RLW: The Return

RLW: The Return is a one-time RLW event that happened on July 30th, 2022, at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in front of 18,000 people and 947k people watching from home. This is the first RLW event since Cassandra Pierce’s resignation. The Return aired at 5 P.M. EST, in order to avoid competition with WWE’s SummerSlam pay-per-view.

## Match card (in order)

* **Show Opener: Big Bad G’s (Leona Godin & Brynn Griffith) vs. ThunderStorm (Thunder Rosa & Toni Storm) in a women’s tag team championship match**
* **Drella Vermeulen vs. Esme O’Connell**
* **Sylas Foster vs. Sujano in a Tables match**
* **Valentina Zepida promo**
* **Juelle Mccoy vs. Justice Jett**
* **Xavier Ellis vs. Sting (MAIN EVENT)**

## Results

#### Show opener: Big Bad G’s vs. Thunderstorm

**Winner: ThunderStorm via DQ**

Flare and Icee (formerly Lilith) got involved and attacked the Big Bad G’s. Due to the DQ, ThunderStorm were not given the titles.

#### Drella Vermeulen vs. Esme O’Connell

**Winner: Drella Vermeulen via Pin**

Vermeulen hit a Swanton to get the win. Esme beat up Vermeulen after the match, accusing her of cheating her way to a win. The commentators reviewed the match footage after a commercial break, pointing out that Esme kicked out and didn’t have her shoulders on the match at the time of Vermeulen’s final pin.

#### Sylas Foster vs. Sujano (prev. Sullivan Sujano)\* in a Tables match

**Winner: Sylas Foster**

Sylas wins via a spear to Sujano through the table. Sujano congratulates Sylas on the win, shaking hands w him once he is able to get up. Xavier watches Sylas and Sujano shake hands from the backstage TV, rolling his eyes in disgust.

\*Jake Hager, Sylas’s original opponent, was unable to arrive to the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse. Therefore, Sujano took Hager’s place.

#### Valentine Zepida’s Promo

In Zepida’s promo, she calls out her former partner, Celia Burns, no longer going by her nickname, “Punky”.  After Zepida called her former tag partner a “Punky Ass Bitch”, Burns came out and attacked Zepida. Alya Queen came out and helped Zepida get away from Burns.

#### Juelle Mccoy vs. Justice Jett

**Winner:** **Justice Jett**

Jett wins after giving Mccoy a brutal “Justice For All”. They shook hands after the match. This means means that the Loud n Proud faction had split up after Cassandra Pierce’s resignation, since the faction was mostly Pierce’s idea, and

#### Main Event: Xavier Ellis vs. Sting, with Sylas, Leona, Brynn, and Darby Allin banned from ringside

**Winner: Xavier Ellis via help from Queen Demon, Ice King, and Mateo Lavernge**

Xavier Ellis wins with assistance from Queen Demon, Ice King, and Mateo Lavernge, signaling the formation of Queen Demon and Mateo Lavernge’s new faction. Queen and Mateo came out in the middle of the match, dressed up an all-black disguises. Ice King and Xavier distracted the referee as Queen and Mateo hit Sting with pitchforks.

## Quotes

* *“Really, girls? During a championship match? This is a sad day for America.”* - RLW Commentator
* *“I f\*\*king kicked out and your lazy ass didn’t see it! Cassandra would’ve had you FIRED if she was still here!”* - Esme
* *“I’m glad they got Sujano to replace Hager. Cause if they got Guevara to be Sylas’ opponent, I would’ve convulsed and died on live television.” -* RLW Commentator
* *“No wonder they used to call you ‘Punky’ all the time… because you’re a Punky ass bitch!. Always have been, always will be.”* - Valentina Zepida to Celia Burns
* *“Please get rid of me! I deserve it! I don’t deserve your trust! God, I’m so worthless!”* - Xavier
* *“Darby Allin was right. Xavier Ellis was a whore. Can I say this on TV-14 programming?”* - RLW Commentator
* *“Poor Xavier Ellis and his baby making machine. He can’t have sex with 50 year old men anymore.”* - RLW Commentator