WWE Raw results, recap, grades: Randy Orton punts Ric Flair, Retribution and Raw Underground disappoint – CBSSports.com

An total strange version of Uncooked on Monday evening noticed WWE point of curiosity on varied storylines a half hour at a time, leaving exiguous room for pattern of angles in the end of the purpose to. Even Uncooked Underground, which became once originally set to be featured in the end of the total 10 p.m. ET hour, became once relegated to a couple segments over 35 minutes.

In the tip, Monday evening became once a mixed rep. The most foremost event segment with Randy Orton turning on Ric Flair and “killing” yet every other legend became once a huge success, as became once his match with Kevin Owens and confrontation with Drew McIntyre. The outlet of the purpose to with Seth Rollins and Dominic Mysterio became once furthermore a do away with for WWE. On the opposite hand, Uncooked Underground became once a huge failure, Retribution regarded love the dorkiest faction in ancient past, and a quantity of assorted segments did not lift.

As for the entire lot that went down in ingredient, motivate on reading our results and grades from Monday evening.

WWE Uncooked results, grades

Angelo Dawkins def. Andrade by plan of pinfall: Sooner than the match, Zelina Vega twice pled her innocence in the poisoning of Montez Ford, told Bianca Belair to take a look at herself and promised that Andrade & Angel Garza would do away with the Uncooked designate team titles at SummerSlam. With Dawkins outnumbered and about to be overwhelmed behind in the match, Belair regarded as if it would attack Vega and trigger a distraction, leading Dawkins to hit the Money Out for the shock 1-2-3.

Bianca Belair def. Zelina Vega by plan of pinfall:  Belair dominated the early share of the match with Vega most bright entering into offense following a distraction, rake of the eyes and when Belair ran shoulder-first into the put up. Seeing Vega issue some of Andrade’s moveset became once a pleasant touch, but it without a doubt became once exact that Belair became once repeatedly allowed to overpower her challenger and do away with with the K.O.D. as the fats-time wrestler principal to be place over stable here. It became once furthermore cool that Belair and Dawkins had been ready to nick a rare promo collectively after the match. Overall grade: C+

Shelton Benjamin def Apollo Crews (c) in a non-title match:  After a transient backward and ahead with MVP in the VIP Lounge, alongside side a fireplace promo from Crews (who lifted and chucked a complete touch super out of the ring), this beforehand unannounced match went down. The match between Crews and Benjamin became once glowing, however the enact got here as the numbers advantage purchased too much for Crews, who became once rolled up and upset by Benjamin. MVP asked Bobby Lashley no longer to injured Crews after the match, but with Crews free, he became once ready to smack MVP with a spinning heel kick. This became once a truly pointless loss for a champion who correct regarded stable a segment earlier with a large promo, and the match became once nothing to write home about. Grade: C-

Natalya and Lana confront Mickie James:  Making her return to WWE after a year off attributable to damage, James said she had plans to steer the girls folks’s locker room while her look became once centered on gold. Sooner than she would possibly per chance per chance maybe proceed with her supposed announcement, Natalya and Lana interrupted her, dressed alike, talking about social media and hashtags and how Intellectual became once the most elementary of all-time (B.O.A.T.). James said she would explore them subsequent week, presumably a match against Natalya.

Viking Raiders, Ricochet & Cedric Alexander def. Akira Tozawa & The Ninjas by plan of pinfall:  Pure comedy segment — if you happen to can call it that. This match lasted about one minute with the ninjas getting dominated and Tozawa shying far from motion. After the match, Tozawa started strolling up the ramp when …

24/7 Championship — R-Truth def. Akira Tozawa (c) by plan of pinfall to do away with the title:  … a referee got here out and R-Truth — dressed as a ninja — rolled Tozawa up on the ramp to alter into champion for the 38th time. The motion wasn’t exact, the problem became once glaring, and it became once yet every other roll up pinfall as we possess advance to request. Overall grade: F

Peyton Royce def. Liv Morgan by plan of pinfall:  Fast match with the parable centered on the reunion of Morgan and Ruby Riott. With Morgan in the corner, Billie Kaye baited Riott into jumping on the ring apron, which distracted the referee and Morgan, ensuing in Royce hitting her spinning brainbuster finisher for the do away with. Morgan became once visibly upset with Riott after the match but nothing got here of it. I love the root of the Riott Squad reunion no longer being superb on the initiate rather then them correct working properly collectively and going on a atomize. Groups desire to amass. There became once no longer much to this segment despite the indisputable reality that. Grade: C+

Asuka def. Bayley (c) by plan of pinfall in a non-title match:  With the victory, Asuka won a rematch with Sasha Banks for the Uncooked girls folks’s championship at SummerSlam. Presumably attributable to Retribution, the lights flickered extra than one times throughout the match. Bayley awesomely countered a head kick, grabbing Asuka’s leg and inserting her in an ankle lock midway thru the match. Asuka tried some submissions of her possess, but Bayley labored on that joint rather later with an Indian Deathlock. This became once a technical wrestling showcase with a great deal of counters, reversals and submission makes an strive. A Codebreaker by Asuka became once unsuccessful, and neither became once an elbow tumble by Bayley. A Sunset Bomb into the turnbuckles did not work for Bayley, but it without a doubt became once her resolution to mock Kairi Sane that gave Asuka a gap to hit the Asuka Lock or the rapid faucet out. Lawful a fully not probably match with the accurate enact to consequence in the match all of us anticipated. Grade: A

Uncooked Underground — Riddick Moss def. Cal Bloom:  Not like closing week, these two in actuality purchased a couple minutes. Bloom became once dominating Moss early except Moss took him begin air the ring, ran him into some metal poles after which planted him on the canvas with some floor and pound for the do away with. | Arturo Ruas def. Enhancement talent:  One other extra formal match, Ruas posthaste won with a roundhouse kick. | Dabba-Kato def. Enhancement talent:  Kato repeatedly planted a man half his dimension … after which unnecessarily grabbed a complete handful of his junk sooner than turning in a knockout punch for the do away with.

