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RAW: Season Premiere, July 29th, 2023

A Star-Studded Season Premiere With All New Roster! + A Huge Title Match!

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RAW'S SEASON PREMIERE!

🔴 Bobby Lashley suffers an attack from Jeff Hardy: 15min*

The man who beat Goldberg at Crown Jewel, Bobby Lashley opens Monday Night Raw for his "I told you so" speech with MVP, but unfortunately for The All-Mighty, the WWE Champion Jeff Hardy returned to unleash an attack on Lashley and MVP before making an exit!

Jeff Hardy finally gets revenge for weeks of beat-downs!

🔻 BACKSTAGE: The Miz is on Raw for a reset!

The Miz eyes a new beginning for the A-Lister on Monday Nights!

The Miz has a match later tonight!

🔴 New Intercontinental Champion Finn Bàlor vs. Apollo Crews: 8min*

The New Champion Finn Bàlor makes his debut on Monday Night Raw against the former King, Apollo Crews!

Finn Balàr defeats Apollo Crews!

🔻 BACKSTAGE: AJ Styles & Omos send an eerie threat to The Usos.

After the controversial ending to SmackDown this past Friday, AJ Styles & Omos vow to make The Usos and Roman Reigns pay, and revenge is coming their way!

🔴 Sasha Banks faces a new challenge in Charlotte Flair: 12min*

The Raw Women's Champion Sasha Banks is challenged by Raw's newest star and multi-time Women's Champion Charlotte Flair before Sasha could recover from her loss at Crown Jewel against Nia Jax & Shayna Baszler!

Charlotte Flair who wasn't successful in winning The Queen's Crown Tournament is now eyeing the Raw Women's Title since she no longer can get a rematch for her SmackDown Women's Championship because Fox Network executives wanted to protect Becky Lynch from her, so they didn't draft her to SmackDown...

Sasha Banks told Charlotte to go whine some more backstage because she won't give her a title match. Charlotte Flair then attacked Sasha Banks but the latter managed to escape. Not the same can be said for Toni Storm, who got locked in Flair's Figure Eight!

🔻 BACKSTAGE: Austin Theory slaps his 'former pal', Keith Lee, into a match with him.

Raw's Newest addition Austin Theory slaps his former friend Keith Lee so the two can have a match on Raw.

🔻 BACKSTAGE: Mansoor wants The New Day to be the first opponent to his team.

New Raw Tag Team Champion Mansoor asks The New Day to a title match against him and Ali tonight!

🔴 Austin Theory vs. Keith Lee: 7min*

Austin Theory shocks the world with a victory over Keith Lee on his return on Raw!

🔴 AJ Styles & Omos ambush Mansoor & Ali before title match: 7min*

Raw Tag Team Champions Mansoor & Ali fall to a surprise attack from AJ Styles & Omos seconds before their Tag Team Title Match with The New Day!

All of this happened on the ramp as The New Day watched in shock from the ring!

🔴 Sam Rigleer steps to WWE Champion Jeff Hardy: 11min*

Unlike Bobby Lashley's method of continuously attacking Jeff Hardy, Sam Rigleer just simply asks for a title match.

On his debut in WWE many years ago, Sam Rigleer defeated Jeff Hardy on his first WWE Show, Monday Night Raw. Sam Rigleer believes it will only be fitting if he faces Jeff Hardy - and beats him - on his first night back on Raw TONIGHT!

WWE Champion Jeff Hardy agrees and grants Sam Rigleer a WWE Title Match!

🔻 BACKSTAGE: Adam Pearce sanctions a match between The New Day and AJ & Omos.

WWE Official Adam Pearce grants both AJ & Omos and The New Day a shot at the Tag Team Titles when the two teams go head-to-head in a Winners Get a Title Match, TONIGHT!!

🔴 Eva Marie vs. Doudrop: 8min*

After last week's match was ruined by Eva Marie, WWE Officials made a rematch between Eva and Doudrop for tonight!

This match ends in a Double DQ when Women's Tag Team Champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler invade the match to attack both Doudrop and Eva Marie!!!

🔴 Charlotte Flair vs. Toni Storm w/ Sasha Banks: 6min*

Charlotte Flair knocks off Toni Storm on her return to Monday Night Raw and points to Sasha's Women's Title!

🔴 Riddle vs. The Miz: 4min*

Riddle scores an upset with a win over The Miz who was promising to win his match on Raw!!

🔴 AJ Styles & Omos vs. The New Day - Winners Get A Tag Team Title Match: 10min*

Who will face Mansoor and Ali next week? we're about to find out!

AJ & Omos pick up the W when AJ Styles used a steel hand armor-like to knock out Kofi Kingston for Omos to make the pin!

⭕ MAIN EVENT: Sam Rigleer vs. Jeff Hardy(c) -- WWE Championship Match: 16min*

Jeff Hardy defends his WWE Title against Sam Rigleer in an epic clash that culminates with an edge-of-the-seat finish when Jeff Hardy missed a Swanton Bomb which Rigleer immediately converted to a very long spinning back-breaker with 4 spins in the air, Jeff Hardy eventually kicked out.

Jeff Hardy defeated Sam Rigleer when he was finally able to execute the Swanton Bomb off of the steel post that supports the ring!

Bobby Lashley crashed Jeff Hardy's victory with another attack!!! This is getting very personal!