Monday Night Raw Results – July 17th, 2023
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Jackie Redmond is backstage with Undisputed WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez to discuss tonight’s title defense. WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley shows up and dismisses Redmond. Raquel and Rhea have words, then Liv goes to talk about how they’re not afraid of Ripley, but Ripley drops her with a headbutt. Ripley and Rodriguez brawl now as officials try to keep them apart. Ripley kicks Raquel in the knee. A doctor is called to look at the knee now.

We go back to the ring and out comes The Judgment Day – Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley. Back to commercial.

Back from the break and we see Valhalla and The Viking Raiders backstage waiting. We go to the ring and The Judgment Day is out. Ripley says they are stronger than ever. She laughs at the idea they’d ever break up. Ripley goes on about how she is the most dominant woman in WWE. She says Priest and Balor will become world champions, and tomorrow Dominik will become WWE NXT North American Champion.

Dominik goes to speak but the boos drown him out. Priest touts his Money In the Bank briefcase and shows that he and Finn are on the same page. Finn says he will be listening to WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins later tonight, but their issues will not be over until the title is around Balor’s waist. Dominik goes to speak again but the boos pick up and now the music hits as Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn come to the stage.

Sami polls fans on who paid to hear Dominik speak or who wants to see him get beat up. Priest says they’ve been focusing on singles titles, but he sees a set of titles that will look good in The Judgment Day. Owens has looked to be really annoyed since coming out. Priest challenges them to put the titles on the line. Fans chant “yes!” now. Sami asks Owens to respond. Owens snaps a bit and says he doesn’t care as long as he gets to hit a Stunner on Dominik and kick Priest’s face in. The music hits as fans pop.

Undisputed WWE Tag Team Titles Match: Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn (c)

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

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Back from the break and out comes The Judgment Day – Damian Priest and Dominik Mysterio with Finn Balor and WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley. We get formal ring introductions from Samantha Irvin.

The bell hits and the match begins but WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins comes rushing through the ring from out of nowhere, hitting a suicide dive on Balor at ringside. They get up and start brawling to the back. Lots of back & forth to start. At one point the champs double teamed Dominik. Owens then hit another splash on Dominik, taunting Priest. Priest tried running in but the referee held him back.

Priest eventually came in and mounted offense on Sami. Dominik tagged in for the double team. Sami ended up following Dominik to the floor, then tossing him into the announce table. Sami had words with Rhea, but then turned into a baseball slide from Dominik. Priest tagged in and chokeslammed Sami into the edge of the apron for the commercial break.

The back & forth action and close pin attempts continued. At one point Dominik got huge heat as he planned to hit 619 on Sami but it was blocked. The finish saw Owens cannonball Priest off the apron to the floor, then Sami dove out onto Dominik. Ripley ran over and launched Owens into the steel ring steps while the referee wasn’t looking. Priest hung Sami up on the top rope throat-first, then Dominik rolled him up for 2. Ripley jumped up on the apron to argue with the referee but Liv Morgan ran down and pulled her off, then worked her over. Ripley fought back and they went into the barrier. Liv then tackled Ripley over into the timekeeper’s area. A distracted Dominik turned into the Exploder from Sami. Sami went for a Helluva Kick on Dominik but Priest rushed in and grabbed Sami for a chokeslam. Owens then rushed in and made the save with a Stunner to Priest. Sami then hit the Helluva Kick on Dominik for the pin to win and retain.

Winners: Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn

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