WWE RAW Result & Highlight: Monday Night RAW Result, Winners, Grade, Video| All You Need To Know – 08th May 2023
USA Network will broadcast the 1,563rd episode of WWE Monday Night Raw tonight live from the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena in.
Jacksonville, Florida. The company will carry out the first show of the new era of the red brand after the Draft last week, with the celebration of three.
Fights that will establish the first finalist in the tournament for the World Heavyweight Championship.
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WWE Raw summary
We see a promotional video starring the 12 competitors that will be part of the tournament for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Cody Rhodes opens tonight’s show. The wrestler makes his entrance in his wrestling outfit. After shedding the belt from him, he hands it over.
To a fan with Down Syndrome, with whom he melts into a hug. Cody steps into the ring as a brief recap of his match against Brock Lesnar at WWE Backlash is shown.
“Well, Jacksonville…what do you want to talk about?” Rhodes asks as his promo begins. The fighter remembers that he spent most of his time
There during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is about a city where he created memories. That is why he proposes to create new ones tonight.
Rhodes focuses on his match at Backlash, where he managed to defeat Lesnar. Once this problem is already solved, it is time to move on to his next objective:
The World Heavyweight Championship. Cody gets out of the ring and heads towards the entrance ramp, from where he watches the tournament box
Until he stands next to the championship. Rhodes assures that the title will be his. The public chants “You deserve it!”. Cody officially opens the.
Tournament and Seth Rollins makes his entrance. “The Visionary” and “The American Nightmare” are carefully observed while the audience.
Chants Rollins’ theme. He laughs and heads to the ring.We see a summary of the San Juan Street Fight that pitted Damian Priest against Bad Bunny
In WWE Backlash. After that, Cathy Kelley interviews Damian backstage. The interviewer asks him about his defeat in Backlash. Despite being upset.
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With the question, the heel understands that Kelley is obligated to ask him about that topic and decides to answer. Priest points out that the singer
Needed the help of the entire island of Puerto Rico to be able to beat him. But that does not matter. He now only has one goal, and that is to win the.
World Heavyweight Championship and take it to The Judgment Day. If he doesn’t get it, Finn Bálor will. In either case, the title must end with his faction.
The wrestler heads towards the ring as he visibly limps on his left leg. Shinsuke Nakamura is the last to make his entrance as the audience chants his theme song.
Triple threat tournament for the World Heavyweight Championship
Seth Rollins vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. damian priest
Damian does not take long to attack Nakamura and Rollins, whom he punishes in opposite corners. The Japanese and 2The Visionary” take it.
Upon themselves to throw him out of the ring before pausing for a moment to look at each other. They then start their own fight. Shinsuke kicks.
Seth into one of the corners, where he executes a german suplex as he slides under Seth. the first rope towards ringside Nakamura continues his.
Offensive punishing Rollins’ head with several knees to the apron. Back from the commercial, we see Seth and Damian exchanging attacks.
Nakamura enters the ring, only to receive a crossbody next to Priest, courtesy of Seth. Damian and Shinsuke end up on opposite sides of ringside.
Rollins executes two consecutive suicide dives against his opponents, but a third is intercepted by Priest. Nakamura regains control of the fight before.
Hitting Priest with a knee. The three exchange attacks. Damian almost achieves victory over Rollins, but he avoids the count. Shinsuke, Priest.
And Seth exchange kicks. Rollins executes a superkick on Damian and Shinsuke a spinning kick on Seth.The three exchange attacks again. Nakamura hits.
The heel’s knee, making him fall to the canvas, and Seth finishes him off with a superkick. Shinsuke tries to apply a sleeper hold on Rollins, but.
Rollins escapes. Rollins manages to execute the stomp on Damian. 1..2..NO. The Japanese stop the count. “Come on!” Shinsuke yells, challenging Rollins, before the two trade attacks.
Damian returns to the ring and ejects Rollins. Nakamura catches Priest’s damaged leg and applies a painful key. The heel refuses to give up.
Seth returns to the ring, launching himself with a frog splash on the Japanese, who is left at the mercy of a definitive pedigree. 1..2..3.
