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Raw: March 16th, 2024

Three Shocking Returns! and the WWE Championship is on the line as AJ Styles faces The Miz and Two MITB Qualifying matches and MORE!

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MONEY IN THE BANK IS 4 WEEKS AWAY!

🔴 Charlotte Flair is unpleased with Bianca Belair as her opponent: 10min*

With Money in the Bank in the horizon, Undisputed WWE Women's Champion Charlotte Flair feels more and more close to defending her title against Bianca Belair!

However, Charlotte Flair isn't excited at all about facing Bianca Belair, in fact, she feels dispensant and unentertained by Bianca Belair who has not been impressive despite beating Charlotte before in the finals of The Queen's Crown Tournament. Is Charlotte Flair delusional or does she really think she has what it takes to beat Belair this time?

As uninterested as she is, Charlotte Flair choose not to engage in a conversation about Belair and went on to make an open challenge to anyone but Bianca Belair to come down and have a match with her.

*Coming up: Becky Lynch vs. Lacey Evans in a Qualifier Match + AJ Styles defends the WWE Title against The Miz and MORE.

🔴 Charlotte Flair vs. Zelina Vega: 7min*

A returning Zelina Vega has accepted Charlotte Flair's challenge!

It has been a number of months since we have seen Zelina Vega and she looks better than ever!

Charlotte Flair defeats Zelina Vega after an impressive showing from Vega!

**Still to come: Nakamura vs. Ziggler vs. Ali vs. R-Truth in a MITB Qualifier!

🔻 BACKSTAGE: Omos is banned from ringside.

Omos is informed by WWE Official Adam Pearce that he is restrained from being at ringside during WWE Raw's WWE Title match between Miz and Styles.

The Miz is visibly upset!

🔻 BACKSTAGE: Madcap Moss is seen entering the arena on CCTV footage.

Happy Corbin's unease about Madcap Moss returning remains in a frenzy!

Tonight, Corbin has joined the security team to watch CCTV footage and look out if Moss has made it into the arena with rumors circulating that Moss is returning today!

Seconds after Corbin exited the security room, an angry Madcap Moss is seen entering the arena via a portal on the CCTV footage!

🔴 A livid Seth Rollins shouts for a new shot at entering the Ladder Match in spite of Riddle: 9min*

Seth Rollins and Mustafa Ali have had a good start of the month when they captured the Raw Tag Team Championships from AWE-MOS at WWE Hell in a Cell premium live event, however, since then Rollins & Ali have been troubled by Riddle, who they provoked first. Riddle defeated Rollins last week in a Money in the Bank Qualifying Match!

Tonight, Raw Tag Team Champion Rollins demanded another qualifying match which he was offered by being added to the Fatal 4-Way Qualifying Match, making it a Fatal 5-Way bout!

🔴💲 Seth "Freakin" Rollins vs. R-Truth vs. Dolph Ziggler vs. Mustafa Ali vs. Shinsuke Nakamura - Money in the Bank Ladder Match Qualifier: 11min*

With Seth "Freakin" Rollins now inserted in the Qualifying match, the odds of winning drastically decrease to all the rest competitors, including Mustafa Ali, Rollins' partner.

Dolph Ziggler wins! He joins Theory and Riddle in the Men's Money in the Bank Ladder Match!

🔻 BACKSTAGE: Theory wants Finn Balor's Intercontinental Title.

Theory interrupted a backstage interview with Finn Balor to state his indifference that Balor has issues with Judgment Day and that he wants the Intercontinental Title that Balor held captive for almost two months now.

Finn Balor said he'll face anyway that steps in his way so Theory called Mr. McMahon to grant him a match with Balor.

🔴 Sam Rigleer finds Kevin Owens and Ezekiel's friendship nauseating: 11min*

Last week on Raw, Sam Rigleer hosted a celebration of "large scale" and high grandeur with fireworks and balloons honoring the end of The American Nightmare's nightmare. No guests have attended and the chairs remained empty. Moments later, Kevin Owens, who presumably came out to join Rigleer in celebration, walked inside the ring and confronted The Paramount Star. Kevin Owens shockingly sided with Cody Rhodes when everyone assumed otherwise leading to Sam Rigleer being visibly disgusted at Kevin Owens' decision and his lecture and responded with a "Rigleer's Breaker" and stomped on Owens face continuously in a grueling beatdown. When everyone thought it couldn't get crazier than this, Ezekiel came out to the aid of the defenseless Kevin Owens!? The same Ezekiel that was continuously denied a place on Raw by Owens.

Kevin Owens and Ezekiel stood tall as Sam Rigleer made a visible smirk on his face while exiting the stage.

