Two of the top WWE Raw Superstars, Raquel Rodriguez and Rhea Ripley missed the Summerslam premium live event. WWE canceled their women’s world title match from the match card of the PLE alongside another marquee match in Becky Lynch vs. Trish Stratus. These moves were blasted by the WWE Universe over neglecting the women’s division.
Now that Summerslam is over, the feud remains on track to possibly set up a big title match at the next premium live event waiting for next month. In the main event of WWE Raw, Cody Rhodes, Shinsuke Nakamura & World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins defeated Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, and Dominik Mysterio) in a six-man tag team match.
Before the match on WWE Raw, Raquel Rodriguez attacked Rhea Ripley on the entrance ramp to keep the numbers’ game equal. However, Priest hit Cody with his MITB briefcase when the referee wasn’t looking. This led to an injured Sami Zayn (attacked by JD McDonagh) coming out to attack him.
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WWE Raw: Raquel Rodriguez was previously attacked by Rhea Ripley
Last week on WWE Raw, WWE Official Adam Pearce informed the current challenger for the women’s world title, Raquel Rodriguez that he will get her a match against Rhea Ripley for her title after medically getting cleared. Raquel was injured by Ripley on Raw on the legs and she was not able to get into the card.
There was speculation of this match from WWE Raw could get inserted into WWE Raw, in the last minute as during Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted that Raquel Rodriguez’s match against Rhea Ripley could still be added to the SummerSlam 2023 card,
“They could clear her and add it on the day of the show, but I will say that there is a time constraint. I was told that was part of the reason why some of these matches that were originally part of the show are off is because they have a time limit on the show, which I’m gonna guess is 3 1/2 to 4 hours.”
However, that match was still out of the equation due to time constraints. At present, the feud continues on WWE Raw and it appears that the two will eventually collide, next month on the Payback premium live event.
