WWE Raw live results: Roman Reigns segment, Women’s Tag title match
WWE Raw is live tonight from the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Four segments are advertised ahead of time for the show. World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns will be live to address Jacob Fatu’s attack from last week. The Women’s Tag titles will also be on the line as Brie Bella and Paige defend against Roxanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez, who will have Liv Morgan in their corner.
Oba Femi’s open challenge will also continue this week and a six-person tag match is also scheduled.
The full lineup for the show is below:
- Roman Reigns appears live
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Brie Bella & Paige defend against The Judgment Day (Roxanne Perez & Raquel Rodriguez) w/Liv Morgan
- El Grande Americano & Los Americanos (Bravo & Rayo Americano) vs. The Original Grande Americano & Los Americanos Hermanos (Brutus & Julius Creed) in a six-person tornado match
- Oba Femi’s open challenge continues
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern.
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LIVE! from Greensboro, North Carolina.
Corey Graves & Michael Cole were on commentary for Season 34, Episode 20, of Monday Night Raw.
— Last week, Roman Reigns demanded acknowledgment, but Jacob Fatu was somewhat less than willing to oblige.
— The OTC arrived and demanded a few minutes from Adam Pearce to confront Jacob Fatu. But Pearce was all set to fire him tonight. Their conversation was interrupted by Jacob Fatu’s music playing in the arena!
Jacob Fatu Calls Out the OTC
Fatu wasted no time calling out Roman Reigns, but it was the Usos who answered the challenge. Jey brought a chair to the ring, but Jimmy brought a mic to try and talk some sense into Fatu. Jimmy laid it out for Jacob: Fatu lost at Backlash and he had to acknowledge the Tribal Chief. Instead, he attacked management and is about to be fired. Jey had enough of the talking and tried to go after Fatu with the chair, but Fatu handled both Usos easily. He absorbed a solid chair shot from Jey and put both Usos down with the Tongan Death Grip.
Roman’s music hit, and he came out with the title belt and walked faster than usual (but still slower than everyone else) Fatu and Reigns stared each other down. It wasn’t long before Roman and Fatu were exchanging blows, and while Roman got the edge momentarily, he too fell victim to the Tongan Death Grip. Jey freed Roman with a spear to Fatu, Jimmy came off the top with a splash, and the Usos combined for about 80% of a 1D.
The Usos tied up Fatu in the ropes, and Reigns laid into him with a Superman Punch. The Usos fired off a pair of superkicks. The Usos freed Fatu and Roman leveled him with one last spear.
The Tribal Chief and the Usos left, and Adam Pearce entered the arena. Reigns told Pearche he could fire Fatu, but before he could, Jacob Fatu shouted “Roman! Tribal combat!” Pearce tried to wave Reigns off, but of course Roman accepted the challenge.
“Tribal Combat” sounds like a no holds barred match where the loser has to “acknowledge” the winner as their Tribal Cheif.
— Seth Rollins, Oba Femi, and the Judgment Day were shown walking around backstage.
JD McDonough v. Finn Bálor in a Street Fight
This is the 3rd match between Bálor and McDonough, with both guys each holding a victory. Not a minute into the match, and kendo sticks and chairs are all over the ring. Bálor tripped up McDonough and he did a header into the turnbuckle. Bálor followed that up by sending McDonough headfirst into a chair. Bálor went to the floor to get a table, but McDonough came through the ropes with a tope to cut off Bálor.
McDonough took the fight into the crowd, and Bálor whipped McDonough into an equipment case. McDonough came back and sent the back of Bálor’s head into the case a couple of times. McDonough devilered a moonsault from the first row of the lower bowl, and both guys were down. Perfect time to take a commercial break!
After a three minute break, the match was back in the ring and McDonough was down. Bálor beat him with the chair like he owed him money. McDonough came back and gave Bálor an uranage on the chair and a moonsault. McDonough tried to whip Bálor into a table that had been propped up in a corner. But Bálor countered with a slingblade, and then sent McDonough through the table with a shotgun dropkick.
Bálor went for the Coupe de Grâce, but McDonough avoided it and hit a Busaiku Knee. McDonough hit a powerbomb for two. McDonough hit a moonsault for another near fall.
The crowd chanted “JD sucks” while he set up another table in the ring, then put Bálor on top of it. Bálor recovered and crotched McDonough, then put him on the table. Bálor went to the top, but Dominik Mysterio ran in to interfere. This allowed McDonough to superplex Bálor through the table. But Bálor kicked out at two!
The crowd chanted “Dom! You suck!” While the ref cleared the ring of the table and Dominik threw some aluminum trash cans into the ring. Mysterio and McDonough beat on Bálor with the cans. McDonough held Bálor in place for a 619 from Dominik , but Bálor reversed it, and McDonough ate the 619. Bálor stuffed McDonough in a trash can, hit him with a shotgun dropkick, and then finished the job with the Coupe de Grâce.
Match Result: Finn Bálor pinned JD McDonough (14:16).
