Four possible endings for WWE Raw in Buffalo on August 17, 2026
WWE Raw returns tonight, August 17, 2026, live from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York, with the Bloodline saga at center stage; Jey Uso is expected to deliver Solo Sikoa to Roman Reigns after defeating him in last week’s WWE Raw stipulation match. The card opens as a go-home show for multiple storylines that could conclude the night in several ways.
The Bloodline narrative and recent backstage assaults frame the night: Royce Keys remains sidelined following Jacob Fatu’s chair-assisted attack, and LA Knight’s unresolved issues with Fatu and Roman Reigns continue to simmer. Michael Cole announced Keys was out indefinitely with a bruised larynx and cervical strain after the August 3 attack on Raw. Fatu’s positioning as an enforcer and Knight’s earlier confrontation with Reigns on the August 3 show further complicate potential outcomes.
One scenario has Jey delivering Solo to Reigns as promised, only for Solo to embrace his old allies Jacob Fatu and Jimmy Uso and then turn on Jey, closing the show with a Bloodline beatdown; the piece frames that finish as a way to set up a Jey-versus-Solo dynamic heading into the fall while re-establishing Reigns as the group’s unquestioned head. That finish would produce an explicit reunion of Solo with the faction before an on-screen attack on Jey.
An alternate finish described has Solo refusing to kneel despite the stipulation, standing defiantly in front of Reigns while Fatu and the Usos surround and overwhelm him; the show could end with Solo getting beaten down and Jey making a save, reigniting tension between the two former Bloodline members rather than delivering a clean reunion. That version preserves conflict inside the group without a restored unity.
A third possibility centers on Royce Keys: given Michael Cole’s announcement that Keys is out indefinitely with a bruised larynx and cervical strain from the August 3 chair-assisted attack, the article suggests a surprise return tonight—even a brief appearance from the ramp or backstage—would be a natural way to plant seeds for a rematch once Keys is cleared, with Fatu already positioned as Reigns’s enforcer. Keys’s status and any unexpected appearance are presented as a variable that could shift the night’s conclusion.
The fourth scenario involves LA Knight: the piece notes Knight has unfinished business with Fatu, who beat him for the United States Championship at WrestleMania 41, and with Reigns after their interaction on August 3. It proposes a chaotic ending in which Knight storms out to attack Fatu during a celebration or targets Reigns directly, keeping Knight in the Bloodline orbit and producing a heated go-home moment for the next block of storylines.
Raw will air live from the KeyBank Center in Buffalo, New York tonight; upcoming confirmed WWE dates noted in the piece include Sunday Night’s Main Event on Sunday, September 6, 2026, at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia—WWE’s first-ever Sunday Night’s Main Event—and Money in the Bank on October 10, 2026, at the Smoothie King Center in New Orleans, Louisiana.