WWE Raw Results, Highlights, and Grades: Less inspiring than HIAC

There wasn’t much left to do anyways, as the “main event” saw Tyson Fury introduced by Jerry Lawler. It was a depressing, albeit ironically fitting, way to close things out.

Braun Strowman quickly made his way to the ring, and what followed was a poorly-acted and over-scripted war of words. Well, the phrase war of words really gives it too much credit. They sort of just talked and were trying to look imposing while doing so.

That quickly broke down, and Fury shoved Strowman. We then got several minutes of constant chaos. Security hit the ring to pull apart Tyson Fury and Braun Strowman, only for each man to demolish everyone holding them back and go back towards each other.

This happened way too many times, and it never felt like it had the sense of urgency or tinge of reality you’d want from a moment like that. It eventually took the locker room to keep them apart, and Strowman gave up and walked away.

Braun Strowman was interviewed backstage, where he said he was disrespected by Fury and wouldn’t apologize. That was the end of it. That’s right, that’s all.

That’s everything. Every last horrendously uninspiring second of it. Just pretend this episode of WWE Raw didn’t actually happen, much like WWE pretended their disastrous ending to Hell in a Cell didn’t happen.

Overall Show Grade: F, Despite a few highlights, the entire show felt deflated and meaningless. WWE was utterly disinterested in this show, and you probably would be too. 

WWE Raw Quick Results and Recap

Rusev brawled with Randy Orton and Baron Corbin at ringside, but Bobby Lashley appeared on the screen wearing Rusev’s robe. He removed it and got into Rusev’s bed, inviting in Lana. Rusev got angry and attacked Orton and Corbin. (Grade: F-)

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Natalya def. Lacey Evans in a Last Woman Standing Match (Grade: B+)

Aleister Black cut an intense promo asking someone to pick a fight with him. (Grade: B)

Street Profits backstage segment hyped the WWE Draft and Tyson Fury’s impending appearance on Raw. (Grade: C)

Tyson Fury was interviewed and demanded an apology from Braun Strowman for his actions on SmackDown. (Grade: D)

The Viking Raiders def. Bobby Roode & Dolph Ziggler in a non-title match (Grade: B)

In the second promo, Aleister Black is now in his gear and says he’ll go to the ring to get a fight. (Grade: B)

Aleister Black def. The Singh Brothers (Grade: B+)

Rey Mysterio was interviewed backstage about Brock Lesnar attacking him, and he revealed that Cain Velasquez is Dominik’s Godfather. (Grade: B)

The OC (Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson, and AJ Styles) def. Lucha House Party (Kalisto, Sin Cara, and Lince Dorado) (Grade: B+)

The Miz hosts MizTV with guests Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair. Bickering between them is interrupted by Kabuki Warriors, who cut a promo from the ramp in Japanese. (Grade: A)

The Kabuki Warriors def. Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair (Grade: A)

After the match, Asuka and Sane attacked Charlotte. Nikki Cross and Alexa Bliss made the save, taking down Kabuki Warriors and clearing the ring. (Grade: A)

Apollo Crews, The Viking Raiders, and Ricochet all cut decent but uninteresting promos. (Grade: B-)

Ricochet def. Apollo Crews (Grade: B-)

Tyson Fury and Braun Strowman tried to make it look like they wanted to fight each other, and didn’t really succeed. (Grade: F-)