WWE Raw 11th of September 2023

In-Ring Segment: Jey Uso
Jey says it feels great to be out of The Bloodline and be on his own. It also feels good to be on Monday Night Raw. Kevin Owens’ music hits. Owens pensively stares at Jey from the stage before going to the ring. Both men leer at each other before Owens finally speaks. Owens thinks Jey meant to say that Jey Uso is now on the Kevin Owens Show. Owens goes on to say he’s been exactly where Jey has been.
He knows what Jey is going through. He did a lot of bad things to a lot of good people. When he tried to make up for the things he’s done, it took a while. Some people in the locker room still don’t respect or trust him. Drew McIntyre and Matt Riddle are just two of many who don’t want Jey here. Cody Rhodes seems to be willing to give Jey a chance, and last week, Zayn opened Jey back with open arms.
Owens notes that’s it. Jey has a long way to go to earn Owens’ respect and prove he isn’t the same scumbag Jey was when he was running around with The Bloodline. Finn Bálor, Damian Priest, and Dominik Mysterio interrupt. Bálor says The Judgement Day respects Jey Uso, and he doesn’t have to prove anything to anyone. Priest says Owens doesn’t speak for the locker room or The Judgement Day. The Judgement Day’s door is always open to Jey, he just has to walk through it. Priest goes on to tell Jey to look at Dominik. He said no to The Judgement Day several times, and look at him now. He’s his best self.
Dominik tries to speak but gets drowned out in boos, as is tradition. Priest says they came out here because they thought they had a match against Owens and Zayn. Owens says Zayn isn’t here, but he will take them all on by himself. Jey tells Owens it doesn’t matter if Zayn is here because he is. He’s gonna earn Owens’ respect. Jey wants to tag with Owens tonight. Dominik yells at Jey for daring to join Owens. Owens agrees. Jey superkicks Dominik. Owens dumps Bálor and Priest.

Kevin Owens and Jey Uso vs. The Judgement Day (Finn Bálor and Damian Priest) w/Dominik
Jey and Bálor trade headlocks and hammerlocks. Jey tags in Owens, who lands a few strikes. Bálor counters with a few of his own. Owens fires back and lands a DDT for a near fall. Bálor goes after Owens’ knee with a chop block. Priest tags in and works over Owens. Owens tags in Jey, who catches Priest with a crossbody off the top. Priest kicks out. Priest and Jey trade strikes. Jey sidesteps Priest and lands a Samoan drop. Bálor tries a sneak attack but gets dumped out of the ring. Jey lands a dive on Bálor and Priest. While all this is happening, Dominik trips Owens off the apron by his bad knee.
After the break, Bálor and Priest are taking turns working over Owens. Owens manages to tag in Jey. Jey clears the ring. Bálor rakes Jey’s eyes to avoid a Samoan drop. Jey levels Bálor with a spin kick. Bálor avoids Jey’s running hip attack. Bálor takes Jey down and stomps on his chest. Jey reverses Bálor’s slingblade into a pop up neck breaker. Jey superkicks Priest and Bálor. Priest falls to the floor. Jey tries the Uso Splash. Bálor gets his knees up.
Both Jey and Bálor tag out. Owens beats Priest into the corner. Owens’ knee gives out as he tries a cannonball. Priest tries South of Heaven. Owens counters with a tornado DDT. Priest kicks out at two. Owens goes up top but gets stopped by Bálor. Bálor sets up a superplex. Owens reverses it into a fisherman’s buster. Priest breaks up the pin. Jey accidentally superkicks Owens. Priest and Jey go tumbling over the top rope. Bálor lands the Coup de Gras and pins Owens.
Winners- The Judgement Day
Backstage, Kevin Owens limps toward the locker room. Jey Uso catches up and tries to apologize. Owens blows him off and tells him to go to The Judgement Day’s locker room. Maybe dye his hair purple while he’s at it.

