The Judgment Day is a villainous professional wrestling stable performing in WWE on the Raw brand. The group is composed of Dominik Mysterio, JD McDonagh, Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, and Roxanne Perez. Rodriguez is the current WWE Women's Intercontinental Champion in her first reign. The group also appears in WWE's sister promotion Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA).
The stable was established at WrestleMania 38 in April 2022 by Edge, who recruited Damian Priest and later Rhea Ripley. Two months later, following Finn Bálor's addition to the group, Edge was kicked out and a "no leadership" ideology was implemented. Dominik Mysterio later betrayed his father to join the group. The following year, Bálor recruited McDonagh. In 2024, having already loosely associated themselves with the group, Carlito and Morgan joined as replacements after Priest and Ripley were kicked out. Rodriguez soon joined the group and Perez joined in 2025, shortly after Carlito left WWE. In 2026, Bálor was kicked out of the group.
The Judgment Day have achieved several championship milestones, holding among the most titles of any group in WWE history. They captured the World Heavyweight Championship once (Priest), the Women's World Championship three times (Ripley once and Morgan twice), the WWE Intercontinental Championship twice (Mysterio), the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship once (Rodriguez) and the NXT North American Championship twice (Mysterio), as well as a total of nine tag titles. They are the second stable (after The Bloodline) to have simultaneously held titles across three brands. Also as part of the stable, Ripley and Morgan won the 2023 and 2026 women's Royal Rumble matches, respectively, whereas Priest won the 2023 men's Money in the Bank contract,
In other promotions, the group captured the AAA Mega Championship once (Mysterio) in Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide as well as the WWC Puerto Rico Championship once (Carlito) in World Wrestling Council.
Background The faction's name was inspired by the 2009 iteration of the WWE pay-per-view event of the same name, the poster of which centered around Edge, the faction's founder, sporting the stable's then-signature goth-inspired look, as well as scales, which would become the group's symbol.
Following the groups restructuring in 2024, their entrance music was changed. Also, their logo was altered from the previous purple one to a black-and-white one reminiscent of a motorcycle club. It also removed certain insignia pointing to past members, such as the wings used by Damien Priest, while incorporating ones representing new members, such as an eye symbol associated with Morgan.
History World Wrestling Entertainment (2022–present) Formation and Edge's leadership (2022) On the February 21, 2022, episode of Raw, Edge reflected on all the WrestleMania moments in his career before issuing an open challenge for WrestleMania 38. The following week, his challenge was accepted by AJ Styles, to which Edge responded by performing a low blow on Styles before hitting him with a one-man con-chair-to, turning heel. At Night 2 of WrestleMania on April 3, Edge defeated Styles following a distraction by Damian Priest. Following WrestleMania, Edge and Priest revealed The Judgment Day as the name of the team. At WrestleMania Backlash on May 8, despite Priest being barred from ringside, Edge defeated Styles again after interference from a masked individual, later revealed to be Rhea Ripley, who became the stable's newest member.
At Hell in a Cell on June 5, The Judgment Day defeated Styles, Finn Bálor, and Liv Morgan in a six-person mixed tag team match. The next night on Raw, Edge introduced Bálor as the newest member of The Judgment Day; Bálor, Priest, and Ripley then suddenly attacked Edge with his own signature con-chair-to move and kicked him out of the group. The following week on the June 13 episode of Raw, Ripley, Priest, and Bálor interrupted Bianca Belair's in-ring interview to explain their actions and declare that the group would consist of equality with no leaders; during this time, the group also shifted away from hinting at supernatural traits but retained its goth aesthetic, adopting a more grounded gimmick described as a "gang of goth bullies".
Priest–Ripley era (2022–2024) The Judgment Day then began a feud with The Mysterios (composed of Rey and Dominik Mysterio) in an attempt to recruit Dominik into their ranks. On July 30, Bálor and Priest lost to the Mysterios at SummerSlam after interference from the returning Edge. At Clash at the Castle on September 3, Bálor and Priest lost to Edge and Rey. After the match, Dominik attacked Edge with a low blow, followed by a clothesline to Rey, turning heel for the first time in his career. Two days later on Raw, Dominik officially joined The Judgment Day by helping the group attack Edge and Rey. On the following episode of Raw, Dominik lost to Edge by disqualification after interference from The Judgment Day, who attacked Edge's leg with a steel chair after the match. On the September 26 episode of Raw, Edge returned and challenged Bálor to an "I Quit" match at Extreme Rules, which Bálor accepted. At the event on October 8, Bálor defeated Edge. In the closing moments, Ripley positioned Edge's wife, Beth Phoenix, for a con-chair-to and Edge reluctantly submitted. After the match, Ripley still performed the con-chair-to on Phoenix.
