WWE Monday Night Raw Review – 6.08.2026

We’re on Paris time, so it is Afternoon Raw time again for those of us in the U.S. We’re continuing the road to crowning a King and a Queen of the Ring, so let’s see who can find their way into the next round this week.

The last week in WWE: Raw / NXT / Evolve / SmackDown / Noche de los Grandes Night Two

Then, Now, Forever, Together.

This is the Eiffel Tower! This is Paris, France and the Accor Arena. And this? This is Raw live on Netflix and presented by DoorDash.

Arrivals! Penta! Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee! Sol Ruca! Alexa Bliss! Je’Von Evans!

Oba Femi is first out in the arena tonight to a monstrous response. This crowd is already FIRED up and I almost wish we got international crowds every week. Step up your game, US. They do a very cool shot of Oba’s silhouette over a section of the fans before giving us the split screen entrance again to show fans doing the chant. They’re nailing everything about this man’s presentation. Oba tells the fans they are wonderful and tries to talk, but the crowd cuts him off for another monstrous round of Oba chanting.

Oba says he has a spoiler for the Paris crowd, that being that he will run through the King of the Ring tournament and take his rightful place on the throne as King. “That is not a prediction, that is a spoiler.” He’s taking the crown but he has one more trophy to collect, the head of Brock Lesnar. He promises to settle the score when he sees him.

With monstrous boos erupting, AAA Mega Champion Dominik Mysterio interrupts. Dom tries to talk through the loud Paris crew, calling Oba a rookie. Dirty Dom says he is a twenty-year veteran, the king of the luchadors and as future King of the Ring he will rule over Oba. Dom tells Oba to go ahead and bend the knee and “respect the stache.” The fans have not stopped chanting for Oba. JD McDonough appears behind Oba and nails him with a chair, Oba turns around and punches the chair into JD. Dom hits the distracted Oba with a 619 and leaps off the top, Oba catching him and tossing him across the ring like he weighs five pounds. The Judgment Day boys run and the Oba chants kick up again. Oba: “Dom, you messed up tonight. We all know that Rey Mysterio is your father. Next week, I will introduce you to your DADDY.” Masterful segment that shows just how big Oba is these days and how easily Dom can be reheated.

Corey Graves and Michael Cole greet us from ringside alongside the French announce team Christophe Agius and Nadir Mohammedi. We also have the great Alicia Taylor on the microphone tonight.

Jackie Redmond is back and she’s with Seth Rollins. You can hear the fans chant for Seth from within the arena, something Seth acknowledges, and Seth remembers being World Heavyweight Champion and leader of the Vision last time he was here. He says he’ll win the tournament and take back his title that he never lost. “I have a date somewhere down the line with Roman Reigns, a man that I used to call a brother, a man who can’t seem to win his titles on his own, a man who can’t seem to beat Seth Rollins when it matters most.”

Queen of the Ring First Round Match: Alexa Bliss vs Chelsea Green vs Becky Lynch vs WWE Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan

Hi, can I get Chelsea on Raw more often please? We last saw her in action on Raw in July 2025, teaming with Naomi, Alba Fyre and Piper Niven in a losing effort Rhea Ripley, Iyo Sky, Nikki Bella and Stephanie Vaquer. This is also Liv’s first match since her WrestleMania title win, a great birthday gift for her. Cole reminds us that fellow Judgment Day member Raquel Rodriguez qualified on Friday as the fans sing a birthday song to Liv. Liv dances around to the chant as the other three start the battle. Alexa dives on Becky, Chelsea dives on the blondes, saluting the crowd before Becky shoves her into the ring post and gives her own salute to send us to frozen pizza commercials.

