We go right to the ring and out comes Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champion Sami Zayn to a big pop from his fellow Quebecers. Zayn hits the ring to a loud “Sami!” chant now as the music stops and he takes it all in. The “Ole!” chants start up now and go on for a minute or two as Sami looks around, then gets fired up and bounces around the ring as the crowd goes wild and starts another “Sami!” chant.

Sami goes to speak but he busts out in laughter as the “Ole!” chants start back up. Sami is wide open now as he welcomes everyone to Monday Night RAW. Before he can go on, the music interrupts and out comes The Judgment Day – Finn Balor, Damian Priest, WWE NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio, and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley.

The heels hit the apron and stare Sami down. He says before they do what they’re about to do…. he then asks them something in French, and the crowd pop. Sami then asks if they really thought he would come alone. The music hits and out comes another Quebecer to a huge pop – Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champion Kevin Owens.

Owens rushes down the ramp and takes out Mysterio at ringside first. Balor is charging Sami in the ring but Owens trips him, pulls him to the floor and sends him into the barrier. Ripley faces off with Owens at ringside now. Priest tries to chokeslam Sami in the ring but he escapes. Owens ends up coming into the ring and dropping Priest with a Stunner to a big pop. The Judgment Day regroups at ringside as Sami and Owens stand tall together.

Fans continue to go wild for the two locals in the ring. They now chant “Kevin Owens!” as The Judgment Day looks on from ringside. Owens says it’s been far too long since he had a match on RAW… so how about he and Zayn against any two from The Judgment Day. Owens also says something in French and the crowd pops big. The Judgment Day seethes at ringside as Owens’ music hits and he stands tall with Zayn.

Jackie Redmond is backstage with Finn Balor and JD McDonagh. She asks JD if his presence has caused issues within The Judgment Day. JD says he hopes not because he’s known Finn his whole life… they are like brothers and he wants nothing but the best, and hopes this all makes The Judgment Day stronger. Finn accuses Jackie of stirring the pot and says he will have none of it. Finn says they beat Sami Zayn and Cody Rhodes last week thanks to JD, so if anything… WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley walks up and tells Finn they need to go discuss who will be in tonight’s tag team main event. JD looks to follow but Ripley tells him this is Judgment Day business. JD looks on as they walk off.

The Judgment Day is backstage trying to decide the team for tonight’s main event. Rhea Ripley asks who the team is and Finn Balor thinks it should be he and Dominik Mysterio. Priest says he and Dominik should team since he’s Senor Money In the Bank and Dominik holds NXT gold. Priest asks Ripley what she thinks, but she has to deal with Candice LeRae tonight so she tells them to figure it out before she gets back or she will make the team.

WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley vs. Candice LeRae

We go back to the ring and out comes WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley with NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio for this non-title match. Ripley whispers in Mysterio’s ear as we go back to commercial.

Back from the break and out comes Candice LeRae with Indi Hartwell. We see how Ripley defeated Hartwell last week, and how LeRae and Hartwell attacked Ripley for the double team. The bell rings and Ripley charges at LeRae, working her over in the corner. She charges again but LeRae counters and rolls her up for 2.

LeRae goes up top but Dominik hits the apron for a distraction. Indi pulls Dom off the apron. Ripley catches LeRae in mid-move and hits a backbreaker.

Ripley ends up going for Riptide but LeRae turns it into a DDT. LeRae with a bottom rope moonsault but Ripley kicks right out. LeRae stays on Ripley but Ripley easily turns it around and rag-dolls her into the Prism submission for the quick win.

Winner: Rhea Ripley

After the match, Ripley stands tall as the music hits and Dominik joins her for the celebration. We go to replays. The music hits and out comes Raquel Rodriguez on one crutch. Ripley and Dominik approach her on the stage, laughing at her. Raquel suddenly attacks with the crutch, beating Ripley back down to ringside. Raquel brings it back in but Ripley fights back. Raquel unloads in the corner now. Ripley ducks a punch but Raquel comes right back with a lariat. Raquel with a big fall-away slam to send Ripley to the floor as she regroups with Dominik. Fans cheer as Raquel stands tall and takes the mic. Raquel says it’s obvious she’s been cleared for action… and she talked to Adam Pearce, so they will be facing each other at Payback. Fans pop again. Raquel speaks some in Spanish and says she will take the title from Ripley. Raquel looks on from the ring as Ripley rants at ringside.

Back from the break and the announcers hype John Cena’s upcoming return. Damian Priest, Rhea Ripley and Dominik Mysterio are backstage now. Ripley asks if Priest and Finn Balor figured out who will be in tonight’s match. Priest says Finn said he doesn’t trust him, and that he was going to talk to JD McDonagh. Ripley says she thinks Priest also doesn’t trust Balor. Priest is a bit surprised. Ripley is upset now… she says she gave them the chance to work it out so now they will do it her way. Ripley storms off.

Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens vs. Finn Balor and Damian Priest

We go back to the ring for tonight’s non-title main event and out comes Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens to a big pop. Back to commercial.

Back from the break and the champs wait in the ring as The Judgment Day comes out – Finn Balor and Damian Priest with WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley and NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio. Ripley shoves Balor and Priest around to get them hyped up, then she sends them to the ring as she and Dominik follow.

Owens and Zayn immediately start brawling with Balor and Priest. Owens and Priest go to the floor, while Balor and Zayn go to the other side. Fans chant “Ole!” now. The referee finally restores order and the bell rings as Priest and Zayn go at it.

