WWE Monday Night Raw 5/18/2026

WWE Monday Night Raw 5/18/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/wwe-monday-night-raw-5112026.html

We are in Greensboro, NC. Michael Cole and Corey Graves are on commentary.

Roman Reigns arrives in a car. He is handed his title then Adam Pearce comes up to him. Adam says if Roman listened to him, none of this would have happened. Roman says it doesn't matter now as he is calling Jacob Fatu out right now. Adam says Fatu needs fired. Fatu's music then hits.

Jacob Fatu comes out. Fatu says he's here right now if Roman wants to call him out. He tells him to come out here now. The Uso's come out. Jey has a chair and short hair. Jimmy asks Jacob what he's doing. He says Fatu said he would do anything to upgrade his life and Jimmy says part of it is acknowledging Roman. Jimmy says it's like he chooses the hardest path to follow.

Jimmy says they are about to fire Fatu. He says Fatu's not thinking. Jey grabs the chair and Fatu nails him. Fatu puts the tongan death grip on Jimmy. Jey chairs Fatu from behind and Fatu no sells it. Fatu tongan death grips Jey. 

Roman Reigns comes out and stares down with Fatu. They trade shots. Roman facekicks him. Fatu tongan death grip's him. Jey hits superkicks on him and spears him. Jimmy top rope splashes Fatu. Fatu takes a 3D.

Fatu is tied up in the ropes and Roman superman punches him. The Uso's superkick Fatu. Roman hits a big spear on Fatu. Roman's crew leaves. Adam Pearce comes out. Roman tells Adam he can do whatever he wants now. Fatu says "Tribal Combat" to Roman". Roman says he accepts.

We see various wrestlers arrive. 

We see a video on the JD McDonaugh vs Finn Balor feud. 

Street Fight - JD McDonaugh vs Finn Balor

Finn hits some mounted shots and lariats him out of the ring. Finn sends JD into the rails and steps. Finn hits him in the gut with a chair. JD hits him with a kendo stick several times. Finn hits him with the kendo stick. JD russian legsweeps him.

Finn sends JD into a chair between the ropes. Finn tries to pull a table out and JD topes him. They go into the crowd. JD hits him with a mic. JD is sent into boxes then Finn is rammed into them. JD bangs Finn's head off of the boxes. JD climbs on top of some stuff and moonsaults Finn. 

We go to break and return. They trade shots and Finn final cuts him. Finn chairs him in the gut and back. JD uranage's him and standing uranage's him. Finn slingblades him. Finn shotgun dropkicks him into a table in the corner. JD flying knees him then powerbombs him for 2. JD top rope moonsaults Finn for 2. JD puts another table in the ring. 

Finn is laid on the table. JD goes up top and Finn knocks him down. JD is laid on the table. Dominik Mysterio then trips Finn up top. JD superplexes Finn through the table for 2. Dom throws trash cans into the ring. Finn is hit with trash cans by Dom and JD. Dom tries to 619 Finn but hits JD on accidents. Finn puts a trash can on JD's head and john woo's him. Finn top rope double stomps the trash can on JD's head for the win.

Thoughts: We missed some of this due to the break. Finn basically won this 1v2 which isn't a great look for JD. There was no blood but it was alright. The superplex through the table looked good and the john woo dropkick with the trash can on JD's head looked painful.

Cathy Kelly interviews Seth Rollins. Seth says he knows he's a marked man and has zero allies. Seth says he knows he has to put an end to The Vision sooner or later and he's spinning his wheels on how to do that. He says sometimes the easiest way out of a situation is to run through it. Seth says he hasn't had a match on Raw in 4 months and should change it today.

Seth says he wants to challenge The Vision tonight and wants Bron Breakker to answer the challenge. He asks who Bron really is and asks if he's a nepo baby. He asks if Bron is everything he says he is. He says this is Bron's chance and tells him to show him who he is. 

Sol Ruca is interviewed by Byron. Sol says she's glad she had the opportunities to wrestle some of the best girls in the business. She says she knows she hasn't won but is new. Becky Lynch interrupts. She says she hasn't faced the best as she hasn't faced her. Beck says she's 0-2 and doesn't know about her future if she can't win her first two matches. She says she should go back to NXT. Sol says she made a good point and she'll just go. Becky rips her for quitting. We then hear sol's music.

