WWE RAW Results (06/10/2024): Breakker sends Ricochet to hospital, Liv Morgan unabashed

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It’s one final chance for the headliners of WWE RAW to get their point across before things get wonderfully violent in Scotland at “Clash at the Castle” on Saturday, June 15, and little about the show disappointed on Monday night. 

Of course, everyone’s ass is glued to their seat to see what sort of tasty maliciousness will be perpetrated next by WWE Women’s Champion Liv Morgan in her quest to seduce “Dirty” Dominick Mysterio away from a sidelined Rhea Ripley. 

And then there’s the matter of the looming, and insanely suspenseful, detonation approaching on the lit fuse that is The Alpha Academy saga, Damian Priest and The Judgment Day versus all of their foes (a list that is topped by Priest’s foe at the Castle, Drew McIntyre).

Oh, and by the way, Iyo Sky has gone off of the rails and wants blood from rookie superstar Lyra Valkyrie; and Ludwig Kaiser’s push as a solo act is completely on and cooking — a strong pre-recorded promo announcing his intention of becoming Mr. Money in the Bank.

And those qualifying matches begin on Monday, June 17. 

Let’s dig into all of the action from the final RAW before what should be an electric trip to Glasgow, not than this week's RAW was anything short of PLE-worthy itself. 

What. A. Ride.

Final Judgment

This episode wasted no time getting to the drama of McIntyre and The Judgment Day, or rather Damian Priest … or both. McIntyre barely uttered 10 syllables before Priest and two of his Irish cohorts, Finn Balor and J.D. McDonough, made their way down the ramp to confront the pissed off Scotsman. 

It’s no secret TJD has no qualms with interfering in matches to help the faction up its win count, and last week’s RAW gave heavy indication that McIntyre would not simply need to defeat Priest at the PLE in Scotland, but rather the entirety of his group; and so he made no bones about making it known he’d do exactly that if he had to.

Priest had heard enough of the “excuses” though and, taking a page out of the Final Boss’ playbook, challenged McIntyre to take on Balor for the right to decide if TJD could be present ringside in Scotland.

If McIntyre won, TJD associates would be banned from ringside (sound familiar?). 

If McIntyre lost, well, Priest would be allowed his friends at ringside but, as he so claims, it won’t be for them to help him but to instead allow them the “honor and privilege” of witnessing Priest “put down” McIntyre in his own hometown. 
And if you’re buying that lie, remind me to give you a good price on a moon crater.

Nonetheless, McIntyre accepted, despite the more obvious ploy by Priest to soften him up for the PLE that is to take place in just five days, and off we go. 

Hotel, Motel, Holiday Inn

Liv is not playing fair or anything near it, but this is also a master class in storytelling by the creative department at WWE. Following last week’s semi-failed seduction attempt on “Dirty” Dom, he was curiously absent from the initial promo between TJD and Drew McIntyre. 

It was only after the conclusion of that promo did we find out where Dom was, and that was walking into TJD’s locker room where Liv was waiting for him with sex in her eyes and a fire in her grin. 

Dom looked visibly upset, but Liv cared not, as she slid her hotel room key into his jacket and told him he deserves a woman he doesn’t have to call “Mami”, when she can be the one willing to call him “Daddy”.

Is it hot in here or is it just me?

Um, for what it's worth, my vote is for cool.

The promo wound up being pieced together over the entirety of the episode, and even added a heavy dose of doubt on Dom’s side of the equation when the hotel key, that was sitting on the table when the rest of TJD showed up, had mysteriously disappeared when Damian Priest asked where it was.

Hmmm…

Iyo Sky vs. Lyra Valkyria

Result: Iyo Sky with interference (pinfall)

Reaction: Sky isn’t taking too kindly to her post-championship reign. Her latest chance at regaining hardware was foiled by a rookie, though a very talented one, when Valkyria defeated her in the 2024 King and Queen of the Ring tournament. 

So when Valkyria least expected it last week, Sky assaulted her backstage before yelling in her face and then storming off in a fit of rage — making the match for one week later all but guaranteed.

