– The WWE Championship belt is in the middle of the ring to start RAW. Triple H came out and explained that due to Seth Rollins suffering a major knee injury last week, the title is now officially vacant. The tournament to crown a new champion begins tonight and will conclude at Survivor Series.
The crowd chanted “Thank you Rollins.” Roman Reigns’ music hit and he came to the ring from through the crowd. Reigns tells declares that he’s going to be the next WWE World Heavyweight Champion. Triple H asks Reigns if he wants to be The Authority’s new chosen one and puts the title on Reigns’ shoulder. Reigns rejects the offer. Triple H calls out Reigns’ first round tournament opponent, The Big Show.
– Tournament Match: Roman Reigns defeated Big Show by pinfall. The crowd was very rowdy during this one, doing the wave and chanting “Boring” and “You fat bastard” at Big Show.
– Tournament Match: Kevin Owens defeated Titus O’Neil. Owens cut a good heel promo before the match and won with a pop-up powerbomb. Owens stopped and stared at the title at ringside for a pop. Owens advances.
– Backstage, Paige spoke to Renee Young about Charlotte and the Divas championship. Paige will face Becky Lynch tonight.
– Becky Lynch defeated Paige with a handful of tights. Paige attacked Becky after the match and applied the PTO on the announce table. Charlotte came out, Paige broke the hold and walked away.
– Tournament Match: Dolph Ziggler defeated The Miz with a superkick. After the match, Ziggler grabbed the belt from ringside and raised it above his head, which got a huge pop.
– Alberto Del Rio and Zeb Colter came out and cut a promo about MexAmerica. they talked about foreign relations between the England and the United States and it’s announced that Del Rio will face Stardust in a tournament match on SmackDown.
– Natalya defeated Naomi. Lots of “We want Sasha” throughout the match. Afterwards, Sasha Banks attacked Naomi but Natalya put her in the Sharpshooter. Tamina Snuka attacked Natalya and Sasha put Natalya in the Banks Statement until she tapped out.
– Sheamus and King Barrett came out for a promo about the WWE Championship tournament. Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney was at ringside and Barrett talked trash to him to get the crowd going.
– Tournament Match: Cesaro defeated Sheamus after a distraction. Barrett and Sheamus had been exchanging words with Rooney during the match and Rooney hit Barrett, which distracted Sheamus.
– Tournament Match: Dean Ambrose defeated Tyler Breeze with a small package. This was described as a good debut match for Breeze.
– WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day defeated The Usos and Neville in a 6-man tag when Xavier Woods pinned Neville. Neville had been setting up for the Red Arrow but got shoved off the top rope. New Day was the most over act of the entire show.
– The main event segment is The Wyatt Family paying tribute to The Undertaker and Kane. As Bray was speaking, The Undertaker and Kane came out to confront them. There was a huge brawl and the Brothers of Destruction stood tall to end the show.
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