Sean Raw Sapp (7/31): Match Ratings, Lesnar, Joe, Reigns, Strowman

Opening segment

• Kurt Angle comes out to run down the night's event for us.
• He's confronted by Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman. Heyman says he knows Angle was influenced to get the title off of Lesnar.
• This is an interesting ripple. Heyman is insinuating that WWE is trying to push Lesnar out.
• Heyman says Lesnar will leave WWE if he loses his title at Summerslam.
• This is a brilliant idea to capitalize on the Jon Jones rumors.

Hardy Boyz defeated The Good Brothers
5/10

• The Good Brothers are much more comfortable working as heels it would appear.
• This is a good, solid tag matchup. Revival solid on commentary too.
• Anderson takes a hilarious corner bump.
• Good Brothers have no mystique anymore.
• After Hardys win, all hell breaks loose outside and they end up beating up both teams with Twist of Fates and a Poetry in Motion off the ramp. Neat stuff.

Rollins backstage

• Dean Ambrose is doing some of his best promo work in WWE these days. He says a part of him wants Rollins back as a friend and partner, but he doesn't trust Seth.
• Credit to WWE for taking a couple of guys who were spinning their tires in Rollins and Ambrose and doing something interesting with them.
• Cesaro and Sheamus clown Rollins for not having trust, and say he'll star in "WWE Ride Alone"
• I would watch WWE Ride Alone and just listen to @WWERollins talk about his Madden tournament victories.
• Rollins wants to fight, and Sheamus obliges.

Cedric Alexander, Rich Swann & Akira Tozawa defeated Daivari, TJP & Tony Nese
6.25/10

• Great babyface offense in this match. The match doesn't mean a damn thing, but at least it's fun to watch.
• Heels had a built in heat spot with Tozawa's injury. 
• I was told WWE's elimination of purple ropes has made formatting the show more flexible.
• This is the part of the week where I praise Titus.
• Tozawa's deal is that he's not cerebral enough about his injury and needs guidance. It's good.

Miz TV with Jason Jordan

• Man, what a shitty theme they gave Jason Jordan.
• They address Jordan getting booed. 
• Miz offers Jordan a spot in the Miztourage. Then Miz takes Jordan to school on a promo. 
• Miz gets suplexed into the Miztourage. This is gonna need some work. 

Seth Rollins defeated Sheamus (w/ Cesaro)
4.75/10

• So we have a random Downstait "burn it down" lyric in Rollins' theme now. I think he'd be well served to have lyrics.
• Cesaro screaming that Rollins has no friends is hilarious.
• Solid, rather short match that Rollins wins. Cesaro attacks and you know the drill. 
• Ambrose tries to help and gets his ass kicked.

Bray Wyatt cuts the same promo

• I'm so sick of the Bray Wyatt gimmick as the Chief of the personality police. We get it. You look different. You have a beard. KEWL.
• Finn Balor teleports into the ring and kicks Wyatt a lot. 

Roman Reigns defeated Samoa Joe and Braun Strowman
6.75/10

• You'd be shocked to learn this was a hard hitting, hoss beef battle.
• The Strowman – Reigns toss through the ropes spot is a great one for them.
• Reigns gets a spear and wins an awesome match.
• There wasn't a lot to break down here. They beat the crap out of each other and did it exceptionally well.

Elias defeated Kalisto
4.5/10

• For the life of me, I don't understand the no last name shit.
• Elias gets a good pop from his hometown and heels them with a song.
• Kalisto interrupts. Kalisto is still around.
• Elias is getting good at varying up offense. Not something we saw a lot of from him in NXT.
• Kalisto is a good opponent for a guy like Elias to show off his arsenal.
• Elias hit the Canadian Backbreaker in honor of my trip I bet.

Backstage crappenings

• Alexa Bliss unloads a great promo on Bayley and Sasha Banks. She's shocked Sasha actually lost to Bayley. 
• Ambrose tells Rollins not to pick fights he can't finish. This is real good stuff.
• Big Cass with Ahmed Johnson level oils going on.

Bayley defeated Nia Jax via countout
4/10

• Seventh televised singles match in nine months between these two. 
• Nia paces a lot during her matches and it's hard for production to keep up with her.
• Nia mocks Sasha's side pony tail. 
• Bayley takes control, and for some reason Alexa interfering isn't a DQ.
• Nia eats stairs and Bayley gets a countout win. Nice consistency.

Big Cass defeated Big Show (w/ Enzo Amore) via DQ
2.75/10

• Enzo came out and cut a promo.
• Big Cass gets some stock music they use to dub over old ECW themes on the Network or something.
• This match starts at 11 eastern.Working the leg at 11:04 PM EST.
• I've always liked the chop to the chest of a flying opponent spot. 
• Enzo causes a DQ….then Big Show knocks Cass out.
• That's it. Holy shit. Bad.