And a great match it was. 

Valkyria more than held her own against one of the best to ever do it in Sky, even taunting her and all of Damage CTRL when she put Sky in a contortion lock and start rocking her back and forth, playfully, while staring directly at Dakota Kai and Kairi Sane, who were standing ringside trying desperately to root for their compatriot. 

Sky would eventually shift momentum in her favor, but Valkyria would not stay down for any pinfall attempt, and it felt as if it was only a matter of time before the rest of Damage CTRL joined in.

A Nightwing finisher on Sky would’ve indeed Sky but Kai interfered, and the time taken to get revenge on Kai gave Sky what she needed to capitalize.

Though she would attempt an Over The Moonsault and get two knees to her chest for the attempt, it was veteran savvy that led her to a victory after turning a second attempt at a Nightwing into a roll-up three-count pinfall. 

Sky's rage couldn't be quelled with victory though, because she was backstage crashing out mentally before saying something that might hint at her turning on her own faction.

"Damage CTRL must change!" she yelled before storming off.

Is the end near?

Six-Man Tag Team Match 

Result: LWO, Stroman win clean (pinfall)

Reaction: Strowman being immediately thrown into a feud with one of the top factions in the entire WWE upon his return is great to see, and it turned up a week ago when he was finally brought to his knees at the hands of TJD, though Dom escaped before being protected by Liv Morgan outside of the ring. 

The LWO, meanwhile, have also been battling TJD as of late but mostly because of Carlito running to them for protection after betraying the Hall of Famer by putting a beatdown on Dragon Lee backstage several weeks back. 

Flash forward to now and the six-man tag team match seemed a great opportunity for all of this to finally be hashed out, and without the faces being outnumbered by the heels. 

We nearly got a really good early squaring off between Rey (someone please tell Michael Cole that not all diminutive luchadors look alike) and Dominick, but Dom tagged back out to avoid that confrontation (read: spanking).

Dom would get involved once Rey was out and Lee was in, but Rey secretly tagged in and then took his son to task but he got overzealous with his aerial tactics and paid for it outside of the ring. The action would find its way back into the squared circle where Carlito and Rey spent some quality time beating on each other, 

Several tags and a ridiculous amount of action later, Liv appeared ringside and started flirting with Dom in the middle of the match and that led to Dom begging for her to leave, only for Selina Vega to blindside her with a hit that forced her to land onto Dom, straddling him on the ramp.

Whew… 

As a related sidebar: Those who read my RAW preview from June 1 caught my thought regarding a possible Liv versus Vega feud, given a recent exchange they had on social media, and here we are. 

Vega would then double down on her attack and, in the process, “free” Dom from his “hell” and while chaos was ensuing, Strowman was a runaway train taking out every one of his opposition before ending Carlito in very satisfying fashion, and with the help of Lee via a combo tag team finisher.

That sound you hear is probably Mami throwing furniture. Soon enough, she’ll be throwing one, or two, humans in particular. 

Otis vs. Sami Zayn 

Result: Zayn wins “clean” (pinfall)

Reaction: Things are beyond boiled over at this point within The Alpha Academy, and it’s led to a match between Zayn and Otis on this week’s episode of RAW after the latter body slammed the former into the mat due to a misunderstanding orchestrated by the actions of Chad Gable.

Zayn being the consummate big-hearted babyface led him to plead with Otis for the umpteenth time before they met in the ring on Monday night, though. And then he grabbed the mic and tried again in the ring ahead of the ringing of the bell.

He is nothing if not persistent. 

Gable didn’t take kindly to it, of course, and let Zayn know about it, though it was from the safety of the outside of the ring. The exchange of words did eventually give way to an actual match, and Otis fought through his mental battles to apply some very real punishment to Zayn before Gable’s verbal abuse caused Otis to be the victim of a Helluva Kick.

And that was that, or was it?

