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WWE Raw Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights from June 20

Doc-Chris Mueller

Welcome to Bleacher Report's coverage and recap of WWE Raw on June 20.

The buildup continued this week for the Money in the Bank pay-per-view with more qualifying bouts to see who would compete in the titular ladder matches at the event.

We also saw Elias return to Raw for the first time in several months to reunite with his brother Ezekiel for a special concert.

Let's take a look at everything that happened on Monday's Raw.

Asuka vs. Morgan vs. Lynch vs. Bliss vs. Carmella

Raw opened with Bianca Belair coming to the ring to inform us that Rhea Ripley would be unable to challenge her for the Raw women's title at MITB. She announced the five competitors who will be in a Fatal 5-Way to find a new challenger.

This led to Liv Morgan, Carmella, Asuka, Lynch and Alexa Bliss coming out to say a few words before the match started. Asuka and Lynch took each other out of the ring while the other three women stayed in.

This bout was basically a series of different combinations of opponents with the occasional multi-woman spot with three or more competitors. It was the usual setup for this kind of match. Most of the time, only two people were in the ring at the same time.

We saw some good athleticism and creative spots, but something about it kept this from going from good to great. Maybe they played it too safe. Maybe there were too many moving parts. It's hard to say.

Carmella ended up scoring the win with a superkick to Morgan to earn herself a title shot.

Grade: B-

Notable Moments and Observations

Riddle vs. Omos

After we got a recap of Riddle vs. Roman Reigns from SmackDown, The Bro came to the ring to give a promo and face Omos for a spot in the men's MITB match.

For once, it felt like Riddle was trying to give a semi-serious promo. The stoner humor was kept to a minimum, so he came across as more focused than ever.

When the match began, Riddle ran right at the giant in an attempt to catch him off guard. It worked for a few moments, but one big slam from Omos put him down.

After a decent fight, Omos scored the win to earn a spot at MITB. Putting Omos in the ring with guys like Riddle is a good move. They can do a bunch of their big spots, and the giant can catch them and throw them around. Giants just work better with guys who are not powerhouses in their own right.

Grade: C+

Notable Moments and Observations

Jey Uso vs. Angelo Dawkins

United States champion Theory came to the ring for a promo. Despite losing the posedown from last week with Bobby Lashley, Theory talked a big game about being the future. He did some more posing before realizing Lashley was standing behind him.

The All Mighty sprayed him in the face with baby oil and sent him out of the ring. This was just Lashley getting a little revenge, but it added nothing new to their blossoming feud.

The nest match featured Jey Uso battling Angelo Dawkins. Jimmy Uso and Montez Ford were at ringside to support their partners as they usually do.

Ford is the high-flying member of his team, so a lot of people always look at him as the most exciting. However, nobody should sleep on Dawkins. He is great when it's time for him to hit a sequence of big moves.

Dawkins was able to get the win to give his team some momentum leading to their title showdown at MITB.

Grade: B-

Notable Moments and Observations

Bobby Lashley vs. Otis, Gable and Theory

For the first time in several months, Elias appeared in a WWE ring with his guitar in hand to play a concert. It didn't take long for Kevin Owens to break up the party.

We saw a video of Ezekiel backstage to make it appear as if he was really just the brother of Elias, but KO never bought it for a second. The segment still ended with Elias smashing a guitar over his back. This was fun, but nothing really surprising happened. This is probably how a lot of people predicted this would go down.

The next match was a special handicap gauntlet match. If Lashley could defeat Chad Gable, Otis and Theory, he would earn a U.S. title shot at MITB.

Gable was up first and tried to use his technical ability, but Lashley is just as technically sound and twice as strong, so Gable was the underdog in several ways. The All Mighty obviously defeated and moved on to face Otis, who he also defeated.

Alpha Academy made sure to leave Lashley as hurt as possible before Theory came down as the final opponent. After surviving a short onslaught, Lashley used an improvised roll-up to score the win and earn a title shot.

Grade: B-

Notable Moments and Observations

Miz TV and Ciampa vs. AJ Styles

This week's installment of Miz TV featured AJ Styles as his special guest. The same thing that always happens on this show happened again.

At first, The Miz was cordial, but the conversation quickly turned hostile when he insulted his guest. The Phenomenal One saw through his game and told him he wouldn't be pushed into a fight. Then he punched The A-Lister in the face, so he must have been lying.

This was about as run of the mill as a talk show segment gets. It was fine but no better than that. The best part was the match that came after between Ciampa and Styles.

For a lot of people who have followed Ciampa in NXT and before, seeing him face Styles is somewhat of a dream match, so getting it as a random encounter on Raw will likely lead to some mixed reactions from fans.

Even without any buildup, this was still a fun encounter. Ciampa was not presented as strongly as some would like, but at least we got to see him in the ring, so there's that.

The Phenomenal One scored a quick win, but he also got the last laugh when he hit The Miz with the Styles Clash. Let's hope the next time Ciampa and Styles meet, they get more time.

Grade: C+

Notable Moments and Observations

Becky Lynch vs. Asuka

The main event of the evening featured Lynch and Asuka battling again after competing in the opening bout, but this time it was in a singles bout for a spot in the women's MITB match.

These two always put on a good show together, so there is no need to go into specifics. Everything they did looked good, and they made it feel like either woman could win multiple times.

Trying to steal each other's finishing move was a fun sequence, but when the dust settled, Asuka used a brutal roundhouse kick to the head to defeat Big Time Becks and earn her spot at the PPV.

We've seen this match multiple times in recent months, but it hasn't worn out its welcome yet. It might not take much more to get to that point, but for now, this was a strong main event.

Grade: A-

Notable Moments and Observations

   

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