Welcome to another edition of WWE Recap Report — a breakdown of the biggest takeaways of the week from WWE programming for those who may have missed out.
Whether you need to catch up on a show, had too busy of a week to stay on top of the breaking news or just skipped out on WWE as a whole, I’ve got you covered.
Obviously, not every single thing will be recapped here in detail. But this is your TL;DR of the week to be caught up to speed before the next Monday Night Raw so you’re not left in the dark.
With that being said, here is a quick rundown of this week in WWE.
MONDAY NIGHT RAW
- Cage match: Bobby Lashley defeated Omos by being thrown through the cage a la his match with Umaga from years ago.
- Veer Mahaan defeated Mustafa Ali by submission. The Mysterios came out to help Ali fight off Mahaan, The Miz and Austin Theory.
- Riddle defeated Jimmy Uso by pinfall.
- Judgment Day spoke about how more will join Edge’s doctrine once everyone else wakes up and listens to his genius guidance.
- AJ Styles and Finn Balor defeated Los Lotharios by pinfall.
- Alexa Bliss defeated Sonya Deville by pinfall.
- Cody Rhodes cut a promo about how he wants to fight Seth Rollins inside Hell in a Cell.
- Ezekiel defeated Chad Gable by pinfall.
- R-Truth served Akira Tozawa his divorce papers. He then said he wants the 24/7 Championship as compensation for doing all this work, but Dana Brooke ran off. She then bumped into Carmella and they traded some verbal shots at each other. R-Truth asked Carmella for some help in getting the title back. Carmella said she’d help him, but when the time is right, she wants to take out Dana Brooke.
- Lacey Evans cut a promo about how proud she is of the men and women who have served in the military and thanked everyone.
- Asuka defeated Becky Lynch by pinfall to earn a shot at Bianca Belair’s Raw Women’s Championship for Hell in a Cell.
NXT
- Cameron Grimes and Solo Sikoa defeated Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams by pinfall.
- A vignette spotlighted Thea Hail as a new signing.
- NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament Round 1 Match: Lash Legend defeated Tatum Paxley by pinfall.
- Duke Hudson was interviewed by McKenzie Mitchell. After clearing his head, he’s realized no one in NXT measures up to him. Suddenly, Bron Breakker interrupted, said “hit my music” and went to the ring, hijacking the promo time. He wants to take out Joe Gacy, who agrees to a title match, but only with the stipulation that if Breakker gets disqualified, he loses his title.
- Indi Hartwell is calling her shot. She wants an NXT Women’s Championship match against Mandy Rose.
- Xyon Quinn is once again not medically cleared to compete. Nathan Frazer offered himself up for a match against Wes Lee, instead.
- The Viking Raiders defeated The Creed Brothers by pinfall. Roderick Strong had interfered and inadvertently caused The Creed Brothers to lose by the distraction.
- Duke Hudson interrupted Bron Breakker’s parking lot interview to prove a point. Breakker suggested they settle their score in the ring.
- Grayson Waller defeated Andre Chase by pinfall.
- Toxic Attraction is upset that Indi Hartwell, Katana Chance and Kayden Carter are “obsessed” with them. There isn’t enough respect on their names and they’re going to change that, starting with Indi.
- Pretty Deadly talked some trash to Roderick Strong. Strong challenged them to a match next week against himself and Damon Kemp.
- NXT Women’s Breakout Tournament Round 1 Match: Roxanne Perez defeated Kiana James by pinfall.
- Channing Lorenzo and Troy Donovan will face Edris Enofe and Malik Blade next week after seeing Blade and Enofe making fun of D’Angelo’s feud with Legado del Fantasma.
- Interview: Cora Jade and Roxanne Perez are good friends. Jade was even the one pushing for Perez to join NXT. Elektra Lopez interrupted, mentioned she will face Alba Fyre next week, and called Perez an overachiever who will lose to Lash Legend next round and Jade an underachiever who is just as happy to lose a match. Neither one is a problem to her.
- Wes Lee vs Nathan Frazer was a no-contest after Von Wagner attacked.
- Sanga said two men the size of Wes Lee and Nathan Frazer don’t stand a chance against Von Wagner. He said he meant no disrespect, though. Lee wants to prove he doesn’t have to be as tall as someone like Sanga or Wagner to be a success. Sanga then said they should have a match.
- Next week, not only will Breakker and Hudson have their match, but Hartwell will face Rose, too.
- Santos Escobar defeated Tony D’Angelo by pinfall. Escobar used some brass knuckles for the win when the referee was distracted.
MAIN EVENT
- Ciampa defeated Reggie
- The Street Profits defeated Apollo Crews and Commander Azeez
NXT UK
- Amale and Angel Hayze defeated Eliza Alexander and Xia Brookside by pinfall.
- Ivy Nile challenged Meiko Satomura to an NXT UK Women’s Championship match.
- Die Familie’s Teoman and Rohan Raja defeated Dave Mastiff and Jack Starz by pinfall to earn a spot in the Triple Threat match for the NXT UK Tag Team Championship.
- Kenny Williams defeated Josh Morrell by pinfall.
- Wild Boar defeated Eddie Dennis in a Dog Collar Match by submission.
FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
- The Bloodline started the show with a promo to hype up the main event tag team title unification match.
- Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Sami Zayn by pinfall.
- Happy Talk: Happy Corbin talked trash about Madcap Moss, then smashed the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal trophy.
- Gunther defeated Drew Gulak by pinfall. Ricochet came out to tend to Gulak after the match.
- Raquel Rodriguez defeated Shotzi by pinfall.
- Xavier Woods defeated Butch by pinfall. After the match, The Brawling Brutes laid Woods out.
- Winners Take All Raw/SmackDown Tag Team Championship Unification Match: The Usos defeated RK-Bro by pinfall.
NXT LEVEL UP
- Javier Bernal defeated Bryson Montana
- Ivy Nile defeated Yulisa Leon
- Josh Briggs defeated Quincy
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