WWE Monday Night Raw Full Results ( August 23rd, 2021)

WWE announced that Logan Paul will appear on Raw as a special guest on the John Morrison’s Moist TV. After winning Raw Tag Team Titles, Riddle announced that he planned a surprise for Randy Orton on Raw. And also WWE announced that Nikki A.S.H and Rhea Ripley will battle Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler in tag team match.

– Tonight’s WWE Raw opened with WWE Champion Bobby Lashley making his way to the ring along with MVP. MVP talks about how Goldberg shocked whole world by returning to Raw few weeks back to challenge Bobby Lashley. They knew Goldberg is a worthy challenger but they didn’t know he’s bringing his son Gage. MVP admits that Goldberg looked amazing at SummerSlam and succeeded in overcoming Lashley few times, but he only angered Lashley, which makes him angrier and stronger. 

MVP says Goldberg found out the hard way and Lashley beat the holy hell out of him. MVP continued that only a few men have beaten Goldberg before, but only one has stopped him and that’s Lashley. MVP continuede to praise Lashley for his performance, then calls Goldberg a coward. Fans started chanting ‘Goldberg’.

MVP says Gage attacked Bobby Lashley like a coward after the match and Lashley did what he would do to anyone who sneak attack him. MVP goes on and calls the people of San Diego a bunch of cowards. MVP says if anyone thinks Lashley owes Goldberg or his son an apology, then, Lashley says you can go to hell. Now, music interrupts and here comes new WWE United States Champion Damian Priest.

Priest wants to make this clear that MVP and Lashley are calling Goldberg a coward because Goldberg couldn’t finish the match due to injury? Priest speaks some in Spanish and futher says he’s not jumping Lashley from behind and he’s not half Lashley’s size, but he’s here to challenge Lashley to a one-on-one match tonight. Fans pop. Priest says if Lashley doesn’t accept, he’s the coward.

Then, Bobby Lashley hits Damian Priest with a right hand and unloads on him. Lashley takes off his suit jacket off but Priest fights back. Priest continued to gain upper hand on Lashley and sends him to the floor. MVP says if Priest wants it, then, he’s going to get it but first Lashley has to go get his gear on, then come back and take care of Priest.

– Damian Priest defeated Bobby Lashley via disqualification after Sheamus attacking Priest in the ring. After the match, Bobby Lashley and Sheamus double teamed on Priest but Drew McIntyre came out to save Priest. Drew levels Sheamus at ringside and then rushes the ring and started brawl with Lashley. 

Drew sends Lashley to the floor with a clothesline and chases Lashley at ringside but Lashley hits him against the apron. Priest clotheslines Sheamus over the barrier, into the crowd. McIntyre grabs Lashley and delivers a big belly-to-belly overhead throw at the announce table at ringside. Drew grabs Lashley again and slams him through the announce table with a big suplex. The table collapses and Lashley is laid out in the debris as fans pop.

– Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest defeated Sheamus and Bobby Lashley via Pinfall. At the closing moments of match, Bobby Lashley left the match with his title while Sheamus looking at him. Then, McIntyre tags in and hits Claymore and pinned Sheamus for the win. After the match, Drew McIntyre stares at Bobby Lashley who raising his title high from the stage.

– McKenzie Mitchell at backstage with Doudrop and asks about what happened at SummerSlam. Doudrop says she regrets aligning with with Eva, even though Eva helped her get her foot in the door at RAW, but she didn’t sign up to get talked down to. Shea further says that Eva thought she was putting Doudrop down by giving her this name, but Doudrop likes it. 

Doudrop says next time she sees Eva she’s going to take care of her but Eva Marie suddenly attacks with a production case and beats Doudrop down and leaves her laying. Eva says now this is Eva-Lution and walks off.

– Karrion Kross defeated Ricochet via submission.

– We see what happened earlier between Shemaus and Bobby Lashley during the tag team match. Sheamus walks towards Bobby Lashley at Backstage and confronts him for walking out of the match. Things get heated up between them and MVP seperates them.

– John Morrison makes his way to the ring for another must see edition of Moist TV and welcomes special guest YouTube star, boxer, social media influencer and podcast host  Logan Paul. Fans start booing him loudly. Paul says he knows the fans don’t love him yet, but he loves them and he loves WWE. Morrison mentions how Logan and his brother Jake Paul have been making waves in the world of boxing. He asks what’s next from the Paul Brothers. But music interrupts and here comes The Miz.

Miz says Morrison forgot to introduce him because we know he’s Logan Paul’s favorite WWE Superstar but Paul says he’s more of a fan of The New Day. Then, Logan Paul talks about getting into boxing and Jake Paul’s weekend fight. Miz goes on talking to Paul then asks what round if Jake getting knocked out in this weekend. Fans pop for The Miz. 

But Logan Paul threatens Miz and gets into his face. Then, Morrison came in between them and says how we’d all like to see Paul knocking out Miz. The tension between Miz and Morrison continues now.

Miz says Moist TV was given to Morrison out of the goodness of his heart and he’s just trying to help Morrison get views. Paul says he’s going to let Miz and Morrison do their thing and left the ring. 

