WWE RAW Results 12th June 2017, Latest Monday Night Raw winners and video highlights

This week’s episode of RAW came to us from the Cajundome in New Orleans, Lousiana. The main-event of the show featured a 2 out of 3 falls match for the WWE RAW Tag-Team Championships as Cesaro and Sheamus defended their titles against The Hardyz. The headline attraction of the show was Brock Lesnar returning to confront Samoa Joe after what Joe did to Paul Heyman last week.

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Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman confront Samoa Joe

Brock Lesnar made his much-anticipated return to WWE RAW return accompanied by his advocate Paul Heyman. Heyman took to the mic, calling out Samoa Joe for being a coward and choking him out on RAW last week.

Heyman went on to say that Lesnar had faced many Samoans in his day but now he was about to face the Samoan that the other Samoans wanted nothing to do with – Samoa Joe. As Heyman continued berating Joe, saying that Joe would never lock in the Coquina Clutch on Lesnar, the Samoan Submission Machine’s music hit.

As Heyman scampered out of the ring with the Universal title belt, Lesnar and Joe went nose to nose in the ring. Joe didn’t step back and hit the first shot, a headbutt, which led to the two behemoths brawling.

Kurt Angle came out immediately with security, who Lesnar dealt with swiftly, leading to Angle calling out the entire roster to come out and drag them apart.

Elias Samson vs Dean Ambrose

Elias Samson was in the middle of the ring, singing a song about Louisiana. Before he began, he told the fans to hold their applause till he was done. Samson didn’t get a chance to finish though, as Dean Ambrose’s music hit and he got cut off.

Ambrose and Samson locked up in the corner in the match began. The match started off at a slow pace as Samson hit Ambrose with a cheapshot to take control. Ambrose picked up the pace and hit a flying back elbow as we hit a commercial break.cheapshot to take control. Ambrose picked up the pace and hit a flying back elbow as we hit a commercial break.

We came back from commercial to see the fans chanting “you suck” at Samson, who was in control at this point. Ambrose fought out of a headlock with an armdrag before hitting knife-edged chops and shoulder tackles. He followed it up with a Fisherman Suplex for a 2-count.

Samson replied with a running boot before running at Ambrose, who dodged him, sending Samson crashing out to ringside. Ambrose followed it up with a suicide dive. The Lunatic Fringe then rolled Samson back into the ring and headed to the top rope. Samson met him there but Ambrose knocked him off.

At this point, Miz came out and distracted Ambrose, which led to Samson rolling him up for a nearfall. Ambrose knocked Samson down with a lariat before following Miz out and taking him out. As soon as Ambrose turned his attention back to Samson and got back in the ring, Samson hit him with a jumping knee strike and followed it up with the Spinning Neckbreaker to pin Ambrose.

Elias Samson def. Ambrose

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Miz was confronted by Kurt Angle backstage after the match. The Miz wasn’t happy with Angle and berated him, asking Angle to do his job properly. An irate Angle, replied by saying that he would do nothing about Miz’s Ambrose problem.Angle, replied by saying that he would do nothing about Miz’s Ambrose problem.

Cedric Alexander vs Noam Dar

Noam Dar came out accompanied with his phone. Alicia Fox was on video call and she demanded to stay on the call while Noam competed, insisting that they were a team.video call and she demanded to stay on the call while Noam competed, insisting that they were a team.

A distracted Noam Dar kept the phone in the corner of the ring as the bell rang. As soon as he turned around, Cedric Alexander hit him with a Lumbar Check for the pinfall.

Cedric Alexander def. Noam Dar

Bray Wyatt calls out Seth Rollins

Bray Wyatt came out and delivered a chilling message to the WWE Universe – anyone who crossed him would fall. He moved on after this and called out Seth Rollins, warning Rollins that he would regret taking Wyatt’s name in vain.

Rollins came out at this point and reiterated that Wyatt was a false prophet. Seth then called Wyatt a coward for operating from the shadows. Wyatt laughed at Rollins’ threats and disappeared from the ring before appearing again on the titantron.

Kalisto vs Apollo Crews

Crews looked on-point and focused as this match started. He hit a snap suplex and continued with the headlock afterwards. Akira Tozawa was ringside for this match and we saw Titus trash talking him from ringside.

Meanwhile, Kalisto hit back with an enzeguiri followed by a hurracanrana. He followed it up with a low angle hurracanrana followed by a side kick to the gut. Kalisto then went for the Salito Del Sol but Crews caught him and midair and hit him with a spinning Powerbomb for the win.

Apollo Crews def. Kalisto

After the match, Titus lifted Tozawa over the barricade and the Titus Brand celebrated in the ring along with Tozawa.

Alexa Bliss addresses the WWE Universe

Alexa Bliss came out and first addressed the fact that Kurt Angle forced her to defend the RAW Women’s Championship last week on RAW, instead of giving her a celebration. As Bliss continued, Nia Jax’s music hit.

As Nia Jax came down to the ring to confront Alexa Bliss, Alexa backtracked and told her that she had wanted to have a classic match with Nia which Mickie James and Dana Brooke ruined.

