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WWE RAW REPORT: TAG TITLE MATCHES, CHALLENGES ACCEPTED FOR SUMMERSLAM, VIKING RULES, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2023-07-17 23:00:00

We see Chad Gable and Otis in the back and Maxxine Dupri shows up.

Match Number Two:  Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez versus Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville for the Women's Tag Title

Sonya with a boot to Liv and she sends Liv into the turnbuckles.  Green tags in and Sonya with kicks in the corner.  Green and Sonya with a double delayed suplex.  Green with an elbow drop for a near fall.  Green sends Liv into the turnbuckles and Sonya tags in.  Sonya with punches in the corner.  Liv with punches to Sonya and Green.  Liv with a kick but Sonya keeps Liv from making the tag.  Liv with an enzuigiri and Raquel tags in and clotheslines Sonya a few times.  Raquel with snake eyes and a clothesline.  Raquel with a fallaway slam and she kicks Green off the apron.  Raquel hits the ring post shoulder first when Sonya moves in the corner.  Sonya with a single leg crab.

Sonya pulls Raquel into the center of the ring and adds more pressure on the knee.  Raquel tries to get to the ropes but Sonya pulls Raquel back into the center of the ring.  Liv breaks up the hold.  Green and Liv tag in and Liv with a flying shoulder tackle or two followed by a hip into the corner and a knee into the corner.  Liv goes up top and hits a Codebreaker.  Liv with ObLiVion but Sonya breaks up the cover with a knee.  Sonya clips Raquel on the ground.  Liv with an O'Connor Roll for a near fall.  Sonya punches Liv and Green with an Unpettiher for a near fall.  Liv with a jaw breaker and Sonya misses a knee for a near fall.  Green with an Unprettiher followed by a running knee by Sonya for the three count.

Winners:  Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville (new champions)

Chelsea and Sonya celebrate in the aisle while Raquel is being checked out by the medical staff.

Seth Rollins is in the back with Byron Saxton to talk about Finn Balor.

We go to commercial.

We are back with a look back at the crowning of new Tag Team Champions.

Sonya and Chelsea are in the back and Byron asks them about having a two on one advantage.  

Sonya says no one wants to hear about Raquel's fake injury.  Green thanks everyone for winning.  Sonya says they are going to run the division.

We take a look back at what happened on Smackdown between Jey and Solo.

We go to Seth Rollins with Byron Saxton.

Seth cackles before Byron brings up Finn Balor's challenge and what Seth is going to do.  

Seth says he has big plans for the title.  SummerSlam is right around the corner.  The World Champion deserves a marquee match up.  There is a short list for opponents and Finn has earned a place on that list.  So have Damian Priest, Drew McIntyre, Gunther . . . 

Finn interrupts and he tells Byron he has this.

Finn tells Seth he is here for his rematch.  He does not care how many other contenders there are, the line starts with him.  They both know the issues between them are far from over.  He tells Seth to talk to Pearce and make the match.

Seth tells Finn he understands where Finn is coming from but Finn has to stop living in the past.

Finn says he is not living in the past, he is living in chaos.  That chaos is where he is going to take that title.  He is going to hurt Seth, laugh in his face, take his career, and alter it forever.  

Seth says the Championship is about more than Finn's personal vendetta.  It is bigger than both of them.  If you want to settle the score, we don't need a match and we can do it right here and right now.  Seth tells Finn to take a shot or get out of his face.

Finn gets up and he walks away.

Seth apologizes to everyone and then he starts to take off his microphone but Finn attacs Seth and punches him.  He tells Seth to make the match.

Titus O'Neil joins Corey and Kevin on commentary for the next match.

Match Number Three:  Erik and Ivar (with Valhalla) versus Chad Gable and Otis (with Maxxine Dupri) in a Viking Rules Match

Otis sends Chad onto Erik and Ivar and the referee starts the match.

Ivar sends Otis into the ring post on the apron.  Erik picks up Ivar and slams him onto Otis.  Gable lands on his feet on a belly-to-back suplex attempt but Erik with a knee.  Gable with an ankle lock but Erik sends Gable off when he rolls through and Gable with a cannonball on Ivar for a near fall.  Gable sends Erik into a shield and Otis tells Chad to get the tables.  Chad gets a table.and he puts it in the ring.  Erik with a forearm to Gable and Ivar with a boot to Otis followed by a cross body against the boat.  Ivar goes for a springboard move but Otis stops Erik and Otis catches Ivar and hits a power slam.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Gable gets a near fall on Ivar.  Erik with a knee to the back of the head for a near fall.  Ivar goes to the turnbuckles for a moonsault on Otis and hits it but Gable breaks up the cover with a moonsault.  Gable with a German suplex to Ivar but Erik breaks up the cover.  Gable and Erik exchange forearms.  Gable misses a clothesline and Erik with a hip lock but Erik misses the knee.  Gable with a back heel kick but Erik with a forearm.  Gable with an exploder.  Gable goes up top for the diving head butt and he hits it for a near fall and Valhalla breaks up the cover Maxxine takes care of Valhalla.  Chad tells Maxxine to put the jacket on and Valhalla spears Maxxine through a table.  Gable is sent into a few shields and he falls to the floor.

Otis with a back elbow to Ivar and a clothesline and shoulder tackle to Erik.  Otis with an exploder to Erik and a splash to Ivar.  Otis with a head butt to Erik followed by a pop up power bomb.  Otis with a caterpillar to Ivar.  Valhalla slaps Otis on the turnbuckles and then Ivar and Erik hit Ragnarok for the three count.

Winners:  Erik and Ivar

We take a look at what happened during the Miz and Tommaso Ciampa match.

Match Number Four:  Shayna Baszler versus Nikki Cross

Nikki with forearms and she misses a splash into the corner.  Shayna with a Kirifuta Clutch and Nikki taps.

Winner:  Shayna Baszler

After the match, Ronda Rousey appears in a sky box and says the crowd goes mild.  She says she has been thinking about Ronda's complaint about waltzing through the back door.  Through the front door means training and going through the indies with the best.  Through the back door means winning Olympic gold and then coming in being thrown to the wolves.

Ronda says she is the greatest fighter while Shayna is a knockoff of her.

Shayna says when it comes to being in this ring, she is a better Ronda Rousey than her.  Shayna tells Ronda to bring her ass to the ring to settle this right here and right now.

Ronda says no.

Shayna goes through the crowd and up to Ronda.

Security gets in the way to stop her.

Ronda says she will get Shayna booked on SummerSlam.  You and her.  She says she will see Shayna in Motor City . . . bitch.

We take a look at what happened last week between Logan Paul and Ricochet.

Jackie is with Ricochet and she asks about Logan Paul.

Ricochet says that Logan thinks everyone is a joke compared to him.  Ricochet says the people in the building are not here for Instagram, but to watch what goes on in the ring.  Logan is the joke here.  Ricochet challenges Logan to meet him in the ring next week.  He says he will hurt Logan where it really hurts, his ego.

Becky Lynch walks in the back as we go to commercial.

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