Welcome to the latest edition of our weekly WWE RAW hits and misses series. WWE returned to Baltimore for RAW after SummerSlam 2024. The show featured appearances from The Judgment Day, Gunther, CM Punk , Drew McIntyre, and Seth Rollins among others.
Here’s what went down on 8/5 Monday Night RAW. Video Credit: YouTube Hit – The Viper steps up to the World Champion Ludwig Kaiser introduced new World Heavyweight Champion Gunther. The champion entered the ring and cut a promo before he was interrupted by SmackDown’s Randy Orton .
The Viper reminded Gunther of the controversial ending to their King of the Ring finals. Orton challenged Gunther to a world title match at Bash in Berlin . The champion accepted and the match was confirmed.
Kaiser did his usual fantastic introduction of Gunther. The title really looks good on the Ring General. Even Orton admitted Gunther is a good-looking champion.
Having Orton as Gunther’s first opponent is a great booking decision in my opinion. The pair had a great match back in Saudi Arabia. Orton telling Gunther he wanted the champion to see what’s coming to him was a cold line.
Video Credit: YouTube Miss – Lyra Valkyria vs. Shayna Baszler on WWE RAW Lyra Valkyria took on Shayna Baszler in singles action on WWE RAW. Sonya Deville and Zoey Stark interfered to cause a DQ win for Lyra.
Damage CTRL arrived to clear the ring setting up IYO SKY versus Sonya Deville later for the night. I don’t know what Lyra even gained from this match. Sh.