WWE Monday Night Raw – 8.24.2026

Hey, it’s Monday! It is 6:00 p.m. (ET) and… time for Raw? Sure! I’m not against it!

Thank you for Garth for filling in for me last week. He did an amazing job and you should check out the many great things he has written. I never did go back and watch it myself. I am excited to get back to it. Let’s see what is on the schedule tonight. checks notes Ah yes, a contract signing. It’s like I never left.

Three years ago today, Bray Wyatt passed. Take some time to think of your loved ones today. If you’d like to think back on Bray a bit, consider my review of the Peacock documentary Becoming Immortal, something that does not appear to available on any service (legally).

The last week in WWE and EWE-adjacent programming: Raw / NXT / Evolve / Main Event / Impact / SmackDown / Lucha Libre AAA / TNA Lockdown

Then, Now, Forever, Together. Now with more La Parka!

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Arrivals! Stephanie Vaquer, Big Cass, and The Vision have all shown up for their jobs on time. We’ll see them all tonight, but first a look at last week’s edition of The Bloodline Saga.

L.A. Knight is out first tonight, introduced by the great Alicia Taylor. The fans are happy to see him and he would like to talk to ya. He feels like he needs to talk about a coward named Roman Reigns. He saw Roman win on his own at WrestleMania and SummerSlam but can’t figure out why he has been sending his family members to find him. He knows he might’ve stepped in things a bit but if he has to get his hands dirty in family business to get a title shot, he’ll do it.

Solo Sikoa “yeahs” from the crowd and wants to talk to Knight. He thanks Knight for what he did last week. After everything they’ve been through, Knight could’ve said no but instead said YEAH. Knight cuts Solo off from repeating his catchphrase further, giving him a warning shot as they “pew” each other. Here to interrupt all of this are Main Event Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso. Solo dances along to their music as one does. Jey offers a warning shot and Solo does the Matrix slow-mo sell of it. Jey offers to take them both back to the OTC and Solo lines it up as a tag team match tonight, Solo and Knight going through their catchphrases. I think they leaned a little too heavy into all the catchphrases tonight, but I get it.

Michael Cole and Corey Graves greet us from ringside and run us through the #1 Contender’s Tournament thus far.

Stephanie Vaquer vs Roxanne Perez (with WWE Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan and WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion Raquel Rodriguez)

This is La Primera’s first match since WrestleMania and her first Raw match since defeating Raquel back on March 16. We’ve seen this pairing in singles action twice, April 2025 on NXT and October 2025 on Raw with Stephanie winning both matches. As the Judgment Day ladies lurk and distract Vaquer, Rox gets the big start. Stephanie gets the advantage for a bit but tries to dive off the top, Raquel distracting and Rox knocking her to the floor. They fight to the outside where Rox tosses Stephanie into the barricade and we take a break to learn about the advantages of DiGiorno Pizza, Shaquille O’Neal’s use of Zepbound, and the Yellow M&M finding out that there is a peanut inside of him.

We come back to Roxanne continuing to dominate. “Stephanie, you suck, I’m so much better than you and I’m prettier than you,” Liv yells from ringside. La Primera almost counters out of a submission but is elbowed and thrown into the corner. She does dodge a running Rox and catches Rox with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, waking the crowd up a bit. For the first time in months, Stephanie hooks the Devil’s Kiss. Roxanne gives her a kick from the second rope, Vaquer answers with a dragon screw and the double knees for a two. Stephanie tries for her finisher but Rox squirms out, crawling to the apron and pulling it into the ring. As the ref fixes the apron, Perez pokes Vaquer in the eyes and takes her down with a Shining Wizard for a two count. Stephanie’s able to grab Perez into SBV and lines her up, heading up top so that Raquel can distract the ref and Liv can knock her down. This brings out Becky Lynch, theme song and all, and Stephanie drives Raquel into the steps while Becky stalks Liv. Perez misses a moonsault on Vaquer who hits her with another SBV to get the win.