We return to all four women down and the fans chanting for Becky. Bliss sentons onto Becky and Liv and Chelsea offers friendship before booting Alexa of course. A lot of back and forth action and near falls as we continue to go through crowd chants. Becky pounds away at the others and tosses Liv and Chelsea out, narrowing the battle down for a few to Alexa. Alexa counters a Manhandle Slam as we get a French “this is awesome” chant. Bliss blocks Liv’s Oblivion into a Sister Abigail but Becky breaks it, grabbing Alexa for a Manhandle Slam. Chelsea breaks that up and hits the Unpretty-her on Becky, Liv rolls through that to get the pin. Happy birthday, Liv.

Liv Morgan pins Chelsea Green to advance in the Queen of the Ring tournament. First, I can’t write though how much THIS crowd is elevating EVERYTHING. That said, this was great anyway. All four of these women work very well together. Liv will face the winner of SmackDown’s Ruca vs Valkyria vs Flair vs Cargill match.

Corey hypes up TripleMania 34 tickets and we hype the Mysterio/Penta match we’re getting tonight. Blessed timeline.

Penta is joined backstage by Chad Gable. Gable says he’s done a lot over the last two years he is ashamed of and it all started because he lost to Penta. He doesn’t expect anything from Penta but he apologizes. Penta tells Chad that it isn’t easy to say you’re wrong and he respects that, but there is someone else Chad needs to talk to if he wants to do right by lucha libre.

We get a view of the Atlanta skyline as Cole breaks the news that we have Sunday Night’s Main Event coming in September now that Money in the Bank has again shifted on the timeline.

Rollins is met backstage by Montez Ford. Ford wishes him luck, Rollins thanks him for last week. Jacob Fatu, Big Jim Uso and Main Event Jey Uso pop in to tell Seth to be careful how they talk about the family. Jey says he is winning and Seth congrats him for being in the tournament at least, while Big Jim is on the sidelines “where the Tribal Chief wants him.” Seth tells him he is never talking about the family, his problem is always with Roman. Jey tells Jacob to “get” Seth, Jacob stares Seth down and walks away.

Bayley ding dongs Lyra Valkyria backstage and tells her how excited she is for her. Bayley says to get back what she deserves.

WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship: WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion Sol Ruca vs Lyra Valkyria

Lyra is getting her first Intercontinental Title shot in almost a year, having been held down by the stipulation of losing against Becky at SummerSlam. Ruca flips Lyra into an armbar, Lyra flips a reversal of her own as the crowd chants for Sol. Sol handstands across the ring and then flips over Lyra for an X-Factor. Lyra rolls out and Lyra tries for Nightwing, Sol reversing out and springboarding right into another attempt. Lyra flips Sol to the outside to send us to Penta Facetiming with the Cricket mascot.

Back to it! The women continue to match each other counter for counter, finally clotheslining each other down to reset things a bit. The women trade blows before Sol gets the advantage with chops. Sol hits a German suplex on Lyra and heads up to the second rope, nailing a beautiful missile dropkick. Sol smacks Lyra with a running knee and gets a two count as the fans chant about the awesomeness of the match. Lyra boots Sol and drops a leg over the back of her neck before stacking her up for a two count. Lyra misses a spin kick and gets caught up in the ropes, Sol takes the shot for the Sol Snatcher and gets the pin.

Sol Ruca pins Lyra Valkyria to retain the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship. Very good match. Good showing for Sol but it’s also good getting to see what Lyra can do in a singles spotlight again. Watch this one too.

The Usos and Jacob are backstage. Jimmy tells Jacob they make the plays and Jimmy needs to run them. Jacob yells to them that the only one he acknowledges is their OTC Roman Reigns and they need to worry about L.A. Knight.

Speak of the devil, L.A. Knight walks by Tozawa, Otis and Maxxine Dupri. We’ll hear from him next after about three minutes of commercials and another minute or two of WWE promotional stuff.