This went back & forth with both teams mounting offense and using quick tags. At one point Priest went to slide his Money In the Bank briefcase to Balor but Zayn jumped off the apron to take him down. JD McDonagh then shows up and tosses the briefcase into the ring, but Owens catches it. Owens drops Balor with a briefcase shot. The referee calls the match for the disqualification.

Winners by DQ: The Judgment Day

After the bell, Priest ran in and dropped Owens from behind. Priest yelled out at JD, who is still at ringside. Sami runs over and drops JD from behind. Dominik attacks Sami to boos, and now Dominik, Balor and Priest triple team Sami. Owens tries to make the save but they also beat him down. The music hits and out comes Cody Rhodes to a big pop. Cody rushes the ring, swinging his weighs belt. They clear the ring as The Judgment Day regroups at ringside. Cody takes the mic and says RAW is not ending like this… there’s three of you and three of us, what do you say? Cody’s music starts back up as The Judgment Day rants at ringside. Adam Pearce comes out as we go back to commercial.

The Judgment Day vs. Cody Rhodes and Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens

Back from the break and the six-man is underway as Cody Rhodes goes at it with NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio. Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens look on from the apron, as do Finn Balor and Damian Priest. WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley cheers Dominik on from ringside.

Cody works Dominik over in the corner early on until Sami takes over. Dominik controls Sami until Balor takes over. At one point Owens tried to fight the heels off at the apron but the numbers game caught up with him. Ripley put Owens down with a big slam on the floor, then crotch chopped him as The Judgment Day celebrated to loud boos. RAW goes to commercial with Priest in control of Owens.

More back and forth after the break. Ripley ended up getting involved a few more times towards the end of the match. The finish saw Cody get a hot tag from Zayn. Cody hits a Disaster Kick to Dominik, then a double Cody Cutter to Dominik and Priest. Dominik kicks out at 2. Cody goes for a Cross Rhodes to Dominik but he stops when Balor runs in. Cody with a Cross Rhodes to Balor instead, then Dominik rolls Cody up from behind for 2. Cody with a Cross Rhodes to Dominik in the middle of the ring.

Cody looks to finish Dominik off in the corner but he sees Sami get back on the apron, waiting for a tag, and fans pop at this. Sami tags in, then tags Owens, then runs to nail a Helluva Kick on Dominik. Owens with a Stunner to Dominik for the pin to win as Sami runs and keeps The Judgment Day from making the save by throwing a Helluva Kick at the ropes.

Winners: Cody Rhodes, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn

After the match, the babyfaces stand tall in the middle of the ring and celebrate as the music hits. The Judgment Day pulls Dominik to safety as we go to replays. Sami takes the mic and tells The Judgment Day, better luck next time. Sami speaks some in French for another big pop. Sami’s music starts up as the babyfaces celebrate and Michael Cole signs off.

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Now we shoot to the locker room where we see WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley and NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio. Rhea Ripley said Lyra Valkyria said you should have been satisfied with my endorsement, but instead, you decided to kick me in the face. Ripley and Dominik Mysterio challenged Dragon Lee and Valkyria next week at Heatwave.

We go right to the ring and Samantha Irvin does introductions as The Judgment Day comes out – WWE NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio, WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley and Damian Priest. No Finn Balor. The announcers show us recent happenings with the group since SummerSlam.

Priest and Ripley acknowledge things have been off a bit as of late. Priest says they should have won last week and Finn should have won at SummerSlam. He says they are not breaking up, and Finn will dominate Cody Rhodes tonight, but Finn should be out here saying this himself. Ripley says something for Priest to calm down. Priest says the fans already know something isn’t right, and Finn should be here with them, so where is he? Priest asks Dominik to back him up. The music interrupts and out comes JD McDonagh.

JD doesn’t mean to interrupt or disrespect, but he’s here to bring a message from Finn – don’t worry about JD’s friendship with Finn, just focus on Cody and Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champion Sami Zayn. JD says he took out Sami last week but somehow he’s cleared tonight, so they should focus on Cody. Rhea says they don’t take orders from just anyone, especially if you’re not in The Judgment Day. Dominik speaks but the boos drown him out. He says something about how JD can go to the back while they handle business. Rhea tells JD to take Finn a message – they need to talk. The music hits and out comes Zayn to a big pop.

Zayn rushes down and JD meets him at ringside for a brawl. JD ends up sending Sami’s injured elbow into the ring post but The Judgment Day watched and didn’t help JD with Sami. We go to commercial.

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Finn Balor and Damian Priest are backstage having a few words. Rhea Ripley tells them to stop this, this is what people want, to see them crumble. She says something about people no longer fearing them and while they have gained success, they lost their killer instinct. JD McDonagh walks up and apologizes to Finn for earlier. Priest shouts at JD and says this is Judgment Day business. Finn says he will catch up with JD later. Balor agrees that it’s time to handle Judgment Day business and Cody Rhodes won’t know what hit him. Ripley says yes he will – The Judgment Day. They all get hyped up on the same page to end the segment.

WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley vs. Indi Hartwell

We go back to the ring for this non-title match as WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley comes out with NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio. Ripley whispers in Dominik’s ear as we go back to commercial.

