Steve Notes Raw 8/10/20

Steve Notes Raw 8/10/20

Joe with another contract signing

Dom is gonna sign two contracts, one for the match, the other for him being a wwe superstar

Dom comes out with a kendo stick, his own tron

Seth runs him down for using a kendo stick- Joe says this will be much safer with me

Seth calls out Joe- Joe says this whole thing is sad.

Joe said he sees a man who got caught up in his feelings and decided he could do anything he wants

Joe says Seth has given a kid with no experience no choice

Seth butts in, says him and Rey made the wrong choices

Says HE’S the one who’s had no choice- 

Says he got crapped on for trying to be mr good guy

He had to make sacrifices, when is it going to be enough?

Dom says it’s never going to be enough

Seth: Excuse you?

Dom says you make excuses for all the ungodly things you do- you change the lives of good men, for the worse- says the greater good is just for yourself

Seth calls him ungrateful, he’s about to become a superstar all because of HIM

You’re right, this was my dream- but now my dream is to kick your ass at summerslam

Seth laughs- says at Summerslam, you can bring the kendo stick, bring anything- so you have no excuse when I end your career before it ever begins

Dom signs, Seth says congrats, lets give a big round of applause for Dom, says now leave my ring, take a seat, take notes during my match with Carillo

Seth Rollins vs. Humberto Carillo

Buddy tries to go at Carrillo, Dom defends with kendo stick

So wait does that mean Rollins can use those weapons too?

Was that even five minutes? Seth wins with stomp 

Murphy attacks Dom, they beat down Dom,

Dom comes alive, fights them off, They get the advantage again 

Seth kills Dom with kendo stick

Seth tells murphy to take the shirt off, more kendo shots 

Jesus this is a BEATDOWN

Seth tells Rey to beg for mercy 

Retribution package

Zelina claims she didn’t do the poisoning

Dawkins vs Andrade

Andrade in control early, Dawkins powers out of headlock

Andrade hits knees in corner, gets 2

Dawkins reverses top rope double axe to forearm, Zelina goes to apron to help, Bianca pulls her down, Dawkins hits power bomb for win

Bianca Belair vs Zelina Vega

Bianca dominates as Zelina insists she didn’t poison Montez

Zelina pokes the eye as the ref is distracted, Zelina able to take over

Bianca press slams Zelina, flurry of strikes, Joe: that’s that ugly beating

Bianca destroys herself on the post

Bianca power bomb, then dumps her over her head onto the turnbuckle 

Bianca hits KOD, 3

Interview: Dawkins says they’re not missing Summerslam 

VIP Lounge

He says there’s a conspiracy, I told you so!

How am I supposed to win championships in these unsafe working environments 

The lights beat me, not Apollo

Apollo comes out- says he’s always making excuses 

Apollo says I’m not hurt anymore cuz I’m walking around with your title that you paid thousands for

MVP says you’re a serial bad decision maker 

Apollo says it’s ok that he makes bad decisions, cuz he’s a bad man

He says he doesn’t care about Shelton, Bobby, I do care about you- at Summerslam, the only lights going out are yours- HB attack, Apollo attacks MVP THEN PICKS UP THE COUCH LIKE ITS NOTBING AND THROWS IT AT THEM

Apollo vs Shelton Benjamin

Apollo in control early, Shelton comes back, power bomb only gets 2

Shelton sends him to the outside, HB surround him, 

Apollo takes control gets powerslam, standing moonsault, 2

Benjamin wins with assist from MVP, Bob goes for full Nelson, mvp says no I need him healthy, Apollo kicks MVP’s head, runs

A cinderblock has been sent through a door another terrible retribution scene

Mickie James is back! She has gold on her mind, but Lana and Nattie are now influencers. They come up with the hashtag BOAT. Mickie is disappoint. Says she worked so hard off her family’s coattails. 

