Credit: 411mania
RAW starts with Miz and Morrison in the ring with a ladder. Miz is says he’s got the four from RAW that are in the MitB match. He is an expert, of course, and it’s because of this expertise that he knows who will win, and it will be John Morrison.
Morrison says yes, he will rain pain on these fools. He uses a few other water metaphors that sink more than swim before Miz invites Drew McIntyre out.
Drew has a love/hate relationship with the contract, mainly because Miz cashed in successfully on him after winning an Elimination Chamber and after Lashley attacked him. He has not and will not stop fighting until he wins the contract and cashes in on any champ on any brand. Speaking of Texas, let’s talk about The Alamo. Drew is a distant relative of Davy Crockett. He and Davy are both known for their fearlessness and created legendary stories, such as Drew winning the contract. He wants to make sure that Johnny is extra moist that night, because if Miz wheels himself out there, there will be a story of legend told how Drew sends Morrison’s head all the way up Miz’s ass.
Ricochet comes out, probably to add to the countless water jokes, but Miz calls him irresponsible and reckless, and we see Ricochet flying off the ropes to crossbody Morrison into the crowd.
Ricochet was lucky the match ended in a double-countout. That stunt could have cost both of their careers.
Ricochet says he’s shook from last week, and he knows Morrison is, too. That? That was just a taste of what Ric is willing to do to win the briefcase, even if he’s gotta use Miz’s wheelchair as a battering ram, he will.
Morrison wonders if he can back those powerful words against Morrison tonight.
Riddle is here, foot wrapped, and scooter scootin. He climbs the ladder and opens up his backpack, which has a mic in it. Riddle says this is what everyone is supposed to do, as he sits on top of the ladder. He says he is really high. Lol. Riddle says his foot healed up, but he let his bro down last week, so he’ll dedicate his win at MitB to Randy Orton. He’ll make him proud, then after, he’ll take Orton out for some ritos.
Miz yells for him to shut up and ask why Orton hasn’t kicked Riddle in the skull yet. Riddle says because they are best buds. Miz says he cant wait to watch Jinder beat Drew so bad tonight.
AJ Styles interrupts and Riddle is a fan of his entrance theme.
AJ says Miz doesn’t speak for everyone. AJ was robbed. Orton dropped out, therefore it shouldn’t have been a triple threat. It should have been Drew vs AJ. But no, had to have a triple threat, a match with Riddle, that AJ was not pinned in. So if anyone deserves to be in the MitB match, it’s him. It was Riddle that got pinned, so this is all Riddle’s fault.
Riddle calls AJ cute and little like a bunny. He offers a high five to Omos. Omos shoves Riddle off the ladder, and Riddle lands on his bad foot.
Omos tosses the ladder out of the ring as Riddle struggles to stand up. Miz yells for everyone to calm down, and AJ decides to be a jerk and get a running kick to Riddle’s ankle.
Ricochet goes to chck on Riddle, and Morrison attacks him from behind with an axe handle. Drew just watches on. Ricohet is able to send Morrison out fo the ring with a toss. Omos enters the ring, and Drew clotheslines him right back outside. Ricochet dropkicks Morrison then tries to steal a drip stick from Miz, and that was the opening segment.
Ricochet vs. John Morrison
Ricochet charges for a flying crossbody but they tangle on the ropes and both fall out to the floor, landing hard.
The referee counts. Morrison returns to the ring. Miz uses his wheelchair to block Ricochet from getting back into the ring. Ricochet is counted out.
Winner: John Morrison
We see video from earlier today of Jinder Mahal driving his motorcycle into the arena backstage. Veer and Shanky greet him. Kevin Patrick approaches Jinder and asks for comments on tonight’s match with Drew McIntyre. Jinder says they were close, tag team partner and dare he say, good friends. Jinder says Drew was with him when he bought his motorcycle to celebrate one of his many WWE Title wins. Jinder says he texted Drew earlier to go riding with him for old time’s sake, and it took Drew 3 days to respond, and he couldn’t even spell out his response. Jinder says Drew is in Money In the Bank but he should be in the match as well. Jinder says that is why he demanded the match with McIntyre tonight. Jinder says he has always been better than Drew, and he will prove that tonight.
