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This week's Monday Night RAW kicked off with a short video reel to honour the fallen soldiers on the occasion of Memorial Day. The crowd was chanting 'USA...USA...' as Braun Strowman made his entrance.
He said he's confident that he will win the Money in the Bank briefcase and be called Mr Monster in the Bank. He also mentioned that he'll cash in the briefcase against Brock Lesnar and Finn Balor interrupted him with his entrance.
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Balor asked Stroman not to be so sure and the Monster Amongst Men called him a 'little man'. Finn slapped Braun in the face and Strowman threw him out of the ring. Kurt Angle came in and announced the rematch between the two as the first match of the night.
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#1 Finn Balor vs Braun Strowman
Strowman threw Balor across the ring as the match started. Finn dodged a right hand but took another to the gut followed by a headbutt. Bobby Roode was watching the match from backstage and Kevin Owens was on commentary duty.
Balor hit Braun with a double dropkick but barely managed to hurt him. The two traded right hands and Balor went down. Strowman stepped on Balor's chest before throwing him around some more. The Demon King went for a dropkick and Braun retaliated with a kick of his own. Kevin Owens got on the stage mic, abandoning his commentary spot and distracted Strowman as we headed into commercials.
Balor was outside when we returned and Strowman took him out with a running tackle. Finn threw Braun head first into the ring post and once in the ring, he tossed Strowman over the ropes and out with a dropkick. Balor followed up with a dive over the top rope but Braun recovered immediately.
Braun took a double stomp on the back and then a Coupe de Grace. Balor was about to finish the match when Kevin Owens interrupted Balor and threw him outside, causing the match to end in a DQ finish. KO then took out a ladder from under the ring and hit Finn with it. He then went to attack Strowman in the ring but The Monster overpowered KO.
Owens was thrown out of the ring the ladder followed him, hitting the ground just inches away from him, thanks to Braun Strowman.
Result: Finn Balor vs Braun Strowman ended in a DQ finish
Backstage, KO was in a hurry to leave the venue and Kurt Angle tells him he can't because he has a match against Bobby Roode. KO retreated to the locker room and Angle stood, smiling.
Elias kept insulting the crowd during his performance, even calling them 'disgusting'. He asked for the lighting and audio to be fixed and called himself a 'renaissance man'. The performance was cut short with the entrance of Seth Rollins. Rollins threw out Elias' seat and motioned for him to leave the ring. Elias left and Rollins got ready for his title match with Jinder Mahal.
#2 Seth Rollins (c) vs Jinder Mahal (Intercontinental Championship Match)
Rollins took Mahal to the mat and then threw him outside, following up with a suicide dive. Sunil Singh distracted Rollins for a moment and Jinder took the opportunity to toss him outside as we headed into commercials yet again.
We returned to see Rollins in a hold by Mahal. Jinder resorted to an abdominal stretch and drove his elbow to Rollin's stomach. Rollins escaped but took a knee to the mid-section. Rollins sent Mahal head first into the turnbuckles and followed up with a sling blade before sending Mahal outside. Seth hit a suicide dive and then a blockbuster on Jinder.
Mahal caught Rollins with a gut buster but missed the Khallas. Rollins delivered a superkick and then the Falcon Arrow and both superstars went down. Sunil Singh distracted the official and Mahal used the opportunity to hit Rollins with a steel chair.
Jinder missed the Khallas again and Sunil interfered. Seth had Jinder in the corner and delivered a buckle bomb on Sunil, driving him into Mahal. Seth went outside and got the steel chair that Jinder had used earlier. The Architect hit Jinder and Sunil repeatedly with the chair in front of the official and earned a DQ loss.
Result: Jinder Mahal def. Seth Rollins via DQ and Rollins retained the Intercontinental Championship
Rollins kept attacking the two as they retreated to the stage and Elias appeared from nowhere and hit Rollins with a guitar, breaking it and taking Seth down as well as we headed for another ad break.
After the commercial, Seth was wheeled away on a stretcher and was wearing a brace around his neck.
Nia Jax wanted to show Ronda Rousey what was in store for her at Money in the Bank. She called in an amateur talent, Michelle Web and demonstrated some moves on her including the Samoan Drop, rolling senton and her trademark leg drop.
Nia demonstrated how and why due to her size she can't be caught in an armbar which happens to be Rousey's signature move. Jax also went on to taunt Rousey some more and then turned her back to Ronda in the ring after saying that her leg drop could break a woman's chest.
Ronda looked angry but did not attack Jax as she walked backstage. It looks like Jax is now turning heel if she hasn't already.
#3 Woken Matt Hardy & Bray Wyatt (c) vs. The Ascension - RAW Tag Team Title match
Wyatt and Viktor kicked off the match and Bray went straight for the mind games. Matt was tagged in and riled up the crowd but Viktor attacked Matt with vicious kicks. Konnor was tagged in and continued the assault on Hardy with an elbow drop.
Konnor went for a headlock and then Irish whipped Matt into the corner. Matt threw Konnor into the corner and tagged in Bray. Wyatt hit a lariat and a senton as Viktor was tagged in. Matt and Bray hit Viktor with the Kiss of Deletion and got the pinfall, retaining their RAW Tag Team Championships.
