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WWE RAW REPORT: SAMI AND KEVIN COME HOME, NAKAMURA SAYS WHAT HE SAID TO SETH, MORE MATCHES FOR PAYBACK, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2023-08-21 23:00:00

We are back and Rhea asks Priest if they worked it out.  He says Finn says he doesn't trust Priest and he has to talk to JD.  Rhea says Priest doesn't trust Finn.  Rhea says they will do it her way since you couldn't work it out.

We take a look back at what happened last week between Becky Lynch and Trish Stratus.  They meet in a steel cage at Payback.

Becky says she has Trish Stratus in a steel cage at Payback.  Over the last few months of this rivalry there has been talk about who is the best and the greatest.  It comes down to legacy.  What are you in control of and what are you not in control of.  Can you turn those lemons into lemonade.  Her legacy will not be defined by wins or championships, it will be defined by survival.  You can beat her and put her on the shelf for months, but she will always come back.  Not because she is unbeatable, but because she is unstoppable.  

Becky says she is unstoppable not because she always wins, but because she always fights.  

Her and Trish will go into a steel cage but there is some business left with Zoey Stark.

Trish Stratus' music interrupts and she comes out with Zoey Stark.

Trish says they have been dealing with USA-holes so to be in her native country of Canada . . . Trish says she should be saying merci beau coup Quebec.  She says she does not know how to say how it feels to be in Quebec City . . . because it means absolutely nothing.  She says it isn't like this is Montreal or Toronto.  Trish points out that the Leafs made the playoffs.  Trish says she wouldn't be here if this sourpuss wasn't running her mouth.  She would have been like Trudeau and split.

Trish points out that she does not understand what the people are chanting.

Trish says she has some good news and some bad news for Becky.  The good news is when she beats Becky, she will prove she is the greatest of all time.  The bad news is that you trapped her in a steel cage.  Trish says she has never fought in a steel cage before.  Is she scared?  

Becky says Trish looks scared.

Trish says she is scared.  Was she scared at 24 when she was put in a WWE ring for the first time with no skill?  Yeah, but she killed it.  Was she scared being put in the main event of Raw?  Yeah, but she killed it.  Trish says that she has proven herself.

Trish asks what are the frogs doing and she does not understand the chants.

Trish says you want to talk about survival and legacy, here she is 23 years after standing face to face with one of the best in the business.  She says she finds herself having to prove herself to Becky and everyone else.  Trish says she is sick of proving herself.  When you step in the cage, you will see a side of her that you have never seen before.  You should be scared because you are not going to survive this one . . . bitch.

Becky sarcastically says she is so scared.  Becky goes back to Zoey.  Next week, it will be her and Zoey in a Falls Count Anywhere Match.

We take a look at what happened last week with the Women's Tag Titles.

Byron is with Chelsea and Piper and he asks where are their heads at as the new tag team champions.

Chelsea talks about how she forced WWE to make them champions.  Now they will do what champions do.  The chemistry is off the charts.

Piper tells Chelsea to move as they go to the ring.

We have a video package for Piper Niven.

Match Number Five:  Chelsea Green and Piper Niven versus Katana Chance and Kayden Carter in a Non Title Match

Green and Chance start things off and Green sends Chance to the mat.  Chance with a drop kick.  Carter holds Green and Chance with a knee drop.  Green with a kick to Carter and a forearm to knock Chance off the apron.  Green with a forearm.  Carter with a forearm and Piper tags in.  Carter with a kick to Green and then Piper.  Carter with a super kick and Chance tags in.  Chance with a handstand off Carter for a splash on Green.  Piper sends Carter into the announce table.  Niven with a cross body for the three count.

Winners:  Chelsea Green and Piper Niven

Kevin and Sami are in the back getting ready for their match.

We go to commercial.

Jackie is in the back with Seth Rollins.

Seth cackles to himself and he wants Jackie to let the people make noise to Seth's entrance music.

Seth asks Jackie if she was going to ask him about his back and she says she is.

Seth says Nakamura caught him off guard last week when he brought up the back injury.  Seth says he doesn't like to talk about it publicly.  If he wants to be open about it, he says he has two fractures in his lumbar spine and he has been living with that for more than 4 years.  He says it does not get better and it only gets worse.  Seth says he doesn't know how long he can do this at the level he is currently going at.  He says that is part of the gig.  If Nakamura wants to bring it up and target it.  If he wants to play mind games, that is fine.  If Nakamura wants to bring his family into it, he better be prepared to face him man to man.  You aren't here tonight are you Shin?  You are in a TV studio a thousand miles away too afraid to face him.

Seth says he will give Nakamura one more chance to play your mind games and prove that you are an honorable warrior.  I am not a hard guy to find.  I'll be in the center of that ring, dressed to the nines, title around my waist with the whole world singing his song.

