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Crown Jewel has come and gone, and it saw Chelsea Green score the upset win over Liv Morgan to win the Women’s Crown Jewel Championship. However, post-match, Tiffany Stratton betrayed her ‘friend’ and cashed in Money in the Bank to become the new WWE Women’s Champion. With the cash in now done and Crown Jewel done, we can turn our focus to Survivor Series. With matches announced on Raw, will we get some hints about what’s to come for the next PLE? Let’s get into it, and find out…
This week’s ‘Arrived Earlier Today’ videos included JADE CARGILL with B-FAB and MICHIN.
MAXXINE DUPRI and The Vision would back up Bron Breakker as he faced Oba Femi.
JACKIE REDMOND interviewed IYO SKY. Sky declined to reveal her partner for tonight’s tag match, and said it would be a big surprise for The Judgment Day.
Byron Saxton interviewed ROXANNE PEREZ, Women’s IC Champ RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ and Women’s World Champ LIV MORGAN. Morgan called her loss at Crown Jewel a fluke and a joke, but claimed Chelsea Green should still be thankful for giving her the biggest victory of her career, then did the ‘Of all time’ line. Rodriguez said she didn’t care who was ‘scraped off the barrel’ to be Iyo Sky’s partner. Perez mocked Sky about not having family, and said it didn’t matter who the partner was.
JAIDA PARKER was with The 946 as the group attacked Rey Penix, Big Cass and Chad Gable after a Triple Threat Match, barking orders to the men. She’d appear again during the brawl between The 946 and The Bloodline to end the show.
Singles Match
BAYLEY defeated Women’s Tag Team Champion MICHIN
Michin came out alone. Bayley avoided a Dropkick off the bell and got a near fall off a Cradle pin then a Crucifix before Michin scrambled to the ropes to break free from a Crossface. Bayley landed some Forearm Strikes, then a couple of Corner Clotheslines. On the outside, Bayley hit the corner Baseball Slide spot and tossed Michin into the barricade. Back inside, Michin escaped off the shoulders with an Eye Rake, then hit a Chop Block before a Gutwrench Suplex for barely a two count.
Michin kept control with strikes, stomps and a corner choke. Bayley cut her off going up top and tried for a Superplex but Michin kicked the knee, sending Bayley down to hit the top corner pad on the fall. Michin hit a Missile Dropkick as the show went to a ‘commercial break’. Michin sent Bayley into the apron then hit a couple chops on the outside. Back inside, Michin hit a Suplex for a two count, got some mount punches in then another near fall. Michin applied a Bow and Arrow hold but Bayley rolled through for a pin to get two, soon eating a Dropkick from Michin for another near fall. Michin applied a Front Choke, held off the mat and backed into a corner for the escape before Bayley hit a form of Powerslam. Followed by a Bodyslam then an instant Elbow Drop.
Bayley went House on Fire with Clotheslines then a Back Suplex as the show returned to ‘live action’, just as Bayley hit the rope-aided Stunner for a near fall. Bayley countered the Rose Plant with a Roll-up for a two count, and avoided a corner charge before hitting a Bridging German Suplex for a near fall. Michin countered a kick, muscling Bayley up for a Sit-Out Oni Killer Powerbomb but Bayley kicked out a two. Bayley would bring Michin down with a Crossface, but Michin rolled through to escape. A Powerbomb was countered with a Backdrop, and the Bayley-to-Belly landed for a near fall. A second Roseplant was countered, but Bayley then countered Eat Defeat and took Michin down for a Half Crab hold before being kicked off into a corner.
Michin hit Eat Defeat but a corner charge would hit the post, leading to the Sunset Flip Powerbomb spot for a near fall. Bayley thought about the top rope, but Michin rolled to the apron. An exchange at the corner allowed Michin to yank Bayley into the post, but she was soon tossed off to the mat as Bayley hit the Top Rope Elbow Drop for the victory.
After the match, B-Fab and Jade Cargill attacked, with Cargill laying out Bayley with a Pump Kick. Bayley’s new allies CHARLOTTE FLAIR, ALEXA BLISS and TATUM PAXLEY came down, planning to even the numbers. However, right at ringside, Fatal Influence of JACY JAYNE, FALLON HENLEY and LAINEY REID jumped the faces who held their own briefly but the numbers of the heels soon took over. Jayne sent Flair into the ring to take Jaded from Cargill. A handshake shared between Cargill and Jayne as the heels all stood tall in the ring to send the segment.
