Grudge match set for next WWE Raw

A grudge involving a $12,000 hat will be settled on next week’s WWE Raw.

WWE revealed during this week’s episode that Penta and Xavier Woods will go one-on-one on the Monday, August 18 episode, a match stemming from a memorable hat theft on the August 4 show.

Penta took on the New Day-adjacent Grayson Waller on the August 4 Raw, while Kofi Kingston and Woods looked on. Woods was wearing a gigantic hat. The hat came off in a post-match brawl between Penta and Woods, with Penta then hitting his Smooth Operator taunt while wearing the hat in question.

On this week’s show, Woods said that the hat was valued at $12,000 and that Penta had made a mockery of it. Raw GM Adam Pearce then made Woods vs. Penta official for next week’s show.

Next Monday’s Raw will also continue the build to the Clash in Paris PLE set for August 31.

WWE Raw, Monday, August 18 —

  • Penta vs. Xavier Woods

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