Seth Rollins has agreed to put his World Heavyweight Championship on the line at Money in the Bank 2023 which will mark his first title defense at a premium live event. Since winning the title, last month, he proved the championship on Raw to be a workhorse title belt, for good. Predictably, he had no issue in giving a championship shot to his current rival.
In a segment on this week’s episode of Raw, Judgment Day member Finn Balor reminded fans that he defeated Roman Reigns, clean on his first night on WWE’s main roster back in 2016. He also reminded fans that he became the first-ever WWE Universal Champion just a few weeks later that year by defeating Seth Rollins at that year’s Summerslam.
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Balor’s career-defining win was short-lived due to an injury caused by Seth Rollins during the match. He eventually had to vacate the title the next night on Raw. Remembering that incident, Balor promised to return the favor to Seth at Money in the Bank 2023 when he challenges him for the World Heavyweight Championship.
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Following the segment, Rollins agreed to defend his WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Money in the Bank 2023 to make the match, official. With that, all the male Judgment Day members will be seen in competition at the upcoming Premium Live Event. Damian Priest will compete in the Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder match while on Raw, it was also confirmed that Dominik Mysterio (with Rhea Ripley) will face Cody Rhodes at the event.
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Balor got into the title picture by interrupting Damian Priest’s World Heavyweight Championship match despite being barred from the match. After Rollins successfully defended the title, Balor confronted Rollins to tease him about the upcoming match for the first time. This week, Priest then qualified for the men’s Money in the Bank 2023 ladder match by defeating Matt Riddle in a qualifier.
Seth Rollins captured the world title at WWE Night of Champions, defeating AJ Styles in the finals tournament. His first TV title defense came against Priest, last week while Money in the Bank 2023 will mark his first PLE title defense. The PLE goes down at the O2 Arena in London, England on Saturday, July 1.