Back in the arena, L.A. Knight gets a monstrous reaction just like the rest of the wrestlers tonight. Someone tries to toss Knight a mic, the toss is too low and the fans boo so Knight tosses it back and we get it right the second time. Knight tells the fans that Roman has conned them and whose empire is crumbling, calling this the Bloodline vortex. We love a good vortex in wrestling. Knight expects someone from the Bloodline to come interrupt his KOTR match on Friday. “I don’t fall in line to a Tribal Chief. In this neighborhood, I am the chief.” He says that if he does win, he’ll look Roman right in the eye for the championship. He also knows Adam Pearce would but the stamp right on it because “there is a stark, marked difference” in the way Pearce talks to him and Roman. “I may be unchosen, but every single one of you, you chose me. I chose myself.” He wishes his opponents Friday luck but especially wishes Jey luck in winning without bringing his family to the ring.

This brings us Main Event Jey Uso, the fans yeeting for him. If you’ve been listening to people that tell you Jey isn’t still over, you are listening to the wrong people. In fact, the fans call for an encore, so Jey slams the mic to the mat, calls for the music to run back and yeets again. L.A. Knight: “You don’t possibly expect me to stand here and watch this?” Jey says he’ll always answer his family’s call and tells Knight that this is his warning shot before yeeting to the back. Knight calls for the music to be cut, saying that he knows the yeeting is fun but man to man, you should be protective of your family. “Good luck and from the bottom of my heart – top to bottom – SCREW your family.” Jey rips off his shirt and heads to the ring, Big Jim comes out to pull him away. This was a well done segment. Knight has been hitting it hard and well on the mic the last few weeks.

Chad Gable comes across Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee, asking to talk to them. Mysterio tells him to stop beating himself up. After watching the Mask vs Mask match, he accepts the apology. He’s not one to judge, but Chad might want to look back a little further because he has done some things he might regret way before he put the mask on. Are we getting some American Alpha things? I’d like that.

WWE Intercontinental Championship: WWE Intercontinental Champion Penta vs WWE Hall of Famer & AAA General Manager Rey Mysterio

The last time these two had a singles match, it was May 2018 and Rey defeated Penta El Zero M on the NEW Wrestling Under the Stars 7 tour in Niles, Ohio of all places. Before that, you have to head back to Lucha Underground in 2016. This is only the third time they’ve had a singles match and Rey has won both of them. The fans sing along with Rey’s theme. Rey tries for an early 619, Penta launches him outside, slides under him and Rey springboard moonsaults right on top of him to send us to break.

We come back to the lucha legends trading chops, Penta sweeping the leg. Penta boots Rey to the mat and drops the corner boots, Rey rolling outside and Penta flying onto him on the entrance ramp. Back in, Penta nails a Back Stabber for a two. Penta unloads a few chops and Rey spins him into a tornado DDT for a two count. Rey gets a sunset flip onto the barricade and we take a break for a Minions commercial. I support the Minion takeover of the last decade or two.

We come back to a sea of reversals, Rey getting out of a Penta Driver before Penta is able to properly hit it moments later. Rey kicks out again as we’re rolling through a fantastic match here, not that there was ever any doubt. Rey springs onto Penta’s shoulders and, hits a poisonrana. Rey springs back up and lands the 619 and drops the dime, getting a very close pinfall attempt. Rey runs into a big super kick and tries for another Penta Driver, Rey rolls it into another 619. Rey heads up top and frog splashes into Penta’s knees. Penta hits the Mexican Destroyer and gets the three.

Penta pins Rey Mysterio to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship. An easy classic at least on Raw levels. I’d love to see these two do this again on a larger stage. Seek this one out ASAP.

As the luchadors celebrate togerther, Rusev and Ethan Page are here for the attack. Penta eats a kick and Rusev hooks the Accolade on Rey. Dragon Lee’s music hits and he can only help temporarily before Page slings him into the timekeeper’s area. Rusev grabs Rey and yanks the mask off, Penta diving on Rey to cover him like he’s Eddie Kingston in an exploding ring match. Here’s Chad Gable to cheers to suplex Ethan and Rusev. The fans are very into Chad. If you’re looking for a way to get him over post-Americanos, being with Rey and Penta is a safe way to do it. Of course, he could also eventually turn on one of them. Chad grabs the mask and hands it to Penta so that they can re-mask Rey.

