WWE Monday Night RAW
June 19, 2023
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Cleveland, OH
Welcome to our live coverage of WWE Monday Night RAW. As always, we will have the results up immediately after every match. Refresh this page often to see updated results.
Tonight on WWE Monday Night RAW:
– Logan Paul makes his way back to RAW
– Matt Riddle vs Ludwig Kaiser
– Money In the Bank Qualifying Match
Trish Stratus vs Raquel Rodriguez
– Rhea Ripley vs Natalya
Our live coverage begins at 8 PM EST
Seth Rollins came to the ring. As his music was playing, Finn Balor attacked him. As officials tried to break it up, Balor broke free three times to give him three Coup De Graces from the ring steps to the floor. They returned from he commercial break and Balor was still beating on Rollins backstage before officials broke it up
In the ring, The Miz said Rollins promised an open challenge and he was going to accept that challenge. Since that can’t happen, he is going to offer his own open challenge. Tommaso Ciampa accepted the challenge.
The Miz vs Tommaso Ciampa
The Miz gave Ciampa a running clothesline into the turnbuckle. Miz came off the top rope but was met by a dropkick. Ciampa delivered the Fairytale Ending to pin The Miz.
===Winner: Tomasso Ciampa
The Judgment Day came out. Balor said Rollin’s open challenge is cancelled because he is the only one who’s going to take his World Heavyweight Championship. Rhea Ripley said Balor will bring home the World Heavyweight Championship to the Judgment Day, she has the Women’s Division on lock down, Damian Priest will win the Money in the Bank briefcase, and Dominik Mysterio will beat Cody Rhodes. Dominik told Cody to find two partners to fight him and the Judgment Day tonight
Backstage, Sami Zayn was asked what he thinks of the Bloodline implosion. Kevin Owens immediately interrupted and asked why he has to hear about the Bloodline every week. Zayn told Owens that he believes Owens has an anger problem. Owens denied it. Zayn said if he can go the rest of the night without any tantrums, he will leave this alone. If he blows up once, he has to admit something is going on.
A number of TikTok videos were shown of Chelsea Green acting crazy
Sonya Deville & Chelsea Green vs Kayden Carter & Katana Chance
Carter hit Deville with a Superkick. Chance tagged in and gave Deville a moonsault while Carter gave her a leg drop. Chance went for the pin, but Green broke it up. Carter gave Green a superkick. Chance gave Deville the After Party and pinned her.
===Winners: Kayden Carter & Katana Chance
Cody Rhodes said he will find two partners and he accepts Judgment Day’s challenge for tonight
Indus Sher (Veer & Sanga) (w/ Jinder Mahal) vs Shelton Benjamin & Cedric Alexander
Veer held Benjamin on the rope while Sanga kicked him. Sanga laid Benjamin over his leg while Veer came off the middle rope onto Benjamin with a leg drop and pinned him.
===Winners: Indus Sher
Backstage, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were walking in the hallway. A guy bumped into Owens and the guy’s water spilled on him. Owens told Zayn he doesn’t have an anger problem. He has an idiot problem. They walked past Riddle who annoyed Owens, but Owens caught himself and wished him good luck in his match.
In the ring, Logan Paul was sitting on the top of the ladder. Logan said he will be in the Money in the Bank Ladder match: Ricochet, Shinsuke Nakamura, LA Knight, Santos Escobar, came out one by one claiming they are going to win the Money in the Bank Ladder match. Butch came down, entered the ring, and hit Logan Paul. A brawl broke out between all of them.
Matt Riddle vs Ludwig Kaiser (w/ Gunther)
Kaiser gave Riddle an overhead suplex. Kaiser came off the ropes to attempt a flying elbow, but Riddle caught him and suplexed him, gave him the Bro Derek, and pinned him. After the match, Gunther tried to attack Riddle, but Riddle met him with kicks. Gunther blocked the last kick and Kaiser jumped on Riddle and hit him with punches. Kaiser held down Riddle on the canvas and Gunther dropped a knee on Riddle’s ankle and then stomped on it.
