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Tonight’s WWE RAW opens up with a new intro video. We’re live from Pittsburgh with Michael Cole, Corey Graves and Byron Saxton. They’re back near the production area. We go to the ring with Commissioner Stephanie McMahon and General Manager Mick Foley.

Foley brings the RAW roster out to the stage. He talks about producing the best show every week. Stephanie says Foley will have full authority status to do what he needs. Stephanie brings up Roman Reigns costing the brand the WWE Title at Battleground. Fans boo. Stephanie calls him a loser. She says there has always been a heavyweight champion on RAW and the world demands it. She says that’s exactly what they’re going to get. Foley announces Fatal 4 Way matches for tonight. The winner will face Seth Rollins at SummerSlam to crown the new WWE Universal Champion. The participants are revealed to be Sami Zayn, Sheamus, Chris Jericho, Cesaro, Roman Reigns, WWE United States Champion Rusev, Kevin Owens and Finn Balor. Balor appears and gets a big pop. They address WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte and announce Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks for tonight because of the tag match loss at Battleground.

WWE Universal Title Qualifier: Sheamus vs. Sami Zayn vs. Chris Jericho vs. Roman Reigns

Back from the break and the Superstars are out with Roman Reigns coming last to boos from the crowd. Back and forth to start with action all over the place. Jericho and Sheamus double team Sami while Reigns is down on the outside.

They toss Sami to the apron but he hangs on and fights back in. Sami takes Sheamus down with a hurricanrana and dumps Jericho to the floor. Jericho lands on Sheamus. Sami runs the ropes for a dive but puts on the brakes as the veteran heels move on the floor. Reigns comes from behind and spikes Sami to the mat for a 2 count. Reigns knocks Sheamus to the floor and hits a snap suplex on Sami for a 2 count. Reigns takes Sami from corner to corner now as the boos continue.

More back and forth with all four Superstars. Reigns ends up running the ropes and hitting a big dive on all three of his opponents. Back to commercial with Reigns standing tall as fans boo.

Back from the break and Reigns hits a double Drive By on Sheamus and Jericho. More back and forth. Sami with a Blue Thunderbomb on Reigns for a close 2 count. Reigns counters a Helluva Kick and hits the Razor’s Edge sitdown for a 2 count. More action all over the place as they steal pins and land counters. Fans do the “ole!” chants for Sami as he goes at it with Jericho. Jericho goes for the Walls of Jericho and gets it locked in. Sheamus eventually breaks it with a Brogue Kick. Sheamus covers for a 2 count as Sami breaks it. Sheamus and Sami go at it again. Sheamus with the Irish Curse backbreaker. Sheamus goes for White Noise but Reigns hits a Superman punch. Jericho also takes a Superman punch. Another for Sheamus. Sami rolls Reigns up for 2. Reigns with another punch. Reigns blocks a Codebreaker and drops Jericho with a punch after a failed attempt. Reigns readies for a spear as fans boo. Jericho kicks the spear and nails a Codebreaker for a 2 count.

Jericho yells at Reigns to stay down. Jericho misses a shot and Reigns spears him for the win. Reigns is going to the main event against Finn Balor.

Winner: Roman Reigns

Roman Reigns is walking backstage when he sees Finn Balor. They wish each other good luck. Finn says he’s Irish, he invented luck. Reigns says he’s Samoan, ’nuff said. Back to commercial.

WWE Universal Title Qualifier: Finn Balor vs. Roman Reigns

Back from the break and out comes Finn Balor for the main event. The winner will face Seth Rollins in the main event of SummerSlam to crown the first-ever WWE Universal Champion.

Roman Reigns is out next to a big mixed reaction. We get formal introductions from JoJo. Reigns attacks to start the match and launches Balor across the ring. Reigns with another big toss across the ring. Balor does make a comeback but Reigns drops him with a high elbow. Roman unloads on Balor in the corner and then drops him. They end up on the floor and Balor nails a big running dropkick into the barrier. Balor goes back into the ring and stands tall as we go to commercial.

Back from the break and they’re going at it. Reigns with a slam for a 2 count. Reigns keeps Balor grounded and wears him down now. Balor fights up but Reigns nails a headbutt. Reigns with another shot in the corner. Reigns runs into a boot. Balor with a forearm and another. Reigns ducks a shot and rolls Balor up. Reigns powers into the sitdown powerbomb for a 2 count.

