WWE Monday Night Raw 7/6/2026

WWE Monday Night Raw 7/6/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/06/wwe-monday-night-raw-6292026.html

We are in Chicago, IL. Corey Graves and Michael Cole are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive. Sami arrives in a convertible holding his title up. He shakes hands with some of the security guys and runs into Cody Rhodes. Sami says Cody thinks he's going to jump back in and take his spot and be champ again. Sami says it won't happen. He says he will walk out of here WWE champ. Cody says he came to say good luck and he'll see him out there. Cody says Sami's right though about what he's thinking. Sami says we will see about that.

Gunther then nails Cody from the side and powerbombs him through a table. Refs come to break it up. Gunther tells Sami he's welcome and says Cody isn't his problem anymore. Gunther says he's a disgrace and fluke of a champ. He says he's going to come for him. Gun then boots the car door into Cody's head and Cody starts bleeding from the ear.

Seth Rollins comes out to talk. Seth does his usual lines. We get "CM Punk" chants. Seth says he doesn't care as his business is beating Roman at Summerslam and winning the title. He says his business is continuing to own Roman Reigns. 

Seth says Roman isn't here as he didn't think it did anything for him or the check wasn't big enough. He says that's who Roman is and says he's been the chosen one since Day 1. He says no one wants to hold him accountable ever. Seth says it was made clear to them that Roman was going to be the top guy in The Shield even if he couldn't cut a promo or wrestle his way out of a wet paper bag.  He says it was always going to be Roman and it didn't sit right with him.

Seth says there's a kid in the front row who is 9 and another who is 5. He says he was that boy. He says he sat in these stands and all he wanted to do his entire life was to be the biggest star in this industry. He says those were his dreams and it broke something in him to see those dreams handed to someone else. He says every decision he made after that was in response to that. 

He says be broke up The Shield to hurt Roman and he cashed in his MITB to stay close to Roman. He says he believed if he worked hard, he could achieve those dreams. He says he thought he and Roman were running the same race but he was wrong. He says Roman admitted that he worked 10x less than Seth and made 10x more than he did. He says the reward was the work and hustle for him.  

He says Roman needs to beat him to justify that he's not a fraud. He says he needs to prove to himself that with hard work, sacrifice and dreams, you can achieve greatness.

LA Knight interrupts. LA says there was no way he was going to sit through this again for 2 weeks in a row. He says Roman wanted to bore everyone to sleep and then Seth joined him and bored everyone to sleep with the same old trash. 

LA says he remembers when you had to win matches to get title shots and says Seth lost in the first round at KOTR. He says he lost too but he's not making a claim due to nostalgia. LA says he can never catch Seth's title shots. He says when business as at its peak, it was LA Knight storming through WWE.

He says Seth and Bloodline shut him down before. He says the greatest at being vomit's in this business. LA says you can't stop him and he will rise because he must rise. Seth says he doesn't like him but he respects him. He says LA is a shining example of everything he just described. He says he believes LA's time will come. He says he can't worry about him as he needs to get a title back he never lost. He says LA can then step to him and be the first person he put in the dirt. 

Thoughts: LA coming out was a bit random but Seth had a good promo otherwise.

Jimmy Uso appears in the ring then superkicks LA. Jimmy says to keep Bloodline out your mouth.

Gunther and Adam Pearce argue in the back. Adam says a meeting is off and Gun says Adam's decision forced his hand. Nick Aldis comes in and security backs up Gun. Gun says Nick failed as a wrestler and is failing as a GM. Nick and Adam argue about Nick's ego and his reaction. Nick says Adam has an ego and says the attack on Cody is on Adam.

The Vision (Bron, Austin and Logan) are interviewed. Paul Heyman walks in. Paul yells at Bron for not taking out Seth and says Austin didn't even take out Joe Hendry. Paul tells Austin to come back with something worthy of his wiseman tonight or do not come back to him at all.

World Tag Titles - The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford) (c) vs The Vision (Bron Breakker and Austin Theory)

Bron hits corner spears on Ford then he standing moonsaults him for 2. Ford goes up and over AT then dropkicks him. AD shoulders over AT then flips Ford onto him for 2. AD flying back elbows AT for 2. AD is speared by AT in the corner and Bron pounds on AD.

AD dropkicks Bron. AD boots Bron off the ropes. Bron running lariats AD. We go to break and return. Ford top rope diving elbows Bron then lariats him. Ford hits kicks on him and enzugiri's him. Ford top rope crossbodies Bron for 2. 

Bron pop up powerslams Ford. Ford jumping knees AT. AT takes a doomsday device blockbuster for 2. Ford is bakc body dropped out. AD twisting double underhook drops AT. Logan Paul throws in knucks and the ref sees it. The ref takes them. Logan gives Bron another set of knucks. Bron drops the knucks when AD hits him. Ford flip dives over the post onto Bron.

