Today's episode of WWE Monday Night Raw (May 18, 2026) emanates out of the First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina and will air starting at 8 p.m. EST on Netflix.
This post will be updated frequently throughout the program (for however long the show goes on). As Raw goes on, keep refreshing this post to get the most up-to-date information on all the match winners, breakdowns of the promo segments, and anything else noteworthy or interesting that takes place.
Preview & Predictions for WWE RAW:
On tap for today's episode, we'll have the go-home build (for the red brand at least) for Saturday Night's Main Event and the ongoing stories for Clash in Italy. Last call to add any more matches for SNME, even though it's doubtful WWE actually does. Maybe one more, at most.
Oba Femi should be having another one of his open challenges. If they're already at the stage of nobody wanting to answer it and Femi having handicap squashes against Los Garza, who else is really left? It'd be nice to see someone like Sheamus return and fill that role, but this is anyone's guess, other than Femi clearly winning no matter who his opponent is.
It's entirely possible The Judgment Day win the women's tag team titles, but I'm leaning more toward Paige and Brie Bella retaining, as they've been interacting with other teams on SmackDown and can still finish those stories before dropping the belts.
Always lean more toward heels in a six-man tag team match like the Americanos storyline is. Now, which side are the heels? In AAA, American Made are the definitive heels, but on Raw, it's more of a gray area. I'll say Chad Gable's crew wins.
Here are your results for WWE Monday Night Raw - May 18, 2026:
- Instead of Jacob Fatu being fired by Adam Pearce, Fatu was beaten down by Roman Reigns and The Usos and then challenged Reigns to a Tribal Combat fight.
- Street Fight: Finn Balor defeated JD McDonagh by pinfall.
- Becky Lynch interrupted an interview Sol Ruca was having, leading to a challenge for a non-title match between the two at Saturday Night's Main Event.
- Trios Tornado Tag Team Match: El Grande Americano & Los Americanos defeated El Grande Americano Original & Los Americanos Hermanos
- WWE Women's Tag Team Championship: Paige and Brie Bella (c) retained over The Judgment Day (Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez). After the match, Liv Morgan jumped the tag team champions along with Perez and Rodriguez. Lyra Valkyria and Bayley ran out to help fight them off.
- Instead of an open challenge, Oba Femi was attacked by a returning Brock Lesnar! The Beast Incarnate is apparently going to face Femi at Clash in Italy, according to a contract Paul Heyman presented to Adam Pearce.
- Seth Rollins defeated Austin Theory by pinfall and was attacked by The Vision after the match. Angelo Dawkins ran out to help. Montez Ford had to join next, reluctantly, and was mad at Dawkins for getting involved. Bron Breakker took out The Street Profits and Rollins with a 3-on-1 eventually broken up by security and officials.
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