WWE Monday Night Raw comes waltzing back into our lives tonight (July 30, 2018) from the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Florida, featuring all the latest build to the upcoming SummerSlam pay-per-view (PPV) scheduled for next month in Brooklyn. Advertised for tonight: Brock Lesnar returns, Ronda Rousey is back off suspension, and more! Come right back here at 8 p.m. ET when the Raw live blog kicks off once the show starts on USA. It will be below this line here. (REMINDER: NO GIFS OR PICS ARE ALLOWED IN THE COMMENTS SECTION. OFFENDERS WILL BE BANNED.) WWE RAW RESULTS AND LIVE BLOG FOR JULY 30 You don’t know what’s happening, you want to go home but there’s nowhere to hide. You walk out on stage, your first time alone, the crowd’s going wild and you feel so alive. You could stand up and take this all night, they love you but you’re in love with the spotlight. You’re the spotlight kid, but me, I’m the lucky lady that gets to liveblog this here pro wrestling show, folks. The show opens with a graphic dedicated to the memory of Nikolai Volkoff, which fades and is replaced by a similar graphic in memory of Brian Christopher. A recap of last week’s #1 contender’s match follows. We cut backstage where Brock Lesnar is shouldering the Universal Championship alongside Paul Heyman. Live in the arena, Roman Reigns makes his entrance and heads into the ring. He takes in the mostly-hostile atmosphere of the crowd before saying every time he comes down here the energy and the noise is so loud and Miami deserves a special shout-out. So does Bobby Lashley, actually, because after going to war with him a few times, he can honestly say he respects Bob. Which is more than he can say for Brock, because he has zero respect for that fool. The guy never shows up, but oddly he’s got plenty of time to show up to UFC, to get in Daniel Cormier’s face in the octagon and run his mouth, but he guarantees Brock will not come up in his yard and run his mouth tonight. Enter Paul Heyman, doing his usual introductory schtick before asking for forgiveness and offering Lesnar’s congratulations on Roman’s victory last week. But from his perspective, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result, which is why with all due respect, Reigns should be in a padded cell, not the main event of SummerSlam. He can go on and on and on about spearing Brock through the cage and that he’s the uncrowned champion, but mark his words, this is not a prediction but a spoiler, at SummerSlam Lesnar is going to put the Big Dog down and go on to UFC to become a two-sport champion. Roman tells him to shut up and that nobody cares what he has to say, they just want Brock Lesnar to come out, so bring him out here. Paul E says his client is here right now, in the comfort of his luxurious locker room and he’ll come out when he feels like it, IF he feels like it. But don’t worry, at SummerSlam, Brock will-- Reigns cuts him off and asks what he’s gonna do, is he actually gonna show up? If he does, he wants Paul to write this down, Roman will send him back to UFC, but not as the Beast, but as Roman Reigns’ bitch. We go backstage where Seth Rollins is getting ready before his scheduled match tonight against Drew McIntyre before cutting to Ronda Rousey talking with Natalya backstage ahead of Neidhart’s match against Alicia Fox. Finn Balor makes his entrance, he’ll be wrestling Constable Baron Corbin after the break. Back from commercial, Brock is reading an issue of The Backwoodsman when Paul Heyman storms in asking if he heard what Roman said. Lesnar says he doesn’t watch the show and Paul brings the clip up for him to see. Brock throws Heyman’s phone against the wall and laughs before going back to his magazine. Constable Baron Corbin vs. Finn Balor Circling, collar and elbow, Corbin backs Balor into the corner and breaks dirty with a shove. Finn comes at him with forearms and punches and gets dumped to the floor for his trouble, back inside, more forearms, dumped to the floor again and Balor is fired up! Back in with more forearms, side headlock, shot off, blocked by sliding low, on the second try as well. Third time’s the charm and Baron catches him with a back elbow to the jaw on the rebound before taking him into the corner and setting him up top. Jockeying for position, Finn lands a missile dropkick that sends Corbin to the floor. Around the outside, flying forearm, Baron throws him back inside but Balor gets on him with stomps and punches. Front chancery, backed into the corner, forearm strikes, passing Finn to the corner, up and over, block the smash into the post, Corbin does the same and lands