Back from the break and Drew McIntyre is walking backstage with Matt Riddle. Riddle thinks the GlasBros can win the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Titles. The New Day’s Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods interrupt. They have some friendly words and Kofi says they aren’t partners or friends, so why should they be eligible for a title shot? The New Day thinks the WWE tag team division has gone crazy, but he knows how to solve this – a match next week to see who deserves a title shot. Riddle and McIntyre accept. We go back to the ring and out comes Indi Hartwell with Candice LeRae.

The bell hits and Ripley unloads on Indi. Ripley beats Indi around and mounts her with strikes. Ripley launches Indi across the ring and hits her with big shoulder thrusts. Ripley keeps control until she runs into the ring post when Indi moves.

Dominik looks concerned as Indi mounts offense now. Indi with a big Spinebuster for a 2 count in the middle of the ring. They end up on the floor but Ripley sends Indi face-first into the ring post. Ripley taunts LeRae and drives Indi spine-first into the post. LeRae is hyping Indi up but Ripley drops her.

Ripley brings it back in but Indi quickly rolls her up. This just angers Ripley as she rocks Indi and hits a Riptide for the pin to win.

Winner: Rhea Ripley

After the match, Ripley stands tall as the music hits and we go to replays but LeRae immediately attacks her into the corner. Indi joins her and they double team Ripley to send her packing. Ripley re-groups at ringside with Dominik as Indi and Candice look on.

Cody Rhodes vs. Finn Balor

We go back to the ring for tonight’s main event and out comes Cody Rhodes to a pop and pyro. Cody poses as bigger pyro goes off, then he marches to the ring while greeting fans at ringside and gifting his weight belt to a young fan. Cody hits the ring and poses in the corners to more pyro. Back to commercial.

Back from the break and Rhodes looks on as Finn Balor makes his way to the ring by himself. The bell rings and they go at it, tangling against the ropes and off to the middle of the ring for a face-off. They lock up again and Balor applies a headlock. They break and Balor drops Cody for a quick 1 count.

Balor works on Cody’s arm now as fans rally. Cody reverses and ties up Finn”s arm now. Cody with a long vertical suplex, then a headlock. They run the ropes and Cody catches Finn on his shoulders. Finn rakes the eyes but the referee misses it. Finn tries to toss Cody out but he pulls himself back in and keeps the fight going. Balor with another quick pin attempt. More back and forth now until Balor hits a basement dropkick.

Balor unloads in the corner now, then chops Cody into another corner. Balor with shoulder thrusts. Cody fights to turn it around but Balor drops him and nails another dropkick but Cody hangs in there. Fans chant “let’s go Cody!” but Balor grounds him with another headlock. Balor with a knee to the gut and more offense. Cody with a knee to the ribs of his own. Cody with more offense now but Balor blocks a Figure Four attempt by kicking Cody to the floor.

NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio runs down with WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley right behind him. Dominik goes to attack Cody at ringside but Cody decks him. Cody goes for a suplex on the floor to Dominik but Balor nails a baseball slide from the ring, knocking Cody back down. Balor sits on the edge of the apron and he’s all smiles as he checks on Dominik. Ripley joins them and the trio poses together as we go back to commercial.

Back from the break and Balor is stomping away to keep Cody down. Fans boo Ripley and Mysterio at ringside. Cody fights out of a headlock now but Balor knees him. Balor runs into a big boot in the corner. Cody mounts offense with big punches but Balor kicks him before he hits the drop-down right hand. Cody comes right back and hits a powerslam, then catches him with a Disaster Kick for a close 2 count.

Cody rallies now as Damian Priest walks down to boos, carrying his Money In the Bank briefcase. Balor looks to mount offense but Cody kicks him. Balor with a Slingblade. Cody with another kick. They tangle and Balor kicks out again. Balor with the corner dropkick on Cody now.

Finn goes for Coup de Grace but Cody moves. Cody ends up hitting the Cody Cutter for a big pop. Balor stumbles around as Priest grabs Cody from the floor. Finn charges but Cody sends him to the floor with Priest. Cody then runs the ring and leaps out with a big dive, taking Priest and Balor down for a big pop.

Cody rolls Balor back in. Rhea hits the apron now as Cody goes up top, allowing Dominik to crotch him. Finn climbs up for a big superplex but Cody kicks out just in time. The referee checks on Cody now.

Dominik slides a steel chair to Finn but the referee catches him, then ejects him. Rhea jumps back on the apron to argue with the referee. Priest then slides his Money In the Bank briefcase to Balor but it goes right through his legs. Cody intercepts the briefcase and decks Balor with it. Cody then drops Balor with a CrossRhodes for the pin to win.

Winner: Cody Rhodes

After the match, the music hits as Cody stands tall but Dominik attacks him. Cody takes Dominik to the corner but Dominik fights back, then Priest joins in and they double team Cody. The music hits and out comes Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champion Sami Zayn to a pop. Sami runs down with a steel chair, and takes Priest down on the ramp. Sami rushes into the ring and Dominik attacks but Sami drops him with a chair shot. Sami with a chair shot to Finn to send him to his knee. Priest runs back in but Sami sends him to his knees also, with a chair shot. JD McDonagh suddenly attacks and drops Sami from behind to make the save. Balor and Priest double team stomp Sami now as JD watches. Dominik joins them and Ripley cheers them on. Priest with a South of Heaven chokeslam. They drag Cody to the corner and Balor goes up top for a Coup de Grace. They toss Sami to the floor, then Dominik drops him while Ripley helps keep him there. Balor runs and leaps off the steel ring steps to hit a big Coup de Grace on Sami while he’s down on the floor. They take the top off the announce table now as fans boo. Balor sends Sami right into a big Razor’s Edge from Priest, which puts Sami through the announce table. The boos get louder now. Sami is down clutching his hurt elbow as a referee checks on him. Balor is in the ring now, hitting another Coup de Grace on Rhodes for big heat from the crowd. Balor hits the move and sits up on Cody, posing and flexing while all smiles. Ripley, Mysterio and Priest enter the ring now. Priest and Balor hug as The Judgment Day stands tall while their music starts up. We go to replays. The Judgment Day huddles up in the ring to boos while Cody is still down, and an official is checking on Sami at ringside. JD looks on from ringside with a smile as The Judgment Day continues their celebration. Priest hits the corner to pose with his briefcase while Balor, Mysterio and Ripley also pose as RAW goes off the air.

