WWE Monday Night Raw 8/24/2026

WWE Monday Night Raw 8/24/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/08/wwe-monday-night-raw-8172026.html

We are in Ottawa, CA. Michael Cole and Corey Graves are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive and hang out. 

LA Knight comes out to talk. He says he has his sights on the title. He says he's in the capitol and wants to talk about a capital "C" coward in Roman Reigns. He says Roman won on his own at Mania and Summerslam but is sending every family member at him. He says Roman told him, "Why don't you go win a tournament?". He says Roman then created a tournament and LA can't qualify for it. He says he sent The Uso's and Fatu after him but couldn't send Solo after him, who told him the truth about the family. He says he may have to get his hands dirty in family business to get the title. 

Solo Sikoa then comes out and interrupts. Solo thanks him for what he did last week. He says who would have thought him and LA would take on Bloodline. He says LA could have said no, but he said "Yeah". He then tries to do LA's line again and LA cuts him off. He says this is his warning shot and they do finger gun's at each other.

The Uso's then come out. Jimmy says we got a funny guy in the ring and says he bet it was funny when he went against his own brothers last week. Jimmy says they have consequences coming. Jey then does a warning shot and Solo does a matrix duck. Jey says they are going to take both of their heads back to the OTC. Solo says it's not like they want to fight. Solo challenges them to a tag match tonight. Solo does more warning shots and they close the segment.

Thoughts: LA and Solo were pretty funny here and this was more entertaining than I thought it would be.

Stephanie Vaquer vs Roxanne Perez

RP backs up on the ropes and slaps her. SV takes her down. SV chases her and gets stomped in the ring. RP stomps her. SV goes for a rolling armbar. RP yanks on the arm. They botch a spot and SV surfboards her. SV running facekicks her. SV goes up top, Raquel distracts the ref and SV is knocked down. RP sends SV into the rails.

We go to break and return. RP is on SV's back and SV rams her backwards into the corner. RP cartwheel double knee drops her. SV grounded abdominal stretchers her. SV does la suastica to her. SV's head is banged off the buckles. SV snapmares RP face first into the 2nd buckle.

SV spin kicks her in the gut. RP spin kicks her in the gut. SV tilt-a-whirl backbreakers her. SV backdrops her. SV does the devil's kiss. RP boots her out of the corner. SV dragon screws her. SV corner meteora's her for 2. SV superkicks her down. RP pulls on the ring skirt then eye rakes SV. RP la mistica drops SV then shining wizards her for 2. 

RP tries a crossface and SV hits an SVB. SV goes up top and Liv Morgan pulls SV down. Becky Lynch comes out. Becky backs up Liv outside. SV superkicks Raquel and sends her into the steps. RP flying dropkicks SV then misses an asai moonsault. SV double underhook codebreakers RP and pins her.

Thoughts: There was a rough spot before the break where they were clearly working together. It got a little better but with that and the interference, it wasn't their best match.

Becky throws Liv over the timekeeper's rail. Becky then stares down SV in the ring. 

Rey Mysterio wishes Rey Fenix luck and Fenix says he's here to win the tournament. Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonaugh come in. Dom says Rey treats everyone but his own son as his own son. Dom then complains about not being in the tournament and Rey says he's not a luchador. Je'Von Evans then nails Dom from behind and throws JD over boxes. 

#1 Contender's Tournament Semifinals - Rey Fenix vs Dragon Lee

Rey wristlocks him. Lee wristlocks him. Rey flips out of it using the ropes. Rey flying headscissors Lee but Lee cartwheels out. They stand off. They trade chops. Lee hits combinacion cabron then corner dropkicks him. 

Rey high kicks Lee then rope walk kicks him. Rey top rope crossbodies him for 2. Rey PK's him from the apron. Rey 2nd rope moonsaults him outside. Lee rebound germans him and superkicks him. Lee tope con hilos him outside.

We go to break and return. They trade chops. Lee facekicks him then superkicks him. Lee sitout powerbombs Rey for 2. Rey superkicks him. Rey double jump moonsaults him for 2. Rey double underhook powerbombs him for 2. 

Rey's head is banged off the buckles. Rey is in tree of woe and Lee top rope double stomps him for 2. Lee superkicks him out of the ring. Lee's head is banged off the commentary table. Rey is swept on the commentary table. Rey kneels on the table and Lee tope con hilos him hard through the ropes. 

Lee tornado ddt's him for 2. Rey brainbusters him and flying dobule knees him in the corner. Rey is sunset flipped for 2. Lee hits a styles clash for 2. Rey rolls into  cutter on him for 2. Lee boots him out of the corner. Rey superkicks him while he sits up top. Rey mexican muscle sbuters him and pins him.

