WWE SummerSlam airs August 21, only on the WWE Network.
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Braun Strowman def. Jorel Nelson (local competitor) by pin following the reverse chokeslam.
No surprise then that he was pressed into double-duty action on last night’s Raw – a very choppy affair where the sliced and diced roster seemed a little stretched, even though the very talented likes of Finn Balor, Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens, Roman Reigns and Sami Zayn didn’t actually lace up their boots.
– Below is video from last night’s SmackDown second-screen experience with General Manager Daniel Bryan talking about Randy Orton vs. Alberto Del Rio and Brock Lesnar.
Darren Young (with Bob Backlund) def. Titus O’Neil by roll-up with the tights.
Cesaro def. Sheamus by roll-up as Sheamus is arguing with the referee.
The Dudley Boyz take on the high-flying combo of Neville and the former Lucha Dragon, Sin Cara.
As The Super Athlete and The Ravishing Russian relive their wedding, The Big Dog gives a memorable toast to the newlyweds.
-Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte for the WWE Women’s Championship (Dana Brooke is banned from ringside).
Kofi Kingston aims to avenge the injured Big E against one of his SummerSlam opponents.
With only two weeks left until SummerSlam, Raw presented a show that felt more like a waste of time than a hard sell for the strongest card of the year. According to Reddit user “dvizzle”, a reliable source for pro wrestling news, the Universal Championship will be the same as SmackDown’s WWE Heavyweight Championship.
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The stakes are high for The Swiss Superman, who vies for The Super Athlete’s star-spangled prize in this Raw main event.
