The road to WWE Sunday Night’s Main Event continues tonight in “The Great White North.”
WWE Raw is live this evening at 6/5c on Netflix from the Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
LA Knight, Solo Sikoa & The Usos Kick Things Off
The Eminem “Godzilla” theme for Raw hits after the always-present Netflix “kuh-kung!” and then we see the usual Superstar arrivals. Live inside the arena and Michael Cole welcomes us to the show. LA Knight’s theme hits and out comes “The Megastar” to kick off this week’s show.
As he comes to the ring, we see the conclusion of last week’s Raw with Knight and Solo Sikoa fighting off Roman Reigns and The Bloodline. He begins, as always, by saying his catchphrase. “Lemme talk to-ya!” Knight then begins to talk about his ongoing issues with “The OTC.”
Knight talks about how Reigns said he didn’t deserve a title shot. He mentions how Reigns told him to “go win a tournament.” Before Knight can continue, fans cut him off with a loud “You deserve it!” chant. He then continues as the crowd cheers him on.
He then mentions how he’s fine getting his hands dirty with a little family business to get the title shot against Reigns he deserves. He says he’s got one member of the family and then we see Solo Sikoa in the crowd. Sikoa begins, “Let me talk to-ya!” He does Knight’s “Yeah!” and “With everybody sayin!”
Knight cuts him off. “Stop, stop, stop! I let you get away with two!” As the two continue to banter, they are cut off by The Usos duo of ‘Main Event’ Jey and “Big” Jimmy Uso. The two members of The Bloodline come out and talk down Knight and Sikoa, vowing to beat them up tonight. A tag bout is set for later tonight.
Roxanne Perez vs. Stephanie Vaquer
A video package airs promoting the latest action in the ongoing tournament to determine the title challenger for Roman Reigns at the upcoming WWE Raw in Mexico. We then return live inside the arena, where we gear up for our opening contest of the evening.
The two women in our first singles match of the show make their respective ring walks, and then the bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running. We get a slow start, as Perez is quick to get out of harm’s way, escaping to the ring before gaining control of the match.
She takes Perez to the mat when she comes back. On that note, the show shifts gears and settles into a mid-match commercial break as the action continues. When the show returns, we see things still ongoing between “La Primera” and The Judgment Day member.
Perez remained in control until Vaquer fought back with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and the Devil’s Kiss. Perez cut her off with a Shining Wizard and cross-face, but Vaquer escaped and connected with a package backbreaker. Rodriguez distracted the referee again, allowing Liv Morgan to pull Vaquer off the top rope.
Becky Lynch ran down and went after Morgan while Vaquer superkicked Rodriguez at ringside. Back inside, Perez hit a moonsault for two before Vaquer answered with a double-underhook facebuster to win. Afterwards, Lynch stopped Morgan from attacking Vaquer and threw her over the barricade. “You owe me!”
Winner: Stephanie Vaquer
Backstage
They aired highlights of the recent issues between Big Cass and Je’Von Evans. Backstage, Rey Mysterio wished Rey Fenix good luck.
Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh showed up and complained about Dom not being in the tournament. Rey said Dominik wasn’t a luchador. JD threatened Rey, but Je’Von Evans arrived and laid them out.
World Title Tournament
Rey Fenix vs. Dragon Lee
Back inside the arena we go, where Rey Fenix and Dragon Lee make their respective ring walks for tournament action. The bell sounds and off we go. Lee escaped a step-up rana with a handstand and hit a dropkick for an early near fall.
Fenix answered with a superkick, a top-rope punt and a crossbody before taking Lee out on the floor with a middle-rope moonsault. Lee regained control with a German suplex that sent Fenix to the floor, followed by a tope con hilo. We head to a break. When we return, the two traded strikes until Lee connected with a sit-out powerbomb for two.
Fenix responded with a superkick, top-rope moonsault press and powerbomb for another near fall. Lee later countered a top-rope hurricanrana and left Fenix tangled in the ropes before hitting a double stomp for two. The action spilled outside, where Lee eventually hit a cannonball through the ropes that drove Fenix through the desk.
