Raw wasted no time in hyping the WWE Title match, getting straight to the weigh-in between Brock Lesnar and Bobby Lashley.
A talking segment also ended Monday's broadcast with Maryse's birthday celebration capping off Raw. Many presents were opened by the now-39-year-old, including the brick she used to knock out Beth Phoenix and it all looked to be over after Miz started to sing 'Happy Birthday' while Maryse tried desperately not to laugh. Edge and Beth Phoenix interrupted, though, and they wiped out the security at ringside with Spears, Clotheslines and even a Hart Attack and a 3D.
The first stage of the Alpha Academy Academic Challenge also took place on Raw and Chad Gable, after telling the crowd not to boo education, revealed the challenge would be a triad of events with the first being a spelling bee. Orton challenged Gable to an immediate match as a result and both men proceeded to fight back and forth in a bout the crowd was hot for. Gable even looked to have the match won down the stretch after he applied the Ankle Lock but the former Shorty G became distracted after Riddle attacked Otis with a Scooter. This allowed Orton to roll through the submission and fire Gable into the turnbuckle before he followed up with an RKO for the win.
Riddle then grabbed the microphone following the match and revealed since RK-Bro won the spelling bee, they could pick the next challenge. The Original Bro revealed the two teams would face off in a scooter race next week.
Following his win over Damian Priest last week, Kevin Owens challenged The Archer Of Infamy for the United States Title elsewhere on Raw. The match ended in a DQ, though, after Priest tapped into his 'Damian' side and beat down Owens in the corner, ignoring the referee's five-count in the process. This led to an admonishment from Sonya Deville backstage despite Deville's own recent questionable conduct.
Austin Theory also looked to impress Vince McMahon on Raw in his match with AJ Styles and while the former EVOLVE Champion was able to hang with Styles, The Phenomenal One picked up the win after 17 minutes with The Phenomenal Forearm.
- Bianca Belair def. Queen Zelina
- Kevin Owens def. Damian Priest (c) by DQ - United States Championship
- Rhea Ripley, Liv Morgan & Dana Brooke def. Carmella, Nikki ASH & Tamina
- Randy Orton def. Chad Gable
- AJ Styles def. Austin Theory
- The Mysterios def. The Street Profits