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Tonight’s WWE NXT episode opens up on the USA Network with NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley backstage, trash talking Dragon Lee and Dominik’s father. We cut to the parking lot and see Dragon arriving in a SUV with 2023 WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio. They talk about tonight and Rey wants Dragon to show his son some humility.

We see NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley. They like it in NXT but Rhea says don’t let this distract them from conquering the world. Lyra Valkyria walks in. She says she did exactly what Rhea said – she beat Jacy Jayne. Rhea says she knows what Lyra did. Lyra says no… I did exactly what you said to do. Lyra goes on about how Ripley uses and manipulates people. She says Ripley is the only reason Dominik still has his title. Ripley says Dominik doesn’t need help. Lyra tells them to practice what they preach tonight or will Mami have to come to Dominik’s rescue again? Lyra storms off.

We see Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee walking backstage. We also see Rhea Ripley and Dominik Mysterio walking. Back to commercial.

NXT North American Title Match: Dragon Lee vs. Dominik Mysterio (c)

We go back to the ring for tonight’s main event as 2023 WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio comes out to a big pop. Rey takes the mic and brings out who he says is the next North American Champion. The music hits and out comes Dragon Lee to a pop. NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio is out next with WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley.

This was a good back and forth match with lots of close calls, and antics by Ripley. At one point Dominik tore off part of Lee’s mask and threw it at his father. The finish saw Dominik hit 619 on Lee, but then he missed the Frogsplash when Lee moved. Lee came back and hit a big sitdown powerbomb for 2. Ripley slid Dominik’s title belt in but Rey took it from him. While the referee was distracted by this, Ripley hit the apron on the other side of the ring and decked Lee with her title belt. Dominik quickly followed up with a Michinoku Driver to Lee for the pin to win and retain.

Winner: Dominik Mysterio

After the match, Rey and Dominik end up having words. Ripley steps in between them and taunts Rey, then shoves him. Lyra Valkyria suddenly attacks and unloads on Ripley to a big pop. Lee ends up superkicking Dominik while Lyra spin kicks Ripley to the floor with him. Rey’s music starts up as he stands with Lee and Valkyria in the ring. NXT goes off the air.

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Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins & The Judgment Day Kick Off The Show

Cole mentions that he and Wade Barrett are the commentators for the first hour of the show. The two talk about SummerSlam being a record-breaking event on a number of business levels. We then hear the familiar sounds of the entrance theme of Cody Rhodes.

“The American Nightmare” emerges as the fans sing along with his theme song. Samantha Irvin introduces him and he finishes his walk to the ring in a suit as Cole talks about his impressive victory over Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam.

His music dies down and the fans immediately break out into loud “Cody! Cody!” chants. He soaks in the love and begins, as always, by saying, “So, Minneapolis, what do you want to talk about?” He says let’s talk about one of your own.

He goes on to talk about the University of Minnesota’s own, Brock Lesnar. He talks about having the honor, privelage and misery of standing across from Lesnar. He then says he couldn’t imagine what would happen after their third bout. He asks us to take a look and shows the handshake and moment of respect they shared after the bout.

Cody mentions talking to his mother about the shock of the moment he had with Brock. He says his mother told him, “Dummy, don’t you realize what just happened? Brock Lesnar just acknowledged you!” He says after SummerSlam he feels like he can beat anybody in the world.

“BURN IT DOWN!” is the next thing we hear and out comes Seth “Freakin’” Rollins to the other theme song WWE fans like to sing along with. The WWE World Heavyweight Champion emerges dressed to the nines as always. This time he’s wearing big yellow boots instead of big red ones.

After his music stops, he stands a couple of feet away from Rhodes and soaks in the “woah-oh’s” from the WWE Universe. He then welcomes us to Monday Night Rollins. Cody smiles. Rollins says last time he came out to talk about the future of the title, Rhodes was the first person to come out and get in his face. He says consider this returning the favor.

Seth mentions Cody saying he feels like he can beat anyone in the world. He says why don’t we put that feeling to the test. Before Cody can respond, the theme for The Judgment Day hits and out comes Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley. Finn Balor is noticeably absent. Priest tells Cody and Seth they are confused. He says they think they run Monday Night Raw.

Rhea Ripley says they don’t. She says The Judgment Day does. Priest says they think they control what happens with titles, and they don’t. He says they do. More specifically, “Senor” Money In The Bank does. He then points out how they’ve got the best women’s champion on the planet, and the NXT North American Champion. He says Dom is gonna be defending his title on NXT tomorrow. He asks what they’re gonna be doing.

