WWE Recap of the Week: Top News, Rumors, Results, and Storyline Progressions from RAW, SmackDown and NXT (July 18, 2020)

By Vatsal Rathod

Modified Jul 23, 2020 07:36 GMT

So much happened on the three WWE brands this week!

#2 Top WWE News of the week

Cool that we won the overall viewers, but advertisers and the network don’t really care. All that matters is we CRUSHED it in THE DEMO! 0.29 to 0.14!#DemoGod @AEWrestling @wwe https://t.co/IkD59s03a6
— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) July 17, 2020

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Let's take a look at a few top WWE News stories of the week!

After losing to NXT for the past three weeks, AEW won the viewership rating war. NXT drew 631,000 as compared to AEW's 788,000. Chris Jericho reacted to it (Tweet above) and also released his new "Demo God" t-shirt.

Recently released WWE Superstars Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows confirmed that they have signed with IMPACT Wrestling. They revealed that they were very close to signing with All Elite Wrestling last year, before re-signing with WWE, but they regret that decision!

Former WWE Superstar CM Punk thanked John Cena, Scott Armstrong, and the WWE fans, remembering his 2011 Money in the Bank title victory.

The #1 contender for the WWE Championship, Dolph Ziggler revealed that he was told that he would never become a World Champion because of his hair.

Lio Rush sent out tweets about reports of backstage heat with Finn Balor. The Prince responded by saying that there is no heat and invited Rush to call him if he wants to talk.

And then i told you @FinnBalor I’d appreciate it if you diffused the situation because i thought we were cool from the times your now wife watched my son at live events. I knew you had the power/influence to do that. You never texted me back & you never diffused the story. Why?
— Lio (@itsLioRush) July 17, 2020

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Kairi Sane mentioned her desire to face Asuka for the RAW Women's Championship on this week's RAW Talk.

Updated Match Card for WWE Extreme Rules 2020 -

Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler - WWE Championship

Asuka (c) vs. Sasha Banks - Raw Women's Championship

Bayley (c) vs. Nikki Cross - SmackDown Women's Championship

Braun Strowman vs. Bray Wyatt - Wyatt Swamp Fight

Rey Mysterio vs. Seth Rollins - Eye for an Eye match

Apollo Crews (c) vs. MVP - United States Championship

The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) (c) vs Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura - Tables match for the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championships

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Vatsal has been one of the most active writers at Sportskeeda under the WWE/pro-wrestling section. Having joined in 2019, Vatsal currently writes features as well as covers news, rumors, and exclusives from WWE and AEW. He attended his first live wrestling show, an edition of Monday Night RAW, in 2018 at the SAP Center in San Jose, California, and wishes to one day attend WrestleMania.
Some of his regular features on Sportskeeda include "X Bold Predictions", "Full match-card predictions", and "Last-minute rumors" for PPVs.
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