​WWE Raw on July 13, 2026, took place at American Airlines Center in Dallas, and featured a contract signing with Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins.With Saturday Night’s Main Event and SummerSlam rapidly approaching, there were matches set for both events. There was only one match with stakes on the show: a No. 1 contender match for the men’s Intercontinental Championship. IYO SKY picked up a win over Roxanne Perez and a rough-looking Lyra Valkyria now has a match against Bayley at SNME. A six-man tag between The Usos and Jacob Fatu is set for SummerSlam against Royce Keys, LA Knight, and Solo Sikoa. There was also a teaser for the return of Big Cass.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHere are the top takeaways from this week’s show:Before we get into the takeaways of what went down in the ring, an observation about this show must be stated.The commercial breaks are ridiculous. They are poorly timed, and the frequency is too high. Multiple entrances were skimped this week in favor of commercials. For example, a commercial ran right as Je’Von Evans entered the gauntlet match. On the return, he was already hurt, outside of the ring.This isn’t a new thing for the TKO regime, but it seems to be getting worse, making the show unbearable to watch live. Do better, WWE.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementKicking off the show was Brock Lesnar with Paul Heyman marching to the ring with a few of Dallas’ finest. Heyman got on the mic and ripped Femi, accusing him of stalker behavior for turning down a guaranteed title shot to gett his hands on Lesnar. Heyman went as far as to get a restraining order on Femi, and one for Lesnar.Femi entered, and the police moved into the ring, in front of Lesnar and Heyman. Femi wanted to know what the police presence was all about, and Heyman told him that he just violated his restraining order, and told the cops to do their job. Yeah, that didn’t happen. Femi tossed the cops around like rag dolls, and then grabbed a mic. Femi tore into Lesnar for running away at every turn, but said he won’t get that chance at SummerSlam.It’s funny how Femi tossing police around didn’t have any follow-up repercussions during the show. Something should have happened to keep the kayfabe alive, but nope. Femi’s work on the mic here was stellar. The intensity could be felt through the screen, and Lesnar watching on, laughing from the entrance, was an interesting contrast. Femi is right, though. It’s not like Lesnar’s character to run away and hide behind police. I guess that’s a way to acknowledge Femi’s threat level, but it still feels off.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe Vision with newly added member, Maxxine Dupri, took the ring for a promo. They were quickly joined by Alpha Academy, who wanted to talk to Dupri alone. Dupri obliged, and asked her Vision boys to exit the ring.Tozawa wanted to know why Dupri would turn her back on them, which didn’t receive an answer. Then Otis wanted to get something off his chest, which was a pr