WWE Raw Results (05/29) - New Women's Tag Team Champions Crowned, We Hear From Cody Rhodes And More

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results of "WWE Raw" on May 29, 2023, coming to you live from the MVP Arena in Albany, New York!

After coming up short against Brock Lesnar at WWE Night of Champions this past Saturday due to referee stoppage, Cody Rhodes will be appearing on tonight's show. The issues between Rhodes and Lesnar have been well documented over the past several weeks, and Lesnar's win means that both men now have a victory over one another.

The first two entrants in the Men's Money In The Bank Ladder Match in London, England on July 1 will be determined tonight, as Shinsuke Nakamura collides with Bronson Reed while Ricochet goes one-on-one with The Miz in qualifier matches. The third participant in the match will be revealed on this coming Friday's edition of "WWE SmackDown" as LA Knight goes head-to-head with Montez Ford, and Zelina Vega faces Lacey Evans to determine the first entrant in the Women's Money In The Bank Ladder Match.

Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan were forced to vacate the WWE Women's Tag Team Championship a couple of weeks ago as a result of an injury Morgan sustained. Tonight, Rodriguez has a shot at regaining the title as she joins forces with Shotzi to take on Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler, Damage CTRL, and Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green.

Additionally, Seth "Freakin" Rollins will be holding a title celebration after defeating AJ Styles on Saturday to become the new World Heavyweight Champion in the finals of the tournament.

We are live! The show kicks off with a video recapping Night of Champions. Corey Graves and Kevin Patrick then greet audiences at home as Seth "Freakin" Rollins makes his way to the ring through the crowd.

Confetti rains from the ceiling and fans sing Rollins' song before he welcomes them to "Monday Night Rollins". He says it's been a long road to get to the World Heavyweight Championship with lots of highs and lows, but things feel right. He says he doesn't want to talk about the past, but rather the future. He says he wants to be a champion that'll be on television and one who's ready for a fight. He says he wants a fight, and no matter who steps to him, he'll come out the other side as titleholder.

AJ Styles' music hits and he heads down to the ring. He stares Rollins down, then grabs a mic and says that while he's supposed to be on "SmackDown", he couldn't resist coming to "Raw" to congratulate Rollins. He says he gave Rollins everything he had, but somehow Rollins knew what he was going to do. He tells Rollins that fans think he deserves to be champion, but he doesn't think he does because he earned the right to be titleholder.

Rollins says he's not too good at these things, but taking the beating he gave him at Night of Champions, he deserves a hand shake. Rollins then offers Styles his hand, and Styles takes it.

Judgment Day's music hits, and Finn Balor, Dominik Mysterio, Rhea Ripley, and Damian Priest appear. Balor says whatever just happened between Styles and Rollins makes him nauseous, and Priest agrees. Ripley says Judgment Day runs "Raw" as they get inside the ring, and Priest says she's right except they now run all of WWE after The Bloodline imploded. Balor brags about defeating Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn, and Ripley tells Rollins not to get too comfortable because one of them will inevitably beat Rollins to become new titleholder. Rollins and Styles laugh, and Dominik gets defensive. Balor says Judgment Day saw Rollins and Styles beat one another half to death, and Dominik says they'll finish the job tonight. Styles says that sounds like a challenge, and Ripley says that was what they did. Rollins accepts the challenge and says any two of them can take on himself and Styles.

Ricochet then makes his way down to the ring. The Miz follows. 

The bell rings and the two lock up. Ricochet delivers an arm drag and a kick that sends Miz tumbling out of the ring, then delivers another kick to Miz's head off the apron and follows it up with a moonsault. The pair get back in the ring, and Miz lands a hurricanrana. He then lands a kick of his own before the action spills back outside of the ring and Miz sends Ricochet's head bouncing off the announce desk. He chucks Ricochet back in the ring, then ascends to the top and hits a double ax handle.

Back from the break, Miz delivers a crossbody off the top rope. He fires off a series of kicks across Ricochet's chest, but Ricochet responds with a knee and sends Miz head first into the top turnbuckle. Ricochet lands a back elbow, but Miz fires back with a DDT and goes for a pin. Ricochet kicks out and hits a Blockbuster. He then ascends to the top and delivers a Shooting Star Press for the win.

Winner: Ricochet

Trish Stratus then makes her way down to the ring.

Stratus says she doesn't care if fans thank her because she doesn't care what they think, then brags about defeating Becky Lynch at Night of Champions. She says this is what you do when you're the GOAT and number one, then says Lynch can crawl back in her hole and sort out her problems while other real superstars get their shot. She says the superstar she's about to introduce helped her not because she asked, but because she wanted to and introduces Zoey Stark.

Stark's music hits and she makes her way down to the ring wearing a "Thank you Trish" shirt. Stratus and Stark embrace one another before saying she came to WWE to make a statement. She says who better to learn from then Stratus and while she could've taken the long road, she was smart. She says Stratus is giving, humble, and kind, then thanks Stratus.

Stark notices a mark on Stratus' face, and Stratus says Lynch caused it. Stratus tells Lynch not to show her face unless she wants a beating from Stark.

