WWE Raw results, Aug. 8, 2016: Roman Reigns takes down Rusev before SummerSlam

WWE's resident "Certified G" takes on "The Best in the World at What He Does" in this Raw collision.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — If you had a dime for every time Enzo Amore beat Chris Jericho, you’d have zero dimes. But luckily, Muscles Marinara might get one over on The Ayatollah of Rock ‘n’ Rolla in the long run: After Jericho and his new pal Kevin Owens stepped to Enzo & Big Cass, the “G.O.A.T.” defeated Smacktalker Skywalker in the ensuing singles match when Big Cass rushed the ring and booted him in the face in retaliation for some attempted shenanigans by Owens.

Loopy as Jericho was, that meant he got the DQ win (drink it in, man) and Owens, true to his word, had his back. Big Cass, however, was quick to double-down against him and ‘Zo’s new rivals, challenging them to a match at SummerSlam, and the Canadian destroyers readily accepted. Somewhere, Jimmin Marvinluder weeps for what might have been.

The imposing Braun Strowman makes short work of a reluctant local grappler.

At least the locals are getting smarter: After Braun Strowman ground James Ellsworth and Evan Anderholm’s bones to make his bread, his third intended opponent, Jorel Nelson, didn’t even bother locking up with Strowman, opting instead to hit the bricks once the bell hit. Braun wasn’t having any of that, so he chased the poor guy down and destroyed him without fear of reprisal before finishing the job with the reverse chokeslam.

With WWE Hall of Famer Bob Backlund in his corner, Darren Young looks for retribution against his former tag team partner.

Looks like Bob Backlund gave Darren Young one lesson all those vignettes missed out on: Turnabout is fair play. One week after Titus O’Neil updended Mr. No Days Off in less-than-sportsmanlike fashion, D. Young returned the favor against his old tag team partner by beating him with a rollup and a handful of tights. All of which was to the consternation of The Big Deal and the unmitigated delight of Mr. Backlund, who luckily didn’t see his protégé skirt the rules.

In a rematch ordered by Raw General Manager Mick Foley, physically dominant rivals Cesaro and Sheamus lock horns.

Last week, Mick Foley challenged Cesaro or Sheamus to “impress” him, and Cesaro did so, upending The Celtic Warrior to earn a future championship opportunity. This week, The Hardcore Legend had the two go at it again, this time to see who was the more physically dominant, as last week’s bout was a dead heat until The King of Swing pulled ahead and it ended in a brawl anyway.

Again, Cesaro notched the win, and it was even more glorious (no he won’t give in, he won’t give innnn) because Sheamus rallied from a near-perfect performance to seize what could have, would have, and should have been the win by socking Cesaro in the face and rolling him up. Only problem was, the referee was knocked over in the process and missed the count, but rallied in time for The King of Swing to notch a rollup of his own.

See how a rare miscommunication between The Dudley Boyz sealed their fate in this tag team bout.

New Era, same old Dudley Boyz bravado. The ECW Originals got in Neville’s face on Raw Pre-Show and challenged The Man That Gravity Forgot to prove he could “fly” with a partner of his choosing. Turns out Neville can fly, and his ankle is just fine, thank you very much. It helped that his chosen partner, Sin Cara, was firing on all cylinders, and that D-Von accidentally clotheslined Bubba Ray in a bit of miscommunication. But that Red Arrow that finally put D-Von down for three? Well, let’s just say that everyone in attendance, especially the Dudleys, believed a man could fly.

Kofi Kingston aims to avenge the injured Big E against one of his SummerSlam opponents.

For anyone who was wondering what, exactly, Big E suffered from after his attack at the hands of Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson, the good brothers revealed the diagnosis as ringpostitis, and they attempted to infect Kofi Kingston with it as well following his match with Gallows on Raw. That, of course, would mean two members of The New Day were stricken with the dreaded disease, but even though "The Suntan Biker Man" managed to defeat Kingston, Xavier Woods stopped Gallows & Anderson from injuring Kingston down below by chasing them away with a steel chair.

Gallows & Anderson educate the rise of "ringpostitis" among Raw's tag teams.