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RAW: December 9th, 2023

Champion vs. Champion! Sam Rigleer in action! Ronda Rousey vs. Shayna Baszler! Championship on the line and more!

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WRESTLEMANIA IS TWO WEEKS FROM SATURDAY!

🔴 Sam Rigleer and Kevin Owens talk their paths to WrestleMania: 12min*

Sam Rigleer and Ted DiBiase have been one of the all-time great factions to ever step foot in an FBW ring, but their team has fallen apart years ago when Sam Rigleer pursued his own interests on Raw while Ted DiBiase held the WWE Title briefly on SmackDown during the very first brand extension. Ted DiBiase would then exit WWE for personal reasons. Since then, Ted DiBiase and Sam Rigleer have never looked eye-to-eye, but several weeks ago on Raw's 15 Year anniversary, Ted DiBiase made his return to WWE for the first time in years for a one-on-one faceoff with a returning Sam Rigleer. The confrontation didn't go as planned when Ted DiBiase refused to rejoin Sam Rigleer to reform RRD, an ancient faction of Ted, Sam, and Roman Reigns. Sam Rigleer disputed the decision as a cowardly move and that Ted DiBiase just doesn't have "it" anymore.

And two weeks ago on Raw, Sam Rigleer offered one last chance for Ted DiBiase, claiming the two would either be together like old times, or Ted DiBiase must compete in the ring with Sam Rigleer to prove he still got it. Last week on Raw, Ted DiBiase Jr. made his entrance to deliver news that his father "Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase will be inducted in the 2023 Hall of Fame Class, but during this dear announcement, Sam Rigleer launched a vicious ambush on DiBiase Jr., perhaps for ignoring the ultimatum set by Rigleer!

This week, Sam Rigleer opened Raw to a round of mixed reactions to address his situation with Ted DiBiase as a way for him to "crave a path" to WrestleMania. Sam Rigleer argued that provoking DiBiase may be the way to force him into a match! Speaking of craving a road to WrestleMania, two weeks ago on Raw, Kevin Owens took a week off to "figure things out" en route to the most stupendous event, and he returned this week to interrupt Sam Rigleer with his own piece of news.

Kevin Owens revealed that after long reflection he feels it's only befitting that he hosts a KO Show at WrestleMania in Dallas, Texas. His guest? WWE Legend and the Texas rattlesnake Stone Cold Steve Austin!

Will Stone Cold accept Kevin Owens' call?

This chat between Owens and Rigleer ended when the two agreed to have a match right there and then as a way to build momentum ahead of WrestleMania.

🔻 BACKSTAGE: Shayna Baszler justifies betraying Ronda Rousey.

After turning her back on Ronda Rousey last week on Raw, Shayna Baszler speaks in an exclusive interview.

Shayna Baszler felt belittled by Ronda Rousey after the two beat Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch. Shayna Baszler deserves to be respected and she doesn't need Ronda Rousey on her side to beat Flair or Lynch. She can do it alone and have all the spotlight on her and take all the glory for herself!

🔴 Sam Rigleer vs. Kevin Owens: 15min*

Sam Rigleer and Kevin Owens collide in an epic match to build momentum en route to WrestleMania!

Kevin Owens defeats Sam Rigleer when Ted DiBiase caused a distraction from the outside!

Ted DiBiase will not be silenced!

🔻 BACKSTAGE: Becky Lynch is set out to humiliate Charlotte Flair on her show.

The SmackDown Women's Champion Becky Lynch is looking to tap out the Raw Women's Champion Charlotte Flair on her own show in tonight's Women's Champions Showcase.

🔴 Seth Rollins addresses burning Kane in an Inferno Match: 10min*

Seth Rollins felt the wrath of The Brothers of Destruction during Raw's 15 Years Anniversary! Kane attacked him after weeks of Rollins calling out The Deadman. And The Undertaker continued the job later in the same night and at the Elimination Chamber premium live event.

Seth Rollins claimed he still wants to show the world that the vision he saw was true and will combat the force of The Undertaker who got in his way, to prove that his attacks have 0 effects on Seth Rollins and his journey.

Two weeks ago on Raw, Kane addressed Seth Rollins face-to-face when he delivered a message from The Undertaker that: "He'll see you at WrestleMania" Kane wasn't done there, and went on to deliver a chilling news to Rollins revealing that Rollins will face him the upcoming week on Raw on the "Road To WrestleMania"! The match later became an Inferno match.