Tonight, Kevin Owens invited his new friend Ezekiel on the set of the Kevin Owens Show. Kevin Owens asked Ezekiel to forgive him for his harsh treatment and said Elias' was his best friend for sometime on Raw several years ago. Ezekiel accepted Owens' apology and the two hugged it out in a show of respect.

Meanwhile, Sam Rigleer made an appearance on the stage calling out the Kevin Owens Show as a 'nauseating amateur show' and that Owens siding with Ezekiel makes him want to puke on live TV. The Paramount Star washed his eyes to symbolise his feeling on what transpired on the talk show. Kevin Owens revealed he doesn't care what a senseless and arrogant moron like Sam Rigleer thinks and informs the Paramount Star that he'll face him next week in a Money in the Bank Qualifying Match to which Sam Rigleer replied to by saying he'll finish the job from last week and send a message to Cody Rhodes that he'll make his own nightmare on Monday Night Raw.

🔻 BACKSTAGE: Edge says Finn Balor and Ronda Rousey need to solve the enigma.

Edge, the sadistic leader of The Judgment Day, revealed that his address tonight contains the key to what happens next and Balor or Rousey need to discover the clue or else they'll fall to the might and omnipotence of the greatest danger looming in the WWE Universe, Judgment Day.

🔴 Happy Corbin vs. Ricochet vs. Theory - Winner Faces Finn Balor for the IC Title: 9min*

Despite being granted a spot at the Men's Money in the Bank Ladder Match, Mr. McMahon wants to teach Theory to work for the goals he set by having him vie for an Intercontinental Title Match in a Triple Threat Match with Corbin and Ricochet.

During the match, Madcap Moss, who we've seen enter the arena on CCTV, made his way to the ring and followed Corbin to the crowd section in a wild chase! Happy Corbin's actions have consequences and tonight his attack on Moss that took him out of action has come to lay him down!

In the end, it was Ricochet and Theory all alone and Theory was able to get the W!

Theory wins and will challenge Finn Balor for the Intercontinental Title!

🔴💲 Becky Lynch vs. Lacey Evans - Money in the Bank Qualifying Match: 12min*

Becky Lynch and Lacey Evans have had a heated rivalry that is a test for Lacey Evans to overcome and a step for Becky Lynch to climb in her rise back to the top of WWE.

Tonight, a new chapter is written with higher stakes. A shot at the Money in the Bank Ladder Match where the winner earns a briefcase that guarantees a match for the Women's Tittle at the date and time of the holder's choosing.

Becky Lynch wins!

🔻 BACKSTAGE: The Miz is confident he'll walk out as WWE Champion.

The Miz reveals in an interview with a fierce monologue that we're currently looking at the WWE Champion. Great confidence needed before vying for the top prize in WWE despite not having Omos with him.

🔴 Judgment Day will cast a shadow on the WWE Universe: 9min*

The Judgment Day have made a promise that "All is True" for them and that Finn Balor's minuscule resistance will fall and it'll be a free fall hard to watch.

Edge also revealed, alongside Rhea Ripley and Damian Priest, that they will cast a shadow on the WWE Universe and do everything they want while all of us are blinded. What does this message mean? And can Balor and Rousey understand and decipher the enigma?

🔻 BACKSTAGE: Doudrop & Nikki A.S.H. confront Becky Lynch.

Becky Lynch's celebration is cut short by Doudrop, who has been the first to qualify for the Women's Money in the Bank Ladder Match, and Nikki A.S.H.

Becky Lynch told Doudrop & A.S.H if they came to say "Hi" to the Big Time before leaving with a smile on her face!

🔻 BACKSTAGE: Dolph Ziggler warns AJ Styles that he'll be Mr. Money in the Bank.

With Ziggler now a participent in the Men's Money in the Bank Ladder Match, he warns his friend WWE Champion AJ Styles that even if he retains the WWE Title against The Miz tonight, he'll have to deal with him when he wins the Money in the Bank briefcase.

⭕ MAIN EVENT: AJ Styles (c) vs. The Miz -- WWE Championship Match: 14min*

In a match dubbed "crazy and exhilarating", the Phenomenal WWE Champion managed to retain the WWE Championship despite an illegal interference from Omos, The Miz's partner.

AJ Styles won the contest!

After the match, The Almighty Bobby Lashley made his return to Monday Night Raw for the first time since losing the WWE Title to AJ Styles!

Bobby Lashley shocked the WWE Universe and even made them emotional when he attacked the WWE Champion Styles who had just gone through a match!

Bobby Lashley is putting everyone on notice, and most importantly AJ Styles!