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WWE RAW REPORT: PRIEST VERSUS ROLLINS, RING GENERAL VS RULES GENERAL, MIZTV WITH CODY, MORE QUALIFIERS FOR MITB, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2023-06-05 23:00:00

Your announcers are Corey Graves and Kevin Patrick.

WWE Champion Seth Rollins makes his way to the ring.

Seth welcomes everyone to Raw.  Seth says his week as World Champion has been a non-stop party.  In the midst of it all, he was thinking to himself when was the last time we had a championship match live on Raw.  He says it has been nearly two years.  Seth said to himself that two years is too damn long.  Seth says he put out an open challenge for tonight.  

Seth says that open challenge was answered by Damian Priest. 

Seth says he has to be honest because he is psyched for this.  He says he wanted all the fight and he wants to fight the best.  Whether you love them or not, THE Judgment Day are as good as it gets.  Seth says he is looking forward to his opportunity tonight to show that while they are good, they are not as good as him.

THE Judgment Day interrupts Seth's catchphrase and Damian Priest and Finn Balor make their way to the ring.

Seth says he was saying nice things about you and then you have to ruin this party.  Seth wants to know where Dom and Rhea are.  Where are they coming from?  Are they under the ring making out?  

Damian says Rhea and Dom have their own business to worry about.  Priest says Damian should only worry about him.

Seth asks if Damian and Finn do everything together.  

Finn tells Mr. Funny Man with the funny clothes, dance, laugh, and jokes that everyone loves Seth and loves to sing his song.

The crowd figures why not start humming along.

Finn says you are not going to love when Damian beats you and takes the World Championship from you tonight.

Priest says he thinks Seth is a deserving champion.  You have a resume and you have beaten them all.  Priest says so has he.  Damian says Seth has a set to make an open challenge.  He says he will not fall.  He says he does not need Dominik, Rhea, or Finn to beat Seth.  

Seth asks if that is so and he says he likes the confidence.  Seth says if it is just them tonight, Priest doesn't stand a chance.  Seth tells Priest to put his money where his mouth is.  Leave your crew in the back tonight.  He says it is best to keep the Prince in the back because he doesn't do well in fights with him.  Seth cackles.

Finn says that Seth doesn't get to decide and Priest says he accepts.  Priest says he will be the new World Champion at the end of the night.  You will go down as someone with the shortest title reigns.

Seth says his title reign is already longer than Finn's and then Seth cackles and 'dances' away.

Sonya says Becky will not make it to Money in the Bank because she is winning tonight.  She will cash in the briefcase and become champion.  Chelsea says she will tell everyone she told you so.

Match Number One:  Becky Lynch versus Sonya Deville (with Chelsea Green) in a Money in the Bank Qualifying Match

Chelsea gets on the apron to distract Becky but Sonya almost hits Chelsea.  Becky with a back heel kick but Sonya hits Becky from behind when Becky goes after Chelsea.  Sonya with kicks and a snap mare into a reverse chin lock.  Sonya slaps Becky and connects with a forearm.  Sonya runs into a back elbow and a boot.  Becky with a clothesline and a second one.  Becky with a leg lariat and a forearm in the corner.  Becky with an exploder.  Becky misses a boot in the corner but she connects with an elbow.  Becky with a cross body for a near fall.

Trish Stratus' music plays and she comes out with Zoey Stark to watch in the aisle.

Sonya with a waist lock and a series of standing switches.  Becky with a reverse DDT for a near fall.  Sonya goes to the floor.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Sonya with forearms on the turnbuckles.  Sonya sets for a superplex and hits it.  Sonya gets a near fall.  Sonya and Becky exchange punches.  Becky with a forearm and a baseball slide to Sonya on the floor.  Becky sends Sonya back into the ring and Chelsea with a bicycle kick.  Sonya gets a near fall.  Becky with punches and an enzuigiri.  Becky is sent to the apron and Becky knocks Chelsea off the apron and into the ringside barrier.  Sonya grabs Becky and Becky sends Sonya into the ringside barrier a few times.  Becky sends Sonya into the ringside barrier again.  Sonya is sent back into the ring and Sonya counters a uranage into a rollup for a near fall.

