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WWE RAW REPORT: NUMBER ONE CONTENDERS, RAW IS A FUNHOUSE, DRAKE IS NOT A HAPPY HUBBY, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2019-07-16 07:03:00

Roman Reigns is in the interview area and he is asked about the battle royal tonight and using the momentum from last night.  Roman says he does not care what anyone says, this is his week.  From the ESPYs to the Hobbs and Shaw premiere to winning last night.  He ends his week strong by winning the battle royal and going to SummerSlam to win back his title.

Match Number Four:  Samoa Joe versus Finn Balor

They lock up and Joe backs Balor into the ropes and pushes Balor.  They lock up and Balor with a waist lock and Joe with an elbow.  Joe with a wrist lock.  Balor tries for a reversal but Joe holds on to the wrist lock.  Balor with a side head lock and he holds on when Joe tries to send Balor off the ropes.  Balor with a side head lock take down.  Joe with a chop and Balor wit ha kick and side head lock.  Balor with a head lock take down but Joe rolls through and gets the three count.

Winner:  Samoa Joe

After the match, Joe attacks Balor and applies the Coquina Clutch but Balor rolls through and hits a double stomp followed by Slingblade.  Balor drop kicks Joe into the corner and Balor goes up top.  Balor with Coup de Grace.

Balor's music plays but then it stops and the lights go out.

The lights come back on after some brawling heard in the ring.

The lights go back on and it is Bray Wyatt.  Bray gives Balor Sister Abigail.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Drake Maverick and his wife Renee arrive at the hotel and Drake registered them under Mr. and Mrs. WWE 24/7 Champion.  Drake says this is a place for them to consummate their marriage.  Renee asks for some champagne and the nicest room.  

We see Drake go to his room with Renee, and R Truth shows up with a referee and he asks if Hornswoggle registered at the hotel.  Truth tries to bribe the hotel employee with a Washington.

We see the Street Profits watching what happened at the hotel.  Montez and Angelo wonder if Drake has ever done it before.  They talk about the Women's Number One Contender Match.  Angelo wants to know if Nikki Cross will be there.  Montez says she is here.  Angelo picks Alexa.  Montez wants to know what Angelo's deal is with Nikki.  They say that she is intense.  Montez wants Angelo's pick for the Battle Royal.  Angelo picks Big E.  Montez picks Seth Rollins.  Montez says Seth feels like them.  He wants all the smoke.

We see Mike Kanellis in the gorilla position and Maria Kanellis says she is taking this match.  Mike reminds Maria that she is pregnant.  Maria says that she has a better chance to win while pregnant and protect the honor of this family.

Match Number Five:  Zack Ryder versus Mike Kanellis

Ryder with a Rough Ryder for the three count.

Winner:  Zack Ryder

After the match, Maria says Mike should have let her wrestle.  She says her unborn child had a better chance in the ring than Mike.

AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, and Karl Anderson are in the back as we go to commercial.

Match Number Six:  AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, and Luke Gallows versus Kalisto, Lince Dorado, and Gran Metalik

Metalik and Styles start things off and Styles with punches and kicks.  Anderson tags in and he kicks Metalik.  Anderson with an Irish whip but Metalik with a boot and bulldog.  Metalik goes to the ropes and hits a springboard drop kick for a near fall.  Anderson kicks Metalik.  Gallows tags in and he punches and kicks Metalik in the corner.  Styles kicks Metalik while Gallows deals with the referee.  Gallows with a forearm to the back.  Metalik with chops and Gallows with a punch.  Gallows with a head butt.  Metalik with a kick.  Anderson tags in and Gallows with a kick and Anderson with a running boot to the head.

Ricochet pulls Styles off the apron and sends Styles into the ringside barrier.  Kalisto and Dorado go after Gallows and Anderson while officials take Ricochet to the back.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Styles with a drop kick to Dorado.  Gallows tags in and punches Dorado.  Anderson tags in and he kicks Dorado.  Anderson with a reverse chin lock and he goes after Kalisto and Metalik on the apron.  Dorado with a handspring cutter.  Kalisto tags in and he knocks Styles and Gallows off the apron.  Kalisto with a Listo Kick and rebound round kick for a near fall.  Kalisto iwth a head scissors take down but Anderson goes to the floor.  Metalik and Dorado with suicide dives onto Gallows and Anderson.  Kalisto with a plancha onto Anderson.  Kalisto with a forearm and Styles stops Kalisto on the apron.  Kalisto kicks Styles away and Kalisto is caught by Anderson and Karl with a spinebuster.

