WWE Raw results, recap, grades: Uncle Howdy makes a successful in-ring debut with win over Chad Gable

Howdy fought off interference and distractions from American Made to defeat Gable

As the Wyatt Sicks storyline has been developing, the moment was always going to come for Uncle Howdy to be forced into the ring for an actual match. That match came on Monday when Howdy took on American Made's Chad Gable in the main event of Raw.

There was the expected interference by the rest of American Made, and the expected retribution by the rest of the Wyatt Sicks. In the end, it was Howdy who got the win for a successful in-ring debut.

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Uncle Howdy makes a successful in-ring debut with a win over Chad Gable

An Uncle Howdy video package aired early in the show, with Howdy calling Gable a "false prophet." Howdy said they'd given Gable chance after chance to change his ways, but he continues to lead sheep into the mouths of wolves. Gable responded later in the evening, saying that he knows Howdy is just a man and he planned to make him tap like one.

Uncle Howdy def. Chad Gable via pinfall after hitting Sister Abigail. Ivy Nile ran interference late in the match, allowing Gable to apply an ankle lock. Howdy was able to get free but Gable accidentally took out the referee. Howdy applied a mandible claw only for the Creed Brothers to pull Howdy from the ring and begin to assault him. At that point, the lights went out and the rest of the Wyatt Sicks showed up. The ensuing brawl went through the crowd while Gable attempted to throw Howdy in the ring and finish things with a moonsault. Howdy rolled out of the way and hit Sister Abigail to score the win.

This match actually answered a lot of questions about the Uncle Howdy character. He is just a man, he is vulnerable in a wrestling match and not some unstoppable supernatural force. Howdy needed to win his in-ring debut, to be sure, but the way they went about it was the right way to go if the Wyatt Sicks is going to have any legs. The match was nothing memorable but it certainly wasn't bad. In the end, everything got the job done in the right way. Grade: B

What else happened on WWE Raw?

• The Judgment Day def. LWO via pinfall when Dominik Mysterio pinned Rey Mysterio with la magistral cradle. Rey came to the ring to interrupt a Judgment Day promo and say Dominik was a lost man, leading to the match. As Judgment Day attacked Rey after the match, Rhea Ripley and Damian Priest ran in for the save, running off everyone except for Carlito and JD McDonagh, who ate simultaneous finishers from Ripley and Priest.
• Damage CTRL def. Pure Fusion Collective via pinfall when Kairi Sane hit a diving elbow on Zoey Stark.
• Drew McIntyre was attacked by CM Punk. As McIntyre was cutting a promo in the ring, running down Punk and promising to brutalize him at Bash in Berlin. Punk attacked from behind, whipping McIntyre with the strap until McIntyre ran.
• Jey Uso def. Karrion Kross and Kofi Kingston via pinfall with an Uso Splash on Kross in a qualifier for a fatal four-way match to determine a No. 1 contender for the intercontinental title.
• Randy Orton cut a promo on Gunther ahead of their match at Bash in Berlin. Orton said he needed to be humbled early in his WWE career. Gunther hasn't had that humbling moment yet, Orton said, but it will come for the champion on Saturday.
• Braun Strowman vs. Bronson Reed ended in a no contest after the pair brawled into the backstage area and then into the parking lot. After moves onto the hoods of a pair of cars, Reed hit Strowman with a pipe, placing him on the roof of a car before delivering a Tsunami to cave the roof in.
• Pete Dunne def. The Miz and Xavier Woods via pinfall with The Bitter End on Miz in a qualifier for a fatal four-way match to determine a No. 1 contender for the intercontinental title.