Bengaluru, June 18: Last night, we witnessed the final hype for Stomping Grounds storylines on the go-home episode of WWE Monday Night Raw at the City of Angels.
The revelation of the special guest referee for Universal title match was the headliner of the show alongside a fatal-5-way match. Plus, Daniel Bryan was also in attendance on an eventful night which took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.
Here is how Raw in LA went down:
Elias was strumming his guitar to kick off this week's Raw. He brought a referee's shirt along with him to indicate that Corbin chose him as the guest referee for Stomping Grounds. However, Seth Rollins came out and downed the Living Truth with multiple chair-shots after which the scheduled fatal-5-way match competitors arrived to the ring and hit Elias with their respective finishing moves.
Meanwhile, the eliminated Cesaro attacked Strowman from behind to allow Ricochet to hit a 630-splash to eliminate the Monster Among Men. Ricochet later countered Miz's Figure Four Leglock with a Codebreaker and followed up with a Sick 630-splash for the win and the right to fight for the US title at Stomping Grounds.
Smackdown Tag Team Champions Daniel Bryan and Rowan walked onto the ramp to address the LA crowd with a heel promo until Viking Raiders came out. The team from Raw defeated a local tag team very quickly by hitting the Viking Experience.
Smackdown women's champion Bayley made her way to the ring to confront Bliss as the match was in progress. This played as interference to the match and Billie Kay used this opportunity to roll up Cross for a pin fall to retain the titles.