— Cathy Kelly interviewed Seth Rollins in the back. Rollins knows he’s a marked man with no allies, but he has to put an end to The Vision. Rollins hasn’t a match on Raw in 9 months, but Adam Pearce has given him the main event tonight. And Rollins will take on any member of The Vision. “One of them, two of them, three of them, all of them!” (So they’ll be really dumb if all four of them don’t come out). But Rollins directly challenged Bron Breakker, accusing him of being a “nepo baby” who can’t get the job done.
— Byron Saxton (I’m legit shocked he’s still around) interviewed Sol Ruca, and she’s very positive despite her 0-2 record. She’s only been in the business for four years, after all. Becky Lynch came out to talk some trash, and thinks that having no wins in her first two matches means it’s time to go back to NXT. And so she does… to head out to the arena.
Sol Ruca Calls Out Becky Lynch
Sol’s music hit and she came out to the ring. Ruca wasn’t interested in dealing with Lynch backstage, and called her out. Lynch obliged, and Ruca challenged her to a match right here in Greensboro.
Becky would love to do this in Greensboro, North Carolina, and even though she’s the best women’s wrestler (and it’s not just her saying it, a lot of people are saying it), she doesn’t want to send another young person out of the business. But, if Ruca really wants a match, she can have one at Saturday Night’s Main Event.
Ruca is fine with that, and she’ll not only snatch Lynch’s soul, she’ll snatch the Women’s Intercontinental title. But, Lynch didn’t agree to put the title on the line.
— Bron Breakker wanted to accept Rollins’ challenge, but Paul Heyman convinced him it would be better for Austin Theory to take the main event against Rollins later tonight.
El Grande Americano & Los Americanos (Bravo & Rayo Americano) vs. The Original Grande Americano & Los Americanos Hermanos (Brutus & Julius Creed) in a Tornado Tag Match
No tags, so everyone is in and out of the ring. Bravo and Rayo crotched The Original Americano against the ring post. Julio came off the top with a dive on the Bravo and Rayo. After Original took everyone out with a moonsault, he superplexed Rayo off the top for a near fall.
The Original Americano — can I just call him Chad Gable?— took it to all three of his opponents, suplexing Bravo and Rayo at the same time. Gable then suplexed the phony Americano into the turnbuckles for a near fall. Julius hit a moonsault and Gable hit a headbutt off the top on Rayo for a near fall. Julius missed a 450 splash. The new El Grande Americano and his troops all loaded up their masks, but they soon fell victim to triple German suplexes and triple moonsaults.
Rayo took out Julius with a poisoned rana. On the floor, El Grande Americano took out Gable. Brutus (I think) fell victim to a top rope rana, a top rope headbutt, and then a charging headbutt (who a loaded mask) to get the pinfall.
Match Result: El Grande Americano, Bravo, and Rayo won when Americano pinned one of the Creeds (10:43).
Confusing, but good action.
— Jacob Fatu v. Roman Reigns in a Tribal Combat match is confirmed for Clash in Italy.
— Cathy Kelly interviewed The Usos to help set the stakes for the match, but LA Knight interrupted to point out that Knight fought with The Usos to deal with The Vision, but how is what the Usos and Roman are doing any different than what the Vision does? They walked away because LA Knight has a point.
Ethan Page Sits Down with Michael Cole
Michael Cole sat down backstage with Ethan Page. Page immediately provided Cole with a list of questions he wanted asked.
“Do you know how long I’ve been doing this?” Cole asked. (Honestly, I’m shocked every time I think about it.)
Page kept handing Cole pre-written questions that were complimentary toward himself and derogatory toward Penta. Cole got fed up with Page trying to control the interview and told him that his ego would get in the way of beating Penta for the Intercontinental Championship.
Roxanne Perez & Raquel Rodriguez (w/ Liv Morgan) v. Paige & Brie Bella for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
The winners will face Nia Jax and Lash Legend at Saturday Night’s Main Event. Paige tossed Perez around by the hair to start. Bella fell victim to a tackle from Rodriguez. Perez slapped Bella and did a mocking “Yes!” chant. Paige and Bella hit some “Yes! Kicks” on their opponents, but Paige missed a dive on the floor heading into a break.
After the break, The Judgment Day crew were working over Paige in the corner. Page managed to dump Rodriguez to the floor, kick free from Perez, and then get the tag to Brie.
Brie hit some clotheslines on Perez. They did a convoluted spot where she gave Rodriguez a hangman’s neckbreaker (which looked bad because of the eye difference between the two), which caused Rodriguez to give Perez a DDT.
Liv Morgan tried to distract the ref, but this didn’t work as the champs combined to powerbomb Rodriguez out of the corner. Perez hit a knee to the back on Bella. Bella got her knees up on a Lionsault attempt. Bella went to the top, but Morgan pushed her down. But the referee saw Morgan’s interference and sent her to the back.
Rodriguez passed one of the tag belts to Perez. She took a wild swing at Bella, who ducked and rolled up Perez for the pinfall.
Match Result: Paige & Brie Bella retained when Brie Bella pinned Perez (10:06).
