WWE Raw Results 7/3 - Women's World Championship Match, Money In The Bank Aftermath
Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results of "WWE Raw" on July 3, 2023, coming to you live from the CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, Maryland!
After coming up short against Rhea Ripley for the Women's World Championship at WWE Night of Champions, Natalya has another shot at becoming titleholder tonight as the two go head-to-head in a rematch.
Although no other segments have been announced for tonight's show, there is sure to be some fallout from WWE Money In The Bank this past Saturday in London, England. Not only did Damian Priest and IYO SKY become the Men's and Women's Money In The Bank briefcase holders respectively, but the Premium Live Event also saw the return of Drew McIntyre, Shayna Baszler's betrayal of longtime friend Ronda Rousey, and Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez become the new Women's Tag Team Champions.
Additionally, World Heavyweight Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins, one half of the Undisputed Tag Team Champions Sami Zayn, Intercontinental Champion GUNTHER, Brock Lesnar, and Cody Rhodes are all scheduled to be in Baltimore tonight, as per WWE's event page.
We are live! The show kicks off with a video recapping the events of Money In The Bank.
Corey Graves and Kevin Patrick then greet audiences at home as Seth "Freakin" Rollins makes his way down to the ring.
Seth Rollins Is Interrupted By An American Nightmare And A Beast Incarnate
Rollins basks in the song of the fans before welcoming fans to Monday Night Rollins. He discusses the festivities of Money In The Bank and his victory over Finn Balor, then addresses WWE Summerslam.
Before Rollins can continue, Cody Rhodes' music hits and he makes his way down to the ring.
Rhodes looks to ask Baltimore what they want to talk about, but he is interrupted by Brock Lesnar's music!
"The Beast Incarnate" appears on the ramp and begins brawling with Rhodes. He dumps him in the ring and sets up for an F5, but Rhodes escapes and lands the Cody Cutter.
Judgment Day Confronts Seth Rollins
Back from the break, Rollins has gotten back inside the ring and says it's time to get back to business.
Judgment Day's music hits, and Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio, and Rhea Ripley appear. Ripley says everyone is here to see Judgment Day take over, and Rollins questions her statement. He takes note of Finn Balor's absence and asks where he is. He says while Balor is prone to sneak attacks, something tells him that isn't the case.
Ripley says Balor's whereabouts are none of his business, and Priest says the only thing he should be concerned about is his Money In The Bank briefcase. He says he could cash in on him at any time, including tonight. Rollins says Priest is forgetting you have to catch the champion when they're beating down, but he's as good as new. He says he was planning to party, but he's happy to have a match. Priest says he hopes Rollins has the energy to be beaten by someone next to him. Ripley suggests Dominik since she already has a title match later tonight, and throws out the challenge on his behalf. Rollins then accepts the challenge after some encouragement from the audience.
Back from the break, Shinsuke Nakamura heads down to the ring for his upcoming match with Priest.
Damian Priest (w/ Rhea Ripley and Dominik Mysterio) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
The bell rings and the two lock up. They go back and forth with submission holds before Priest lands a right hand. Nakamura delivers a series of knees to his jaw, then jams his boot into it. Priest responds with a forearm, then fires off stomps in the corner and sets up with a delayed vertical suplex. Nakamura escapes and delivers a knee to Priest's midsection that sends him tumbling to the outside. Nakamura then sends him into the barricade near the timekeeper's area face first before Priest plants him on top of it spine first.
Back from the break, Nakamura fires off a series of right hands and kicks. Nakamura plants him with a leg sweep, then follows it up with a kick and ascends to the middle rope. He goes flying, but Priest catches him with a right hand and sets up for South Of Heaven. Nakamura counters into a roll up, but Priest kicks out. Nakamura looks for an Arm Bar, but Priest blocks it and delivers a spinning heel kick. He sets up for Razor's Edge, but Nakamura escapes and delivers a knee off the middle rope. He sets up for the Kinshasa, but Priest ducks out of the way and lands a vicious clothesline. He follows it up with South Of Heaven for the win.
Winner: Damian Priest
Back from the break, Ronda Rousey marches her way down to the ring.
Shayna Baszler Confronts Ronda Rousey
Before Rousey can speak, Shayna Baszler's music hits and she heads down to the ring.
Baszler says everyone is sick of Rousey speaking on the mic. Rousey asks Baszler for an explanation and says she owes her that, and Baszler says she's self-absorbed. Baszler vents her frustrations and asks where Rousey was during her tryout. She says she has scratched and clawed to get to where she is, and there is finally someone there to shut her up.
