Tonight on RAW, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and Becky Lynch are set to appear, Joe Hendry throws a concert, Penta battles Rusev, Bayley & Lyra Valkyria collide with Roxanne Perez & Raquel Rodriguez and more!
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RAW opens with a recap from last week – it highlights the segment between Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatu with Fatu coming for Reigns. We then cut to Reigns sitting with Jimmy and Jey Uso at a table in a pre-recorded segments. Reigns tells The Usos he doesn’t know where Fatu is coming from. Reigns talks about all he’s done and doesn’t get why Fatu is trying to take all this from him. Jimmy says he understands Fatu but what Fatu wants shouldn’t come at Reigns’ expense. Jey says Fatu is unhinged and unpredictable. Jey tells Reigns if Fatu wins he will be the shot caller now. Jey says Fatu needs consequences and Reigns agrees they’re not doing charity anymore and Reigns says he will address this later tonight. Family first – the first family.
We cut backstage and Jacob Fatu sits on a crate and ponders. We then cut to the ring and Seth Rollins makes his way out to the ring. Rollins makes the fans “Whoaaa” over and over again and welcomes us to RAW. Rollins talks about why he lost to Gunther and it wasn’t because Gunther is better than him. There is a reason Roman Reigns is walking around with his championship and it’s not because Rollins was pinned. He says the reason for both of these things happened all because of Bron Breakker. Rollins calls Breakker out and he comes out to the ring with Paul Heyman. Breakker and Rollins stand face to face and Rollins tells Breakker that he gave Breakker the world on a silver platter and Breakker thanked him for taking everything from Rollins. Rollins says Breakker is the reason he’s been on the losing end and asks Breakker why. Heyman gets Breakker to step back and gives Breakker the mic. Breakker asks Rollins what he gave him and Bronson Reed. Breakker tells Rollins all he and Reed did was put out fires Rollins started and to fight all his battles. Breakker tells Rollins that what he needed was Heyman. Rollins takes Breakker on a ride down memory lane. Rollins talks about how he asked Shawn Michaels who the best worker in NXT was and Michaels said Breakker. Rollins then tells Breakker that he hand picked Breakker to be in The Vision and tells Breakker that he’s unique and that he can be the biggest star in the industry because he has everything except one thing and Rollins points at his head. Rollins says he knows better than anyone what it’s like to bet on yourself and the difference between them is Breakker tries and Rollins succeeds. Rollins says when he bet on himself he got championships and when Breakker bet on himself he got Austin Theory and Logan Paul and happy endings from Paul Heyman. Rollins says Breakker isn’t ready. Breakker says he’s always ready and doesn’t need Rollins and tells Rollins that he’s getting old and his body is breaking down. Breakker talks about losing to the best but at least he didn’t lose to Rollins. Breakker tells Rollins that Rollins is the best wrestler in the entire world at being number two. Rollins calls Breakker Baby Steiner and asks Breakker if he thought of all this alone or if Big Poppa Pump helped him. Rollins gives Breakker the opportunity to prove he’s better at Backlash and tells Breakker he’s not even number two in his family. Rollins drops the mic and leaves.
Bayley & Lyra Valkyria, Joe Hendry, Becky Lynch, and Stephanie Vaquer are shown backstage. Raquel Rodriguez attacks Vaquer and Roxanne Perez slams a crate into Vaquer. Liv Morgan stands above a fallen Vaquer and tells her off.
Before the first match, Ethan Page comes out to the ring and sits by commentary.
Match 1: Penta -vs- Rusev
We get the bell and Rusev attacks Penta and knocks him to the mat. Penta is suplexed a couple times and Rusev then tosses Penta with a Fallaway Slam. Rusev kicks Penta and then stands on Penta using the ropes. Penta kicks Rusev and dropkicks Rusev out of the ring. Penta hits Tope Con Hilo over the ropes and Page gets in Penta’s face. Rusev tries to get at Penta and Penta superkicks Rusev and tosses him in the ring. Rusev kicks Penta in the middle of the ring and slams him down and we cut to a break.
Back from the break, Rusev punches Penta as Penta is sat on the top rope. The two then trade punches on the top turnbuckle. Penta headbutts Rusev off the top rope and jumps off the top and takes Rusev down with a crossbody. Penta hits a facebuster and kicks Rusev in the corner. Penta does his handstand double kick to Rusev and covers him and Rusev kicks out immediately. Rusev knees Penta and Penta hits a backstabber and covers Rusev who kicks out at two. Penta goes for the Mexican Destroyer and Rusev counters and kicks Penta and slams him down with a Bossman Slam. Rusev connects with the Mashka Kick and goes for the Accolade and Penta counters and then rolls up Rusev for the win.
Winner: Penta
After the match, Rusev clobbers Penta and Page cheers from outside the ring. Page gets in the ring as Rusev stomps on Penta. Rusev glares at Page and Page leaves the ring. Penta attacks Penta and Page runs in and makes the save. Page and Rusev start stomping on Penta, Je’Von Evans runs out to make the save. Evans knocks Rusev out of the ring and launches himself onto Page. Evans hits an OG Cutter on Rusev and kicks him out of the ring. Penta and Evans shake hands in the ring.