a lariat that drops Balor to the floor as we go to break. Back from commercial, Corbin with a hammer whip and he locks a half nelson chinlock on to grind Balor down. Escape, pass outside and back in for the big lariat... NOPE! Baron throws a fit, stomps follow, a rear chinlock locked on, almost turning it into a neck crank with the way he’s applying pressure but Finn is able to get to his feet all the same. A knee on the break, but the Constable runs into a dropkick and ends up on the floor staggered! Balor heads out but gets cut off with a forearm and back suplexed into the apron! Back inside, powerbomb countered, pick the leg into the double stomp! To the corners, big chops, whip reversed, up and over, boot up on the charge but the enzuigiri connects and Corbin falls to the floor! Finn off the ropes... TOPE CON GIRO TO SEND US BACK TO BREAK! Back from commercial and Baron has the half nelson chinlock in again, wrenching it in to keep Finn grounded. Balor fights to his feet, body blows, but Corbin drops him right back down to the mat. Again Finn fights out, successfully this time, Sling Blade blocked, duck the lariat, goozle, chokebreaker countered to a victory roll for two! Sling Blade connects, charging in, CHOKEBREAKER’S ONLY GOOD FOR TWO! Mounted forearms to the face follow, short-arm reversed into a DDT, to the corner, enzuigiri knocks the Constable down, Balor heads up top, nobody home! Charging in, Deep Six... NOT ENOUGH! Finn draws himself up the turnbuckles, Baron with a series of body avalanches in the corner, passed to the floor and pasted with a dropkick! Balor heads around, shotgun dropkick into the barricade! Back inside, another shotgun dropkick, up top for Coup de Grace, Corbin rolls away... Baron Corbin wins by pinfall with End of Days. Baron goes to leave before heading back inside and drawing Finn up again. Forearms for knees, he dumps Balor to the floor and heads out after him, punching his head in atop the barricade! We cut to Paul Heyman walking backstage with a crew member demanding a new phone when Kurt Angle rolls up to tell him that Brock is contractually obligated to appear tonight. Paul says Lesnar fulfilled his obligations the moment he walked into the arena, but if he wants more from Brock, he needs to go and get more himself, because it’s Angle’s problem not Heyman’s. Kurt tells him that he controls his contract and if Lesnar doesn’t end up in the ring tonight, Paul will be terminated. Heyman questions how serious he is but Kurt says he’s dead serious and Paul wanders off to face the music. Commentary promises us another look at the historic announcement of Evolution and we go to break. Back from commercial we get our promised recap of last week’s announcement of the all-women pay-per-view Evolution. We cut to Alicia Fox who’s working out in preparation for her match when Alexa Bliss rolls up.<doc-sep>Copy Link Icon WWE Raw: Live Updates, Results and Reaction for July 30 Miami, Florida Welcome to Bleacher Report's live coverage of WWE Raw on July 30. This week's show will continue the build toward SummerSlam on August 19 with the returns of Brock Lesnar and Ronda Rousey. Both of the former UFC champions will confront their SummerSlam opponents, Roman Reigns and Alexa Bliss. We will also see Drew McIntyre battle Seth Rollins and Finn Balor go up against Constable Baron Corbin. Make sure to keep it locked right here for live updates of all the action.<doc-sep>Raw is gonna party in the city where the heat is onon July 28. What, I’m the only one who remembers the Will Smith banger, “Miami”? Anyway... The Headliner(s) The “Superstars of Raw and SmackDown compete on every pay-per-view (PPV)” was designed, in part, to eliminate event fatigue for fans, while keeping the advantage of rotating branded shows for creative teams so they wouldn’t have to try to book toward major story beats every few weeks. In theory, different wrestlers and storylines could come to the fore on each show, and allow everyone a chance to shine and break out to become even bigger attractions. In some respects, it’s worked. Hard to imagine either current set of tag champs, or someone like Mojo Rawley or Constable Corbin, getting a lot of screen time otherwise. The PPV schedule is about to get quite busy again in a way it hasn’t been since the WrestleMania-to-Greatest Royal Rumble stretch this spring, though. And it’s going to present a especially formidible challenge for a division that only makes up about 15 - 20% of each show’s roster. For example, how long will we string out Ronda Rousey’s chase of the Alexa Bliss’ Raw Women’s Title? We’ve already done a suspension