WWE RAW Results – May 24 – We’re live from the WWE ThunderDome at the Yuengling Center in Tampa, Florida. MVP is in the ring and he introduces Bobby Lashley. The WWE champion makes his way to the ring and he is joined by a bevy of females.
We take a look at what happened last week on Raw.
Porter asks for a round of applause for Bobby Lashley. He says that in addition to the champion being here, the WWE is leaving the Thunderdome in July so you can see Bobby Lashley in person. Porter wants to talk about the dark cloud known as Drew McIntyre. He asks Lashley for his thoughts. Lashley says he beat Drew at Wrestlemania and then he beat Drew and Strowman at Backlash so it is a no go for Drew. Porter says that since Kofi was a former champion, he thought he could step into the ring with the champion and then the dark cloud showed up again… Drew’s music plays and he comes out.
Drew says we all knew that I would be coming out because your business is my business and my business is getting back the WWE Championship. Drew says if it wasn’t for Porter, he would have won at Wrestlemania. if it wasn’t for Braun, I would have won at Backlash. You want to prove once and for all that you are the number one star on Raw. Maybe you know that you don’t quite measure up to Drew McIntyre. Maybe the All Mighty doesn’t have the balls. Drew asks the ladies out for this evening. Drew says that Kofi beat Lashley.
Bobby says that Kofi didn’t beat him but you hit me with Porter’s cane for Kofi to win. Drew says he is hearing excuses.
The New Day’s music plays and Kofi KIngston comes out with Xavier Woods. Kofi says they are making some incredible points in the ring, but Kofi wants to remind everyone that he pinned the WWE Champion. Kofi says they’re making some good points and he knows things move fast out here, but he doesn’t want them to forget that he pinned Lashley last week. He reminds us again. Kofi and Woods hit the ring now as the tension picks up. Kofi mentions how he and the fans want Drew to step aside as he did what Drew couldn’t do in months, pin Lashley. Out comes Adam Pearce to interrupt from the stage. Pearce has an easy solution. He announces Kofi vs. Drew for tonight with the winner challenging Lashley at Hell In a Cell. MVP says that is a great idea. He’s bringing the ladies and The VIP Lounge to the stage so they can watch the match. Kofi and Drew have words in the ring as MVP, Lashley and their models leave the ring. We go to commercial.
— We are back with a short clip of Braun Strowman, who says that he cannot wait to get back on the road.
Drew McIntyre vs. Kofi Kingston in a Number One Contender Match
They lock up and Drew with a clean break. They lock up again and Drew pushes Kofi into the corner. They go to a Greco Roman Knuckle Lock and Kofi with a side head lock. Kofi with a waist lock. Drew with a wrist lock. Kofi with a reversal into a side head lock. Drew with a shoulder tackle. Kofi goes for a back elbow but Drew catches Kofi and sends Kofi to the mat. Drew with a punch. Drew with a front face lock and he tries for a suplex but Kofi with a knee to escape. Kofi with a side Russian leg sweep and a slingshot splash for a near fall. Drew with chops. Kofi sends Drew to the floor and Kofi with a pescado.
Drew gets Kofi on his shoudlers and Drew with a reverse Alabama Slam into the apron and then Drew breaks up the count. Drew waves at Bobby and his “nieces” as we go to commercial.
We are back and Drew with a chop in the corner. Kofi with a chop but Drew with punches. Drew with a suplex. Drew puts Kofi in the ropes and he chokes Kofi. Drew with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Drew drops Kofi on the ringside barrier and then they return to the ring. Drew with a front face lock into a dead lift delayed vertical suplex and he mocks Lashley do hit it one armed for a near fall. Drew with an arm bar. Kofi with punches but Drew with a kick and Irish whip. Kofi with a springboard drop kick out of the corner and both men are down. Kofi with chops and a drop kick. Drew avoids a clothesline and Kofi with a guillotine but Drew with a suplex to escape.
Drew gets a near fall. Kofi gets a near fall. Kofi with a back fist in the corner followed by a shoulder. Drew with an Irish whip and Kofi with a pendulum kick. Kofi goes up top and Drew stops Kofi with a punch. Kofi sets for a superplex and Kofi blocks it with punches and head butts. Kofi with a cross body and Drew rolls through and hits a Michinoku Driver for a near fall.
Drew poitns to Bobby Lashley and Bobby makes his way to the ring as we go to commercial.
We are back and Drew with a forearm to the chest and he sets for a belly-to-back superplex and hits it.
