Monday Night RAW hits Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn's home town of Montreal, as he looks to defend his title against Alpha Academy's Chad Gable. Gable and Zayn worked together to get that title off longtime holder Gunther. However, now the pair will duke it out for the belt.
Of course, that's not the only big match on slate for tonight. "Main Event" Jey Uso will take on Judgment Day's Finn Balor as the former prepares for his match against Damian Priest for the World Heavyweight Championship. Women's World Champion Rhea Ripley will address the surprise attack she suffered at the hands of Liv Morgan just a week ago. Rumors claim that she was injured during that event. Will she vacate her title? And, of course, the Celtic Warriors, Sheamus, returns to WWE after seven months. Who will his next adversary be? What will his storyline entail?
Hopefully, all of these questions and more will be answered tonight. Here is everything that has gone down on Monday Night RAW, April 15, 2024.
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After much speculation that Ripley was injured after being blindsided by Liv Morgan last week on RAW, Ripley kicked off tonight's show raising her title in her left hand, while her right hand was in a sling. Ripley wasted no time saying how upset she was. She'd been told she needed to vacate her Women's World Championship. Ripley didn't fight the decision though. She merely offered a threat, warning that whoever claims her title in her absence, wouldn't hold it for long when she came back.
After this revelation, Liv Morgan walked into the arena surrounded by security. Morgan was clearly very happy with the news. She had a huge smile the entire time. The segment ended with Ripley decking a security guard. She was clearly very upset, but there was nothing she could do.
Time: 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT
Where: Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada
TV: USA Network
Stream: WWE Network
Last week's RAW was the RAW after WrestleMania, meaning there was a lot to unpack. The show started with an awkward belt exchange between The Rock and the new Universal Champion, Cody Rhodes. After that was done, we saw the WWE debut of Ilja Dragunov, otherwise known as the Czar of NXT, against Shinsuke Nakamura. Dragunov emerged victorious. Dragunov wasn't the only new face to make their debut last week though.
NXT Women's Champion Roxanne Perez also made her WWE debut in a match against Indi Hartwell. Hartwell had an opportunity to finish Perez off but was interrupted by her tag team partner Candice LeRae, allowing Perez to get the victory. There has been tension boiling between LeRae and Hartwell for some time now. With the two scheduled to fight Maxxine Dupri and Ivy Nile tonight, we could see LeRae and Hartwell's relationship reach a boiling point.
Aside from the debuts, more challengers for major titles became apparent as well. After Chad Gable stepped in to help Sami Zayn take down Imperium's enforcers in Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci, Zayn offered Gable the opportunity to win the IC Championship for himself. Of course, Gable and Zayn were the last two competitors in the ring for the gauntlet match to face Gunther at WrestleMania. Zayn played the ironman in that match, and although Gable could have easily taken advantage of the tired Zayn, Gable allowed Zayn to regain his strength before the pair fought to face the Ring General. After losing to Zayn, Gable offered to help train Zayn before his WrestleMania match. These two have a lot of recent history and tensions will certainly be running high during this fight.
In regards to the World Championship, "Main Event" Jey Uso won the fatal four-way match to get a shot at Damian Priest. However, he didn't do so without some help from CM Punk, who grabbed Drew McIntyre's leg from outside the ring in order to prevent the Scottish Warrior from finishing off Jey Uso. Although there has been no confirmation that McIntyre or CM Punk will be in attendance at Montreal, their rivalry is arguably the hottest in WWE right now and it would not be shocking if they made an appearance.
Based on the results from WrestleMania, it was clear that the Bloodline was going to see some changes in the near future. However, no one expected Paul Heyman, Solo Sikoa, and Jimmy Uso to take accountability for Roman Reigns' loss. Perhaps the Bloodline was turning face...or maybe not.
After addressing the crowd, Paul Heyman handed the mic to Solo Sikoa, who proceeded to embrace Jimmy Uso before letting him be attacked by Tama Tonga. Tonga devastated Jimmy Uso and even took Uso to the corner with a chair. Sikoa then turned back to Paul Heyman, who attempted to call Roman Reigns. Sikoa took the phone from Heyman's hands and crushed it. Perhaps this means that Sikoa was acting independently. It's hard to believe that Reigns would call for such a drastic action.
