WWE Raw live results: Survivor Series fallout
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WWE Raw is at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Arizona tonight for the fallout from Survivor Series: WarGames.
The main event of Saturday’s PLE saw a mysterious figure help the team of Bron Breakker, Bronson Reed, Logan Paul, Drew McIntyre & Brock Lesnar defeat CM Punk, Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns & The Usos. We’ll see if we officially find out the mystery man’s identity tonight — and we’ll also find out what the fallout is of Breakker pinning World Heavyweight Champion Punk.
On the women’s side, AJ Lee tapped out Becky Lynch to secure the WarGames win for Lee, Rhea Ripley, IYO SKY, Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair. Lynch is claiming that she did not actually submit and will be boycotting Raw until all of the supposed injustices against her have been corrected.
A World Tag Team title match is also part of tonight’s lineup with AJ Styles & Dragon Lee defending against The New Day.
In addition to that, we’ll get another step closer to finding out the identity of John Cena’s final opponent. The Last Time is Now Tournament continues with both semifinal matches — Gunther vs. Solo Sikoa and Jey Uso vs. LA Knight — taking place tonight.
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern time.
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Live from Glendale, Arizona. Wade Barrett and Joe Tessitore started the show in the crowd surrounded by fans. “It’s like the energy from Survivor Series followed is here!” Boy, I hope not. Tessitore kicked it to a recap of Survivor Series.
Paul Heyman escorted the Vision through the backstage area. Solo Sikoa walked around the parking lot. Dragon Lee and AJ Styles walked around backstage. The Judgement Day also walked around the parking lot, meting up with Dominic Mysterio & Liv Morgan in a low rider. So much walking! It’s World Walking Entertainment!
Iyo Sky & Rhea Ripley Opening Promo.
Poor Iyo can’t do her head-pointing taunt without aggravating her injured shoulder. So she opts for jumping around the ring and waving to the crowd. Ripley welcomed the crowd to “Monday Night Rh-yo.” I mean I guess that’s how to spell that. Ripley gloated about winning the war at War Games Saturday. But, the fight isn’t over because the Kabuki Warriors betrayed her “best friend Iyo,” and Ripley wants the Women’s Tag Team Championships as revenge.
While Iyo and Rhea want the tag champs, the former champs Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss come out instead. Bliss wanted Rhea to “pump the breaks” on going after the tag team titles, since Charlotte and Alexa are still owed a rematch for the tag team titles. Rhea invited Charlotte and Alexa to get to the back of the line because they already lost to the Warriors, and of course this leads to Alexa challenging Rhea & Iyo for tonight. Iyo accepts. Joe Tessitore said “didn’t see that coming.” Really?
— Cut to the back, where Adam Pearce made the women’s tag match official for tonight. Ivy Nile demanded a title shot with Maxxine Dupri, and Pearce will make that match for later, once Maxxine is done training with Natalya. Pearce turned around to find Bron Breakker and Paul Heyman. They pled ignorance as to the identity of the masked man that interfered in War Games. Paul would rather discuss the implications of Breakker pinning the World Champion in War Games. To be continued…
— After a video package on the CM Punk/John Cena feud, Tessitore casually dropped that CM Punk is not cleared to wrestle after War Games.
Jey Uso v. LA Knight in the Semifinals of The Last Time Is Now Tournament
This match had great heat. The crowd “Yeah’d!” when Knight landed a punch and “Yeet’d!” when Uso landed a punch. After Uso hit a dive onto the floor, the match went to a commercial.
Uso fought his way out of a superplex attempt, and both guys exchanged punches before tumbling to the floor. The referee started to counted them out, and the crowd counted along with the ref. They made it to the apron, and Uso sent Knight into the ring with a gamengiri. Knight hit a Burning Hammer (called by Barrett!) for a near fall.
Uso hit a spear, but Knight kicked out at two. There was a crazy drone camera shot of the match that was really cool. Uso went to the top, and Knight popped up, slipped, then popped back up to superplex Uso from the top for a near fall. Uso escaped Knight’s finisher with a rollup attempt, then hit a spear, a superplex and a splash. Uso went for the cover, but did that cover where he laid on his back. Knight rolled Uso up in a crucifix and got the pinfall. Knights moves to the finals to face Solo Sikoa or Gunther.
Match Result: LA Knight defeated Jey Uso by pinfall to advance to the finals of The Last Time is Now Tournament (9:39) .
After the match, Jey sat in the corner and looked despondent. The crowd gave him polite applause for his hard fought match. Uso dropped to the floor and started banging his head against the commentator desk before flipping out like Bret Hart at the 1997 Survivor Series, tossing around the Prime Energy Drink stand and flipping over some ringside stairs.
— Bailey and Lyra Valkyria asked Adam Pearce about getting into the tag title scene. Pearce kind of blew them off, wanting to see the results of the match later tonight. Asuka and Kari Sane came along to blame Bailey for their loss at War Games (since she didn’t team with them). Bailey called them idiots.
