WWE Raw results, recap, grades: Kevin Owens returns, teams with Sami Zayn and Cody Rhodes to beat Judgment Day

Owens had not had a televised match since mid-July

Kevin Owens, one half of the undisputed WWE tag team champions, had not wrestled on television in over a month. That changed on Monday when Owens returned to Raw to help Sami Zayn and Cody Rhodes to take down The Judgment Day.

Owens and tag partner Zayn were set to take on two members of Judgment Day in the main event, but Rhodes inserted himself after Dominik Mysterio's interference resulted in a disqualification. The main event then became a six-man tag match that saw the local boys team with Rhodes to score a big main event victory.

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Owens returns, teams with Zayn and Rhodes to beat Judgment Day

Sami Zayn opened the show ready to cut a promo. Instead, Zayn basked in the cheers from his hometown fans until his return was cut off by Judgment Day, with the four members surrounding the ring. Zayn asked them to wait a moment before they attacked, following up by asking if they really thought he'd come alone. This brought the return of Kevin Owens, who had been sidelined due to injury. Owens helped Zayn run off Judgment Day before saying it'd been too long since he'd had a match and challenged any two members of the faction to face the tag champions later in the evening. Later, JD McDonagh and Finn Balor were being interviewed when Rhea Ripley intervened, saying Balor needed to join Judgment Day to decide who would participate in the match, stopping McDonagh from coming with as the conversation was "Judgment Day only."

Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens def. Judgment Day (Finn Balor & Damian Priest) via disqualification after interference by Dominik Mysterio. Judgment Day continued to beat down Zayn and Owens until Cody Rhodes, who said earlier in the night that he'd be keeping an eye on the match, made the save. Rhodes then said Raw couldn't end like that and demanded a six-man tag match, which WWE official Adam Pearce immediately made official.

Cody Rhodes, Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens def. Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Dominik Mysterio & Dominik Priest) via pinfall after Owens hit Mysterio with a stunner. Rhodes first hit Mysterio with Cross Rhodes before Zayn delivered a Helluva Kick and Owens finished things off to send the Quebecois fans home happy.

Owens returning is a good thing, obviously. He and Zayn had a lot of momentum that was halted when he was sidelined and there's a solid tag division developing on Raw. Rhodes' involvement feels like he is killing time but maybe Balor is in his future. Grade: B

What else happened on WWE Raw?

• The New Day def. Matt Riddle & Drew McIntyre via pinfall after Kofi Kingston hit Riddle with Trouble in Paradise. The Viking Raiders interfered, costing McIntyre and Riddle the match. After the match, the Raiders attacked both teams until being run off by McIntyre.
• Intercontinental Championship – Chad Gable def. Gunther (c) via count out after hitting Gunther with a German suplex over the ringside barricade. The count out means Gunther retained his title but suffered his first singles loss since joining the main roster.
• A pre-taped promo from Shinsuke Nakamura aired in which Nakamura revealed what he whispered to Seth Rollins that so badly affected the world heavyweight champion last week. Nakamura said he told Rollins he knows he is in constant pain and that his body is failing him and now he will end Rollins once and for all. Later in the show, Rollins admitted that has been dealing with an injury for years, saying, "I do have two fractures in my lumbar spine."
• Rhea Ripley def. Candice LeRae via submission with an inverted Texas cloverleaf. After the match, Raquel Rodriguez came out from the back using a crutch before throwing the crutch at Ripley and beating up the women's world champion. She then announced that she secured a title match at Payback.
• Akira Tozawa def. The Miz via pinfall with a roll-up. Miz was distracted by LA Knight's presence on commentary, leading to the finish. After the match, Knight hit Miz with a BFT.
• Trish Stratus interrupted a Becky Lynch promo leading to the two women exchanging words about their upcoming steel cage match at Payback.
• Chelsea Green & Piper Niven def. Katana Chance & Kayden Carter via pinfall when Niven hit Chance with a running crossbody.