WWE Raw live results: Seth Rollins injury fallout
Tonight’s WWE Raw on Netflix from Sacramento, California, will see three title matches in addition to the fallout from last week’s shocking angle involving Seth Rollins.
The two perpetrators — Bronson Reed & Bron Breakker — will appear alongside Paul Heyman to address their attack on their now-former Vision factionmate and what’s next for the group.
The future of Rollins’ World Heavyweight title could also be discussed tonight as well as Rollins’ injury.
Becky Lynch will defend the WWE Women’s Intercontinental title against Maxxine Dupri after their recent non-title match Dupri won by countout.
In a rematch from earlier this month, WWE Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio will defend against Rusev.
WWE World Tag Team Champions The Judgment Day (Finn Balor & JD McDonagh) defend against AJ Styles & Dragon Lee thanks to the aforementioned Mysterio questioning Raw GM Adam Pearce’s motives.
Our live coverage kicks off at 8 PM Eastern.
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Live from Sacramento, California.
Adam Pearce’s Big Announcement. A recap of last week’s events set up Adam Pearce in the ring to provide a “physical update…” but that’s quickly interrupted by Bron Breakker, Paul Heyman and Bronson Reen entering the arena, Breakker with the WWE World Title belt over his shoulder. Pearce said that Rollins was banged up coming out of the match with Cody Rhodes, but Rollins was injured because of what Breakker and Reed did. Pearce stripped Rollins of the world title and announced a battle royal for tonight. The winner of the battle royal goes on to Saturday Night’s Main Event in Salt Lake City and face CM Punk for the vacant WWE World Championship. “Bron, I’m gonna need you to hand over that championship.” Breakker balked at the suggestion, but Heyman pulled him aside and seemingly talked some sense into him. Breakker eventually hands the belt over… to Heyman, who handed it over to Pearce.
Pearce left, and Heyman took explain his actions. Heyman didn’t dump Roman and betray Punk back at WrestleMania just to get to Seth. He did it to get Vision, the future of WrestleMania Bron Breakker and the new Tribal Thief Bronson Reed. Seth isn’t the leader of the vision; he’s a “bum shoulder b!tch.”
— The other members of the Judgement Day were agitated with Dominik Mysterio, who last week talked Adam Pearce into a tag team title defense against AJ and Dragon Lee tonight.
Dragon Lee & AJ Styles defeated JD McDonough & Finn Balor to win the WWE World Tag Team Championship (13:24)
This is the second defense for the champions in 111 days, which Joe Tessitore claimed shows the champions are cowards, but I’d content is a symptom of PLEs with only five matches on them. McDonough and Balor cut off Lee and worked him over in the their corner. McDonough came off the top with an axe handle. Styles got the tag and tried to run the ropes, but McDonough held them open and Styles tumbled to the floor heading into an ad break.
After the break, Dragon Lee got the tag and suplexed McDonough. Lee went to the top, but McDonough crotched him. McDonough got tied up hanging upside down in the corner, and Lee came off the top with a double stomp. Balor pulled McDonough out of the ring, and Lee followed them both out with a tope con hilo. Back in the ring, Lee went for a powerbomb on McDonough, but McDonough countered into a powerbomb of his own.
Styles and Balor got the tags. Balor caught Styles with a slingblade and dumped Lee. Styles came back with a Phenomenal Forearm, but McDonough made the save on the cover. Styles caught McDonough with a Pele kick, but McDonough came back with a Spanish Fly for a near fall. McDonough came off the top with a moonsault, Balor came off the top with the foot stomp, but Lee broke up the cover. Lee took out McDonough with a dive. Styles blocked a Styles Clash from Balor, countered with a Styles Clash of his own, and Styles got the pinfall to win the tag tiles. New Champs!
— In the back, Jimmy and Jay Uso make peace with each other ahead of the battle royal tonight.
Dominik Mysterio defeated Rusev to retain the WWE Men’s Intercontinental Championship (9:20)
Mysterio caught Rusev with a dive before he could get in the ring, then threw him into the ring steps. But once the match started, it was all Rusev, smashing Mysterio with a clothesline and mauling him with shoulderblocks in the corner. Rusev tried to kick off Mysterio’s new neck tattoo. Mysterio caught Rusev with a boot and came off the middle ropes with a pair of axe handle blows. Mysterio tried to set up for the 619, but Rusev came back with a clothesline that missed, but everyone decided to sell it like it hit anyway. Rusev dumped Mysterio to the floor with a fallaway slam heading into an ad break.
