Match 3 – Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Tommaso Ciampa
This match was booked for five and a half minutes and it looks like Ciampa is on a losing streak. He lost back to back three matches on Monday night RAW and upon his return he could win only one match. About this match it was competitive but Nakamura ultimately earned a victory with a Roll Up pin.
WWE RAW 31.07.2023 Results & Ratings Part 3, Nakamura Vs. Ciampa, Brock Lesnar Fight Cody Rhodes Again, Gunther In Action
Backstage Raquel Rodriguez was seen receiving treatment for her left knee injury. She looked to be in real pain. Adam Pearce came out to see her to check on her and he announced that as soon as Rodriguez recovers from her left knee injury, she would get her shot at the Women’s World Championship.
Brock Lesnar came out to the arena to address his upcoming Mega match at SummerSlam. At first he discussed his accomplishments throughout his wrestling career. He also mentioned what he achieved outside of WWE. Then he called out Cody Rhodes to shake his hands.
Brock Lesnar Beats Down Cody Rhodes Again
Cody Rhodes came out shortly and he agreed to shake hands with Brock Lesnar. As soon as Brock Lesnar started to work out of the ring, Cody decided to attack him. But The Beast quickly fought back and started beating down Cody. Ultimately it was a massive beat down and he kept on beating him down for quite a long time. Cody was totally out after the attack.
Match 4 – Gunther defeated Chad Gable
The match started as a five minutes challenge for the Ring General and overall it had been an extremely competitive match. The match was pretty physical as well. But Gunther failed to beat Chad Gable in the five minutes challenge and Gable was declared the winner of the match. It could have been a big upset.
But Gunther refused to go out of the match and he wanted it to continue. Gable agreed to continue the match and we got to see another 4 minutes of the match, therefore it was a total of 9 minutes match. This time the match was pretty physical and Gunther finally defeated Gable with the Powerbomb. After the match, Gunther threatened Drew McIntyre that he would do the same thing to him at SummerSlam this Saturday.
Match 5 – Becky Lynch defeated Trish Stratus by DQ
The match did not even go on for 5 seconds. Let us talk about it in a little details. Becky Lynch was looking forward to face Trish Stratus here tonight but Trish say it that the match would only happen when she wanted to have it. Adam Pearce came out and made the match official for tonight, the match was next.