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New Champion Crowned On Raw, New Title Matches Announced For SummerSlam 2017, Raw Star Humiliated & Gimmick’s Return Confirmed

New Champion Crowned On Raw

On tonight’s go-home edition of Raw for SummerSlam 2017, Akira Tozawa ended Neville’s unstoppable reign as the WWE Cruiserweight Champion when he defeated “The King of the Cruiserweights” to capture his first ever Title in WWE. This match was originally scheduled to take place at this Sunday’s SummerSlam 2017 PPV. You can watch the Title change below:

New Title Matches Announced For SummerSlam 2017
Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose finally reunited tonight when they did their “Shield fist bump” and Raw General Manager Kurt Angle announced that Rollins & Ambrose will face the team of Cesaro & Sheamus for the Raw Tag Team Titles at SummerSlam 2017. Also, Sasha Banks defeated Nia Jax to become the new #1 contender for the Raw Women’s Championship and she’ll now face Alexa Bliss for the Title this Sunday at SummerSlam 2017.

Raw Star Humiliated & Gimmick’s Return Confirmed

Another SummerSlam 2017 match took place on tonight’s episode of Raw when former WWE Champion Bray Wyatt faced former Universal Champion Finn Balor. Wyatt went on to defeat Balor and then humiliated him by pouring a red liquid on him:

Balor then noted in a backstage interview that he’ll be bringing “The Demon King” back this Sunday at SummerSlam 2017:

This was later confirmed on Raw as well:

Finn Balor to bring back The Demon King gimmick at SummerSlam 2017

Finn Balor to bring back The Demon King gimmick at SummerSlam 2017

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