WWE Raw Results
September 25, 2023
Report by Lovell Porter for Wrestlezone.com
In-Ring Segment: Cody Rhodes
Rhodes notes that he’s gotten interrupted each time he tried to broach this topic, so he will cut to the chase. Everyone wants to know why he would advocate for Jey Uso to come to Raw. Yes, someone will be drafted to SmackDown, and yes, he may have other reasons for wanting Jey Uso on Raw. Jey turned down The Judgement Day last week, which was the right thing to do. The Judgement Day (minus Rhea Ripley) interrupts and walks to the ring. Priest says Rhodes makes everything about him.
Dominik tries to speak and, you’ll be shocked by this, is totally drowned out by the crowd’s boos. Dominik tries to get out that Jey will pay for what he did last week. Rhodes asks what happens when Ripley returns and they don’t have any of their championships. Dominik screams at Rhodes to keep Mami’s name out of his mouth. The Judgement Day surround the ring. Jey Uso appears out of nowhere and joins Rhodes in the ring. Bálor, Priest, and Dominik don’t care and start into the ring.
Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn hop the barricade and join Rhodes. The Judgement Day backs up off the ramp. JD McDonagh appears with a few steel chairs. Bálor, Dominik, and McDonagh rush the ring. Priest tries to tell them to wait. Priest eventually joins the fight. The only person left in the ring is Priest. Rhodes, Zayn, Jey, and Owens attack Priest. Priest eats a superkick, followed by a chair shot by Rhodes.
Bronson Reed vs. Otis w/ Maxxine Dupri
Reed and Otis slam into each other multiple times. Neither man will go down. Reed pushes Otis. Otis pushes Reed. Both men charge at each other and land clotheslines at the time. Reed and Otis both fall out of the ring. Reed lands another clothesline. Back in the ring, Reed hits a Samoan drop for a near fall. Otis and Reed both try crossbody blocks simultaneously, leading to everyone crashing and burning. Otis lands a back elbow. Reed hits the ropes, Otis does a front roll, followed by another elbow. Caterpillar by Otis. Otis misses a Vader Bomb. Running senton by Reed. Reed flattens Otis with the Tsunami for the win.
Winner- Bronson Reed
Tomasso Ciampa vs. Ludwig Kaiser w/Giovanni Vinci
Ciampa eventually lands Willow’s Bell. Kaiser kicks out. Kaiser fights his way out of the Fairytale Ending. Vinci gets up on the apron. Ciampa destroys him with a running knee to the face. The referee checks on Vinci. Kaiser lands a head kick and pins Ciampa, but there is no referee. Kaiser goes nuts and boots Vinci off the apron. Ciampa surprises Kaiser with a leaping knee to the face. Ciampa pins Kaiser.
Winner- Tomasso Ciampa
NXT Women’s Champion Becky Lynch is at the commentary desk for the next match.
Tegan Nox vs. Natalya
Nox and Natalya trade submission attempts. Natalya slaps Nox. Nox goes nuts and double legs Natalya. Running European uppercut by Nox. Nox lands a cannonball in the corner. Natalya kicks out. Natalya avoids Nox’s finish with a roll up. Nox kicks out. Powerbomb by Natalya. Nox kicks out. Natalya tries to lock in the Sharpshooter. Nox sends Natalya into the ropes. Nox lands the Shiniest Wizard for the win.
Winner- Tegan Nox
In-Ring Segment: WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth “Freakin” Rollins
Rollins asks the crowd if they are tired of Shinsuke Nakamura ducking and dodging them to sing his song. The crowd obliges. Rollins says if the crowd thinks it’s time for him to defend his championship, to sing his song louder. The crowd obliges yet again. Since they are all in agreement, there is only one thing left to do. Rollins calls out Nakamura again. If Nakamura doesn’t accept his challenge, Rollins is pulling the opportunity.
This is Nakamura’s last chance. Nakamura appears on the ‘Tron and accepts Rollins’ challenge. Nakamura wants a Last Man Standing match at WWE Fastlane. Back in the ring, Rollins laughs to himself. Rollins says Nakamura got the match he wanted but made a mistake. Rollins’ broken back isn’t a weakness, it’s a strength. Nakamura is right. Only one of them is walking out of that match, and it’s going to be Seth “Freakin” Rollins!
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NXT North American Championship Match: Dominik Mysterio (c) vs. Dragon Lee
Dominik lands a few punches. Lee floors Dominik with a shoulder block. Lee sends Dominik flying with a rana. Dominik falls out of the ring. Lee lands a dive. Lee gets a two count. Dominik sends Lee into the ropes. Canadian Maple Leaf by Dominik. Lee escapes. The fight spills out to the apron. Dominik DDTs Lee on the apron. After the break, Dominik tries a frog splash. Lee gets his knees up. Lee lands a flurry of punches. Dominik runs into a few clotheslines. Dominik tries a leapfrog, but Lee kicks Dominik in the face.
Slingshot dropkick by Lee. Lee lands a delayed basement dropkick in the corner. Dominik kicks out! Dominik escapes a powerbomb. Knee strike by Lee. Dominik surprises Lee with a Michinoku Driver. Lee kicks out! Dominik misses the 619. Running knee by Lee. Dominik kicks out! Lee and Dominik trade strikes. Dominik ends up on the apron.
Lee leaps from the ring to the apron and hits a rana. Lee sends Dominik back into the ring and hits a Dragon Bomb. Dominik kicks out! Lee goes up top. Dominik cuts him off. Lee knocks Dominik into the tree of woe. Double stomp by Lee. Dominik kicks out. Lee tries his Dragon DDT. Dominik counters and crotches Lee on the top rope. Dominik lands a frog splash for the win.
