WWE Raw Results 5/18 - Women's Tag Team Title On The Line, Oba Femi Open Challenge

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage for "WWE Raw" on May 18, 2026, coming to you live from the First Horizon Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina!

Coming off their non-title victory against Giulia and Kiana James on this past Friday's episode of "WWE SmackDown", Paige and Brie Bella will be back in action as they put their Women's Tag Team Championship on the line against Judgment Day's Roxanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez. Not only will this mark Paige and Brie's first time putting their title on the line since retaining against The Irresistible Forces' Lash Legend and Nia Jax on the May 1 episode of "SmackDown", but the four women in tonight's match came face-to-face in a verbal confrontation that ended in Perez, Rodriguez, and their stablemate Women's World Champion Liv Morgan standing over Paige and Brie when they blindsided them with an attack on last Monday's edition of "Raw".

The Oba Femi Open Challenge has seen Oba Femi score very quick victories against the likes of Otis on the May 4 episode of "Raw" and Los Garza in a 2-On-1 Handicap Match during last Monday's show. Tonight, the Oba Femi Open Challenge is set to continue with anyone welcome to answer the call and test themselves against Femi.

El Grande Americano and OG El Grande Americano will be squaring off against one another at AAA Noche De Los Grandes on May 30 following weeks of tensions between the two men on Raw. Before they do, they will be meeting one another in the ring tonight when Grande joins forces with his Los Americanos stablemates Rayo Americano and Bravo Americano to take on OG Grande and his allies Los Americanos Hermanos' Julio and Bruno in a Six Man Tornado Tag Team Match. Additionally, World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns will be making an appearance on tonight's show after he found himself in a brawl with Jacob Fatu and was ultimately left laid out by him in the closing moments of last Monday's show.

We are live! The show kicks off with a video recapping what went down between Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatu last Monday.

We then see Reigns arriving at the First Horizon Coliseum, where Adam Pearce tells Reigns that they're doing things his way tonight. Reigns pushes back and says he's planning on calling out Fatu, but Pearce tries to stop him.

Fatu's music instead hits, and he makes his way to the ring as Michael Cole and Corey Graves greet audiences at home.

Fatu says Reigns intended to call him out, but he's in the ring now and demands that Reigns join him inside.

Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso's music hits, and they make their way out. Jey has a chair in hand as Jimmy asks Fatu what they're doing. He says Fatu said he would do anything for his family, but part of that was acknowledging Reigns per their World Heavyweight Championship Backlash match. He says Fatu never did any acknowledging and now he's about to get fired from WWE, but Fatu clocks Jey to level him and cinches in the Tongan Death Group on Jimmy. Jey cracks the chair he brought to the ring across Fatu's spine, but Fatu stays standing and cinches in the Tongan Death Grip on Jey.

Reigns' music hits and he makes his way out. Reigns stares down Fatu from the ring apron, then exchanges right hands with him and rocks Fatu with a big boot. He sets up for a Superman Punch, but Fatu cinches in a Tongan Death Grip on Reigns. Jey catches Fatu with a pair of superkicks and a spear, and Jimmy follows it up with an Uso Splash off the top rope. Jey and Jimmy hold up the One symbol and deliver a 1D to Fatu, then tangle him up between the top rope and middle rope. Reigns lands a Superman Punch on Fatu as he's still tangled up in the ropes, and The Usos land a double superkick on Fatu. Reigns lands a second Superman Punch on Fatu, and The Usos deliver another double superkick to him. Reigns and The Usos untangle Fatu from the ropes, and Reigns connects with a spear on him.

Adam Pearce makes his way out and looks to fire Fatu, but Fatu grabs his microphone and challenges Reigns to a Tribal Combat Match. Reigns accepts and heads to the back with The Usos. 

Finn Balor then makes his way to the ring. JD McDonagh follows.

The bell rings and Balor sends McDonagh crashing out of the ring. He whips him into one of the barricades chest first and sends him crashing into the ring steps shoulder first, then grabs a pair of kendo sticks and several chairs from under the ring and dumps them inside.

Balor pulls a table from under the ring, but McDonagh takes out Balor with a suicide dive and the two men brawl through the crowd. McDonagh sends Balor's head bouncing off a roadcase repeatedly, then flies off the top of a bigger roadcase with a moonsault to level Balor.

Balor and McDonagh return to the ringside area during the commercial break, and Balor sends McDonagh crashing on top of the announce desk spine first. He hits him repeatedly with a kendo stick and slides a chair into the ring, but McDonagh tangles up Balor's ankle in one of the camera cables and uses it to send him crashing into the ring apron spine first.

Balor cracks a chair across McDonagh's spine repeatedly back from the break, but McDonagh responds with a standing moonsault to Balor and goes for a pin. Balor kicks out, but McDonagh looks to send him crashing through a table in the corner. Balor stops his own momentum and connects with a Sling Blade on McDonagh, then delivers a shotgun dropkick to send McDonagh crashing through the table and ascends to the top rope. He sets up for a Coup De Grace, but McDonagh sees him coming and lands a powerbomb on him. He goes for a pin, but Balor kicks out. McDonagh then ascends to the top rope and delivers a moonsault to Balor, then goes for another pin but Balor kicks out.

McDonagh grabs a second table from under the ring and sets it up inside. He gets Balor on top of it and fires off a few right hands on him, then climbs back up to the top rope. Balor trips McDonagh and places him on the table, then rains down right hands on him and ascends to the top rope.

Dominik Mysterio runs out to the ring and looks to trip Balor, but Balor fights him off. McDonagh lands a superplex on Balor to send him crashing through the table and pins him, but Balor kicks out. Dominik then tosses two garbage cans into the ring and hands one to McDonagh before he grabs the other and hits Balor with it. McDonagh cracks his garbage can across Balor's spine and holds Balor in place for Dominik to dial it up for a 619 on him.

Balor pulls McDonagh in front of him, and Dominik accidentally dials it up for a 619 on McDonagh. Balor places one of the garbage cans on McDonagh's head and delivers a shotgun dropkick to him, then follows it up with a Coup De Grace off the top rope for the win.

Winner: Finn Balor

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