Akira Tozawa vs. The Miz
Tozawa lands a flurry of offense, capped with a rana into the corner. Miz boots a leaping Tozawa out of the air. Miz chokes Tozawa in the ropes and lands a running crotch splash in the ropes. Tozawa tries to fire up, but Miz lands three Skull Crushing Finales for the win.
Winner- The Miz

Backstage, Shayna Baszler is putting over Zoey Stark’s effort in their match last week. Chelsea Green interrupts and tells Baszler that they are basically peers, so she should be her tag team partner tonight. Baszler laughs and tells Green to meet her in the ring so she can show her how far the gap is between them. Green turns around, and Piper Niven is standing there. Green says she knew she would be there tonight. Niven rips one of the tag titles off of Green’s shoulder and simply says, “medically cleared.”

Intercontinental Championship Celebration
Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci are in the ring wearing suits. Kaiser gives Gunther a rousing introduction. Gunther joins the rest of IMPERIUM in the ring. Gunther stands on a platform in the ring and raises the IC title with a huge smile on his face. The crowd boos. Gunther is now the longest-reigning and greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time. Gunther says all the legends who held the IC title contributed absolutely nothing to the legacy of this title. He’s officially out of competition. Gunther is now only competing against himself.
Chad Gable interrupts. Gable congratulates Gunther. Gable says he saw it in Gunther’s eyes last week. No one has come as close as Gable did to beating Gunther. Gable says he also saw the looks on his family’s face last week. Gunther made Gable’s children cry. Gable isn’t going to quit till he makes this right. He beat Gunther once, and he’ll do it again. Gable doesn’t know how he will get another shot, but he swears to god he will beat Gunther.
Gunther calls Gable a discussing father for using his kids to get another shot. Gable attacks Gunther. All off IMPERIUM attacks Gable. Otis hits the ring and tosses Kaiser and Vinci over the top. Gunther clotheslines Otis. IMPERIUM stomps out Otis and Gable. Tommaso Ciampa hits the ring with a chair to make the save.

Backstage, Ciampa says he came out tonight to seize his moment. Gable says he hates IMPERIUM, and this isn’t over by a long shot. Otis says they should face IMPERIUM in a six-man carnage match. Gable notes that a six-man carnage match is just a six-man match, but it’s still a great idea. Ciampa walks off. Gable says he thinks Ciampa agrees.

Earlier today, Xavier Woods and Drew McIntyre got into it over McIntyre trash-talking Kofi Kingston last week. Woods says McIntyre is jealous that Kingston won the WWE title and got to celebrate in front of thousands of fans, while McIntyre won the WWE title in front of no one.

Xavier Woods vs. Drew McIntyre
Woods lands a flurry of strikes. McIntyre floors Woods with the Glasgow kiss. McIntyre tosses Woods all over the ring. Woods sends McIntyre out of the ring. Woods tries a dive but gets caught. McIntyre tosses Woods over the announce desk. After the break, McIntyre is setting up a superplex. Woods turns it into a sunset flip powerbomb. Diving leg drop by Woods. McIntyre kicks out! Woods tries to lift McIntyre into a Samoan drop. McIntyre escapes.
Woods tries the Honor Roll, but McIntyre catches him and sends Woods flying with an overhead throw. McIntyre lands another. Kip up by McIntyre. McIntyre calls for the Claymore. Woods counters with a superkick. Kick out by McIntyre. After a series of strikes, Woods lands a shining wizard for a near fall. Woods and McIntyre trade strikes. McIntyre lands a Claymore out of nowhere for the win.
Winner- Drew McIntyre

In-Ring Segment: Cody Rhodes
Rhodes asks the crowd what they want to talk about. He wants to talk about Jey Uso. Before Rhodes can finish his thought, Dominik and JD McDonagh interrupt. Dominik says he’s happy Rhodes brought Jey to Raw since Jey will join The Judgement Day. The crowd boos Dominik relentlessly. Dominik says that will make Rhodes look like a fool. Dominik flicks Rhodes’ tie as he tells him there is nothing Rhodes can do about it. Rhodes decks Dominik. McDonagh attacks from behind. Rhodes sends McDonagh over the top. Rhodes catches Dominik with a Cody Cutter. McDonagh gets back in the ring and eats Crossroads.