Result: Woken Matt Hardy & Bray Wyatt def. The Ascension and retained the RAW Tag Team Titles
Backstage, The B Team requested Angle for a RAW Tag Team title shot. They decided to invite all the RAW tag teams to a barbecue night as part of their plan to get a title shot.
#4 Bobby Roode vs Kevin Owens
Roode caught Owens in a headlock early on and KO returned the favour with the same move. Roode took out KO with a shoulder tackle but missed the DDT. Owen dropped on the apron but also took Roode down to the outside. Roode was on the barricade and KO hit him with a cannonball as we headed to commercials.
We returned to see Roode take a lariat from KO and Roode replied with a huge right hand. Roode hit the blockbuster but KO kicked out at two. Roode hit a neck breaker on KO and climbed up to the corner. KO caught up to Roode and went for a superplex but failed. Roode was setting up for a finisher but Owens walked out of the ring. Roode caught KO with a running clothesline and the match returned to the ring.
Kevin Owens hit Roode with a counter after a failed DDT from Roode and caught him in a roll up to finish the match.
Result: Kevin Owens def. Bobby Roode
Braun Strowman appeared in the ring to take his revenge on KO and hit him with shoulder tackles and two running powerslams as Roode cheered him on. Strowman then turned to Bobby and hit him with the running powerslam before leaving the ring.
Sami Zayn made his way to the ring to issue a formal apology to the Lashley family for last week's 'cringeworthy' interview of the Lashley sisters. He apparently got a lot of backlash for the interview and admitted that the 'sisters' were men that he hired to poke fun at Bobby Lashley.
He followed it up by saying his stories about Lashley were true, regardless of how he carried out the interview and stressed the fact that he deserves an apology from the WWE universe who misunderstood him. Bobby Lashley's music hit and he entered the ring. Lashley enthused about Memorial Day and paid his respects.
Lashley challenged Sami to a match at Money in the Bank and Sami accepted. Lashley crushed Sami's hand after the handshake and apologized in advance for everything he would do to Sami at MITB.
#5 Drew McIntyre vs Chad Gable
Drew McIntyre hit Gable with a suplex and followed up with some stiff chops. Drew hit Gable with a big boot to the face and a vertical suplex. McIntyre worked on weakening Gable's left arm and then a belly to belly suplex.
Gable hit McIntyre with a moonsault but failed to get the pinfall. Drew caught Gable and threw him against the ring post and followed up with a claymore kick. Drew went for the pin and got the three count, winning the match.
Result: Drew McIntyre def. Chad Gable
The B Team barbeque commenced after the match and the team announced all the food items that were o the menu. All the RAW tag teams except for Hardy and Wyatt were attending and the B Team asked the others if anyone would mind if they got a title shot against Bray and Matt.
Titus replied negatively and the others joined in. Heath Slater noted that Rhyno was eating non-stop. The B Team said that if they don't get the title shot, they'll take away their food and a huge food fight broke out. The teams dumped baked beans on Bo and potato salad on Curtis as Rhyno kept eating, still sitting at the same place. The B Team fended of the attackers and caught Rhyno in a double chokeslam, driving him through one of the tables that were set up in the ring.
After the commercials, The B Team approached Kurt Angle again backstage, and he confirmed that a Tag Team Battle Royal between the RAW teams and the winning team will face Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy at Money in the Bank.
#6 Gauntlet Match to determine the last competitor for the Women's Money in the Bank ladder match
Bayley began the match against Liv Morgan and eliminated her immediately with a Bailey to belly suplex.
Sarah Logan came in second and delivered a suplex to Bailey who kicked out at two. Logan delivered a knee to Bailey's face and Bailey caught her with a roll-up, eliminating Sarah Logan.
Ruby Riott was the fourth entry to the match and caught Bailey in a submission. Bayley delivered a sunset flip but Ruby Riott managed to eliminate her from the match after a Riott kick.
Dana Brooke came in next and delivered an elbow to Riott followed by a clothesline. Riott hit her with the Riott kick and got the pinfall.
Mickie James made her entrance and hit Ruby with a hurricanrana but failed to capitalize. James delivered a baseball slide on Riott sending her crashing into the barricades as we headed into commercials. Mickie hit Rott with a clothesline as we returned and sent her face first into the mat. Mickie was caught in a roll-up by Riott and was eliminated.
Sasha Banks was the final entry and she hit Riott with a crossbody from the top rope and then moved to a submission move. Riott dodged the Banks statement and delivered a big move. Ruby slapped Sasha repeatedly but was driven into the turnbuckles. Riott hit Sasha with a DDT and then a kick to the face but only got near falls both times.
Sasha caught Riott on the middle rope and then administered the Banks statement. Logan and Morgan interfered but Sasha took them out, kicked out of the roll-up and went back to the Banks statement. Riott tapped out and Sasha Banks became the last entrant for the Women's Money in the Bank ladder match.
Result: Sasha Banks won the gauntlet match became the last entrant for the Women's Money in the Bank ladder match.
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