Lynch's music hits and she appears. She tells Stark she'll ruin her life and adds that since herself and Stratus are still both in their gear, why not finish things. Stark then charges at Stark, but Lynch immediately levels her and gets inside the ring with Stratus. Lynch lands a flying shoulder tackle, then rains down right hands. Stark blindsides Lynch and delivers a forearm to her back, then hits a running knee. Stratus and Stark then begin firing off stomps in the corner before Stark lands Z-360 and holds Lynch in place for Stratus. Stratus kisses her Hall of Fame ring and clocks Lynch with it.

Back from the break, Indus Sher heads down to the ring.

Indus Sher blindsides Bernal and Ventura-Cortes. The bell then rings and Mahaan whips Bernal into the corner. Sanga tags in and sends Bernal into the top turnbuckle face first. Ventura-Cortes tags in, and Sanga drags him into the ring. He then plants Bernal on top of Ventura-Cortes, then tags Mahaan back in. Mahaan then lands an elbow drop for the win.

Winners: Indus Sher

Back from the break, we head to a video recapping the Undisputed Tag Team Championship match between The Bloodline and titleholders Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn.

Owens and Zayn then head down to the ring.

Zayn says himself and Owens are feeling good coming off their victory at Night of Champions, then says they did what they set out to. He says they watched The Bloodline crumble, and Reigns deserves all of what's happening to him. He says it doesn't matter what else Reigns accomplishes in his career because he'll have to look at their faces and remember he lost to them.

Imperium's music hits and the trio appear. Ludwig Kaiser says while Owens and Zayn's victory was impressive, it wasn't as impressive as GUNTHER's win over Mustafa Ali. Owens asks Imperium why they're here, and says it's not the wild west. He gets heated before Zayn calms him down and says they had no business coming out here since their names weren't mentioned. He says they should be preparing for their match against Alpha Academy and reminds them that they came up short to themselves and Riddle not too long ago.

Kaiser says Owens and Zayn being Undisputed Tag Team Champions and says they aren't worthy of holding the titles or representing "Raw". Owens asks why Giovanni Vinci never talks while GUNTHER and Kaiser do, but Kaiser cuts him off and says no one disrespects them.

Chad Gable, Otis, and Maxxine Dupri then appear on the ramp and Gable says they'll hand Imperium their lessons. Zayn and Owens ask Gable to say his thing, and Gable says thank you as he throws Alpha Academy's signature gesture up.

Owens and Zayn join commentary as Gable and Kaiser begin the action. The bell rings and the pair lock up. Kaiser lands a shoulder tackle, then follows it up with a right hand. Gable lands an arm drag before Vinci tries to interfere, but Gable levels him. He then plants Kaiser as Valhalla appears at ringside. Dupri clocks her, but Valhalla becomes enraged and chases Dupri through the curtain.

Back in the ring, Vinci tags in and sends Gable into the top turnbuckle face first. He lands a chop and a bodyslam, then tags Kaiser back in. Kaiser lands an open plan strike and continues to wear him down before Otis tags in and lands a splash. He follows it up with The Caterpillar and goes for a pin, but Vinci breaks the fall. Otis dumps him to the outside, then tags Gable in. Gable rolls up Kaiser, but Kaiser reverses the fall. Gable kicks out, and Kaiser tags in. Imperium then hit the Imperium Bomb for the win.

Winners: Imperium

Raquel Rodriguez and Shotzi then head down to the ring. Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green, Damage CTRL, and Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler follow. 

Rodriguez and Deville begin the action. The bell rings and Rodriguez lands a shoulder tackle. SKY tags in and lands a dropkick, then fires off several forearms and tags in Bayley. Rodriguez plants Bayley face first before Green tags in. Rodriguez drags Green into the ring, then looks to tag in either Rousey or Baszler. Both women duck out of the ring before Rodriguez sends Green crashing into Baszler. Shotzi tags in and hits a tope suicida.

Back from the break, Baszler tags in and lands a suplex on Shotzi. She stomps on Shotzi's hand and whips her into the corner, but Shotzi lands a boot. Rousey interferes from the apron, but Shotzi clocks her and hits a neckbreaker on Baszler. She tags in Rodriguez, and she delivers a shoulder tackle to Baszler. She follows it up with a clothesline and a pair of Fallaway Slams.

Rousey tags in and stares down Rodriguez. She then fires off right hands on Rodriguez's midsection, but Rodriguez responds with a shoulder tackle and gets Rousey up for the Texana Bomb. Baszler saves Rousey, but Rodriguez plants her with a Texana Bomb of her own. She then looks in an arm submission on Rodriguez, but Bayley breaks the hold with an elbow drop off the top. Green tags herself in and sends Rousey into the ring post shoulder first, but Rodriguez plants her. Deville (now legal) lands a knee on Rodriguez, then tags Green back in. SKY tags in and delivers a double dropkick to Green and Deville, then plants Rodriguez with a right hand. She hits a meteora and goes for a pin, but Shotzi breaks the fall. She then tags in and gets SKY on her shoulders, and follows it up with a facebuster and a suplex. SKY responds with a flapjack and sets up for Over the Moonsault, but Rousey tags herself in. SKY sets Rousey up for a superplex, but Shotzi pulls both women down and looks to ascend to the top. Baszler tries to interfere, but Shotzi pushes her off and Shotzi continues her ascent to the top. She looks for a senton, but Rousey counters into an Arm Bar for the win.

