This week’s RAW started as the former four times WWE World Champion Seth Rollins came out to the arena. He talked about his match against Matt Riddle from Clash at the Castle and said that he was not in the mood of having a rematch because he was now looking for a title match.
Matt Riddle entered the arena and attacked Seth Rollins. Seth tried to escape through the crowd but Riddle followed him. Seth finally managed to escape as the Judgment Day came out. They offered Riddle a spot in the stable and asked him to join them. As Riddle declined the segment turned violent.
WWE RAW 12.09.2022 Results & Ratings
Match 1 – Finn Balor defeated Matt Riddle
This match was booked for around 12 minutes and it was a very good match. Nobody in particular dominated the match, however, Riddle was in control of the later part of the match. Damian Priest kept on assisting Finn from outside but Riddle kept on fighting back. At the end, Seth created a distraction which was capitalised by Finn with a Coup De Grace and he earned a pinfall victory.
Match 2 – WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship – Damage CTRL defeated Aliyah and Raquel Rodriguez
This was a little shocking that Aliyah and Rodriguez dropped the title so early. The match was booked for around 10 minutes and it was a typical face vs heel tag team match. Dakota Kai pinned Aliyah with a Flip Backstabber.
Match 3 – Johnny Gargano defeated Chad Gable
This was a great pay per view standard match and it was really fun to watch. Week after week Chad Gable kept on proving what he is capable of just to remain a jobber. This match was booked for 10 minutes which was really utilized. Gargano pinned Gable with a DDT.
Austin Theory attacked Gargano after his match and entered the ring to cut a promo. He called Gargano an overrated wrestler. Kevin Owens interrupted him. They had an amazing promo segment. At the end it turned violent and when Kevin was getting on top, Theory somehow escaped.
Match 4 – WWE Raw Women’s Championship – Bianca Belair defeated Sonya Deville to retain
This match was booked for nine minutes and it was a good match. It was an Open challenge which was answered by SmackDown’s Sonya Deville. Bianca pinned Sonya with the Kiss of Death finisher.
After the match, Bayley came out and talked about her victory over Bianca at Clash at the Castle. She also said that she would challenge her for the WWE Raw Women’s championship when the time is right. Damage CTRL then Bianca but Alexa Bliss and Asuka came out to save her.
Match 5 – Omos defeated Two Local Athletes in a two on one handicap match
Maybe there trying to build Omos as an unstoppable star once again. In this occasion he squashed two local jobbers. This was a one minute squash. Maybe he goes for the WWE United States Championship next.
The Miz got interviewed in his home where he dared the interviewer not to mention the name of Dexter Lumis. Finally, Miz left the house with Maryse and their kids while Dexter was seen inside their house. He was hiding all this time.
Backstage Seth Rollins was getting interviewed where he got interrupted by the WWE United States champion Bobby Lashley. The duo had a heated argument. At the end, a United States championship match between the duo had been announced for the next week of Monday Night RAW.
Match 6 – Edge defeated Dominik Mysterio by DQ
The main event of the night had been advertised since last week of RAW, and this match had been really well built up. Edge dominated the most part of the match. And as he was about to delivered the ultimate punishment to Dominik, Rey Mysterio interfeared and requested Edge to stop.
Finally, the rest of the Judgment Day intervened and started beating down Edge. Damian Priest knocked down Rey Mysterio outside of the ring, and then four of them attacked Edge. They targeted the left leg of the Rated R superstar and they delivered a terrible beating. Judgment Day stood tall as this week’s RAW went off air.
Overall it was not a bad show. Things are actually happening. We got to see a title change, another championship match, Judgment Day vs Edge and Rey Mysterio storyline getting stronger, Bianca vs. Bayley feud is getting more intense, Kevin Owens rising, it is quite interesting overall.
But there is one thing missing, the World championship segment. They are trying to book everything but in anything that is Bloodline is involved is not getting any booking. Somehow Bloodline, especially Roman Reigns is turning out to be the biggest curse for WWE. We are watching a wrestling show where world championship is not even a thing. We give this week’s RAW 2 stars out 5.
Sportzwiki Ratings – 2/5