Tag Team Match
IYO SKY & BECKY LYNCH defeated The Judgment Day (ROXANNE PEREZ & Women’s IC Champion RAQUEL RODRIGUEZ) w/h Women’s World Champion LIV MORGAN
Lynch and Perez started off. Perez rolled through to avoid the opening lock-up but was yanked off the ropes, then stomped in a corner. Perez avoided the Man-Handle Slam and quickly tagged out to Rodriguez, who would easily toss Lynch off from a Waistlock. More power spots came as Rodriguez caught Lynch in her arms off a Crossbody out of the corner, and would toss Lynch down when she locked on a Back Sleeper. Rodriguez hit a Corner Splash then Diesel Elbows. Lynch escaped a Chokeslam and used a Dropkick to send Rodriguez out, then hit a Baseball Slide between Iyo’s legs to Rodriguez before hitting the Forearm off the apron to Perez. Sky hit an Asai Moonsault to both heels as the show went to a ‘commercial break’.
Sky got a near fall, before hitting short-range Forearm Shots but an Irish Whip was reversed. Perez tried to distract, got knocked off the apron, and Sky tried for a Flying Headscissors but Rodriguez’s power blocked. Leading to an Alley Ooop into the ropes to get a two count. Sky was choked on the ropes and Morgan hit a cheap shot punch, gifting Rodriguez a near fall before she applied a Cobra Clutch. Sky tried for a Sunset Flip but Rodriguez blocked, hitting an Elbow Drop for a near fall. Rodriguez hit Snake Eyes then tagged in Perez as the show returned to ‘live action’.
Sky was choked on the ropes and took a Dropkick, setting up the Satomura Special for a near fall. A Camel Clutch resthold followed, Sky escaping and hitting a Shotei. Rodriguez tried to cut off the tag but was kicked off and sent through the ropes. Sky hit the Wheelbarrow-Double Stomp spot on Perez then tagged out. Lynch went House on Fire with Clotheslines, a Leg Lariat and luring Rodriguez in to squash her partner in a corner before hitting the Springboard Kick then a Bex-Ploder to Rodriguez. Lynch tried for a Man-Handle Slam, was muscled onto Rodriguez’s shoulders but escaped, using a Low Bridge to send Rodriguez out. Perez hit a Hot Shot, but was cut off on the ropes and took the Superplex rolled through into a DDT for a two count.
Perez countered a Man-Handle Slam with a Cradle Pin for a near fall, then tried for PopRox but Lynch shoved her off. Landing the Man-Handle Slam at last but Rodriguez broke up the pin. Sky was tossed out by Rodriguez who then dragged Perez to her corner to tag herself in. Lynch hit a Chinbuster then a round of strikes. At the ropes, Morgan grabbed Lynch’s foot to distract her enough that Rodriguez landed a Big Book, followed by the Tijana Bomb but Sky broke up the pin. Sky got tagged and would hit a Lucha Kick, setting up a Top Rope Crossbody, the kip ups and DOING THE THING. Bullet Train Attack landed and Sky went for the Moonsault but Morgan distracted the ref, and Rodriguez shoved Sky off balance. Lynch hauled Morgan off the apron and then hit Perez on the outside with a Forearm off the ring steps.
Sky escaped a Tijana Bomb and avoided a corner charge, sending Rodriguez into the ringpost. Over the Moonsault followed as Sky pinned the Women’s IC Champion clean.
After the match, Lynch ranted on the microphone and wanted a fair fight. Demanding a rematch, and taunted Morgan about being the biggest coward ‘Of all time’. Morgan gave a mile-long stare from the floor as Lynch taunted from the ring to end the segment.
Fatal Influence were interviewed by Bryon Saxton. Jayne said tonight was a statement, and called her agreement with Cargill’s crew a ‘business transaction’ just to prove they call the shots. Saying their rivals would play by their rules. Henley mocked the fact that the faces cost them a tag match, and they’d beat them at their own game, before Reid said that they showed up to Bayley’s show like she did on theirs last week, and look what happened. Jayne called tonight’s events a warning to each locker room, saying no one was above the Influence.
General Manager Adam Pearce stormed into the Clubhouse of The Judgment Day, announcing that Liv Morgan would defend the Women’s World title at Survivor Series against Becky Lynch, while next week Raquel Rodriguez is putting the IC gold on the line against Iyo Sky.
FINAL THOUGHTS:
Two fine matches on Raw. Maybe people assumed that Sol Ruca, who has vanished from Raw since MITB, would be the tag partner to return the favour from Sky being her tag partner a whole back, but Lynch was the obvious choice. The first title match between Morgan and Lynch was a great one, and we’ll see if they can capture the magic again at Survivor Series. Sky and Rodriguez will be another fun match even if the outcome might be predictable. Elsewhere, the teams are building for Women’s WarGames with Team Flair against Influcence/Cargill and the Baddies. We’ll see who else Flair and company rope in to boost their numbers, and if the women’s match will be six-against-six for the ‘usual’ five-on-five battle.
That’s your lot for this week! Be sure to stop by in seven days’ time for the next edition of the RAW RECAP! See you then!
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