primed for a level playing field on Saturday.
[Cole] But he's got to pull off the win over Bálor here tonight.
Superplex from the top.
-Into the cover for McIntyre. -[crowd] One, two…
[Cole] Bálor gets the shoulder up at two.
Two veterans of the Ring Wars going at it here tonight,
as you take another look at the impact of the superplex.
[McAfee] Finn fights on, fighting for Judgment Day,
fighting for Damian Priest.
This is awesome. What a night here.
[Cole] McIntyre with a Future Shock DDT into the kip-up.
And it could be the beginning of the end.
And McIntyre glancing down the aisleway.
And here comes the World Champion, Damian Priest.
Priest has got to be careful here.
Meanwhile, look at the other side. Carlito.
-[McAfee] Glasgow Kiss. -[Cole] And JD McDonagh…
taken to the ring by McIntyre.
Claymoring McDonagh.
Bálor, from behind.
Scoops up McIntyre, shoulders are down.
Kick out at two.
Sling Blade again!
Bálor drives McIntyre into the corner,
McIntyre collapses.
He's in the drop zone.
[McAfee] This is what happens when Judgment Day isn't barred from ringside.
[Cole] Yeah, a little preview for what could happen on Saturday.
Claymore!
From out of nowhere by McIntyre!
-[crowd] One, two, three! -[Cole] McIntyre with the win!
[bell dings]
Priest in--
["Gallantry" playing]
[McAfee] Here is your winner,
Drew McIntyre!
[Cole] McIntyre and Priest, an even playing field, come Saturday.
No Judgment Day involvement as they battle in Glasgow
at Clash at the Castle for the World Heavyweight Championship.
[inaudible] the Castle for the World Heavyweight Championship.