Gable then began beating on Zayn, but Otis wouldn’t join in, so he got the 1,000th slap to his bearded face (and then another) before pulverizing not Gable, but Zayn. There was a very real moment when Otis had Gable cowering in the corner after the attack on Zayn, fist raised in the air to strike the blow we’ve all been waiting on, but he didn’t do it.

Gable’s evil grin afterwards tells the whole story.

The strings are still attached to Otis’ shoulders, at least until this Saturday in Scotland, maybe.

Shayna Baszler, Zoey Stark vs. Alba Fyre, Isla Dawn

Result: Baszler, Stark win (submission)

Reaction: Baszler has been getting a ton of burn lately, and I have absolutely no problem with that whatsoever. She and Stark are involved in what’s basically become a blood feud within the women’s tag team division as they try to hunt down Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill. 

In their way are teams like Fyre and Dawn, who have themselves attacked Belair and Cargill in the ring recently, but the enemy of your enemy isn’t always your friend, hence the matchup on RAW this week with the Women’s Tag Team Champions enjoying the view from near the broadcaster’s table. 

This was rightfully short work for Baszler, considering it was never really a contest in the first place. I mean, let’s be honest, there is no reason we’re seeing the recent push of Fyre and Dawn other than the upcoming PLE in Scotland. 

This isn’t to say they aren’t talented. It is to say, however, that they are in no way ready to actually go up against the women they’ve pitted themselves against as of late. So when Baszler put the Fyre out with the Kirifuda Clutch, it was almost painful to watch.

Like I said, though: almost.

The lunacy in her eyes was a bloodthirst, and even Stark had seen enough and had to fight to get Baszler off of her prey — all while Baszler never, not for a second, took her eyes off of Belair and Cargill.

That message being sent was sociopathic, only five days from the triple threat tag team championship match. 

Is it Saturday yet? 

Ilja Dragunov vs. Bron Breakker 

Result: Breakker wins (pinfall)

Reaction: It’s now known that Ricochet is set to leave WWE, and part of the end of his arc is being penned by the hands and brutality of Breakker, who also has a budding rivalry with Dragunov. Ahead of this match, Ricochet was giving his newfound friend words of encouragement before fighting the mad dog, but words outside of the ring won’t help anyone inside of it when Breakker is the opponent. 

It marks the second impressive matchup for Breakker after a series of throwaway opponents, and he continues to impress, though Dragunov is himself putting on great matches as a rookie himself drafted from NXT. 

That’s precisely what this fight was: great. 

As a matter of fact, it was the match of the night, in my opinion. 
Breaker and Dragunov took each other to the limit and then some, harkening back to their time squaring off against each other on the black and gold brand. 

There was no shortage of “holy crap” moments in this one from both sides of the coin, from The Mad Dragon going coast to coast with a top turnbuckle dive kick to Breakker kicking out of everything, and I do mean everything, that was thrown his way.

A Steiner Line to Dragunov nearly decapitated him but a knee to Breakker’s face interrupted what would’ve been a spear lethal enough to have been used by King Leonidas in his war with Xerxes.

The battle spilled outside and became an all out bar fight and then back into the ring where Dragunov was met by the aforementioned spear, but that still wasn’t enough, after The Mad Dragon escaped to ringside where he was met with yet another spear.

And yet he still got back into the ring before the count of 10.

Half dead and trying to keep his ribs in his body, a third spear from Breakker was the final eulogy and, unfortunately, a PLE-worthy match was over. 

But do you remember I said Ricochet’s end is near? It’s not here yet, and a fourth spear attempt was interrupted by a flying Ricochet (who came out of the crowd to do it) to save Dragunov from some added brutality.

That didn't last long though, because Breakker was not done on Monday night, making sure to land his fourth spear, but backstage to put Dragunov through the same type of equipment he put Ricochet through not long ago, before Breakker and Ricochet began brawling in the parking lot and the latter getting bounced off of the trailers and the concrete below.

A power slam onto the windshield of a car later and I swear I had to look at the calendar to make sure I hadn't been transported back to the Attitude Era.

