WWE Raw notes: Women’s Tag tournament semifinal, Dexter Lumis, Reigns-McIntyre on SmackDown

Notes coming out of the August 15th episode of Monday Night Raw

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One of the semifinal matches in the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship tournament is scheduled for next week. Alexa Bliss and Asuka defeated Doudrop and Nikki A.S.H. to advance to the semis where they’ll meet IYO SKY and Dakota Kai. In addition to that bout, Damian Priest is taking on Edge in Edge’s home country of Canada.

As AJ Styles and Bobby Lashley were competing for the United States Championship, Dexter Lumis made a run-in but was carried away by security. Lashley defeated Styles to retain.

Ahead of their Undisputed WWE Universal Championship match at Clash at the Castle, Roman Reigns and Drew McIntyre are meeting face-to-face on SmackDown.

Below is the new intro for Monday Night Raw:

It was announced that Ezekiel is going to be out of action for a significant period of time following Kevin Owens’ attack on him last week. A photo was shown of Ezekiel in the hospital alongside his “family”.

 

Independent talent Breaux Keller was in action and he fell in defeat to Veer Mahaan.

Grammy-nominated artist Wale was in attendance for tonight’s show in Washington DC.

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