Winner: Seth Rollins
“Imperium has arrived,” announces Ludwig Kaiser as he walks backstage with Giovanni Vinci. The Europeans announce that Gunther will be on Raw next week.
Kaiser and Vinci meet up with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. They point out that they are dealing with a personal matter, so they ask them to come back later if they want to talk about something.
The faces converse in French, which annoys the heels, who refuse to leave, assuring that Gunther will not tolerate this disrespect. Zayn proposes a fight.
For tonight as a sign of his respect for Imperium. Otis makes his entrance accompanied by Chad Gable and Maxxine Dupri.
Mustafa Ali vs. otis
Mustafa tries to apply a sleeper hold as soon as the bell rings. Otis gets rid of him, but Mustafa executes a series of kicks. Otis knocks him down on.
Several occasions. With his opponent lying on the canvas, Otis takes off his jersey and heads towards the corner. Maxxine and Chad get on the plane.
And try to advise Otis on his next move. He doesn’t know who to listen to while the audience booes Dupri and cheers for Gable. Finally, Otis charges.
At Ali, but Ali has had plenty of time to recover. After kicking the powerhouse, Mustafa goes up to the corner and executes a 450 splash for the win.
Winner: Mustafa Ali
The Miz performs a brief backstage promo just before going on stage. The heel ensures that he will obtain the World Heavyweight Championship.
Back from advertising, we see Finn Bálor making his entrance, followed by Cody Rhodes.
Triple threat tournament for the World Heavyweight Championship
Cody Rhodes vs. The Miz vs. Finn Bálor
Cody quickly pounces on his rivals before the three trade attacks. Rhodes drops Miz before launching Bálor with a reverse suplex. The fight continues.
Until all three opponents end up on the canvas. Miz and Finn struggle, at which point Rhodes executes a double Cody Cutter on them!
The face tries to execute his finisher on the Irishman, but he avoids it. The Miz executes a double DDT on his rivals. The heel tries to execute his.
Skull Crushing Finale on Rhodes, but he does not allow it. A new exchange of attacks between the three ends with Bálor executing the Cup de Grace.
On Cody, who dodges it at the last moment. Miz runs his finisher from him on Finn.The fight continues its course. Cody applies the Cross Rhodes.
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On the leader of Judgment Day. Miz tries to take advantage of the situation and expels Cody from the ring to try to cover the Irishman. But Rhodes comes.
Back and hits his finisher three consecutive times on Miz before covering him. 1..2.. NO. Lesnar takes the face out of the ring.
Before executing an F-5! Meanwhile, on the ring, Bálor executes the Cup de Grace on Miz to obtain the victory.
Winner: Finn Bálor
Brock runs a new F-5 on Cody, who ends up going through the announce table. Lesnar grabs a microphone and asks Cody what he wants to talk about.
“Look at my face!” he yells at her as he shows the state of his face. “I want to talk about me, about me, about me, about me!” The heel yells as he.
Holds the face’s head.”You and me. Night of Champions. A fight. What do you say, Cody? Who’s the coward now!?” Brock concludes before heading
Backstage. Several officials come out to assist Rhodes as Lesnar stands by the World Heavyweight Title. Lesnar watches him and smiles before
Looking at his victim for the last time. Back from commercial, we see Cody trudging backstage. The wrestler is accompanied
By a WWE official. Rhea Ripley makes her entrance accompanied by Dominik Mysterio.
Rhea Ripley vs. Dana Brooke
Dana executes a dropkick as soon as the bell rings. Rhea responds with a headbutt before launching herself on her face and hitting her over and over again.
Her heel raises her arms. Brooke recovers and knocks Ripley down before going up to one of the cornerbacks. From there, she launches into a crossbody.
The heel intercepts it mid-flight before applying a backbreaker. Rhea executes the Rip Tide, followed by the Prism Trap. Brooke has no choice but to give up.
Submission Winner: Rhea Ripley
Rhea picks up Brooke and executes a second Rip Tide before reapplying her painful submission hold. At that moment, Natalya’s entrance theme.
Sounds, who makes her entrance and goes up to the ring. Ripley frees Dana before the Canadian confronts her. Dominik approaches his partner.