Ced/Rico War Raiders bit

Cedric/Ricochet/VR vs. Ninjas

So far the VR haven’t taken off their shirts-- oh Truth is a ninja, Viking Experience win, Truth calls for ref, rolls up TOzawa and wins 24/7 champion 38th time

Charley- Drew MacIntyre interview

He says Orton doesn’t help others for one reason- self preservation

Addresses camera- At summerslam, I’m gonna rip that torch from your hand, I’m gonna kick you as hard as I can and evolution has passed you by

What if KO rips the torch from him tonight? If that’s the case, hm and KO will have a long talk about the future of MNR

Liv Morgan and Ruby get the Sasha/Bayley theme treatment

Iiconics promo

THey do a double-knockdown thing

Bille Kay tried to get involved, Ruby tried to help, ref sees her, tells her to get down, Liv starts finger wagging Ruby, eats hit from the back, Peyton Royce hits Dejavu for the win

RAW UNDERGROUND, SHANE IS THERE, its almost 10!!

RU so cool it starts 6 minutes early

Riddick Moss and Cal Bloom are fighting at RU, they go to the floor, smash into some like aluminum rods, back up, Moss hits big right hand, starts stomping Cal’s head. Riddick yells CAN YOU SEE ME NOW!!?!

Asuka vs. Bayley is actually five minutes before 10pm. 

Asuka comes out strong, goes to the outside, count to 4, Bayley hits Asuka on the top, slams her to the ground, Bayley in control, talking shit about Kairi Sane

Asuka misses kick, hits kick on ground, RELEASE GERMAN, hip attack

Boss tries to distract, Asuka tries to kick Bayley, who catches it in a knee bar, Asuka gets out

Bayley attacks the knee

Asuka locks in a something octopus, Bayley powers out but gets caught in an arm bar, Asuka goes for codebreaker, Bayley locks in Indian Deathlock, Asuka transitions into knee bar

Bayley hits elbow drop, 2, spinning backfist, sunset flip buckle bomb, mocks kairi sane then  Asuka locks in ASUKA LOCK and Bayley TAPS OUT

RAW UNDERGROUND- ARTURO RUAS!!!! 

He picks apart some porr sonofabitch and kills him with a spinning heel kick with jeans and no shirt- Shane says anyone wanna take on Arturo?? No one.

Dabba-Kato vs. is that Leon Ruff?

HAHAHA DABBO GRABS HIS DICK!!!! Knocks him out!!! Hahaha

SHAYNA!!! SHAYNA!!!!

Shayna just goes out there and punches some girl in the face, throws her in, THEN TAKES OUT THREE IN A ROW THEN THREE AT THE SAME TIME!

Retribution overturned a car

Orton vs. KO

Orton in control early, Kevin turns it around, gets a cannonball and again on the outside

From commercial, KO is killing Orton with chops

Flair taunting KO on the floor, KO yells SHUTUP AND GO HOME!

Orton slams KO’s face into glass, KO about to be counted out, Orton rolls out to break count, sends KO into steps

KO goes for pop up power bomb, Orton dumps KO on announce desk

KO goes for stunner, eats RKO instead

***

Orton calls Ric back- he wants to ask a favor- stay put, they need to talk- 

Says he has every right to be mad at him for getting him in that match, it wasn’t necessary- he was only in that fight because his ego got him there. He can’t be angry tho. He tought him everything he knows. Asks if he remembers in 2002-2003, he got himself in trouble and no one came to help, except Flair, he bailed him out. He didn’t just respect him, he loved him. He doesn’t respect him, he doens’t love him anymore because he is a liability. He says he wishes Randy was the son he wanted. Says that;s all hes good for anymore, crying. He’s not the ric flair everyone loves, the ric he knew wouldn’t need a pacemaker or slipped into a coma, he wasn’t a whore for the spotlight. You are a junkie for the spotlight. You are washed up and you can’t do it anymore. 

Ric: I hear you, but number one, that ric flair that you came to be with in 2001, he’s not here anymore. I like the spotlight, do I like to call you the greatest, so I can be in the spotlight, I’m 71. I got guys like HUlk calling me asking what its like to be on Raw. I want your approval, I want to be there when you break my record. All I wanted when I was in that coma was to tell them that I loved them. I’m just charlotte’s dad and want to be part of Randy Orton’s life. 

They hug. ORTON GIVES A LOW BLOW, gently lets him down, Randy whispers a thank you to Ric, the lights flicker as Randy loads up his punt, they go out when he does, Flair is out. Drew comes out, “REALLY? EVEN HIM? YOU EVIL SONOFABITCH!”