The May 7, 2018 Edition of RAW is a Professional wrestling television show of the WWE's RAW brand, which took place on May 7, 2018 at NYCB Live! at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. This was the Raw after Backlash.
Summary
The Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match has only just begun to take shape, but there may already be a frontrunner: Braun Strowman became the first Superstar to qualify in earnest for the make-or-break bout, defeating Kevin Owens in a qualifying bout that stemmed from a confrontation between the two Superstars in Raw’s opening moments.
In Owens’ defense, he came to Monday night with a legitimate gripe — apparently, he wasn’t legal when he was pinned by Strowman in a tag team match at WWE Backlash — but KO overplayed his hand when he tried to strong-arm Raw General Manager Kurt Angle into automatically placing him into the Money in the Bank Match as a make-good.
Angle sanctioned the qualifier instead, and Owens, realizing he was in over his head, attempted to finagle a count-out victory to send himself to Money in the Bank. He even stayed competitive after The Monster Among Men caught wise to KO’s strategy. But when his last best shot — a Frog Splash — came up empty, Owens got desperate and Strowman got comfortable. The Gift of Destruction’s second wind carried him all the way through Owens’ defenses (literally — he trucked KO three times outside the ring) and culminated in a Running Powerslam for the victory.
At long last, Baron Corbin is smiling. After being humiliated by No Way Jose and Titus Worldwide last week, The Lone Wolf got payback against Raw’s fun-loving contingent in a Six-Man Tag Team Match that paired Corbin with The Revival.
Speaking of which, Dash & Dawson handled the heavy lifting fin the early goings, using their fine-tuned teamwor to wear down Apollo Crews and, later, a surging No Way Jose. Interference from Titus O’Neil and Crews threatened to derail the match, but a lurking Corbin played closer for his team, sending Crews over the top rope and scoring an under-the-radar tag that allowed him to administer the End of Days to an unsuspecting Jose.
The good news for Sasha Banks is that Bayley finally supplied the backup The Boss needed to nullify The Riott Squad. The bad news is that it ended up doing little to help Banks win her Triple Threat Money in the Bank qualifier, as an astonishing last-gasp effort from Ember Moon denied Banks and Ruby Riott herself to send The War Goddess to Money in the Bank instead.
Before The Huggable One came calling, however, the match was looking like Ruby Riott’s to lose thanks to a combination of The Riott Squad’s presence at ringside and an impressive performance by Riott herself that kept both Banks and The War Goddess in check. After Banks began to surge, The Riott Squad made their move, breaking up a pinfall and kicking off a beatdown that Bayley quickly arrived to nullify. With The Riott Squad otherwise occupied, Banks attempted to maneuver Ruby into position for the Backstabber that precedes the Bank Statement, only Moon reappeared with a sudden, two-for-one Eclipse that put Riott down for three — an effort that Moon rightfully described as "Skill, honor and heart." It might just be money as well.
Results
- Numbers in parentheses indicate the length of the match.
- (c) refers to the champion(s) heading into the match.
- Braun Strowman defeated Kevin Owens in a Money in the Bank Qualifying Match
- Baron Corbin & The Revival (Dash Wilder & Scott Dawson) defeated No Way Jose & Titus Worldwide (Titus O'Neil & Apollo Crews) (w/ Dana Brooke)
- Ember Moon defeated Sasha Banks & Ruby Riott (w/ Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan) in a Triple Threat Money in the Bank Qualifying Match
- Jinder Mahal (w/ Sunil Singh) vs. Chad Gable
- The Show (Drew McIntyre & Dolph Ziggler) defeated Slater & Rhyno
- Roman Reigns vs. Finn Bálor vs. Sami Zayn in a Triple Threat Money in the Bank Qualifying Match
Other on-screen talent
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Braun Strowman sets his sights on Money in the Bank
Braun Strowman v Kevin Owens
Baron Corbin & The Revival v No Way Jose & Titus Worldwide
Ember Moon v Sasha Banks v Ruby Riott
Jinder Mahal v Chad Gable
The Show v Slater & Rhyno
See also
- Monday Night Raw
- The show's venue details
- Has Reigns earned the right to once again challenge The Beast?
External links
[ Raw #1302 results]
Raw #1302 at WWE.com
[ Raw #1302 on WWE Network]