Dom goes to speak and the fans loudly crap all over him, as always. Finn Balor appears out of nowhere from behind and attacks Rollins. Priest and Dom attack Cody. Sami Zayn’s theme hits and out comes one-half of the Undisputed WWE Tag-Team Champions to even things up a bit. He helps Cody and Seth beat down The Judgment Day and run them off.

Cody grabs a mic and says he’s got a solution for all of this. He says there’s three of them and three of us. How about tonight in Minneapolis we have a six man tag-team match. The fans pop.

Finn Balor & Damian Priest Have Words, JD McDonagh Approaches

We shoot backstage and we see Damian Priest approach Finn Balor and ask him about what happened at SummerSlam and what happened earlier tonight with him not coming out with them and attacking Seth Rollins without giving them a head’s up.

They get more and more heated until Rhea Ripley comes in and calms the situation down. JD McDonagh approaches and says it may not be his place, but he says the briefcase seems to be coming between them. Priest wants to confront McDonagh but Ripley stops him.

Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins & Shinsuke Nakamura vs. The Judgment Day

It’s main event time!

After a quick backstage interview with The New Day, who talk about wanting to inject positivity back into WWE, we head to the ring for out final match of the evening.

On that note, The Judgment Day theme hits and out comes the most dangerous faction on Raw. They make their way to the ring and then a big brawl breaks out between Rhea Ripley, Raquel Rodriguez and Candice LeRae.

We head to a pre-match commercial break on that note. When we return, Michael Cole and Wade Barrett are shown on camera talking about order being restored after the women’s brawl that just broke out.

Now a video package is shown of the Asuka vs. Bianca Belair vs. Charlotte Flair triple-threat women’s title bout at SummerSlam, which ended with Iyo Sky cashing in her Money In The Bank briefcase to walk away with the title.

Back live, Cody Rhodes’ theme hits and out comes “The American Nightmare” to a huge pop, and fans singing along with his entrance tune. He settles into the ring and his music dies down.

Shinsuke Nakamura’s theme hits for the third time tonight (first for his ring walk, second when he won earlier against Bronson Reed). “The King of Strong Style” settles inside the squared circle as Michael Cole promotes the ticket on-sale date for WrestleMania 40 in Philadelphia, PA.

From there, we hear the familiar sounds of Seth “Freakin’” Rollins theme song. Out comes the reigning WWE World Heavyweight Champion as fans sing along with the “Woah-oh’s” in his theme.

The music dies down but the fans singing the “woah-oh’s” continues as always. The commentators talk about the issues both teams have, with Finn Balor and Damian Priest not seeing eye-to-eye on one side of the ring, and Seth Rollins and Cody Rhodes not seeing eye-to-eye on the other side.

The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with our final match of the evening. Shinsuke Nakamura and Finn Balor kick things off for their respective teams. Priest tags himself in before Balor can do anything. Priest and Balor argue and while they do, Dominik Mysterio tags himself in.

Now Dom and Nakamura get after it, with the Japanese legend jumping into the early offensive lead. Priest pulls Dom out of the ring to save him after the initial exchanges don’t go his way. On that note, we shift gears and head into a mid-match commercial break as the action continues.

When we return from the break, we see Priest and Balor working together, as they double-team Nakamura, who has been kept isolated in the ring from the jump. The fans try and clap and cheer to rally behind “The King of Strong Style” as Priest works him over.

Seth “Freakin’” Rollins finally gets the hot tag. He hits the ring like a bat out of hell and starts shifting the offensive momentum into his team’s favor. This doesn’t last for long, as Priest and Balor end up double-teaming him and taking the fight out to the floor.

As Balor continues to work him over, we head to another mid-match commercial break as our main event of the evening here on the post-SummerSlam episode of Monday Night Raw continues in Minneapolis. We return from the break to Rollins still getting beat down. Cody finally gets the hot tag.

Cody comes into the ring like a man possessed. He begins hitting some of his trademark spots, such as a Cody Cutter and a Disaster Kick, but his pin attempt is broken up. Other members of the team hit the ring but Cody handles them. As Cody is working over Balor, we see Rhea Ripley distract the official.

During the distraction, Priest gets in some cheap shots until Sami Zayn runs down to fight him off. Rollins hits Balor with the Money In The Bank briefcase and then Cody connects with his Cross-Rhodes finisher for the pin fall victory.

Winners: Cody Rhodes, Seth Rollins & Shinsuke Nakamura

Shinsuke Nakamura Attacks Seth Rollins

After the match, Cody and Seth have words off-mic until Sami Zayn plays peacemaker again. Seth then shakes Cody’s hands and the two pose on the ropes in the corner as the crowd cheers.

Out of nowhere, Shinsuke Nakamura decks Rollins with a Kinshasa. Cody looks shocked as he watches Nakamura walk off. Sami Zayn checks on Seth. Cody joins him and that’s how this week’s show goes off the air.

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WWE World Heavyweight Title Match: Finn Balor vs. Seth Rollins (c)

The Peacock feed is having technical difficulties now as we come back to this match already in progress. Finn Balor and WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins are trading strikes. An aggressive Balor beats Rollins down and has words with the referee.

Rollins fights out of the corner and beats Balor down with a flurry of offense. Balor kicks out at 2. Balor blocks a Pedigree. Balor goes for a big move but Rollins turns it into a Falcon Arrow for 2. Balor goes to the floor but Rollins nails three straight suicide dives, knocking Balor into the announce table each time.

