WWE Raw notes: Jacob Fatu & Roman Reigns, Sol Ruca, Oba Femi’s open challenge
Notes from Monday’s Raw.
The Oba Femi open challenge began on Monday, with Akira Tozawa seemingly coming out to challenge The Ruler. However, it quickly became apparent that it was in fact Otis challenging Femi. Despite the bigger challenge, Femi quickly dispatched Otis, finishing off the former Tag Team Champion with the fall from grace in minutes, winning his first open challenge match.
There were also two contract signings on Raw. First was Sol Ruca, who came out and was about to sign her contract when she was interrupted by Becky Lynch, who ignored Ruca and complained to Adam Pearce. Ruca cut her off and the two exchanged words. Lynch eventually went for a cheap shot but smacked Pearce instead. As Pearce left, Ruca laid out a distracted Lynch with a sol snatcher, setting up a future program between the two.
Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatu met in the main event. The two exchanged words before Reigns made it simple for Fatu: this was all his, this was his ring. They are the same blood, but Fatu is beneath him. That got Fatu upset, who immediately went on the attack with the Tongan death grip. Reigns fought him off and went for the Superman punch but Fatu latched it on again, eventually sending Reigns through the table in the ring.
Raw ended with officials checking on Reigns as Fatu left the ring.
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