Tonight’s WWE Monday Night Raw is live from the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. Corey Graves welcomes us and joined at ringside by Jimmy Smith and Byron Saxton. WWE announced Brock Lesnar’s return, Bianca Belair vs. Carmella for Raw Women’s Championship and Rey Mysterio vs. Finn Balor.

– Tonight’s WWE Raw opened with The Beast Incarnate Brock Lesnar making his way to the ring. Lesnar says God bless Texas and the crowd pops. He says with an intro like that, it’d be rude for him to leave his cowboy hat on this evening, so he will show us some manners – he hangs the hat on the ring post. Lesnar says we just saw how life is good for Reigns. Fans boo.

Brock Lesnar says Reigns has been living high on the hog since WrestleMania – flying on private jets, living like a king. Lesnar recalls a saying that started in Texas – pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered. Lesnar addresses Reigns and says Reigns is a hog, and Lesnar slaughters hogs on his farm… every single day. Lesnar says at Summer Slam, The Tribal Hog is going to get a country ass kicking to the likes he’s never seen.

Now, Paul Heyman interrupts on the mic and he comes to the stage. Heyman says we on The Island of Relevancy are booing as well. Lesnar says speaking of hogs… Heyman says that’s not downright Texas neighborly of Lesnar. A “you suck!” chant starts up now. Heyman says despite their differences, Lesnar does not suck. Heyman goes to speak but Lesnar interrupts and insults Heyman again by referring to him as a pig, asking if he’s going to say anything worthwhile.

Paul Heyman says we’ve gone from the biggest WrestleMania of all-time to the most barbaric Summer Slam, and that plays right into Lesnar’s hands. Heyman mentions how a betting man would pick Lesnar to win, because Reigns defines his greatness by athletically smashing the competition, while Lesnar’s legacy has been defined by breaking people’s necks, conquering Streaks, and so on. 

Heyman goes on about how Lesnar doesn’t care if it takes 10 seconds to keep Reigns down, or if he sends Reigns to the hospital or morgue, because he’s a beast, a hog-slaughter, an annihilator, a vengeant badass who wants revenge against Heyman’s Tribal Chief. Heyman says Reigns is approaching 700 days as champion and that is one Streak that Lesnar will not conquer because he will have Reigns ready for Lesnar at SummerSlam, to put Lesnar down. 

Heyman says if he has to train Reigns to stick his hand up Lesnar’s ass and pull out his heart, through that hole, then that is what his Tribal Chief is going to do to something like Lesnar. Lesnar goes to speak but the music interrupts and here comes Theory with his Money In the Bank briefcase. Theory says Summer Slam will be one of the greatest nights in WWE history as he takes back his United States Title from Bobby Lashley, then sits back and watches this match of mass destruction.

Theory says he will then walk, not run, down to the ring, cash in his MITB contract and either put his foot on Lesnar’s chest or Reigns’ chest, then the announcer will introduce him as the new, youngest Undisputed WWE Universal Champion of the world. Now, Lesnar invites Theory to the ring for a fight and fans cheer. Theory, speaking from the platform next to the stage, says it doesn’t matter who wins at SummerSlam because they’re both talking like the outcome will be life-changing.

Theory has some footage that shows how Lesnar doesn’t give a damn about anyone but himself. We see how Lesnar launched Theory off the Elimination Chamber pod with a F5 earlier this year. Theory says that footage could be Reigns, just a heap of human flesh, emotion-less, but that footage wasn’t just for Heyman to warn Reigns with, it was also to show Lesnar that Theory didn’t forget. Alpha Academy appears at ringside now. Lesnar says he comes to Raw and all the cockroaches show up. 

Brock Lesnar smiles as he and Otis stare each other down. Otis enters in the ring and faces off with Lesnar. Theory orders Chad Gable and Otis to attack. Gable with a chop block to Lesnar’s knee form behind. Otis knocks him into the corner but he’s still standing and smiling. Lesnar levels Otis and launches Gable with a big suplex, sending him to the floor. Lesnar clotheslines Otis to the floor now. Lesnar follows and grabs half of the steel ring steps, then takes turns destroying Gable and Otis with them. 

Theory looks on as Lesnar grabs a steel chair, and smacks Gable with it twice, then one to Otis to keep him down. Lesnar with a huge suplex to Gable on the floor. Otis approaches but Lesnar puts him through the announce table with a big F5. Lesnar stood tall and puts his cowboy hat back on and enters the ring, nodding up to Heyman and Theory as they look on. Lesnar continues playing to the crowd from the ring as they cheer him on.

