June 12, 2023, report by John Matiesen for jjasportstudio.com
In-Ring Segment: Adam Pearce
Adam Pearce introduces Rhea Ripley. Pearce hands Ripley her new championship: the Women’s World Championship. Dominik Mysterio runs down to put the new championship around her waist. Cody Rhodes’ music hits. Rhodes says he’s going to slap Dominik, and he wants to do it at Money in the Bank. Dominik says he will destroy Rhodes in a match. Ripley accepts for Dominik. The Miz tries to attack Rhodes from behind, but Rhodes takes him out. Dominik gets a cheap shot on Rhodes while Rhodes is distracted.
Cody Rhodes vs. The Miz
Miz takes control early. Rhodes fires back and hits the Cross Rhodes for the win.
Winner- Cody Rhodes
In-Ring Segment: Becky Lynch
Lynch says she has done many things, but she’s never won the Money in the Bank Ladder Match. No one holds more power than the person holding that briefcase. She likes power. Zoey Stark interrupts. Stark notes that Lynch can add never beating Trish Stratus or Zoey Stark to her list. Lynch says Stark has no personality. Stark asks Lynch if she has a freaking mirror.
Stark says Lynch is only famous because someone broke her face. She promises to break Lynch’s face at Money in the Bank. Stark says she will make Lynch famous all over again. Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville interrupt. Green complains about Lynch attacking her. Deville says the only reason Lynch beat her is because she cares about her friends and was distracted. Lynch says enough talking, let’s fight.
Becky Lynch vs. Chelsea Green
Lynch lands a flurry of offense. After the break, Green boots Lynch in the face after a distraction from Deville. Lynch and Green trade strikes. Green slams Lynch’s face into the middle turnbuckle. Green rolls up Lynch. Lynch reverses it into the Disarmher. Green taps out.
Winner- Becky Lynch
Backstage, Damian Priest asks the rest of The Judgement Day to stay in the back for his match. Finn Bálor is seething but refuses to say what’s bothering him. Bálor says he has a lot on his mind.
Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: Matt Riddle vs. Damian Priest
Priest boots Riddle in the gut. Clubbing blow by Priest. Priest tries another kick, but Riddle turns it into an ankle lock. Priest gets to the ropes. Kimura by Riddle. Priest almost turns it into a suplex, but Riddle turns it into a rear naked choke. Priest drives Riddle into the corner. Riddle and Priest trade strikes. Priest gets sent over the top. Riddle tries a PK on the apron. Priest catches Riddle’s foot and trips him on the apron.
Priest tries to run Riddle down outside the ring. Riddle sidesteps as Priest dives into the announce table. Riddle sends Priest back into the ring and lands a few strikes. Priest surprises Riddle with a leaping complete shot. Riddle fires up. Springboard floating bro by Riddle. Priest kicks out of Riddle’s German suplex. Priest picks Riddle off the ropes while he attempts a springboard and hits a Razor’s Edge for the win.
Winner- Damian Priest
After the match, Gunther and Ludwig Kaiser walk to the ring. Priest meets them in the isle and tells them to pick the bones. Gunther and Kaiser beatdown Riddle in the ring.
Backstage, Rhodes says Dominik is going to get hurt at Money in the Bank.
Backstage, Natalya tells Byron Saxton that she doesn’t even know how to be herself anymore.
Backstage, Jinder Mahal is with Indus Sher. Mahal challenges Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander to a proper tag match since Mahaan and Sanga didn’t give them a chance to get out of the gates last week.
Ricochet vs. Bronson Reed
As soon as the bell rings, Ricochet attacks Reed. Reed tosses Ricochet away like a sack of laundry. Reed destroys Ricochet with a stiff right hand. Ricochet goes down like a sack of bricks. Shinsuke Nakamura walks down to the ring. Reed tosses Ricochet all over the ring. After the break, Ricochet fires up and sends Reed out of the ring.
Tope Suicida by Ricochet. Ricochet sends Reed back into the ring and hits a crossbody off the top. Springboard moonsault by Ricochet. Ricochet sends Reed outside the ring again. Ricochet tries another moonsault, but Reed catches him. Reed launches Ricochet into Nakamura. Nakamura hits the ring and attacks Reed to cause a disqualification.