To let him be. Ripley smiles and chooses to take Mysterio’s advice. They both leave the ring while Natalya and Ripley continue to observe each other.
Byron Saxton interviews Zoey Stark, who claims to be the best… Something catches her attention:
Nikki Cross, who seems completely absorbed in her thoughts. Stark proposes a fight for tonight. “I like to play,” Cross replies.
Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn vs. Imperium (Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci)
Imperium poses in the center of the ring while Owens fidgets on the apron. He rings the bell. Kaiser and Sami start the fight. The German catches.
The Canadian with a headlock. The face breaks free and expels his rival from the ring, but Vinci had been relieved just before.
Imperium dominates the fight. Kaiser distracts the referee while Giovanni punishes Sami with the help of the ropes. A furious Kevin enters the ring
But is stopped by the referee. Meanwhile, the Europeans combine to keep hitting Zayn just before another ad break.
Back from publicity, we see Sami trying to tag out KO, but Ludwig charges into the face in his corner. Sami gets rid of his two rivals and reaches Owens
Who enters angrily. Kaiser receives a harsh punishment. Vinci tries to intervene from the apron, but Kevin knocks him down.
The Canadian executes a backbreaker on Ludwig. He then goes up to one of the cornerbacks to execute a swanton bomb. 1..2…NO. Giovanni interrupts
The count. The Europeans turn the tables, combining to punish KO, but he manages to get rid of Kaiser with a Stunner. Sami receives the relief and executes a helluva kick on Vinci. 1..2..3.
Winners: Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens
We see Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville collecting signatures backstage “against injustice”. Xia Li signs before the heels propose to The Way.
Dexter Lumis reads the petition and thumbs down. Indi points out that they will not sign anything. The heels leave upset, assuring that they will regret it. Meanwhile, the group talks about a comeback.
Zoey Stark vs. Nikki Cross
Zoey slaps Nikki right after the bell rings. Cross reacts, but falls victim to the debutante. A tremendous clothesline ends with Nikki on the canvas.
Stark applies a headlock on her rival. She manages to free herself before launching a series of punches on the heel. Nikki charges at Zoey, but she stops her. A superkick leaves Cross at the mercy of a definitive Z360.
Winner: Zoey Stark
Backstage, Rhea Ripley is interviewed about her run-in with Natalya. Laughter from Xavier Woods and Akira Tozawa interrupt the interview.
Dominik Mysterio approaches them and threatens them. Rhea also goes to the scene and confronts Woods before proposing a fight
On behalf of his partner. Xavier accepts. The heels leave, leaving Woods alone, wondering where Tozawa has gotten to.
Trish Stratus makes his entrance. The public boo the WWE legend while she is done with a microphone. Trish wonders where Becky Lynch is.
The heel teases her, assuring that she is very worried about her. However, when she finally shows up, she won’t be returning to Raw because this is now her mark.
Here she has her bulb, and no one will steal it from her. She plays the Becky Lynch theme song and the audience goes wild. Trish laughs, revealing
That he was just messing with the fans. Stratus continues his promo while the public chants the name of the Irish woman. “She’s not here, people,”.
Says the heel. Once again, the Irish girl’s theme song plays. Somewhat nervous, Trish orders them to stop the music, since the joke is over.
Lynch appears from behind Trish and the audience explodes. When the Canadian turns, she receives a punch from her face. Becky continues to attack.
Stratus, who has no choice but to leave the ring. The public applauds Lynch while she takes the microphone. The Irishwoman asks if she was looking.
For her, pointing out that she is here now, ready to fight. Stratus watches her from the top of the doorway as the segment comes to a close.
Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens accompany Cody Rhodes while he is treated in the infirmary. The Canadians are confident that their partner will be fine.
Dominik Mysterio makes his entrance accompanied by Rhea Ripley. The heel slowly approaches the ring while he receives a loud boo.
Dominik Mysterio vs. Xavier Woods
Xavier catches the heel in a headlock flush with the canvas. Mysterio escapes and immediately tries to shake hands with his rival, but Woods doesn’t.
