WWE Monday Night RAW Highlights: Elias & Jinder Mahal Defeat Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins; Finn Balor Wins Main Event
This episode of RAW began with a bang as Elias, Seth Rollins, Jinder Mahal and Roman Reigns were the part of the opening segment. Read full episode highlights here.
The latest Monday Night RAW episode, on June 5, saw Elias kick-off the show, as he is seen bragging about his attack on Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins last week. In no time, Rollins made his way to the ring and pulled out a steel chair from under the ring. The two go against each other with Elias holding a guitar in his hand. Jinder Mahal intervened and then teamed-up with Elias to beat Rollins down. Entered Roman Reigns. A brawl ensued in the middle of the ring as General Manager Kurt Angle came out to calm things down. He announced a tag-team match between Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins vs Elias and Jinder Mahal, which was eventually won by the latter.
Baron Corbin met Kurt Angle backstage and informed that he had visited Stephanie McMahon, RAW Commissioner, at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) headquarters this past week. Corbin hands over a letter to the General Manager mentioning that he has been appointed as the new ‘Constable’ of RAW.
The next match was between Nia Jax and Natalya, which the former it with ease. However, Natalya was visibly injured as the match ended. The following injury resulted in Ronda Rousey facing off with RAW Women’s Champion Nia Jax backstage in heated altercations.
There were quite a few other matches that took place in the night. There seemed to be a controversy in the women’s tag team match where the result was overturned after the initial result declared Bayley, Sasha Banks, and Ember Moon as the winners.
List of All Matches Results at Monday Night RAW on June 05 Episode:
| Sr. No. | Matches | Stipulation | Result |
| 1. | Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins vs. Elias and Jinder Mahal | Tag-team Match | Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins |
| 2. | James Harden vs. Curt Hawkins | Singles Match | James Harden (by DQ) |
| 3. | Nia Jax vs. Natalya | Singles Match | Nia Jax |
| 4. | Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Roode | Singles Match | Braun Strowman |
| 5. | The Revival, Heath Slater and Rhyno, Breezango, Titus Worldwide, The B Team, Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler, and The Ascension | Tag Team Battle Royal to Crown New #1 Contenders | The B Team |
| 6. | Alexa Bliss, Sasha Banks and Ember Moon vs. The Riott Squad | Tag-team Match | Bayley, Sasha Banks and Ember Moon |
| 7. | Finn Balor vs. Kevin Owens | Singles Match | Finn Balor |
The main event of the night saw Kevin Owens lock horns with Finn Balor. The gruelling contest saw both the ‘Money In The Bank (MITB)’ contenders go against each other in an equal manner. However, it was Owens who eventually got disqualified in the ending moments as he kept stomping on Balor despite referee’s continuous warnings. Balor is declared the winner by disqualification.
After the match was over, Owens erected a ladder in the ring and tried to hit Balor with his finishing move ‘Frogsplash’, but was unable to do so. Balor took advantage of Owens’ hesitance and instead he hit his finishing move ‘Coup de Grace much to the crowd’s applause. Balor climbed the ladder and held the MITB briefcase as Monday Night RAW went off-air!
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