7 Ups & 4 Downs from WWE Raw (9 June - Results & Review)

5. Roxanne Outwits Liv

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Roxanne Perez has been continuously ingratiating herself into the Judgment Day, trying to win over the individual members – with Dominik Mysterio being her top target.

Monday, she tried to placate Liv Morgan during their four-way match in the Queen of the Ring tournament against Rhea Ripley and Kairi Sane. Perez saved Morgan numerous times during the match to seemingly prove her loyalty. Roxanne and Liv also ended up working together for the vast majority of the contest, with both women ganging up on Ripley, who was fantastically cast as the beast in this match, overpowering everyone and needing to be double- and triple-teamed to be put down.

Sane had a solid outing here, too, after some shaky performances since her return. Kairi provided a change of pace for the Judgment Day women and kept them off-balance, even delivering the Insane Elbow on Morgan before Perez jackknifed Sane for the win.

Roxanne getting the pin after picking her spot – which meant allowing Liv to eat Kairi’s elbow drop – was a smart conclusion after being Morgan’s security blanket for 98% of the match. This, and the celebration afterward, should feed more into the fractious nature of the Judgment Day.

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Scott is a former journalist and longtime wrestling fan who was smart enough to abandon WCW during the Monday Night Wars the same time as the Radicalz. He fondly remembers watching WrestleMania III, IV, V and VI and Saturday Night's Main Event, came back to wrestling during the Attitude Era, and has been a consumer of sports entertainment since then. He's written for WhatCulture for more than a decade, establishing the Ups and Downs articles for WWE Raw and WWE PPVs/PLEs and composing pieces on a variety of topics.