Sol Ruca comes out. She says she hopes Becky comes out and faces her like the man she claims to be. Becky Lynch comes out. She asks what kind of stunt Sol is pulling. Sol says she worked too hard to just give up. She says she's good at proving people wrong. She says let's dish this out right now in the ring. Becky asks her if she wants to face her and Becky says no to it.

Becky says she'd love to perform for the people of Greensboro as they could use some excitement in their lives. Becky says she's the greatest wrestler of all time. She says she prides herself on being a locker room leader and a mentor to youth. She says many have tried to become a star and brings up Lyra, Maxxine and AJ Lee. Becky says Sol isn't ready for this and needs to think about it strongly. Becky says she will face her at SNME if she's ready. She says she's not a star maker but a star breaker. Sol says she will see her at SNME. Sol says she will snatch her soul and her title. 

Becky says no one says anything about the title and Sol has done nothing to earn it. She says Sol didn't fool her. She tells her welcome to the bigtime.

The Vision talk in the back. Austin says every time he has a tag title, The Street Profits don't. Bron mocks Seth and tells Heyman to make him vs Seth tonight. Heyman says it's a great idea and says it'll be Seth vs Austin Theory. Logan and Austin love it as it's the main event. Bron asks Austin and Logan to leave. Bron asks Heyman what he's doing and says he can beat him. Heyman says Bron knows where Seth will be, when he will be there and why his hands will be so full. Heyman says maybe Bron would like to run that play.

Trios Tornado Match - El Grande Americano Original, Julio Creedo and Bruto Creedo vs El Grande Americano II, Bravo Americano and Rayo Americano

Grande II picked up the win here with a running headbutt on Bruto. It was a fast paced and high flying match as expected with no lack of action. They were pretty creative here and put out a good effort Grande OG hit a german on Rayo with Bravo on his back. Bravo took a superplex into a top rope moonsault and a flying headbutt. Grande OG's team then hit triple stereo moonsaults later on.

Paige and Bri bella talk in the back. We see the Whataburger mascot giving Doordash food to Otis and Tozawa.
 We get a video on Tribal Combat. 

The Uso's are interviewed. Jey says Tribal Combat is like sacred combat. He says it gets crazy and brutal. LA Knight walks in and shakes his head. Jimmy tells him "not now". LA says maybe Roman will join them in beating him up. LA says they used to team to stop The Vision from jumping people and The Uso's aren't any better than them. LA says it's okay if he gets his @ss whipped and says if you do dirt, you get dirt. Jimmy says not now and walks away.

We see a sitdown interview with Ethan Page and Michael Cole. Page gives him a cheat sheet where he has Cole ask him biased questions. Page says he didn't ask to be born so charismatic and dangerous. He says some people are born lucky and some like Penta have to work hard for it. Cole says he can't do this anymore and asks why Page does this. He says Page has everything and could be an all-time great, but he also has ego. He says his ego will cost him the IC Title on Saturday. Page says it's not ego but confidence. Page says he's the best wrestler in WWE and will prove it. He says he will put fear in the vocabulary of Penta.

WWE Women's Tag Titles - Paige and Brie Bella vs The Judgment Day (Rxoanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez)

Paige high kicks RP and hair throws her. Paige bangs RP's head off the buckles and boots her in the corner. Brie top rope diving knee drops RP. RP kicks Brie in the head for 2. Brie hits gets some bad offense on RR. Brie leg kicks her then RR shoulders her over.

RP boots Brie in the gut and side headlocks her. RP cartwheels over Brie and slaps her. Brie slaps her back. Brie single arm ddt's her then running knees her. Brie and Paige hit chest kicks on their opponents.

Paige superkicks RR out. Paige back elbows RP. RR catches Paige's apron cannonball and swings her into the side of the ring and rail. We go to break and return. RR corner splashes Paige. Paige rolls RR out of the ring. Brie is tagged in. She hits lariats on RP and a neckbreaker on her. Brie sends RP into RR and makes RR ddt Paige. Brie hits chest kicks on RP in the corner. Brie top rope dropkicks RP. 

Liv Morgan distracts the ref and RR hits Brie. RR is caught on the 2nd rope and takes a double powerbomb. Paige is thrown out. RP running euros Brie in the back of the neck. Brie gets her knees up on RR's asai moonsault. Liv pushes Brie off the top into the ropes. The ref ejects Liv.

RR hands RP a tag title. RP misses a shot with it and Brie rolls up RP to win.

Thoughts: Brie had some sloppy looking offense as usual. They tried and definitely had the usual Judgment Day style match. The format was fine but the work could have been a bit better. It wasn't that bad though.