Back inside, Lee hit a tornado DDT for another near fall. Fenix countered Operation Dragon with a brainbuster, while Lee later countered a muscle buster attempt into a Styles Clash for two. Fenix caught Lee with an enziguri and superkick before hitting the Mexican Muscle Buster for the pin.
Winner and ADVANCING: Rey Fenix
Lola Vice’s Debut Is Coming
They aired a vignette for Lola Vice and announced her debut for September 14. So, unless something changes, it looks like she’s headed to Raw.
Bron Breakker & Oba Femi Contract Signing
Adam Pearce and Paul Heyman are in the ring for the contract signing between Oba Femi and Bron Breakker. Pearce introduces Oba first, while Heyman handles the introduction for Breakker, calling him the hardest-hitting athlete in all of WWE.
Breakker pauses before signing and questions Oba referring to himself as WWE’s future. Bron runs down Oba’s accomplishments, including beating Brock Lesnar and winning King of the Ring, but points out that he still hasn’t won a championship.
Breakker says he had WWE in the palm of his hand eight months ago before getting hurt, claiming nobody was man enough to take him out except himself. While Bron was gone, Oba took his spot and everything that came with it. Oba responds by calling Breakker an “angry orange man.”
Femi says he doesn’t underestimate Bron and admits that if Breakker had arrived in WWE in 2002 against John Cena, he would have been the future. The same would have been true in 2015 against “whoever the big dog was then.” Unfortunately for Bron, it’s 2026, and the man standing across from him is Oba Femi.
Breakker says everyone loves Oba and is already counting him out, but promises to drag Femi into deep waters at Sunday Night’s Main Event. Bron says Oba will eventually get tired and realize he’s just a sorry wrestler who thought he could hang with a real dog.
When they get in the ring, Breakker says he will own him and prove that he is the one man Oba Femi cannot beat. Bron finally signs the contract and brings it over to Oba, handing it to Heyman and asking Femi if he wants his “daddy” to sign it for him.
Breakker then turns his attention to Heyman, accusing him of ignoring him ever since Brock Lesnar returned. Bron suddenly decks Oba, but Femi fights back as Pearce and Heyman quickly clear the ring. Austin Theory runs down to help Breakker.
Theory holds Oba in position for a spear, but Femi moves and sends Bron to the floor. Theory pays the price, as Oba puts him through the contract-signing table. Oba tells Breakker that he’ll be running away from him at Sunday Night’s Main Event just like he is tonight before finally signing the contract.
Backstage
Backstage, Jacob Fatu joins Jimmy and Jey Uso. Once the audio issues are sorted out, Jimmy tells Jacob to lay back tonight and let the brothers handle their own business. Fatu explains that Roman Reigns told him to stand down last week.
He said that is why he didn’t come out to help them. Jey holds up the ula fala and tells Jacob that makes him and Jimmy the bosses now. Jey says Fatu can continue standing in the back and doing nothing this week. The show moves on from there.
Je’Von Evans vs. Big Cass
Back to the ring we go for our next match of the evening. Evans uses his speed to avoid Cass early before connecting with a series of punches and kicks. Cass blocks a rana attempt, but Evans stays with it and eventually sends the big man to the floor with the move.
Evans follows with a crossbody to the outside. Cass catches him, but Evans manages to land on his feet. Back inside the ring, Cass cuts off Evans’ momentum with a clothesline that sends him over the top rope. Cass takes control on the floor.
He clubs Evans down before launching him into the barricade. Back in the ring, Cass connects with a side slam as Raw heads to another commercial break as the action in this one-on-one showdown continues. We return from the commercial with Cass missing a charge into the corner.
Evans takes advantage, flipping over Cass before connecting with a kick and a pair of clotheslines that send the big man tumbling to the floor. Evans picks up the pace with a tope suicida before firing away with punches and sending Cass crashing into the timekeeper’s area.