Stephanie Vaquer pins Roxanne Perez. This felt largely disjointed. Nothing really wrong with it, but I would’ve had Stephanie just squash someone instead of going 50/50 her first match back.

Liv tries to attack after the match and Becky grabs her, tossing her into the timekeeper’s area. Liv heads into the ring and the fans chant for her as she motions that Stephanie owes her twice now.

WWE Hall of Famer and AAA General Manager Rey Mysterio wishes Rey Fenix good luck. As Fenix leaves, AAA Mega Champion Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh arrive. “I see you treat everyone like your son except your son.” Je’Von Evans pops in to attack, throwing Dom and JD into the clangy pipes.

#1 Title Tournament Semifinals: AAA World Cruiserweight Champion Rey Fenix vs Dragon Lee

Rey won his match last week against El Fiscal while Lee advanced against El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. Fenix is defending his title tomorrow night on NXT and then teaming with Fenix on Sunday on AAA. I am not going to be good at calling this match, friends. I need to tag in AAA expert Niz like they used to do with Mike Tenay on Nitro. Graves notes this is the first singles match for these two as the men trade chops. Lee nails a Wrecking Ball dropkick and a beautiful flying dropkick in the corner for a two count. Rey dives with a moonsault onto Lee on the outside and tosses him back in. Back in, Lee comes right back with a release dropkick, Fenix rolls out and Dragon dives with a tope to send us to commercials.

We return to the men again trading chops in the ring, learning it has been a back and forth contest during the break. Lee superkicks Fenix and floats over Fenix into a sitout powerbomb for a two count. Fenix scoops Lee into a power bomb as the fans chant that this match is awesome. Lee rams Fenix’s head into the turnbuckle and kicks him, going up and being cut off by Fenix. Fenix heads to the second rope and tries for a rana, Lee catches him on the top rope and fires the big boots to his chest instead for a near fall. Lee gives Fenix a hell of a chop and kicks him to the announce table. Fenix bounces Lee off the desk, climbs up and Lee drops him face-first on the table before running into the ring, spreading his wings and flying through him with a cannonball. Hell of a hit there. Lee nails a tornado DDT on Fenix and still can’t get a three. Fenix grabs Lee into a brainbuster and scoops up Lee, Lee rolling through into a two and then hooking the Styles Clash for a two. As Lee charges in, Fenix rolls up to him with a RKO-like stunner. The men trade boots in the corner before Fenix hooks the Mexican Muscle Buster successfully and gets the pin.

Rey Fenix pins Dragon Lee to advance in the tournament. Hey, hell of a match here sweetened by a hot crowd. Cole calls it an “instant classic” and it was pretty damn great. Fenix advances to next week’s finals against either Penta or La Parka. Go watch this one.

The men embrace after the match to the delight of the crowd.

A car drives and a woman with pink and blue nails heads into a club, the video being intertwined with footage of her in MMA action. “9.14” flashes on the screen. If you’ve paid any attention to NXT, you know exactly who this is. I’m so glad I get her on my show.

Raw General Manager Adam Pearce and WWE Hall of Famer Paul Heyman are in the ring for our monthly contract signing. Oba Femi struts out first in his fancy shirt, shaking hands with both men. Once the Oba chants slow down, Paul introduces WWE World Tag Team Champion Bron Breakker who also shakes hands before both men take a seat at the table. “Who the hell do you think you are,” asks Bron, “coming out here and claiming yourself to be the future as if you’ve earned it. What have you done?” Bron knocks Oba’s lack of championships and how he had WWE in the palm of his hand six months ago. “And then I got hurt, I took myself out because nobody back there is man enough to take me out including you.” Bron tells Oba that Oba was born at the top of the mountain and that’s the only reason he’s on top of it. He’s here to claim what rightfully belongs to him.

