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RAW: April 1st, 2023

BATTLEGROUND OF MONEY IN THE BANK IS THIS SUNDAY!

#Raw Live from The Thunderdome!

Bobby Lashley challenges Edge on Raw???? Liv Morgan and Lana Kiss Again On Raw?!!!

🔴 Alexa Bliss is having a breakdown and Lilly laughs:

Alexa Bliss's attempt at winning the Raw Women's Championship and obeying Lilly's orders didn't go as planned when Bianca Belair was able to retain her championship!

Tonight on Raw, Alexa Bliss is feeling the consequences as she shakes her head in pain as if she's being tortured inside her own mind in Alexa's Playground. Lilly "the doll" is on the chair and makes an eerie laugh as Bliss lays on the ground.

🔻 BACKSTAGE: New United States Champion Ricochet hopes Randy Orton is okay.

The One and Only Ricochet defeated Randy Orton last week to capture the US Title, but Orton was captured by The Fiend who locked him in a mandible claw.

🔴 Sheamus vs. Big E:

Before facing each other in tag team action this Sunday in a Qualifying Match at Battleground of Money in the Bank, Sheamus and Big E are set to compete in one on one action.

Sheamus tries to get inside Big E's head when he brings up the fact Sheamus had beaten Big E multiple times during the past months while making his entrance.

Big E defeats Sheamus via pinfall.

🔻 BACKSTAGE: Tamina attacks Dana Brooke.

Tamina has her eyes on Sunday's Qualifying Match and doesn't need Dana Brooke to make sure she wins the Tag Team match and goes on to the Ladder Match.

Tamina and Dana Brooke will face Lana and Naomi on Sunday, where the winning team will join the Ladder Match at Money in the Bank.

🔴 Chad Gable vs. Otis:

Otis will team with his ex Mandy Rose to face Chad Gable and Eva Marie this Sunday in a Money in the Bank Qualifying Match at Battleground of Money in the Bank, will Otis be able to gain some momentum on the road to Sunday?

Chad Gable defeats Otis via a quick roll-up.

🔴 MVP stirs things up between Bobby Lashley and Edge:

Edge enters Raw to address his future and what's to come, he says it's noticeable he has drifted away, being carried by the flow. Edge has won and lost the WWE Championship, found himself on a losing streak in all attempts to get his title back. He acknowledges these mistakes and vows to make a change.

MVP and Bobby Lashley interrupt to give some tough words to Edge, telling him it didn't work out for him to return to WWE after his injury and that he doesn't have "it" anymore and all this time, people like Edge have been taking Bobby Lashley's chances. The Almighty will change all of that tonight when he ends Edge and proves his point and vows to win the qualifying match on Sunday.

[Drew McIntyre returns to Raw NEXT WEEK!]

🔻 BACKSTAGE: Jeff Hardy tells Ziggler and Roode they're on their own against RETRIBUTION later tonight.

Ziggler and Roode are set to defend the Raw Tag Team Championships against Mace and T-Bar of RETRIBUTION and all the odds are stacked against them. After being left alone by Ziggler and Roode last week, Jeff Hardy makes it clear that Ziggler and Roode will vouch for themselves tonight.

🔴 Eva Marie and Doudrop vs. Lana and Naomi:

Still not on the same page, Lana and Naomi struggle to find a middle ground and pick up the W against Eva Marie and her protégée.

Eva Marie barely participates in this match.

Eva Marie and Doudrop win after Liv Morgan's entrance caused the distraction. Doudrop pins Lana.

🔴 Liv Morgan kisses Lana again in front of Ruby Riott and Naomi, revealed the two's love will stay strong:

Ever since Raw a couple of weeks ago, The Riot Squad and Lana & Naomi's Tag Team relationships have never been the same, and now, one-half of the Women's Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan is breaking up with Ruby Riott to form a couple/team with Lana.

What happens to the Tag Team Titles now?

🔴 BACKSTAGE: Apollo Crews ambushes King Corbin.

A lifeless King Corbin, who is looking to put the crown away and find himself again is met with a heavy attack by The Nigerian Nail Azeez and The Prince Apollo Crews.

🔴 ⚔ RETRIBUTION vs. Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode (c) - Raw Tag Team Championship Match:

Mace and T-Bar get a chance at the tag titles that they earned last week in a triple threat match.

Surprisingly, Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler defy the odds and retain the Tag Team Titles.

🔴 Lilly laughs as Bianca Belair celebrates retaining her title last week:

Bianca Belair hears screams echoing through the ThunderDome as she celebrates her successful title defense from last week and looks forward to Money in the Bank.

🔻 BACKSTAGE: Mandy Rose lifts Otis's spirit up after an upset.

Mandy Rose supports and gives encouraging words to her ex and tag partner in Sunday's Qualifying Match at Battleground of Money in the Bank.

🔴 The Fiend has a long history with Randy Orton:

The Fiend Bray Wyatt recalls when Randy Orton burnt the spirit of Sister Abigail in the past, thus help create The Fiend, who will now hunt Orton and many more...

🔴 MAIN EVENT: The Almighty Bobby Lashley vs. Edge:

Edge and Bobby Lashley go to war as they prepare for Battleground of Money in the Bank on Sunday when Lashley and Sheamus will face Edge and Big E, in a tag team Money in the Bank Qualifying Match.

Bobby Lashley defeats Edge via referee stoppage after locking the Full Lashley Submission move.