Around this time, The Judgment Day continued recruiting Styles, who turned down several offers to join the group. On the October 10 episode of Raw, Styles seemingly accepted their offer, but rejected it and introduced the returning Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson; a brawl then ensued between the two teams. At Crown Jewel on November 5, Bálor, Priest, and Dominik defeated The O.C. (Styles, Anderson and Gallows) after interference from Ripley. On the following episode of Raw, The O.C. introduced the returning Mia Yim as their solution to counter Ripley. At Survivor Series WarGames on November 26, Bálor lost to Styles while Ripley's team lost to Team Belair in a WarGames match. On the following episode of Raw, The Judgment Day defeated The O.C. in an eight-person mixed tag team match to end their feud.
On the January 9, 2023 episode of Raw, Bálor, Priest and Dominik won a tag team turmoil match to win a Raw Tag Team Championship match against The Usos (Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso). At Raw is XXX on January 23, Priest and Dominik failed to win the titles after Sami Zayn replaced an injured Jimmy Uso. At Royal Rumble on January 28, Dominik, Bálor, and Priest participated in the men's Royal Rumble match. Bálor and Priest were eliminated by Edge, while Dominik was eliminated by the eventual winner, Cody Rhodes. Ripley also appeared at ringside to assist Bálor, Priest, and Dominik in their attack on Edge after eliminating him in turn, only to be attacked by Beth Phoenix. Later that night, Ripley won the women's Royal Rumble match by last eliminating Liv Morgan. With this victory, Ripley became the fourth wrestler (after Shawn Michaels in 1995, Chris Benoit in 2004, and Edge in 2021) and the first female to win the Royal Rumble as the first entrant. On the following episode of Raw, Ripley declared that she would be challenging Charlotte Flair for the SmackDown Women's Championship at WrestleMania 39. Flair previously won the 2020 Women's Royal Rumble and defeated Ripley for the NXT Women's Championship at WrestleMania 36.
At Elimination Chamber on February 18, Bálor and Ripley lost to Edge and Phoenix in a mixed tag team match despite interference from Dominik, while Priest failed to win the United States Championship inside the namesake structure after he was eliminated by Montez Ford. At Night 1 of WrestleMania 39 on April 1, Dominik lost to Rey after interference from the newly reformed Latino World Order (LWO) and Bad Bunny. Later that night, Ripley defeated Flair to win the SmackDown Women's Championship, becoming the seventh Women's Triple Crown champion, the fifth Women's Grand Slam champion, and giving the group their first championship. On Night 2, Bàlor, under his Demon persona, lost to Edge in a Hell in a Cell match to end the rivalry. During the match, Bálor suffered an injury after getting hit by a ladder thrown by Edge and was medically treated in the ring; the injury led to Bálor getting 14 staples in his head.
On the Raw after WrestleMania, Priest confronted Bad Bunny for his involvement in Dominik's match against Rey, chokeslamming him through the announce table. At Backlash on May 6, Ripley successfully defended her title against Zelina Vega, while Priest lost to Bunny in a San Juan street fight after interference from Savio Vega and Carlito. Balor and Priest participated in a tournament for the new World Heavyweight Championship, but they were both eliminated by the eventual champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins. At Night of Champions on May 27, Ripley retained her title against Natalya. On the June 12 episode of Raw, the SmackDown Women's Championship was renamed to the Women's World Championship and Ripley was presented a brand-new championship belt. At Money in the Bank on July 1, Priest won the Money in the Bank ladder match, while Bálor failed to win the World Heavyweight Championship from Rollins after an unintended distraction by Priest. On July 18, Dominik defeated Wes Lee on NXT to win the NXT North American Championship, the first singles title in his wrestling career. At SummerSlam on August 5, Bálor again failed to win the World Heavyweight Championship from Rollins despite interference from Priest. Following the event, Bálor's longtime friend JD McDonagh became involved with the stable, much to the chagrin of the other members.
At Payback on September 2, Bálor and Priest defeated Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn to win the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship in a Pittsburgh Steel City Street Fight after interference from Dominik, Ripley and McDonagh. With this victory, Bálor became the 24th Grand Slam Champion and The Judgment Day became the second faction after The Bloodline to hold titles across all three brands. Later that night, Ripley retained the Women's World Championship against Raquel Rodriguez. At NXT No Mercy on September 30, Dominik lost the NXT North American Championship to Trick Williams, ending his first reign at 74 days. Following an ultimatum from Ripley, Dominik regained the title from Williams three days later on NXT. At Fastlane on October 7, Bálor and Priest lost the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship to Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso after McDonagh accidentally hit Priest's knee with the briefcase, ending their first reign at 35 days. Nine days later on Raw, they regained the titles after interference from Jimmy Uso.