Reigns misses a Superman punch. Balor runs into a boot. Reigns sits on the top but Balor kicks him in the head. Reign falls to the floor and Balor dropkicks him back. Balor with a running knee to the face from the apron. They bring it back in and Balor goes to the top. Balor with the big stomp to the back of the head for a close 2 count. More back and forth. Balor runs into a Superman punch for a close 2 count. Reigns scoops Balor for the Razor’s Edge but Balor rolls him for a very close 2 count. Reigns powers up with two powerbombs for a 2 count. Reigns readies for a spear but Balor counters with a Slingblade. Balor dropkicks Reigns into the corner. Balor goes to the top and hits Coup de Grace for the win.

Winner: Finn Balor

After the win, Balor celebrates as Reigns goes to the floor. Balor will face Seth Rollins at SummerSlam to crown the first-ever WWE Universal Champion. Saxton interviews Reigns at ringside. Reigns hopes Balor wins at SummerSlam because he wants him again. RAW goes off the air with Balor celebrating.

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We go to the ring and out comes new WWE World Heavyweight Champion Dean Ambrose.

Ambrose hits the ring as we see stills of how he won the title at Money In the Bank last night. The music finally stops and Ambrose takes it all in. Fans chant “you deserve it” now. Ambrose talks about how he had a wild night in Las Vegas last night. He brings up Seth Rollins and says he was just the right guy at the right place at the wrong time. Ambrose goes on and says it was all worth it because hard times are no more. He’s interrupted by the music and out comes Roman Reigns to mostly boos.

Reigns says last night wasn’t his night because it was Dean’s. He congratulates Ambrose and says he’s happy for him. Reigns asks how good it felt to cash in on Seth. Ambrose says he would’ve cashed in on Reigns too. The “you can’t wrestle” chants start up. Reigns tells all the men chanting that to relax, take a sip of their beer and shut up. Reigns asks Ambrose is he’s a fighting champ. Seth Rollins interrupts next and here he comes upset.

They all have words and it looks like we’re about to get a fight until Shane McMahon comes out to the stage to a pop. He congratulates Ambrose on both wins last night. Shane says we should have Reigns vs. Rollins to determine a new #1 contender. Shane says Stephanie isn’t here tonight and he’s running the show. Reigns vs. Rollins will take place tonight. The former Shield members face off in the ring before Rollins leaves first.

Mid-show, Roman Reigns is backstage with JoJo and he’s confident going into the main event.

Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins

We go to the ring and out comes WWE World Heavyweight Champion Dean Ambrose to join the announcers for commentary. Back to commercial.

We come back and Ambrose is on commentary as Seth Rollins makes his way out. The winner of this match will face Ambrose for the title at the July 24th Battleground pay-per-view. Roman Reigns is out next.

Reigns immediately nails a shoulder and goes to work on Rollins. A “you can’t wrestle” chant starts. Rollins manages to retreat to the floor and pulls Reigns out. They go at it and Reigns launches Rollins into the barrier. Reigns slams Rollins into the announce table a few times and then takes the table apart. They come back in and Reigns hits a neckbreaker for a close pin attempt. Rollins turns it around with a neckbreaker for a 2 count.

Rollins keeps on and hits a dropkick to the face for 2. Rollins keeps control and beats Reigns around the ringside area. Rollins brings it back in but Reigns fights back. Rollins with a clothesline. We end up going to commercial with Rollins down on the floor.

Back from the break and Rollins applies a sleeper hold in the middle of the ring. It’s broken and Reigns nails a big right hand. Reigns unloads on Rollins and the referee pulls him off. Rollins ends up nailing an enziguri. They both trade big rights and headbutts in the middle of the ring now. They run the ropes and Reigns nails a big clothesline. Reigns with more in the corner. Rollins ends up shoving Reigns out to the floor. Rollins runs thr ropes and sends Reigns into the barrier. Rollins brings it back in with the running forearms in thr corners. Reigns catches him in a Samoan Drop. They trade reversals. Reigns with a roll up for 2. Reigns with a sitdown powerbomb for 2.

They trade and block finishers but Reigns knocks Rollins put of mid=air with a Superman punch. Reigns readies for a spear but Rollins kicks him in the head. Reigns takes him to the corner and knocks him go the apron. More close calls by Rollins. Rollins misses the Frogsplash. Reigns hits the Drive By from the floor. Reigns takes apart the the other announce table and takes Rollins on top of it. Rollins scrambles off and nails an enziguri on Rollins. They both end up on the other side pf the announce table as the referee counts. They try to make it back in but the referee calls for the bell and they make it in too late. Lilian announces that there is no winner. Shane’s music hits and says we need a #1 contender. Dean is in the ring now. He tells Shane he will fight them both in the same night. Shane makes the Triple Threat for the WWE World Heavyweight Title as the Battleground main event. Shane’s music hits and he leaves as Reigns and Rollins recover. Ambrose taunts them both with the title. Ambrose drops Dirty Deeds on Reigns and leaves the ring as his music hits. Rollins looks on. Rollins grabs Reigns but Ambrose runs back down and drops Rollins with Dirty Deeds. Ambrose stands tall on the announce table with his title and then goes back in the ring as RAW goes off the air.

