WWE/NXT Live Event Reports, July 19-23: Title Match Preview and NXT Name Change As Road To Summerslam Weekend Continues

WWE is continuing its road to Summerslam with a regular set of live events this past week. On the Raw side, Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins continued to team together in main events, facing the duo of Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre. Smackdown live events were headlined by title defenses by WWE Champion AJ Styles, who beat Samoa Joe one on one on July 23 in a preview of their just-announced match at Summerslam. 

NXT held a pair of events in Florida, where the most noteworthy happening was a name change. Chad Lail, who was known as Gunner in TNA, worked under the name of Jaxson Ryker. He has been signed with WWE for just over a year but still has yet to appear on television for the company.

Here are all the results.

RAW

July 21, Lexington, Kentucky

The B-Team def. Heath Slater & Rhyno to retain the Raw Tag Titles.
Mojo Rawley def. No Way Jose.
Zack Ryder def. Mike Kanellis.
Bobby Lashley def. Mike Kanellis.
Bayley & Ember Moon def. Alicia Fox & Liv Morgan.
Bobby Roode def. Elias.
The Authors Of Pain def. Chad Gable & Tyler Breeze.
Alexa Bliss def. Natalya and Nia Jax in a Triple Threat to retain the Raw Women’s Title.
Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins def. Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre.

July 22, Pikeville, Kentucky

The B-Team def. Heath Slater & Rhyno to retain the Raw Tag Titles.
Mojo Rawley def. No Way Jose.
Zack Ryder def. Mike Kanellis.
Bobby Lashley def. Mike Kanellis.
Bayley & Ember Moon def. Alicia Fox & Liv Morgan.
Bobby Roode def. Baron Corbin.
The Authors Of Pain def. Chad Gable & Tyler Breeze.
Alexa Bliss def. Natalya and Nia Jax in a Triple Threat to retain the Raw Women’s Title.
Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins def. Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre.

SMACKDOWN

July 21, St. Louis, MO

The Bludgeon Brothers def. The Club and The Usos in a Triple Threat to retain the Smackdown Tag Titles.
Andrade Almas def. Sin Cara.
Asuka, Becky Lynch & Nikki Cross def. Lana, Billie Kay & Peyton Royce.
Shinsuke Nakamura def. Jeff Hardy to retain the U.S. Title.
Daniel Bryan def. The Miz.
The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) def. The Bar.
Carmella def. Naomi to retain the Smackdown Women’s Title.
AJ Styles def. Rusev and Samoa Joe in a Triple Threat to retain the WWE Title.

July 22, Springfield, MO

The Bludgeon Brothers def. The Club and The Usos in a Triple Threat to retain the Smackdown Tag Titles.
Andrade Almas def. Sin Cara.
Asuka, Naomi & Nikki Cross def. Lana, Billie Kay & Peyton Royce.
Shinsuke Nakamura def. Jeff Hardy to retain the U.S. Title.
Daniel Bryan def. The Miz.
The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) def. The Bar.
Becky Lynch def. champion Carmella by DQ in a Smackdown Women’s Title match.
AJ Styles def. Rusev and Samoa Joe in a Triple Threat to retain the WWE Title.

July 23, Carbondale, IL

The New Day (Big E & Kofi Kingston) def. The Bar.
Andrade Almas def. Sin Cara.
The Bludgeon Brothers def. The Club and The Usos in a Triple Threat to retain the Smackdown Tag Titles.
Daniel Bryan def. The Miz.
Shinsuke Nakamura def. Jeff Hardy to retain the U.S. Title.
Randy Orton def. Rusev.
AJ Styles def. Samoa Joe to retain the WWE Title.

NXT

July 19, Daytona Beach, Florida

Danny Burch def. Lio Rush.
Lacey Evans & Vanessa Borne def. Jessie Elaban & Nikki Cross.
Kassius Ohno def. Cheng Yuxiang.
The Velveteen Dream def. Dan Matha.
War Raiders def. Adrian Jaoude & Cezar Bononi.
EC3 def. Jaxson Ryker.
Shayna Baszler def. Xia Li.
The Undisputed ERA (Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly & Roderick Strong) def. Otis Dozovic, Tucker Knight & Raul Mendoza.

July 20, Ocala, Florida

Candice LeRae won a battle royal for a shot at the NXT Women’s Title in the main event. Participants included Aliyah, Jessie Elaban, Kavita Devi, Lacey Evans, Nikki Cross, Reina Gonzalez, Rhea Ripley, Taynara Conti, Vanessa Borne and Xia Li.
Kassius Ohno def. Rocky.
Lars Sullivan def. Dan Matha.
Dominik Dijakovic, Johnny Gargano & Raul Mendoza def. Jaxson Ryker, Steve Cutler & Wesley Blake.
Fabian Aichner def. Marcel Barthel and Tony Nese in a Triple Threat.
The Mighty def. Babatunde Aiyegbusi & Mars Wang.
Shayna Baszler def. Candice LeRae to retain the NXT Women’s Title.