===Winner: Matt Riddle
Gunther and Kaiser confronted Owens and Zayn backstage. Kaiser told them if they aren’t careful, what happened to Riddle will happen to them. Owens was about to snap when Zayn showed him something on his phone and they said they have something to take care of and left.
Earlier today, Chad Gable was helping to train Maxxine Dupri
Alpha Academy (Otis & Chad Gable) (w/ Maxxine Dupri) vs The Viking Raiders (Erik & Ivar) (w/ Valhalla)
Valhalla got on the ring apron. Maxxine pulled her off the apron and gave her a suplex. With Gable watching Maxxine deliver the suplex, Erik gave him a knee to the back of his head and pinned him.
===Winners: The Viking Raiders
Backstage, Ripley asked Balor and Priest if they were on the same page. Balor said, eh, we’re okay. Priest said the issues they have are not with each other, so he’s cool.
Rhea Ripley vs Natalya
Ripley attacked Natalya before the match began. Ripley threw her into the outside barricade and the ring steps, threw her in the ring and gave her a Riptide. Officials came in to break it up.
Backstage, Raquel Rodriguez said it’s an honor to step in the ring tonight with Trish Stratus. Raquel said what Ripley did to Natalya is not okay. When she wins Money in the Bank, she is going to cash it in on Ripley. Ripley confronted Raquel. Raquel told Ripley she better hope she doesn’t win tonight because she is not ready for her.
Backstage, Akira Tozawa offered Cody to be his partner in tonight’s match. Cody said he will think about it. Zayn told Cody anytime he needs help from him and Owens, they will be there for him. Cody said Tozawa just offered him help. Owens said now it’s too late to be his partner and was in the middle of going off when Cody said he didn’t accept Tozawa’s offer and couldn’t ask for better partners than them.
Money in the Bank Qualifying Match
Raquel Rodriguez vs Trish Stratus (w/ Zoey Stark)
Becky Lynch attacked Zoey Stark. Trish went out of the ring to attack Lynch, but Lynch threw her into the barricade. Raquel was not happy with Lynch as Lynch tried to explain her actions.
===Winner by disqualification: Trish Stratus
Backstage, Bron Breakker said surely Seth Rollins won’t use what happened to him tonight as an excuse not to face him tomorrow on NXT. What Balor did to him is nothing because he is going to hurt Rollins really bad when he becomes the World Heavyweight Champion.
Backstage, Becky Lynch said she is going to win Money in the Bank or she will go down in a blaze of glory and take Trish Stratus and Zoey Stark with her.
Shinsuke Nakamura vs Bronson Reed
Ricochet came down to do commentary. Reed threw Nakamura into the chair Ricochet had been sitting on. Ricochet kicked the chair forward catapulting Nakamura into Reed. Nakamura was going to go after Ricochet, but Reed turned him around and hit him. Reed attacked Ricochet and threw him into the ring steps. Reed got in the ring and was met by a kick by Nakamura. Ricochet got on the ring apron. Nakamura was going for the Kinshasa, but Reed moved out of the way and Nakamura collided with Ricochet. Reed gave Nakamura a suplex and followed it up with the Tsunami and pinned him.
===Winner: Bronson Reed
In the back, Seth Rollins said he will face Bron Breakker tomorrow on NXT. He said the Finn Balor tonight was the Finn Balor who beat him seven years ago and Money in the Bank can’t come soon enough.
Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, & Cody Rhodes vs The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, and Dominik Mysterio) (w/ Rhea Ripley)
Cody got on the top rope, but Ripley got on the ring apron to distract him. Priest gave Cody the South of Heaven, but Zayn broke up the pin attempt. Dominik came in and battled Zayn. Zayn decked Dominik who fell into the arms of Ripley. Ripley got on the ring apron challenging Zayn. Zayn dove over the top rope onto Dominik. Cody gave Priest the Cody Cutter for a near fall. Priest came off the rope, but Cody hit him with his cast. Dominik broke up the pin attempt. Zayn gave Dominik the Helluva Kick and threw him into Owens who gave him a Stunner. Cody gave Priest the Cross Rhodes and pinned him.
===Winners: Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, & Cody Rhodes
