WWE Raw: Results, Highlights, and Grades for August 20, 2018
By Bryan Heaton
Photo Source: WWE.com via Twitter
Take Two
The absolute worst part of SummerSlam was the Elias segment. It was very clearly intermission filler, but everyone — Elias included — would have been better served with an actual intermission, complete with an empty ring and dead silence.
Elias acknowledged his anger issues, but rather than perform his much hyped “greatest song,” he was interrupted by
Bobby Lashley
the newest NXT call-up
Curt Hawkins. Wait, what?
Yes, local boy Curt Hawkins came down to offer Elias a chance to be the “one” in 1-218. Elias refuses, and calls Hawkins a loser, but Curt won’t give up. Out comes a referee, and we’re on!
Another day, another interruption for @IAmEliasWWE. But this time it's from @TheCurtHawkins who is trying to end his losing streak (again) on #Raw! pic.twitter.com/YOLaecziwj
— WWE (@WWE) August 21, 2018
Elias vs. Curt Hawkins
Result: Elias defeated Curt Hawkins via pinfall
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Man, when Curt Hawkins finally wins a match, the crowd is going to go nuts. It’ll be like when Anthony Young of Hawkins’s beloved New York Mets finally ended his year-long, 27 decision losing streak in July 1993 — it was like a playoff celebration for a lousy Mets team in the middle of the season.
Hawkins came close a few times with surprise rollups, but tonight was not the night. Drift Away by Elias ended things, and Hawkins goes to 0-219. I want to give a shoutout to Corey Graves, who astutely pointed out that anyone who’s upset at Elias “hijacking” the show every week should just shut up and let him play his song, and he’ll probably stop.