angle to keep Rowdy away from Little Miss Bliss Money in the Bank. It’s even been extended once. Rousey is officially back full time tonight, with weeks to go until SummerSlam. But then Hell in a Cell is less than a month after that. Super Show-Down in Melbourne is just weeks later. And Evolution, where many believe Ronda’s coronation could be the show closing moment, is at the end of October. Bliss/Rousey is already booked for Brooklyn. Do they do a screwy finish there which sets up a side-feud with Alexa ally Mickie James? Hot shot the belt a few times, maybe to Mickie or back to Nia Jax, to drag things out? Or just go with the notion that Ronda will head into Evolution as champ, and use that show to start building a Horsewomen program since Shayna Baszler will be in Long Island anyway? These are good problems to have, and interesting creative problems to solve. We’ll get our first hints at how they plan to tackle them when “Bad Reputation” hits the speakers in American Airlines Arena tonight. The title scene WWE doesn’t have to try to drag out the Universal Championship program, Brock Lesnar’s time as king, or Roman Reigns’ pursuit of the throne. Because WWE has already succeeded in doing so. The Beast Incarnate makes his long awaited return in Florida tonight to start the (fingers crossed!) final act. Undefeated they may be. They’re certainly Tag Team Champion. So how come The B-Team don’t have opponents for SummerSlam - or a cool tournament set up to figure out who they face next. Why are folks focused on Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy, former champs Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas have defeated many, many times, and whether or not they’re breaking up or turning heel? The old pin the champ, get a title shot trick for Seth Rollins, and he’ll know get remtach against Intercontinental Champ Dolph Ziggler on Aug. 20. The Architect had figured out, however, that if he wants a fighting chance at reclaiming the workhorse title, he’s got to take out Drew McIntyre first. And that’s just fine with us! Other stuff to keep an eye on: - Last Monday, Rollins had some help from Finn Bálor when he beat The Show-Off and The Celtic Collosus. Finn’s got another problem, though, and that’s that ever since Bálor pinned the big baldie at Extreme Rules, Constable Corbin won’t stop badgering him. - Former NXT midcard gatekeeper Mojo Rawley keeps picking up wins over former NXT midcard gatekeepers. - There doesn’t look to be any quick resolution coming for Ember Moon’s issues with Riott Squad, or Titus Worldwide’s problems with Authors of Pain. And Braun Strowman and Kevin Owens. Good thing they work at a place where the mission is to entertain folks by settling your differences through loosely regulated contests of strength and violence. Except for KO. - Unlike Sasha Banks and Bayley. Who work at a place like that but apparently completely different. Good thing they love each other. But not like that. Three weeks until SummerSlam! What will you be looking for on Raw tonight?<doc-sep>
WWE Raw Results July 30th, 2018 Report By Lovell Porter for Wrestlezone.com Share your thoughts on tonight’s show in the Disqus section below! You can also participate on social media by using the #WZChat hashtag to voice your thoughts on tonight’s show. We want you to share our exclusive coverage page by clicking the social media buttons at the bottom RAW Preview & Discussion Thread: Lesnar Returns, Rousey’s Suspension Ends, Rollins v McIntyre, More As Raw starts we see Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman backstage. In Ring Segment: Roman Reigns Reigns says he has to give “Bob” (Bobby Lashley) a shoutout because after going to war with him a few times Reigns now respects Lashley. Reigns has ZERO respect for Lesnar. Lesnar never shows up. Lesnar doesn’t have time to be here but Lesnar can show up in UFC. Reigns says Lesnar doesn’t have the stones to step into Reigns yard and get in Reigns face. Heyman comes out and does his normal intro. Heyman says Lesnar has given him permission to congratulate Reigns for winning another shot at the Universal Title. Heyman says that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result. Reigns should be in a padded room at this point. Heyman gives us a spoiler: Lesnar will defeat Reigns and go on to become a two-sport champion. Reigns tells Heyman to shut up and bring Lesnar out. Heyman says Lesnar is here but Lesnar will come out when he feels like it and if feels like it. Reigns says if Lesnar shows up at SummerSlam Reigns is going to send Lesnar back to UFC. Not as champion, but as Reigns bitch.