We take a look back at the Intercontinental Championship match from earlier tonight.

Next week, Becky Lynch faces Zoey Stark in a Falls Count Anywhere Match and Chad Gable faces Ludwig Kaiser

Match Number Six:  Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn versus Finn Balor and Damian Priest

All four people fight and they go to the floor.  Kevin chops and punches Priest but Priest punches back.  Sami hits Priest from behind.  

The match starts once Sami and Priest get in the ring.  Priest with punches and Sami with a clothesline that sends Priest over the top rope to the floor.  Sami punches Priest on the announce table.  Balor grabs Sami and Sami punches Balor.  Priest with a forearm to Sami and he sends Sami back into the ring.  Priest with a forearm.  Finn tags in but Sami with a suplex.  Kevin tags in and he knocks Priest off the apron.  Kevin with punches and kicks that send Finn to the floor.  Kevin goes to the floor and he clotheslines Finn and then he clotheslines Priest.  Kevin punches Balor and hits a cannonball on Priest on the floor.  Kevin goes up top and hits a swanton.  Kevin sets for a stunner and he kicks Finn but Finn escapes and hits sling blade.  Priest grabs the briefcase but Sami comes off the ring steps and Priest hits Sami.

JD picks up the briefcase and tosses it to Kevin and Kevin hits Finn with it.

The referee calls for the bell.

Winners:  Damian Priest and Finn Balor (by disqualification)

After the match, Priest attacks Kevin and JD attacks Sami.

Cody Rhodes comes out and he whips Dom with the weight belt.

Cody says they are not ending Raw like that.  There are three of you and three of us.  Let's go.

THE Judgment Day start going up the aisle but Adam Pearce tells them to turn around and get in the ring for the match because it is ImpromptMainEventCeption.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Seven:  Cody Rhodes, Kevin Owens, and Sami Zayn versus Finn Balor, Damian Priest, and Dominik Mysterio

The match is joined in progress and Cody punches Dom.  Sami tags in and he comes off the turnbuckles with a punch for Dom.  Sami with a punch but Dom with a knee.  Sami with a back body drop.  Dom backs Sami into the corner and Finn tags in.  Finn with kicks and he sends Sami into the turnbuckles.  Finn with punches and an Irish whip.  Sami with a clothesline.  Kevin tags in and he chops Finn.  Kevin with a punch and a side Russian leg sweep and back senton.  Finn with a knee to the midsection.

Dom tags in and kicks and punches Kevin.  Dom with knees and punches.  Kevin with a knee.  Dom with punches.  Dom with a reverse chin lock.  Dom comes off the apron and is met with a punch.  Kevin punches Priest and Finn on the apron but Dom drops Kevin on the top rope and Finn tags in and clips Kevin.  Priest sends Kevin into the ringside barrier and Rhea slams Kevin.  Finn tags in and hits a slingshot stomp.  Priest tags in and Kevin with punches.  Priest with a clothesline for a near fall.  

We go to commercial.

We are back and Finn kicks Kevin in the ropes and Kevin goes to the floor.  Finn goes to the floor and Kevin with a back drop driver onto the announce table.  Kevin gets back in the ring and so does Finn.  Priest tags in and he keeps Kevin from making the tag with a double sledge to the back.  Finn tags in and he punches Kevin in the back.  Finn with a punch and snap mare.  Finn with an elbow to the top of the head and a reverse chin lock.  Finn with a front face lock as he keeps Kevin from making the tag despite Kevin's best efforts.  Kevin with a jaw breaker and super kick but Balor knocks Cody off the apron.  Kevin and Finn are down.  Priest and Sami tag in and Sami with punches.  Sami with a springboard leap frog over Priest followed by a clothesline.  Sami knocks Finn and Dom off the apron.  Sami with an elbow and an elbow from the turnbuckles.  Sami with a wrist lock and he goes to the turnbuckles for a tornado DDT and he gets a near fall.

Sami goes up top and Rhea knocks Sami off the turnbuckles when the referee is not looking.  Priest with South of Heaven for a near fall that is broken up by Owens.  Kevin sends Finn to the floor but Priest sends Kevin to the floor.  Dom tags in and goes up top but Sami gets his knees up on a frog splash.  Cody tags in and he hits Beautiful Disaster on Cody and then a Cody Cutter on Dom and Priest.  Cody gets a near fall on Dom.  Cody sets for CrossRhodes but Finn comes in and Cody hits it on Finn.  Dom with a rollup on Cody for a near fall.  Cody with CrossRhodes on Dom.  Cody looks at Sami and he tags him in for a Helluva Kick on Dom.  Kevin tags in and he kicks Dom and hits a Stunner for the three count.

Winners:  Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, and Cody Rhodes

Sami takes the mic and he tells THE Judgment Day better luck next time.  Sami says that the red title belt is for Canada and the blue belt is for Quebec.

We go to credits.


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