The August 12th episode of WWE Raw takes place from the Moody Center in Austin, Texas and is being broadcast on the USA Network. Follow along with our coverage and enjoy the show!
-A video package airs showing the events of the August 5th WWE Raw, specifically the ongoing saga between the Judgment Day following Domini Mysterio’s betrayal of Rhea Ripley and Finn Balor’s betrayal of Damian Priest at SummerSlam.
-Michael Cole welcomes us to the show, saying that the event has sold out. Rhea Ripley enters to a huge pop. Ripley says that she’s finally had time to process what Dominik did to her at SummerSlam, and despite feeling heartbroken, is ready to take some revenge. She pokes fun at Dom and says that he may have stabbed her in the back, but “it wasn’t quite deep enough.”
-Liv Morgan interrupts from the rafters. She hands the microphone to Dom, who tells Ripley that he was sick of her changing him and that now he has someone to call him daddy. He says he was also able to finally beat his dad, Rey Mysterio, thanks to Liv’s help. Morgan chimes in next and says that she took everything that Ripley loves, including the women’s world championship.
-Ripley pipes back in, promising that she will take everything back. Damian Priest pops up behind Dominik and begins beating him up. Ripley runs up and chases Morgan off-camera. Priest brings Dominik back into the arena and lands a few shots before he is jumped by Carlito. Priest gets the upper-hand as we go to our first break.
Match 1: Damian Priest defeated Carlito with the South of Heaven Chokeslam. As soon as the match was over Priest gets jumped by the rest of Judgment Day, including Finn Balor, but Rhea Ripley runs out to make the save. Priest attempts a superkick on Balor but JD McDonagh pushes him out of the way and takes the move. Balor escapes, but Priest rocks McDonagh with another chokeslam. Dom tries to dive on them but Priest catches him and passes him off to Ripley. She goes for the Rip-Tide but Dom escapes thanks to Liv Morgan.
-Backstage Maxxine Dupri and Ivy Nile have a conversation. Nile tells Dupri not to be at ringside, but she refuses to not be with her Alpha Academy family.
-Back from break a new Wyatt Sicks video featuring Bo Dallas is played. He is feeling emotional after the group won their debut match one week ago. Dallas believes something big is on the horizon, but refuses to say what it is. He stares at a TV that plays cryptic messages, forcing Dallas to scream, “My life for you” repeatedly.
-Michael Cole shows a video of Odyssey Jones’ debut from the August 5th Raw. Backstage Kofi Kingston tells Xavier Woods that he is going to accompany Jones in the ring the same way Jones did for them. Woods still doesn’t look too happy to have Jones there, but smiles regardless.
Match 2: Odyssey Jones defeated Vincent Winey with a spinning sidewalk slam. Karrion Kross and the rest of the Final Testament come out for a promo, where Kross states that he believes Kingston is using Jones to replace Woods, and that Woods should do something about it. This leads to Kingston demanding that the Final Testament face them next week in a six-man tag team match.
-Backstage Adam Pearce and Drew McIntyre are talking. Pearce tells McIntyre that CM Punk is not here and doesn’t have time for him. McIntyre tells Pearce that he doesn’t care about Punk anymore, and wonders why Randy Orton from SmackDown is challenging for the world title, adding that he has been screwed out of the title countless times and he never received anything. He calls Orton a snake in the grass, then tells Pearce he’s going to take care of this himself. Pearce tells him to not pull a Bronson Reed and go rogue, something McIntyre gives his “scout’s honor” that he won’t.
Match 3: American Made defeated Alpha Academy in a Tornado Tag. Ivy Nile attacked Maxxine Dupri at ringside, causing a distraction and allowing The Creeds to get the win.
-An interview with Pete Dunne is played from earlier in the day. The Bruiserweight is enraged at the fact that he was in Sheamus’s shadow, and was forced to compete under the name Butch, which he always hated. He plans on reminding the WWE Universe who he is.
-Footage from Bronson Reed’s attack on Seth Rollins from the August 5th episode of WWE Raw is played. Commentary reveals that Rollins received over 10,000 lbs of impact due to the six Tsunamis he endured by Reed. Backstage, Reed tells Adam Pearce that he had to do what he did because Pearce was not giving him opportunities. He tells Pearce to find him an opponent tonight, or he’ll find himself another victim.
