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                    August 31st Raw

                    August 31st Raw

                    August 31st Raw

                    Raw Results

                    Check below for the August 31st Raw Results. They go up live starting at 8:00 PM Eastern.

                    Commentary Announcements

                    • Announced that Raw will have three matches. The winners will advance to a triple threat match. The winner of that match will face Drew McIntyre at Clash of Champions.
                      • Dolph Ziggler v. Keith Lee
                      • Kevin Owens v. Randy Orton
                      • Dominik Mysterio v. Seth Rollin
                    • Rey Mysterio not medically cleared to compete tonight. Dominik will take his place.

                    Randy Orton Promo

                    • He says that he shouldn’t have to wrestle anyone to get a title shot at Clash of Champions and that he’s entitled to a rematch.
                    • Randy says he’ll jump through the hoops anyway. Orton then shows a picture of all his victims laying in hospital beds.
                    • Keith Lee comes out and says it sounds like Randy is doing his best to forget about the fact that he lost to Keith Lee last night.While Drew McIntyre is Lee’s friend, Keith does say that it seems like maybe he should have an opportunity at the WWE Championship.
                    • Dolph Ziggler jumps Keith Lee from behind.

                    Keith Lee defeats Dolph Ziggler – 10:54

                    • Keith Lee hits the spirit bomb for the pinfall victory.

                    Backstage Interview

                    • Nia and Shayna have issues with each other.
                    • Asuka came around and Shayna/Nia got mad that she took their interview time.
                    • Asuka punched Shayna and yelled in Nia’s face.

                    Adam Pearce Lectures Security about Retribution

                    Charly Caruso In Ring Interview with Asuka

                    • Charly asked her who she thinks is most deserving. Asuka laughed and said she has beat many great women. It doesn’t matter who is ready for Asuka because Asuka is ready for anything.
                    • Mickie James comes out to say that Asuka is one of the greatest women’s champions of all times. Mickie lets Asuka know that she’s coming for the Raw Women’s Championship.
                    • Lana and Natalya come out and start running down Mickie James.
                    • Asuka said she’s ready for all of them, which led to Lana and Natalya attacking.
                    • Mickie and Asuka clear the ring.

                    Recap of Hurt Business at Raw Underground

                    Viking Raiders and Cedric Alexander Backstage

                    Mickie James defeats Lana – 02:42

                    • After the Mick Kick, Mickie James got the pinfall victory.

                    Charly Caruso Backstage

                    • She wants to get a word with Aleister Black, but Randy Orton walks out.

                    Backstage with the Iiconics

                    • Apparently the losing team must break up.
                    • All they’ve ever had is each other.

                    Randy Orton defeats Kevin Owens – 00:17

                    • Aleister Black attacked Kevin Owens as Owens made his way to the ring. After taking a black mass, Owens insisted on taking the match.
                    • Randy Orton immediately hit the RKO for the pinfall victory.

                    Charly Backstage with the Mysterio Family

                    • There’s nobody that Rey would rather have take his place than Dominik.
                    • Dominik says he has a 619 with the name Monday Night Messiah written all over it.

                    Raw Underground Announcement

                    • Apollo Crews v. Shelton Benjamin

                    VIP Lounge Segment

                    • Special guest is Bobby Lashley.
                    • They celebrate Lashley’s win over Apollo Crews last night.
                    • Cedric Alexander comes out via the ramp and draws all their attention. The Viking Raiders hit them from behind.

                    Cedric and Viking Raiders defeat Hurt Business – 06:19

                    • Cedric Alexander rolled up MVP for a surprise victory. After the match, it looked like Lashley and Benjamin were about to jump Cedric. MVP held hem back and applauded them.

                    Back from Commercial

                    • The Hurt Business is triple teaming Cedric Alexander backstage.
                    • Ricochet and Apollo Crews make the save.

                    Riott and Morgan defeat Iiconics – 03:38

                    • Ruby Riott and Billie Kay exchanged covers until finally Ruby got a jackknife cover on Billie.
                    • Based on the stipulation of the match, the Riott Squad gets a tag team title match. The Iiconics must split up.

                    Seth Rollins In Ring Promo

                    • Rollins tells Murphy to get out of his sight until he figures out what side of history he wants to be on. This is all because Murphy lost in last night’s tag match.

                    Seth Rollins defeats Dominik Mysterio – 10:06

                    • Dominik knocked Murphy down on his way to the ring.
                    • After Dominik missed the frog splash, Rollins followed up with a stomp for the pinfall victory.

                    Post Match

                    • Rollins gave Dominik another stomp for good measure

                    Raw Underground

                    • Titus O’Neil beats up Kekoa and then Riddick Moss came into the ring. Moss won the encounter.

                    Akira Tozawa Shown Arriving at Arena

                    • The security guard said Tozawa wasn’t on the list, but upon inspection the list was blank.
                    • The guard ended up being a referee and R-Truth rolled up Tozawa to steal the championship.

                    Street Profits and Andrade and Garza ends in NC – 08:45

                    • The lights flickered part way through the match and retribution hit the ring.
                    • Garza left with Demi, but Retribution took out The Street Profits, Andrade, and Zelina Vega

                    Raw Underground

                    • Jessamyn Duke destroys Avery
                    • Marina Shafir destroyed somebody else.
                    • Peyton Royce tossed Billie Kay into the ring and she got immediately taken out.

                    Charly Interviews Crews, Ricochet, and Cedric

                    • They’re hyped up to fight the Hurt Business.

                    Raw Underground

                    • The Hurt Business destroyed Apollo, Cedric, and Ricochet

                    Orton defeats Lee and Rollins – 11:02

                    • After Keith Lee hit the spirit bomb on Seth Rollins, Randy Orton intercepted by giving Lee an RKO. Orton covered Rollins for the pinfall victory.
                    • Orton advances to face McIntyre at Clash of Champions

                     

                    August 31st Raw

                    Raw has just one match advertised for Monday Night Raw tonight.

                    All matches are listed below with the 2020 win-loss record for each individual or team.

                    To see all the data behind the win-loss records, check the lists and links below.

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                    What’s Next for Keith Lee?

                    • After defeating Randy Orton, what does the limitless one do next?

                    What’s Next for Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax

                    • “We’re not best friends” is what Shayna said after she won the tag team titles with Nia Jax. How does the championship reign of these reluctant partners begin?

                    Seth Rollins (6-6) v. Rey Mysterio (5-3)

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