WWE Raw results, May 20, 2019: Rollins & Kingston team up for No Disqualification Match as threat of Lesnar cash-in looms

The Beast Incarnate brings his Money in the Bank contract to Monday Night Raw.

ALBANY, N.Y. — So Brock Lesnar is Mr. Money in the Bank. What happens next? Well, for one, Seth Rollins is on notice: The Beast and Paul Heyman made that perfectly clear when they came to Raw for a renewed round of chest-beating — amplified by the looming variable that there is no longer any way to tell when Lesnar will be making his move. Thanks to the Wild Card Rule, WWE Champion Kofi Kingston isn’t safe either, but despite both champions hitting the ring to all but dare Lesnar to cash in his contract, The Beastslayer and The Dreadlocked Dynamo were reassured that Lesnar had no desire to make a move against them … yet. And with Rollins and Kingston both evidently scheduled for competition later in the evening, Team Brock decided to leave the two World Champions with the message that they were playing by The Beast’s rules, and the name of the game now is anticipation and paranoia. Message received. What happens next? Only one man knows.

The Monster Among Men gets his hands on Sami Zayn, one night removed from a controversial WWE Money in the Bank pay-per-view.

Seems like we can all safely say that Braun Strowman did not ambush Sami Zayn and string him up by his ankles in order to remove the former NXT Champion from the Men’s Money in the Bank Match. And yet, Zayn did steal The Monster Among Men's place in said match, and he indirectly got Strowman kicked out of the arena last night, so a debt was owed. And rest assured, it was paid.

Despite Zayn’s attempt to evade Strowman’s wrath by fleeing to the backstage area — he also tried to get Braun’s Super ShowDown opponent Bobby Lashley involved, but all Lashley did was stare down the big man — Strowman literally carried his opponent to the ring and made short work of him once the bell finally rang, putting Zayn away via Running Powerslam. With Super ShowDown in the distance, Strowman now has his eyes on The All Mighty. As far as Sami Zayn goes, consider them even.

As Lars Sullivan is interviewed in the ring, Lucha House Party strike.

Last night at WWE Money in the Bank, Lars Sullivan delivered an unannounced beating to The Lucha House Party. On Raw, the masked trio tried to deliver the favor during an planned in-ring interview with the imposing newcomer, and shockingly, their actions weren't entirely futile: The combined aerials of Kalisto, Gran Metalik & Lince Dorado were enough to send Sullivan tumbling from the ring, though all it ultimately did was The Freak to the point of no return. Sullivan made quick work of Kalisto & Metalik as retribution for their ambush and would have done the same to Lince Dorado, but his teammates pulled him from the ring just as Sullivan was hoisting him up for a powerbomb. That the Luchas briefly one-upped Sullivan and left the arena under their own power is certainly more than they can say for WWE Money in the Bank, and even if it’s only a moral victory, nobody’s even managed that with Sullivan so far, so it’s an achievement all the same.

Ricochet continues to redefine aerial combat as he takes flight against The Swiss Superman.

It’s been a while since Cesaro was a regular singles competitor on Raw, so it’s tempting to regard his recent run as something of a reminder of what made him such a special Superstar in the first place. The man simply does not have bad matches. He had the added benefit of a victorious performance this week, though his opponent, Ricochet, was nowhere near 100 percent after taking a painful trip through a ladder at WWE Money in the Bank last night.

That was perhaps what Cesaro had in mind when he more or less goaded the former NXT North American Champion into a bout during a confrontation in the trainer’s room. Ricochet battled through his taped-up back on pure adrenaline, but his desire to beat Cesaro with his speed instead found him flying headlong into a vicious European uppercut. The Swiss Superman followed up with a gorilla press backbreaker and Neutralizer for the victory. Attach an asterisk if you must; it won’t change the outcome.

The Big Dog and “The Best in the World” agree to battle at WWE Super ShowDown.

Where one door closes, another one opens, and now that Roman Reigns is done with Elias and Shane McMahon is through with The Miz, the two can finally turn their attention toward each other. After all, Elias was Shane’s hired hand to pay Roman back for Superman Punching Mr. McMahon a few weeks back, and there’s clearly some unfinished business there. Reigns was all for throwing down on the spot against Shane-O-Mac after the McMahon scion interrupted The Big Dog’s in-ring appearance, and despite some initial hesitance on the part of Shane, he eventually accepted with one caveat: That the match happen in two weeks at WWE Super ShowDown. Of course, with Drew McIntyre flanking Shane for the second half of the confrontation, Shane has seemingly used his money to secure himself some muscle. A wise use of resources, to be sure. But “The Best in the World” might have tipped his hand a bit too emphatically: Now, Reigns knows what he’s up against.

WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley’s announcement of the 24/7 Championship quickly leads to two new champions.

New title, new rules, new Raw? Seeking to bring the rawness back to the third hour of Raw, WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley introduced the 24/7 Championship, a new title that can be won or lost at any time, in any place, as long as there’s a referee present, with competition open to all brands, including 205 Live, NXT and NXT UK, as well as Legends and WWE Hall of Famers. The idea, Foley said, was to reinforce the notion that a champion must eat, sleep and breathe the title if he wants to be worthy of it, and fittingly enough, the title’s history got off to the most frantic possible start when Foley’s announcement instigated a wild scrum that ended in not one but two titleholders within the span of a few minutes.

The winner turned out to be someone who wasn’t even involved in that fray: Moments after Titus O’Neil grabbed the title to become the inaugural champion, Robert Roode ran out like a bat out of hell and rolled up The Big Deal near the entranceway to win the championship. The savvy Roode hit the bricks the second he captured the championship, with several other contenders giving chase behind the curtain. He didn’t even have time to grab the title when he made his escape, but Roode certainly got Foley’s message: Everyone is coming for him, and he’ll need to be at his best to hold them off.

With the new 24/7 Championship, you never quite know what to expect. WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley discusses what it was like to introduce the spiritual successor to the Hardcore Championship.

The A-Lister locks up with The Scottish Psychopath as “The Best in the World” Shane McMahon looks on.

The Miz isn’t quite ready to put Shane McMahon in his rearview, but Drew McIntyre seems to be making that decision for him: The Scottish Psychopath is already paying dividends for “The Best in the World,” who forced The A-Lister to face his towering enforcer when he made it known he wanted to square up with Shane once again. Unfortunately, the mountain proved to be too steep a climb for even this gritty version of the former WWE Champion.

Of course, McIntyre didn’t exactly steamroll through Miz, whose matches with Shane have brought out an inner brawler that shows no signs of fading away anytime soon. The Awesome One even got McIntyre down to his back by chopping out his knees, setting up a Figure-Four Leglock and forcing Shane to run interference. But there was no doubt who Miz was really out there for, and The A-Lister’s attempt to chase down Shane gave McIntyre time to recover from a Figure-Four and occupy the ref’s attention. Shane took advantage, ambushing Miz from behind to set him up for a match-ending Claymore.

Adding insult to injury, Shane offered one last “parting gift” before he finally moved on from Miz, ordering McIntyre to set The Awesome One up in the corner for a Coast-to-Coast. Before Shane could take flight, however, Roman Reigns darted to the ring and fought them both off. For Miz, the moment was bittersweet at best. For all his fire, Miz finds himself at a loss. Redemption evades his grasp, and Shane threatens to fade farther into the distance.