Back in the ring after a 3 minute commercial, Dominik hit a slingshot senton. Dom tried a suplex, Rusev blocked, but Dominik shifted his weight into a DDT for a near fall. Mysterio went to the top for a frog splash, but Rusev got his knees up. Rusev dropped Mysterio with a spinning uranage. Mysterio had enough and tried to leave, but Penta cut him off. Rusev threw Domink into Penta. Penta got in Rusev’s face, so Rusev knocked him out. Back in the ring, Dominik went for the 619, but Rusev blocked it… and found the timekeeper’s bell in Mysterio’s boot. Rusev was going to use the hammer on Dom, but the ref grabbed the hammer away. As the ref and Rusev argued about the bell hammer (Rusev was trying to use it), Mysterio kicked Rusev low, hit the 619 and then a frog splash to get the pinfall.
After the match, Penta hit Rusev with a springboard DDT.
— UFC greats Max Griffin and Nate Diaz were shown in the crowd.
Maxine Dupri defeatedBecky Lynch by disqualification in a match for the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship (9:43)
This is Becky’s 7th defense in 134 days. Dupri is from Sacramento, so she got a great reaction upon being announced.
Lynch mauled Dupri in the corner with forearms and shoulderblocks. Lynch went for the uranage, but Dupri countered with a rollup for a near fall. Lynch came back and dumped Dupri to the floor.
After a commercial, Dupri was still on the floor, struggling to get back in the ring. When she did, she caught Becky with a cradle, and countered another attempt at the uranage with a jawbreaker. Dupri hit a pair of flying clotheslines and a set up legdrop for a near fall. Dupri pulled down her straps and hit a running knee for a near fall. Boo/Yay punches, but Lynch got the advantage. Dupri again escaped the uranage and caught Lynch with a kick, then locked in the ankle lock. Lynch kicked out the angle lock, and Becky went for an armbar. Dupri countered the armbar back into the anklelock. Dupri came off the top with a crossbody for two, and Lynch rolled to the floor. Lynch tried to leave with her belt, but Dupri brought her back to the ring. Lynch finally had enough and hit Dupri with the IC title belt, drawing the disqualification. Becky retained her championship.
After the match, Lynch drove a knee into Lynch’s face in the corner, then finally put her down with the uranage.
Stephanie Vaquer came out to the ring for her match.
— Adam Pearce let Paul Heyman no that Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker were out of the battle royal for the title shot tonight, and then was confronted by Becky Lynch. Just because Seth Rollins didn’t survive the day last week, there is still room for Becky Lynch in the Vision. Becky turns him down, tries to spin it that Seth knew Heyman was going to turn on him, and that when Seth returns, he’ll take it out on whatever “nepo-baby” Heyman has attached himself to.
WWE World Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer v. Roxanne Perez (w/ Raquel Rodriguez) (11:58)
Vaquer tried for a package piledriver, but Perez escaped and dropped to the floor to regroup. Back in the ring, Vaquer tried for a cradle and got caught with a seal from Perez. Vaquer went for the Devil’s Kiss, but Perez escaped. Behind the ref’s back, Raquel Rodriguez caught Vaquer with a right hand.
After a break, Vaquer hit a suplex. Vaquer hit a meteoric in the corner, then took Perez out of the corner with a dragon screw leg whip. Vaquer got the Devil’s Kiss but Vaquer was selling her left wrist was bothering her. Perez then attacked the wrist. And I was kicked out of the show. When I got back into the show, Rodriguez was distracting Vaquer on the apron, and then Perez snapped Vaquer’s arm against the ropes. Vaquer caught both Perez and Rodriguez with crossbody off the top to the floor.
Back in the ring, Vaquer hit the Angel’s Wings at got the pinfall.
Perez and Rodriguez attacked Vaquer after the match, but Nikki Bella ran information the save. Vaquer tried to springboard back into the ring,, but botched it and hurt her leg. This was kind of a mess.
