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WWE RAW REPORT: LASHLEY VERSUS BIG E (A FEW TIMES), US TITLE MATCH, WOMEN'S TITLE MATCH, DISTRACTION FINISHES, A NEW CHALLENGER EMERGES, AND MORE

We are in Cincinnati, Ohio and your announcers are Jimmy Smith, Byron Saxton, and Corey Graves.

Match Number One:  Bobby Lashley versus Big E for the WWE Championship

They lock up and go around the ring.  Lashley with a clean break and he stares at Big E and Big E slaps Lashley.  Lashley with punches in the corner and he chokes Big E.  The referee warns Lashley.  Lashley with a running forearm to the head.  Lashley puts Big E in the ropes and he connects with crossfaces.  Lashley sends Big E into the turnbuckles and follows with forearms.  Lashley with a knee in the corner followed by a suplex for a near fall.  Lashley with a knee to the midsection and then he sends Big E to the floor.  Lashley goes to the floor and he runs Big E into the ringside barrier.  Lashley gets Big E up and he runs Big E's ribs into the ring post.

Big E with an ovehead belly-to-belly suplex on the floor.  Big E sends Lashley back into the ring and Lashley with forearms and he knocks Big E off the apron.  Lashley goes to the floor and he punches Big E and connects with knees.  Lashley sends Big E into the ring steps.  Lashley sends Big E back into the ring.  Lashley with a flatliner for a near fall.  Lashley with a reverse chin lock.  Big E with punches but Lashley with a shoulder tackle.  Lashley with an Irish whip and shoulder in the corner.  Lashley puts Big E on the turnbuckles and he connects with an uppercut.  Lashley sets for a superplex but Big E stops Lashley.  Lashley with a punch and he returns to the turnbuckles for a superplex and Big E blocks it again.  Big E with forearms and Lashley goes to the mat.  Lashley with a running forearm and Big E falls off the turnbuckles and hits the floor.

Both men with clotheslines on the floor.  Lashley gets back into the ring and so does Big E.  Lashley and Big E with punches and forearms.  Lashley with a knee and Irish whip.  Lashley charges and Big E goes for the UranagE but Lashley blocks it and hits a swinging neck breaker.  Lashley with punches.  Big E with a back elbow and he goes for the Big Ending but Lashley gets to the ropes and goes to the apron.  BIg E with a punch and Big E sets for the spear through the ropes and he hits it as we see Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander in front of Big E.

Lashley is sent back into the ring.  Lashley with a spinebuster to Big E and Lashley looks at Shelton and Cedric and Cedric winks.  Lashley with a spear but the New Day attacks Alexander and Benjamin and they fight into the ring and the referee calls for the bell.

No Contest (Big E retains)

After the match, all six men brawl in the ring until Lashley, Benjamin, and Alexander are sent to the floor.  Kofi and Xavier with flip dives onto Alexander and Benjamin.  Officials make their way to the ring as Lashley and Big E brawl.

Adam Pearce says it will not end like that tonight.  This match needs to decide who the better man is and it needs to be involved with those not involved out of here.  Bobby and Big E will compete again tonight and it will be tonight and it will be inside a steel cage.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Garza says who knows what brand they will be drafted to.  Humberto says they are the hottest tag team in WWE.  Both brands want us.

Match Number Two:  Erik (with Ivar) versus Angel Garza (with Humberto Carrillo)

They lock up and Erik with a knee and waist lock take down.  Garza blocks a boot and connects with a knee and clothesline.  The pants come off and Garza with forearms and knees.  Garza with a Dragon sleeper into a seated abdominal stretch.  Garza works on the arm and he kicks Erik.  Erik with a punch and forearm followed by a t-bone suplex.  Erik with a judo toss and a knee.  Carrillo gets on the apron and he distracts Erik but Ivar stops Carrillo.  Garza with a super kick and Wing Clipper for the three count.

Winner:  Angel Garza

 We take a look at the Raw Women's Championship Match from Sunday night.

Match Number Three:  Reggie versus Ricochet for the 24/7 Championship

We see The 24/7 Stooges sitting in the crowd to watch this mat classic.

They lock up and Ricochet with a side head lock and Ricochet flips over Reggie on the mat.  Ricochet with a waist lock and Reggie escapes and flips over Ricochet.  Ricochet with an Irish whip and Reggie flips out of the corner and Ricochet does the same.  Ricochet with a flip dive onto Reggie and they are down.

The 24/7 Stooges attack Ricochet and Reggie and the referee calls for the bell.

No Contest

Ricochet flips off the announce table onto Truth and Drew.  Drake gets on his walkie talkie and Tozawa comes to the ring.  Reggie with a cross body and Reggie escapes up the ramp.

We see what happened during AJ Styles and Randy Orton last week.

Riddle scoots in the back and Kevin Patrick ambushes Riddle.  Riddle is asked how is he preparing and Riddle says he is alone tonight since Randy took the night off.  Riddle wonders what is Randy doing.  Riddle says with these headphones, it is like Randy is with him.  Riddle starts to sing and he sees AJ Styles and Omos next to him.  

We go to the ring where Tozawa is still in the middle of the ring.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Tozawa is still in the ring.

He says he demands a match tonight with R Truth, Drew Gulak, Drake Maverick.  He says he does not care who it is.

Keith Lee makes his way to the ring.

Match Number Four: Keith Lee versus Akira Tozawa

Lee with a shoulder tackle followed by an Irish whip and splash.  Lee biels Tozawa across the ring.  Lee with Big Bang Catastrophe for the three count.

Winner:  Keith Lee

We take a look at Damian Priest's victory at Extreme Rules.

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