{"id":124117,"date":"2024-04-22T08:14:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T12:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=124117"},"modified":"2024-04-22T08:14:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T12:14:52","slug":"preview-wwe-raw-4-22-24-womens-world-championship-battle-royal-world-tag-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/22\/preview-wwe-raw-4-22-24-womens-world-championship-battle-royal-world-tag-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE Raw (4\/22\/24) \u2013 Women&#8217;s World Championship Battle Royal + World Tag Titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><em><strong>WWE Raw<\/strong><\/em> takes place at the Schottenstien Center in Ohio the day after Toto played the venue. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Hold the line because two major <\/span><em>WWE Raw <\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">titles are on the line.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE will crown a brand new Women&#8217;s World Champion on this week&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw.<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;Awesome Truth&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0also defends their WWE World Tag Team Championship for the first time since their\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/07\/wwe-wrestlemania-xl-night-one-match-ranking-w-star-ratings\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania 40\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">victory.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE<\/span><\/em> <em>Monday Night<\/em><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Raw<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0airs live from the Schottenstien\u00a0Center,\u00a0in Columbus, Ohio\u00a0at\u00a08ET on the USA Network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Match Card WWE Raw\u00a0(4\/22\/24)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gunther Returns\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>WWE World Tag Team Championship:<\/strong> &#8220;Awesome Truth&#8221; R-Truth &amp; The Miz vs. &#8220;DIY&#8221; Tommaso Ciampa &amp; Johnny Gargano\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Andrade &amp; Ricochet vs. Dominik Mysterio &amp; JD McDonagh<\/li>\n<li><strong>Women&#8217;s World Championship Battle Royal:\u00a0<\/strong>Becky Lynch vs. Nia Jax vs. Liv Morgan vs. Shayna Baszler vs. Chelsea Green vs. Piper Niven vs. Candice LeRae vs. Indi Hartwell vs. Ivy Nile vs. Maxxine Dupri vs. Natalya vs. Katana Chance vs. \u00a0Zoey Stark vs. Kayden Carter vs. Tegan Nox<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The General of the Ring is back on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWERaw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hPCig5Gg2l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/hPCig5Gg2l<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GUNTHER (@Gunther_AUT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gunther_AUT\/status\/1782114204255727819?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE World Tag Team Championship\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">At 52,\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">R-Truth<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0has been an inspiration during his latest WWE run. He\u00a0finally got his\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">moment when he captured the Tag Team gold with\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Miz<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. He&#8217;s\u00a0received love from live fans, on social media, and even publically by\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Paul &#8220;Triple H&#8221; Levesque<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Everyone loves R-Truth.\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Tommaso\u00a0Ciampa<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0seems\u00a0to be\u00a0tired of the joke that R-Truth believes he is Triple H. Ciampa and\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Johnny Gargano<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0won a triple threat match to earn their shot at\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;The Awesome Truth&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Perhaps,\u00a0Ciampa could harness his frustrations and cause the ultimate upset.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">New World Women&#8217;s Champion Crowned In Battle Royal\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">A brand new WWE Women&#8217;s World Champion will be crowned in a massive battle royal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Rhea Ripley<\/strong> vacated the championship, last week, ending a 380-day run with the title. Ripley will be out of action for months following a backstage assault by <strong>Liv Morgan<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Morgan was sidelined for six months last year after an injury caused by Ripley. Morgan is the favorite to win the championship suggesting sometimes two wrongs can make a right.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rhea Ripley vacates the Women\u2019s World Title: Raw highlights, April 15, 2024\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Eu5MOiwq9hs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The battle royal format plays to the advantages of <strong>Nia Jax.<\/strong> This makes her a smart bet for the second most likely to win the gold.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;There are two types of people in this world: those who fear Nia Jax and those who learn to fear Nia Jax. No one on this planet is taking that title from me because it is mine!&quot; &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LinaFanene?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@LinaFanene<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Itb9LgVVKU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Itb9LgVVKU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Savelina-Fanene.Com | Fansite (@SavelinaFCom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SavelinaFCom\/status\/1780100032647115093?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Man &amp; The Other Contenders\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheMan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#TheMan<\/a> came around to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWEBirmingham?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWEBirmingham<\/a>! \ud83d\udd25 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BeckyLynch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#BeckyLynch<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XEkOU9bK1m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/XEkOU9bK1m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE UK (@WWEUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEUK\/status\/1781008702142845156?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Becky Lynch<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0hasn&#8217;t been on TV since her\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania 40<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">loss to Ripley. She worked dates on the WWE&#8217;s UK tour last week and is confirmed for the Championship battle royal match.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Outside of these three favorites:\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chelsea Green<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0will demand\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Adam Pearce<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0puts her in the match.\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Candice LeRae\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">has experienced recent success off the back of a nefarious turn.\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Indi Hartwell<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0seems back on the same page as LaRae, so could provide some heavy backup. But they&#8217;ll need to keep an eye on\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Maxxine Dupri\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">and\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ivy Nile<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0who will be looking for retribution against\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;The Way&#8221;.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Shayna Baszler<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0could see this as the perfect time for her to win a single title on the main roster for the first time since her 2020 WWE Raw debut. Also included in the trailer for the match were\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Natalya, Katana Chance, Zoey Stark, Kayden Carter, Tegan Nox, Piper Niven<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Xia Li<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Li has since been released by the WWE.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@wwe<\/a> Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TripleH?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TripleH<\/a>  Thank you <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWEunivers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWEunivers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mxijCaHNGB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/mxijCaHNGB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u96f7\u5f71 .\u674e (L\u00e9i Y\u01d0ng .Lee) (@TheLeiYingLee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheLeiYingLee\/status\/1781495334864040148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 20, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013\u00a0<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE Raw takes place at the Schottenstien Center in Ohio the day after Toto played the venue. Hold the line because two major WWE Raw titles are on the line. WWE will crown a brand new Women&#8217;s World Champion on this week&#8217;s\u00a0WWE Raw.\u00a0\u00a0 The\u00a0&#8220;Awesome Truth&#8221;\u00a0also defends their WWE World Tag Team Championship for the first [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3852,"featured_media":124123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2192,25,4,3],"tags":[163,68,217,602,924,3041,55,2073],"class_list":["post-124117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-america","category-wrestling","category-raw","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-becky-lynch","tag-johnny-gargano","tag-liv-morgan","tag-nia-jax","tag-r-truth","tag-rhea-ripley","tag-the-miz","tag-tommaso-ciampa"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3852"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}