The latest edition of WWE Monday Night Raw for August 17, 2020 took place at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida.
Here is a recap of the most noteworthy highlights from this episode for those who might have missed it:
— The show started with Retribution attacking the production truck, which interrupted a promo Drew McIntyre was cutting on Randy Orton.
— Apollo Crews beat Shelton Benjamin by pinfall. As part of the stipulation to that match, winning that means Benjamin and Bobby Lashley won't be allowed ringside for Crews vs. MVP at SummerSlam. After the match, Cedric Alexander, Ricochet and Mustafa Ali saved Crews from a beating from The Hurt Business, which set up an elimination match for later after MVP issued the challenge. Shelton Benjamin also pinned R-Truth to win the 24/7 Championship back.
— Angel Garza defeated Ivar of The Viking Raiders by pinfall. After the match, video footage was shown of Zelina Vega having been the one to poison Montez Ford.
— Natalya defeated Mickie James by count-out.
— Asuka and Shayna Baszler defeated The Golden Role Models (Bayley and Sasha Banks) by submission when Baszler made Bayley tap out. Nia Jax attacked Baszler during the match, despite how she's supposed to be suspended.
— Peyton Royce defeated Ruby Riott by pinfall.
— Raw Underground: Dolph Ziggler rated Erik's fight a 4 out of 10, which led to Erik calling out Ziggler for a challenge. Ziggler won, but used a thumb in the eye, so Ivar pushed Ziggler into a crowd of people.
— Rey Mysterio will be in Dominik's corner at SummerSlam. They invited Seth Rollins and Murphy to the ring for a fight and had a trap laid with kendo sticks ready to go and struck them repeatedly until they ran off.
— Raw Underground: Arturo Ruas and Riddick Moss fought, but there was no winner.
— Six-Man Tag Team Elimination Match: The Hurt Business (MVP, Bobby Lashley and Shelton Benjamin) defeated Apollo Crews, Mustafa Ali and Ricochet. During the match, Cedric Alexander pinned Benjamin to win the 24/7 Championship.
— Cedric Alexander retained the 24/7 Championship over Akira Tozawa by pinfall, but Shelton Benjamin attacked Alexander and pinned him to win the 24/7 title back.
— Raw Underground: Marina Shafir won a fight and then was attacked by Nia Jax. Shayna Baszler wanted a fight, but Jax ran off.
— Montez Ford defeated Andrade by pinfall.
— Shawn Michaels cut a promo on Randy Orton having punted Ric Flair. Orton came out of nowhere and attacked HBK. Then, Drew McIntyre came out for the save, but Orton managed to hit McIntyre with an RKO to end the show.
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