Winner (and new): Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler

Dolph Ziggler then makes his way down to the ring. JD McDonagh follows. 

The bell rings and Ziggler wastes no time. He rains down right hands, but McDonagh fires back with a suplex and dumps Ziggler out of the ring. He sends Ziggler into the announce desk face first, then rams him into the ring steps as the referee begins a count out. McDonagh keeps beating down Ziggler on the outside, and the referee calls for the bell.

Winner: N/A (due to referee count out)

After the match, McDonagh gets Ziggler on the ring steps and jams his knee into Ziggler's neck before stomping on it.

Back from the break, Cody Rhodes heads to the ring.

Rhodes asks Albany what they want to talk about, then says he knows what's hanging in the air. He says he came up short against Brock Lesnar at Night of Champions due to referee stoppage, then says he didn't tap out to Lesnar because that's not the man he wants to be. He says he might've tapped years ago, but sometimes second chances don't come again. He says he has a question for Lesnar and says he has to look in the camera since Lesnar is nowhere to be found because he's taken his annual vacation. He asks Lesnar if he's satisfied, and throws out an open challenge since they each have a victory. He says he hopes Lesnar is watching because if he's in a ring, he's there to fight him. He says he wants tonight to be the final time he rattles off Lesnar's accomplishments and does so. Rhodes says Lesnar is beast enough to break his arm, but not man enough to make him tap out. He says Lesnar is afraid of him and tosses the mic aside.

We then head backstage to Cathy Kelley and Matt Riddle. Kelley asks Riddle about his Men's Money In The Bank qualifier match, and Riddle voices his excitement, noting that it's going to be a "hot bro summer". GUNTHER walks in and wishes Riddle luck on winning the match, then says he hopes Riddle cashes the briefcase in on him. 

Back at ringside, Shinsuke Nakamura heads down. Bronson Reed follows. 

The bell rings and Reed shoves Nakamura into the corner. He follows it up with a bodyslam, but Nakamura responds with a few right hands. Reed then lands a chop and whips Nakamura into the corner once again before the action spills to the outside. Reed looks to go flying off the apron, but Nakamura sweeps his leg, then delivers a running knee to his face and a second knee to the back of his head.

Back from the break, Reed and Nakamura exchange forearms with one another. Reed gains the upper hand and lands a clothesline before he ascends to the top. Nakamura trips him, then delivers a knee to his midsection and climbs up to the middle. He goes flying, but Reed catches him with a boot and follows it up with a powerslam. He then climbs to the top and looks for Tsunami, but Nakamura rolls out of the way and lands a knee strike on the back of his neck. He then lands Kinshasa and looks to pin Reed, but Reed rolls out of the ring before he can.

Nakamura delivers a dropkick to Reed on the outside as the referee begins a ten count. Reed makes it back in before ten, where Nakamura meets him with a second Kinshasa for the win.

Winner: Shinsuke Nakamura

Back from the break, we head to a video from WWE honoring Memorial Day.

Back at ringside, AJ Styles heads down. Seth "Freakin" Rollins and Judgment Day follow. 

Dominik looks to begin the action with Rollins. The bell rings and Balor blindsides Rollins, revealing himself to be Priest's real tag team partner. Rollins then lands on the outside and accidentally puts his arm around Ripley. Both he and Ripley scream, and Ripley asks what he's doing. Rollins gets back in the ring and Priest whips him into the corner. He fires off a right hand and several stomps before Styles and Balor tag in.

Styles delivers a right hand to Balor, then gets him up on his shoulders. Balor escapes, and Styles hits him with a backbreaker. Priest tags in as things spill to the outside. Dominik and Styles get into a spat, allowing Priest to blindside him and deliver a shoulder tackle to him that sends him crashing over the announce desk.

Back from the break, Priest dumps Styles out of the ring. Ripley holds him in place for Dominik, but Rollins intervenes and the referee ejects Ripley and Dominik from ringside after catching them in the act. Styles gets back in the ring and lands a Pele Kick, then tags in Rollins. Balor tags in and Rollins plants him, then sends him into the middle turnbuckle face first. He then delivers a knee off the top rope before shoving him into the corner.

Priest tags in and sets up for South of Heaven, but Rollins escapes. Balor makes the blind tag as Rollins and Priest teeter on the top rope. Rollins lands a superplex and rolls through, but Priest hits a Falcon Arrow. Balor then sets up for Coup De Grace, but Rollins moves out of the way and hits a superkick. Styles and Priest tag in, and Styles hits an enziguri. Priest responds with Razor's Edge and goes for a pin, but Rollins breaks the fall with a Curb Stomp. Styles tags him in, and Rollins delivers a second one to Priest for the win.

Winners: Seth "Freakin" Rollins and AJ Styles