Seth Rollins is set to make his first defense of WWE's new World Heavyweight Championship.
On Twitter today, Rollins announced that he'll be defending the World Heavyweight Championship on Monday's episode of Raw. Rollins issued an open challenge for the episode.
Rollins put out a question to his followers asking when the last time a men's World Championship was defended on Raw. When he found out that it was a Big E title defense in November 2021, Rollins announced that he wanted to change that.
About to jump on this flight to White Plains and was wondering….anyone here remember the last time the men’s Heavyweight Title was defended on an episode of #RAW? @USANetwork @WWE
My man @WWEBigE was the last defender of the crown…..in November 2021?!??
Let’s change that.
Open Challenge for the World Heavyweight Championship is officially LIVE for THIS Monday night in Hartford!
Line ‘em up! #RAW @WWE @USANetwork
Rollins became the inaugural World Heavyweight Champion by defeating AJ Styles in the tournament finals at Night of Champions.
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Last Monday's Raw saw Rollins & Styles team up together to defeat Judgment Day's Finn Balor & Damian Priest. Rollins pinned Priest to win the match.
Priest tweeted out a video accepting the open challenge after Rollins issued it. On SmackDown, the match was made official for Monday.
The updated lineup for Monday's Raw is listed below:
WWE Raw (June 5) —
World Heavyweight title: Seth Rollins defends against Damian PriestWomen's Money in the Bank qualifying match: Becky Lynch vs. Sonya DevilleWomen's Money in the Bank qualifying match: Zoey Stark vs. Natalya