AD puts knucks on. Maxxine Dupri comes in and low blows AD. AT pins AD.

Thoughts: Well, Max has officially turned heel. It didn't get a ton of time and Ford came up a little short on his dives here. This wasn't anything special. The Vision are champs again but I don't expect this to last too long.

Dupri kisses AT after and hugs him. The Vision get fireworks.

A doc says he can't sign off on Cody tonight. Adam Pearce comes in and says he can't let Cody wrestle if the doc won't.

The Vision celebrate in the back. Logan says they deserved this and says he loves them. Paul Heyman walks up to them and says it's the first step. He says it's only the first step. Paul says at least someone got something accomplished tonight. Austin thinks he means him but Paul says he means Max. The Vision drive off. Otis and Tozawa then run in and look shocked.

The Vision talk in the back. Liv talks about what they did last week and says they will do everything in their power to make sure Raquel becomes Women's IC champ. Raquel says the title is as good as hers tonight.

#1 Contenders IC Title Gauntlet is announced for next week.

Jackie Redmond interviews Penta. Penta says he's excited for the gauntlet. Ethan Page and Rusev walk in. They say Penta won't get to mention Rey Mysterio as he is on the shelf. Dragon Lee comes in and says to watch what they say about Rey. Rusev tells him to learn English before he crushes him too. Chad Gable comes in and asks if there's a problem. Page says he will talk to Adam Pearce and get a match with Chad and Lee. Penta tells Chad to go out with no fear tonight.

WWE Women's Intercontinental Title Match - Sol Ruca (c) vs Raquel Rodriguez

RR backs up Sol on the ropes. Sol side headlocks her and RR blocks a tornado bulldog. RR throws her by the wrist. Sol sunset flips her. Sol hangs over the top rope and forearms her. Sol high kicks RR and RR hits snake eyes on Sol. RR hits back elbows on Sol. 

RR hits snake eyes on her and is pulled out. Sol misses a 2nd rope moosault outside Sol cartwheels out of a sweep off the apron and PK's RR. Sol bottom rope tornillo's her outside. RR hits a hard lariat on Sol for 2. We go to break and return.

Sol sunset flips her for 2. Sol springboard twisting crossbodies her for 2. Sol hits forearms and euros her hard twice. Sol hits flying shoulders on her. Sol 2nd rope dropkicks her. Sol running knees her for 2.

RR facekicks her down for 2. Sol does a bad hurricanrana on her. Roxanne Perez is on the apron. Sol goes to the 2nd rope and Liv grabs her. RR his a swinging side slam for 2. Iyo Sky comes out and crossbodies Perez off the apron. She then asai moonsaults Liv and Perez. Sol hits a sol snatcher on RR while she is distracted and pins her.

Thoughts: Sol was a little sloppy here. This should have been a little better than it was. I thought Raquel had a shot at winning here and was surprised to see her lose.

Paul Heyman comes out and says he's here to talk about Oba Femi. He talks about Brock Lesnar kicking Oba in the crotch last week and says the paint is nothing compared to what he will experience in Hell in a Cell. He says Oba has motivated Brock and made the biggest mistake of his life in accepting the match with Brock. He says Brock will destroy Oba in HIAC. 

Oba Femi comes out. He says Paul talks so much and he came out here so he wouldn't be lonely. Paul says Oba learned last week that if you talk sh!t, you get hit. Paul says he's valuable as he stops people from making bad mistakes. He says Oba made a bad mistake, but not at Mania. He says Oba proved Brock is beatable then Brock proved Oba is beatable.

Paul says Oba didn't accept the challenge for just a cage, he accepted a challenge for the "Brocktagon". He says Brock is the bringer of pain, the beast he can't beat and the mountain Oba can't climb in there. Paul says Oba will be the beatable one at HIAC. 

Oba says Brock showed up last week after weeks. He says it tells him that what he said about Brock got to him. He says the fact that Brock showed up means he watches the show. He says Paul has been reduced to less than advocate and is just a mouth. He says mouths need to be fed. He says how can he feed if he has no head? He says Paul is scared and is here for damage control. Oba says this is the end and the final chapter. Oba says he will beat Brock in front of his wife and children. He says he has learned that you have to walk through hell to get through heaven and says to tell Brock that he will see him in hell. 

Sami Zayn is interviewed. Jackie says she can confirm that Cody is not able to compete tonight. Sami says let's figure this out on Friday and wait until Chicago. Adam Pearce comes in. He says he promised Chicago a title match and he will give them it. He says Sami is defending the title in the main event tonight but Adam doesn't tell him who his opponent is.

Chad Gable and Dragon Lee vs Ethan Page and Rusev

The heels run in and attack the faces. Rusev punches and foot chokes Lee. Page facekicks Lee down. Rusev suplexes Lee twice. Lee dropkicks Page off the apron. Chad comes in and germans Rusev twice. Rusev hits back elbows and takes a belly to belly overhead suplex. Page gets one too. Chad ankle locks Rusev then back body drops Page. Chad throws Lee into a flying kick on Page. Rusev pulls Page out and Chad overhead belly to belly suplexes Lee onto the heels outside.

