Raw results, July 22, 2019: “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Hulk Hogan and Ric Flair lead "A Toast to Monday Night Raw"

The Usos are backed by Rikishi as they attempt to follow up their Six-Man Tag Team Match victory, and D-Von Dudley accompanies Dash & Dawson to the ring while Booker T joins the Raw announce team.

Fittingly, the first match of Raw Reunion was a throwback in every sense of the word: In the ring were The Revival and The Usos, continuing the kind of old-school tag team rivalry that both tandems made their bones off of. Around the ring were the teams’ enforcers, famous tag team veterans — D-Von Dudley backed up the Raw Tag Team Champions, while Rikishi flanked his sons at ringside. And at commentary was Booker T, the two-time Hall of Famer who cut his teeth as one half of Harlem Heat in WCW.

That’s pretty much the ideal scenario for The Revival, who proudly idolize and emulate classic duos like The Enforcers. Unfortunately for the champs, they ended up on the wrong end of this one when Scott Dawson found himself distracted by a faceoff between D-Von and Rikishi at ringside, leaving him vulnerable to a superkick and the Double Uce. Thrilled with their win, Jimmy & Jey posed with their father in the ring, leaving the WWE Universe with the image of two generations of a legendary dynasty united in victory. That's about as old school as it gets, too.

One week after Cedric Alexander scored a quick victory over Drew McIntyre, the Scottish Superstar dishes out brutal pre-match vengeance.

Last week, Cedric Alexander shocked the world by defeating Drew McIntyre. The towering Scot made sure the former WWE Cruiserweight Champion wouldn’t even have an opportunity to do so again, as he exited the ring to attack Alexander halfway up the ramp before the bell. Alexander landed a few blows — that moonsault to the floor was gorgeous — but McIntyre simply would not tolerate any further embarrassment, driving his rival into the ring post before executing the reverse Alabama Slam he had been denied the previous week. The Scot added a sinister twist to the maneuver, sending Alexander careening face-first into the ring in a clear message that insubordination will not be tolerated, and any instance in which McIntyre is made a fool of will be repaid with punishment.

With Christian joining the Raw announce team, Erik & Ivar continue their quest to ransack, slaughter and annihilate the competition against former Raw Tag Team Champions Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins.

After weeks of running through hapless local competitors, The Viking Raiders have moved on to more prestigious fare: Erik & Ivar’s latest conquest was none other than Zack Ryder & Curt Hawkins, who are just a couple of weeks removed from being Raw Tag Team Champions but were nowhere near ready for the unpredictable attack from the former NXT Tag Team Champions. Despite Ryder & Hawkins wisely beginning the match with a flurry of offense, the Raiders turned the tables and ended the fight almost immediately thereafter with the Viking Experience to Hawkins. Even Christian, who sat in on commentary (Lilian Garcia handled ring-announcing duties), had to give the Raiders their props — not that the Erik & Ivar seem too concerned with racking up endorsements: There are enemies to crush, and Valhalla looms large in the distance.

It’s Samoan vs. Samoan, as The Big Dog and The Submission Machine aim to prove who is the better man after Samoa Joe had words about Roman’s family.

A lot of people seemed to enjoy The Usos and Rikishi rubbing shoulders with John Cena at the beginning of Raw Reunion. Samoa Joe saw a cheap nostalgia ploy that took the spotlight off of Superstars like himself, but at least one Superstar took exception to that characterization: Roman Reigns, a proud member and defender of the same Anoa’i dynasty as The Usos and Rikishi, emerged with an ominous message for The Samoan Submission Machine: “We’re from the same island. You know what happens next.”

What happened next was a cheap-shot and savage mugging inflicted by Joe against the former Universal Champion, at least until The Big Dog landed a nasty Superman Punch. Joe seemed content to fight another day after that, but Reigns called him a coward and goaded him into a match. Joe certainly proved his in-ring skill with an extended dismantling of Reigns’ left shoulder; if anything saved Roman, it was his simple refusal to stay down. The Big Dog kicked out of several pin attempts and escaped the Coquina Clutch by sending his foe tumbling through the ropes. Joe rushed the ring quickly in response, but his overzealousness got the better of him: Reigns launched himself full-bore into a Spear just as Joe got to his feet, chopping the big man down to seal a victory for himself and, more importantly, his family.