– Reginald, Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler are backstage talking about Doudrop. Alexa Bliss is seen in the background just staring at them but only Reginald sees her. Baszler yells at him, she’s had enough. She tells Reginald to get himself together. Jax defends Reginald and says they all just want to get through this match because things have been tough. They walk off together and we see Bliss standing there in the shadows again.
– Still to come, an eight-woman tag team match. Back to commercial.
– Back from the break and we get a promo for tonight’s tag team main event and Kofi Kingston vs. WWE Champion Bobby Lashley at Money In the Bank.
FURTHER backstage, Nia tells Shayna she shouldn’t be having to team up with Piper. Alexa is behind them, Reggie sees her, points it out, they look, and Alexa is gone.
WE COME BACK to ASuka and Naomi complimenting Nikki. She corrects them by telling them she is ALMOST A SUPERHERO. She’s never been more successful ,and now she has a chance to win the briefcase. She knows there are people out there who don’t always have confidence in heir abilities, but if they believe in themselves, who knows what they can do.
Naomi is glad she got the new found confidence, but Naomi is winning the briefcase. Asuka says no, she will win. They stand there angrily until Nikki’s music hits, and she says she feels like she is coming to save the day.
Naomi and Asuka stay there to stare at one another until Alexa Bliss comes up to them and says something about Money in the Bank that I didn’t quite catch.
Asuka, Naomi, Nikki ASH, Alexa Bliss vs. Eva Marie, Doudrop, Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax
Nia lifts Nikki, Nikki lands on her feet, bounces off the ropes, under a move, Nia catchers her. Samoan Drop! Cover for 1..2….3!!!
Winners: Eva Marie, Doudrop, Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax
Before the announcer can announce the team as the winner, Eva Marie grabs the mic and announces herself the winner.
MVP and Lashley are celebrating their existence with some women before the interviewer comes in to piss MVP off for being able to get into this area each and every week. He says he came to talk to Kofi last week, and Kofi assaulted him and disrespected Lashley.
Lashley grabs the mic, says he eviscerated Drew and Woods in Hell in a Cell matches, so he took a vacation. He heard Kofi call him soft last week, but there’s not a soft bone in his body. He’s going to hurt Kofi and Woods, because they are The Hurt Business, and that’s what they do.
Mustafa Ali vs. Mansoor
Ali wins with a roll up for the win.
Winner: Mustafa Ali
We see how Drew McIntyre won the Money In the Bank qualifier last week. Sarah Schreiber approaches Drew and asks him about what Jinder Mahal said earlier. Drew has a few words for Jinder and brings out his sword, going on about how it’s made of a tooth from the Loch Ness monster. A jolly Drew tells a story of a Scottish warrior knocking the tooth out with a Claymore. His win over Jinder Mahal and his win at Money In the Bank was also predicted at that time. Drew heads out to the ring as his music hits.
Drew McIntyre vs. Jinder Mahal
Veer attacks from the apron but Drew knocks him off. Shanky hits the ring to attack for the disqualification.
Winner by DQ: Drew McIntyre
After the bell, Drew keeps fighting until he gets triple teamed. Jinder levels Drew with a huge superkick. The triple team attack continues and Drew is sent shoulder-first into the corner. Fans boo as Jinder drops Drew with The Khallas. The boos continue as Jinder, Veer and Shanky stand tall. Jinder suddenly runs out of the ring, straight up the ramp, as we go to replays. Jinder, Veer and Shanky are on the stage now. Jinder has Drew’s sword. Jinder says Drew took away his Money In the Bank opportunity, so he will take away a piece of Drew’s family history – his sword. Jinder’s music starts back up as Drew rolls out of the ring and stumbles to his feet.
