Here's your wrestling news for July 5th, 2022.
And we're kicking off today with Monday night raw as despite this being the red brand, much of the show
was used to build the SmackDown women's champion.
Well, it seems odd that the top woman on smack Down's roster was on raw.
It does make sense, given that live Morgan is still a contracted raw superstar, despite her victory at money in the bank.
On the show.
Morgan appeared to a much deserved ovation from the crowd who after giving her a, you deserve it.
Chant followed up with a, we deserve it.
Chant prompted by the new champion.
Morgan later teamed with raw women's champion, Bianca Belair and WWE made a concerted effort to
make live, look like a champion in their tag match.
The pair made quick work of Carmella and Natalia in a fun match that saw some interesting teamwork between the two champions.
These are still early days for Morgan's title reign, which could be a short one.
If recent reports are to be believed, but after years of fans wanting to see it live is being treated as a top
talent by WWE raw also saw yet another rematch between Becky Lynch and Asuka, but that wasn't a bad thing at all.
Usually having four matches in addition to multi woman matches can seem repetitive, but it isn't when the opponents are this good.
Headlining raw this week, the pair continued their run of excellent matches this time with Lynch, getting the
win big time, Becks overcame a green mist straight to the face to get the win in their no holds barred match.
Tying the score in their feud that started in April at two wins.
Each the best part of the feud is how they are constantly presented as even competitors.
When it would be so easy for WWE to treat Lynch's superior, given her lengthy title reigns.
We expect a tiebreaker match between Lynch Auska at summer slam and another incredible performance by two of the best of their generation.
More from raw.
Now, as the show opened up with Mr.
Money in the bank theory, who was unsurprisingly in a good mood given his big win last Saturday night, not only does
theory have a guaranteed undisputed WWE universal title match, but it was confirmed that he'll also challenge
United States champion Bobby Lashley at summer slam.
Not everything went Theory's way last night, however, as during a segment where he attacked,
Lashley, the money of the bank briefcase opened up.
And while it wasn't on the hard cam, it was clear that the case was completely empty.
This isn't the first time a botch like this has happened as a few years ago.
Otis's briefcase opened up to reveal a contract, but it was a contract from 2015.
Fans were quick to mock theories, unfortunate mishap during raw, which showed that the much desired
contract for a guaranteed title match doesn't exist.
WWE will presumably invest in a more secure locking mechanism for future briefcases as well.
This wasn't a huge mistake.
It was a botch.
The company would rather have done without in may Sasha banks and Naomi walked out of a taping of WWE raw over
a creative difference with the planned main event.
WWE has done all.
They can to distance themselves from the two suspending, both women and removing both of them from all promotional materials.
It's even been reported that banks had been released from WWE.
And while the company may want nothing to do with the boss, she seems happy to take her talents elsewhere on Twitter.
Banks is no longer following WWE on the social media platform, but is now following a E W's president Tony Khan.
Ever since the walkout fans have speculated on whether Sasha could jump to AEW and boost their growing women's
division, of course, following Khan is not proof of a done deal, and this could just be banks messing with the fans.
But the former women's champion is making some interesting moves on social media, more from raw now, as it was
last week that AJ styles faced off with the Miz who got himself counted out, giving the phenomenal one, the win.
Last night, the pair squared off again with styles, getting a definitive win over the Alister
with his post-match celebration was shortlived.
After the bell styles was attacked by Ciampa who shook hands with the Miz, seemingly confirming an Alliance
between the two with Miz and Ciampa on the same side, it looks like styles will need a partner of his own.
And we have a good idea as to who that will be.
It was last week that Logan Paul signed a contract with WWE and vowed to get revenge on the Miz.
After his WrestleMania 38 betrayal, putting Paul in a tag match will protect him early on in his WWE
career and expect this match to be made official.
As we get closer and closer to summer slam 2022.
Now Roman Reigns has been seen less and less as of late.
Thanks to a lucrative new contract.
The tribal chief signed this year.
Any appearances by Reigns are now treated as an even bigger deal than before.
And the undisputed WWE universal champion will soon be showing up at a Monday night.
Raw taping Madison square garden is advertising rains for the July 25th event, which will be
the final raw before summer slam on July 30th.