I don’t know about you, but I’d sign up to see a two-on-one match between Breakker and the two men who hate him as much as he hates them. That is unless Breakker just terminated Ricochet's WWE contract with his own two hands. 

Even ring announcer Samantha Irvin, who is in a relationship with Ricochet, was seen crying as she pleaded with the medics to let her go with him as he was loaded into the ambulance, and there was no way to know if it was one of the best sells of all-time or if she was genuinely distraught. 

Time will tell... or maybe it won't.

FYI: Ricochet did give the thumbs up as he was put into the ambulance, which is a good sign in the event he's actually hurt. 

Men’s Tag Team Title Match

Result: Awesome Truth wins “clean” (pinfall)

Reaction: R. Truth is an international treasure and, as such, he must be protected at all costs. His latest endeavor had him setting up a title match (as usual, unbeknownst to The Miz until it was too late) based upon a tarot card reading that, oddly enough, also promised they’d both die in the match — if the death card they both received was any indication. 

Before this one could get to a truly clean finish, The New Day ran out to exact a bit of revenge for their recent run-ins with Karrion Kross and The Authors of Pain, and Truth took his belt to the back of Akam, but to no avail.

The Miz would finish the job by using that distraction to grab Akam and roll him up for a three-count pinfall before getting the holy hell out of dodge immediately thereafter. 

It was clear this was a time-constrained match, but that didn’t make it any less entertaining, and it also added that much more seasoning to the beef between TND and The Final Testament.

Spoiler: Nobody actually died, and that's much appreciated. 

Drew McIntyre vs. Finn Balor 

Result: McIntyre wins clean (pinfall)

Reaction: As promised earlier in the show, McIntyre and Balor got to business in the ring but not before Sheamus gave McIntyre a pep talk that included the Celtic Warrior declaring it will be he, not Ludwig Kaiser, who wins the Money in the Bank briefcase to set up a match between the longtime friends. 

But that would mean they’d both have to win, and keep winning.

For McIntyre, the first step toward potentially realizing that goal would be to do away with Balor, and that’s not exactly an easy task when considering just how elite Balor is inside of the ropes. 

Credit these two for finding themselves trying to follow the Breakker/Dragunov/Ricochet act as the show’s headliner and not blinking, putting on a worthy battle themselves, even if it didn’t exactly equal what was witnessed only minutes before (seriously, I’m watching McIntyre and Balor throw hands and can’t get Breakker and Ricochet out of my mind).

*shakes it off*

OK, where was I? 

Oh, the Scotsman and the Irishman. 

Momentum shifted often in this one, and Balor thought he saw an opportunity for the Coup de Grace before getting a Glasgow Kiss on the top turnbuckle and then a superplex from it, but that was still only good enough for a two-count, despite the power of it rattling more than a few fillings — the remaining molars jarred by a FutureShock DDT. 

Seconds later, sensing Balor’s imminent demise, Priest emerged to ringside along with Carliot and J.D. McDonough (who caught a Claymore to the forehead). One Slingblade later, you began to realize that it was at this moment that we were witnessing what it would look like if McIntyre had to defeat the entirety of The Judgment Day in a match … and that had to mean he wouldn’t have to do it again on Saturday … right?

Right. 

And that was confirmed by another Claymore but, this time, it was Balor being tucked in by it like a Scottish lullaby. And, with that, it’s one-on-one this Saturday at the Castle, folks. 

“You screwed up,” McIntyre told Priest when the match against Balor was agreed to.

There’s a great chance he was right, and we will soon find out.

Tick tock goes the Scottish clock. 
 

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Patrik [No C] Walker is an accredited, award-winning journalist and podcaster who has worked to become one of the most respected and recognizable forces covering the Dallas Cowboys. Having never lost his lifelong passion for the wrestling, the one-of-a-kind analyst is using his talents to complete a journey that began as a rambunctious kid wearing a championship belt fashioned from cardboard and aluminum foil, to the ranks of covering an industry that's had his heart pinned to the mat for decades now. Follow him on Twitter/X: VoiceOfTheStar.