Tonight's episode of WWE Monday Night Raw (August 17, 2026) emanates from KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York and will air starting at 8 p.m. ET on Netflix.
Results, match winners, promo segment notes and other major developments from WWE's flagship show will be added below as Raw airs.
Preview & Predictions for WWE Raw:
On tap for tonight's episode, Chad Gable defends the Intercontinental Championship against Rey Mysterio; Dragon Lee faces El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr. and Rey Fenix battles El Fiscal in first-round matches in the World Heavyweight Championship No. 1 Contender Tournament; Sol Ruca takes on Lyra Valkyria; and World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns makes an appearance amid the ongoing Bloodline situation.
Naturally, I don't anticipate Rey Mysterio winning the title from Chad Gable so quickly after Gable's final ascension. What would be the purpose? This ends in either someone else attacking, or more than likely, Gable wins and they show respect to each other after the match before both of them get attacked by people like Ethan Page and Rusev or whatever.
Sol Ruca versus Lyra Valkyria depends on if Iyo Sky is in the women's IC title hunt, or if the priority is to put it back on Sol. If it's the former, I think Lyra wins. If it's the latter, Ruca.
Nothing at all is guaranteed in the two AAA crossover matches. I think Penta ultimately wins the tournament, and I'm not sure he fights Rey Fenix in the finals as much as that would be interesting, so I'm guessing Dragon Lee and El Fiscal win, but it could really go either way for both matches.
I don't anticipate too much crazy stuff happening with Roman Reigns. In fact, I can imagine there might be some backtracking on the idea of Solo Sikoa joining The Bloodline where it almost makes last week retconned in a way.
Here are your results for WWE Monday Night Raw - August 17, 2026:
- TBD - Singles Match for the Intercontinental Championship: Chad Gable (c) vs Rey Mysterio
- TBD - World Heavyweight Championship No. 1 Contender Tournament First Round Match: Dragon Lee vs El Hijo del Dr. Wagner Jr.
- TBD - World Heavyweight Championship No. 1 Contender Tournament First Round Match: Rey Fenix vs El Fiscal
- TBD - Singles Match: Sol Ruca vs Lyra Valkyria
- TBD - World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns appears amid the ongoing Bloodline situation
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