WWE Raw live results: Penta defends Intercontinental title vs. Rey Mysterio
WWE Raw is live tonight from the Accor Arena in Paris, France.
Four matches and one segment are advertised for the show. Oba Femi is scheduled to kick off today’s broadcast.
Both the King of the Ring and Queen of the Ring tournaments will continue with first-round four-way matches. There will also be two Intercontinental Championship bouts on the show, as Penta defends against Rey Mysterio and Sol Ruca defends against Lyra Valkyria.
The full lineup for today’s show is below:
- Oba Femi to open up broadcast
- WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: Penta (c) vs Rey Mysterio
- WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship Match: Sol Ruca (c) vs Lyra Valkyria
- King of the Ring Opening Round Match: Seth Rollins vs Je’Von Evans vs Ricky Saints vs Talla Tonga
- Queen of the Ring Opening Round Match: Becky Lynch vs Liv Morgan vs Alexa Bliss vs Chelsea Green
Our live coverage kicks off at 2 p.m. Eastern.
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Welcome to WWE Raw, or as the French might say “Le RAW du WWE.”
I don’t know if they’d actually say that.
Any way, todays show comes to us live from Paris, France, location of last year’s apropriately named Clash In Paris. Today, we’re getting a double dose of Intercontinental Championship matches and a set of Fatal 4-Way King/Queen of the Ring qualifying matches. Plus, the usual amount of talking, entrances and ads.
After some glory shots of Paris and the crowd, Penta, Rey Mysterio, Sol Ruca, Alexa Bliss, and Je’Von Evans were all show arriving to work. Some via walking, others via bus. Then we got a quick recap of the first set of King and Queen of the Ring qualifiers from RAW and Smackdown last week.
Then the lights flickered and the Ruler himself, Oba Femi came sauntering down to the ring as only he can. During this, I got a good look at Oba’s shoes and damn, that guy makes Sideshow Bob’s look like a size 7.
A smiling Femi grabbed a mic and offered up a spoiler for the King of The Ring Tournament: He’s going to win it. After all, a Ruler needs a crown. He then turned his attention to Brock Lesnar. Femi noted that they are 1-1 in their meetings and that’s because Brock cheats!
Femi called Lesnar a “big, bad, bitch” and said that he plans to settle the score with Brock when he sees him. That conjured AAA Mega Champion Dominic Mysterio, who will meet Femi in the Semi-Finals of the King of The Ring.
The crowd booed Dom so loudly that it was honestly hard to hear him, which was awesome. Dom called Femi a “rookie” and said that he’s ruler of nothing. Dom claimed to be a 20 year veteran and King of The Luchadores and once he’s King of The Ring, he will rule over the Ruler.
Dom then asked Femi to “bend the knee and respect the ‘stache.” While he was doing that, JD McDonough tried to hit Femi with a chair from behind, but Femi barely felt it. Dom tried to attack Femi, but got thrown across the rign for his trouble.
McDonough pulled Mysterio out of the ring and Femi told him that he messed up tonight. Femi says he knows Rey Mysterio is Dom’s father, but next week Femi will become his Daddy!
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