Monday Night Raw (10/8/2018): Recap & Results

Mixed Tag Team Match: Finn Balor & Bayley vs. Jinder Mahal & Alicia Fox

Balor & Bayley take control early and send Jinder & Fox to the outside for a regroup. Commercial break.

Back again and Balor is getting the best of Jinder. He pins but Fox breaks the count. Bayley attacks Fox and they battle to the outside. Balor hits Jinder with a Coup De Grace for the finish.

Winner: Finn Balor & Bayley

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Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre get into an argument about Ziggler not pulling his weight for the team. Braun Strowman yells at both of them saying he doesn’t want any more excuses from either one.

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Heath Slater asks Raw General Manager Baron Corbin to be in the Global Battle Royal but Corbin says no because Slater isn’t any good.

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Corbin comes out and explains WWE World Cup, where four Raw and 4 Smackdown stars will compete against each other to determine the best in the world at Crown Jewel. After introducing the jobber competitors as if they were huge stars, he introduces himself as the final entrant representing the United States.

Global Battle Royal

Match begins and everyone teams up on Corbin. Corbin manages to eliminate some of the jobbers until only himself and the Russian are left. Corbin ultimately wins the Battle Royal, earning his spot in the World Cup. But wait, Conquistador was never eliminated and he throws Corbin out and wins.

Winner: Conquistador

After the match, Conquistador removes his mask and it’s actually Kurt Angle, who has evidently now earned a spot in the World Cup.

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Trish Stratus comes out to cut a promo but Alexa Bliss & Mickie James come out to interrupt and Bliss talks trash at Trish. Bliss tells Trish that no one cares what she has to say and that she sucked compared to the women now. Trish tells Bliss to step in the ring right now so she can confirm her words. Bliss steps to the ring but Mickie steps in and prevents Bliss from engaging with Trish. Trish says it doesn’t matter because at Evolution Bliss will find out what a Hall of Fame beatdown feels like.

Mickie laughs at this notion and Trish calls Mickie out and then Lita runs out and Trish and Lita put a beating on Bliss and Mickie. Bliss and Mickie escape before any more damage can be done. Now, the match at Evolution will be a tag match with Trish & Lita vs. Bliss & Mickie.

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Tag Team Match: Bobby Roode & Chad Gable vs. The Ascension

Match gets underway and The Ascension has success early. They cycle tags and isolate Gable in their corner. Roode & Gable make the comeback and Gable gets the 3-count with a German suplex bridge.

Winners: Bobby Roode & Chad Gable

After the match, the Authors of Pain come out and lay a vicious beating on Roode & Gable and leave them battered on the mat as AoP stands tall.

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Paul Heyman comes out to cut a promo. He says his client Brock Lesnar is training right now at his own DeathClutch Gym in an effort to become the first concurrent champion of WWE and UFC. At Crown Jewel on November 2nd, Lesnar will be announced as, once again, the Universal Champion.

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6-Man Tag Team Match: The Shield vs. Braun Strowman, Drew McIntyre & Dolph Ziggler

The Shield has success early as Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose put a beating on McIntyre but then Strowman tags in and starts beating up Ambrose. Then Universal Champion Roman Reigns tags in and he starts taking it to Strowman but Strowman manages to stifle his momentum and club him to the ground. The Shield turns the tide, as McIntyre and Ziggler are cleared out of the ring. Only Strowman remains standing for his team and he goes out ands yells at the other two to get their heads back in the game. Commercial break.

Back again and Reigns is getting smashed but he fights back and gives Strowman a Samoan Drop. Reigns tags Rollins who comes in hot. Rollins hits a suicide dive out onto McIntyre and then drops Ziggler with a shot in the ring for a nearfall. Rollins tunes up the band and hits a superkick. He goes for the Stomp but Ziggler moves. Ziggler goes for the Famouser but Rollins counters with a buckle-bomb. Everyone piles in the ring now and it’s pandemonium. The Shield clears everyone out of the ring and Rollins and Ambrose hit tandem suicide dives out onto Ziggler and McIntyre.

Strowman makes his way over and grabs Rollins and Ambrose as Ziggler and McIntyre get to their feet. But then Reigns comes diving over the top rope out onto the whole crowd of them. Commercial break.

Back again and Strowman is livid at Ziggler and starts choking him but then McIntyre spins Strowman around and the two go face-to-face. They end up getting attacked by the Shield. Now it’s Ambrose and McIntyre in the ring. The 2 jockey for position and Ambrose escapes a big move from McIntyre and lands a neckbreaker. Then Ambrose goes for a superplex but McIntyre knocks him back to the mat. McIntyre jumps at him and Ambrose catches him, going for Dirty Deeds but McIntyre shakes him off. Then all the other competitors enter the ring and a brawl ensues.

‘Bodies are strewn everywhere,’ says Michael Cole. McIntyre suddenly hits Ambrose with a Claymore Kick for the 3-count.

Winners: Braun Strowman, Drew McIntyre & Dolph Ziggler

After the match, Dean Ambrose walks away angrily from his Shield-mates who watch after him confusedly from the ring.