In a WWE.com exclusive, Rusev is still angry after what happened last week with Roman Reigns, and says he plans to crush Roman tonight.
During the pre-show, we see the aftermath of a cake-covered Lana courtesy of a WWE.com exclusive.
Andrea D'Marco interviews Bob Backlund and Darren Young, but Titus O'Neil shows up. Andrea leaves, then Titus O'Neil apologizes for his "Darren Young was never great" comments. Titus O'Neil wants to bring back The Prime Time Players. Bob Backlund likes the idea, saying the team can be tag team champions again, and goes to talk to Mick Foley about bringing them back together. Titus tells Darren Young this will be for one night only.
"Mr. Irrelevant" Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas congratulates Jinder Mahal for beaing up Heath Slater, and Mahal says that Slater turned his back on the band to join a couple of social outcasts. Bo and Axel chalk it all up to jealousy towards Slater. Jinder tells them to watch his upcoming match against Neville to see him do something Axel can't do: win.
Earlier today, Seth Rollins was outside the arena, saying he had business with "The Demon King" and called him out right now. He then looks for "The Demon King."
Lana and Rusev are in the ring. They say that Roman Reigns ruined a historic celebration last week, and that they will hold up the show until Roman Reigns shows up and apologizes. Instead, they get Raw General Manager Mick Foley, and Rusev demands respect, saying Mick Foley is no GM without him. Foley tells Rusev to get out of the ring, and Rusev tells Foley he sucks for making him defend the US title against Roman at SummerSlam. He says that Foley has no real power, and demands Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon come to the ring. She does, and she says Rusev's behavior is unacceptable. Rusev threatens to move to SmackDown, saying Daniel Bryan and Shane McMahon will appreciate him there. Suddenly, Roman Reigns shows up and apologizes for Rusev being married to Lana in the first place. After some words from Rusev, Roman says that they might as well have their United Staes title match right now. Stephanie stops this, but Rusev wants to fight for Lana's honor. Mick Foley decides to make a match where Rusev can do just that against Roman Reigns tonight.
Byron Saxton interviews Sheamus before the next match. Sheamus says he is the most dominant Superstar on Raw right now, and proved he is the better athlete compared to Cesaro. He has moved on to greener pastures such as Sami Zayn, but calls him a cheap Sheamus knockoff. When the crowd chants "You look stupid," he tells the crowd that everybody paid to see him...so who's stupid now?
Cesaro guests on commentary during the middle of Sheamus vs. Sami Zayn.
Sami Zayn beats Sheamus after Cesaro leaves commentary and distracts Sheamus.
Tom Phillips interviews Chris Jericho and Kevin Owens. Jericho says tonight's match against Big Cass is 1-on-2, and he and Owens then make fun of Enzo Amore and Big Cass. Kevin Owens says he will beat Big Cass tonight, and that he and Jericho will go on to beat Enzo and Cass at SummerSlam to the point that when they're asked "How you doin'?" they won't be feeling so good because Jericho and Owens beat them.
Referees - and Raw General Manager Mick Foley - stop a backstage between Sheamus and Cesaro, and puts them in a Best of Seven series with the first match starting at SummerSlam.
Before the next match, we see Gallows & Anderson Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson) talk about ringpostitis - and microwave an egg - on the Titantron.
The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xacier Woods) beat The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley). Club on TitanTron. Kofi and Xavier call out Gallows & Anderson (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson) for thinking what they did to Big E is funny, and say that The Club do not have the power to take their tag team titles or the "New Day Rocks" slogan, which they both do in place of the injured Big E.
Seth Rollins is looking for "The Demon King" backstage. He finds Neville, who tells Seth that he's been in the ring with "The Demon King," and tells Seth that he isn't ready.
Before the next match, Byron Saxton interviews Rachel Lee, who believes that she can go home with the gold and beat Nia Jax after watching the Summer Olympics non-stop.
Nia Jax quickly beats Rachel Lee.
Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman enter the ring. Before Heyman can speak, he is interrupted by Heath Slater. Slater states that he is the hottest free agent in sports entertainment today, and says that since both Raw and SmackDown can't recognize him as a star, he's coming to Paul Heyman. Heyman laughts at Slater, but Slater tells him to laugh it up and asks for a one-on-one match against Brock Lesnar. Heyman just ignores Slater and acts like he's not even there, but Slater screams back, saying not to disrespect him and that he has kids that rely on him. Heyman tells Slater he's trying to save his ass. Lesnar gets on the microphone and talks to him, telling him he feels for him as he has kids too and to get in the ring so he can talk about his kids. He does, and Lesnar tells him he doesn't give a shit about his kids. He gives Slater two options: get out of the ring or keep pissing him off. Slater obviously chooses the latter option, and gets decimated as a result. Heyman gives Slater credit for going face-to-face with Brock Lesnar, as Randy Orton doesn't have the guts to do it. He says that Lesnar will massacre Orton at SummerSlam, and that not one person in the locker room can stand up to Lesnar. He then says that Lesnar is the box office for SummerSlam, and that everyone has the rare opportunity to see him in a match.
Before the next match, Enzo Amore says that he and Big Cass are going to have a SummerSlam barbecue this Sunday where they will beat Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho.
Big Cass beats Kevin Owens by disqualification after Chris Jericho interferes. Big Cass fights back, but the newly-christened JeriKO leave Cass laying.
Tom Phillips interviews Roman Reigns backstage. He plans to represent his bloodline and beat Rusev's ass. He is then suddenly attacked from behind by Rusev, and officials have to hold both men back.
The Shining Stars (Primo and Epico) beat The Prime Time Players (Darren Young and Titus O'Neil) after Primo whips Darren Young into Titus O'Neil, who is tending to Bob Backlund. Titus thinks Darren ran into him on purpose and hits him with Clash of the Titus, allowing The Shining Stars to win.
Neville beats Jinder Mahal.
General Manager Mick Foley tells Commissioner Stephanie McMahon that he has gotten off the phone with Jon Stewart and that Stewart will be the host at SummerSlam. Seth Rollins shows up looking for "The Demon King," then asks for the night off. Foley asks Seth Rollins to go to the ring and call "The Demon King" out.
Seth Rollins is now in the ring. He says he has never been so insulted in his life last week thanks to Finn Balor's response, and says he still can't find "The Demon King." He tells the media to get ready for what he's going to say: nothing will stop him from becoming the first WWE Universal Champion. He also says he can't find "The Demon King" anywhere and calls him out from the center of the ring, so he can kick him back into the history books. Nothing happens, and chalks it up to intimidation tactics by Finn Balor because Finn is afraid of him. He then says "The Demon King" is just another character in the Book of Rollins. A fan tries to jump into the ring, and Seth makes fun of the situation by saying "That's the Demon King right there?" and laughing. He continues to mock "The Demon King" when the lights flicker and weird utterings are heard. The arena goes dark and then flashes red. Finn Balor finally shows up in his body paint and Demon King get-up. "The Demon King" is here. After his entrance, Finn Balor stares down with Seth Rollins, then they brawl...and Finn Balor comes out on top.
Gallows & Anderson (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson) beat The Golden Truth (Goldust and R-Truth). After the match, Gallows and Anderson are attacked by The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods), and Woods almost takes Francesca II to Anderson's nuts until Gallows makes the save.
Dana Brooke talks with Charlotte backstage. Charlotte then chews Dana Brooke for failing her last week, and says she will beat Alicia Fox by herself before taking the Women's Championship back at SummerSlam before replacing Dana with "someone who isn't an epic failure."
Sasha Banks guests on commentary for the next match.
Charlotte beats Alicia Fox. After the match, Charlotte dares Sasha Banks to get in the ring. Dana Brooke shows up and it becomes a 2-on-1 assault, which ends with Charlotte locking in the Figure Eight on Sasha.
We see a video package of Braun Strowman.
Roman Reigns beats Rusev.
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