We go to break and return. Rusev hits leg kicks on Chad then lariats him down three times. Chad boots Rusev out of the corner. Rusev blocks Chad's tag attempt and Chad ddt's him. Lee dropkicks Rusev through the ropes. He hits combinacion cabron on Page. Lee tornado ddt's Page. Page is in tree of woe and Lee top rope double stomps him down for 2. 

Chad saves Lee from a double suplex. Chad olympic slams Page and takes a matchka kick from Rusev. Lee rolls up Rusev for 2, germans him and superkicks him. Lee is caught off the top and hit with a urange. Rusev matchka kicks Lee and camel clutches him. Lee submits.

Thoughts: Lee submitting was a bit surprising here but Rusev and Page kind of needed a win. It was alright enough.

Rusev keeps the hold on after and Page saves Rusev from taking a german. Page pounds on Chad then Rusev camel clutches Chad. Page hits shots on Chad. Joe Hendry comes out and hits the heels. Joe sends Rusev out and fallaway slams Page. Rusev matchka kicks Joe. Page fisherman suplexes Joe. Rusev camel clutches Joe and refs come to break it up.

Jackie talks to Jimmy Uso outside. Jimmy says it's time to step up for Bloodline. LA Knight comes out after him and Jacob Fatu nails LA from the side. LA goes into the wall and is down. Fatu and Uso then leave.

Bayley does a promo. She says Lyra once waited for hours to meet her. She says that's the foundation of her trust for her. She says she watched a girl who was just a fan become a champ and stand next to her at Wrestlemania. She says Lyra made her bring the best version of herself out and reminded her of who she is. She says she will give her a chance to prove she is not like everyone else and asks her to meet her face to face.

Adam Pearce and Nick Aldis talk. Nick says he placed a call and secured a replacement for Cody tonight. He says that wrestler is in the building and says Adam just needs to say, "you're welcome".

The Judgment Day do a video. JD says if Danhausen thought what happened already was bad, just wait and see. JD says he doesn't care who Dan's back-up is. He says he came to smack him up and dance on his head in front of his fans. He says he wants to put the Cinderella story in the bin where it belongs. Dom says to give them the money and it can be fixed. Dom threatens to make his life a living hell if they don't get their money.

Sami gets in the ring for the main. A garage door is pulled up and CM Punk shows up behind it.

World Heavyweight Title - Sami Zayn (c) vs CM Punk

Punk side headlocks Sami then shoulders him over. Sami side headlocks him and chops him. Punk hits a corner spear and some chops. Sami hits corner spears then mounted corner punches on Punk. Punk atomic drops him then hits mounted corner punches. Punk's throat is pulled over the top rope and Sami's head is banged off the apron. Punk topes Sami. We go to break and return. Sami elbow drops Punk in the face and knees him in the face. 

Punk's head is banged off the buckles and Sami 2nd rope double axe handles him. Punk hits lariats on Sami then he leg lariats him. Punk step up knees him then Punk swinging neckbreakers him for 2. 

Punk hits a pepsi twist lariat for 2. Punk gets crotched up top. Sami top rope superplexes him. We go to break and return. They trade punches on their knees. Punk forearms him. Punk high kicks him then step up knees him. Sami blue thunders him for 2. 

Punk knees Sami in the face, step up knees him and bulldogs him. Punk top rope elbow drops him for 2. Punk puts Sami in the anaconda vice. Sami rolls up Punk for 2. They trade shots on their knees. Sami hits a GTS for 2.  

Punk exploders Sami into the buckles. Sami hits a GTS on Punk and blue thunders him for 2. Sami slaps and headbutts Punk. Sami hits punches on Punk. Punk hits punches on Punk. Punk step up knees him. Sami misses a helluva kick and Punk hits his own helluva kick on Sami. Punk hits GTS on Sami and pins him.

Thoughts: Punk was definitely the favorite going in here and won. It also wasn't a shock that Punk was mystery opponent as the crowd expected it. They did each other's moves a lot here. The match was alright but not super athletic and it didn't have a lot big spots. It was okay enough but not super memorable outside of the result. I don't like them blowing Sami's story of not being able to win the title like this. They got little out of the build and little out of the reign. 

Punk celebrates in the crowd after. 

Overall thoughts: They started the show off well with the Gunther/Cody angle and Seth doing a good promo on Roman. The tag title match was nothing special. Sol/Raquel should have been better. Gable's match was alright enough. Punk being the surprise man wasn't too shocking and neither was him beating Sami. The main was fine enough, just nothing too memorable outside of the result and I thought they wasted the story of Sami finally winning the title. I'd give it a low 6 out of 10 overall and it was an okay show.