Oba: “Bron, you’re an angry orange man. Why are you so angry?” Oba tells us that, “If you debuted in 2002 and run against John Cena, you’d be the face and the future of this place. I also think that if you broke into the business in 2015 and run against whoever the big dog was back then, you’d be the face and the future but Bronny Boy, this is 2026 and you have the unfortunate privilege of running against me. This is the part of the equation where the mathematics stop making sense to you because you can’t understand that because I exist, the chances of you being the face of this place have drastically gone down.” I bet there’s an equation for that. Oba says he’ll show Bron he is the future at Sunday Night’s Main Event. Bron tells Oba he is going to force him to fight in the deep waters and he is going to own him and make Oba spend the rest of his career in his shadow. “I’m Bron Breakker, the guy that Oba Femi could not beat.”

Bron signs the contract and gets up, walking it over to Oba but then handing it to Paul. Bron stays laying into Heyman, calling him Oba’s daddy and yelling for him to sign it. Bron cheap shots Femi and Heyman tosses the contract, Oba popping back up and the brawl underway. WWE World Tag Team Champion Austin Theory appears to try to even things out but he is Austin Theory so Oba boots him. Oba clotheslines Bron out, tosses Theory through the table and signs the contract. Bron smiles from the ramp and in a week on Sunday Night’s Main Event, we have a big time match. Hell of a segment for both men and Oba especially is just so damn good at everything.

The Usos meet up backstage and Jacob Fatu rolls up on them. Jimmy tells Jacob to stay in the back since he didn’t do anything last week. Jacob fairly argues the OTC told him to stand down and he listened. Jey yells at him to stay in the back.

Je’Von Evans vs Big Cass

This is the first match for Big Bill since an April episode of ROH on HonorClub and his first WWE match since Money in the Bank 2018 where he lost to Daniel Bryan. He hasn’t competed on Raw since August 2017 where he defeated Enzo Amore in a Brooklyn Street Fight. Je’Von was thirteen years old when Cass last competed on Raw. Wild fact.

Evans starts with a flurry before running into a clothesline to the ringside area. Cole tells us the story that Big Cass is not taking accountability for why he was fired in 2018 which is a story to tell, I guess. Cass nails Evans with a big sidewalk slam and we take a commercial break. We come back to Evans dodging a running Cass. Je’Von leaps again into the arms of Cass who struggles to get him to his shoulders, Je’Von dodging, knocking Cass outside and leaping “outside” onto him and the barricade. Evans dumps Cass into the timekeeper’s area and runs his lap around the ring, flying into Cass. Evans unloads punches onto Cass before throwing him back in, hitting the Red Dot and going up top. Evans lines up a springboard clothesline and tries for the Cutter, Cass pushing him off the top rope. Cass boots Evans in the face and covers, getting the pin.

Big Cass pins Je’Von Evans. Well, between the storytelling of Cass being fired and another 50/50 encounter for a returning wrestler, this was one way to do things. It didn’t work for me.

Judgment Day (Dominik Mysterio and JD McDonagh) attack Je’Von after the match.

Jackie Redmond! She’s here with Sol Ruca who will be getting her title rematch against Raquel Rodriguez next week. Iyo Sky springs up and congratulates Sol on her match next week. Lyra Valkyria pops up as well to congratulate Sol, saying she is here as her friend and Sol should give her the title match instead. Sol declines and tells Lyra to earn a title match. “Bayley used to talk to me like that.”

Here’s an exclusive look at the new Netflix documentary on Mr. T. I pity the fool.

#1 Contender’s Tournament Semifinal Match: Penta vs La Parka

Alright, so some La Parka history for those of you new to him. No, this is not the same La Parka that competed in WCW back in the day. This is the third version of La Parka. The one you remember from La Parka is still competing but as L.A. Park (yeah), the original La Parka who lost the gimmick in a complicated copyright issue with AAA and then in-ring to another man. And then this version of La Parka debuted as a character at 2025’s Rey de Reyes. Wikipedia can tell you much more about all of this. This version or any version of La Parka has not competed on Raw before, though L.A. Park last competed on a Monday night television show in 2000 in a 52-second Nitro loss to Meng. Meng, of course, is now on SmackDown and managing the tag team champions. Funny world.