Mickie James’ music hit at this point as she came out accompanied by Dana Brooke. James and Dana addressed Bliss about how she’d come to them last week complaining about ‘their’ Nia Jax problem.

Emma’s music hit at this point as she finally made her return to WWE. Soon after Emma, Sasha Banks’ music hit as she came out and smacked Alexa Bliss in the face as a brawl broke out.

Sasha Banks, Mickie James and Dana Brooke vs Alexa Bliss, Emma and Nia Jax

Emma was all over Dana Brooke soon after this match began. She looked in great form as she hit Dana with a running dropkick followed by a nasty kick. Emma followed it up with a back elbow to Mickie James who was on the apron.

Brooke made a tag to Sasha Banks at this point. Sasha took down Emma at this point and as Emma went to tag Alexa, the champion got off the apron and walked away. Meanwhile, Sasha Banks locked in the Banks Statement on Emma, making her tap.

Sasha Banks, Mickie James and Dana Brooke def. Alexa Bliss, Emma and Nia Jax

Bayley comments on her Extreme failure

Bayley sat down with Corey Graves backstage and said that she wouldn’t change herself for anyone and she would do what was best for her and her fans. When asked what was next for her, she said that she still intended to be the best and losing one match against Alexa Bliss didn’t change that.

Bayley then reiterated her wish to win the RAW Women’s Championship once again as the interview ended. Bayley asked Graves if she could end the interview with a hug and Graves replied by saying that he needed a cigarette.

Miz and a bear vs Heath Slater and Rhyno

Miz’s mystery tag team partner turned out to be a guy in a bear costume. Was it the same bear from last week? The crowd chanted “we want bear” as Heath Slater hit Miz with multiple right hands before he tagged Rhyno in.bear” as Heath Slater hit Miz with multiple right hands before he tagged Rhyno in.

Rhyno took down Miz with a shoulder tackle before tagging Slater back in. Heath hit a single axehandle from the top rope before the bear tagged himself in. Slater went to take the bears mask off but the bear replied by ‘pawing’ at Slater. The bear then locked in a bear hug on Slater before he tagged Miz back in.

Miz lost it at this point and he attacked the bear. He clearly thought the bear was Ambrose as he ripped the mask off. As it turned out, the bear wasn’t Ambrose. Rhyno rolled Miz back into the ring before the bear got back in.

The bear hit Heath Slater with a Dirty Deeds as it turned out that Ambrose had come back out as a bear. He hit Miz with a Dirty Deeds before dragging Slater onto Miz for the pin.

Heath Slater and Rhyno def. The Miz and the bear

Enzo and Cass vs Gallows and Anderson

Big Cass got laid out backstage once again before the match. Enzo insisted that Cass sit the match out but the big man would have none of it and went out for the match anyway.

Cass and Anderson started us off and although Cass was on top of things, he couldn’t capitalise on his offence because he was still reeling from the blow to the head. Cass tagged in Enzo who was immediately laid out by Karl Anderson. Enzo briefly took the fight to Gallows when he came in but the resurgence was brief as Gallows hit Enzo with a nasty sidekick.

Gallows and Anderson hit Enzo with a Magic Killer to pin him for the win.

Gallows and Anderson def. Enzo and Cass

Sheamus and Cesaro (C) vs The Hardyz (2 out of 3 falls match for the WWE RAW Tag-Team Championship)

Sheamus went for a Brogue kick as soon as the match began but Matt Hardy dodged it and hit a Side Effect. Jeff followed it with a running splash before Cesaro pulled Matt Hardy out of the ring. Sheamus hit Jeff Hardy, who was looking to bounce off the turnbuckle, with a running Brogue kick and pinned him for the first fall.

Sheamus pins Jeff Hardy

Sheamus and Cesaro were in complete control as Sheamus went to work on Jeff. Jeff kicked Sheamus out of the ring before both en made tags. Chants of “DELETE” broke out as Matt Hardy pounded Cesaro into the turnbuckle.

Matt followed it with a Tornado DDT for a 2-count. He hit Sheamus with a Side Effect on the apron before hitting Cesaro with a Twist of Fate and pinned him to even out the score at 1-1.

Matt Hardy pins Cesaro

Matt looked to capitalize with a double axehandle on Cesaro but he was met with an uppercut. Cesaro tagged Sheamus in and the Celtic Warrior hit Matt Hardy with a jumping knee strike for a nearfall.

Cesaro got tagged back in and the Swiss Superman looked to hit Matt Hardy with a Neutralizer only for Matt to break out of it. Cesaro locked in the Sharpshooter instead but Matt reached the ropes.

Jeff came in at this point and hit Sheamus with a Swanton Bomb, only for Cesaro to pull Sheamus out of the ring. Jeff then launched himself at Cesaro and took him out. Things broke down into a crawl as Cesaro sent Matt crashing into the barricade.

The referee reached the count of 10 while this was going on, meaning that the match had ended in a draw. The fight continued as Jeff launched himself from the top rope and into Cesaro and Sheamus.

Double countout on the third fall, match ended in a draw