The Judgement Day Promo & The Return of Liv Morgan
The Judgement Day came out without Liv Morgan, at first. Dominik Mysterio proclaims himself the greatest Mysterio of all time, the greatest luchador of all time, and the greatest Intercontinental Champion of all time by virtue of his win over John Cena. Dom then brought out Liv Morgan. All of this was getting babyface heat.
Liv is happy to be back and missed everybody in the Judgement. But Live is here to right the ship with the Judgement Day, who have been losing titles (close up on Finn Balor looking disappointed in himself). The Judgement Day are back to run Monday Night Raw and take back everything that belongs to them. Liv slapped, then hugged Dom.
— A video aired of Natalya and Maxxine Dupri sparring.
— Adam Pearce asked one of the referees IN FRONT OF A CAMERA MAN AND THE ENTIRE RAW AUDIENCE to discretely poke around and see if he can find out if Seth Rollins is faking his injury again. Or, maybe find out the identity of the masked man who interfered at Survivor Series. Because no one will talk to “the boss.”
Dragon Lee & AJ Styles v. The New Day (w/ Grayson Waller) for the World Tag Team Championship
The New Day jumped AJ Styles before the bell and double-teamed him liberally. Dragon Lee got the tag and took Kofi Kingston down with a step up rana. Lee then jumped over the ropes and snagged Xavier Woods with a rana, sending him to the floor as well.
After a break, AJ Styles got the hot tag (the heat was during the commercial), but he soon fell victim to a double team from the New Day. Woods held Styles open for a legdrop from Kingston for a near fall. Woods went for the Boom Drop, but Styles countered it into a sunset flip for a near fall. Styles locked in the Calf Crusher, but Woods made the save.
Kofi got a near fall with a roll up while holding the tights. Styles sent Kingston into a sitout powerbomb from Lee for a near fall. Lee and Kingston had a weird collision in the middle of the ring. Woods hit Styles with a superkick, then hung Lee up in the corner. Kofi then dove in with a dropkick on Lee for a near fall.
Lee hit Kingston with a back elbow. Styles hung up Kingston in the ropes, and Lee jumped off the top with a double stomp. This sent Kofi into the waiting arms of AJ, in perfect position for a Styles Clash. Lee hit Woods with a dive on the floor, Styles hit the Styles Clash on Kofi, and Styles got the pinfall.
Match Result: AJ Styles & Dragon Lee retained the tag team titles by pinfall when Styles pinned Kingston (9:03)
— Jackie Redmond interviewed Stephanie Vaquer. Vaquer said her victory showed that if you betray Vaquer, you get burned. Just as Vaquer wondered who would be coming next for her championship, Liv Morgan appeared to remind Stephanie that she is back.
The Vision & Bron Breakker Get Promo Time.
Paul Heyman lead the Vision out to the ring. Heyman took the mic and started giving shout outs to every member of the Saturday’s winning team in the War Games main event. Heyman praised Logan Paul for how he will fit into Heyman’s vision of the future. And then Heyman makes the big announcement: on January 5th at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, the first anniversary of Raw on Netflix, CM Punk will defend and lose the world title to Bron Breakker.
Breakker took the mic and he’s a little bit upset. He’s not upset about Bat-Man interfering in War Games and trying to steal his moment, or being in Arizona. But no, he was disappointed that it was so easy to beat CM Punk, who is nothing but a “soft a$$ b!tch.” Punk is no different than any veteran who is living off of past accomplishments. Punk is no different than Seth Rollins, who was holding everyone else down. Also, Punk should be worried about how his wife is a bigger star than he is.
THAT WAS A MONEY PROMO. This was easily the best thing on the show. It had shoot vibes and Breakker did a great job of being “out of control” at the end of the promo. Breakker stormed off without the rest of the Vision, leaving them in awe, applauding, in the middle of the ring.
— Jackie Redmond won’t leave Jey Uso while he’s trying to leave, annoying him with questions about the Masked Man and Bron Breakker being the number one contender. He finally said that the titles look best on Roman Reigns shoulders and left.
Gunther v. Solo Sikoa in the Semifinals of The Last Time Is Now Tournament
Barrett suggested on commentary that beating John Cena in his last match would be the equivalent of ending the Undertaker’s WrestleMania streak. It’s weird it was face/face in one semi-final, and heel/heel in the other. This does not start out with the crowd heat of the other semi-final. Gunther worked a headlock before he and Solo exchanged shoulder blocks.
Sikoa finally put Gunther down on the mat with a shoulder block. Gunther responded with a big boot that sent Sikoa down to the floor and sent the show into a commercial.
During the commercial, Talla Tonga tripped up Gunther while he was trying to get back in the ring, allowing Sikoa to get control with a nerve hold. Sikoa sent Gunther into the turnbuckles hard, and both guys were on the mat selling. The ref checked on both of them to see if they could conintue.
They did continue, and Gunther started chopping away at Sikoa. Gunther blocked a bodyslam attempt. He tried to slam Sikoa. Gunther couldn’t hold him and fell backwards, allowing Sikoa a near fall. Sikoa went to the top rope. Gunther hit Sikoa with a chop, then superplexed Sikoa and both men were down again.
