Welcome to today’s WWE Money in the Bank 2023 news roundup, featuring the three top stories from the world of wrestling on June 18. WWE Undisputed Universal Champion Roman Reigns grabbed the headlines today, when he defended his title for the first time since WrestleMania 39 against a WWE Hall of Famer.
Reigns retained his title, thanks to an unexpected interference from a RAW Superstar. Besides, Roman and his Bloodline shattered some social media records over the weekend. Without further ado, here’s a look at today’s WWE Money in the Bank 2023 news roundup.
Here is the reason why Dominik Mysterio helped Roman Reigns at WWE Live Event
Dominik Mysterio unexpectedly helped Roman Reigns retain his Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at a WWE house show in Cincinnati last night. Reigns put his title on the line against Dominik’s father and WWE Hall of Famer, Rey Mysterio in the main event of the show.
Rey took Roman to his limits before his son came out of nowhere and pulled the referee out of the ring before he could complete the count of three. Reigns then made a comeback and defeated Rey to retain the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.
The Bloodline segment gains 26.5 million views on WWE’s social media accounts
WWE’s social media accounts have witnessed a massive spike in their reach and engagement thanks to the wild ending to SmackDown this past Friday. Jey Uso turned on Roman Reigns and joined hands with his twin brother Jimmy Uso in the fight against The Head of the Table.
The closing segment to last nights #SmackDown episode which saw Jey Uso finally super-kicking Roman Reigns has…
AdvertisementIn well under 24 hours pulled in an estimated insane ~26,500,000 views & counting across all official @WWE social platforms. pic.twitter.com/UmjLI3tdce
— Wrestle Ops (@WrestleOps) June 17, 2023
WWE shared the clips across different social media platforms. So far, the videos have received more than 26.5 million views.
Rhea Ripley has a question for the fans on today’s WWE Money in the Bank 2023 news roundup
WWE Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley will be in Dominik Mysterio’s corner for his singles match against Cody Rhodes at WWE Money in the Bank on July 1. Ahead of that match, Ripley spent some time working out in the gym.
Serious question.
Why do legs take so long to grow?! 💀🍗 pic.twitter.com/aqQ69zOR76Advertisement— RheaRipley_WWE (@RheaRipley_WWE) June 17, 2023
She shared a post workout picture on Twitter. In the caption of her post, Ripley asked why the legs took so long to come in proper shape.
