Tuesday 23 May 2017 08:09, UK
Samoa Joe proved he is not to be ignored going into the 'fatal 5-way' for a shot at the Universal Championship at Extreme Rules.
Joe sent a strong message to the other four men in the match on June 5, live on Sky Sports Box Office, by putting Seth Rollins in a Coquina Clutch to win a tag match with partner Bray Wyatt in the main event of RAW.
The show ended with the pair ominously looming over Rollins while his partner, Roman Reigns, lay ringside.
Finn Balor, the other man in the 'fatal 5-way' match, had a message for Universal Champion Brock Lesnar.
"You tell him that I said that 'Finn Balor will beat Brock Lesnar'", the Irishman told Lesnar's advocate Paul Heyman, before going on to beat Karl Anderson.
RAW GM Kurt Angle has already announced the main events for next week's show, the last before Extreme Rules.
Balor will take on Samoa Joe and Bray Wyatt in a triple threat match, while former Shield partners Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns go one-on-one.
RAW Women's Champion Alexa Bliss used veteran Mickie James to send a message to the contender for her title, Bayley.
She beat James by hitting a DDT and then attacked her with a kendo stick before Bayley intervened.
Sasha Banks, meanwhile, finally beat Alicia Fox after a rough two weeks.
But it was Fox who had the last laugh by hitting Banks with a scissor kick after the match to keep their rivalry alive.
Elias Samson finally made his full WWE debut after weeks of 'drifting' around RAW and he started with a win in an unconventional manner.
Ambrose's opponent at Extreme Rules, The Miz, came in to put his hands on Samson in order to get Dean disqualified.
Samson, however, made a statement by hitting Ambrose with a swinging neck breaker after the bell.