SmackDown also gifted us with an immediate WrestleMania rematch, as, in an effort to determine Cody Rhodes' next challenger, the stars aligned as LA Knight took down Bobby Lashley and Santos Escobar while AJ Styles defeated Kevin Owens and Rey Mysterio. Each of them won their triple threat matches to set up a fight with a shot at the Universal Championship on the line.
On the women's side, we saw a match to determine the No. 1 contender for the WWE Women's Championship. Originally, it seemed that the current champion Bayley was going to offer an open challenge for her title, specifically hoping for her old friend Naomi to take the shot. However, before Bayley could get the challenge off, Tiffany Stratton stepped in, hoping to get the shot before anyone else could. Eventually, Naomi would make her way out to the ring though, and the pair duked it out for a shot at Bayley's belt. Naomi emerged victorious.
Given all the fanfare and build-up to Sami Zayn's championship belt, taking it away just a week after defeating someone as imposing as Gunther would seem a little anticlimactic. Furthermore, WWE has hinted at a heel turn for Chad Gable for a while. Whether it was his rude demeanor toward Zayn after their match to determine the No. 1 contender for the IC Championship or his insistence that Zayn "owes him one" after helping train him to defeat Gunther, Gable is either being super competitive or is gearing up for a massive turn. He believes he would have defeated Gunther as well. He also knows that he could've easily taken Zayn out of the running in the gauntlet match had he taken advantage of Zayn when he was still tired from defeating Shinsuke Nakamura and Bronson Reed. If he loses tonight, we could very well see him turn on Zayn and start a rivalry between the two.
This one seems obvious. Damian Priest is the man on Judgment Day right now. Jey Uso is his top contender. Having Uso lose to Finn Balor would only trivialize the fight between Uso and Priest for the World Heavyweight Championship. Uso has the opportunity to prove himself worthy of taking on Priest right now, which means a win over Balor should definitely be in the cards for tonight.
All Dirty Dom does is lose. All Andrade has done recently is win. This isn't rocket science here. When Rhea Ripley reprimanded Dom for trusting in Andrade last week, she told Dom to "deal with it." While Dom emerged from that conversation saying he would talk to Adam Pearce, implying that he would ask the RAW general manager for a match against Andrade, it was clear that he did not want that fight, especially after Andrade helped Rey Mysterio defeat Dom and Santos Escobar at WrestleMania. Dominik Mysterio is not ready to take on someone as talented as Andrade El Idolo and that will be very evident tonight.
The rift between Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell grows bigger every time we see them, and it would not be shocking to see the tag team break up after tonight. Considering Hartwell's doubts about LeRae really started emerging after LeRae berated Dupri in the ring in early March, seeing these teams back in the ring together could push Hartwell over the edge and make her leave her partner. That dynamic will obviously be the main focus of the match as a whole and it should give Ivy Nile and Dupri several opportunities to walk away with the victory.
Carter and Chance are the much hotter team right now. They have a massive win streak and have history of defeating Green and Niven. On the other side, Chelsea Green just got embarrassed by Jade Cargill a week ago. Green and Niven likely aren't at their best currently, and doing anything with Carter and Chance other than building their incredible chemistry as a threat to the Kabuki Warriors would be a misstep by WWE. Carter and Chance should win fairly easily.
Since RAW last week, there have been tons of Easter Eggs across various WWE medias hinting at an Uncle Howdy return. Before RAW even went on air, the Wells Fargo Center cut the lights and played an ominous song, giving off a similar vibe to what we saw with Bray Wyatt's White Rabbit.
During the actual broadcast, Bronson Reed had a promo for his four-way match against Ricochet, Drew McIntyre, and Jey Uso. During the promo, the screen flickered and the bottom-right of the screen flashed "hello."
Since then, the hits have just kept on coming. WWE's official X account posted and, almost immediately, deleted a huge text that just read "hello" numerous times.
On SmackDown, during Bianca Belair's match, the screen flickered yet again and the words "You forgot about us" appeared in the bottom-right corner of the screen.
This could imply that more than just Uncle Howdy is returning. Perhaps Redbeard and Alexa Bliss could be returning as well. And if that wasn't enough, the WWE account posted, and promptly deleted another tweet just yesterday, hinting at Uncle Howdy's return to action.
Clearly, something is going on. And while anything could happen, it's unlikely we see any of the Wyatt 6 return on RAW tonight. The hints should become much more obvious as their return approaches. Keep an eye out for another teaser to drop tonight though.
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