Meanwhile, Chad Gable and Lyra Valkyria qualified for the Money in the Bank ladder matches
By Brent Brookhouse
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With Money in the Bank drawing near, Monday's edition of Raw had something of a split focus. While there were still qualification matches for the Money in the Bank ladder matches and even a new championship bout getting added to the upcoming premium live event, much of the attention was also focused on the ongoing issues in Judgment Day and the previous week's shocking debut of the Wyatt Sick6.
Both of those stories took another step forward. The mythos of the Wyatt Sick6 was built upon through a mysterious videotape while Judgment Day's long-running issues with Liv Morgan actually paid off with a title win.
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Wyatt Sick6 story continues to add layers
Men's Money in the Bank qualifying match -- Chad Gable def. Bronson Reed and Braun Strowman via pinfall with a moonsault on Reed. Gable arrived to the arena with a host of security personnel and cut a promo about his attack at the hands of the Wyatt Sick6 last week and how he can not be killed. Judgment Day -- minus Damian Priest -- came to the ring and attacked Strowman late in the match and Gable pounced on the opportunity to score the win. The lights in the arena went out and the female member (Nikki Cross) of the Wyatt Sick6 entered the fog-filled ring, sending Gable scrambling. She then delivered a box to Michael Cole. Cole would reveal that the box was addressed to Pat McAfee, who was not in attendance, and Cole gave the tape to production to see if they could play it.
Gable went backstage and pleaded with Otis, Maxxine Dupri and Akira Tozawa to forgive him for his previous behavior. Otis refused and Dupri said Otis was still hurt and that she'll talk to him. At this point, the Creed Brothers and Ivy Nile approached Gable as he said, "I need help."
The contents of the VHS tape were eventually shown, revealing a video of Uncle Howdy interviewing Bo Dallas. Howdy questioned Dallas about how he has felt since his brother, Bray Wyatt, died and whether this whole act was exploitative of that death. Dallas said his dream was to be on top of the game alongside his brother but that was taken away and then he was forgotten. Dallas then said that last week, the group made sure everyone will remember them.
It's undeniably daring to directly bring up Wyatt's death and the idea that this entire angle could be seen as profiting off of one of the worst situations Dallas will ever face in real life. But if the Wyatt Sick6 stuff is going to work out in the long run, it's going to require being daring and going interesting places. The biggest knock on the whole deal tonight was that the video, while interesting, doesn't leave the same impact the previous Monday's horror movie-esque attack did. Grade: B-
Judgment Day drama results in a tag title win
Throughout the night, Judgement Day was plagued by continuing questions over Liv Morgan's motivations and how to get her to stop harassing Dominik Mysterio, as well as the ongoing issues with Braun Strowman. This led to a situation in which Morgan was in the ring when she was interrupted by Zelina Vega, who challenged Morgan to a match for the women's world championship. Dominik eventually came to the ring, followed shortly by Rey Mysterio. After Morgan got the upper hand in a brief brawl and Rey attempted to break it up, Dominik shoved him down, leading Morgan to treat Dominik as her "hero." She also got Finn Balor and JD McDonagh a shot at the world tag team championship.
Damian Priest had his own situation to handle, coming face-to-face with Seth Rollins in the ring. Rollins upped the stakes for his upcoming challenge for Priest's world heavyweight championship at Money in the Bank. Now, if Priest wins, Rollins can't challenge Priest for the belt as long as he holds it. However, if Rollins wins, Priest has to leave Judgment Day.
World Tag Team Championship -- Finn Balor & JD McDonagh def. Awesome Truth (c) via pinfall to win the titles.As expected, Judgment Day got involved at ringside until being chased off by Strowman. Morgan was still at ringside, however, and provided a distraction on R-Truth before dropping his throat across the ropes to set up Balor to hit a Coup de Grace to win the titles.
Judgment Day is clearly ready for a radical shift. Priest could be on his way out and now Morgan has helped the group win a title. This whole time, Balor has clearly been up to something, but what that is is not exactly clear yet. As always, a "romance" angle in wrestling will be hit or miss for everyone but tonight all the pieces of the puzzle fit together to keep things compelling. Grade: B+
What else happened on WWE Raw?
- Drew McIntyre kicked off the show with a promo about his SmackDown attack on CM Punk. McIntyre revealed that he stole Punk's bracelet with his wife and dog's names on it and they'll now be in his corner as he wins Money in the Bank and cashes in the same night just to spite Punk. Adam Pearce shot down McIntyre's plans later in the night, saying McIntyre's disruptions don't deserve a spot in Money in the Bank, with McIntyre responding that if Pearce doesn't change his mind he'll get truly disruptive.
- Ludwig Kaiser def. Bron Breakker via disqualification after being attacked by Sheamus. Kaiser had Breakker reeling after Breakker missed a spear and hit the ring steps. As Kaiser was trying to build momentum running around the ring, Sheamus came from the crowd to hit a Brogue Kick. As Sheamus continued his attack, Breakker hit him with a spear as Sheamus had Kaiser up for a powerbomb.
- Sami Zayn and Bron Breakker agreed to a match at Money in the Bank. Breakker was upset and speaking to Adam Pearce backstage after his match when Zayn interrupted and said no one was there to stop Breakker from challenging him. Breakker threw out Money in the Bank as the date and Zayn told Pearce to make the match.
- Women's Money in the Bank qualifying match -- Lyra Valkyria def. Kairi Sane and Shayna Baszler via pinfall with Nightwing on Sane.
- Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn def. Katana Chance & Kayden Carter via pinfall after pinning Chance. This was not a title defense for women's tag champs Fyre and Dawn.
- Karrion Kross def. Kofi Kington via pinfall with Final Prayer. Kingston was distracted when a feed of Authors of Pain attacking Xavier Woods appeared on the Tron, allowing Kross to get the win.
