WWE Monday Night RAW August 10, 2026 Results & Recap: Jey Uso Forces Solo Back to the Bloodline as Bron Breakker and Oba Femi Collide

Tonight delivered a strange mix of genuinely exciting future direction, questionable booking decisions and another major Bloodline development that WWE absolutely did not need to make. Tonight’s Monday Night Raw from Norfolk, Virginia officially launched the eight-man luchador tournament that will determine Roman Reigns’ next challenger for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship on September 14 in Mexico City. Penta advanced, Bron Breakker and Oba Femi moved dangerously close to finally colliding, Iyo Sky was revealed as Sol Ruca’s heavily promoted mystery partner, Dragon Lee pinned reigning AAA Mega Champion Dominik Mysterio and Jey Uso defeated Solo Sikoa to force Solo right back into a Bloodline story he had finally started proving he didn’t need. There was good wrestling throughout tonight’s show, but the booking surrounding several of those matches was much harder to defend.

Here are the full results

• Penta defeated Laredo Kid to advance in the tournament determining Roman Reigns’ World Heavyweight Championship challenger for September 14 in Mexico City.
• WWE World Tag Team Champion Austin Theory defeated Akira Tozawa
• Dragon Lee defeated AAA Mega Champion Dominik Mysterio
• Iyo Sky and Sol Ruca defeated WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez
• Jey Uso defeated Solo Sikoa after interference and distractions involving Jimmy Uso. Under the stipulation, Jey will deliver Solo to Roman Reigns next week.

Breakdowns & Reactions

Solo Sikoa Opens Raw by Rejecting the Bloodline — Again

Grade: A-

One of the most entertaining parts of tonight’s WWE Raw happened immediately because Solo Sikoa continues proving that separating him from the Bloodline was one of the best things WWE could have done for him.

Solo walked through the crowd singing Jey Uso’s entrance music before confronting his brother, and the difference between this Solo and the version WWE spent years presenting as Roman Reigns’ silent enforcer remains enormous.

Solo has personality now. He has timing. He’s funny without turning himself into a comedy wrestler. He can switch from joking to threatening somebody without the transition feeling forced.

His shot at Jey was especially effective. Solo essentially reminded him that Jey won the Royal Rumble, beat Gunther, became World Heavyweight Champion and had children screaming “Yeet,” only to eventually fall back into Roman Reigns’ orbit.

That’s exactly why WWE forcing Solo back into the same orbit later tonight bothers me so much.

Solo explicitly said he loved where he was and had no interest in rejoining the family. Instead of respecting that character development, WWE created a stipulation designed to drag him backwards.

What Worked

• Solo Sikoa’s personality continues to shine.
• His verbal shots at Jey felt rooted in their actual history.
• Jey and Solo already have believable family chemistry.
• Solo’s “warning shot” comedy worked without damaging his credibility.
• The crowd reacted to Solo like someone fans legitimately want to see.

What Didn’t Work

• The stipulation immediately created concern that WWE was preparing to undo Solo’s growth.
• Once again, WWE’s answer to an interesting Samoan character is apparently “put him back into the Bloodline.”

Penta vs. Laredo Kid — Roman Reigns’ Challenger Tournament Begins

Grade: A-

This was exactly what the opening round of this tournament needed to be.

Penta and Laredo Kid didn’t waste time pretending they weren’t there to showcase lucha libre. They wrestled at a fast pace, exchanged explosive offense and gave Penta a meaningful win without making Laredo Kid feel like somebody who wandered onto Raw just to take a pin.

Laredo hit a 450 splash for a near fall, Penta survived several dangerous sequences, and the match eventually came down to Penta finding enough separation to hit the Mexican Destroyer and advance.

More importantly, the tournament itself is smart.

Roman Reigns defending the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in Mexico City against a luchador gives September 14 a clear identity instead of making it feel like another random television defense. Rey Mysterio organizing the tournament also gives WWE an organic bridge between Raw, SmackDown and AAA.

Penta immediately feels like one of the obvious favorites, and putting him opposite Roman would certainly give WWE an enormous atmosphere in Mexico City.

What Worked

• Excellent pace.
• Laredo Kid was given enough offense to feel credible.
• Penta advancing makes sense.
• The tournament gives Roman’s Mexico City defense actual purpose.
• WWE and AAA talent interacting makes the bracket feel different from another ordinary contender tournament.

