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= Raw opened with the Judgment Day cutting a promo. Rey Mysterio showed up to attack the group, but the tables were turned as Finn Balor hit Mysterio with a Coup de Grace. Damien Priest agreed to face Edge this Monday night. In the first round of the WWE Women's tag team tournament, Asuka and Alexa Bliss defeated Nikki A.S.H. and Doudrop when "The Empress of Tomorrow" made Doudrop tap out. The Miz and Ciampa defeated Mustafa Ali and Cedric ALexander when Ciampa gave the Fairy Tale Ending to Ali. Riddle agreed to accept Seth "Freakin'" Rollins to a match at Clash at the Castle. Rollins thought that Riddle was at home, but Riddle was at the arena and attacked "The Architect". Veer Mahaan defeated jobber Bo Keller by submission. Bobby Lashley successfully defended the US title by beating AJ Styles with a spear. Theory defeated Dolph Ziggler; earlier in the show, they fought backstage to set up the match. In the main event. Kevin Owens took on Drew McIntyre. They had a promo battle earlier in the show. The match ended in a DQ win for Drew when the Usos interfered. In the ratings, Raw drew 1.978 million viewers.
- NXT 2.0 presented Heatwave. In the opening bout, Carmelo Hayes defended the North American title against Giovanni Vinci. Melo won with a headscissors takedown to retain as Trick Williams interfered. Gallus made their debut from NXT UK, and attacked Diamond Mine. Cora Jade defeated her former tag team partner Roxanne Perez when Jade put Perez in a DDT through Perez's kendo stick to win. Tony D'Angelo defeated Santos Escobar in a street fight; as a result, Escobar had to leave NXT. Mandy Rose defeated Zoey Stark with a bicycle knee to retain the NXT Women's championship. In the main event, Bron Breakker faced JD MdDonough for the NXT championship. Breakker delivered three spears and a military press powerslam to retain. NXT UK champion Tyler Bate then appeared to challenge Breakker. In the ratings, Heatwave drew 723,000 viewers, the most so far in 2022.
- SPeaking of NXT UK, WWE is closing the brand in favor of a reboot as NXT Europe. The last show will be Worlds Collide on September 4. WWE released many of the brand's wrestlers this week.
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