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<p>There were a lot of questions after <a href="http://api.wrestlingworld.co/reviews/wwe-monday-night-raw-results-review-june-25-2018/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">last week&#8217;s Monday Night Raw</a>. As the build up to WWE Extreme Rules continue this week from Valley View Casino Center in San Diego, California, we hope to get some answers and some interesting match-ups.</p>
<h2>Reigns Wants Lashley but Gets a Beat Down From Ziggler and Mcintyre</h2>
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<p>The big dog Roman Reigns is out to begin this week&#8217;s RAW. He begins by saying that he does not want to be one of those guys who makes excuses but his loss last week due to &#8220;the worst tag team partner in history&#8221; in the form of Bobby Lashley needs rectification. He proceeds to say that Lashley was never &#8220;the guy&#8221; while Roman is &#8220;the guy&#8221; right now. He wants Lashley to come out so he can confront him.</p>
<p>It is Ziggler and McIntyre who walk out instead. They complain that Reigns put his nose in their business last week and today they will return the favor. Reigns tries to take the two of them but gets overpowered. Rollins hits the ring to make the save.</p>
<p>Backstage Reigns and Rollins gets Angle to agree to a match between the four of them even though Angle does not want to as Reigns already has a match booked.</p>
<p><strong>Verdict:</strong> Good way to start RAW. Reigns and Rollins pairing up is a good thing for both men. Reigns is also improving a lot with his mic skills. This angle gives these four guys something to do without peeving the WWE universe.</p>
<p><strong>Rating:</strong> <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up" style="font-size: 40px; color: lime;"></i></p>
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<h2>Woken Matt Hardy Gets Stunned by Curtis Axel</h2>
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<p>Hardy begins the match on high gear by immediately going for the roll up. Axel kicks out and sends Hardy into the corner. Hardy almost hits the Twist of Fate. Axel catches Hardy with a dropkick. Axel continues to get in quite a lot of offense and even manages a near fall before Hardy turns the tide with a side effect. Another near fall followed by a couple of diving elbows. Just as Hardy is about to hit his finisher he gets distracted by Dallas allowing Axel to hit the facebuster for the win.</p>
<p><strong>Verdict:</strong> The match was surprisingly good and kudos to WWE for mixing things up.</p>
<p><strong>Rating:</strong> <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up" style="font-size: 40px; color: lime;"></i></p>
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<h2>Lashley Confronts Reigns While Dr. Shelby Returns</h2>
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<p>Lashley finally confronts Reigns and informs him that Reigns is the bigger egomaniac. Reigns asks Lashley to pay attention to his tag match to see how it’s done. Some vague threats follow that doesn’t make much sense.</p>
<p>Bayley is waiting for her appointment when Sasha walks in and the two realize that their appointment is at the same. Enter Dr. Shelby who informs them he is going to do some friendship counselling.</p>
<p><strong>Verdict:</strong> Reigns and Lashley have zero chemistry when doing these segments. Having said that it is a positive to not have Romans in the title picture. As for the Dr. Shelby segment, we are reserving judgment for now. Hope lightning strikes twice</p>
<p><strong>Rating:</strong> <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up" style="font-size: 40px; color: lime;"></i></p>
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<h2><strong>Titus Worldwide Taste Some Pain</strong></h2>
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<p>Titus hits the first offensive move but Crews tags in and it is one-way traffic from there on He gets obliterated by The Authors of pain who finish the match quickly with a dominant Last Chapter.</p>
<p><strong>Winners: </strong>Authors of Pain</p>
<p><strong>Verdict: </strong>No complaints as The Authors of Pain feel like a force to be reckoned with. Feel sad for Crews though.</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong> <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up" style="font-size: 40px; color: lime;"></i></p>
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<h2>Kevin Owens Is Funny as Hell</h2>
<p>A funny segment follows as Kevin Owens refuses to hand in the keys to his car to the parking lot attendant given what happened last week. He then tries to keep a low profile by putting up his hood.</p>
<p><strong>Verdict:</strong> This man just works any angle brilliantly.</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong> <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up" style="font-size: 40px; color: lime;"></i></p>
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<h2>Reigns and Rollins Try to Defend the Yard</h2>
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<p>Reigns and Rollins take on Ziggler and McIntyre. We are reminded of how good the former Shield members are as a team. This is an action packed match. Say what you want about Reigns but he is a good wrestler in the ring nowadays. The other three have been talented always. There is plenty of back and forth with great team work displayed by both teams. There are some cool athletic spots between Rollins and Ziggler while the other two put on an exhibition of raw power.</p>
<p>The match keeps swinging between both the teams involved until the Revival appear and cause the DQ. Afterwards Reigns and Rollins get the snort kicked out of them by the four heels.</p>
<p><strong>Verdict: </strong>The match itself was pretty good. This seems to be heading for a triple threat match of some kind.</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong> <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up" style="font-size: 40px; color: lime;"></i></p>
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<p>Owens gets a match against Braun Strowman later in the night despite his attempts to call off the match using Shania Twain tickets.</p>
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<h2>Corbin’s Apology Is Still to Come While Elias Provides the Background Score to Some Mayhem</h2>