Thoughts: The crowd liked it. They didn't sell squat here as usual. Lee's tope con hilo through the ropes was nasty as he slammed hard into Rey. It was all action here but it was not my type of match. 

We get a video on Lola Vice. The graphic says "9.14" on it.

Adam Pearce and Paul Heyman are in the ring for the Bron Breakker vs Oba Femi contract signing ceremony. Oba comes out and gets big pops. Paul says there is no vision for he future without the phrase "fear the spear". Paul then brings out Bron Breakker.

Bron Breakker comes out. Bron asks who Oba thinks he is by calling himself "The Future". He says Oba won KOTR and beat Brock but none of those are championships. Bron says he had WWE in the palm of his hand before Oba showed up. He says he got hurt on his own by accident and says Oba weaseled his way into his spot and was handed everything. He says Oba was born at the top of the mountain and is only there because he got hurt. Oaa says he's here to claim what is his.

Oba says Bron's an angry orange man. Oba says he doesn't underestimate him. He says he'd be the face and the future if he broke in during 2002 or 2015. He says he has the unfortunate privilege of running against him in 2026. He says Bron doesn't understand that his chances of being the face of this place have gone down since Oba arrived. Oba says the dogs bark up the wrong tree and says he is outclassed on every level. He says he will show him that he is the future and the bringer of war.

Bron says Oba thinks this is any other match. Bron says he will force Oba to fight him in the deep waters. He says Oba will get tired and he will be a sorry wrestler who thought he could compete with a real dog like him. Bron says he will own him and says Oba will spend the rest of his career living in Bron's career. Bron says he's Bron Breakker, the guy that Oba Femi could not beat. Bron tells Paul Heyman to sign the contract for Oba. He says Paul has been acting like he wants nothing to do with him. Bron then grabs Paul and nails Oba. Oba grabs Bron's throat and hits punches. Austin Theory helps out Bron. Oba is double teamed. Oba gets the edge and lariats Bron out. Oba throws Austin through the table.

Bron the gets on the apron and stares down Oba but backs off. Oba says this is how he will have him at SNME. He says Bron will be running away from him. Oba signs the contract and throws it.

Thoughts: It was interesting. Like with Roman and Seth, Oba is above Bron in kayfabe rankings right now and it's hard for Bron to really rip him when he hasn't done all that much. I'm interested to see where it goes but this kind of buried Bron at times.

The Uso's and Fatu talk in the back but the audio is messed up and we can't hear them. Jimmy says Fatu should stay in the back tonight. Jey says Fatu didn't do anything last week. Fatu says Roman told him to stand down. Jey holds up his necklace at Fatu and says it means they are the captains and Fatu runs it. Jey tells him to stay in the back and do nothing. Jimmy then holds his necklace up at him. Fatu kicks a box.

Je'Von Evans vs Big Cass

This is Cass' WWE return bout.

Evans hits forearms and punches. Evans superkicks him and flips off the bottom rope. Evans eated springboard's and hurricanrana's him over the top. Evans' slingshot plancha is caught outside. Cass is pushed into the apron edge. Cass lariats Evans hard over the top rope.

Cass clubs Evans and sends him into the rails. Cass black hole slams him. We go to break and return. Cass misses a corner splash. Evans facekicks him and running lariats him twice. Cass is pulled over the top rope then Evans topes him outside. Evans hits Cass outside. Cass is dumped over the timekeepers rail. Evans dives on him over the timekeeper's rail.

Evans hits a punch flurry on him outside. Evans corkscrew kicks him off the ropes. Evans springboard diving lariated him. Evans goes up on the buckles and is pushed down. Cass facekicks him. Cass then pins him.

Thoughts: Cass got his mouth busted open here. It wasn't quite the show off performance for Cass, but at least he won. Evans got a lot of offense in than Cass did here. What we got was fine, but I wouldn't have done this in this manner.

Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonaugh beat up Evans after. Dom top rope frogsplashes Evans. 

Sol Ruca is interviewed. She gets a Women's IC Title rematch next week. She says she's toked and says it's huge.  Iyo Sky walks in and wishes her good luck. She says she knows she can do it. Sol says it wouldn't have happened without her. Lyra Valkyria comes in and says congratulations. Lyra says Sol broke Raquel's face last time and she will mess her up. Lyra asks for Sol to give her the title match instead. Sol says "no" and tells her to earn it. Lyra says Bayley used to talk to her like that. Lyra then spooks out Iyo. 