Becky goes for DisArmHer but Sonya sends Becky into the ropes.  Sonya with a rollup and Chelsea helps to add more pressure on the cover but Becky kicks out.  The referee does not send Chelsea to the back.  Sonya with forearms and punches.  Sonya goes to the turnbuckles but Becky catches Sonya off the turnbuckles and hits a uranage for the three count.

Winner:  Becky Lynch

We take a look back at what happened on Smackdown.

We go to commercial.

We are back with a look at what happened on Smackdown during the Romanian Millennium Celebration.

 Byron Saxton is in the back and he is with Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens.  Byron asks for their take on what happened.

Sami says he is not the type ot say "I Told you so" but it is nice to see the Usos do what they should have done months ago.  Jimmy did.  We will have to wait to see what Jey will do.

Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci show up and Kaiser says the Bloodline is not your problem, but while you hold those titles, you are their problem.

Kevin says they didn't say their name so they broke the rule.  He asks if they have any turtleneck shopping to do.

Gunther shows up and says Kevin lacks discipline and he will show Kevin discipline.

Kevin says if Gunther has a problem with his temper, there is a ring and he can kick somebody's ass because you're it.

We are back with a video for Kayden Carter and Katana Chance and they talk about how the worst thing is to be underestimated.  Kayden and Katana talk about what they have done outside of wrestling.   Carter says they bring the party and everyone is included.

Match Number Two:  Kevin Owens (with Sami Zayn) versus Gunther (with Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci) in a Non Title Match

They lock up and Gunther backs Owens into the corner and gives a clean break.  They lock up and Gunther with a side head lock and take down.  Gunther holds on to the side head lock when Owens tries to send Gunther off the ropes.  Owens grabs the nose and Gunther with a shoulder tackle.  Owens with a front face lock but Gunther with an arm bar.  Owens gets to the ropes and Owens with a punch and forearms.  Owens with a side head lock.  Owens bounces off Gunther and Owens with punches to back Gunther into the corner.  Gunther with a kick and he misses a chop.  Owens with a chop and forearms.  Owens with a European uppercut but Gunther with a kick and German suplex.  Owens rolls to the floor and holds his head and neck.  

Owens with a kick and chop.  Gunther with a boot to the chest and he sends Owens head first into the ringside barrier.  Gunther with a back drop driver onto the apron.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Gunther gets a near fall.  

We see footage of Gunther getting his knees up on a Swanton by Owens before the end of the break.

Gunther with a slam and he does a neck snap using his boots.  Gunther works on the neck and Owens with punches to get free.  Gunther with a boot to the head for a near fall.  Gunther with more boots to the head and the referee checks on Owens.  Gunther pie faces Owens while berating him.  Gunther with chops to Owens.  Gunther with a Liontamer into a Boston Crab.  Gunther with elbows and he applies a crossface.  They get to their feet and Owens with punches.  Gunther with a chop.  Gunther goes for a suplex but Owens blocks it.  Owens with punches and Kevin goes for a fisherman's buster but Gunther blocks it and hits a clothesline.

Gunther with another clothesline.  Gunther with a clothesline but Owens fires back with clotheslines.  Both men stay on their feet until Gunther hits a German suplex.  Owens with a German suplex after ducking a clothesline.  They exchange forearms and Gunther stops things with a chop and a boot to the back of the head.  Gunther with a front face lock but Owens with super kicks to send Gunther into the corner.  Owens with a cannonball for a near fall.  Kevin with a snap mare to escape a sleeper.  Gunther with a drop kick.  Owens escapes a power bomb and Kevin with kicks and a fisherman's buster for a near fall.  Owens goes up top and Gunther chops Kevin.  Gunther with a butterfly superplex for a near fall.  Gunther goes up top for a frog splash but Owens gets his knees up.  Kevin goes up top.

Kevin with a swanton for a near fall.  Vinci gets on the apron and Sami stops him.  Kaiser helps Vinci and Kevin helps Sami.  Kevin with a kick and stunner to Kaiser and Gunther with a rollup for the three count.

Winner:  Gunther

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