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<p>Corbin tries to hype up his job as the constable. He asks Balor to apologize to him for last week. Balor apologizes for getting Corbin fired from TGI Fridays. Words turn into action as the two come to blows before Corbin is sent outside from where he escapes to the backstage.</p>
<p>Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan “destroy” things while Elias plays the guitar</p>
<p><strong>Verdict: </strong>Nothing to complaint. Okay segments.</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong> <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up" style="font-size: 40px; color: lime;"></i></p>
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<h2><strong>Ember Moon Destroys Liv Morgan</strong></h2>
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<p>Nothing to say here. Moon squashes Morgan in a couple of minutes.</p>
<p><strong>Winner: </strong>Ember Moon</p>
<p><strong>Verdict: </strong>We get that Ember Moon is being built up as a major star but this match seemed utterly useless and only made things worse for both the ladies involved.</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong> <i class="fa fa-thumbs-down" style="font-size: 40px; color: red;"></i><strong></strong></p>
<h2>Bayley and Banks Have Their First Session</h2>
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<p>A frustrated Dr. Shelby is shown who is unable to broker peace between the two women. The two insult each other until Dr. Shelby loses his cool and screams “Enough”.</p>
<p><strong>Verdict: </strong>For the sake of the two superstars involved we really wished that this worked. Sadly, it hasn’t so far. Hopefully things change for the better next week.</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong> <i class="fa fa-thumbs-down" style="font-size: 40px; color: red;"></i></p>
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<h2>Lashley Betrays Reigns Again</h2>
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<p>Lashley and Reigns have their scheduled match against The Revival. Reigns begins the match and tries to win it single handedly. The Revival members tag in and out smartly and try to take down Reigns. Reigns on the other hand ignores Lashley and does not tag him in despite him almost begging for it. Lashley has had enough and hits the ring and takes out both members of the Revival before returning to the apron. Reigns still does not tag him in and The Revival gang up on Reigns to cause the DQ.</p>
<p>The Revival continues to beat down Reigns while Lashley walks away.</p>
<p>Reigns then gets Angle to arrange a match with Lashley for the Extreme Rules PPV</p>
<p><strong>Winner: </strong>Roman Reigns and Bobby Lashley via DQ</p>
<p><strong>Verdict: </strong>This started off as passable but is now becoming ridiculous. Where is this all heading to?</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong> <i class="fa fa-thumbs-down" style="font-size: 40px; color: red;"></i><strong></strong></p>
<h2>Rawley Mauls No Way Jose While Rousey Makes an Announcement</h2>
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<p>The Rawley and Jose match ends in a no contest as both men beat each other before the bell.</p>
<p>An interview segment is then shown which shows Rousey announcing that she will be at Extreme Rules as she is only banned from RAW.</p>
<p><strong>Verdict: </strong>Okay segments. Nothing to complaint</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong> <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up" style="font-size: 40px; color: lime;"></i></p>
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<h2>Jax and Bliss Try to Set a Precursor to Their Title Match</h2>
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<p>Mickie James, accompanies Alexa Bliss while Nia Jax has Natalya for company. Jax tells us that her title rematch with Bliss will be an extreme Rules match where she will set things right.</p>
<p>The match begins with James trying to hit Jax from behind but gets manhandled only to be saved by Bliss. This allows James to catch a break and get in some offensive moves. Jax, however, gains the upper hand very soon and finishes off James with a Samoan Drop.</p>
<p><strong>Winner: </strong>Nia Jax</p>
<p><strong>Verdict: </strong>The segment and the match that followed felt like a rudderless ship. The intentions were right but the execution wasn’t</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong> <i class="fa fa-thumbs-down" style="font-size: 40px; color: red;"></i></p>
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<p>Lashley says some mumbo jumbo about the yard and him being “the guy”</p>
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<h2>Strowman Turns Owens Into a Blue Alien</h2>
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<p>One of the best matches follows. Owens gets tossed right across the ring and he uses that as an opportunity to run away from the ring to the parking lot. He gets counted out after which Strowman pursues him. Owens meanwhile unable to find his keys takes refuge in a porta-potty. Strowman sniffs his way to Owens (yeah, you read that right) and impersonates a woman to get Owens to speak and confirm it is indeed him inside the porta-potty.</p>
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<p>Once he knows for sure that Owens is inside, he duct-tapes the door shut and drags the porta-potty all the way to the beginning of the ramp and pushes the porta-potty off the stage. Later it is shown that Owens is covered in the blue stuff.</p>
<p><strong>Winner: </strong>Braun Strowman via count out</p>
<p><strong>Verdict: </strong>Simply hilarious and amazing. One of the best closing segments of RAW in a long time. Strowman’s comedic chops are astounding and Owens is proving to be the perfect counterpart for Strowman.</p>
<p><strong>Rating: </strong> <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up" style="font-size: 40px; color: lime;"></i></p>
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<p><strong>Overall Verdict: </strong>This was one of those RAW episodes that started off strong only to fizzle off by the second hour but managed to finish with a bang.</p>
<p><strong>Overall Rating: </strong> <i class="fa fa-thumbs-up" style="font-size: 40px; color: lime;"></i></p>
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WWE Monday Night Raw Results & Review: July 2, 2018

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