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WWE RAW REPORT: A UNION OF THE TAG TITLES TO JOIN THE TWO UNIONS IN HOLY MATRIMONY?, A CHALLENGER FOR BIANCA, LIGHT CAUSES A MATCH TO END, IS KEVIN THE ONLY SANE ONE HERE?, AND MORE

We are back and AJ Styles is in the back with Sarah.

AJ wants to know what is this BS.  He says he wasn't done with Priest.  AJ says he does not care what Edge or anyone else does, it won't stop him from getting to Edge.

Match Number Three:  Cody Rhodes versus Miz

The bell rings and Seth Rollins' music plays and he Seth's his way to the ring.

Miz tries to punch Cody but misses.  Cody with a waist lock and Miz with an elbow and forearms.  Miz with a kick and Cody with a power slam.  Cody sends Miz to the floor and then he teases a dive but stops when Miz moves.  Miz gets back into the ring and misses an elbow drop.  Cody goes for the Cody Cutter but Miz blocks it.  Cody with a take down to counter the Skull Crushing Finale.  Cody with a delayed gourdbuster for a near fall.  Cody kicks Miz and applies a cravate.  Miz sends Cody into teh turnbuckles and Miz with a kick to the chest.  Miz with a boot to the head.  Miz with a boot to the head.  Miz works on the back and he rakes the face and applies a reverse chin lock.  Cody with punches.

Cody wit a chop in the corner.  Miz with an Irish whip and Cody goes to the apron.  Miz with a boot to knock Cody off the apron.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Miz punches Cody.  Miz kicks Cody in the head and punches him.  Cody wants Miz to hit him and Cody blocks a kick and hits a clothesline.  Cody with a running forearm and a power slam for a near fall.  Cody with a suicide dive.  Miz is sent back into the ring and Cody goes up top and leaps over Miz.  Miz with a drop kick to the knee and He sets for the figure four leg lock and applies it.  Cody lays down on the mat because of the pain and Miz gets a near fall.  Cody tries to get to the ropes but Miz pulls him into the center of the ring.  Miz forces another near fall.  Cody and Miz exchange slaps and Cody rolls Miz over to reverse the hold.  Miz is about to tap but he gets to the ropes to force a break.  Cody gets back to his feet but he favors his left leg.  Cody with a kick and drop down punch.  Cody with a Cody Cutter.

Cody with Cross Rhodes for the three count.

Winner:  Cody Rhodes

After the match, Cody celebrates on the turnbuckles and Seth Rollins makes his way into the ring.

Seth has a mic and he is going to cackle.  Seth says Cody's name a few times.  He says he heard the kind things that Cody had to say about him earlier.  He says he heard Cody throw out the word 'rematch'.  Seth reminds Cody that he was a surprise opponent at Wrestlemania so you had every single advantage.  Now that I see what I am working with . . . Seth cackles . . . and says that he is thinking about Rollins versus Rhodes . . . Part 2.  He asks Mr. Nightmare what does he think about that.

Cody accepts the match and Seth cackles some more.

We take a look back at Kevin Owens from last week's Raw and the debut of Ezekiel.

Kevin Patrick is with Tommaso Ciampa.

Ezekiel/Elias stops by to welcome Ciampa to Raw.

Kevin Owens shows up and tells Ciampa that it is Elias, not Ezekiel.  The guitar and beard are gone but it is still Elias.  He tells Elias to stop lying.

Kevin tells Ciampa not to listen to Elias.  Kevin says he has known him for years.

Ciampa says that is Ezekiel.

Kevin asks if he is the only sane one around here.

Match Number Four:  Liv Morgan versus Naomi (with Sasha Banks)

They lock up and Naomi with a side head lock.  Naomi with a shoulder tackle and Naomi with a hip toss but Liv lands on her feet.  Naomi lands on her feet on a belly-to-back suplex attempt.  Noami misses two round kicks and hits a kick to Liv.  Liv floats over and Naomi sends Liv into the turnbuckles.  Liv with a head scissors but misses a shoulder in the corner.  Naomi with a rollup and kick for a near fall.  Liv with an inside cradle for a near fall.  Both women go for enzuigiris at the same time.  Liv goes for ObLIVion but Naomi holds on to the ropes.  Naomi blocks a head scissors and turns it into a power bomb.  Naomi and Liv alternate near falls and Naomi with a jackknife cover for the three count.

