 Johnny Gargano made his long awaited return to WWE at the end of Monday Night Raw to save Tommaso Ciampa from Imperium. The shock comeback – which marked Johnny Wrestling's first TV appearance since May – came after his former DIY tag team partner's Intercontinental Championship match. Ciampa and GUNTHER met in the ring earlier in the night for a contract signing which was intended to make their match official for next week. The two stars exchanged strong and passionate words about how much the IC Title means, before Adam Pearce confirmed the bout would take place later in the show. This sparked a brawl, and set up a blockbuster main event between two incredibly talented stars who delivered in a big way. Ciampa looked strong here, with no Ludwig Kaiser or Giovanni Vinci at ringside to distract him, but eventually he fell to GUNTHER's sleeper hold. The champ was joined by Kaiser and Vinci for the beatdown, but Gargano made his triumphant return, with the reunited DIY hitting their finisher on Kaiser to end the show. As an aside, the main event saw fans light up the arena with their phones as a spontaneous Bray Wyatt tribute following his tragic death in August. Rhea Ripley returns with warning for Dominik Mysterio, Shinsuke Nakamura destroys Seth Rollins and more Raw kicked off with chaotic scenes as Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler were fighting in the aisle, with Raquel Rodriguez and Rhea Ripley joining in the madness. As Jax, Baszler and Rodriguez brawled up the ramp, the Women's World Champion laid out security guards and stood tall before bringing out the Judgment Day's Dominik Mysterio and Damian Priest, blasting them both for how the last few weeks have gone. She warned Dom that if he doesn't regain the North American Title on Tuesday's NXT, he may as well not come home to her. Rhea Ripley wasn't happy with Dominik Mysterio and Damian Priest (Picture: WWE) Priest wasn't scheduled to compete which meant){kind=link}
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Johnny Gargano made his long awaited return to WWE at the end of Monday Night Raw to save Tommaso Ciampa from Imperium.
The shock comeback – which marked Johnny Wrestling’s first TV appearance since May – came after his former DIY tag team partner’s Intercontinental Championship match.
Ciampa and GUNTHER met in the ring earlier in the night for a contract signing which was intended to make their match official for next week.
The two stars exchanged strong and passionate words about how much the IC Title means, before Adam Pearce confirmed the bout would take place later in the show.