WWE RAW Greensboro, N.C. May 15, 2023
Commentators are Kevin Patrick and Corey Graves.
– WWE Monday Night RAW begins with the commentators greeting.
– Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn enter the ring. Zayn says he’s excited because like all of us, we found out last Friday that they will be defending the Tag Team Titles against Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa. On paper it’s their biggest threat to the titles, but they don’t see it as a threat, they see it as a gift. A gift to have a chance to get revenge on Roman Reigns. Owens should have beaten Reigns for the Universal title and he knows he should have won in the Elimination Chamber. But now they’re going to settle this Roman Reigns case. Reigns never knows how to give up, and now he’s pushing his limits too far. Having the WWE Title and the Universal Title for 1,000 days is never enough for Roman Reigns, and now he wants the Tag Team Titles. Reigns is crazy, he can’t have her. The Judgment Day music begins and the clan arrives.
Owens asks for the music to stop. Owens says he can’t talk about the bloodline anymore and he doesn’t know why JD is here. They certainly don’t want to spend the evening together, so now they can fight! Zayn says we need to calm down a little, they have bloodline issues but none with JD. Maybe doomsday is not here to fight, we need to listen to them. Damian Priest says Owens is right he would love to fight. Finn Balor calms Priest down and says they’re here to talk. Balor says they wanted to wish Owens and Zayn the best of luck in their match. But they don’t get it, Owens and Zayn said they’re done with the bloodline but he returns to first place and is beaten by Roman Reigns. But if Zayn and Owens miraculously win, they’ll be waiting for a shot at the title. Rhea Ripley says they run RAW.
Zayn says it’s interesting but he’d love to hear Dominik’s opinion, he knows fans love to hear him speak too. Dominik gets booed too loud. Owens asks if he can just hit him. Ripley stands in Owens’ way to block him. The priest takes the opportunity to hit both of them. Zayn returns to the ring with a chair and the JD flees.
– Nakamura enters the ring. Back from the break, commentators announce that the JD will take on Zayn and Owens tonight.
Shinsuke Nakamura vs The Miz
At the end of the fight, Nakamura launches his Kinshasa, but Miz throws himself to the ground, dragging the edge of the ring with him. The referee replaces her, Miz takes the opportunity to put his fingers in Nakamura’s eyes and hits him with a skull crushing finale to mark him, but Nakamura puts his foot on a cable. Nakamura surprises him with a roll up, but he fights back. Nakamura goes straight on with his Kinshasa for three points.
Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura
– Behind the scenes, Adam Pearce is in a pitch with Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green with Raquel Rodriguez. Pearce says Liv Morgan was injured after SmackDown, causing the title match to be postponed to a later date. The doctor did not release her. Sonya Deville thinks it’s funny because normally champions should give up titles. Pearce says it doesn’t work that way.
Rodriguez says she would like to defend Morgan’s honor in a match against Green tonight. Green says she will regret it.
– Back we find Corey Graves and Seth Rollins for an interview and a presentation on the Night of Champions. Rollins says there was a wind of change at NXT in 2012 and he had the vision. Winning the title as the first champion was the way to keep pushing the industry forward. Graves says that’s when Rollins came with the sign. Rollins says they wanted success and now “no” is not an option. To this day, people still ask him why he turned against Shield. They had beaten everything they could, he had to take a risk to improve his success. (The interview continues later in the show.)
– Empire enters the ring. Ludwig Kaiser asks everyone to express their gratitude for our Intercontinental Champion, the Ring General Gunther.
Gunther says he dominated SmackDown for a year as the undefeated Intercontinental Champion with the longest reign in modern times. And today he will continue that mission at Monday Night RAW. But no man has been identified who could be his next challenger or who would have the respect necessary to take on him. Tonight, in the battle royale, a man can achieve both, which will determine the next contender.
For the continuation of RAW click here