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Fans sing for Rollins as he brings it back in. Rollins goes up top. Balor cuts him off and uses his own arm to send him into the ring post, then the floor. Rollins blocks a Barrier Bomb and slams Balor on the apron. They come back out and Balor nails the Barrier Bomb.

Balor brings it back in and hits Slingblade. Balor runs into a superkick, but Balor drops him for 2. Balor with the armbar now. The feed goes back out and comes back to Rollins nailing two Buckle Bombs. Rollins goes up for a Frogsplash but Balor kicks out at 2. The feed comes back to Balor kicking out of a Pedigree.

Damian Priest ends up coming down with his Money In the Bank briefcase. Balor rolls a distracted Rollins up for 2. They tangle and Rollins cradles Balor for 2, but Balor kicks out and sends Rollins into a big right by Priest at the ropes. Balor hits a Pedigree but Rollins kicks out, shocking Balor and Priest.

Priest is seen waving at someone. WWE NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley come through the crowd now, hitting the apron to have words with the referee. Priest offers his briefcase to Balor… for a cash in or for a weapon? He says come on we can do this but Balor is not interested. They argue and Rollins ends up dropping Balor and hitting a Stomp for 2. Rollins is shocked at the kick out.

Rollins goes up top and leaps to the floor to take out Priest. Dominik comes over but Rollins superkicks him. Rollins comes back in but Balor hits a Slingblade, then the corner dropkick. Balor goes up top and hits Coup de Grace but Rollins kicks out at 2 and everyone is shocked as the crowd goes wild.

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Balor is upset now as Priest, Mysterio and Ripley regroup at ringside. Priest slides his briefcase into the ring, then runs to the other side to argue with the referee on the apron. Balor crawls to the briefcase but Rollins jumps up and nails a big Stomp into the briefcase for the pin to win and retain.

Winner: Seth Rollins

After the match, Priest and Rollins stare each other down as the music hits. Rollins grabs the title and begins celebrating as we go to replays. Rollins makes his exit now as Balor looks over at Priest.

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We see NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio and WWE Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley walking backstage. Back to commercial.

We go back to the ring and out comes NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio and WWE Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley to boos. Ripley announces that Dominik is still your champion.

Ripley says Dominik proved he’s more of a man than Wes Lee and Mustafa Ali, and all of you here. Dominik says that makes him the greatest luchador ever. The music interrupts and out comes Dragon Lee to a pop.

Dragon says he won’t let Dominik disrespect the NXT Universe or his heritage any longer. Ripley says look, it’s Rey Mysterio Junior Jr. Dragon says he doesn’t like Ripley. Dragon says no one, including Dominik, believes this “greatest luchador” stuff because Rey is the greatest luchador of all-time. Dominik goes on about how he made the Mysterio name relevant. Ripley and Dragon disagree about how big Dominik’s balls are. Dragon challenges Dominik to prove he’s the best by defending the title next week.

Dominik says he’s a fighting champion so he will see Dragon next week. Ripley says she will be in Dominik’s corner. Dominik says Mami is all he needs. Ripley says wherever her Latino Heat goes, she goes. Dragon says he won’t be coming alone either… 2023 WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio appears on the big screen to a pop. Rey says he’s proud to be coming to NXT next week to be in the corner of someone who truly deserves it, the future of lucha libre. Rey says he will have the best seat in the house and can’t wait to see Dominik lose the title. The music starts back up to end the segment as fans boo Dominik and Ripley.

We go back to the ring and The Judgment Day is introduced by Samantha Irvin. Priest calls on everyone to rise.

Ripley takes the mic and goes on about how The Judgment Day has been dominating, so who’s going to take them out? Priest names WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins, Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, and even Liv Morgan… so no, no one can stop The Judgment Day. Priest says if Sami and Seth show up tonight, he and Dominik will be sure to beat them again. Balor knocks Rollins for faking insanity. Balor says insanity is waking up every day for 7 years and looking at yourself, and seeing scars caused by Rollins, which remind him of a career Rollins ruined and spoiled. Balor can’t erase that but at SummerSlam he can inflict scars on Rollins, which will make him a little bit better because these will remind Rollins of when Balor beat him for the title.

Dominik goes to speak but the loud boos drown him out. He says all of The Judgment Day will have all the goodies at SummerSlam. Fans chant “you suck!” at Dominik and he yells back but they keep booing. Ripley says any idiot who wants to get in their way, take a page out of Raquel Rodriguez’s book – run, hide or learn to enjoy your time in rehab just like Owens and Liv. The music hits and out comes Rodriguez to a big pop.

Rodriguez rushes the ring as Ripley readies for a fight. They start brawling and go back & forth now. Rodriguez clotheslines Ripley to the floor and stands tall to a pop. Rodriguez follows and slams Ripley into the barrier, then spine-first into the ring post. Rodriguez continues man-handling Ripley at ringside. Dominik distracts her, allowing Ripley to take Raquel’s knee out from behind. Ripley laughs as officials rush over to check on Rodriguez. Ripley attacks the knee again, then backs off. The Judgment Day laughs at Rodriguez while officials tend to her.

WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins and Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champion Sami Zayn vs. NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio and Damian Priest

We go back to the ring for tonight’s main event and out comes Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champion Sami Zayn. Back to commercial.

Back from the break and out comes WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins. Fans sing his song for several minutes as they wait. Out next comes The Judgment Day – Damian Priest and NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio with Finn Balor and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley. Rollins and Zayn attack outside of the ring.