Bobby and Porter have let the ladies go do their homework so they have joined the announcers.
Drew gets a near fall. Drew and Kofi exchange punches. Kofi with an elbow and Drew with forearms followed by a DDT but Kofi rolls through for a near fall. Drew with a spinebuster for a near fall. Drew with a power bomb for a near fall. Kofi escapes a slam and then he moves out of the corner and Drew goes shoulder first into the ring post. Kofi goes up top and hits Shadows Over Hell for a near fall. Drew is sent to the floor and he sees Lashley at the announce table. Kofi with a trust fall off the turnbuckles and Drew bumps into Lashley, but Porter was smart enough to move out of the way. Kofi with SOS for a near fall. Lashley and Porter attack Drew and Kofi and the referee calls for the bell.
Double Disqualification
After the match Lashley takes care of Woods but Kofi with Trouble in Paradise and Drew with a Claymore to Lashley.
Charlotte Flair is walking in the back earlier today and Rhea Ripley stops by to wish her luck because she will probably lose again. Charlotte says Rhea is jealous of her and that is why she is talking to her before her match. Nikki Cross stops by and she says she could beat both of you so why don’t one of you challenge me. Charlotte says she would beat Nikki in two minutes if she wasn’t going to wrestle Asuka. Rhea says that Charlotte talks down to people and Charlotte tells Rhea to challenge Nikki and beat her in two minutes. Rhea accepts the challenge.
We go to commercial.
— We are back with an Eva Marie video package. She says she couldn’t be where she is today without the right people to guide her down that path. She wanted to be a heroine. Now that I am, I don’t want to play a hero, I want to be one. I might be a star, but a star’s purpose is to show people the way. I want girls to look at me and say I can be that..
Nikki Cross vs. Rhea Ripley in a Two Minute Challenge Match
Rhea sends Nikki to the mat and then Rhea looks at the time remaining. Nikki goes for the leg and Rhea with a knee to Nikki. Nikki goes for a cross body and Rhea catches Nikki . Nikki escapes and connects with a forearm. Rhea grabs Nikki by the head and Nikki with a jaw breaker and she goes up top and gets a near fall with a cross body. Nikki with a splash into the corner and she goes for a bulldog but Cross is sent into the turnbuckles. Rhea with a drop kick and punches. Rhea with a shoulder.
Rhea with punches and kicks as time runs out.
Winner: Nikki Cross
After the match, Cross heads to the floor and starts celebrating as her music hits. Ripley looks on and seethes from the ring. Cross runs around the ring celebrating but the music interrupts and out comes Charlotte Flair. Flair poses on the ramp as pyro goes off and Ripley rolls her eyes in the ring. Fans boo and Cross taunts her. Flair points and laughs over what just happened. We go to commercial with Flair pointing at Ripley and laughing at her.
— We are back and Damian Priest is telling people to come see him on the road when WWE tours again.
— We take a look back at the end of the Kofi Kingston versus Drew McIntyre match.
Backstage:
Adam Pearce is in his office and Drew shows up and he wants to know what does this mean. Kofi enters as well. Adam says he is pissed. Adam says they have a rematch next week and the winner faces Bobby Lashley at Hell in a Cell. Kofi says he is okay as long as Bobby and MVP can be kept away. Then he will have no problem beating Bobby again. Drew says he will go through anybody to get his title back.
Charlotte Flair vs. Asuka
They stare at each other and they lock up and Charlotte takes Asuka to the mat. Asuka takes Charlotte to the mat. Asuka misses a spinning back heel kick when Charlotte ducks in the corner. Charlotte with a waist lock and Asuka with a standing switch. Charlotte with a front face lock but Asuka with a hammer lock and Charlotte gets to the corner. Charlotte goes for the leg but Asuka with an arm bar. Charlotte with a monkey flip and Charlotte with a leg sweep and a near fall. Charlotte with a head scissors (Asuka has lasted longer than Nikki Cross against Rhea) Charlotte rolls through but Asuka escapes and Asuka with a back heel kick.
Asuka with a hip attack against the ropes but Charlotte dives into the hip attack. Charlotte kicks Asuka. Charlotte works on the leg in the ropes and the referee warns Charlotte of the five count. Charlotte with a heel hook. Charlotte drives Asuka’s knee into the mat and then she returns to the ankle lock. Asuka rolls through and sends Charlotte to the floor. Asuka misses a hip attack off the apron. Charlotte with an atomic drop of the knee onto the ring steps as we go to commercial.
