Raw airs tonight (June 15) with a live show emanating from CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. This is the third episode of Raw during the four week build to Night of Champions, which takes place on June 27.
Dominik Mysterio gets introduced to his new daddy
The King of the Ring tournament continues tonight on Raw with a semifinal match of Oba Femi vs. AAA Mega Champion Dominik Mysterio. On paper, this is an extremely lopsided match in The Ruler’s favor. With that in mind, here’s the warning that Femi issued last week after successfully fighting off a 2-on-1 attack from Dom and JD McDonagh:
“Dom, you messed up tonight. We all know that Rey Mysterio is your father. Next week, I’ll introduce you to your daddy!”
I can’t believe Oba is spouting that nonsense about Rey being Dom’s actual father when we all know the truth. Nonetheless, Femi is indeed in position to introduce Dom to his new daddy tonight when he whoops his ass in the ring. There’s only one way that little shithead can win tonight, and it’s if Brock Lesnar shows up to interfere and attack Femi with at least seven F5s.
The Ruler was talking a lot of trash about The Beast last week, so it’s a matter of when, not if, Lesnar will be back on WWE programming to kick his ass. Could it happen as soon as tonight in the semifinal round of the King of the Ring tournament? Tune into Raw to find out.
The rest of the card
IYO SKY vs. Raquel Rodriguez is booked for tonight in the semifinal round of the Queen of the Ring tournament, with the winner moving on to the final to take on either Charlotte Flair or Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan. Raquel says she has IYO’s number, which is why she is so confident about advancing to meet her Judgment Day ally Morgan in the final. Flair was threatened by Roxanne Perez over the weekend and indicated that she’s coming to Raw, so IYO might have some help if the numbers game of the Judgment Day becomes a factor.
Chad Gable’s babyface redemption arc continues tonight with a singles bout against Rusev. This is Chad’s first match in WWE since he returned after losing the Grande Americano mask at AAA Noche de Los Grandes. Will Rey Mysterio, Dragon Lee, or Intercontinental Champion Penta be around to have Chad’s back if Ethan Page tries to screw him over?
World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns is back on Raw tonight. Is there enough time left to find him a challenger for Night of Champions in Saudi Arabia on June 27? Or is the OTC only here to talk trash to pretenders like Seth Rollins and LA Knight, who were eliminated from the first round of the King of the Ring tournament last week? How will Roman react when Jacob Fatu tells him that Solo Sikoa told him to go to hell?
Other stuff to keep an eye on
– Has The Vision come up with a plan yet for replacing injured YouTube douchebag Logan Paul, besides possibly adding Maxxine Dupri? The numbers game will quickly turn against Paul Heyman’s group whenever Joe Hendry and Angelo Dawkins are back to join forces with Rollins and Montez Ford.
– Is it time for Rollins and Bron Breakker to have a rubber match after Bron speared Seth out of the King of the Ring tournament? What kind of gimmick or stipulation will there be if they are booked to fight each other at Night of Champions?
– What does LA Knight have to say to The Usos after Jey eliminated him from the King of the Ring tournament? What will happen if Je’Von Evans crosses paths with Jey tonight, given that they are scheduled to fight each other in the semifinal round of the tourney?
– Is Bayley coming next for Sol Ruca’s women’s Intercontinental championship after her partner Lyra Valkyria was defeated by the Sol Snatcher last week?
– Now that Becky Lynch has no championship gold and can’t win Queen of the Ring, will she set her sights on fighting WWE’s most corrupt referee, Jessika Carr?
– Are we ever going to find out who Raw received in return for trading Finn Balor to SmackDown, or is Adam Pearce a terrible GM who gave away Finn for a wrestler to be named later and a bag of peanuts?
– Where the f*** is CM Punk? He’s not going back to AEW, that’s for sure.
What will you be looking for on Raw?