Fall for it. The face knocks his opponent down with a dropkick before continuing his offensive. Xavier punishes the heel with the help of the ropes before.
Executing a crossbody from the top of the corner. Woods charges at Dom, but he manages to lift him above his head. Xavier lands on the metal stairs.
Before the broadcast hits a new commercial break. Back, we see Woods kicking Mysterio, but he responds with The Three Amigos.
The heel catches Woods with a headlock flush with the canvas. Xavier breaks free, but Dominik knocks him down again. The heel takes his rival to the.
Ropes area. Xavier hits him directly in the legs to make him fall out of the ring. Dom tries to go back, but Woods is waiting for him. After hitting the heel.
He lifts it up to drop it on the top rope. Mysterio is at the mercy of a dropkick from the corner. Woods executes The Limit Breaker from the same position
But Mysterio steps out of the way just in time. Dominik takes advantage of it to take the victory with a roll-up.
Winner: Dominik Mysterio
Jinder Mahal introduces Indus Sher (Veer and Sanga), ensuring that they have finished off all the competition on their journey to WWE.
“We emerge from the shadows to shake the foundations of Monday Night Raw,” Mahal notes.The Miz approaches a thoughtful Shinsuke Nakamura.
The heel blames him for his defeat tonight, assuring that, if he had accepted his alliance, that would not have happened. However, his proposal.
To join forces still stands. The Japanese accepts that both meet in the ring next week, but in an individual match. Shinsuke tells him in several languages.
So that the heel understands. Sonya and Chelsea continue to collect signatures. Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan join the cause, pointing out that.
If they wanted a new starting opportunity, they just had to ask for it. Once you defeat Damage CTRL, they will give you that opportunity. The heels laugh.
Out loud, assuring that the request is to face Damage CTRL after they take over the titles. Cody Rhodes is speechless when asked by Cathy Kelley about
The events of tonight. The face apologizes to the interviewer while she makes the feint of leaving, but in the end she doesn’t. Rhodes wonders why.
Lesnar has attacked him again tonight. It is the second time he has done it, and again from behind. Cody wonders if “The Beast” is upset that he is no longer.
In the main events, while he is. It is possible that this is the reason why he has acted that way tonight and has challenged him to a fight. A fight that Rhodes accepts.
Raw Final for the World Heavyweight Championship
Seth Rollins vs. Finn Bálor
Rollins spends a few moments enjoying the chorus of the fans. He rings the bell and Finn tries to get the upper hand, but Rollins won’t let him.
Bálor throws an elbow against Seth’s face and they both exchange attacks. Finn kicks his opponent out of the ring, but as he goes after him, he takes a slingblade from Rollins.
The action moves to the apron area, where the Irishman hits his opponent over and over again before catching him and power bombing into the
Cowd barrier. Bálor catches Seth’s arm. Both exchange attacks in the center of the ring. Rollins knocks down his opponent with a series of attacks.
While protecting his damaged arm from him. Seth goes up to the corner and throws himself at the Irishman, who reverses it into a roll-up. Rollins escapes
The count, but his arm is caught by the heel again. Seth escapes, but Bálor executes a slingblade. Seth responds with a superkick. 1..2..NO.
Both return to the charge, exchanging attacks.The action moves to ringside, where they use the apron to hit the opponent’s head.
We return to the ring, where they continue to attack each other until they fall on the canvas. After catching their breath, both return to the charge.
Double stomp directly to Finn’s chest, which goes up to the corner. Rollins chases after him, executing a Superplex. Bálor responds with a backbreaker.
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The Irishman continues to attack the face in the corner, ignoring the referee’s warnings, which takes him away from his opponent.
Bálor pushes the officer, who warns him for the last time. The Irishman executes a dropkick, which sends Seth towards the corner. The heel goes.
Up to it and executes the Cup de Grace. Seth dodges and responds with the pedigree. 1..2..NO. The fight continues and Rollins manages to execute
The stomp on his opponent’s face. A second stomp, executed in the traditional way, ends the fight. 1..2..3.
Raw Winner and Runner-Up: Seth Rollins
Seth makes his way up the entrance ramp to the title position, which he watches with a big smile as the crowd sings along to his entrance theme song.