MACE and T-Bar vs. Lucha House Party
MACE gets sent to the floor. Metalik then counters T-BAR and flies out of the ring to take MACE back down on the outside. Lince capitalizes and gets the pin on T-BAR for the win.
Winner: Lucha House Party
We see what happened earlier in MizTV. Riddle is backstage working on his foot when Damian Priest walks up and greets him asking how he’s doing after what happened earlier. Riddle says he’s doing fine. Riddle tells another random story and Priest isn’t sure how that has anything to do with tonight, and says the hurt ankle could affect Riddle’s match tonight and his chances in Money In the Bank. Riddle goes on with his story and says he’s not afraid of heights, ladders or AJ Styles. He’s bounced back from a bad fall before, and is going to show AJ and everyone else tonight, and Randy Orton wherever he is, that he can get the job done and do it with the three most dangerous letters in WWE – R-K-Bro. Riddle walks off and Priest isn’t sure about the math there.
AJ Styles vs. Riddle
AJ goes for a Styles Clash but Ivar and Erik appear on the other side of the barrier, stalking Omos. AJ is distracted now. Riddle takes advantage of the distraction and rolls AJ up for the pin to win.
Winner: Riddle
After the match, Riddle joins The Viking Raiders on the ramp as a shocked AJ recovers. We go to replays. The Viking Raiders and Riddle stand tall together on the stage, taunting the champs.
Back from the break and Charlotte Flair is standing in the ring with a mic and a crutch. Graves says she is badly injured. We see how Flair and WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Natalya and Tamina Snuka defeated RAW Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley, Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke last week, and how Ripley attacked Flair after the bell.
Flair takes the mic now and says it’s shocking to see her like this after what did Ripley last week. She talks about how the NBA Playoffs are hurt due to injuries, and says what bigger news is she may miss her title shot at Money In the Bank. She goes on about Ripley using her own moves and using underhanded tactics to keep her title. She says nobody is better than Charlotte Flair. The music interrupts and out comes Ripley, who is also using a crutch but mocking Flair with it as if she’s also injured.
Ripley struggles to get into the ring with the crutch as Flair looks on. Ripley asks for help and a staffer holds the ropes for her. Flair accuses Ripley of also taking her entrance. Ripley sees right through Flair and says she can play her game better. Ripley says Flair is just being a little drama queen. Flair and Ripley kick each other’s crutches away at the same time. They size each other up and have words. They get ready to fight and pick the crutches back up now. Flair swings and Ripley ducks. Flair ducks now as Ripley swings. They swing and the crutches collide. They keep swinging but fail to hit each other.
Flair knocks Ripley’s crutch to the mat and kicks it out of the way. Ripley ducks a crutch shot and picks hers back up. She swings and hits Flair’s crutch, then jabs Flair in the gut with it. Ripley goes to crack Flair in the back with the crutch but Flair rolls out of the ring. Flair taunts Ripley from the ramp now. Ripley talks trash back from the ring, raising the title belt in the air.
– Still to come, Jaxson Ryker and R-Truth vs. Elias and Cedric Alexander. Back to commercial.
Elias and Cedric Alexander vs. Jaxson Ryker and R-Truth
Angel Garza, Shelton Benjamin, Drew Gulak and others chase Tozawa around the ring and back up the ramp. Truth joins the chase, abandoning Ryker but apologizing. Ryker is left alone for a Handicap Match now. Ryker wins when he catches Alexander in a Tilt A Whirl Side Slam.
Winner: Jaxson Ryker
– After the match, Elias looks on from the ramp, a bit terrified. We go to replays as Ryker’s music hits. Ryker yells at Elias from the ring now.
– Bobby Lashley is backstage doing pull-ups as MVP encourages him. Kevin Patrick approaches for comments but MVP shuts him up and asks if this looks like a man that has lost his edge. Lashley stares straight ahead at the camera.
The New Day vs. Bobby Lashley and MVP
Kofi wins the match with Trouble in Paradise on MVP.
Winner: New Day