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We go to the ring and out comes Dean Ambrose for another edition of The Ambrose Asylum.

Ambrose brings out his first guest Seth Rollins, and then WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns right after. The former Shield partners meet in the middle of the ring. Rollins and Reigns stare each other down. Ambrose says this is fun. He asks Rollins how his knee is doing. Rollins asks Ambrose if he’s watched the WWE 24 special. Rollins says his knee is 100% ready to go. Ambrose asks how Rollins’ face is doing because it’s hurting him. Reigns laughs at the joke. Ambrose and Reigns have some friendly banter. Ambrose tries to get Rollins to lighten up some. Rollins finally admits his best times in the ring came with Ambrose and Reigns. He talks about some of their six-man matches and how they sent Batista packing to Hollywood. A “Blue-tista” chant tries to start up. Rollins goes on and says the best time he had in the ring with them… was when he put a steel chair in their backs. Rollins also brags on cashing in at WrestleMania.

Ambrose tries to keep Reigns calm and asks about Money In the Bank. Reigns says he will walk in with the title and leave with the title. Rollins goes on and says Reigns hasn’t done one thing – beat him, because he can’t. Rollins says they are a lot alike but there’s one difference – Reigns wouldn’t be where he was if it wasn’t for Rollins. Rollins says everything he accomplished, he did on his own, unlike Reigns. Rollins says he’s taking back the title he never lost on Sunday. Ambrose teases that he may win the Money In the Bank briefcase, then cash in on Rollins or Reigns to leave with the title. Ambrose drops the mic and his music hits to end it. Rollins shoves Ambrose into Reigns, sending him to the floor. Ambrose unloads on Rollins. Reigns comes back in and pulls him off. Rollins misses a Pedigree and takes a Superman punch. Ambrose drops Reigns with Dirty Deeds. Ambrose stands tall and looks up at the briefcase as his music hits.

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We go right to the ring and out comes Seth Rollins to a big pop.

Rollins hits the ring and takes it all in before speaking. A “welcome back” chant starts up. Rollins says he’s been waiting 200 days to get back in his ring once again. Rollins says he’s back and he’s waited for months to take back the title he never lost. Rollins says he fired the first shot at Extreme Rules and shows us on the big screen. A “thank you Rollins” chant starts. Rollins asks if they missed him and they pop again. A “yes!” chant starts now. Rollins brings up how fans booed him every time he stepped in the ring after breaking up The Shield, how they called him the weakest WWE World Heavyweight Champion of all time. Rollins says fans were begging for someone to take the title from him, they called him a coward who hid behind The Authority. Then something profound happened, Rollins’ knee buckled under the weight of carrying the company on his back for so long. Rollins says he started getting get well tweets and comments, flowers in the hospital, so much fan mail he didn’t know what to do with it. Rollins says he didn’t open a single letter, he put the crap in a garbage can and lit it on fire. Some fans boo, some cheer. Rollins says he doesn’t need the fans and never did.

He says there’s only room for one person on his bandwagon – Seth Rollins. Rollins goes on and says it doesn’t matter if fans boo or cheer him because he’s back for one thing – the title he never lost. Rollins says he didn’t come back for the fans… the music interrupts and out comes WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns. Rollins takes off his jacket.

Reigns makes his way down and enters the ring but Rollins leaves. Rollins rants around ringside about this being his time and his show. Reigns mouths back at him. The music hits and out comes Shane McMahon. Shane enters the ring with Reigns and invites Rollins back in. Rollins hesitates but comes back in. Shane says he thinks they all can have an adult conversation. A “you still got it” chant breaks out. Shane understands Rollins is back fro the title and says Reigns can understand that too. Shane announces Reigns vs. Rollins for the title at Money In the Bank next month.

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We go to the ring and out comes AJ Styles for a pop. We get a look back at Styles and WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns from last week. Fans chant his name as Styles takes the mic. He wants to set the record straight because he’s tired of Reigns calling him a liar. But it’s not just Reigns, he’s heard it at the restaurant, the airport, on social media. He says people think his friendship with Gallows and Anderson is some kind of master plan to get him the title. AJ shows some tweets on the big screen with fans commenting on The Club.

