WWE RAW Notes: New Women’s World Title, New Matches for Money in the Bank, Damian Priest Qualifies for Men’s MitB Match

Jun 12, 2023

New Women’s World Championship Title Unveiled

Tonight’s WWE RAW show in Wichita, Kansas featured the official debut of a new Women’s World Championship belt.

In the opening segment of the show, WWE official Adam Pearce brought out current SmackDown Champion Rhea Ripley to present her with a new championship called the WWE Women’s World Championship for the RAW brand. This new belt resembles WWE’s new World Heavyweight Championship in appearance but with a white strap instead of a black strap.

To celebrate the occasion, Judgement Day’s Dominik Mysterio came out and helped put the new belt around Ripley’s waist.

BREAKING: @ScrapDaddyAP just unveiled the BRAND NEW Women’s World Championship and presented it to @RheaRipley_WWE! What do you think? 🔥#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/M7T5R7g8gC
— WWE (@WWE) June 13, 2023

Two New Matches Announced for Money in the Bank 2023, Updated Card

Tonight’s RAW show in Wichita also featured two new matches officially added to the card of WWE’s Money in the Bank 2023 event on July 1st in London, England.

The first new match announced was a singles match of Cody Rhodes vs. Dominik Mysterio. This match was made following Rhodes interrupting Ripley and Mysterio’s celebration for Ripley’s new Women’s World Championship belt. Rhodes stated that while he has nothing but respect for Ripley, the same can not be said of Mysterio over his actions last week. Rhodes also badmouthed Lesnar saying that he did not have the balls to accept his challenge him to a match at Money in the Bank 2023 so instead he challenged Mysterio for a match the event. After some banter between Mysterio, Ripley, and Rhodes and a failed ambush attack by The Miz, Ripley accepted the match on behalf of Mysterio.

The second and final new match announced was a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match of Finn Balor vs. Seth Rollins (c). This match was setup following an in-ring promo segment between Balor and Rollins. While Balor tried to give a serious promo about waiting for the past seven years to make his big announcement, the crowd was having none of it and kept egging on Balor with their constant singing of Rollins’ theme song and “what” chants. Balor then stated that him becoming the first ever Universal Champion should have been the highest of highs for him these past seven years but ended up being the lowest of lows because of Rollins. Balor then listed all of the injuries he had suffered due to Rollins. Balor then stated that for everything Rollins had taken away from him, he promised to do the same to Rollins at Money in the Bank 2023 and challenged him to a match for his World Heavyweight Championship. Rollins responded stating that this was the version of Balor he had wanted to see for the past seven years and admitted that their paths did turn out differently but it was because Balor became bitter while he became better. After some more talk, Rollins accepted Balor’s challenge for a match for his World Heavyweight title at Money in the Bank but teased that he wants Balor to bring Demon Balor for their match.

IT’S OFFICIAL! 🔥🔥🔥@WWERollins will defend his World Heavyweight Championship against @FinnBalor at #MITB in London on July 1st! #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/inJKPw9WQe
— WWE (@WWE) June 13, 2023

Updated card for Money in the Bank 2023:

WWE World Heavyweight Championship – Finn Balor vs. Seth Rollins (c)
Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder match – Ricochet vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. LA Knight vs. Santos Escobar vs. Butch vs. Damian Priest
Women’s Money in the Bank Ladder match – Zelina Vega vs. Becky Lynch vs. Zoey Stark vs. Bayley vs. Iyo Sky vs. TBD
Cody Rhodes vs. Dominik Mysterio

Damian Priest Qualifies for Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder Match

Tonight’s RAW show in Wichita also featured a Qualifier match for the final spot in the Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder match at Money in the Bank 2023 this July in London.

This match featured Damian Priest defeating Matt Riddle to qualify for the Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder match. The finish to this match involved Priest setting up Riddle on the top rope for a super Razor’s Edge only for Riddle to escape and his Priest with an Avalanche Fisherman Buster for the nearfall. Priest then dodged a top rope attack by Riddle who landed on his feet. Riddle then ran up to the ropes for a springboard attack only to be grabbed and hit with a Razor’s Edge by Priest for the pinfall victory.

Priest joins Ricochet, Shinsuke Nakamura, LA Knight, Santos Escobar, and Butch as those who have qualified for this year’s Men’s Money in the Bank Ladder match.