Raquel Rodriguez tells us in a vignette that she will blast through Iyo Sky next week to continue her way to Queen of the Ring. I vote for Raquel to win the whole thing and battle Liv at SummerSlam. After an ad break, we get a Iyo Sky vignette response.

We visit the Judgment Day clubhouse with Roxanne Perez and Liv. Rox says she was thinking about herself last week but wants Liv or Raquel to win QOTR, perhaps even facing each other. Dom and JD come in and Liv has some ideas for next week.

King of the Ring First Round Match: Seth Rollins vs Je’Von Evans vs Ricky Saints vs Talla Tonga

Fatal four-way as always, so no DQ and no count out. This is the first Raw match for both Ricky and Talla. Ricky boots Seth out and Je’Von flips out of Talla’s way before Talla busts out of a springboard stunner attempt. Seth comes in for his face-to-face with Talla, the fans solidly behind Seth at least with the theme song singing. Je’Von comes back in to join up with Seth in trying to take down Talla before Saints pulls Seth to the mat. Saints tries to keep a partnership with Talla, Talla boots him in the face and tosses him to ringside. Talla follows by tossing Je’Von to the outside and our show to another ad break. Even Extra gum is getting into the Raw ad game.

After those ads, Tama is still throwing the other guys around ringside until Saints shoves him into a ring post and Seth dives onto him. Talla grabs Ricky and Seth by the throat and Je’Von FLIES out of nowhere onto him into the timekeeper’s area. With Je’Von and Talla down, we’re back to Seth and Saints in-ring. That lasts briefly because Je’Von bounces back into things, springboarding into a Rollins Pedigree attempt. Evans tries to rana Seth, Seth tries for a buckle bomb that Je’Von rolls through. Ricky stops Je’Von’s flight path and hits the Revolution DDT for his own near fall. Je’Von hits a dive, Seth hits a Pedigree, Talla reappears and tries for the Talla T-Bomb but Seth slips out. Je’Von bounces outside onto all three men and we’ve just got bodies flying everywhere. It’s entertaining, I’ll give it that.

After a replay, three of the men have already recovered and are back in the ring. Rollins and Saints follow Je’Von up top to try to suplex him, Talla comes from behind for the corner power bomb spot but Je’Von lands on his feet, nailing Talla with a kick before running into a clothesline and near fall. Talla clears the American announce table and sets up a chokeslam on Rollins, Je’Von dives onto him and is caught into the chokeslam onto the French announce table before Seth stomps Talla’s head off the table. Seth jumps to the barricade and stomps Talla to the mat before rolling in to try one on Saints, Saints rolls out of the way and tries for his DDT, Seth ducks into the stomp. Rollins looks to be on the way to the count before Austin Theory appears to pull the referee out. I genuinely thought Theory was a fan. He’s very plain looking in street clothes. Montez comes out to battle him off, so Bron Breakker appears to spear Seth because that’s just never, ever going to end. Ricky crawls over for a pin, Je’Von springs in with an OG Cutter and pins him, Seth unable to get the energy to break it up.

Je’Von Evans pins Ricky Saints to advance in the King of the Ring tournament. Again, a really good match. Most of us expected Seth to advance, but he’s stuck in the Vision vortex. It’s worth catching at least the highlights of this one on YouTube as well. Evans moves on to face the winner of Friday’s four-way as the credits roll on Je’Von celebrating in the fans and Seth fuming.

Another really good episode. The Paris crowd elevated everything, but each and every match was very good at the least. Penta vs Rey was the must-see match. I don’t think there was a low point to this episode, probably something helped by minimal Vision stuff. Watch this one. Next week, a brief return to North America for a week before we head to the UK and then Saudi Arabia!