Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free WWE Raw results for August 26, 2019. The show featured two more first round matches in the King of the Ring tournament, as well as a tag team turmoil match to name new number one contenders to the Raw Tag Team Championship. Make sure you’re here tomorrow for the complete Best and Worst of Raw column.
WWE Raw Results:
– Sasha Banks opened the show explaining that while she was gone, all she heard people talking about was Sasha Banks. She left in part because despite being the talk of the division, she was defending tag team titles she didn’t care about at WrestleMania while Becky Lynch main-evented. She waited for the perfect time to return, and interrupting Natalya was it. Natalya jogged out and the two brawled until they were pulled apart.
1. King of the Ring Match: Ricochet defeated Drew McIntyre. Ricochet pinned McIntyre with a 630 senton to win the match and advance to the second round of the King of the Ring tournament. He’ll face Samoa Joe in round two.
– Braun Strowman will challenge his Raw Tag Team Championship partner Seth Rollins for the Universal Championship at Night of Champions.
2. King of the Ring Match: Baron Corbin defeated The Miz. Corbin kicked out of the Skull-crushing Finale and hit End of Days to win the match. Corbin moves on to round two of the tournament to face Cedric Alexander.
– Rey Mysterio returns next week.
3. Bayley defeated Nikki Cross with a top rope elbow drop.
4. Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode won the Tag Team Turmoil Match. The Viking Raiders eliminated the B-Team with the Viking Experience on Bo Dallas. The Raiders and The O.C. were quickly eliminated due to a double disqualification. Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler, teaming for the first time ever, eliminated Lucha House Party when Ziggler countered a Gran Metalik handspring elbow with a superkick. Roode eliminated The Revival with a Glorious DDT on Scott Dawson. Ziggler pinned Zack Ryder with a superkick to eliminate Ryder and Curt Hawkins. Roode then eliminated Heavy Machinery with a Glorious DDT on Tucker to win the match. Ziggler and Roode will move on to face Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman for the Raw Tag Team Championship.
5. Sasha Banks defeated Natalya. Banks won by submission with the Banks Statement, using Natalya’s injured arm to choke her out. After the match, Banks reapplied the Banks Statement.
6. Cedric Alexander defeated Cesaro. Alexander pinned Cesaro after a Lumbar Check.
7. United States Championship Match: AJ Styles (c) defeated Braun Strowman by disqualification. Strowman had the match won with power slam, but the ref was knocked out. Styles used a chair on Strowman and had outside interference from The O.C. Strowman fought them off with the chair, and when the referee came to, Styles faked having been hit. The referee disqualified Strowman. After the match, Strowman continued attacking everyone.