What Didn’t Work

• With Roman waiting at the end, WWE needs to make the eventual challenger feel like more than somebody being selected to lose.
• The rest of the tournament needs the same presentation and importance.

Austin Theory vs. Akira Tozawa — The Vision Continues to Waste Everybody’s Time

Grade: D

Why was this almost a ten-minute match?

Seriously.

Austin Theory versus Akira Tozawa did not need this much television time. If WWE wanted Theory to beat Tozawa and continue whatever remains of this Alpha Academy feud, Theory should have destroyed him in two or three minutes.

Instead, the match stretched across two television segments before Theory finally won with the Off Switch.

And this gets to the larger problem.

When is WWE finally going to pull the plug on The Vision?

The concept wasn’t terrible. Bron Breakker, Austin Theory, Logan Paul, Paul Heyman and eventually Maxxine Dupri could theoretically have been presented as this obnoxious, dangerous collection of people trying to control Monday Night Raw.

But execution matters more than the idea written on paper.

Nothing The Vision currently does feels terrifying.

Nothing about them feels dominant.

They don’t feel like this suffocating heel empire taking over Raw.

Instead, they’re still involved with Alpha Academy while Bron Breakker stands in the background looking increasingly like somebody who has outgrown the faction.

Even tonight proved the point. The most interesting thing involving The Vision had absolutely nothing to do with Austin Theory defeating Tozawa. It was Bron staring into space because he couldn’t stop thinking about Oba Femi.

That is the story.

Everything else surrounding it feels like filler WWE refuses to abandon.

What Worked

• Tozawa is incredibly easy for crowds to rally behind.
• Theory remains naturally irritating as a heel.
• The post-match transition into Bron Breakker and Oba Femi finally gave the segment importance.

What Didn’t Work

• The match went far too long.
• It did not require two television segments.
• The Alpha Academy/Vision program feels exhausted.
• The Vision still don’t feel dangerous.
• Bron Breakker increasingly looks bigger than the faction surrounding him.
• WWE should either completely rebuild The Vision or end it.

Bron Breakker and Oba Femi Finally Come Face-to-Face

Grade: A

Now this is worth investing television time into.

Bron Breakker versus Oba Femi is one of the easiest long-term stories WWE can tell because it doesn’t require some complicated soap-opera explanation.

Who is the future of WWE?

That’s it.

Bron has spent years being positioned as one of the company’s inevitable next franchise stars.

Then Oba Femi showed up.

Oba survived Brock Lesnar, did exactly what he promised to do and has increasingly been presented like WWE’s next unstoppable physical phenomenon.

Bron knows it.

That’s why his obsession works.

He isn’t angry because Oba attacked him or cost him a championship. He’s angry because people have started discussing another man as the future Bron thought belonged exclusively to him.

Even Paul Heyman’s response later tonight was perfect. Heyman admitted that he respects Oba because Oba earned that respect, then effectively challenged Bron to prove why he should stop.

That is considerably more interesting than The Vision beating up Alpha Academy.

WWE has something potentially enormous here.

Don’t overcomplicate it.

What Worked

• Bron’s obsession makes psychological sense.
• Oba looked like a monster by casually dropping Theory.
• WWE prevented physical contact between Bron and Oba, preserving the eventual collision.
• Paul Heyman’s relationship with Bron now has an interesting layer.
• The “future of WWE” premise sells itself.

What Didn’t Work

• Oba taking his full entrance while supposedly making an urgent save was slightly awkward.
• WWE needs to avoid burying this feud underneath unnecessary Vision material.

Stephanie Vaquer, Becky Lynch and Liv Morgan Create a Loaded Women’s World Championship Picture

Grade: A-

Stephanie Vaquer returned wanting Liv Morgan.

Becky Lynch returned wanting Liv Morgan.

Liv Morgan understandably wants neither one.

That’s already enough material for WWE to build a strong Women’s World Championship program.

Vaquer made her intentions clear by promising to tear through Judgment Day one member at a time before getting to Liv. Becky then interrupted and immediately added another layer by questioning whether Stephanie can physically stay healthy long enough to deserve another championship opportunity.

That was sharp because it gave the interaction actual friction instead of two babyfaces smiling and agreeing that Liv Morgan is mean.

Becky believes the Women’s World Championship deserves her.