As he prepares to challenge Universal Champion Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam, The Architect gets into a war of words with The Advocate.

It takes a lot to get Paul Heyman to trip over his words, but Seth Rollins figured out a way to do it. Appearing on a “Miz TV” interview to hype his SummerSlam title bout with Universal Champion Brock Lesnar, Rollins presented the theory that The Beast Incarnate is a pale imitation of Rollins himself. Paul Heyman appeared on the TitanTron in a flustered fury, getting more riled up by the second as The Kingslayer doubled down on his insults. Rollins’ eventual request that Heyman back up his talk with action proved enough to drive The Advocate away — Heyman scurried back behind the curtain when Rollins threatened to attack — but it was what he said once Heyman had gone that seemingly hit the hardest: “Brock Lesnar isn’t a conqueror; Brock Lesnar isn’t a beast; Brock Lesnar is a man, and any man can lose.” It’s not quite a prediction, and it may not even be a spoiler. It is, however, a fact: Brock Lesnar can lose. Whether he does? That's a different story.

With Jonathan Coachman joining the Raw announce team, Kurt Angle, Sgt. Slaughter, The Hurricane and Rob Van Dam emerge to stop Sami Zayn from escaping The Master of the 619.

Sami Zayn isn’t much for anything that makes the WWE Universe happy these days, but his disdain for the Legends in attendance at Raw Reunion came back to bite him in a very literal way during his match against Rey Mysterio.

With Jonathan Coachman lending his talents to the commentary team, Zayn was heading for surefire defeat at the hands of The Ultimate Underdog, and clearly unwilling to suffer the ignominy of a 619, he attempted to make a swift exit and take a count-out loss. Unfortunately for The Critic of the Critics, he was blocked by Rob Van Dam, Sgt. Slaughter, The Hurricane and Kurt Angle, all of whom drove the former NXT Champion back to the ring and into the clutches of Mysterio, who finished things off with the 619 and a Five-Star Frog Splash that RVD seemed perfectly content to let Mysterio use his move: Call it a gift from one legend to another.

Bray Wyatt appears in his frightening “Fiend” persona to lay waste to The Hardcore Legend.

At least one WWE Hall of Famer’s homecoming wasn’t such a joyous affair: Mick Foley found himself victimized by Bray Wyatt before he could even get a word in edgewise, save for a brief mention of the night’s shenanigans involving the 24/7 Championship. (More on that later.) The Hardcore Legend had just started to elaborate on his favorite Raw memory (winning his first WWE Championship on the red brand in January 1999) when the lights cut out; once they flickered back on, Bray Wyatt was in the middle of the ring, his “Hurt” glove raised ominously in front of his mask. The Fiend quickly struck by locking in a macabre imitation of Foley’s own Mandible Claw on the Hall of Famer, bringing the legend down to the mat before fading once again into the black.

After The Goddess stirs the pot, Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and Natalya get into a wild melee during “A Moment of Bliss” en route to their title fight at SummerSlam.

Was last week’s harsh confrontation between Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and Natalya a heat-of-the-moment spat in the name of early momentum, or was it something deeper finally boiling to the surface? All signs point to the latter, as Lynch and Natalya came to blows when The Queen of Harts crashed Becky’s interview on “A Moment of Bliss.” Old grudges quickly came to the forefront, from their shared history in Japan years ago to Lynch’s reminder that she took the Raw Women’s Championship from Natalya’s “MMA pal” and was set to embarrass her in her home country at SummerSlam. Natalya countered that she was about to embarrass the champion then and there, and she threw hands to instigate a brawl that was quickly separated by WWE officials while the WWE Universe chanted “Let them fight.” Only three weeks until they do.

The Monster Among Men makes good on his promise to make quick work of local competitor Randy Rowe.

“Don’t blink; this ain’t gonna last long,” Braun Strowman promised before squaring up against local competitor Randy Rowe, and The Monster Among Men proved to be accurate in his prediction: Strowman tossed his helpless opponent around the ring a couple of times, hoisted him into the lights with a one-handed chokeslam, and that was that.