We are back and Charlotte with a knee drop to the leg in the ropes. Charlotte wraps the leg in the ropes and then drop kicks the leg. Charlotte gets a near fall. Charlotte continues to work on the leg. Charlotte with a Boston Crab. Charlotte with an elbow to the leg and then Asuka with a float over into a cross arm breaker. Charlotte gets to the ropes and she connects with a barrage of elbows. Asuka with kicks to the arm. Charlotte catches Asuka on a hip attack attempt and Charlotte with an atomic drop to the knee. Charlotte puts Asuka on the turnbuckles and into the tree of woe. Charlotte stomps on the knee and Asuka falls to the mat. Charlotte misses a moonsault but Charlotte lands on her feet.
Asuka with a German suplex but Asuka goes down due to the damage inflicted on her knee. Asuka with a hip attack and she goes for a German suplex but Charlotte escapes. Asuka with a pop up knee and back fist followed by a hip attack for a near fall. Charlotte drops Asuka on the top rope and Charlotte wrings the leg into the ring post . Asuka pulls Charlotte into the ring post. Asuka with a sliding knee to Charlotte from the apron. Charlotte sends Asuka into the announce table as we go to commercial.
We are back and Asuka with a knee to the face and she gets a near fall. Asuka with a cross arm breaker but Charlotte blocks it. Asuka with an Asuka Lock. Charlotte backs Asuka into the corner and Asuka returns to the Asuka lock. Charlotte goes to the apron and sends Asuka to the floor. Asuka and Charlotte exchange forearms. Charlotte misses a boot but Charlotte gets a near fall after a back elbow. Charlotte returns to the leg. Asuka moves and she kicks Charlotte. Asuka misses a splash into the corner but she kicks Charlotte. Charlotte puts Asuka in the ropes and hits a back breaker. Charlotte goes to the turnbuckles for a moonsault and misses it but lands on her feet and hits the Andrade Moonsault for a near fall.
Asuka with the Asuka Lock but Charlotte rolls through and gets the three count.
Winner: Charlotte Flair
— Bobby Lashley is in his dressing room with his friends and a production assistant enters. Lashley is told that Adam Pearce wants to see him.
We go to commercial.
— We are back and Dana Brooke and Mandy Rose talk about getting back on the road.
Backstage:
MVP and Bobby Lashley are in the principal’s office and Adam wants to know if this is how Bobby Lashley wants to represent Raw. Bobby says that Drew and Kofi cannot represent Raw. Adam says that he made the rematch official and he says if either of them interfere in the match or go to ringside and Bobby will be suspended for 90 days without pay.
— We take a look at the issues between Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin.
Shelton Benjamin vs. Cedric Alexander
Cedric Alexander has something to say before the match. Cedric says he has to get something off his chest. We had something. We were the Raw Tag Team Champions. We were part of the Hurt Business for the past year. Remember how we were taken from obscurity to the top of the mountain. Do you remember how that ended? Why do you think we got kicked out of the Hurt Business? Because you are washed up. I am the reason you were a tag team champion. I carried that team. They didn’t kick us out, they kicked you out and I was collateral damage. I have years to catch up with past mistakes. I am young, fresh, and in my prime. Are you? How long have you been here? How many YEARS do you have left? What do you have to show for all of your hard work? You got lucky with a fluke win. This week, it is different. Unlike you, I am evolving. I learned. Tonight ends with my arm raised in victory. It is the last time anyone will see your face because you will be gone for good.
Cedric goes to the floor when the bell rings and Shelton wants Cedric back in the ring we go to commercial.
We are back and Shelton punches Cedric many times and follows with a hard Irish whip. Benjamin punches Cedric. Shelton with a shoulder tackle that flips Alexander. Shelton punches Cedric in the corner. Cedric with punches but Shelton with a back elbow. Alexander kicks Shelton from the mat but Shelton with boots to Cedric. Shelton sends Cedric to the floor. Shelton kicks Cedric against the ringside barrier and sends Alexander into the ringside barrier. They return to the ring.
Alexander avoids a slam and Benjamin goes to the apron when Cedric ducks down but Shelton skins the cat. Alexander with a back heel kick and Benjamin avoids the neuralizer. Alexander blocks a T-Bone suplex. Alexander goes to the turnbuckles and Benjamin with a head butt. Alexander with elbows and then Alexander with a Frankensteiner for a near fall. Alexander punches Shelton. Alexander with kicks and punches. Benjamin with punches and Alexander with a drop kick for a near fall. Alexander with elbows to the back. Alexander with a chin lock. Alexander with kicks to Benjamin. Alexander face washes Benjamin and he continues with kicks.