-A pre-taped promo from Damage CTRL’s IYO SKY and Kairi Sane airs. SKY says that Damage CTRL is still one of the most dominant factions in WWE, and that they will prove their dominance tonight by winning the #1 contender’s matchup for the women’s tag team titles. Kairi threatens to take away Shayna Baszler’s dreams.
-Sonya Deville, Zoey Stark, and Shayna Baszler then cut a backstage promo saying that Damage CTRL’s time is over. Baszler reminds the WWE Universe that she caused Jade Cargill to tap out, and they’ll continue to place beatings on the women’s division. The champs, Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre make their entrance to watch the #1 contender’s match.
Match 4: Kairi Sane & IYO SKY vs. Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark #1 contender’s match for the WWE women’s tag team titles ends in a no-contest after Isla Dawn and Alba Fyre interfere. The champs lay out both teams to end the segment.
-Backstage R-Truth is talking with The Miz, who is clearly frustrated from the weeks of losing he’s endured tagging with Truth. Truth tells him to cheer up as he got him a title match against “Bron.” Miz is ecstatic, but later realizes that Truth messed up and it’s a singles matchup against Bronson Reed. Randy Orton approaches both men and tells Miz that he believes he can beat Reed, which hypes him up. As Miz walks away Orton tells Truth that there’s no way Miz is winning.
-Randy Orton comes to the ring. He says that 20 years ago he became the youngest world champion in WWE history. He tells the crowd that at Bash in Berlin he will defeat GUNTHER and become a 15-time world champion. This brings GUNTHER to the ring. Before he can talk Orton tells GUNTHER that he will be a mainstay on Raw after he dethrones him. GUNTHER says that Orton will no longer be a member of WWE’s future after he is done with him, adding that this is the era of the Ring General. Orton fires back, telling GUNTHER that he is one of the most successful WWE superstars ever, has a smoking hot wife, five kids, and has done pretty good for himself. GUNTHER later makes several predictions: He will get the beating of a lifetime in Berlin, he will be some battered that he’ll never win the world title again, and that Orton will mess it all up just like his father and grandfather.
-Drew McIntyre interrupts. He walks to the ring, which distracts GUNTHER and allows Orton to hit an RKO. Suddenly, CM Punk jumps out of the crowd and attacks McIntyre. The two trade shots until McIntyre flees.
-Sheamus is interviewed backstage and gets asked to respond to Pete Dunne’s earlier comments. The Celtic Warrior says that Dunne blames him, but is making himself relevant again after constantly going after him. He says he fought hard to recover from a near-career ending neck injury, but managed to make it back. Ludwig Kaiser confronts Sheamus, stating that he wasn’t done with him either. Dunne comes out of nowhere and attacks Sheamus with the shillelagh.
-WWE Hall of Famer Mark Henry, and his son, Jacob Henry, are shown sitting in the crowd.
-Backstage CM Punk explains that he lied about running late because he knew Drew McIntyre would run away otherwise. He tells the WWE Universe that McIntyre can’t stop thinking of him, nor can he keep Larry or AJ’s name out of his mouth. He has an idea of how they can settle things once and for all.
Match 5: Bronson Reed defeated The Miz after hitting a Tsunami. Afterwards, R-Truth stops Reed from attacking Miz further, but instead eats several Tsunami’s himself. Adam Pearce and security scream at Reed to stop, but he continues to smash Truth with Tsunamis, claiming he can do whatever he wants.
-A promo from Judgment Day. Dominik calls Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley a joke, while Finn Balor warns Priest that he’s got him in his crosshairs. WWE then announces that a mixed-tag team matchup will take place at Bash in Berlin.
-Sheamus vs. Pete Dunne, New Day/Odyssey Jones vs. Final Testament, and a triple-threat for the women’s tag team titles are matches announced for the August 19th WWE Raw.
Match 6: Bron Breakker defeated Sami Zayn to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Zayn won the first fall with the Helluva Kick, but Breakker battled back and hit two massive spears to pick up the next two falls.