Evans circles the ringside area and comes flying into Cass again before unloading with another flurry of strikes. Back inside, Evans bounces off the ropes and connects with the Red Dot. He vaults to the top rope and follows with a springboard clothesline.
Evans looks for the OG Cutter, but Cass knocks him off the ropes and sends him crashing to the apron and floor. Evans manages to get back into the ring, only to walk directly into a huge boot from Cass. That’s enough for the three-count and the win.
Winner: Big Cass
The Judgment Day Attacks
Cass heads up the ramp and tastes the blood in his mouth, but the action isn’t over. Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh hit the ring and attack Evans from behind. McDonagh connects with a headbutt before Dominik heads to the top rope and finishes off Evans with a frog splash.
Backstage
Backstage, Jackie Redmond is with Sol Ruca, who will get her rematch against Raquel Rodriguez next week. Sol is excited about getting another opportunity when IYO SKY walks in and congratulates her, telling Ruca that she believes she can get the job done. Lyra Valkyria interrupts and claims to be Sol’s friend.
She then suggests she could take the match instead. Sol tells Lyra she can earn a championship opportunity of her own. That doesn’t sit well with Valkyria, who says Bayley used to talk to her like that before abruptly walking away. IYO looks noticeably uneasy about Lyra’s behavior as the segment ends.
World Title Tournament
Penta vs. La Parka
We head back to ringside as Penta makes his entrance for the final semifinal match in the World Title Tournament. He’ll be going one-on-one with La Parka, but first we head to a quick pre-match commercial break. When we return, we catch the tail end of La Parka’s entrance and his Thriller-inspired theme.
The bell sounds to get things underway. The two trade offense in the early going, with Parka eventually getting the better of the exchange and sending Penta into the corner. Parka looks for a head-scissors, but Penta counters and dumps him out to the floor before following with a dive to the outside.
Penta gets Parka back into the ring, only for Parka to cut him off and connect with a moonsault. Back inside, Penta quickly regains control and picks up a near fall. Penta catches Parka with a thrust kick and sends him into the corner, but Parka answers with a Backstabber for a two-count.
With both men looking to secure the final spot in the World Title Tournament finals, we head to another commercial break as the action continues. When the show returns, we see this one still ongoing. Parka unloads with chops on Penta in the corner, but Penta turns things around and sends him across the ring.
Parka answers with a kick before connecting with an arm drag and hip toss for a two-count. Parka charges into the corner, but Penta moves out of the way. Parka manages to flip through and land on his feet, only for Penta to catch him with a dropkick into the corner for another near fall.
Penta looks for a Mexican Destroyer, but Parka blocks it and responds with a satellite DDT for two. Parka sets Penta up in the corner, but Penta grabs the mask and pulls him into the turnbuckle before connecting with the Penta Driver. Parka somehow kicks out at two.
The two battle on the ropes until Parka brings the former Intercontinental Champion crashing down with a Spanish Fly for another close two-count. Parka looks for the Bonebreaker, but Penta counters and hits the Sacrifice. Penta follows up with a Mexican Destroyer and that’s enough to put La Parka away.
Winner and ADVANCING: Penta
The Lucha Bros To Do Battle
After the match, Rey Fenix makes his way onto the stage to acknowledge his brother. The tournament final that many anticipated is now official, as former Lucha Bros tag-team partners Penta and Rey Fenix will collide to determine who challenges Roman Reigns for the title on WWE Raw in Mexico City.
Backstage
Backstage, Solo Sikoa and LA Knight discuss their upcoming tag-team match as they try to remain focused on taking down The Usos. That main event is up next, pending whatever segments, commercials and promotional items for next week WWE will unveil momentarily.
Backstage
Back from the break, we get a look at the road to NXT Heatwave and AAA Ola de Calor this Sunday, along with the arrival of Zilla Fatu in NXT. We then shoot live backstage, Adam Pearce is talking with Chad Gable about what could be next for the Intercontinental Champion. Pearce leaves and Ethan Page walks in.
