WWE Raw 10/16 Season Premiere Updated Match Card and Predictions: Two Championship Matches, Rhea Ripley in Action, Falls Count Anywhere, and More Excitement

Just like SmackDown, RAW’s season premiere is looking power-packed with the killer matches lined up for tonight. RAW will take place at the Paycom Center in Oklahoma City, which has a capacity of 18,000. The wrestling promotion has slated two championship matches to take place tonight in addition to ‘Mami’ Rhea Ripley taking on a fierce opponent.

Let’s take a look at all the adrenaline-pumping matches taking place tonight.

Match Card for WWE RAW

1. Jey Uso and Cody Rhodes will defend their tag titles against Damian Priest and Finn Bálor

It’s been just over a week since Jey Uso and Cody Rhodes thrashed Damian Priest and Finn Bálor at Fastlane to win the tag titles. But The Judgment Day was not going to take that lying down. So last week, Ripley got her boys a tag titles rematch, which will take place tonight.

Rhodes and Uso successfully defended their titles last week on RAW against Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens. But tonight’s challenge is more daunting as they are not just facing Priest and Bálor but the entire Judgment Day faction who will be ringside.

2. ‘Big’ Bronson Reed challenges Gunther for the Intercontinental Championship

Gunther has been the Intercontinental Champion for 492 days, the longest reign for this title in WWE history. But one monster wants to stop that goliath unbeaten run. We are talking about the colossal ‘Big’ Bronson Reed. Bronson Reed earned his spot to face Gunther by beating Chad Gable and Ricochet last week on RAW.

Gunther has never faced Reed in a match before, so it will be interesting to see how this battle turns out. Reed, on the other hand, will be looking at winning his first-ever WWE Championship tonight. Will Gunther succumb to the Tsunami? only time will tell.

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3. Ricochet goes up against Shinsuke Nakamura in a Falls Count Anywhere Match

Shinsuke Nakamura has been playing mind games with Seth Rollins for the past 2 months. As that chapter came to a close at Fastlane, his old rival Ricochet attacked him backstage last week on RAW. Nakamura then returned the favor by attacking Ricochet right before his Triple-Threat match the same night.

This has led to the two having a Falls Count Anywhere Match tonight on RAW. Ricochet will be wanting to seek retribution for Nakamura’s attack, which obviously made him lose momentum for his crucial match. On the other hand, Nakamura just wants to continue laying waste to whoever comes in his path. And the Falls Count Anywhere stipulation just makes the match more in Nakamura’s destructive favor.

4. Shayna Baszler will take on Rhea Ripley in a non-title match

The last time Baszler had a title belt around her waist was when she was the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion with Ronda Rousey. Post Rousey’s betrayal, Baszler has been searching for an opportunity to reclaim some title glory.

Last week on RAW, Baszler had a run-in with Ripley who ordered her to get out of the ring while she was attacking Nia Jax. This infuriated Baszler, who suplexed Ripley and then knocked her out with a running knee. Ripley will come out with all guns blazing to seek revenge for last week’s insult.

But here are some predictions for tonight’s matches.

The Judgment Day could reclaim the tag titles tonight

Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso have successfully defended their tag titles twice after Fastlane. But tonight’s challenge is a bit different, as The Judgment Day will use every dirty trick in the book to get those titles back. With Ripley and ‘Dirty’ Dom ringside, things are gonna get extra difficult for Rhodes and Uso.

Although Bronson Reed seems like a formidable opponent, Gunther has always got Imperium by his side to create distractions. So this might be another easy win for Gunther tonight.

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Baszler wants to be a WWE Champion with a burning desire and tonight she might just show us how hungry she is for that championship. But as always, Nia Jax has a bone to pick with each of them. So there might be some interference by Jax which will eventually lead to a disqualification. As far as Ricochet and Nakamura go, Ricochet seems to have the upper hand. But Nakamura never ceases to amaze, so we’ll just have to wait and watch to see the outcome of this battle. But what are your predictions for the matches lined up for tonight?