Liv attacks Paige and Brie after. RR and RP join in. Lyra Valkyria and Bayley come out and attack Judgment Day. Bayley belly to belly suplexes Liv. Lyra dropkicks the heels through the ropes. 

LA Knight and Seth Rollins talk in the back. Seth asks LA if he wants to do this now. LA tells him to jump if he wants to. LA tells Seth he will go out there, have a match and will get stomped out. He says he doesn't like him and says the enemy of his enemy is not his friend. He says he's happy to see him gget stomped. He says Seth will need help and says Jey won't help him. He says to have fun getting stomped out.

Penta does a video. He says the IC Title belongs to people who believe in him. He says he fights for the people and the title is for those who don't give up. Penta says they are ready for the war at SNME.

Oba Femi comes out for his open challenge. Brock Lesnar comes out and F-5's Oba four times.

Thoughts: This was a shock as it seemed like Brock had retired at Wrestlemania. He never officially announced it though so it's not like he went back on his word. This was a shock though and I'm glad to see Brock is back. 

Adam Pearce asks the officials to find Heyman as he had retirement papers made up for Brock. Adam says Heyman what he just saw. Heyman says Brock Lesnar is retired. Heyman gives him a contract for Clash in Italy with Brock's signature on it. He says if he gets Oba Femi to sign it, he has the biggest rematch in history. 

The Street Profits are interviewed. AD says The Vision are tough but they will be ready. Ford says they have a vision themselves and it's them walking out as tag champs. Ford says they want the smoke. Ford says AD isn't focused. He says if he wants to go waste his time, don't expect him to get involved.

Dawkins goes up to Seth Rollins. He says they don't need to be friends or trust each other. He says good looking out last week. Seth says he gets it and thanks him. He says he's sorry for what happened last week. Seth says he needs to focus as he has a match right now.

Seth Rollins vs Austin Theory

Seth topes Logan and Austin as they walk down the aisle. Austin is sent into the rails and has his head banged off of them. Seth short arm lariata Austin then does reverse curbstomps. Seth lariats Austin over the top rope. Austin's head is banged off the steps. 

Austin pulls Seth's throat over the top rope. Seth buckle bombs Austin then hits punches and boots in the corner. Seth knocks Austin off the apron. Seth's ankle is banged off the post and Austin hits mounted shots. Austin kicks the steps into Seth's ankle.

Austin hits corner spears on Seth. Logan pulls Seth off the apron. Austin crotches Seth on the rail and forearms him. We go to break and return. Austin elbows Seth's leg. Seth falcon arrows Austin. Seth hits chops and forearms on Austin then pounds on him in the corner. Seth hits lariats on him. Austin rolls into him and is caught with a sitout powerbomb. Austin back elbows him then spinning sitout torture rack bombs him. Austin half crabs him. Austin superkicks him twice. Seth lariat him. 

Seth is on the 2nd rope and Logan pushes him down. Austin curbstomps Seth for 2. Logan gives Austin brass knucks. Seth superkicks Austin then grabs the knucks. The ref takes the knucks from Seth. Seth knocks Logan off the apron and Austin rolls him up for 2. Seth pedigrees Austin and pins him.

Thoughts: It was fine with the heels cheating, Austin working the ankle some and Seth winning out in the end. I would have liked more ankle work at the end though by Austin.

Logan beats up on Seth as soon as the match ends. Angelo Dawkins comes out and beats up Logan. Montez Ford comes out to help and kicks Paul down. Ford tope con hilos Logan over the post. Ford yells at Dawkins. Bron Breakker comes out and spears Ford. He gutbusters Dawkins.

Seth attacks Bron and lariats him. Logan trips up Seth and Bron spears Seth. The Vision goes to do something to Seth with the steps. Officials including Pearce come out and delay things. Bron takes down Seth and beats him up. 

Thoughts: The ending was a bit lame. The Vision ended up not being able to do all that much to Seth despite having a lot of time to plan for it. 

Overall thoughts: We got more Fatu/Roman fighting to start. JD/Finn had an okay street fight. The tornado trios match was action packed with a bunch of flying. The Women's Tag Title match could have been better but it wasn't that bad. The main was fine but nothing memorable or special. Brock Lesnar also made his return here after seemingly, but not officially, retiring. He's much needed around here right now and he should help things out. A lot of people were missing from this one like CM Punk and Joe Hendry. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 as the show was okay as a whole but they aren't lighting the world on fire at the moment.