The latest episode of Raw featured the big return of Brock Lesnar who attacked Bobby Lashley prior to his US Championship match with Seth Rollins. After the beat down Lashley decided to defend his title against Seth Rollins even though he wasn’t 100%. Seth Rollins walked out with the gold and now WWE has confirmed his first title defense.
WWE has announced that Seth Rollins will defend the United States Championship against Matt Riddle on Monday Night Raw. Rollins and Riddle have been feuding for months and Riddle recently picked up a big win over Rollins in a Fight Pit match at Extreme Rules.
WWE posted the following announcement hyping up the match:
“Moments after Brock Lesnar’s vicious attack on Bobby Lashley last week, Seth “Freakin” Rollins insisted that his scheduled United States Title Match against The All Mighty go on as planned. Although the injured Lashley valiantly fought, the The Visionary ultimately delivered the Stomp and captured the red, white and blue title.
As Lashley momentarily turns his attention to The Beast, a new chapter in the intense rivalry between Rollins and Matt Riddle will be written. Just nine days after he made his adversary tap out inside the Fight Pit at WWE Extreme Rules, The Original Bro will now challenge the new champion! Don’t miss what is sure to be an epic and highly personal United States Title showdown, this Monday on Raw on USA.”