Stephanie believes Becky is simply standing between her and something she never stopped considering hers.

Then Liv attacked Becky from behind and escaped when Stephanie returned.

Simple. Effective. Multiple directions available.

What Worked

• Stephanie immediately established her motivation.
• Becky gave the segment conflict instead of friendship.
• Liv behaved like a heel champion trying to manipulate two challengers.
• WWE now has several believable directions available.
• The championship feels important because multiple major women want it.

What Didn’t Work

• WWE needs to be careful not to make Stephanie’s injury history the entire substance of the feud.
• Another triple-threat program would be predictable if WWE doesn’t find a more creative route.

Dragon Lee vs. Dominik Mysterio — Good Match, Bad Champion Booking

Grade: B-

The match itself was good.

The decision surrounding it is where I have a problem.

Dragon Lee and Dominik Mysterio have wrestled each other enough times that their chemistry isn’t surprising anymore. Lee’s speed meshed naturally with Dominik’s increasingly polished heel offense, and both men worked a competitive match before Dominik’s frog splash met Dragon’s knees and Lee finished him with Operation: Dragon.

But Dominik Mysterio is the AAA Mega Champion.

Why is your reigning AAA Mega Champion getting pinned clean on Monday Night Raw in a non-title singles match?

WWE has to decide whether Dominik’s AAA championship actually means something when he appears on WWE television.

His booking in AAA should not exist in a completely different universe from his presentation on Raw.

If WWE wants the AAA relationship to matter, then its champions need to be protected.

Even worse, the segment didn’t end with Dragon Lee receiving some enormous spotlight for beating the champion.

Big Cass immediately attacked Dragon Lee. Je’Von Evans attempted the save. Cass destroyed him too.

So Dominik lost, Dragon’s victory became secondary and the lasting visual was Big Cass standing tall.

What exactly did pinning the AAA Mega Champion accomplish?

What Worked

• Dragon Lee and Dominik have excellent chemistry.
• The match was athletic without becoming meaningless move spam.
• Big Cass looked legitimately dangerous afterward.
• Je’Von Evans confronting Cass advances their story.

What Didn’t Work

• Dominik Mysterio should not be taking unnecessary clean losses while holding AAA’s top championship.
• Dragon’s victory immediately became secondary to Big Cass.
• WWE cannot claim the AAA partnership matters while treating its world champion like another Raw midcard wrestler.
• The finish created more questions than momentum.

LA Knight Wants Roman Reigns — And WWE Keeps Making Him Wait

Grade: B+

LA Knight’s frustration makes complete sense.

Roman Reigns has the World Heavyweight Championship.

Knight wants Roman.

Instead, WWE created an eight-man luchador tournament for the Mexico City championship match, leaving Knight outside the bracket.

Yes, there’s a logical reason: the tournament is specifically built around luchadores because the title defense is happening in Mexico City.

But from LA Knight’s perspective?

Who cares?

If I’m LA Knight, I’m not patiently standing backstage waiting for Rey Mysterio’s tournament to end.

I’m blowing the entire thing up.

I’m demanding Roman Reigns defend against me.

Knight mocked Roman’s expensive watches by saying they all tell him the same thing: it’s time to whip Roman’s ass. That is exactly the attitude he should have.

Adam Pearce eventually promised him that after the tournament WWE would find a path toward title contention.

That sounds suspiciously like WWE telling the audience, “Not yet.”

Everything about the direction appears to suggest WWE is preserving Knight versus Roman for later rather than Mexico City.

If that’s the direction, Money in the Bank on October 10 suddenly becomes very interesting.

The important thing is that WWE cannot cool Knight off while getting there.

What Worked

• Knight’s frustration is logical.
• His Roman Reigns obsession remains clear.
• Pearce acknowledging Knight’s claim keeps the championship chase alive.
• Jacob Fatu confronting Knight gives WWE another avenue to keep Knight involved with Roman’s world.

What Didn’t Work

• Knight feels like he’s being asked to wait while everybody else gets mechanisms for earning opportunities.
• WWE risks making him look passive if he simply accepts Pearce’s answer.
• If Roman vs. Knight is the destination, WWE needs meaningful escalation between now and then.

Iyo Sky Is Sol Ruca’s Mystery Partner — Good Partner, Terrible Mystery

Grade: B

Let me make something extremely clear.

