WWE Raw Results returned as Imperium headed to the ring, and were followed by Drew McIntyre for their face to face.
Once in the ring, Drew offered to have their match right now after GUNTHER did his talking last week, and GUNTHER was disgusted at the prospect of putting the Intercontinental Championship on the line in front of the Tampa crowd.
GUNTHER ran down Drew’s failure at Clash at the Castle and WrestleMania and he’ll happily embarrass him at SummerSlam.
⭐️ 𝐋𝐮𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐠 𝐊𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐫 Appreciation Xeet ⭐️@wwe_kaiser #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/Zs6fahgdzB
— WWE (@WWE) July 25, 2023
After Drew cut his promo, Kaiser stepped in and challenged him for speaking to GUNTHER like that, and Drew told him he likes him and that he should be the leader of Imperium and Drew challenged him to a match.
Drew McIntyre vs. Ludwig Kaiser w/Imperium (GUNTHER, Giovanni Vinci)
Drew easily dominated early on and backed Kaiser into the corner a couple of times. Kaiser hit him in the throat but after a chop Drew wasn’t impressed.
How is @wwe_kaiser competing in the ring against @DMcIntyreWWE AND on commentary at the same time?!#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/dkyIdwAOef
— WWE (@WWE) July 25, 2023
He clotheslined Kaiser to the floor and counted him off one ring post with some chops mixed in.
Kaiser caught him with a kick and ran him into the ring post on the apron after Vinci distracted him, and then sent Drew into the post again before he hung him up and hit a dropkick.
Drew kept coming and caught Kaiser on the top rope and hit a type of superplex and he fired off a series of belly to belly suplexes followed by a neckbreaker and a kip up.
Kaiser blocked a future shock DDT and ate a Glasgow Kiss for his trouble. Kaiser then countered a Claymore with a step up kick for a near pinfall.
MCINTYRE MEANS BUSINESS!@DMcIntyreWWE #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/K7CtwyHsJ6
— WWE (@WWE) July 25, 2023
Drew then caught him coming off the ropes with a Claymore for the win.
Vinci distracted Drew so GUNTHER could grab him from behind and hit a German Suplex and then held him for Vinci to stomp away.
Riddle came out to help, but GUNTHER caught him with a big boot and a powerbomb, then took out Drew on the floor with a big boot.
GUNTHER cleared off the announce desk and tried to powerbomb him through it, but Drew countered with a backdrop and powerbombed Gunther through the table instead and held the IC title high.
Balor sets a trap
Finn Balor headed to the ring and tried to get things moving since Adam Pearce was busy with the havoc Judgement Day caused backstage, and the fans drove him crazy by singing Rollins’ song but he was eventually able to invite Rollins out to their contract signing.
Once in the ring, Rollins wasted no time in signing while the fans kept singing, and pushed it across the table to Balor, who hesitated.
Rollins mocked Balor and pointed out Priest will cash in his Money in the Bank contract on whoever wins their match.
He told him to keep chasing that ghost and SummerSlam will be the end of the Judgement Day.
The Judgment Day just WRECKED World Heavyweight Champion @WWERollins!#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/XSecH1XCHr
— WWE (@WWE) July 25, 2023
Balor laughed at him and signed. As Judgement Day came out, Balor said it feels like a seven year itch, and at SummerSlam he’s going to make Rollins his seven year B*tch
Rollins threw the table at Priest and went after Dom, but Priest hit him with the MITB briefcase.
Zayn came out to make the save with a chair, but he was quickly overwhelmed when Ripley took the chair away and they dumped him to the floor to leave Balor and Rollins in the ring, and Judgement Day surrounded him again and stomped him down.
Balor fed him to Priest for a Razor’s Edge, Dom hit a frog splash, and Balor hit a Coup de Grace as they stood over Rollins with all the gold held high.
This episode was extremely predictable and it took away from any moments they were looking for. Definitely a step backwards.
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