Miz blames Morrison for Logan Paul exit. Morrison blames Miz and states that Miz made the entire interview about himself. Miz isn’t happy with any of the water stuff Morrison has been doing as of late. Morrison accuses Miz of faking an injury but Miz says he knows better. Both continued arguing until the music interrupts and out comes Xavier Woods. He greets Logan Paul who heading to the back. Woods hits the ring for a match against Miz.

– Xavier Woods defeated The Miz via Pinfall. At the closing moments, John Morrison distracted referee as he missed Miz pinning Woods. Then, Woods counters and rolled up Miz for pin and got victory over him. After the match, Miz wasn’t happy about it but Morrison says sorry. Then, they brought the drip sticks but suddenly, Miz attacked Morrison and hits skull crushing finale.

– We go to WWE 24/7 Champion Reggie who is walking on road. Reggie is talking about how he could never afford the ice cream truck when he was a kid because bullies would steal his change, so he had to learn to adapt. R-Truth, still dressed like a bush, comes from behind but Reggie gives him a ice cream truck. Then, Akira Tozawa shows up from the box but Reggie gives him another ice cream. Then, Reggie escapes from their and leaps up a tree. Reggie goes on and drives away in the ice cream truck as the owner comes running out of a RV, only to see his ice cream truck speeding away. Truth and Tozawa once again blame each other for Reggie getting away.

– Randy Orton and Riddle are at backstage now. Riddle is excited about tonight’s celebration and the surprise he has planned for Orton but Orton says he’s not big on surprises or celebration, so if Riddle could do him one favor – don’t do anything stupid. Riddle says to trust him, would he do something stupid? Riddle says later bro, and rides off on his scooter.

– Mansoor defeated Jinder Mahal via disqualification. After the match, Ali still has his back turned to Mansoor at ringside, shaking his head at the performance. Jinder exits with Veer and Shanky. Then, Ali comes in and asks Mansoor what happened. Ali says something about doing things his way next.

– Drew McIntyre and Damian Priest are at backstage. Damian Priest thanks Drew for having his back earlier. Drew congratulates Priest on beating Sheamus to win US Title. Then, Priest talks more about how he feels like he’s living a dream. Drew mentions how he and Sheamus used to go drinking pints together, but tonight Priest is coming out with him to see how he measures up.

– New Raw Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair makes her way to the ring. She talks about her title win at SummerSlam and brings up all of her other title wins in WWE. Flair says she is the most decorated and no one can compare. Flair talks about the legacy she’s going to leave someday and says she will hold onto the title for as long as she wants. 

Flair says she doesn’t need friends, she doesn’t need family and she certainly doesn’t need the WWE Universe, because all she needs she has right here, raises the title in the air. Flair says she woke up this morning and saw more in the mirror than her long beautiful cheekbones, her chiseled physique and her glowing talent that only God could’ve given her, she saw our Raw Women’s Champion, and tonight she wanted to give all of us the opportunity to see her walk around in this little outfit and the title, instead of the pint-sized pretender Nikki A.S.H.

Flair says she’s here to restore order, and it’s time a real woman held the title and everyone remembered what it was like being proud to watch Raw. She hopes everyone in the locker room and the fans are watching. She started the women’s evolution and tonight she’s starting a new one. She says we can thank her now or later but don’t forget to bow because she is our queen, our champion and says long live the queen. Flair raises the title but music interrupts, here comes Alexa Bliss. Bliss congratulated Charlotte Flair and says she and Lilly are here to say hi to Flair.

– Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler are at backstage. Baszler is still unhappy over Nia Jax teaming with Flair last week. But Jax was just trying to get herself in the title picture but she won’t make the mistake again. Baszler says when they are on the same page they can’t be stopped. Baszler wants to go out and show how they are an unstoppable force. Jax also agrees and nods.

– Nikki A.S.H and Rhea Ripley defeated Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler via Pinfall.

– Riddle makes his way to the ring and talks about how RK-Bro has had a long journey that led to their title win over AJ Styles and Omos at Summer Slam. Riddle says now the only thing to do is have the dopest celebration ever and introduces his tag team partner Randy Orton and he comes out with a big pop. The ring is set up with a red apron cover and balloons all over the ring posts. Orton hesitates but makes his way in as Riddle tries to get him hyped up, all smiles.

Riddle has Mike Rome announce them as the new RAW Tag Team Champions. Riddle talks about their friendship and then gifts Orton a custom scooter. Orton isn’t thrilled as Riddle tells him how to use the scooter. Then, music interrupts and out comes AJ Styles by himself followed by Omos. AJ says how Orton now has a stupid scooter that Omos can break over his knee and also points out how Orton didn’t get anything for Riddle. 

But AJ says he got a gift for Riddle, a Phenomenal Forearm. He’s going to beat Riddle up in the ring tonight, just like he’s done every other time they face off, and until they get their rematch. Riddle says AJ may have beaten him last time, but he’s got The Viper in his corner tonight and with that, he can do anything, and he will do so with the three most dangerous letters in sports entertainment… R-K-Bro.

– Riddle defeated AJ Styles via Pinfall. After the match, Riddle stands tall and Orton joins him. AJ Styles suddenly tries to sneak attack but Orton tosses his title belt to Riddle and then hits RKO to AJ. Orton and Riddle pose together in the middle of the ring as Orton’s music starts up now. Omos and AJ look on from ringside as the champs taunt them and Raw goes off air.