WWE Raw results, recap, grades: Paul Heyman adds big stipulation to Riddle vs. Roman Reigns on Friday night

Riddle must win or never receive another shot at Reigns' undisputed championship

Less than a week from his opportunity to win the undisputed championship, Riddle faced an elevation in stakes for his SmackDown match with Roman Reigns. On Monday's edition of Raw, Paul Heyman announced that Riddle would not only face Reigns on Friday night but would also never get another shot at the title if he suffers a loss.

Riddle would build a bit of momentum heading into the match with a big win against Ciampa. More importantly, however, was the message he sent Heyman, saying Reigns would have to kill him to stop him from achieving a victory on Friday.

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New stipulation added to Roman Reigns vs. Riddle

The show opened with Paul Heyman appearing on Miz TV. Miz talked about the history of Money in the Bank and the likelihood of a successful cash-in according to the history of past winners. Heyman said that when you cash in against Roman Reigns, your odds of succeeding drop to zero. Heyman then said that he appealed to WWE management to add a stipulation to Riddle's challenge for the undisputed championship against Roman Reigns at SmackDown on Friday. This brought Riddle to the ring to say that he didn't care about stipulations because Reigns would have to kill him to stop him from winning the title. Heyman then explained that Riddle will either win and become champion or never receive another shot at the title.

Riddle def. Ciampa via pinfall with an RKO. Miz was on commentary for the match but did not interfere in the match. Riddle now carries a bit more momentum into the match with Reigns on Friday night.

Riddle has been forced into being a main event player in Randy Orton's absence and has risen to the task. A big key has been dropping many of Riddle's more playful elements as he focuses in on proving himself as a dangerous, high-level athlete. Monday was another step in that evolution, but WWE will likely look for an escape hatch on Friday, with Riddle winning by disqualification or count out to where the stipulation is rendered meaningless. Still, between a fun match with Ciampa and good interaction with Heyman, there's little to dislike with how Monday night was handled. Grade: B

What else happened on WWE Raw?

• Jimmy Uso def. Montez Ford via pinfall after countering the frog splash into a pin. The match started after the Street Profits interrupted The Usos' attempt to attack Riddle after the show-opening Miz TV segment.
• AJ Styles attacked Seth Rollins during an interview. Rollins called Cody Rhodes a virus while explaining his attack last week. He said he would do the same to Styles if Styles stood in his way at Money in the Bank, at which point Styles attacked him and said it was for Cody.
• Asuka battered Becky Lynch after Lynch attacked Dana Brooke before their planned match. Lynch claimed to be sick of getting no respect in WWE before Asuka came to the ring and took her out.
• Alexa Bliss & Liv Morgan def. Doudrop & Nikki A.S.H. via pinfall when Bliss hit Nikki A.S.H. with a DDT.
• Ezekiel def. Kevin Owens via countout when Owens threw a tantrum on the announce desk, screaming that Ezekiel "is Elias." After the match, Ezekiel announced that Elias would hold a concert next week.
• MVP def. Cedric Alexander via pinfall after hitting the Playmaker. After the very short match -- which saw Omos interfere -- Omos jumped in the ring to toss Alexander to the outside.
• Seth Rollins def. AJ Styles via pinfall in a Money in the Bank qualifying match with a victory roll.
• Bianca Belair's promo was interrupted by The Judgement Day. Belair said that she planned to show Rhea Ripley that she doesn't just "walk the walk" when they face off at Money in the Bank. Ripley and Judgement Day said that they speak through their actions, not words, like when they eliminated Edge from their group last week.
• Chad Gable def. Mustafa Ali via pinfall with the Chaos Theory.
• Veer Mahan def. Rey Mysterio via submission with the cervical clutch.
• Bobby Lashley faced Theory in a pose-down. Both men executed three poses before the crowd voted. Before they could vote, Theory demanded fans chant for him before asking who won to a resounding round of cheers from the fans. Theory then squirted baby oil in Lashley's eyes before kicking Lashley from the ring and taking a series of selfies.