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WWE announces new Universal Championship during 'Monday Night Raw'

On a blowaway edition of WWE's flagship show "Monday Night Raw," they finally clarified — in a big way — the World title sitiuation following the brand split.

General Manager Mick Foley announced Monday the creation of a new title for the "Raw" brand, to be known as the WWE Universal title (referencing their "WWE Universe" branding) and announced further that the new title would be decided when Seth Rollins faced the winner of a mini-tournament.

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Newly called up NXT superstar Finn Balor first won a four-way match over Cesaro, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn to advance to the finals on the evening, and then scored a stunning upset over Roman Reigns in the main event of the show to advance to the title match on Aug.