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RAW: September 16th, 2023

What Is In The Casket???? - Bobby Lashley competes twice and Shayna Baszler is LOOSE!

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TLC IS ONE WEEK FROM SATURDAY!

🔻BACKSTAGE: A Coffin arrives to Monday Night Raw in a hearse.

Raw opens to a video of a hearse bringing a casket to Monday Night Raw in the parking lot, what is going on?

🔴 Charlotte Flair joins Bobby Lashley in a war of words with Nakamura and Banks: 15min*

As the WWE Champion Bobby Lashley and MVP send straight insults to the Raw Locker Room for not respecting the real Champion and that is the WWE Champion himself, Charlotte Flair meddles herself to the ring to join a chat with Lashley claiming that Raw has only one Champion and that is Bobby Lashley.... as long as Sasha Banks is the Raw Women's Champion but come TLC, Charlotte vows to win the title and show everybody what a real Champion is. After a while, Raw Women's Champion Sasha Banks comes out to tell Charlotte that at TLC she won't even walk out alive let alone Champion, which then brought down Shinsuke Nakamura, who not only agrees with Sasha but also believes he will take the title from Lashley.

A mixed tag match is made official by WWE Officials Pearce and Deville.

🔴 Charlotte Flair and Bobby Lashley vs. Sasha Banks and Shinsuke Nakamura: 14min*

Two Champions join different sides as they go toe to toe with their TLC opponents.

Shinsuke Nakamutra and Sasha Banks roll up Charlotte Flair and Lashley for the win.

🔻BACKSTAGE: The Miz and Maryse arrive in a limo.

Intercontinental Champion The Miz and his wife Maryse have arrived to an action-packed episode of Raw.

🔴 AJ Styles and Omos reveal the opportunity for all tag teams on RAW: 13min*

Styles and Omos reveal that later in the night, All of the tag teams from Monday Night RAW will face off in a Battle Royal with the winner facing AJ & Omos. Every Team on Raw!!

🔻BACKSTAGE: Toni Storm continues a string of apologies to Sasha Banks.

Why is Sasha Banks making a huge deal out of her destroyed Private VIP Room? Because it's not even about that, Sasha Banks trusted Toni Storm to be on her side for months because she needed a friend and someone to look after her after her friendship ended with Bayley, so when Toni Storm didn't guard the room for Sasha when she wasn't there, Sasha was reminded of the brutality of betrayal and couldn't handle to go through that again so she decided to shut down and end things with Toni Storm. No matter how hard Storm tries, Sasha won't ever let them be friends again.

🔴 Carmella no-shows and attacks Aliyah: 7min*

We have seen Aliyah watching Carmella through a TV Screen every night backstage but after Carmella found out, things only got bad. Carmella had a scheduled rematch against Io Shirai but instead of coming out to face her, Carmella went hunting to see if Aliyah is again waiting to watch her from the back.

Io Shirai entered the ring, and after that Carmella's entrance theme was playing and playing and playing... Only to be revealed that Carmella is hunting backstage for Aliyah, and what did she find? Carmella found out that again Aliyah was watching Carmella's match live. Still staring at the TV, Aliyah's faced was smashed into the screen by a livid Carmella who kept on calling Aliyah a stalker!!

🔻BACKSTAGE: Theory invites Riddle to be his tag team partner in the huge Battle Royal.

As their friendship continues to developpe, Austin Theory informs Riddle of the epic Battle Royal announced by AJ & Omos, and wants the two of them to be there and win it!

🔴Reggie (c) vs R-Truth - 24/7 Title: 3min*

After a quick match-up, Reggie delivers his finisher for the win and runs from the 24-7 Mob.

Reggie def. R-Truth via pinfall - STILL 24/7 Champion.

🔻BACKSTAGE: Shayna Baszler knocks out Toni Storm in front of a defenseless Sasha Banks.

When Toni Storm tried to apologize from Sasha Banks for the second time, she was ambushed by Shayna Baszler and put to sleep in front of Sasha thanks to a KirIfuda Clutch. And Sasha Banks herself was blindsided by Charlotte Flair!!

Bad night for both Storm and Banks.

🔴The KO Show returns with special guests Miz and Finn Balor: 15min*

Kevin Owens storms out during a heated back-and-forth between Miz and Finn Balor, who will face each other in a ladder match at TLC for the Intercontinental Title, Kevin Owens reveals he wants in a title match at TLC too so he'll go out and look for it.

🔻BACKSTAGE: AJ and Omos crash the ambiance and excitement of the WWE Superstars.

Raw Tag Team Champions AJ Styles and Omos crash the excitement of the Battle Royal by revealing that earlier in the night they said EVERY team on Raw can compete which means they will also be part of the match and if they win, no one gets a title match.

🔴 1/2 of NXT Women's Tag Team Champions Kayden Carter w/ Kacy Catanzaro vs 1/2 of WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Nikki A.S.H w/Doudrop: 3min*

After a quick back and forth, Carter reverses a Crossbody off of the top into a cover for the win.

Kayden Carter def. Nikki A.S.H via pinfall.

🔻BACKSTAGE: Bobby Lashley's night won't end until he wins.

WWE Champion Bobby Lashley vows that he won't leave Raw until he takes a W with him after losing in the opening mixed tag match, so he will go out for an open challenge to anyone.

🔴 Bobby Lashley's open challenge answered by Jinder Mahal: 10min*

Bobby Lashley issues an open challenge and Jinder Mahal accepts. After a great battle. Lashley locks in the Hurt Lock for the TKO victory.

Bobby Lashley def. Jinder Mahal via TKO.

Kevin Owens delivers a Stunner to Lashley after the match-up.

🔴 14-Man BATTLE ROYAL: Winners face AJ & Omos for the Raw Tag Titles: 18min*

The New Day wins an exciting battle royal by last eliminating The Hurt Business.

Azeez and Crews, Ziggler and Roode, Corbin and Moss, Riddle and Theory, and even AJ and Omos!! were all part of the Battle Royal.

🔻BACKSTAGE: Alexa Bliss has completely lost herself.

Alexa Bliss has become deranged after losing her most powerful connection with Lilly when it was destroyed by Shayna Baszler a couple of weeks ago on Raw.

🔴 MAIN EVENT: WHO IS IN THE COFFIN??!: 6min*

Is it The Undertaker? Is it Kane?

OMG The thunder sounds it has to be The Undertaker!!! Wait oh no, it's Seth FREAKIN' Rollins!!!!!!!

A couple of weeks ago Seth Rollins socked the world when he put himself inside a coffin that was transported later to the back! It looks like the casket has arrived on Raw and Seth Rollins was still inside and he looks better than ever!