Gallows tags in and they hit the Boot of Doom.  Gallows kicks Dorado off the apron.  Styles tags in and applies the Calf Crusher and Kalisto taps out.

Winners:  AJ Styles, Luke Gallows, and Karl Anderson

After the match, Styles does not release the hold until he is done with Kalisto

Kalisto is sent to the floor.

We take a look at the main event from Extreme Rules.

We go to Seth Rollins in the interview area.  Seth is asked about losing the title last night and focusing tonight.  Seth says he has to be focused.  He says he is physically and emotionally spent from last night.  He is hurt from last night.  It hurts more to be out here without the Universal Title and seeing Brock with the title.  Seth says he is a man possessed.  Seth says Becky Lynch is one of the toughest people he knows and he does not know if she will be here tonight.  Baron Corbin found out first hand what happens when you push him too far.  That is a small taste of anyone who gets in his path back to the Unversal Title.  He will fight anyone in his way.  He will beat Brock Lesnar.

We take a look at the return of Bray Wyatt earlier tonight on Raw.

Match Number Seven:  Alexa Bliss (with Nikki Cross) versus Natalya versus Naomi versus Carmella in a Number One Contender Elimination Match

Before the match starts, the person who will face the winner of this match at SummerSlam makes her way to the ring.

Alexa with a kick to Natalya and punch to Naomi.  Alexa goes to the floor and Naomi with a rollup on Carmella for a near fall.  Naomi with a side head lock and Naomi with a sunset flip for a near fall.  Naomi with an Irish whip but Naomi misses a splash.  Natalya with a slingshot atomic drop and both women go for a drop kick.  Both women go for clotheslines and both go down.  Carmella pulls Alexa off the apron and Carmella gets a near fall on Naomi and then Natalya.  Carmella gets more near falls.  Carmella sends Natalya to the floor and Carmella kicks Naomi in the corner.

Carmella with an Irish whip but Naomi with a back elbow.  Carmella with forearms.  Carmella with a handstandcanrana for a near fall on Naomi.  Carmella with a satellite head scissors to Natalya and Carmella with a bronco buster to Natalya.  Naomi misses Rear View and Carmella with a super kick to Naomi and Natalya.  Alexa with a rollup on Carmella for the three count.

Carmella Eliminated

Naomi with a drop kick to Alexa for a near fall.  Naomi with a slam to Alexa and a kick.  Naomi drop kicks Natalya to the floor.  Naomi kicks Alexa in the corner and snap mares Alexa and kicks her for a near fall.  Alexa escapes a slam attempt and clotheslines Naomi for a near fall.  Alexa with kicks to Naomi.  

We go to commercial.

We are back and Naomi with a rollup on Natalya and follows with a head scissors.  Natalya goes for a suplex on the floor but Naomi blocks it and connects with a back elbow.  Naomi with a blockbuster off the ring steps.  Alexa hits Naomi from behind and she sends Naomi back into the ring and Alexa gets a near fall.  Alexa with a reverse chin lock.  Naomi with a back elbow but Alexa with a foearm and she sends Naomi into the corner and kicks Naomi.  Naomi with a back heel kick.  Naomi with a sit out full nelson bomb for a near fall.  Naomi with a leg sweep and leaping leg drop.  Naomi gets a near fall and then hits a running bulldog into the turnbuckles.  Alexa goes to the floor.  Natalya with a discus clothesline for a near fall.

Natalya with a sleeper.  Natalya goes for a surfboard and applies it.  Alexa gets a near fall on Natalya and then Alexa goes back to the floor.  Naomi with kicks to Natalya but Natalya with a dragon screw leg whip.  Naomi with a round kick and she goes for a split legged moonsault but Alexa blocks it.  Natalya with a spinning sit out power bomb for a near fall.  Natalya kicks Alexa away and Natalya goes for a Sharpshooter but Alexa with a rollup on Natalya for a near fall.  Alexa with a forearm to Natalya.  Alexa with a reverse chin lock on Naomi.  Alexa gets a near all on Naomi.  Alexa kicks Naomi in the corner.  Naomi with a scorpion kick and she gets a near fall on Alexa.  Alexa sends Naomi to the mat and Alexa with a reverse chin lock. Alexa sends Naomi into Natalya and Natalya runs Alexa into the corner and punches Alexa.

Alexa sends Natalya into the turnbuckles and Alexa kicks Natalya.  Naomi trips Alexa and pulls her to the floor.  Naomi with a round kick to Natalya and a sunset flip but Natalya rolls through to pin Naomi.

Naomi Eliminated

We go to commercial.

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