Welcome one and all to the RAW RECAP presented by THE REVELLEUTION!
The Crown Jewel event is just days away with the Women’s Crown Jewel Championship set between Liv Morgan and Chelsea Green. Before that, a Six-Woman Tag Team Match pits the women of The Judgment Day against Chelsea Green, Tiffany Stratton and Iyo Sky. Who will have the last laugh before this Saturday? Let’s get into it, and find out…
This week’s ‘Arrived Earlier Today’ videos included MAXXINE DUPRI with The Vision, CHELSEA GREEN and TIFFANY STRATTON.
Six-Woman Tag Team Match
The Judgment Day (Women’s World Champion LIV MORGAN, Women’s Intercontinental Champion RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ & ROXANNE PEREZ) defeated WWE Women’s Champion CHELSEA GREEN, Miss Money in the Bank TIFFANY STRATTON & IYO SKY
Stratton and Perez started things off, as Perez turned the opening lock-up into a Headlock, and from the push-off Perez did her cartwheel into a slap. Moments after Stratton did her version of that but with a Dropkick follow up. Rodriguez was tagged in and was lured in to take a Drop Toe Hold to send her into the middle rope, leaving her open for a Running Hip Attack from Stratton, then a Meteora to the back from Green who was tagged in. Green went for her slide spot, but Rodrigue’s power easily blocked, muscling up Green for a Body Slam.
Morgan was tagged in to hit a hair-pull Slam then mount punches. Rodriguez was tagged back in but going for a Double Team, Green escaped off the shoulders and shoved Rodriguez, almost sending her into Morgan who was seated on the corner but Rodriguez put on the breaks. The distraction allowed Green to tag out to Sky, who hit a Lucha Kick to Rodriguez which set up a Dropkick from Green, sending Rodriguez to the floor. Green would toss Rodriguez to the floor, and rather roughly more slammed Perez down to the mat at the ropes than properly sending her out. Green hit a Suicide Dive to Morgan and Rodriguez at the enterance way side of the ring, while Stratton hit Perez with a Baseball Slide at the other. Sky hit a Plancha from the top to Rodriguez and Perez on the floor as the show went to a ‘commercial break’.
Back inside, Sky hit a Buzzsaw Kick for a two count. Perez grabbed Sky’s leg to distract, and it allowed Rodriguez to hit the Rewind Clotheslines then some Elbow Drops for a near fall. Rodriguez hit Snake Eyes then tagged in Morgan who hit Three Amigos, then some taunting before hitting a Shining Wizard variation for a two count. Perez was tagged, Morgan holding Sky to take a stomp before Perez applied a Camel Clutch to try and break Sky’s back and make her humble. Perez shut down the escape with a hair-pull Slam, then choking Sky on the ropes before distracting the ref so Rodriguez could hit a cheap shot boot. Another choke, then off the ropes Perez hit the Satomura Special for a near fall before the show returned to ‘live action’.
Rodriguez was legal, hitting a Body Slam before applying a Cobra Clutch. Sky escaped with a Chinbuster and cleared the heel corner but took a Shoulder Check. Rodriguez missed an Elbow Drop, and Rodriguez managed to block two tag attemps before knocking Green off the apron. Sky would hit her Wheelbarrow-Double Stomp spot as a counter, before tags left Morgan and Stratton legal. Stratton went House on Fire with Clotheslines, knocking Perez off the apron then a Back Elbow to Morgan before the cartwheel Alabama Slam. Setting up the Swanton Bomb but Morgan kicked out. Morgan escaped off the shoulder with an eye rake, and tagged out to Rodriguez but she ended up taking a Handspring Stunner. Rodriguez blocked an Alabama Slam attempt and planted Stratton with a Powerbomb, but Stratton would roll away to avoid the Vader Bomb Elbow Drop.
Tags made Perez and Green legal. Green would block a Bang Kick and soon after hit a Release German Suplex, followed by leapin-style Clotheslines and a Ripcord Enzigiri. Perez hit a counter PopRox out of a corner, but Sky broke up the pin with a Dropkick. Sky hit a Release German to Morgan, but was decked by a Rodriguez Big Boot. Stratton took out Rodriguez with a Hurricanrana, but it left her open to a Shining Wizard from Perez. Green hit I’m Prettier on Perez but Rodriguez hauled Green out of the ring to break the pin, and then tossed Stratton over the announce table when she lept off the ring steps. Sky hit a Hurricanrana from the apron that sent Rodriguez stumbling and eventually over the Timekeeper’s area barricade, and Sky was left on that barrier after a Morgan Shotgun Dropkick.
Morgan tagged herself in, but on the floor Green hit a Superkick. Back inside, Green went for I’m Prettier but was shoved off, slapping Perez off the apron but turning around at the ropes, Morgan hit ObLIVion and pinned her Crown Jewel opponent pretty much clean days away from the PLE match. The heels celebrated in the aisle while the faces checked on each other in the ring.
JAIDA PARKER was in a 946 video but didn’t say anything.
Backstage BAYLEY was talking to Adam Pearce backstage but immediately JADE CARGILL and the Women’s Tag Team Champions B-FAB and MICHIN interrupted (appearing for the first time on Raw since winning the titles). Cargill ran her mouth, and Bayley objected to the interruption and Michin dismissed it, saying Bayley wasn’t of any importance. Bayley and Cargill ended up face to face, mocking about respect and Bayley called the trio ‘pathetic’ and walked away smugly, leaving the trio fuming.
Maxxine Dupri accompanied The Vision as they faced Penta, Je’Von Evans and Dragon Lee in a Six-Man Tag Team Match. During the match, as Theory distracted the ref, Dupri would hold Lee’s legs when he slid into the ring, allowing Bronson Reed to hit a Senton.
JACKIE REDMOND interviewed The Judgment Day as Liv Morgan called her win just another day at the office for her, calling her group the greatest in WWE, and did her ‘All Time’ line. Or at least, was about to before the sound of a brawl interrupted as Jade Cargill and her Baddies put a beatdown on Bayley, leaving her down and hurting after a shot into an equipment case before yelling agents and refs made the Baddies back off.
Jaida Parker would accompany Royce Keys to the ring for his match against Solo Sikoa. She played no part in the match until the numbers of 946 showed up to get the match thrown out. During the brawl between factions, Parker pulled out handcuffs to trap Jimmy on the ropes to further turn the numbers against The Bloodline even with Cruz Montana revealed as a new member of 946.
FINAL THOUGHTS:
Sometimes in WWE having someone win a preview tag before a PLE means they’re losing at the big show next. We’ll wait and see if that comes true but in the end, the Crown Jewel match just serves to pause title challenge storylines and the sooner that’s out of the way, the better. The WWE has been going in hard with multiple attempts by Stratton to cash in on Morgan, but that might be a swerve for her to instead cash in on Green but time will tell if that happens. Elsewhere, Bayley getting beaten down by Jade Cargill and her Baddies, and with the spoilers from the taped edition of Smackdown, signs point to perhaps a set-up for sides being drawn for Women’s WarGames at Survivor Series. Which in itself is another skippable story that will be forgotten about most likely once the event is over. It’s a rough time to be a fan of WWE, and it’s left new talent like Sol Ruca and Lola Vice forgotten about as all these other stories play out which is never good.
That’s your lot for this week! Be sure to stop by in seven days’ time for the post-Crown Jewel edition of the RAW RECAP! See you then!
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