Sami Zayn defeats JD McDonagh with a broken elbow
By Daniel Mfoniso
Monday night Raw was live from Life Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada as Zayn defeats McDonagh with a broken elbow. While the Imperium faced the Alpha Academy to orchestrate the rhythms for the night.
The Judgement Day (Rhea Ripley, Dominik Mysterio, and Damian Priest) kick-starts the night with a little promo on how the judgement day are not having a nice outing lately before they were interrupted by JD McDonagh who came with a message from Finn Balor for the group about his absent.
However, Sami Zayn rush in to take his revenge on McDonagh, following his attack on Zayn that injured his elbow.
SAMI ZAYN vs. JD McDonagh.
Zayn did a great job to prevent his injured arm while trying to take McDonagh down, and The Irish Ace kept finding ways to attack the broken arm.
Though the pair were more physical on each other when Finn Balor appeared to cause a distraction on Sami.
Zayn fought off Bálor from the apron before hitting the Helluva Kick for the win.
WINNER: SAMI ZAYN.
GIOVANNI VINCI vs. CHAD GABLE.
Following last week’s 5 min survival challenge on Gable plus an attack on Otis by Imperium, Gable promise to Vinci a free lesson.
Vinci had a slight size advantage over Gable, which he used to take control early on. But the Olympian used his superior grappling ability to counter and take him down with ease.
Both men being incredibly gifted athletes and wrestlers, it was Gable who stand tall with his rolling German suplex.
WINNWE: CHAD GABLE.
After the match Gunther challenge Otis for a match right away, in order to get his revenge on the Alpha Academy.
GUNTHER vs. OTIS
This was a match between two powerhouses trying to hit each other as hard as possible which made it a very entertaining encounter.
Gunther was having the upper hand when Otis landed a suplex and went for the caterpillar.
Gunther countered the caterpillar move with a dropkick and followed it up with a powerbomb for the win.
After the match, Gable jumped into the ring and German suplexed Gunther.
WINNER: GUNTHER.
MATT RIDDLE and DREW MCINTYRE vs. THE VIKING RAIDERS.
Drew accepted to be Matt’s tag partner as a result of an open challenge by the Vikings.
Riddle was able to keep both Vikings at bay with his quickness. But Erik and Ivar dominated the majority of the proceedings.
Somehow, Riddle tag in McIntyre who came in with rage and rampage before hitting Erik with the Claymore to get the win.
WINNER: MATT RIDDLE and DREW MCINTYRE.
WWE WOMEN’S WORLD CHAMPION RHEA RIPLEY vs. INDI HARTWELL.
The Eradicator did not need any help to dominate her opponent as Candice LeRae and Dominik Mysterio were at ringside.
Hartwell managed short burst of offense but it was a one-sided affair that ended with Ripley getting the win with the Riptide.
LeRae and Hartwell attacked Ripley and they left the champion down in the ring.
WINNER: RHEA RIPLEY.