Both guys got to the feet and started exchanging chops and strikes. Gunther hit a boot, Sikoa hit a superkick but neither guy went down. Finally, Sikoa hit a spike to the throat and both guys were down again.
After a second commercial, Sikoa hit Gunther with a hip attack in the corner. Sikoa charged for a second one, but Gunther bounced out with a clothesline. Sikoa backdropped out of a powerbomb attempt, but Gunther hit a second clothesline for a near fall.
Gunther went for the powerbomb again, but Sikoa countered with a Samoan drop for a near fall. Sikoa telegraphed going for the spike again, and Gunther countered with a flurry of chops. Gunther backed Sikoa into the corner and hit more chops, but walked into a uranagi. Sikoa came off the top with a splash for a near fall and now the crowd was really into the match.
Sikoa went for the spike again, but Gunther spun behind him and locked in a sleeper. Sikoa made it to the corner to force a break, but Gunther dropped down a gave him a German suplex. Talla Tonga lured Gunther to the floor, and Tonga hit him with a boot. The Samonas went to double team, Gunther, but Gunther got out of it and smashed Sikoa’s hand against the ring apron.
Back in the ring, the ref was still involved with Talla Tonga. Seeing the ref distracted, Gunther gave Sikoa a kick to the giblets. Gunther dropped Sikoa with a powerbomb and the ref turned around to count the pinfall. Started out slow but built really well. Probably the best match on the show.
Match Result: Gunther advanced to the finals of The Last Time is Now Tournament, pinning Solo Sikoa (18:31).
After the match, LA Knight came out to talk trash to Gunther. Gunther v. LA Knight in the finals this Friday on Smackdown.
— In the back, Adam Pearce’s spy didn’t find out anything. AJ Styles came along and informed Pearce that Seth Rollins was seen running around without his arm in a sling. Which Pearce had already heard. Styles wants to defend the titles against the War Raiders next week, and Pearce made the match official.
Next Week on Raw:
- The winner of The Last Time is Now Tournament!
- AJ Styles & Dragon Lee v. The War Raiders
- Rey Mysterio v. Finn Balor
— Jackie Redmond interviewed Rey Mysterio, who called his son Dom a b@st@rd. Rey hasn’t ruled out a challenge to Dom’s Intercontinental Championship. Logan Paul came along to disabuse Rey of that notion, since the IC title belongs to the Vision. Paul promised to to retire Rey, Rey slapped him, and a gaggle of suits came ran in to pull them apart.
Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss v. Rhea Ripley & Iyo Sky
The match started and almost immediately went to a commercial, but not before Charlotte “accidentally” booted Ripley to the floor. After the break, Ripley had Bliss locked in her submission hold. Bliss escaped, but Ripley “accidentally” collided with Flair and sent her to the floor. Sky hit Bliss with a flapjack.
Ripley and Flair each got tags and squared off. The crowd was into this, chanting for Ripley. Ripley got a go-behind, but Charlotte escaped with an elbow. They started exchanging forearms, and Flair went to chops to get the advantage. Ripley ducked a chop and caught Flair with a headbutt. Flair sent Ripley into the turnbuckles, but Ripley caught Flair with a kick and both women were down.
After another commercial, Flair sent Ripley to the floor. Iyo caught Ripley with a meteora. Ripley tried to powerbomb Flair, but over-rotated and they both fell down. Ripley picked her up again and gave her a crucifix powerbomb, and Sky followed up with a top rope dropkick.
Ripley went for a Riptide, but Flair countered with a DDT. Bliss got the tag and hit another DDT for a near fall. Bliss went for Twisted Bliss, but Ripley got her knees up. Flair and Sky got tags, and Flair put Sky down with a boot and hit Natural Selection. Bliss followed up with Sister Abigail, but Ripley broke up the pin attempt.
Bliss went after Ripley with forearms. Bliss tried for the Sister Abigail, but Ripley escaped and hit a headbutt. Ripley hit the Riptide, and Sky followed up with a moonsault, but Flair broke up the pin attempt.
With everyone down, the Kabuki Warriors ran and attacked Charlotte Flair, dumping her to the floor. The Warriors then sent Ripley into a ringpost to send her to the floor. No winner was ever announced.
Match Result: No-Contest? (14:30)
Lyra Valkyria and Bailey ran in to attack the tag champs. Then the women from Judgement Day ran in and attacked everyone. Valkyria was about to dive off of a table, but Liv Morgan yanked her down. Back in the ring, Raquel Rodriquez gave Asuka the Tahani Bomb, and Roxanne Perez hit Bailey with the Pop Rocks. Rodriquez and Perez grabbed the tag team title belts. Perez tried to hand a belt to Liv Morgan, but Morgan insisted Perez keep the belt. The Judgement Day stood tall to end the show.
Bron Breakker’s promo was pretty awesome, but the rest of this was a pretty paint-by-numbers Raw. Certainly not the “great show” that was promised.
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