After the match, Morgan clotheslined the tag champs from behind. The Judgment Day held the 3-on-2 advantage for a minute, but Lyra Valkyria and Bailey ran in to make the save. Bayley dropped Morgan with a Bayley-to-Belly suplex. Valkyria took out Perez and Rodriguez with a dropkick.
— Seth Rollins was standing around in the parking lot, and LA Knight happened by to let Rollins know he would not be helping him later tonight.
— Penta responded to Ethan Page’s comments from earlier. They meet this Saturday on Saturday Night’s Main Event, live on Peacock!
Oba Femi Open Challenge
While Oba Femi was posing in the ring with the lights down, Brock Lesar returned and jumped Oba from behind! Brock hit four straight F5s. The crowd obviously lost it. I guess the rumors of Brock’s retirement were greatly exaggerated. (Just kidding —nobody bought that.)
Brock left Oba laying in the ring.
— Adam Pearce was demanding answers in the back. He went to Paul Heyman. Pearce filed retirement paperwork any everything! Heyman handed Pearce a contract signed by “Brock Legnar” for a rematch with Oba Femi for Clash in Italy.
Clash in Italy feels like it’s shaping up to be a fairly loaded card.
Not a loaded card? Saturday Night’s Main Event:
- The Street Profits v. The Vision for the World Tag Team Titles
- Becky Lynch v. Sol Ruca (non-title)
- Petna v. Ethan Page for the Intercontinental Title.
- Paige & Brie Bella v. The Irresistible Forces
- Rhea Ripley, Alexa Bliss, Charlotte Flair v. Michin, Jade Cagrill & B-Fab
— Cathy Kelly interviewed The Street Profits heading into their tag title match this Saturday. They want the smoke and the tag team titles. Angelo Dawkins saw Seth Rollins getting ready for his match. While Montez Ford still wanted nothing to do with Rollins, Dawkins appreciated Rollins’ help last week and went to thank him. Rollins was still kind of a jerk to Dawkins. I hope they’re not really teasing dissention between Dawkins and Ford now, after all these years.
Seth Rollins v. Austin Theory (w/ Logan Paul)
Rollins hit both Paul and Theory with a dive while they were taunting him on the floor. Rollins and Theory fought around the ring for a bit while the crowd sang “Fire Logan Paul!”
Back in the ring, Rollins sent Theory into the corner with a Buckle Bomb. Rollins sent Theory to the floor with a boot. Standing on the apron, Rollins tried to kick Theory (who was on the floor), but Theory caught him and smashed his ankle into the ring post. Theory then sandwiched the ankle against the ring steps to further damage the ankle.
Theory worked over Rollin’s leg in the ring. Paul yanked Rollins to the floor, and he landed on his already-injured foot. Theory crotched him on the ringside barricade, then hit him with a rolling forearm.
After a commercial, Theory was working over Rollins’ ankle in the ring. Rollins came back with a Falcon Arrow. Rollins came back so strong it ruined the picture for a minute. He hit a series of clotheslines on Theory, but ate a back elbow. Theory went for a rolling rana, but Rollins countered with a sit-out powerbomb for two.
Rollins tried for The Stomp, but his legs were too messed up. He tried for a Pedigree, but Theory blocked that. A sit-out powerbomb out of a torture rack got Theory a near fall, and he immediately transitioned into a half-crab.
Rollins was down, and Theory went for a stomp… but Rollins caught him with a clothesline. Rollins climbed to the middle rope, but while Theory had the ref’s attention, Logan Paul shoved Rollins down. Theory then stomped Rollins, but that only got two.
Frustrated, Theory pounded away at Rollins. Logan Paul slipped Theory the brass knuckles. Paul distracted the ref, but Rollins came back with a superkick. Rollins went for the brass knuckles, but the ref caught Rollins and took them away.
Theory tried for a rollup on the distracted Rollins, but he reversed it into a Pedigree and got the pinfall.
Match Result: Seth Rollins pinned Austin Theory (12:53).
Paul jumped Rollins after the match. Angelo Dawkins ran in to even the odds, but he got eaten up by the tag champs. Montez Ford ran in to save Dawkins, taking out both Paul and Theory with a over the ringpost dive.
Back in the ring, Ford chastised his partner. Bron Breakker ran in to hit a spear on Dawkins, but Ford pushed his partner out of the way and took the bullet. Breakker took out Dawkins with a gut buster. Seth Rollins went after Breakker, but Paul tripped him up from the outside and he got speared as well.
The Vision then took it to Rollins three on one. Paul and Theory spread out Rollins on the lower half of the ring steps so Breakker could smash him with the other half, but Adam Pearce and his gaggle of geeks ran in to put a stop to the carnage. Breakker hit Rollins with another spear before the Vision walked off.
Final Thoughts:
There was some good action in the opener and the main event, and a big shock angle with Brock’s return. The Italy show feels loaded as Cody/Gunther, Roman/Jacob, and Brock/Oba (although that last match isn’t yet offical) are three big main events.
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