Winner- Bronson Reed
After the match, Nakamura and Ricochet superplex Reed off the top.
Backstage, Ricochet asks Adam Pearce for a match with Bronson Reed next week. Pearce says he would love to give him a match, but someone already asked for Reed next week. Nakamura walks into the frame. Ricochet asks Nakamura what the problem is. Nakamura says Ricochet can have Reed when he’s done. Ricochet tells Nakamura they may have to finish what they started together.
In-Ring Segment: Finn Bálor
Bálor says he wants Rollins in the ring. No one-liners, no zingers, he wants a legitimate face-to-face. Rollins obliges and joins Bálor in the ring. Bálor asks the crowd if they are done since they won’t stop singing his song. Bálor says he’s been waiting seven years to say what he has to say, so the crowd needs to shut up. The crowd continues singing Rollins’ song. Bálor says he was a first-round draft pick, he beat Roman Reigns on his first night, then he beat Rollins to become the first Universal Champion.
The crowd continues to sing. Bálor says the highest of highs for him ended up being the lowest of lows for him. Bálor says the crowd sings his song, but they don’t even know him. Rollins asks what Bálor is talking about. Bálor says Rollins took everything from him. His momentum, his career, everything. It’s his turn. Bálor will take Rollins’ title and career from him at Money in the Bank. Rollins laughs. Not because the crowd is drowning Bálor’s promo out, but because this is the Bálor Rollins has been waiting for, for seven years.
Rollins notes that seven years ago, one of them got bitter, and the other got better. He accepts Bálor’s challenge. Rollins asks Bálor which version of him will show up at Money in the Bank. The Bálor standing in front of him, the bitter ex-champion, doesn’t stand a chance. Is Bálor going to bring the version of him that beat Rollins with his arm hanging off his body? Or is he going to bring the version that has been walking around here acting like a little bitch? Rollins drops the mic, laughs, and walks away.
Raquel Rodriguez vs. Shayna Baszler w/Ronda Rousey
Baszler tries to work Rodriguez’s wrist. Rodriguez turns it into a slam. Rodriguez misses a big boot. Baszler kicks Rodriguez in the knee. Baszler works over Rodriguez’s leg. Rodriguez fires up and lands her spinning splash. After a distraction from Rousey, Baszler rolls up Rodriguez. Rousey puts her foot on Rodriguez’s back to help keep her down for Baszler’s pin.
Winner- Shayna Baszler
Chad Gable w/ Otis and Maxxine Dupri vs. Erik w/ Ivar and Valhalla
Erik tosses Gable all over the ring. Valhalla tries to attack Dupri outside the ring. Dupri sends Valhalla flying with an arm drag. In the confusion, Gable rolls up Erik for the win.
Winner- Chad Gable
Backstage, Bálor is talking to JD McDonagh. Priest walks in. McDonagh leaves. Bálor asks Priest if he wins MITB, will he cash it in on him if he wins the World Championship Priest says he promises he won’t. Priest wants to know why Bálor didn’t keep his word last week.
Undisputed Tag Team Championship Match: Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn (c) vs. Gunther and Ludwig Kaiser
Gunther tosses Zayn al over the ring. Kaiser tags in and eats a diving elbow strike from Zayn. Zayn drop-toe holds Kaiser. Owens lands a senton. Second rope moonsault by Owens. Kaiser kicks out. Gunther gets a blind tag. Zayn tags in and sends Kaiser over the top. Gunther surprises Zayn with a big boot Kaiser and Gunther take turns working over Zayn. Zayn manages to tag in Owens. Owens lands a flurry of offense, capped with a swanton on Gunther for a near fall. Gunther powerbombs Zayn into a European uppercut by Kaiser.
Kaiser lands a dive on Owens. Gunther destroys Zayn with a lariat. Owens kicks out. Gunther and Kaiser land a Doomsday European uppercut. Gunther cuts Owens off while he tries to break up the pin. Owens pushes Gunther into the pin to break it up. Riddle marches down to the ring, flanked by referees and officials. Gunther confronts Riddle on the ramp. Owens surprises Gunther with a DDT on the ramp. Back in the ring, Zayn hits the Blue Thunder Bomb for the win.
Winners and STILL Undisputed Tag Team Champions, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn!
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