Rousey delivers a kick that sends her tumbling off the apron and dumps her back in the ring. Baszler then cinches in an Ankle Lock and refuses to relinquish it. She lands a jaw to the side of Rousey's face and retreats.
Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez then make their way down to the ring to watch the upcoming Women's Tag Team Championship Number One Contenders Tag Team Turmoil Match. Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green, Indi Hartwell and Candice LeRae, Tegan Nox and Dana Brooke, Kayden Carter and Katana Chance, and Emma and Nikki Cross follow.
Women's Tag Team Championship Number One Contenders Tag Team Turmoil Match
Hartwell and LeRae, and Deville and Green are the first two teams to kick things off. The bell rings and Hartwell goes straight after Deville. LeRae tags in, and Hartwell delivers a Devillea gutbuster. LeRae then looks for a moonsault, but Deville rolls out of the way and tags in Green. Deville then delivers a knee to LeRae, and Green pins her.
Eliminated: Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell
Cross and Emma are the next entrants. Cross blindsides Green, then tags in Emma and slides out of the ring. She asks LeRae if she's okay as Emma sends Green repeatedly into the top turnbuckle face first. She delivers a suplex, then tosses her across the ring and delivers the Emma-mite Sandwich. Green fires back with a forearm, and Emma looks for the tag out to Cross. Cross is nowhere to be found, allowing Green to hit the UnPrettyHer and Deville to follow it up with a running knee for the elimination.
Eliminated: Nikki Cross and Emma
Nox and Brook are next up. Nox comes in right away with a single leg dropkick on Green, then lands a pair of running uppercuts and tags in Brooke. Brooke and Nox plant Green face first, and Green rolls to the outside for a time out with Deville. Brooke and Nox then level both women with baseball dropkicks.
Back from the break, Dana Brooke and Tegan Nox have been eliminated after Deville delivers a running knee to Nox's jaw.
Eliminated: Dana Brooke and Tegan Nox
Carter and Chance and the final entrants in the match. Carter delivers a kick to Deville's jaw before Chance tags in and delivers a springboard moonsault. Green tags in and delivers a double delayed vertical suplex with Deville, then tags Deville back in. Deville delivers a pair of right hands to Chance's midsection, then tags Green back in. Chance delivers a kick, and Carter tags in. Carter ascends to the middle rope and drags Green up with her. Chance makes the blind tag, and delivers a hurricanrana to Green off Carter's shoulders.She goes for the pin, but Deville breaks the fall.
Green sets up for the UnPrettyHer, but Carter escapes. Deville takes a cheap shot at Carter while the referee is distracted, allowing Green to hit UnPrettyHer for the win.
Eliminated: Kayden Carter and Katana Chance
Winners: Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green
Back from the break, Becky Lynch heads down to the ring.
We Hear From Becky Lynch
Lynch says The Man has come around to Baltimore and while she can move past not winning the Women's Money In The Bank Ladder match, she can't seem to move past Trish Stratus. She then calls her out to the ring, and she appears along with Zoey Stark.
Stratus asks Lynch if she thinks it's funny that she broke her face on Saturday and says the crowd shouldn't be laughing at her because they all need masks to cover their ugly faces. She says she would love to fight Lynch, but she isn't medically cleared. Lynch invites Stark to fight her instead, and Stratus asks if she's sure. Lynch says Stark is better than her, and Stratus says no one is better than her. Lynch says Stratus couldn't beta her on her own, and asks why that is the case. She says if Stark wants to get better, she has to go through her because Stratus isn't there to help her, but rather to get glory.
Stratus says she is the face of the women's division and gave relevancy to Lynch. She demands respect and says that Lynch tried to break the face of the women's division.
Stratus and Stark charge at Lynch, but stop in their tracks. Stratus then tells Lynch to keep her calendar open next week because Stark will be ready.
Jackie Redmond then welcomes Cody Rhodes to ringside and asks for his comments about Brock Lesnar's attack on him earlier tonight. Rhodes says he told Lesnar he would be ready, and says he wants another shot at him. He says he'll fight him any night.
Back from the break, Alpha Academy and Maxxine Dupri head down to the ring. Viking Raiders and Valhalla follow.
Alpha Academy and Maxxine Dupri vs. Viking Raiders and Valhalla
Gable and Erik begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Erik delivers a shoulder block, then follows it up with a forearm. Otis tags in and delivers a back elbow, then follows it up with a splash in the corner and The Caterpillar.
Back from the break, Otis and Erik go back and forth. Ivar tags in and is leveled by Otis, but Gable tags in and delivers a boot to Ivar's midsection. He follows it up with a Blockbuster and an Exploder suplex, then sits him on the top rope and plants him. He levels Erik on the outside, then ascends to the top and lands a Flying Headbutt on Ivar.