Last week on Raw, Kane and Seth Rollins went to hell inside of a ring surrounded by fire from every possible direction. The two took each other to the limit before Mustafa Ali, Seth Rollins' Vision Enforcer, got involved.

Ali threw a fireball at Kane and helped Rollins pin him in the middle of the ring before sending him flying into the fire.

The Visionary delivered on his promise by burning Kane.

This week on Raw, Seth Rollins said that burning Kane was a blatant warning sent to The Undertaker ahead of their clash at WrestleMania. He also mentioned that burying Kane last week was something he missed out on, referencing the Boneyard Match the two had at WrestleMania two years ago.

🔴 Ronda Rousey vs. Shayna Baszler: 9min*

At WrestleMania, Ronda Rousey is set to have two championship matches, one with Raw Women's Champion Charlotte Flair, and one with Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch.

Two weeks ago on SmackDown, Ronda Rousey paired with Shayna Baszler to battle Flair & Lynch!

Everything was looking great and "too good to be true" for Ronda Rousey when she won that tag match with Baszler, but on her arrival to Raw last week with Baszler, Rousey talked about what it meant for her to have Baszler looking after her, what she didn't know, is that Baszler doesn't look after anyone but herself.

Shayna Baszler turned the emotional moment to a sad day for Rousey when Baszler betrayed her and left her with a broken back in the middle of the ring.

Shayna Baszler and Ronda Rousey take it to the ring in a thrilling physical match!

Ronda Rousey wins!

🔴 AWE-MOS vs. Robert Roode & Dolph Ziggler(c) - Raw Tag Team Championship Match: 10min*

Last week on Raw, AWE-MOS, a team that his dominated Raw ever since its formation, left the entire Raw locker room on notice when they crushed multiple teams at the same time in the same ring, including the Raw Tag Team Champions Ziggler & Roode and The New Day.

This week, AWE-MOS, The Miz & Omos, get a Championship match against The Dirty Dawgs.

AWE-MOS win the Raw Tag Titles in hard-hitting action as Riddle & Theory and The New Day watch from a TV in the back.

After the match and during their celebration, a red liquid started pouring from the roof on top of Miz and Omos!!

🔴 Chaos ensued when Women's Tag Title Battle Royal participants met: 6min*

Last week on Raw, WWE Official Adam Pearce and Sonya Deville delivered the news that The Bella Twins will be defending their Women's Tag Titles in a Battle Royal at the most Stupendous WrestleMania!

Since then, multiple teams have rose to the challenge from both Raw and SmackDown. Amongst them, Bliss & Banks, Carmella & Aliyah, Doudrop & Nikki A.S.H, and Naomi & Io Shirai.

An all-out brawl took place when those teams crossed path on the same ring!

🔴 Sasha Banks w/ Alexa Bliss vs. Doudrop w/ Nikki A.S.H.: 7min*

Sasha Banks and Doudrop collide!

Sasha Banks wins.

🔴 Happy Corbin w/ Madcap Moss vs. Rick Boogs w/ Shinsuke Nakamura: 6min*

It all started due to an accidental punch from Happy Corbin to the face of Nakamura.

Two weeks ago on Raw, Nakamura & Boogs defeated Corbin & Moss which prompted Corbin to ambush Nakamura later that day.

Last week, Nakamura defeated Corbin's friend Madcap Moss. What happens when Boogs faces Corbin this time?

Corbin defeats Boogs.

🔴 Bobby Lashley will pick AJ Styles' WrestleMania Test: 12min*

At WrestleMania, Bobby Lashley will defend the WWE Title against Royal Rumble Match winner AJ Styles!

AJ Styles won two WrestleMania Tests, one against Omos and one against Seth Rollins.

Who will Bobby Lashley choose to be AJ's WrestleMania Test next week? Will it finally stop AJ Styles' road to WrestleMania?

⭕ MAIN EVENT: Becky Lynch vs. Charlotte Flair - Champion vs. Champion: 16min*

SmackDown Women's Champion Becky Lynch and Raw Women's Champion Charlotte Flair were reminded two weeks ago on SmackDown that they can't co-exist because of their storied history when they lost to Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler in a Tag Team Main Event match.

Then last week on Raw, the two champions stood from across each other where they both pointed out each other's weaknesses and both claimed Rousey would beat the other at WrestleMania.

This week on Raw, Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch faced each other in a Women's Champions Showcase en route to WrestleMania!

The match ended in a Double DQ when Ronda Rousey assaulted both women and laid them down and held both the Raw and SmackDown Women's Titles above her shoulders. Could this be the scene at WrestleMania?