WWE Raw Results
June 5, 2023
Report by Lovell Porter for Wrestlezone.com
In-Ring Segment: World Heavyweight Champion Seth “Freakin” Rollins
Rollins welcomes the crowd to Monday Night Rollins. It’s been a wild first week as champion. It’s been two years since a world title has been defended on Raw. So he put out an open challenge on social media to defend the title tonight. Damian Priest accepted Rollins’ open challenge. Rollins quips that he is excited. No matter if you hate The Judgement Day, they are as good as it gets. He will show us all tonight that no matter how good they are, they just ain’t him. Damian Priest and Finn Bálor interrupt. Rollins jokes that he was just saying a bunch of nice stuff about them. Priest tells them to calm down.
Rollins notes that it’s just Bálor and Priest, so Dominik and Rhea Ripley should be sneaking up behind him. Priest retorts that Ripley and Dominik have their own business tonight. Rollins fakes vomits while asking if Ripley and Dominik are somewhere making out. Bálor makes fun of Rollins before proclaiming that Priest is taking the world title tonight. Priest puts Rollins over and says he doesn’t need the rest of The Judgement Day to beat Rollins tonight.
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Rollins tells Priest he has no shot if he doesn’t bring the rest of The Judgement Day with him. Rollins challenges Priest to leave his team in the back tonight. Bálor says Rollins doesn’t get to dictate how this goes. Priest accepts. Priest says Rollins is going to have the shortest title reign. Rollins laughs and says his reign is already longer than Bálor’s was. Bálor is pissed. Rollins cackles and prances away.
Women’s Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Becky Lynch vs. Sonya Deville w/Chelsea Green
Lync goes for an early Manhandle Slambut Deville avoids it. After a distraction from Green, Deville attacks Lynch from behind. Deville works over Lynch. Lynch fires up. Sitout reverse DDT by Lynch. Trish Stratus’ music hits. Stratus and Zoey Stark walk out on the stage. After the break, Deville superplexes Lynch. Lynch kicks out at two. Lynch fires up again and lands a flurry of strikes. Deville rolls out of the ring. Lynch catches her with a baseball slide.
While the referee is distracted, Green boots Lynch in the face. Green sends Lynch back into the ring. Deville immediately lands her patented running knee. Lynch kicks out. Enzuguri by Lynch. Deville back body drops Lynch out to the apron. Lynch lands on her feet. Green hops up on the apron and gets knocked off by Lynch. Lynch sends Green into the barricade over and over again.
Deville attacks from behind but gets launched into the barricade as well. Lynch tries a Mandhandle Slam, but Deville avoids it. Lynch tries the Disarmher. Deville turns it into a pin. Green puts her foot on Deville’s back to help her with the pin. Lynch kicks out. Deville dives off the second rope and gets Manhandle Slammed. Lynch pins Deville.
Winner- Becky Lynch
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Backstage, IMPERIUM interrupts Owens and Zayn. Kaiser says The Bloodline may not be Owens and Zayn’s problem, but they are. Owens goes on a rant about IMPERIUM interrupting them without their name begin said. That’s not how this works. Gunther tells Owens he is going to teach him some respect. Owens yells there is a ring, and that’s what it’s for. Owens storms off towards the ring and screams for Gunther to meet him there.
Intercontinental Champion Gunther w/IMPERIUM vs. Undisputed Tag Team Champion Kevin Owens w/Sami Zayn
Owens and Gunther lock up and get tied up in the corner. Gunther gives Owens a clean break. Headlock takeover by Gunther. Owens tries to fire Gunther off the ropes, but Gunther holds on. Owens tries again and manages a shoulder block. Gunther grabs an armbar. Owens gets to the ropes. Gunther doesn’t break the hold. Owens slaps Gunther in the face. Gunther tries a chop, but Owens ducks it and lands one of his own.
Owens hits the ropes and runs right into a big boot. Gunther immediately hits a German suplex. Owens rolls out of the ring. Gunther follows, and they trade strikes. Gunther slams Owens’ head into the barricade. Back suplex on the apron by Gunther. After the break, Gunther body slams Owens. Neck snap by Gunther. Owens rolls around in pain on the mat. Gunther continues his assault. Owens tries to fire up, but Gunther destroys him with pair of chops.
Gunther ducks a clothesline and hits another German suplex. Owens pops back up to his feet and hits a German suplex of his own. Both men are down. Owens and Gunther trade strikes. Owens manages to land a series of superkicks. Gunther falls into the corner. Cannonball by Owens. Gunther kicks out.
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Owens goes down like a sack of bricks. Boston Crab by Gunther. Gunther transitions into a crossface. Owens gets to his feet and fights out of the hold. Owens lands a chop. Gunther lands one of his own. Owens, again, goes down like a sack of bricks. Owens tries a suplex, but he can’t get Gunther off his feet. Gunther blasts Owens with a lariat. Gunther pulls Owens back to his feet and lands another lariat. Owens fires back with a flurry of short-arm clotheslines of his own. Gunther tries a sleeper, but Owens fights it off.
Shotgun dropkick by Gunther. Owens fires back and hits a fisherman’s buster. Gunther kicks out! Owens goes up top. Gunther cuts him off and lands a superplex. Owens kicks out. Gunther tries a big splash, but Owens gets his knees up. Owens lands a swanton. Gunther kicks out! Vinci gets on the apron. Zayn attacks him. Kaiser joins in. Owens pulls Kaiser into the ring and drops him with a Stunner. Gunther surprises Owens with a schoolboy for the win!
Winner- Gunther
