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Viking Raiders Beat Alpha Academy, Trish Stratus Names Her Conditions | Raw Fight Size

Here is your post-Monday Night Raw fight size update for July 17, 2023.

Here is your post-Monday Night Raw fight size update for July 17, 2023.

– Alpha Academy (Otis and Chad Gable) faced Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar) in a Viking Rules Match. Valhalla got involved, and Maxxine Dupri temporarily took her out. Valhalla sent Dupri crashing through a table with a Spear. In the end, The Viking Raiders picked up the win.

–  The Miz hosted Miz TV, and Becky Lynch was his special guest. Lynch got fired up when The Miz questioned whether she lost a step. Trish Stratus and Zoey Stark came out, and while Stratus initially refused to face Lynch, she agreed to a rematch under a few conditions. Stratus told Lynch she would have to face Stark, and if she lost, she would have to get a tattoo that said, “Thank you, Trish.” Lynch then hit Stratus with her face mask.

– Cody Rhodes kicked off the show and quickly turned his attention to Brock Lesnar. He called out “The Beast Incarnate”. Lesnar didn’t show up at first. Rhodes talked about his own mom. Lesnar’s music hit, but it was a fake-out. The music hit again, and Cody went backstage to find Brock. Lesnar attacked Rhodes right in front of his mom. He then told Rhodes he’d see him at SummerSlam.

Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green defeated Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan to win the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship.

– WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins spoke in a sit-down interview. He started to name his potential contenders, but he was interrupted by Finn Balor, who made it clear that he wanted a rematch. Balor vowed to alter Rollins’ career forever. Rollins told Balor the title was bigger than the two of them. Balor got up and started to walk away, but he came back and attacked the champion. The rematch was later confirmed for WWE SummerSlam.

– Shayna Baszler faced Nikki Cross and beat her within seconds of the bell ringing. Ronda Rousey appeared, as she was standing in a luxury box. She sent a heated message to Baszler and eventually challenged her to a match at WWE SummerSlam.

– WWE Intercontinental Champion Gunther faced Matt Riddle, and he emerged victorious at the end of the hard-fought match. 

-Gunther grabbed a microphone after the match and told Drew McIntyre that he would fall victim to “The Ring General” like everyone else. 

– WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley confronted WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez ahead of theit title match. She attacked Morgan and brawled with Rodriguez. Raquel seemingly hurt her leg during the brawl.

– The Judgment Day (Dominik Mysterio, Damian Priest, Rhea Ripley, and Finn Balor) came to the ring. Ripley said they’re stronger than ever, and they dominate WWE Raw. Ripley hyped up the group and their respective quests for gold. Balor made it clear that he wouldn’t be done with Seth Rollins until he won the world title. Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens interrupted and set up the title match in the main event.

– Ricochet challenged Logan Paul to come to Raw and meet him in the ring.

– Shinsuke Nakamura clashed with “Big” Bronson Reed, but the match came to a premature conclusion when Tommasso Ciampa attacked Reed. The big man won by disqualification, and Nakamura kicked Ciampa.

– Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green commented on winning the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship.

– After Tommaso Ciampa got involved in his match, Shinsuke Nakamura said he was tired of everyone getting involved in his business. 

– Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn defended the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship against Dominik Mysterio and Damian Priest of the Judgment Day. Seth Rollins attacked Finn Balor before the bell, and Liv Morgan took out Rhea Ripley at the end of the match. With a level playing field, Owens and Zayn scored the win.

– T-Pain was in attendance.

– Mandy Rose shared her excitement about Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green winning the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship.

– Rhea Ripley commented on costing Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan their titles.

– Dustin Rhodes made it clear that, if he could, he’d step up to Brock Lesnar for attacking Cody.

– Matt Cardona was happy to see his wife, Chelsea Green, win her first title in WWE.

– Tommaso Ciampa sent a message to Bronson Reed before he attacked him on WWE Raw.

– Triple H and Sonya Deville commented on Deville and Chelsea Green winning the gold.

– Chelsea Green shared her thoughts after her victory.

– In a Digital Exclusive, Bronson Reed made it clear that he’s coming for revenge, as he has his sights set on Tommaso Ciampa.

– Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville had their photo shoot after their title win.

– On Raw Talk, Becky Lynch looked ahead to her match with Zoey Stark.

– Check out the card for the July 24 episode of WWE Raw here.

Click here to catch up on our coverage of the July 17 episode of WWE Raw. For a full review, check out the post-show podcast on our YouTube channel.

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