Raw Live Raw thread, August 8th 2022: Bobby Lashley to defend United States Title against Ciampa

[Dale]

Bobby Lashley to defend United States Title against the unpredictable Ciampa​

After a series of grueling matches on Raw, Ciampa will have the chance to earn gold when he takes on Bobby Lashley for the United States Championship. Ciampa had to first go through Dolph Ziggler and Chad Gable in a Triple Threat Match before toppling AJ Styles in a hard-fought matchup.

Ciampa’s match against The Phenomenal One wasn’t without controversy, however, as his mentor The Miz got involved, allowing Ciampa to capitalize and earn the victory.

After Lashley dismantled Theory at SummerSlam, The All Mighty is ready to take on all challengers as a fighting champion. Will Lashley leave Raw still champion, or will the unpredictable Ciampa, with the wily Miz in his corner, upset The All Mighty?
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Rey Mysterio to face off against The Judgment Day’s Finn Bálor​

The Mysterios and The Judgment Day’s bitter rivalry continues on Monday Night Raw when Rey Mysterio collides with the supposed leader of The Judgment Day, Finn Bálor.

The tumultuous relationship between the teams has been palpable, with each team trading wins and losses. The Mysterios seem to have had The Judgment Day’s number recently with victories at SummerSlam and on the Raw celebrating Rey Mysterio’s 20th anniversary in WWE. But with Rhea Ripley back in the fold for The Judgment Day, the numbers game will always be a factor.

Compounding this issue is the return of Edge, who made his return and helped The Mysterios win at SummerSlam. The Rated-R Superstar has his own score to settle with the group that viciously kicked him out months ago.

This past Monday Night on Raw however, Edge accidentally Speared Dominik Mysterio, causing tension with Edge and the father/son duo.

Can Rey Mysterio topple the leader of The Judgment Day or will Finn Bálor gain retribution for their SummerSlam loss? Plus how will Edge factor in?
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Tournament for the vacant Womens Tag Titles gets underway​

 

[Cwalker]

Ciampa…you don’t need Miz. You can…

Do It Yourself

 

[Swerve]

Ciampa…you don’t need Miz. You can…

Do It Yourself

The Miz is Awesome!

 

[Y2Jayne]

 

[Y2Jayne]

Expect a whole lot of new random pairings as always. The only teams they have so far are Control and Doudrop/Nikki. And those two only make sense because they have no direction and they're from Scotland.

 

[Cwalker]

Sasha and Naomi gonna return and reclaim their belts

 

[Y2Jayne]

Why not give them back to them right away since they never lost them?

 

[Dale]

Sasha and Naomi gonna return and reclaim their belts

Honestly, don't even put them in the tournament. Have them re-emerge after the champions have been crowned, or the week afterwards and call their shot.

Original post also updated.

 

[Swerve]

Bobby's time is up!

 

[Deezy]

Bellator shade smh.

 

[Swerve]

Bellator shade smh.

He needs to change his name on Twitter.

 

[Cwalker]

Give him his first name back Hunter

 

[Necro]

Really cool to see Ciampa get a push. Honestly, I would love to see him win this. Also, really want to see Bobby go back Heel, he bores me as a face.

 

[Dale]

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[John McHenry]

I'm curious what they do with Edge. The whole attacking Dominik something feels off. I suspect that Rey defends Edge which sets Dominik down the path to legit join Judgement Day?

Womens Tag titles. I feel like it's going to be a cluster. We have no Organic tag teams. It would be great if Kairi came back. Nikki and Doudrop were tagging before and haven't done anything since so that fine, but everyone else seems to have moved on in singles. Liv and Alexa won't team while Liv has the title. Bianca and Becky really shouldn't be involved in Tags, but I could see a story line where they participate because of Control. Raquel and Alliyah will probably tag, so Lacey and Nattie will probably join forces for that. (Nattie teams with everyone so who cares). After that I've no clue. Shayna and Rhonda would be great but I doubt it'll happen.