There's no word on what rains will do at the show, but he won't be the only megastar in New York city as former SmackDown women's
champion, Ronda Rousey is also being advertised for the show.
Riddle Vs.
Seth Rollins has been confirmed for the show as well as WWE are doing all they can to put on a fantastic event
in the world's most famous arena last week, WWE hosted their go home show for money in the bank, which saw the
superstars build towards the July 2nd premium live event.
Even with three hours though, there was a lot to fill in and one segment didn't make it to TV.
Fightful Select is reporting that there was originally meant to be a contract signing on last week's raw, which would've made the raw
women's title match between Bianca Belair and Carmella official.
Instead, Bianca Belair participated in an in ring segment where she spoke about facing Carmella and later had a physical
altercation with the Staten Island princess Belair was originally meant to defend against RIA Ripley, who was pulled from the
match at money in the bank due to some sort of brain injury.
Well, Belair did defeat Carmella, a post-match attack made it clear that Carmella isn't finished with EST.
So fans may see this contract signing after all for a possible rematch.
We've got an update from big E next who is still being his positive, fun, loving self, despite his ongoing broken neck injury.
After suffering the injury in March big E has been recovering well and has now given another update on his condition.
On Twitter.
The former WWE champion said that his C1 vertebrae isn't forming bone just yet, but the plan is to
get more scans later on and see if that's changed.
The great news.
However, is that big E can guarantee that surgery is off the table and added that he feels tremendous after big E's broken neck.
It was frankly miraculous that the new day star has been able to avoid going under the knife as any surgery would prolong his recovery time.
For now the main focus is that he heals up, but the positive powerhouse is getting better, very
quickly, much to everyone's happiness biggie.
Isn't the only major superstar on the shelf though, as Cody Cody Rhodes continues to recover from his torn pectoral muscle suffered in
early June, given the push he's received so far, Cody Rhodes had been a favored among fans to win the men's money in the bank ladder match,
but it was much more than his injury that prevented that outcome.
A source who works in WWE's creative team told ringside news that Cody was never penciled in to win the money in the bank contract.
And that if he ever was considered for the briefcase, it was before Vince McMohan, let anyone know what the plans were.
Perhaps McMohan had considered Cody to get the briefcase.
But if so, he never voiced that idea to anyone around him, given that Cody's whole character is based off being hardworking.
It is perhaps for the best that he didn't win a contract that would allow him to have a title match.
Whenever the champion is at his weakest.
With the push he's had so far, it's almost a certainty that Cody will be a WWE world champion one day, but it
won't come by cashing in this year's money in the bank contract back to raw as before the show truly began.
The standard opening package played and fans may have noticed something different about the opening titles during the WWE.
Then now forever together package fans could hear the distinct woo of Ric flair who had been removed months ago.
On Twitter, flair himself reacted to the change saying that WWE had given him back his dignity and his life saying that being
removed had been the most hurtful moment of his entire career flair had been removed following dark side of the rings episode about
the plane ride from hell, which brought up an incident where Rick allegedly forced female flight attendants to touch his genitals.
WWE distanced themselves from flair after that, but it seems his hiatus is over.
Meaning audiences will get to hear his iconic woo each and every time they sit down to watch WWE programming and we're ending today with
MJF who started last month by cutting scathing worked shoot promo on a E w dynamite, which resulted in him begging Tony Khan to fire him.
MJF is still with a E w at least for the time being.
But the company has distanced themselves from the salt of the earth, removing his merchandise
and pulling him from all promotional material.
When MJF cut is now infamous promo fans were ecstatic to see what would come next.
But as Jim Cornett explained on his drive-through podcast, the clock is ticking for this storyline.
Here's the thing.
Whenever someone has tried really close up all the loopholes and the logic can make something really appear to be a shoot.
The one thing that usually bites you in the asses is you either don't go away or you don't go away for any length of time that
somehow the perpetrator of all these legit shoot incidents is still on the TV or allowed in the fucking building or whatever.
That's not the case here, but the flip side is that it could really cool off.
June was certainly a wild month for a E w with cm punk's injury, the crowning of an interim, a E w world champion and forbiden door
and Cornett argued that fans may have moved on from MJ F's angle.
MJF will eventually be back on TV, but a E w have given no indication as to when that'll be.
And if Cornett is to be believed, the crowd may not even care when that return actually happens.