WWE RAW Notes: Results, Rhea Ripley Vacates Women’s World Title, Sheamus In-Ring Return, New World Tag Titles Unveiled, New Women’s World Champ Set for 4/22 RAW, Chad Gable Turns on Sami Zayn

WWE
Apr 15, 2024

WWE RAW Results – April 15, 2024

April 15, 2024
Montreal, Quebec, Canada – Bell Centre
Commentary – Michael Cole and Pat McAfee

Quick Match Results

  1. Sheamus defeated Ivar via Brogue Kick (pinfall)
  2. WWE World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Triple Threat match – DIY (Tommaso Ciampa & Johnny Gargano) defeated The Creed Brothers (Julius & Brutus Creed) and New Day (Xavier Woods & Kofi Kingston) via Meet In The Middle (pinfall)
    • Ciampa pinned Woods after DIY hit their double team Meet In The Middle to breakup Woods’ pin attempt on Julius.
  3. Indi Hartwell & Candice LeRae defeated Maxxine Dupri & Ivy Nile via Pinfall
    • Near the end of the match, Hartwell distracted the referee leading to the referee not seeing Nile tag in and held back Nile after turning around. This led to Hartwell attacking Durpri and placed LeRae on top of Durpi for the pinfall victory for their team.
  4. Andrade defeated Dominik Mysterio via The Message (pinfall)
    • Following the match, JD McDonagh ran into the ring and attacked Andrade from behind. This led to Mysterio joining in on the attack and Ricochet running out to save Andrade and cleared McDonagh & Mysterio out of the ring.
  5. Piper Niven & Chelsea Green defeated Kayden Carter & Katana Chance via Pinfall
    • Green pinned Carter after Niven hit a running crossbody to Carter to break up her pinfall attempt on Green.
  6. Jey Uso defeated Finn Balor via Uso Splash (pinfall)
    • Following the match, Damian Priest came out to the ring and engaged in a staredown with Uso. This led to Judgement Day’s JD McDonagh attacking Uso from behind which Uso was able to quickly regain the advantage and the two brawled at ringside. Uso then hopped over the barricade and punched McDonagh sending him crashing into Balor before leaving through the crowd.
  7. WWE International Championship – Sami Zayn (c) defeated Chad Gable via Helluva Kick (pinfall)
    • Following the match, Zayn consoled a dejected Gable in the corner and helped him up leading to Gable raising Zayn’s arm up in respect of his victory. Gable then left the ring and Zayn did the same and walked up to his wife at ringside. This led to Gable attacking Zayn from behind and locking in an Ankle Lock on the turnbuckle as the show came to a close.

Rhea Ripley Confirms Injury Situation & Vacates WWE Women’s World Title at Monday’s RAW Show

Prior to the start of the show, Rhea Ripley was believed to have suffered a serious injury at this past Monday’s WWE RAW show in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania following a backstage brawl segment with Liv Morgan. This injury was believed to be serious enough to potentially cause Ripley needing to vacate her WWE Women’s World Championship.

At the start of tonight’s show, Ripley came out to the ring sporting a sling on her arm. Ripley talked about her injury at the hands of Morgan last week and being told that she will be put on the bench for the time being. Ripley stated that she was told that she would be forced to vacate her WWE Women’s World Championship due to her injury and angrily blamed Morgan’s “Revenge Tour” for being the reason. Ripley then stated that she might be gone for now but she will be coming for blood when she comes back to whoever holds her title and threatened Morgan stating that when she finds her, she will be locked up in a Montreal jail afterwards.

This led to Morgan’s music playing and a gleeful Morgan trying to make her way to the ring only to be prevented by security guards trying to hold her back. Ripley left the ring and told security to let Morgan go, which they refused. Ripley responded by laying out one security guard and threatened another before leaving to the back.

Sheamus Makes In-Ring Return at Monday’s RAW Show

Monday’s RAW show also featured Sheamus making his official in-ring return from shoulder injury.

Sheamus faced off against Ivar in a singles match, which was won by Sheamus.

This was Sheamus’ first match since this past August.

WWE Unveils Newly Renamed World Tag Team Titles at Monday’s RAW Show

Monday’s RAW show also featured the official debut of newly designed RAW Tag Team Championship belts.

WWE CCO Paul “Triple H” Levesque came out to the ring which had a podium covering up something and RAW General Manager Adam Pearce standing next to it. Levesque briefly talked about how WrestleMania 40 was a record setting event and the start of a new era. Pearce responded that there was no better way to celebrate than with something that the RAW and SmackDown Tag Team divisions can be proud of for this new era. Levesque then called for Awesome Truth to come out to the ring, which they did.

Levesque proceeded to congratulate The Miz and R-Truth for their RAW Tag Team Championship victory at WrestleMania 40 and if they are going to represent the RAW brand and tag team division, then there is no better way than with new tag team belts. Levesque took off the cloth that was covering the newly designed RAW Tag Team titles and proclaimed that going forward, this new belt would be known as the World Tag Team Championship.

After some comedic banter between Levesque, R-Truth, and The Miz over R-Truth being in disbelieve over the magic trick Triple H did and confusing him for Tommaso Ciampa, Levesque left and said for Pearce to handle the rest of the things. Before he left, Levesque took Awesome Truth’s old RAW Tag Team title belts and handed them the new World Tag Team title belts. Pearce then told Awesome Truth why they made the boss leave leading to more comedic response from R-Truth. Pearce then stated that the next step was to figure out who would be their first official challenges and that this would be determined by a #1 Contender Triple Threat match that would be taking place next.

In a follow-up match, DIY defeated The Creed Brothers and New Day to earn a shot at the new World Tag Team Championship.

Later in the show, it was announced that Awesome Truth will be defending their World Tag Team titles against DIY at next week’s RAW show.

New WWE Women’s World Champion to be Crowned at Next Week’s RAW Show

Monday’s RAW show also featured the announcement of a new WWE Women’s World Champion to be crowned at next week’s RAW show on April 22nd in Columbus, Ohio.

No other details were given regarding who will be competing nor how a new champion will be crowned at next week’s show.

Chad Gable Turns Heel & Attacks Sami Zayn at Monday’s RAW Show

Monday’s RAW show also featured Chad Gable turning heel and attacking Sami Zayn ending their recent partnership.

Following Zayn’s victory over Gable to retain the Intercontinental Championship, Zayn went up to a dejected Gable to console him over Gable’s loss. Gable responded by raising Zayn’s arm up in a sign of respect over Zayn’s victory and left the ring. Zayn left teh ring afterwards and went up to his wife at ringside leading to Gable grabbing Zayn and hitting a German Suplex on him. Gable continued his attack and locked in an Ankle Lock to Zayn on the top turnbuckle while WWE referees tried to get Gable to let go as the show came to a close.

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