{"id":114423,"date":"2022-07-04T15:36:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T19:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=114423"},"modified":"2022-07-04T15:36:53","modified_gmt":"2022-07-04T19:36:53","slug":"wwe-raw-preview-7-4-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2022\/07\/04\/wwe-raw-preview-7-4-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE Raw (7\/4\/22) – 4th of July Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

WWE<\/strong> celebrates Monday Night Raw<\/strong><\/em> and the 4th of July this week from the Pechanga Arena in San Diego, California, named after the Pechanga chain of hotels and casinos… Which are in Central California, not the South. Color us confused with this branding choice. The last time WWE came here was 11 months ago, and while no Mysterios<\/strong> were present on that show, Logan Paul<\/strong> was. And weirdly enough, he was hostile towards The Miz<\/strong>. This was promptly followed up on with them teaming up at WrestleMania<\/em><\/strong> against The Mysterios. Now, again, Miz and Paul come into this building as enemies.<\/p>\n

This arena was also the home of Vengeance 2001<\/em><\/strong>. On this night, Chris Jericho<\/strong> was able to first defeat The Rock<\/strong> to win the WCW (then just billed as World Championship) Championship, ending its lineage. Right after, Jericho defeated Stone Cold Steve Austin<\/strong> with help from Booker T<\/strong> to win the WWF Championship, hence Jericho’s long-standing claim of “beating The Rock and Stone Cold in the same night” and also becoming the first-ever WWE Undisputed Champion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

WWE Raw, 4th of July Edition (7\/4\/22) – Preview<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Mysterios Come Home<\/h3>\n

Rey Mysterio’s<\/strong> identity as a San Diego native has been a staple of the man throughout his entire WWE run, thanks to the name of his trademark 619 maneuver. And for the first time in many, many years, the man gets to wrestle in his hometown. In his tag team partner and son Dominik’s<\/strong> case, it’s, to our understanding, his first time wrestling in front of his hometown.<\/p>\n

The duo will take on The Judgment<\/strong> Day in what will be the stable’s first outing in front of a live crowd since Finn Balor<\/strong> joined and they turned their back on Edge<\/strong>. Since the day after Hell in a Cell<\/em><\/strong>, they’ve only been presented in vignettes, backstage, or of all things, Main Event<\/em><\/strong>. This will be our first real looking into what the new Judgment Day is. Though, by the looks of it, at least as of now, it just looks like another tag team. We’ll have to wait and see.<\/p>\n

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TONIGHT: <\/p>\n

How will @MikeTheMiz<\/a> responds to @LoganPaul<\/a>'s #SummerSlam<\/a> challenge? <\/p>\n

\ud83d\udcfa 8\/7c @USA_Network<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/M4jPBrkdla<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/JDXeYNxK9w<\/a><\/p>\n

— WWE (@WWE) July 4, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n