Shayna Baszler def. Three enhancement skills:  Baszler showed up and no one had the heart to ace her, so she picked a lady out of the crowd and beat her down. Two varied girls folks tried to intervene, alongside side one who place Baszler in a chokehold, but she posthaste dispatched of them, too. all three girls folks then ganged up on Baszler, but she took all of them down, tapping out the closing. With extra than 30 minutes left in the purpose to, Shane McMahon said they had been executed for the week.

Since this became once a taped episode of Uncooked, there became once no alternative for WWE to listen to criticisms, originate changes, and loads others. sooner than this week’s point to. But pondering the Damage Industry “took it over” closing week and did not even point to up this week, there became once no unbiased to any of the matches and it became once come what would possibly per chance even extra slow than a week in the past, they originate no longer possess any choice but to originate something foremost subsequent week to set this conception. Overall grade: D+

Retribution brought about minor chaos:  Not like on SmackDown the place Retribution anxious the interior of the WWE Performance Center on the tip of the purpose to, the contemporary faction remained begin air causing minor disturbances the total evening. The lights flickered once or twice in the course of matches, they had been proven throwing a cinderblock thru the entrance window of the flexibility, and later they had been strolling on an overturned automobile in the automobile parking zone. Mostly, they correct jumped around and yelled, “Yeah!” love a bunch of younger folks making disaster after faculty. It is glaring this faction became once rushed and no longer conception out properly. Most likely subsequent week with a contemporary set of tapings there’ll be a clearer direction, but exact now, or no longer it is frightful. Grade: D-

Randy Orton def. Kevin Owens:  Excellent match between two veterans. Orton (RKO) and Owens (Stunner) each and every disregarded signature moves early, and Owens purchased in a exact quantity of offense alongside with his cannonball and senton. After hitting a senton bomb, Owens purchased overconfident and started playing the role of The Viper, crouching down and making an strive to dimension up Orton for a Stunner. As an alternative, Orton straight countered it and planted Owens with the RKO for the 1-2-3. Owens won’t be allowing for the relaxation foremost at this time, but he’s a old universal, U.S. and NXT champion. For Orton to rep that decisive of a victory became once a pleasant shock and a exact touch as he’s the WWE title challenger at SummerSlam.

Randy Orton calls out Ric Flair:  After the match — and commercial spoil — Orton told Flair he became once infected at him for booking a match with Owens that became once completely principal, asserting Flair most bright did it out of ego. Orton said Flair is now a full authorized responsibility to him, and the most elementary motive Flair took him below his ring all these years in the past is because he conception Orton “will be the son you desire you had.” As Flair teared up, Orton said that is all he’s exact for anymore. He said Flair became once pathetic for having a pacemaker, slipping into a coma and changing into a “whore for the highlight” who is “washed up and can no longer originate it anymore.” Orton said he became once going to do away with the WWE championship for the 14th time at SummerSlam, and that is what Flair must possess been inquisitive about. Intead, Flair became once most bright inquisitive about himself.

That led Flair to do away with the microphone and characterize Orton that he takes his words in my notion. The dilapidated Flair from 2001 isn’t any longer here anymore, he said, but he does indeed love the highlight and likes being in it — especially because varied guys love Hulk Hogan are jealous that he’s on TV. Flair said he needs to undercover agent Orton, who has crawled from the backside to the tip and is now the “greatest performer in the commercial on the present time,” be the one to spoil his myth. Flair said that, after being in his coma and caught in the scientific institution, all he principal to originate became once explore the oldsters he cared about and characterize them that he liked them. Flair said all he needs to originate is stroll down the aisle with Orton. He’s Charlotte Flair’s dad and desires to be by Orton’s facet as he breaks his possess myth.

That led Orton to throw the microphone out of the ring, seize Flair, hug him tight and enlighten in his ear. When Flair turned away, Orton low blowed the Hall of Famer, gently placed him on the canvas and whispered a quantity of issues to him, alongside side “thanks for the entire lot you would possibly per chance per chance maybe per chance even possess executed for me.” With Flair lying inclined and slowly attending to his knees, Orton backed up into the corner after which punt kicked him. The lights flickered attributable to Retribution and disregarded the punt (purposely as Flair isn’t any longer cleared to do away with contact). WWE champion Drew McIntyre at closing ran down to the ring to force Orton away as trainers tended to Flair. McIntyre and Orton seethed at one yet every other from afar as Uncooked went off the air. “The entire lot is coming to you at SummerSlam. I’m going to effort you, Randy, you sinful son of a bitch,” McIntyre said.

Tall work from Orton. Tall work from Flair. Tremendous manufacturing choices by WWE to present Orton the flexibility to abolish yet every other legend without needing Flair do away with bodily contact. The entire lot about the closing 30 minutes of Uncooked labored with the exception of the truth that the crowd infrequently booed Orton, who became once a full heel on this segment. For an uneven point to, the shut became once stable. Grade: A