He accuses Gable of being intimidated by him and claiming he’d rather face “washed-up” Hall of Famers than put the title on the line against Page. Gable quickly reminds Page that he tapped him out during the gauntlet match a few weeks ago and says Page is doing a good job of talking himself out of a championship opportunity. Gable walks off.
Next Monday On WWE Raw (8/31):
* Roman Reigns returns
* Women’s Intercontinental Championship: Raquel Rodriguez (c) vs. Sol Ruca
* World Heavyweight Championship No. 1 Contender’s Tournament Final: Penta vs. Rey Fenix
The tournament final will see the Lucha Brothers collide after Fenix and Penta advanced through separate tournament matches over the past two weeks. The winner will move on to challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Backstage
We get another look at the opening match and what happened afterward before heading backstage to Stephanie Vaquer. She is two weeks away from challenging Liv Morgan for the Women’s World Championship and talks about reclaiming the title while also taking down Judgment Day in the process.
The Usos vs. Solo Sikoa & LA Knight
It’s main event time!
The Usos make their entrance through the crowd, “YEET”-ing their way down to ringside before we head to another commercial break. Back from the break, LA Knight makes his entrance and stares down The Usos from the ring. Solo Sikoa follows and the bell sounds.
Knight and Jimmy Uso start things off, with Knight getting the early advantage and connecting with a clothesline. Solo tags in and the two combine for a double-team shoulder tackle before Sikoa follows with a falling headbutt for a two-count.
Solo keeps Jimmy trapped in the corner with stomps before bringing Knight back in. Knight gets his shots in and another quick tag brings Sikoa back into the match for more double-team offense. Jimmy finally creates some separation and gets the tag to Jey, who comes in hot against Solo.
Sikoa cuts him off with a headbutt after blocking a suplex attempt, but Jey sends Solo toward the ropes, where Jimmy sneaks in a kick while the referee’s attention is elsewhere. Jey knocks Solo to the floor and The Usos connect with stereo thrust kicks as they take control of the main event heading into a mid-match break.
We return from the break with Jey Uso back in the match, as Solo Sikoa starts fighting his way back into things. Jey cuts him off with an enziguri near the ropes, and Jimmy Uso follows with a blindside kick before tagging in and keeping Solo isolated in the corner.
Jimmy charges in, but Solo sends him over the top rope to the floor and starts crawling toward LA Knight. Jey tags in and knocks Knight off the apron before Solo can make it, keeping his team in control. Solo eventually catches Jey in the corner and finally makes the tag to Knight, while Jimmy comes in for the other side.
Knight comes in hot with punches and a clothesline before dropping Jimmy with a neckbreaker. A distraction from Jey allows Jimmy to roll Knight up for a two-count, but Knight stays on the attack. He looks for the BFT, only for Jimmy to counter, and Knight reverses a Samoan drop attempt into another near fall.
Knight heads to the top rope and connects with the flying elbow drop, but Jey breaks up the pin just in time. Solo gets involved and is sent outside, where he manages to stop Jey’s attempted dive. That’s when everything falls apart.
Jey and Solo continue fighting at ringside until Royce Keys suddenly attacks, laying both men out. Back inside the ring, Bronco Nima and Lucien Price of OTM hit the ring and attack Knight and Jimmy, revealing an apparent new alliance with Keys.
The trio proceeds to lay waste to everyone in sight, targeting The Usos, Knight and Sikoa alike. Nima and Price set Solo up for Keys to blast him into the steel ring steps, before Knight gets another shot for good measure.
They aren’t finished there, as Nima and Price grab Jimmy Uso and deliver a Shield-style powerbomb through the announce table. Keys, Nima and Price return to the ring and stand tall over the carnage as the show goes off the air. That’s how this week’s WWE Raw comes to an end. Thanks for joining us!
Winners: No Contest