Styles asks if this is a new era because this isn’t new to him… he’s headlined the Tokyo Dome, he’s been a champion around the world. For those in the WWE Universe who don’t know him, he’s not called Phenomenal for nothing and he’s worked hard to get where he is. AJ is interrupted by the music and out comes Reigns to a big mixed reaction.

Reigns is met with the “what?!” treatment as he starts speaking. Reigns says what Styles has done around the world doesn’t really matter unless he’s winning “THE” championship. Fans chant for Seth Rollins. Reigns says they’re not going to get Rollins, they have Reigns vs. Styles in the main event of WWE Extreme Rules. Reigns says he’s going to be in The Usos’ corner tonight and asks Styles if he will be in The Club’s corner. AJ says he will be there and he will be wherever Reigns is until he gets the title on his waist. Styles mocks Reigns’ “good guy, bad guy, THE guy” promo and says Reigns is the guy he’s going to beat on Sunday. Reigns says Styles is in the big fight now, this is not a wrestling match, it’s not Extreme Rules. Reigns talks about what he might do to Styles on Sunday. Reigns says he can and he will beat AJ’s ass at Extreme Rules. Reigns says AJ can’t beat him one-on-one, so he knows The Club will be there, but The Usos will be there waiting for them. Reigns says we will all find out that The Bloodline is better than The Club. AJ says he plans on wrapping the chair around Reigns’ stinking head all night long. The music hits and out comes Gallows and Anderson. The Usos join Reigns in the ring. AJ charges and Reigns drops him with a right hand. Fans boo. AJ retreats to Gallows and Anderson on the floor. Reigns raises the title as AJ runs his mouth. The two teams stare each other down and have words as Reigns’ music hits and we go to replays.

The Usos vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson

Back from the break and out comes AJ Styles with Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. The Usos are out next. WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns makes his way out to a loud mixed reaction. The two sides face off in the middle of the ring before the bell. Anderson starts off with Jimmy Uso and Anderson takes it to the mat.

Jimmy catches Anderson and takes him to the corner. Jey Uso tags in for a bit of double teaming. Uso takes Anderson to the corner for more offense. Uso with big chops in Flair Country as AJ looks on. Uso blocks a counter and sends Anderson over the top. Uso knocks Gallows off the apron on the other side. The Usos stand tall as Styles talks to Gallows and Anderson on the floor to regroup. Gallows comes in with Jimmy now. Gallows misses a clothesline and gets rocked. Gallows catches Uso in a big slam, and another. Gallows drops elbow drops and covers for a 2 count. Gallows beats Uso into the corner and tags Anderson in. Anderson stomps away. Gallows gets in a cheap shot as the referee is distracted.

Anderson keeps control and tags Gallows back in. Lots more back and forth. Uso ends up hitting a corkscrew off the top but Gallows kicks out. They go to the floor and Uso takes Gallows down off the steel steps. Uso rolls Gallows back in as AJ approaches. AJ and Uso argue, allowing Gallows to drop Uso with a right hand. Reigns walks over and has words with AJ and The Club as we go to commercial.

Back from the break and Jimmy goes at it with Anderson. Anderson with a big clothesline for a 2 count. Gallows comes in and unloads with rights and lefts in the corner. Jimmy ducks a big boot and Gallows gets hung up. Anderson tags in but Uso dumps him over the top. Uso turns it around on the floor and sends Anderson into the barrier. He brings it back in for a crossbody for a 2 count. We see Styles and Reigns argue at ringside. Uso hits a Samoan Drop and the Rikishi splash on Uso for a 2 count. Uso goes back to the top but Anderson jumps up and kicks him in the face.

Anderson with shots in the corner. He goes for a superplex but Uso sends him to the mat. Uso jumps but rolls through. Anderson with a big spinebuster for a 2 count. Everything unfolds at the end. The pin comes when Uso hits a big splash for the win.

Winners: The Usos

After the match, AJ and Reigns have a staredown in the ring. Gallows attacks Reigns from behind. Uso makes the save but gets taken out on the floor. AJ brings a chair back in the ring where Reigns is. He goes to swing it but Reigns nails a big right hand as fans boo. Reigns hits AJ with the chair. Gallows nails Reigns. Reigns hits a Superman punch on Gallows and then Anderson. Reigns turns around to a chair shot to the gut from Styles. AJ with chair shots over the back of Reigns now. Styles hits the Styles Clash on top of a chair and receives some boos as he stands over Reigns. Styles’ music hits as Reigns tries to recover and he looks on. AJ talks trash to Reigns before leaving the ring.