Raw closed with the contract signing between Seth Rollins and Finn Bálor for their World Heavyweight Championship match at SummerSlam.
However, nobody was in the ring to oversee the signing. It was just Rollins, Bálor and the table, so they handled their business by themselves.
They traded the usual insults and talked about their history together, but as they spoke, the rest of The Judgment Day showed up around the ring. Bálor said he has been slowly going insane for seven years and it's all Rollins' fault.
The champ tried his best to overcome the inevitable attack by striking first, but the numbers game was too much for him. Bálor and Priest had a quick staredown when it looked like the latter might want to cash in, but Sami Zayn ran down with a chair before anything else happened.
The Judgment Day took out Zayn before all four members beat down The Visionary to end the show.
This was predictable, but it was done well. The Judgment Day is clearly a priority for WWE, and it is doing a good job pushing them as the most dominant faction now that The Bloodline has all but dissolved.
Overall, this was an average episode of Raw, which is not a bad thing. We saw a couple of decent matches, a few bouts were set up for SummerSlam, and we had a few laughs along the way.
McIntyre and Kaiser stole the show, but Zayn and Mysterio put on a contest that was better than expected going into it.
While none of the non-wrestling segments stood out above the others, they all accomplished something, whether it was booking a match or advancing a feud.
SummerSlam will be upon us before you know it, so it's good that WWE has already confirmed a handful of matches to get fans excited for the show.
