Braun Strowman went two-for-two in the “W” column on Raw. The first came in the official sense, when he defeated a game Mark Henry via Powerslam after the former World Heavyweight Champion couldn’t complete The World’s Strongest Slam. The second came in the unofficial sense, when he beat down Roman Reigns after The Big Dog tried to one-up The Monster Among Men at the conclusion of the match. (Remember, Stephanie McMahon’s mandate said Roman couldn’t do anything during the bout.) The upshot of all this? Strowman may not quite have the whole world in his hands like his old boss does, but he’s got all the momentum in the world nonetheless.

Sami Zayn has a propensity for stepping to Superstars who are bigger and stronger than he is, but it looks like Samoa Joe has saved him the trouble this time around. The Samoan Submission Machine, who had talked some trash about Zayn earlier in the evening during an interview with Michael Cole, certainly picked his moment to strike wisely. He waited until after Zayn had gone the distance against Rusev and surprised The Super Athlete with a Helluva Kick out of nowhere at the end of a hellacious match. When The Underdog from the Underground was giving his post-match interview atop the ramp, Joe struck, peppering Zayn with punches before slamming him into the TitanTron and putting him to sleep with the Coquina Clutch.

Give Chris Jericho credit: He knows he put Kevin Owens in a tough spot in accepting a WWE Universal Title Match with Goldberg on his friend’s behalf, and he tried his best to make it up to KO. Alas, it did not work.

Jericho’s “Festival of Friendship” was a show of extravagance unlike anything the WWE Universe had ever seen. The G.O.A.T. went the extra mile in showering Owens (who had spent the time before the festival in mysterious conference with Triple H) with gifts, from a Ralph Guggenheim original to a Michelangelo-inspired masterpiece to a magician who wasn’t very good, and he made The List. He seemed to cap things off by calling Goldberg himself out for a beating, only it turned out to be Gillberg, and an unimpressed Owens quickly destroyed him before asking Jericho, point-blank, what the point of all this was.

Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE Jericho launched, as a result, into a heartfelt thank-you speech to Owens for making his year that much better, and promised he would help Owens defeat Goldberg at WWE Fastlane as his best friend and brother. Seemingly humbled, Owens presented Jericho with a brand-new List — The List of KO, with Jericho’s name as the only one on it. And you know what happens when someone makes The List: Owens destroyed his best friend with savage abandon, administering an apron powerbomb before slamming Jericho face-first into the LED screen that had been set up in the ring.

We have a new Raw Women’s Champion, and it’s … Bayley!!! Charlotte Flair’s continued disregard of both Bayley and Sasha Banks finally came back to haunt her on Raw. The Boss helped The Huggable One seal the deal and achieve her girlhood dream of winning a Women’s Title on Raw, thus ending The Queen’s fourth reign with the title.

Up until the point of Sasha’s arrival, Bayley had been hanging tough, slapping Charlotte in the face and slamming her headfirst into the turnbuckle too many times to count. She continued to hang even after having her head bounced off the bottom buckle and suffering an interference from Dana Brooke, who raked Bayley across the eyes when she was trapped in the Figure-Four Leglock. To help even the odds, The Boss — unbeknownst to both Bayley and the ref — took out Brooke with her crutch and jabbed Charlotte in the gullet with it, breaking up the Figure-Eight and setting Bayley up for the decisive Bayley-to-Belly. The new champion celebrated exactly as you’d expect: among the WWE Universe, who quite literally embraced her as she dove into the crowd with the title. You could almost say it was a hug.