Now that I’ve confused myself by trying to figure out the La Parka story, we don’t even get a televised entrance for La Parka (in the U.S. at least, the rest of the world got to see it). Sad world we live in. The winner of this will face Rey Fenix next week to determine the next challenger for Roman Reigns. The men fight outside with Parka moonsaulting onto Penta. Tossing Penta back in, La Parka leaps right into a super kick.

We return from a break to learn Penta has been in control for the entire break. Parka hits a crossbody on Penta and a nice powerslam for a two count. Penta lines up the Mexican Destroyer but Parka counters, trying for the Bone Breaker but landing a twirling DDT. Penta hits the Penta Driver and only gets a two, which is a common thing for the Penta Driver now. La Parka meets Penta on the top rope with a Spanish Fly, Penta kicking out of the pin attempt at two. La Parka tries for the Bone Breaker again, Penta slips out and hits the Sacrifice and a Mexican Destroyer for the pin.

Penta pins La Parka to advance in the tournament. There was absolutely no doubt what was going to happen here and the crowd mostly rode that, not caring about most of what was happening. We move to Penta vs Rey Fenix next week which will be a hell of a match.

Fenix meets Penta at the entrance and gives him a handshake, preparing for our Lucha Bros final.

L.A. Knight stretches in the locker room and is joined by Solo Sikoa who again thanks him for last week. Knight calls him Softy Solo and says he doesn’t owe him a damn thing except not making him regret this. Knight says no warning shots, they need live fire tonight.

To hype up this Sunday’s back-to-back AAA and NXT shows, we get a video package on Zilla Fatu. That’s right viewers, the Bloodline will continue until morale improves.

Pearce meets up with WWE Intercontinental Champion Chad Gable. Ethan Page appears and congratulates Gable on defeating Rey Mysterio, something he has also done. Gable tells Page that he has talked his way OUT of a title match.

Next week, Raw comes to us at its normal time. We’ll have Rodriguez vs Ruca, Penta vs Fenix and the OTC will be in the house.

Jackie talks with Stephanie Vaquer, announcing that she will get a Women’s World Title shot against Liv Morgan in two weeks. Steph says she doesn’t need Becky’s help but thanks her and promises to take her title back and destroy Judgment Day.

L.A. Knight and Solo Sikoa vs The Usos (Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso)

We start slow with Solo getting worked over by Jimmy and Jey. I’m sending some prayers for the SmackDown taping after this show because this crowd is already half dead. We go picture-in-picture with ads which means the Usos work over Solo for three minutes. The beat down continues for another few minutes after we come back just to further pad out the show.

Solo finally gets the hot tag to Knight and Jimmy tags in as well, Knight unloading on Big Jim with left jabs and a clothesline. He tries for the BFT, Jimmy tries for a Samoan Drop, and it ends with an inverted DDT for Knight. Knight elbows Jimmy from the top rope and covers for a two. Outside, Solo catches a suicide diving Jey and big Royce Keys – Hobbs as Graves accidentally calls him – and spears them both through the timekeeper’s barricade. In the ring, some large gentlemen attack both Jimmy and Knight and pull their bandanas down to reveal they are OTM, Bronco Nima and Lucien Price of NXT fame. Keys, Nima and Price destroy every man they can get their hands on. Keys bounces Jey’s head off the steps and does the same to Solo Dolo and Knight. Keys clears the announce table and yells to Jimmy that he can do anything he wants to his family. He holds Jimmy as OTM drive Jimmy through the table. We end our show with the new trio soaking in the boos of the crowd.

The Usos and L.A. Knight & Solo Sikoa wrestle to a no contest. The match was boring more than it was interesting, but the end game was hot.

Hey, I’m not mad at it. It’s an interesting wrinkle. Let’s see where it goes.

Overall, a pretty good Raw. Besides our main event story, we had a classic match between two lucha stars and we’re advancing some stories in the women’s side. And, uh, Big Cass was also here. Big as ever.