Shayna Baszler vs. Chelsea Green w/Piper Niven
Baszler takes Green down and stomps on her elbow. Baszler gets into with Niven at ringside. Green rolls Baszler up for a near fall. Baszler hits the Exterminatus for the win.
Winner- Shayna Baszler
After the match, Baszler and Niven brawl. Green joins in. Niven and Green beatdown Baszler. Zoey Stark hits the ring and superkicks Niven. Baszler blasts Green with a knee to the face. Niven gets to her feet and takes a walk.

In-Ring Segment: WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth “Freakin” Rollins
Rollins says he is all the things Shinsuke Nakamura claims he is. But he is also a father, a fighter, and our world heavyweight champion. For a long time, he didn’t know who he was. Rollins tried everything. Rollins went from the Authority to being a messiah, but none of that worked. He finally figured out what the people always wanted him to be: himself. He didn’t come here to talk, he came here to fight. Managment wants him to slow down.
They are worried about him burning out. He isn’t built that way. He challenged Nakamura to a title match last week, and he said no. Rollins demands Nakamura come to the ring so they can have a world title match. Nakamura’s music hits. Nakamura never comes to the ring. On the ‘Tron, we see Nakamura beating up Ricochet in the backstage area. Nakamura tells Rollins he has bad timing. He will take Rollins’ title, but not today.

Alpha Academy and Tommaso Ciampa w/Maxxine Dupri vs. IMPERIUM
Imperium takes control early. Otis manages to get the tag. Otis clears the ring and lands the caterpillar but misses a spear in the corner. Gunther tags in. Gable tags in. Gable traps Gunther in the Ankle Lock. Vinci tags in and breaks it up with a crossbody. Everyone lands a big move. Gable rolls Vinci into the ankle lock. Gunther tries to break it up, but Ciampa cuts him off and locks him in the Sciillian stretch. Gunther is forced to watch Vinci tap out.
Winners- Alpha Academy and Tommaso Ciampa

WWE Women’s World Championship Match: Rhea Ripley (c) vs. Raquel Rodriguez (Dominik Mysterio is banned from ringside)
Ripley ducks a clothesline from Rodriguez. Rodriguez catches Ripley with another clothesline. Rodriguez sets up a powerbomb. Ripley turns it into a pin. Rodriguez kicks out and lands a powerslam. Ripley kicks out. Bearhug by Rodriguez. Ripley tries to break it, but Rodriguez drives Ripley into the corner. Ripley locks her legs around Rodriguez and lands a headbutt. Missile dropkick off the top by Ripley. Rodriguez rolls out of the ring. Ripley lands a front flip senton off the stairs. Ripley sends Rodriguez back into the ring and lands a running knee.
Ripley works over Rodriguez. Ripley charges in and gets back body dropped over the top rope. Rodriguez lands a running boot that sends Ripley careening into the barricade. After the break, Ripley has Rodriguez in a deathlock. Rodriguez kicks her way out of it. Ripley picks Rodriguez up in an electric chair and drops Rodriguez’s face on the top rope. Ripley works over Rodriguez. Ripley figure fours her legs around Rodriguez’s neck.
Rodriguez turns it into an electric chair into the top turnbuckle. Rodriguez and Ripley trade shots. Ripley and Rodriguez boot each other in the face at the same time. Rodriguez and Ripley trade strikes. Northern lights suplex by Ripley. Rodriguez kicks out. Ripley almost locks in Riptide, but Rodriguez escapes. Snake eyes by Rodriguez. Rodriguez lands a big boot. Ripley kicks out. Rodriguez tries her spinning splash, but Ripley gets a boot up. Frog splash by Ripley.
Rodriguez kicks out. Ripley baseball slides Rodriguez out of the ring. Ripley tries a cannonball off the apron. Rodriguez catches her and swings Ripley into the commentary desk. Rodriguez hits her powerbomb on the apron and tosses Ripley back into the ring. A wild Nia Jax appears and attacks Rodriguez. Jax sends Rodriguez back into the ring. Ripley hits Riptide for the win.
Winner and STILL WWE Women’s World Champion, Rhea Ripley!
After the match, Jax headbutts Ripley and lands a Bonzai Drop.