Winner and STILL NXT North American Champion, Dominik Mysterio!
In-Ring Segment: Nia Jax
Michael Cole is in the ring to conduct the interview. Cole asks Jax why she has targeted everybody in the women’s locker room. Jax says she wasn’t paying attention to Cole. She announces she is Nia Jax. She is the baddest woman in WWE. They thought it would be Rhea Ripley, but she squashed her. They thought it would be Shayna Baszler and several others, but she squashed all of them. Zoey Stark interrupts. Stark gets in Jax’s face. Stark says Jax got her, but her back was turned. She dares Jax to do something when she is in her face. Jax pushes Stark clear across the ring. Stark attacks Jax. Referees hit the ring and separated both women.
Nia Jax vs. Zoey Stark
Jax slams Stark and lands an elbow drop for a near fall. Stark crawls into the corner. Jax flattens Stark in the corner. Jax works over Stark. Stark sidesteps Jax. Jax ends up eating the ring post. Stark lands a series of strikes. Springboard dropkick by Stark. Jax doesn’t go down. Stark tries to lift Jax for the Z360, but Stark’s legs give out. Jax lands on top of Stark. Jax lands a leg drop in the ropes. The match ends after Jax pins Stark with the Annihilator.
Winner- Nia Jax
Miz TV
Miz introduces his guest tonight. Drew McIntyre. Miz tells McIntyre that he commends him for throwing Jey Uso to the wolves. He would have done the same thing. Miz asks why McIntyre left Jey Uso last week. McIntyre says he is nothing like Miz. Miz says they are a lot alike. Miz reminds McIntyre that Jey Uso was instrumental in keeping him away from the WWE Championship. McIntyre says Karma is a bitch. Miz says McIntyre is the Batman of WWE.
Cody Rhodes is Superman. Miz asks McIntyre how it feels to get upstaged by Rhodes. The New Day interrupts. Kofi Kingston calls McIntyre a coward for what he did last week. Xavier Woods says they used to call McIntyre Big D… but they guess McIntyre is just a little limp. McIntyre calls Rhodes a hypocrite. Miz tries to talk, and McIntyre keeps telling him to shut up. Kingston and McIntyre argue about giving Jey Uso a chance. McIntyre headbutts Miz.
Drew McIntyre vs. Kofi Kingston w/Xavier Woods
McIntyre and Kingston trade shots. McIntyre floors Kingston with a stiff right hand. Kingston counters an Irish whip with a second rope dropkick. Kingston tries a splash. McIntyre catches Kingston and hits a suplex. Kingston sends McIntyre out of the ring. Trust fall by Kingston. Kingston lands a crossbody off the top for a near fall. After the break, McIntyre lands a series of overhead throws. Kingston reverses the future shock DDT into a pin. McIntyre kicks out. Famouser by Kingston. McIntyre kicks out. Kingston misses Trouble in Paradise.
Future Shock DDT by McIntyre. Kingston kicks out. McIntyre lights Kingston up with a few chops. Kingston sends McIntyre out of the ring. Suicide dive by Kingston. McIntyre manages to hit an Alabama Slam on the apron. McIntyre calls for the Claymore. Kingston ducks the Claymore. SOS by Kingston. McIntyre kicks out. Both men are down. Ivar runs down to ringside with Valhalla and attacks Woods. Ivar crushes Woods against the barricade. Kingston tries to leave the ring to help Woods, but McIntyre pulls Kingston back into the ring and hits the Claymore for the win.
Winner- Drew McIntyre
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Ivar rolls into the ring. McIntyre and Ivar lock eyes. McIntyre leaves the ring. Ivar beats down Kingston. McIntyre stops on the ramp, looks back, and leaves. Ivar crushes Kingston with a moonsault off the top.
Backstage, Gunther berates Vinci and Kaiser. Gunther tells Kaiser that Vinci is his responsibility.
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Match: The Judgement Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest) (c) vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn
As soon as the bell rings, all four men start fighting. Priest and Owens end up outside the ring. Zayn sends Bálor flying with a few arm drags. Bálor confers with Priest outside the ring. After the break, The Judgement Day is working over Owens. Owens manages to tag in Zayn. Zayn clears the ring. Diving senton by Zayn. After the break, Zayn lands a tornado DDT on Priest. Zayn tags in Owens as Priest tags in In Bálor. Owens clears the ring.
Cannonball off the apron by Owens to Priest. Owens crushes Bálor with a senton in the corner. Priest gets to his feet. Owens rolls out of the ring and suplexes Priest on the commentary desk. Frog Splash by Owens. Bálor kicks out. Owens lands a rolling senton off the top. Bálor kicks out. Owens tries a swanton. Bálor gets his knees up. Slingblade by Bálor. Coup de Gras by Bálor. Zayn breaks up the pin. Owens escapes South of Heaven and tags in Zayn. Zayn suplexes Priest into the corner. Zayn calls for the Helluva Kick. Dominik appears and distracts Zayn.
Priest lands a leaping Complete shot. Zayn kicks out. Dominik argues with the official. Jey Uso runs down to ringside and attacks Dominik. JD McDonagh hops the barricade and attacks Jey. Cody Rhodes runs down, rolls into the ring, and lands a dive on McDonagh. Referees and officials break up the brawl outside of the ring. Zayn lands the Helluva Kick. Priest falls to the mat. While the referee is distracted, McDonagh hits Zayn in the head with one of the tag titles. Priest pins Zayn.
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Winners and STILL Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions, The Judgement Day!
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