Rhea Ripley turns heel during WWE Monday Night Raw
Rhea Ripley turned heel and attacked Liv Morgan during Monday’s WWE Raw.
Ripley’s turn came after Naomi and Sasha Banks retained the Women’s Tag Team Titles against Ripley and Liv Morgan. Following the match, Ripley yelled at Morgan for not being there for her at the finish of the match.
Below is an excerpt from Mike Tedesco’s Raw recap of how it all went down:
Naomi gets Morgan out of the ring. Banks and Naomi hit Ripley with a double-team facebuster into a full nelson compactor for the win.
Ripley is infuriated and demands to know where Morgan was. Ripley shouts that Morgan has failed again. Morgan goes to walk away, but Ripley attacks her from behind. Ripley punches away at Morgan as the crowd boos. Ripley is seething with anger. Ripley connects with a big Riptide and walks off on her former tag team partner.
Theory wins WWE United States Championship
Theory is your new WWE United States Champion.
Theory defeated Finn Balor to capture the title on WWE Monday Night Raw. Theory won the match by a clean by pinfall.
Below is an excerpt from Mike Tedesco’s Raw recap of how it all went down:
Bálor chops and kicks away at Theory, so Theory hits a throat thrust. Theory drives him into the top turnbuckle. Bálor quickly takes him down and viciously stomps away at him. Bálor backs up and charges for a Sling Blade. Bálor hits a Woo Dropkick in the corner. Bálor goes to the top rope, but Theory sweeps the feet. Theory hits a WILD springboard Spanish Fly for a near fall. Wow!
Theory signals for the end and lifts him, but Bálor hits a falling elbow drop. Bálor clotheslines him out of the ring and hits a somersault senton. Bálor gets Theory in the ring and goes to the top rope. Theory avoids a Coup de Grace and hits the A-Town Down for the win!
After the match Theory celebrated with the WWE United States Championship. The Hurt Business, T-Bar, Commander Azeez, Apollo Crews, and Alpha Academy come down to celebrate with him. WWE Chairman Mr. McMahon came out to the stage and was happy. Theory celebrated with McMahon and took some selfies.