Valhalla and Dupri tag in. Dupri lands a pair of arm drags and a suplex, then delivers a splash in the corner. She sets up for The Caterpillar, but Valhalla lands a shot on her that stops her in her tracks. Dupri then manages to land a Code Red for the win.
Winners: Alpha Academy and Maxxine Dupri
Back from the break, Rhea Ripley heads down to the ring.
Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Natalya for the WWE Women's World Championship
Natalya blindsides Ripley on the ramp. She tosses her into the barricade, then chucks her into the ring steps and sends her face bouncing off the ring apron. She tosses her back in the ring, and the bell sounds.
Natalya rains down right hands and looks to lock in the Sharpshooter, but Ripley manages to slide out of the ring. Natalya follows her out there, but Ripley catches her with a right hand and sends her head bouncing repeatedly off the announce desk. The pair get back in the ring, and Natalya delivers a German suplex. Ripley lands a right hand on Natalya's spine, then follows it up with a vicious headbutt. She then delivers a kick, but Natalya delivers a crossbody off the top rope. Ripley fires back with a kick to Natalya's head.
Back from the break, Ripley delivers a kick to Natalya's head. She sets up for a powerbomb, but Natalya counters into a reverse hurricanrana and a discus lariat. Ripley ascends to the top and lands a missile dropkick, then cinches in the Prism Lock. Natalya sends Ripley into the middle turnbuckle to break the hold, then sets up for the Sharpshooter. Ripley sends her into the middle turnbuckle, then ascends to the top and goes flying. Natalya catches her with a boot, then follows it up with a running powerslam and locks in a Sharpshooter. Ripley makes it under the bottom rope to break the hold, then delivers a kick and a headbutt. She follows it up with Riptide for the win.
Winner (and still): Rhea Ripley
After the match, Ripley continues beating down Natalya, but Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez run down to make the save.
Back from the break, we head to a video recapping the civil war between The Bloodline at Money In The Bank.
Back at ringside, Matt Riddle heads down. Imperium follows.
Matt Riddle vs. Giovanni Vinci (w/ Imperium)
The bell rings and Vinci blindsides Riddle. He delivers a bodyslam and a springboard crossbody. Riddle fires back with a kick to his face and a Ripcord Knee, but Vinci plants him and delivers a moonsault out of the corner. He cinches in an Ankle Lock, but Riddle reverses into a roll up for the win.
Winner: Matt Riddle
After the match, Vinci and Ludwig Kaiser beat down Riddle, but Drew McIntyre makes his way down to the ring to provide Riddle with a hand. He levels Vinci with a Claymore Kick, then stares down GUNTHER.
Judgment Day then makes their way down to the ring. Seth "Freakin" Rollins follows.
Seth Rollins vs. Dominik Mysterio (w/ Rhea Ripley and Damian Priest)
The bell rings and the two lock up. Rollins sends Dominik out of the ring and looks to go flying, but he encounters Ripley. Dominik tries blindsiding him, but Rollins sees him coming and sends him tumbling out of the ring. He then delivers a knee off the apron.
Back from the break, Rollins delivers The Three Amigos to Dominik. He ascends to the top, but Priest pushes him off as Ripley distracts the referee. Dominik then ascends to the top and delivers a Frog Splash, then fires off stomps and climbs back up to the top and lands a second Frog Splash. He fires off more stomps, then climbs up to the top once again and looks for a third Frog Splash. Rollins gets his knees up and delivers a pair of clotheslines, then follows it up with a superkick and a series of running forearms. He then lands a Backbreaker, and sets up for a Pedigree, but Rollins clotheslines him out of the ring and lands a tope suicida on him and Priest. He gets him back in the ring and lands a rolling elbow, then sets up for the Curb Stomp. Priest delivers South of Heaven, causing the disqualification.
Winner: Seth "Freakin" Rollins (via disqualification)
After the match, Priest rains down right hands on Rollins and dumps him out of the ring. He sends him into the ring steps and announce desk, then tosses him into the barricade and rains down more right hands. He delivers a Flatliner on top of the announce desk and sets up for Razor's Edge through the table, but Rollins overpowers him. Dominik hits him with the Money In The Bank briefcase and dumps Rollins in the ring, then tells Priest to cash in. Before he can, Finn Balor blindsides him and sets up for Coup De Grace. Priest gets in his face and the pair begin arguing. Dominik tries to mediate things, allowing Rollins to slip out of the ring. Dominik tries to stop him, but Rollins catches him with a Pedigree and scurries away. Priest and Balor continue arguing as the show goes off the air.