Fans sing as the brawl continues. Priest brings Sami in but Sami launches himself right back out. Rollins with a big dive to the floor. Rollins chases Balor to the back, then comes back to the ring. Rollins and Zayn stand tall in the ring now as fans pop. The Judgment Day looks on from the floor as we go to commercial.

This match went back & forth for a while. Zayn and Rollins fought off interference and cheap shots by The Judgment Day. The finish saw Priest hit Rollins with the Razor’s Edge to lay him out. Priest looked out at his Money In the Bank briefcase, then told Finn to hand it to him. Balor hesitates but hands it over. Ripley is helping Priest cash in but Rollins superkicks the briefcase before it was official.

Rollins hits Dominik with the briefcase, but Balor raked his eyes from behind. Sami knocks Balor off the apron with a Helluva Kick. Rollins follows up with a Stomp to Priest for the pin to win.

Winners: Sami Zayn and Seth Rollins

After the match, Rollins and Zayn stand tall and celebrate as The Judgment Day looks on. The final RAW before SummerSlam goes off the air.

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Kickoff Show

Now the trio runs down the advertised lineup for tonight’s highly-anticipated event. From there, they send things over to McKenzie Mitchell who is looking to get a live interview in the locker room of NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio.

Instead of “Dirty” Dom, out comes “Mami” Rhea Ripley. The WWE Women’s World Champion tells Mitchell she can talk to her. She tells her they always have a plan and tonight is no different.

She is super confident Dom-Dom is going to win and retain his title. She mentions him getting his mullet ready and closes by saying “Oh and before I forget, Mami’s always on top.”

Backstage Segment

After a quick backstage segment, which sees Jacy Jane attack Lyra Valkyria as Rhea Ripley appears and mentions how she’s loving what she’s seeing from them, we head to the pre-match video package for our next bout of the evening.

Triple Threat for the NXT North American Title: Dominik Mysterio (C) vs. Wes Lee vs. Mustafa Ali

After a quick backstage segment, which sees Jacy Jane attack Lyra Valkyria as Rhea Ripley appears and mentions how she’s loving what she’s seeing from them, we head to the pre-match video package for our next bout of the evening.

With that said, the events leading up to tonight’s triple-threat title tilt for the NXT North American Championship between reigning and defending title-holder Dominik Mysterio, former champion Wes Lee and Mustafa Ali are shown. After it wraps up, we shoot back inside the arena.

Wes Lee’s theme hits and out he comes to the ring to a good reception from the Texas crowd. Out next is Mustafa Ali, to a decent reaction as well. Both guys wait in the ring and glare as Dominik Mysterio makes his way out for this scheduled defense of his newly won NXT North American Championship.

The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this one. “Dirty” Dom immediately scoots under the bottom rope to avoid the early fight with Lee and Ali. They head out after him but Rhea Ripley comes over and stands in front of him to protect him. He runs into the ring and sprints across, trying to slide under the bottom rope again.

This time, however, Lee and Ali each grab his feet and drag him back into the ring, where they proceed to pummel him with a two-on-one beat down as the crowd goes absolutely bonkers seeing Dom-Dom get what he has had coming to him.

With Dom-Dom down and out of the picture, Lee and Ali turn their attention to each other. They start duking it out and they head to the corner, where we see them head to the top rope together for a big high spot. Before they can execute it, however, Mysterio recovers and knocks them both off and they each crash and burn in violent fashion on the unforgiving floor at ringside.

Back in the ring, we see “Dirty” Dom taking it to Lee, hitting him with the Three Amigos suplex sequence. Lee comes in and Dom hooks him for a fourth double one to finish things off, but they end up countering on him.

Ali fires up on offense and gets Lee in a Boston Crab at the same time he has Dom-Dom in a Camel Clutch. Dom ends up biting his way out of that unfortunate spot. He has Ali and Lee both set up for a 6-1-9. The fans boo as he goes for it, but they end up countering and stopping him before he can. Ali has Dom and Lee each laying back-first hanging over the bottom rope.

He leaps off the top-rope with a 450 splash on both guys, but they each move and he crashes and burns with a nasty landing on the hard part of the ring apron. Lee goes for a splash from the ring to the floor on Dom and Ali, but Rhea Ripley hops on the ring apron to stop him. He ends up building up a head of steam and leaping over her for an insane splash. Ripley loses her cool and power bombs Lee through the commentary table at ringside.

The fans explode and react with a loud “Holy sh*t!” chant. She rolls a lifeless Lee back into the ring and Dom covers him. Lee kicks out. Ripley screams like a crazy person at ringside. She throws him the title belt, which he blasts Lee with. He goes for the cover again and again Lee kicks out and Ripley screams like a psycho.

Ali hits his 450 splash and goes for the cover, but Ripley yanks him out to the floor. Dom heads up to the top-rope and hits a follow-up frog splash and steals the pin for the win to retain. The crowd gives the finish a ton of heat.

Winner and STILL NXT North American Champion: Dominik Mysterio

After the match, Mysterio stands tall as the music hits and we go to replays. Mysterio and Ripley celebrate and back up the ramp while talking trash. Dominik says The Judgment Day is taking over WWE. Ali and Lee look on from the ring, seething and trying to recover while still down.

