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WWE RAW REPORT: JOE WANTS AN APOLOGY, WOMEN'S TAG TITLE MATCH, PARKING LOT MAYHEM, AND A CONTRACT SIGNING

By Richard Trionfo on 2019-08-05 22:59:00

The show starts off with a moment of silence for the events that took place over the weekend in El Paso and Dayton.

We are in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and your announcers are Corey Graves, Michael Cole, and Renee Young.

Samoa Joe is on the announce table and he interrupts to say that he knows everyone will talk about Roman Reigns and what happened on Tuesday.  Joe says he has been blamed for what happened, but was he near Roman Reigns on Tuesday night?  

Michael Cole tries to calm down Samoa Joe while Joe talks about what he is being accused of.  Corey says it was determined to be an accident, but think about what was said.  Michael Cole says there was a poll saying that 80% of the people thought Joe did it.  Joe says he did a poll and 80% of the people are idiots.  Joe wants them to show what happened to Roman Reigns.

We take a look back at the footage from Smackdown.

Joe says he looked at that footage and with all of the cameras, he did not see himself anywhere.  If WWE wants to make him a suspect.  Joe says he will stay here until Roman Reigns arrives and then Joe will shut down the show until he gets the apology he deserves . . . 

Becky Lynch's music interrupts.

Match Number One:  Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair versus Natalya and Trish Stratus

Natalya and Becky start off and lock up.  Natalya with a clean break and Becky pushes Natalya and Natalya pushes back.  Becky with a wrist lock into a waist lock but Natalya with a fireman's carry into an arm bar.  Becky with a waist lock and Natalya with a standing switch and take down.  Becky with a front face lock and Natalya with a cross arm breaker.  Becky with a rollup for a near fall.  Becky sets for a Sharpshooter but Natalya escapes.  Charlotte tags herself in.  Charlotte kicks and chops Natalya.  Natalya with an Irish whip and Charlotte with a shoulder from the apron.  Natalya with a sunset flip for a near fall.  Natalya with a forearm to teh back followed by a snap mare and Natalya runs over Charlotte's back but Charlotte trips Natalya and connects with a boot to the head.

Charlotte sends Natalya face first into the mat.  Charlotte with a knee to the back followed by a neck vice.  Charlotte with a reverse chin lock.  Natalya with elbows and a snap mare.  Charlotte with a clothesline and she refuses to tag in Becky.  Charlotte chokes Natalya in the ropes.  Natalya with a forearm but Charlotte with forearms of her own.  Charlotte sends Natalya into the turnbuckles.  Natalya escapes a fallaway slam and Charlotte with an elbow.  Charlotte with an O'Connor Roll but Natalya kicks out and sends Charlotte into the turnbuckles.  Natalya with a discus clothesline and Charlotte keeps Natalya from making the tag.

Charlotte swings and misses when she goes after Trish on the apron.  Natalya with a rollup for a near fall.  Charlotte with an exploder and the referee has to hold Trish back.  Becky tags herself in and Charlotte hits Becky from behind and leaves.  Natalya with a double leg take down into a Sharpshooter.  Becky gets to the ropes to force Natalya to break the hold, but she refuses to release the hold and the referee gets to his five count.

Winners:  Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch (by disqualification)

After the match, Natalya refuses to release the hold and Trish pulls Natalya off Becky.

We take a look back at last week's Gauntlet Match and Andrade ripping Rey's mask.

Rey Mysterio walks in the back as we go to commercial.

Match Number Two:  Rey Mysterio versus Andrade Almas (with Zelina Vega)

Rey with a drop kick to the knee as Almas charges at him.  Almas with a tilt-a-whirl back breaker.  Rey with an ezuigiri and Almas falls into the ropes.  Almas recovers and clotheslines Rey.  Almas misses a drop kick and Rey gets a near fall.  Rey with a head scissors that sends Almas into the turnbuckles.  Almas with a knee and Irish whip into the turnbuckles.  Almas chops Rey in the corner and follows with a knee.  Almas with a Irish whip but Rey with an arm drag that sends Almas to the floor.  Rey with a sliding sunset flip power bomb into the ringside barrier.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Almas has Rey on his shoulders on the turnbuckles but Rey counters into a Super Frankensteiner.  Rey gets a near fall.  Rey with a shoulder and enzuigiri from the apron followed by a seated senton and head scissors.  Rey with punches.  Almas with a sunset flip but Rey rolls through and kicks Almas in the head for a near fall.  Rey with a kick and Code Red for a near fall.  Almas chops Rey.  Rey avoids a chop and Almas with a back elbow for a near fall.  Almas goes to the turnbuckles but Rey stops Almas.  Rey sets for a superplex but Almas puts Rey in the tree of woe and Almas with a double stomp.

Almas pulls Rey off the turnbuckles to get a near fall.  Rey with a kick and he goes for a quebrada but Almas catches Rey on his shoulders.  Rey with a crucifix driver for a near fall.  Rey goes for a head scissors but Almas blocks it and power bombs Rey.  Almas with the running double knee strike to the head for a near fall.  Almas gets a near fall and then Rey with a destroyer for a near fall.  Almas falls into the ropes and Rey with a 619.  Rey goes to the turnbuckles and Vega distracts him for a moment and that allows Almas to get his knees up on the frog splash and Almas gets a near fall.  Rey with a rollup after countering the hammer lock DDT.  Rey with a knee to block a suplex.  Almas with a power bomb.  

Almas goes for the mask and the referee stops Almas.  Vega drops Rey on the middle rope and Almas with the hammer lock DDT for the three count.

Winner:  Andrade Almas

Michael Cole mentions the 24/7 Title and we take a look at what happened last week when at the end of the night, Maria Kanellis was your 24/7 Champion.

We go to Mike and Maria at the Ob-Gyn earlier today.  Maria talks about walking into SummerSlam as the champion.  She tells Mike to protect her, their unborn child, and her 24/7 Title.  Mike vows not to let her down.

We go to commercial.

We are back with more from Maria's Ob-Gyn appointment.  She tells Mike to focus and show some testosterone to prove he can protect the 24/7 Title.  Mike hugs Maria and a three count is made.  The doctor was a WWE referee so Mike Kanellis is the new champon.

We see R Truth and Carmella at the doctor's office.  Truth tells Mike that he has something that is his.  Truth tosses a doll to Mike and Truth with a rollup for the three count.

We go to the interview area with Becky Lynch.  Becky is asked about the Submission Match and whether Natalya will have the edge in her home country.  Becky says Natalya should bring her family so they can see Natalya tap out and fail Canada again.  Becky talks about Natalya complaining about the machine not being behind her the way they are with Becky.  Becky says while she was changing the business, Natalya was on reality television changing her bikini.  Becky says she will give the people of Canada what they need, a new hero.

Natalya is in a different area in the back.  Natalya says there will be a huge celebration in Canada when she makes the Man tap out.  Natalya says you can break her arm, but she will not tap.  That Sharpshooter was a taste of what will happen on Sunday.

Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman walk in the back.

We go to commercial.

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