#1 Contender's Tournament Semifinals - Penta vs La Parka

Penta him down and rolls him up for 2. Parka rolls him up for 2. Parka dances and flying headscissors Penta. Penta superkicks him and slingblade facebusters him. Penta enzugiri's Parka off the apron then tope con hilos him. Parka dropkicks him through the ropes. Parka 2nd rope moonsaults him outside. Parka comes uoff the top and is superkicked. 

Penta superkicks him. Penta goes up and over and backcrackers him for 2. We go to break and return. Parka chops Penta and Penta chops back. Parka kicks him and top rope crossbodies him. Parka springboard diving armdrags him then powerslams him. Parka goes up and over and Penta john woos him in the corner. Penta handstand double pendulum boots him for 2. 

Parka spinning ddt's him for 2. Penta superkicks Parka's head into the buckles and hits a made in japan for 2. Parka top rope spanish flies him. Penta cranks back on Parka's arm. Penta springboard diving canadian destroyers him and wins.

Thoughts: I would have liked the canadian destroyer to mean more but I was fine with it otherwise. They kept it moving and ended it at about the right time. The john woo spot was cool and it was one of Parka's better outings. Penta won as expected here.

Rey Fenix comes out and Penta stares at him. They then shake hands. 

LA Knight and Solo Sikoa talk in the back. Solo thanks him again for last week. He says he has his back and he owes him. LA says he doesn't owe him, just don't make him regret it. LA says if they can do this, they can go to the top. LA says they don't got warning shots but live fire out there.

We get a video on Zilla Fatu with clips of him in Reality of Wrestling. I've reviewed a lot of ROW and feel free to check that out in the indies section.

Adam Pearce talks to Chad Gable in the back. He says Chad vs Rey was an all-timer. Adam says he needs to work n the next all-timer for his legacy. Ethan Page comes in and congratulates Chad. He says he beat Rey too and says he has his eyes on his title. Page says Chad is intimidated by him. Chad says Page talked his way out of a title match and congratulates him.

Stephanie Vaquer is interviewed. She says Liv showed her that she needs her two pets to take her down. She says she doesn't need Becky's help. She says she will take her title back in 2 weeks and take down Judgment Day.

The Uso's (Jimmy and Jey Uso) vs LA Knight and Solo Sikoa

Jimmy hits punches on LA. LA lariats him down. Jimmy takes a double back elbow and a jumping Solo headbutt drop for 2.  LA stomps Jimmy then running knees him in the corner. Solo  corner hip attacks Jimmy for 2.  

Solo headbutts Jey. Solo back elbows him then Jey superkicks Solo out. Solo is double superkicked outside. We go to PiP break and return. Jey headbutts Solo. Solo hits punches on Jey and Jey spinning enzugiri's him. 

Jimmy flying corner forearms Solo. Solo back body drops Jimmy over the top rope. Jey runs into an uppercut from Solo. LA and Jimmy get in. LA hits punches on him and lariats him down. LA jumping neckbreakers him. LA lariats Jey on the apron. LA reverse ddt's Jimmy. LA double jump elbow drops Jimy off the top for 2. 

Solo catches Jey's tope and hits him. Royce Keys comes out then spears Solo and Jey through the rails. This is going to be a no contest.

Thoughts: It wasn't anything special. I watched this after it happened and knew there wasn't much time left. The interference kind of cut this one off as it was entering the last 3rd of the match.

OTM come out in masks and beat up LA and Jimmy. Nima jumping foot presses LA down. Price muso's Jimmy. LA takes a double samoan drop. Keys spinebusters Jimmy.  

Jey is rammed into steps. Solo then gets it too. Keys bangs LA's head off the steps. Jimmy takes a t-gimmick through the commentary table. 

Thoughts: I didn't see this one coming. OTM have been in NXT for a long time, but due to injuries, they've never had a major run there. They are ready enough for what they do. The problem with this grouping is someone will have to be the fall guy and I have a feeling it'll be price.

Overall thoughts: There wasn't a lot of starpower on this one and a lot of people weren't wrestling here. 
Perez/Vaquer wasn't that good. Fenix/Lee had an indy style match that wasn't for me. Penta/Parka was more toned down though and I was okay with it. I was also okay with Cass/Evans, but it was the wrong bout for Cass. I didn't love the Oba/Bron segment but it was interesting. The main wasn't much and was just a back drop for the new group's debut at the end. I'd give it a 5out of 10 as it was acceptable overall, but there were a lot of things that could have been fixed here.