{"id":220481,"date":"2026-08-06T12:16:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T17:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=220481"},"modified":"2026-08-06T12:16:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T17:16:39","slug":"wwe-raw-hits-misses-8-3-reigns-reacts-to-summerslam-and-then-compares-watches-with-la-knight-becky-lynch-and-stephanie-vaquer-returns-breakker-has-lost-momentum-keys-needs-to-sell-that-for-wee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/08\/06\/wwe-raw-hits-misses-8-3-reigns-reacts-to-summerslam-and-then-compares-watches-with-la-knight-becky-lynch-and-stephanie-vaquer-returns-breakker-has-lost-momentum-keys-needs-to-sell-that-for-wee\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE RAW HITS &#038; MISSES (8\/3): Reigns reacts to Summerslam and then compares watches with LA Knight, Becky Lynch and Stephanie Vaquer returns, Breakker has lost momentum, Keys needs to sell that for weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1864740424\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><b>Opening Segment with Reigns and LA Knight &#8211; HIT:<\/b> This was one of the better Raws in recent memory and it got off to a good start with Roman Reigns coming out to talk about beating Seth Rollins to defend the World Championship at SummerSlam. He was interrupted by LA Knight to set up his next challenger. Knight was very strong here. Again, I\u2019m not a big fan of the current presentation of Reigns\u2019s character. He came across like a heel for the most part on this show. Bragging about having a nicer watch than your opponent definitely screams heel to me, but I\u2019m not convinced that\u2019s the way WWE wants the fans to think. This wasn\u2019t a great segment, but it was good enough based largely on Knight\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n<p><b>Ethan Page vs. Je&#8217;Von Evans &#8211; HIT:<\/b> I greatly enjoyed this match from start to finish. It was better and longer than most of the matches on SummerSlam. Je\u2019Von Evans is so fun to watch and so exciting in the ring, but Ethan Page is a very good wrestler in his own right. They have great chemistry too. I loved how they built off of previous matches where Page was able to counter some of Evans\u2019 high flying offense since he had seen it before. There were a lot of little things that I liked in this match. I appreciate the fact that the referee wasn\u2019t made to look stupid like they often are when he caught Page trying to cheat which led to the end as Evans leaped over Page and the ref to climb the ropes and hit the OG Cutter for the win.<\/p>\n<p><b>Returns of Lynch and Vaquer &#8211; HIT:<\/b> Sol Ruca vs. Roxanne Perez was a solid match. It had a few sloppy moments and a lame disqualification finish, so I can\u2019t give it a Hit. But, it wasn\u2019t bad enough to get a Miss either. But, it did set up the surprise returns of both Becky Lynch and Stephanie Vaquer. Lynch seems to be back in babyface mode without a turn which isn\u2019t the best, but she should be a babyface so I won\u2019t complain. She was great in challenging Liv Morgan and pointing out how bad her World Title reign has been so far. I wasn\u2019t expecting a second return so quickly, so Stephanie Vaquer\u2019s appearance at that point was also a great surprise. It will be interesting to see the dynamic between Lynch and Vaquer going forward.<\/p>\n<p><b>Oba Feni &#8211; Bron Breakker &#8211; MISS:<\/b> I know a lot of people are hyped for this and I would be too in other circumstances. The performance from Oba Femi in his promo talking about beating Brock Lesnar and being ready to lead a new generation of WWE wrestlers was strong. Bron Breakker was good in his role too getting upset at Femi\u2019s proclamation that he\u2019s the leader of the new generation. But, my problem is that Breakker has been playing third fiddle to Austin Theory and Maxxinne Dupri in the Vision lately. I have complained numerous times about how his talent was being wasted as part of the WWE Tag Team Champions with Theory. I know they won, but just seeing him sell to either Akira Tozawa or Otis hurt his credibility. Now, a week later I\u2019m expected to see him as a real threat to Femi who just slayed the Beast? No, I don\u2019t think so. He needed to be rehabilitated some before this.<\/p>\n<p><em>ARTICLE CONTINUED BELOW&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Check out the latest episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show covering the latest episode of Raw: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/episode\/wwe-raw-post-show-8-3-keller-white-discuss-roman-s-clear-heel-turn-tonight-and-why-he-s-still-not-actually-a-heel-plus-fatu-bron-oba--73423126\">CLICK HERE<\/a> to stream (or search \u201cwade keller\u201d on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or any other iOS or Android app to subscribe free)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WWE RAW POST-SHOW (8\/3): Keller &amp; White discuss Roman's clear heel turn tonight and why he's still not actually a heel, plus Fatu, Bron-Oba\" src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?episode_id=73423126&amp;theme=light&amp;playlist=false&amp;playlist-continuous=false&amp;chapters-image=true&amp;episode_image_position=right&amp;hide-logo=false&amp;hide-likes=false&amp;hide-comments=false&amp;hide-sharing=false&amp;hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><b>Gable &amp; Penta vs. Mysterio &amp; McDonagh &#8211; HIT:<\/b> This was a good tag team match which isn\u2019t surprising given the talent of these four wrestlers. It was good to see the Judgment Day duo moving on from Danhausen. I don\u2019t want to see Penta as a heel, so I was relieved that he and Chad Gable are still showing respect to each other and working together despite Gable beating Penta for the Intercontinental Title. Gable can have good title defenses against both JD McDonagh and Dominik Mysterio. Hopefully Penta has a chance to move on to something new away from the IC Title at least for awhile so they can focus on some heel challengers.<\/p>\n<p><b>Jacob Fatu vs. Royce Keys &#8211; HIT:<\/b> WWE needed to do a better job over the last month or so of fully establishing the past friendship between Jacob Fatu and Royce Keys. I mean, they\u2019ve talked about it and established that they were friends, but we needed more to make their \u201cbreak up\u201d feel like the big deal that WWE wants it to be. They did have a good street fight main event. It was physical and went back and forth nicely. Obviously, Fatu was the right pick to win the match. The post-match destruction of Keys was very well done. Keys should be out a month to sell the injuries suffered at the hands of his former friend. This definitely felt like a heel presentation for Fatu. The Usos also felt like heels in their backstage encounter with LA Knight earlier in the show. Reigns saluting what Fatu did to Keys would seem to cement him as a heel. But, he was immediately being friends with Rey Mysterio in the back and agreeing to talk to him about AAA (I do love the fact that he didn\u2019t know that Mysterio was the AAA GM). So, I wasn\u2019t thrilled with that bit at the very end of the show.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Jon Mezzera is PWTorch.com&#8217;s WWE Raw Hits &amp; Misses Specialist, providing his point of view for Raw each week. Email him at jmezz_torch@yahoo.com. 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