Iyo Sky is great.

She is talented.

She is one of the best wrestlers in WWE.

This has nothing to do with Iyo Sky.

The issue is WWE spending the week aggressively promoting Sol Ruca having a mystery partner, allowing fan speculation to grow and then revealing somebody who is already an established member of the Raw women’s roster.

Why manufacture that level of mystery?

There is a difference between advertising “Sol Ruca will reveal her partner tonight” and deliberately making the identity itself part of the attraction.

Once WWE does the latter, fans naturally expect a return, debut, crossover or genuine surprise.

Then Iyo’s music hits.

Again: excellent wrestler.

Underwhelming mystery.

The match itself was considerably better than the reveal.

Iyo and Sol’s athletic styles meshed immediately against Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez, and WWE smartly had Sol score the decisive pin over Perez instead of immediately pinning Women’s Intercontinental Champion Raquel Rodriguez.

That keeps Sol connected to the championship without unnecessarily beating the champion.

After months trapped in Judgment Day’s orbit, Sol finally got meaningful revenge and can now start moving back toward Raquel.

What Worked

• Iyo Sky and Sol Ruca were an exciting team.
• The wrestling was strong.
• Sol getting the winning pin mattered.
• Raquel Rodriguez was protected.
• Sol now has a legitimate argument for another Women’s Intercontinental Championship opportunity.

What Didn’t Work

• WWE oversold the “mystery partner” hook.
• Iyo Sky did not require that level of secrecy.
• The reveal created expectations WWE never intended to satisfy.
• Sometimes simply advertising a good match is better than manufacturing a surprise.

Lyra Valkyria Confronts Sol Ruca

Grade: B

The Women’s Intercontinental Championship scene quietly became more interesting tonight.

After Sol and Iyo won, Lyra Valkyria confronted them and questioned why Sol believed she deserved to jump immediately back into championship contention.

That creates a useful obstacle.

Instead of simply booking Sol against Raquel again because she was the previous champion, WWE can make Sol fight through another contender first.

Lyra also continues showing signs of frustration that could become increasingly important.

What Worked

• It gives Sol something to do before another Raquel match.
• Lyra has a legitimate grievance.
• The Women’s Intercontinental Championship now has multiple contenders.
• WWE planted another story without overexplaining it.

What Didn’t Work

• WWE needs to move Lyra’s frustration somewhere soon instead of endlessly teasing it.

Bron Breakker Questions Paul Heyman About Oba Femi

Grade: A

This may have been the best pure storyline segment tonight.

Bron didn’t ask Heyman whether Oba was talented.

He asked whether Heyman believes Oba Femi is the future of WWE.

That’s an entirely different question.

And Heyman knew exactly why Bron was asking.

Heyman admitted he respects Oba because Oba backed up everything he said against Brock Lesnar. Bron asked again. Heyman then turned the insecurity back onto Breakker, telling him that the real issue was Bron starting to wonder whether Oba might actually be the future.

Perfect.

Bron doesn’t simply want to beat Oba.

He wants to eliminate the possibility that anybody could consider Oba his superior.

This feud needs a championship eventually, but it doesn’t need one to begin.

Their pride is enough.

What Worked

• Excellent character logic.
• Heyman didn’t blindly reassure Bron.
• Oba’s Brock Lesnar performance continues having storyline consequences.
• Bron’s insecurity gives him depth beyond being angry and explosive.
• The eventual match already feels significant.

What Didn’t Work

• Nothing substantial. WWE simply needs to avoid rushing the payoff.

Jey Uso vs. Solo Sikoa — Good Match, Wrong Result

Grade: B-

The main event was physical, energetic and carried legitimate emotional stakes.

I still hate the result.

Solo repeatedly showed throughout the match why his current character works. The crowd was even chanting for him at points. He has finally escaped the creative box that defined so much of his previous run.

Then WWE put him right back inside it.

Jimmy Uso eventually became involved, distracting Solo long enough for Jey to hit a spear. Solo survived. Jimmy interfered again. Solo hit Jimmy with the Samoan Spike, only for another distraction to leave him vulnerable to Jey’s spear and Uso Splash.

Jey won.

Now Jey gets to deliver Solo Sikoa to Roman Reigns next week.

Why?

Solo doesn’t need the Bloodline.

Roman doesn’t need Solo.