Winner:  Naomi

We take a look at what happened between Omos, Bobby Lashley, and MVP last week.

Bobby Lashley makes his way to the ring.

We are back and Bobby Lashley says he wasn't invited to be in the VIP Lounge this week.  After what MVP and Omos did to him last week, he decided to invite himself.  He says last week should have been a celebration.  I went to hell and back against Omos at Wrestlemania.  I can give credit where credit is due.  Omos is a big, strong, scary dude and I barely got past him.  Then on Raw, I felt that power again.  It was because I was stabbed in the back by the one person in this world I thought I could trust, MVP.  Lashley tells MVP to bring his punk ass to the ring to explain to him and the people why he did what he did.

Lashley says maybe he should make the VIP Lounge more suitable for him.  Why don't I just rearrange . . . 

Omos' music plays and he comes ot the ring with MVP.

MVP tells Lashley if he destroys any of that property in the ring, his lawyers will send him a bill.

Lashley wants Omos and Porter to come to the ring.

Porter says that Omos is going to wait for the time when the money is right.  You should be putting some respect behind my voice.  You should be thanking me.  He says he will give Lashley an explanation.

Porter says when he came back, you were floundering.  You couldn't sniff a championship until I resurrected you.  I unlocked the potential for your greatness.  You don't need me?  After all I have done for you?  I made you.

Lashley disputes that Porter made him.

Porter says you were just Bobby Lashley.  I made you All Mighty.

Lashley says Porter was going to retire, but you did what you did best.  You latched on to your next meal ticket.  I defeated Brock Lesnar for the title.  

Porter reminds Lashley that he was with him every step of the way.  Porter says that was the past and this is the present.  Porter says he is looking at the future.  Omos is bigger, stronger, and meaner than you.  He will take your place at the top of the mountain.  Omos knows that he needs Porter. You barely survived your first match.  I guarantee, I mean I promise you won't survive your next.

Porter says he will chop down the giant again and then he is coming for MVP.

Lashley tosses furniture out of the ring.

We take a look at the 24/7 Title situation.

We take a look at R Truth, Tozawa, Reggie, and other at Tozawa's bachelor party.  Truth asks Reggie where is the title.  Reggie mentions there is a double bachelorette party with Tamina and Dana.  Truth says you can't trust the women with the title.

We are back and Austin Theory is with Sonya Deville and Adam Pearce.  Adam tells Theory that he will get a United States Championship match against Finn Balor.

Kevin shows up and wants to know what is going on.  First he is forced into a match with Steve Austin and then Elias is back and he is lying about who he is.  Kevin says he is going to put Elias through a lie detector test next week.  Sonya agrees and Kevin tells them they are going to pay for it.

Sonya mentions the match between Bianca and Zelina.  Sonya says Bianca has a contract for her first title defense.

Zelina says forget about Carmella and Corey.  She says she feels liberated without that dead weight.  She is going to get new gold and defeat Bianca for the title.

Match Number Five:  Bianca Belair versus Zelina Vega in a Non Title Match

Zelina goes for a rollup but Bianca stays on her feet.  Bianca with a shoulder tackle.  Bianca with an Irish whip and Zelina floats over and hits a lung blower for a near fall.  Zelina with a reverse chin lock and a bridge.  Bianca with a snap mare and a fallaway slam.  Bianca with a kick in the corner and she puts Vega on the turnbuckles and presses Zelina and does a few squats.  Bianca drops Zelina face first on the mat.  Bianca with a KOD for the three count.

Winner:  Bianca Belair

After the match, Sonya Deville makes her way to the ring and she has a contract with her.

We go to commercial.

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