WWE Raw Results returned as a brief tribute to Bob Barker was shared from his time guest hosting WWE Raw, and then Seth Rollins headed to the ring.
Rollins welcomed us to Monday Night Rollins with a Yowie Wowie tribute to Bray Wyatt as well as a Fiend side plate on his championship belt.
He said it’s been a long week and he’ll keep it short and sweet. He then called out Shinsuke Nakamura and wanted him to come out to say what he has to say to Rollins’ face since he’s giving him his match.
Since Nakamura didn’t come out, Rollins invited everyone out with him to sing his song all night long.
The mind games continue from @ShinsukeN just days away from #WWEPayback!
Is @WWERollins truly READY for this?! pic.twitter.com/NSdZzs00sg
— WWE (@WWE) August 29, 2023
Nakamura then appeared on the titantron in a prerecorded video saying he doesn’t just want to beat Rollins, but to dismantle him and make his wife have to help him in and out of bed and so he can’t walk his daughter down the aisle on her wedding day.
He said Rollins has no honor, no code, and no future.
Rollins belittled the video package and said he wants to know what happened to the Nakamura that headlined the Tokyo Dome and lit the world on fire when he came to NXT.
A month ago he would’ve given Nakamura the shirt off his broken back, and his back didn’t stop him from winning the title and it won’t stop him from mauling Nakamura at Payback.
Rollins promised at that moment Nakamura will know he’ll never take anything from him, and Nakamura hit him from behind and told him he said to watch his back before he let Rollins go and then hit him with a kick, knocking him out.
Tommaso Ciampa vs. Bronson Reed
Reed clocked Ciampa on the ramp on his way tot eh ring, and Ciampa went after him before the match started and sent Reed to the floor and hit a pair of running knees.
Ciampa keep after him and controlled the pace early on, but Reed caught him with a Thez Press. He went for a suplex, but Ciampa fought out of it with knees and locked in a sleeper.
Reed drove him into the corner to break the hold, and then hit a Samoan Drop on Reed. Reed nailed him and hit a running power bomb for a near pinfall.
After battling on the floor, Ciampa headed into the ring and hit a draping DDT and a running knee for his own near pinfall.
Ciampa managed to hit a crucifix bomb for the pinfall win.
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