Monday Night Raw Full Show Summary and Result 7 June 2021

Monday Night Raw Full Show Summary and Results (7 June 2021)

Tonight's edition of Monday Night RAW revolved around Kofi Kingston, as the former WWE Champion was in several segments throughout the night. We found out the stipulations for Drew McIntyre's WWE Championship match against Bobby Lashley, learned who would challenge next for the RAW Tag Team Titles, and more.

RAWkicked off with a huge tag team Battle Royale being set up. RK-Bro made their entrance while the rest of the teams were already in the ring. The tag champs AJ STYLES and Omos showed up right before the match and gave some backhanded compliments to the teams.

The New Day took shots at AJ and Omos before Riddle started talking about his t-shirts and how Randy. never wears any. Randy made him shut up before the Miz showed up in a wheelchair with John Morrison. Miz said that the tag team division was lacking and they were there to make things more interesting, well at least one of them.

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No. 1 Contenders Battle Royal for the RAW Tag Team Title

Miz was outside for the match as Morrison competed for himself and the A-Lister. Lince Dorado was the first to be eliminated, followed by Morrison, thanks to Mace and T-Bar. The New Day took double chokeslams from Mace & T-Bar before they went after Randy.

Riddle went to save Randy and took a double chokeslam. The Viking Raiders faced off with Mace & T-Bar before we headed for a break on RAW. Back to the match, Riddle was eliminated by the New Day before they went after Ivar, but the Vikings managed to eliminate Woods.

Erik and Ivar took a beating from Orton before Riddle came back to defend Randy and took a Kofi Kingston's Trouble in Paradise for him. The Vikings managed to eliminate both Kofi and Randy and picked up the win.

Result: The Viking Raiders won the Battle Royale and will face AJ Styles & Omos for the RAW tag titles

Charlotte walked up to Sonya Deville and Adam Pearce backstage on RAW and wanted a match with Nikki Cross.

Rhea Ripley showed up as well and wanted the same thing before Sonya suggested they team up to face Nikki and a partner of her choosing. Could they coexist tonight?

The Vaiking Raiders were backstage and had a run-in with the RAW Tag Team Champions who looked to have stolen their turkey leg. Styles and Omos attempted to belittle their new challengers, but it didn't seem to work. Unfortunately, Omos seemed to walk out with The Viking Raider's turkey leg.

Elias was back on RAW and Ryker was nowhere to be seen. Elias said that it was Ryker's fault that they didn't win the tag titles and called him unhinged. After showing some footage of last week's match, Elias was still speaking when Ryker attacked him from behind and tossed his guitar out of the ring.

Elias vs. Jaxson Ryker on RAW

Ryker had the early advantage on Elias and sent him outside where he continued to beat on Elias. Elias managed to fight back and sent Ryker into the steel steps before hitting a spinebuster.

Elias tried for the atomic drop but Ryker fought back and pulled at Elias' beard. Elias was sent outside the ring and he retreated backstage while the referee counted him out.

Result: Jaxson Ryker def. Elias via count out

It was clear that the Drifter didn't want anything to do with his former tag team partner, but it's obvious that Ryker wasn't done with Elias yet.

Next up on RAW was the WWE Championship contract signing between Drew McIntyre and the All Mighty Bobby Lashley. Knowing how these tend to go, we could assume that the table used for this segment wouldn't be making it out in one piece.

WWE Championship Match Contract Signing on RAW

Drew McIntyre was out next on RAW for the WWE Championship contract signing but no one showed up when Lashley's music hit. Drew told a story about not giving up and was about to sign the contract.

MVP & Lashly showed up on the Titantron and told Drew to hold up till they showed up in the ring.

Lashley and MVP came out and said that the champ's condition was that if Drew loses the title match, he would never get another shot at the WWE Championship while it was in Lashley's possession. Pearce added the clause to the contract after Drew agreed to it. Lashley continued to trash talk as he signed the contract.