– Rey Mysterio with Dominik Mysterio makes their way to the ring. Now, The Judgment Day – Finn Balor with Damian Priest making their way to the ring. They hit the ring and Priest takes the mic, calling on everyone to rise. Priest yells for everyone to rise this time, ordering them to show proper respect to The Judgment Day. Priest says what happened last week to The Mysterios was justice, justice to the old guard and how things used to be. 

Priest says Rey will be celebrating his 20th anniversary in WWE in a few weeks at Madison Square Garden. Priest says face it, Rey is done, he’s a wash, it’s over. Priest says Rey has nothing else to offer Dominik, no wisdom or strength, just an ugly mask and some old, tired, circus-like tricks that aren’t even Dominik’s, but The Judgment Day has more to offer to Dominik, a whole new set of rules. Priest says the future of this business will be decided by The Judgment Day and Dominik is welcome to join in. 

Now, Priest tells Dominik to step out of his father’s shadow, blaze his own path, and rise with The Judgment Day, or continue to fall alongside your father. Balor says Dominik needs to start seeing things like them. Balor mocks Rey and says we all saw what happened to another legend. Balor shows us how WWE Hall of Famer Edge was booted from the group last month.

Finn Balor says Edge is gone and not coming back because he was a bad leader. Balor says not only is Rey a bad leader, he’s a bad father. Fans continue to boo. Rey talks with Dominik, then kicks Balor down out of nowhere. Priest charges and they take him out. The Mysterios double team Balor now but Priest pulls him to the floor to safety. Rey and Dominik stood tall in the ring. The match is up next.

– Finn Balor defeated Rey Mysterio via pinfall. After the match, Balor sits up and Dominik comes in to check on his dad. Balor and Priest try to talk Dominik into joining them but he’s only worried about Rey. Balor and Priest stood tall with their arms in the air.

– Becky Lynch making her way to the ring. She stood on top of the announce table. She admits she kind of lost her mind after she didn’t win Money In the Bank. But then she sat by herself and realized SmackDown Women’s Champion Liv Morgan had her success by pretty much winning a lottery. Becky snaps and says she doesn’t need to win a lottery because she works her ass off every week for a paycheck. She recalls winning the No Holds Barred match over Asuka last week and says that should’ve made her the #1 contender, but no Carmella is getting the rematch. 

Becky goes on and says she really should’ve gotten the rematch the night after WrestleMania 38 but she is being forced to jump through hoops to get back to the top and get back what’s hers. Becky doesn’t care who wins tonight because she is demanding a title match at SummerSlam. Lynch slams the mic as the music hits and here comes Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair. Lynch stares ahead from ringside and then starts ranting some more. Next comes out Carmella.

– Carmella defeated Bianca Belair via count out after Becky Lynch interference but Belair still retains her Raw Women’s Championship. After the match, Lynch heads up the ramp. Belair returns to the ring and Carmella is celebrating with the title. Belair attacks and drops Carmella with a KOD in the middle of the ring. Belair celebrating now while Graves tends to his wife at ringside.

– We get another look at the new vignette that has been airing for a mystery talent or a returning Superstar.

– The Miz making his way to the ring for the MizTV along with his special guest Ciampa. The Miz welcomes us to MizTV and praises Ciampa and introduces him, then welcomes him to the show. Miz asks Ciampa if he has an explanation for his actions. Ciampa says it’s simple, he wants the eyes of the world on him and no one commands the people’s attention more than The Miz. Miz agrees and brags about his hit “Miz & Mrs.” show. Miz takes credit for turning Logan Paul into a WWE Superstar and giving him a WrestleMania 38 win over The Mysterios. 

Ciampa says that’s what he wants – a WrestleMania win, a SummerSlam win, he wants it all. Miz says that is what we all want. Miz asks if Paul thanked him? No. He responded with this – we see Paul’s Twitter video from the weekend, where he said he wants nothing to do with teaming with The Miz, then warned that he is coming for Miz at SummerSlam. Miz says he knows what Paul is doing – stirring up the controversy, getting people talking. That is what they do and when done together, no one does it better than us, Miz says.

Miz says he’s giving Paul one last chance to retract his statement so that they can become Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions, or else… Miz will find someone else and he doesn’t have to look very far. Miz says tonight they will teach AJ Styles a lesson and show the world what chemistry is. The music interrupts and here comes AJ Styles. AJ tells Miz to do everyone a favor and shut his mouth. AJ says no one cares what Miz or Ciampa has to say, especially AJ. 

AJ says the facts are, they keep attacking him when he turns his back and all Miz did was get someone to do his dirty work. AJ is about to do the “tiny balls” joke but Miz yells at him. Ciampa yells at the fans and covers Miz’s ears. AJ says coward instead, but then says “coward with tiny, tiny balls” and Miz seethes. Fans start the chant as Ciampa and Miz yell at the crowd. AJ goes in and sends Miz and Ciampa retreating to the floor as he tosses parts of the set at them. 