Backstage Segment

We see how NXT Heritage Cup Champion Nathan Frazer, Dragon Lee, Valentina Feroz and Yulisa Leon defeated Meta-Four on the Kickoff pre-show. The winners are backstage now talking about the win. Dragon walks off and runs into NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley. Ripley calls Dragon a wanna-be version of 2023 WWE Hall of Famer Rey Mysterio. Lee says Rey is a hero and a legend, but he has his own story, and you know who Dragon is. Dominik says, as he said on Tuesday, he made the Mysterio name relevant, and his dad is just a hypocrite who only likes to help people that look like him, not an original like his son. Dominik walks off with Ripley as Dragon looks on, saying something about Dominik disrespecting his father.

Winner and STILL NXT North American Champion: Dominik Mysterio

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The Great American Bash go-home edition of WWE NXT opens up on the USA Network with a video package looking at last week’s main event, where The Judgment Day helped Dominik Mysterio defeated Wes Lee to capture the NXT North American Title. We also see Mysterio retaining over Butch on Friday’s SmackDown, and how he retained over Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champion Sami Zayn on last night’s RAW. We’re now live from the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida as Alicia Taylor introduces Mysterio and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley. Vic Joseph welcomes us to the show, and he’s joined at ringside by WWE Hall of Famer Booker T. Mysterio and Ripley strut to the ring as fans boo.

Ripley takes the mic and brags about how The Judgment Day runs WWE. The boos get louder when Dominik speaks. He says he finally made the Mysterio name mean something. Fans chant “cut the mullet!” but Ripley shuts them down and says she likes it. Ripley has some words for Lyra Valkyria but the music interrupts and out comes Lee.

Lee is fired up. He’s sick of seeing Dominik carry his title. Lee goes on about his historic reign and he can’t stand how he lost the title, and he wants a rematch. Ripley says a new North American Champion is what NXT needed. Lee agrees – we need a new champion tonight. The music interrupts and out comes Mustafa Ali.

Ali has respect for Lee, but not Mysterio. Ali goes on about how Mysterio steals everything. Ali says he was supposed to win the title from Lee, but this clown dropped the ball last week. Ali and Lee have words. Ali apologizes and says he’s just angry. Fans chant “Triple threat!” now. Ali lashes out at Lee again and they argue. Mysterio says this is their problem, he doesn’t care who is at The Bash, he will fight them both. Mysterio says he’s going to break all of Lee’s records. Dominik and Ripley go to leave through them. Ali goes for Dominik but ends up hitting Lee. They brawl as Ripley and Mysterio laugh from the aisle.

Back from the break and we see Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley backstage. Wes Lee vs. Mustafa Ali vs. Dominik for his NXT North American Title was previously confirmed for The Bash. Dominik isn’t so confident about the match as he asks Ripley if he made the right decision when he offered to defend in a Triple Threat. Ripley assures him that this was the right thing to do.

Back from the break and we see Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley backstage. Wes Lee vs. Mustafa Ali vs. Dominik for his NXT North American Title was previously confirmed for The Bash. Dominik isn’t so confident about the match as he asks Ripley if he made the right decision when he offered to defend in a Triple Threat. Ripley assures him that this was the right thing to do.

WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley vs. Lyra Valkyria

We go back to the ring for tonight’s non-title match and out first comes WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley with NXT North American Champion Dominik Mysterio. Back to commercial.

Back from the break and we see footage of Angel Garza following Humberto Carrillo to the parking lot last week, right after they got into it following the loss to Dragon Lee and NXT Heritage Cup Champion Nathan Frazer. They are both fired up but Humberto is especially upset. Humberto asks his cousin… for the first time in your life, can you listen to me? Humberto asks… are we chasing women or glory? Humberto says he’s not doing this anymore. Humberto tells Angel to wake up, then he storms off as an angry Angel kicks the wall. We go back to the ring and out comes Lyra Valkyria as Ripley and Mysterio look on.

The bell rings and Ripley takes Valkyria to the corner, then backs off. They trade moves and counters for the next several minutes now. At one point Valkyria hit a big dive, ducks a big boot an rolls Ripley up for 2.

Ripley fought back and sent Valkyria into the turnbuckles. The back & forth continued until Ripley used a Wheel-Barrow to launch Valkyria into a German suplex. Ripley dropkicks Lyra to the floor. Dominik and Ripley pose for the camera, taunting Valkyria while she’s down at ringside. Back to commercial.

Back from the break and Ripley is working Valkyria over. They go on and Valkyria blocks a Riptide, taking Ripley down into a choke, then a Sleeper. Ripley rams Valkyria back into the corner, then slams her to the mat to break free. Ripley keeps control and nails a big headbutt now. Ripley goes up top for a Frogsplash but Valkyria jumps up and kicks her to the floor.

Valkyria goes to dropkick Ripley through the ropes but Dominik sacrifices himself and takes the move. Valkyria with more offense at ringside. Valkyria tries to go up top for a splash but Ripley cuts her off and they tangle in the corner. Valkyria with a big DDT, then a Frogsplash for a close 2 count. Valkyria mounts some of her signature offense now. She goes on to hit the enziguri and more kicks, then a dropkick. Ripley dodges a spin kick, but Valkyria blocks a suplex.

More back and forth now until Valkyria springboards at Ripley but Ripley cuts her off with a big kick. Ripley then follows up with Riptide in the middle of the ring for the pin to win.

Winner: Rhea Ripley

After the match, Ripley and Mysterio celebrate as the music hits. Ripley stops at Valkyria and tells her to prove herself to Ripley by defeating Jacy Jayne. Ripley and Mysterio walk off.