The former champion had a stipulation of his own, wanting no more games and no cheap outs for Lashley. McIntyre demanded that this final match take place inside Hell in a Cell, which Lashley and MVP agreed to. Drew threatened Lashley before using a sword to slice the table in two.

Nikki Cross was backstage on RAW and revealed that her surprise tag partner was Asuka!

Sheamus was out with a broken nose to spectate Ricochet and Humbert Carrillo's match on RAW. He started speaking before the match before Ricochet and Carrillo scared him by teasing some dives onto the US Champion.

Ricochet ended up taking Carrillo to the floor before the match began.

Ricochet vs. Humberto Carrillo on RAW

We returned to RAW to see that the match was underway and Ricochet was in control. Carrillo fought back and jumped through the ropes to take out Ricochet after sending him outside.

Ricochet and Carrillo were both on the apron when they ran at each other and took each other out to the outside with a Spanish Fly off the apron. Neither man was able to beat the count of ten and Sheamus was the only one walking away with a smile.

Result: Double count-out

Backstage on RAW, MVP praised Kofi Kingston and said that Kofi inspired his own comeback to WWE. MVP said he was sad to see him shaking hands with Drew after the match last night and told him to toughen up.

Mansoor was backstage and Ali gave him some more advice on dealing with opponents who didn't fight fair and square.

Jeff Hardy vs. Cedric Alexander on RAW 

Jeff Hardy was back to teach former RAW Tag Champion Cedric Alexander some respect and took control of the match early and hit a move from up top.

Cedric countered Hardy and started unloading on the veteran. Cedric got a few near falls before stomping on Hardy's face. Hardy got a big kick in but Cedric countered the following dive.

Cedric hit some big kicks before Hardy came back with the inverted atomic drop and Russian Legsweep, getting a near fall of his own. Cedric was on the top rope and mocked Hardy but missed the following dive. Hardy went up and hit the Swanton Bomb for the win.

Result: Jeff Hardy def. Cedric Alexander

Nikki Cross & Asuka vs. Charlotte & Rhea Ripley on RAW

Charlotte tagged Rhea in right away and Nikki made a tag shortly after, letting Asuka pick up the early lead on the women's champ. Asuka went for a modified armbar but Rhea powered through.

Tags were made and Rhea ended up outside where Charlotte tried to check on her. Rhea shoved her away and things got tense as Flair dragged her down from the apron but let the match go on.

After a break on RAW, Flair got a few near falls while ignoring Rhea's tag requests. Flair slapped Rhea as a tag and the match still went on. Flair was back in and hit Rhea with Nikki's feet while Cross was on her shoulders.

Asuka tagged in and Charlotte ran a distraction letting Rhea get a near fall. Nikki went to the top rope and hit the crossbody on Rhea but Charlotte broke the pin. Ripley and Charlotte started to brawl in the ring and Charlotte took out Rhea and hit the Natural Selection before Nikki Cross took advantage and pinned her.

Result: Nikki Cross & Asuka def. Charlotte Flair & Rhea Ripley

Gulak started off strong and went for early rollups but Mansoor reversed it every time. Mansoor was grounded and managed to get some offense in.

Gulak went for the tights but Mansoor countered it and got a very quick pinfall.

Result: Mansoor def. Drew Gulak

Riddle vs. Kofi Kingston on RAW

Riddle hit an early Broton while Woods played his trombone, distracting Riddle. Kofi got the upper hand off the distraction and Riddle was starting to get angry. Randy Orton's music hit and he walked out mid-match, going after Woods.

Kofi took out Randy with a slide before Randy sent Woods into the announce desk. Kofi hit a big dive to the outside on RKBro before we headed for a break. Back on RAW, Riddle hit an Exploder Suplex before Kofi countered a Superplex.

Riddle hit the draping DDT on the ropes before going for the RKO but missed. Kofi went for the Trouble in Paradise and missed it but got it in the next try for the win.

Result: Kofi Kingston def. Riddle