The music interrupts and here comes Ezekiel. He apologizes to AJ but says he realized as long as he’s been on RAW, he hasn’t had a chance to introduce himself. Ezekiel introduces himself as the younger brother to Elias. He recalls how Elias praised these as strong competitors, and says his brother was stuck on the fact that… Miz has tiny balls. Zeke says he talked to Adam Pearce and they agreed that this would be a lot more Zeke’d up if this were a tag team match. That is, if AJ will be his tag team partner tonight. Zeke offers his hand and AJ finally shakes it.

– AJ Styles and Ezekiel defeated The Miz and Ciampa via disqualification. After the match, Ciampa helps Miz to his feet at ringside. AJ launches himself from the ring to the floor with a Phenomenal Forearm, but he only takes Ciampa down as Miz escapes. Miz looks on from the stage as AJ yells at him from ringside.

– Riddle approaches WWE United States Champion Bobby Lashley at backstage. They’re looking forward to shutting up Theory and Seth Rollins later tonight. Lashley mentions retaining over Theory at WWE SummerSlam, and Riddle asks if Lashley wants to watch Stranger Things tonight. Lashley has already seen it, so he’s going to get ready for the match. Riddle tells Lashley to remember The Alamo.

– Alexa Bliss and Asuka defeated Doudrop and Nikki A.S.H via pinfall.

– The Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos – Jimmy Uso with Jey Uso making their way to the ring. The Usos have the mics but they’re interrupted by The Street Profits – Angelo Dawkins with Montez Ford. The Profits promise to take the titles at Summer Slam because they are up and they want the smoke. The music interrupts and here comes R-Truth next. Truth says it doesn’t have to be like this, we’re in the city of Brotherly Love. This is not Philadelphia. 

Truth goes on about everything he’s certified for, and says he’s a bonafide, certified, tag team counselor. Truth asks if we can all get along and let him counsel. The Usos say Truth has been around their family for a long time but they need him to get out of the ring so they can get down to business, unless he has a referee shirt on. Truth reveals his referee shirt and says he’s also a certified referee. Truth asks if he can be the special referee for the title match at Summer Slam. He shows how he would do the job and The Usos yell at him to take the shirt off, and take his clown ass to the back where he belongs. The back & forth continues until the music interrupts and here comes Omos with MVP. 

MVP says he had the idea for Omos to be the special referee. Truth says Omos can’t even count to 10, and MVP says Truth can’t either. MVP says Omos had a better idea and that’s get involved in this match. MVP offers Omos’ services to The Bloodline so they can even the odds. The two sides agree and a fight breaks out. Truth gets dropped and Omos sends The Profits into a double superkick by The Usos. Omos and The Usos stood tall over Truth.

– Omos and The Usos defeated The Street Profits and R-Truth via pinfall.

– Kevin Patrick at backstage with Seth Rollins and asks him about the main event. Rollins says there’s been a lot of talk about Ezekiel’s identity, but he doesn’t give a damn. Rollins says if you get in his way, you’re going to get put down. Rollins goes on and says there is this one person whose identity he’s very curious about. He asks who the hell does Riddle think he is? Rollins will tell us who he is – he’s someone who can’t ride the coattails of Randy Orton anymore, someone who can’t hide behind his big bro Randy anymore, someone who can’t use the good name of Seth Rollins to chase some clout. 

Rollins recalls the old saying that says if you play with fire, sooner or later you will get burned. Rollins says just ask Cody Rhodes. Theory interrupts and asks if Rollins has any advice for him as Rollins had the greatest Money In the Bank cash-in in history. Rollins laughs and says Theory has come to the right spot. Rollins tells Theory to walk with him. They walk off together as we get ready for the main event.

– we get another mystery vignette for the new talent or returning Superstar.

– Logan Paul responded with a Twitter video for The Miz segment earlier and said Miz is delusional. Paul declared that he and Miz are done, and he wants The Miz one-on-one at SummerSlam. Paul said he’s coming to Monday Night Raw next week so Miz can really read his lips. Paul said when he sees Miz face-to-face next week, it’s gonna be… awesome!

– WWE United States Champion Bobby Lashley and Riddle defeated Theory and Seth Rollins via pinfall after Dolph Ziggler interference. After the match, Riddle and Lashley begin celebrating and went back to ramp. Lashley accidentally knocks Riddle down, then helps him back up as Theory looks on from the ring. Theory suddenly turns around but Ziggler hits him with a big superkick. Ziggler now stands over Theory and adjusts his tie. Ziggler raises his fist in the air while standing over Theory and Monday Night Raw goes off the air.