The Bloodline doesn’t need another person unwillingly dragged back into the group.

Solo is over enough to stand alone.

He’s charismatic enough to stand alone.

He’s good enough in the ring to stand alone.

Give him a singles championship direction and let him become his own character.

Instead, WWE found something that was working organically and decided the answer was another Bloodline chapter.

That doesn’t mean next week’s angle automatically fails. Maybe Solo joining Roman is temporary. Maybe this leads to Solo eventually destroying the group from inside. Maybe WWE has another twist planned.

But judging strictly by what happened tonight, this feels like unnecessary regression.

What Worked

• Solo and Jey’s family history gave the match weight.
• Solo continues looking comfortable in his new personality.
• The crowd reacted strongly to Solo.
• The match had believable near falls.
• Jimmy’s involvement fit the family story.

What Didn’t Work

• Solo losing because of repeated interference undercuts the stipulation.
• Returning Solo to the Bloodline threatens months of character growth.
• Solo has proven he doesn’t require a faction.
• WWE appears incapable of allowing some members of this family to exist outside Roman Reigns’ gravitational pull.
• The finish created storyline movement, but not necessarily progress.

Best Match and Segment of the Night

Best Match: Penta vs. Laredo Kid

Penta and Laredo Kid had the cleanest wrestling match tonight.

It had a purpose, the crowd understood the stakes and Penta advanced without completely flattening Laredo Kid.

More importantly, it made Roman Reigns’ September 14 defense feel like something WWE is actually building toward instead of a championship match announced simply because Raw is going to Mexico City.

Match Grade: A-

Best Segment: Bron Breakker and Paul Heyman Discuss Oba Femi

Bron Breakker versus Oba Femi feels bigger every week because WWE isn’t forcing them into meaningless matches before the actual fight happens.

Tonight’s Heyman conversation added another layer.

Bron isn’t merely angry at Oba.

He’s threatened by what Oba represents.

If Bron was supposed to be WWE’s unquestioned future, what happens when another generational monster arrives and starts receiving the same description?

That’s a wrestling story I want to see.

Segment Grade: A

What Was Announced for Next Week’s WWE Monday Night Raw?

Roman Reigns returns next week, and the tournament to determine his September 14 World Heavyweight Championship challenger continues.

• Roman Reigns returns to Monday Night Raw.
• Rey Fenix vs. El Fiscal in the World Heavyweight Championship No. 1 Contender’s Tournament.
• Dragon Lee vs. El Hijo de Dr. Wagner Jr. in the World Heavyweight Championship No. 1 Contender’s Tournament.
• Jey Uso is expected to deliver Solo Sikoa to Roman Reigns following tonight’s main-event stipulation.

Final Thoughts

Tonight’s WWE Monday Night Raw wasn’t bad. It was frustrating.

That’s an important difference.

Penta and Laredo Kid delivered. Bron Breakker and Oba Femi suddenly have one of Raw’s most interesting long-term stories. Stephanie Vaquer, Becky Lynch and Liv Morgan gave the Women’s World Championship scene immediate depth. Sol Ruca finally escaped the endless Judgment Day cycle long enough to start moving back toward the Women’s Intercontinental Championship.

But WWE also spent almost ten minutes on Austin Theory versus Akira Tozawa when the entire match could have accomplished its purpose in three.

They promoted a mystery partner all week and revealed Iyo Sky — a fantastic wrestler who didn’t need to be artificially presented like some shocking surprise.

They had Dragon Lee cleanly pin the reigning AAA Mega Champion and then immediately made Dragon’s victory secondary to Big Cass.

And after Solo Sikoa finally discovered the personality, charisma and independence his character desperately needed, WWE decided to force him back toward Roman Reigns and the Bloodline.

That last decision could still become something worthwhile depending on what Roman does with Solo next week.

But WWE needs to understand something.

Not every character connected to Roman Reigns needs to permanently remain trapped inside the Bloodline.

Sometimes the best way to evolve a story is to finally let somebody leave it behind.

And while WWE waits to decide who challenges Roman Reigns in Mexico City, LA Knight is still standing outside the tournament asking the question WWE eventually has to answer: when does he finally get Roman Reigns one-on-one?

Tonight gave WWE several genuinely exciting roads forward tonight — but once again, some of the company’s biggest obstacles were booking decisions entirely of its own making.

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