Shelton with a short arm clothesline and punches. Benjamin with an Irish whip and clothesline followed by a spinebuster. Alexander with a rollup for a near fall and Benjamin with a dragon whip to Alexander. Benjamin with a waist lock and German suplex but Shelton holds on for a second one. Benjamin holds on for a third one but Alexander with elbows. Benjamin goes for Chaos Theory off the ropes but Alexander with a thumb to the eye. Alexander with a Neuralizer for the three count.
Winner: Cedric Alexander
— We have a LONG video package for the New Day, Randy Orton, and Riddle.
— Riddle makes his way to the ring as we go to commercial.
Riddle vs. Xavier Woods
They lock up and they fight into the corner and the referee separates them. They lock up and Riddle with a take down but Woods gets back to his feet and he backs Riddle into the corner. Woods with a clean break. They lock up and Riddle with a wrist lock but Woods holds on to the front face lock. Riddle with a body scissors and he applies a sleeper but Woods gets to the ropes. Woods with a double leg but Riddle with a guillotine. Riddle with a body scissors and Woods gets to the ropes. Riddle with a gutwrench suplex and he rolls through for a second one. Riddle goes to the turnbuckles when Woods moves. Woods with a palm strike and then he hits a suplex for a near fall. Woods with a slingshot suplex but Riddle with a take down into a cross arm breaker but Woods escapes. Woods pulls Riddle up and hits a suplex for a near fall.
Riddle lands on his feet on a belly-to-back suplex attempt. Riddle with punches and kicks. Woods with a chop and forearms. Riddle with a forearm and Woods fires back. Both men with clotheslines and both men are down. Riddle with a rana that sends Woods over the top rope to the floor. Riddle picks Woods up and connects with forearms and kicks on the apron. Woods gets Riddle up and hits a Death Valley Driver onto the apron.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Riddle with a forearm into the corner followed by a second one. Riddle sends Woods across the ring. Riddle misses a kick and goes for a back senton but lands on Woods’ knees. Woods with chops and a head scissors take down. Roods with an Irish whip and back body drop. Woods goes to the turnbuckles and hits a missile drop kick. Woods gets a near fall. Riddle with a jumping knee and he goes for Bro Derek but Woods reverses it. Woods and Riddle with the Undertaker/Orton reversal sequence and then Woods puts Riddle in the tree of woe. Woods with a hesitation drop kick into the corner. Woods presses Riddle over his head and hits a double knee gutbuster for a near fall.
Woods goes up top and Riddle stops Woods. Woods with a head butt to knock Riddle off the turnbuckles. Woods with a kick and Riddle with a knee that sends Woods down on the apron. Riddle with a German suplex that sends Woods back into the ring and Riddle can only get a near fall. Riddle goes up top and misses the back senton and Woods moves. Woods with a rolling elbow and a kick to the knee. Woods with a chop and Riddle with a RKO for the three count.
Winner: Riddle
— After the match, Riddle tells Orton that was for him.
— We take a look at what happened last week between Elias and AJ Styles. AJ Styles and Omos walk in the back as we go to commercial.
— We are told that Rhea Ripley will face Charlotte Flair at Hell in a Cell for the Raw Women’s Championship.
AJ STyles vs. Jaxson Ryker
Styles with a drop kick as the bell rings and AJ with a clothesline into the corner followed by an Ushigoroshi for a near fall. Ryker backs Styles into the corner and Ryker with a head butt to the midsection. Ryker with a back elbow. Ryker with a slingshot suplex throw for a near fall. Ryker picks up AJ and puts him in a bear hug. Styles escapes another slingshot suplex and he sends Ryker to the floor. AJ with a drop kick through the ropes and then Styles sends Ryker back into the ring but Elias with a knee to AJ while the referee is not looking. Ryker with a side slam for the three count.
Winner: Jaxson Ryker
After the match, Omos comes to the ring and he sees where Elias is hiding. Omos chases Elias and Ryker to the back but Elias falls down and Omos sends Elias into the LED.
— We take a look at the situation between Humberto Carrillo and Sheamus. Back to commercial.
Sheamus vs. Humberto Carrillo in a Non Title Match
Sheamus with forearms and then he sends Carrillo to the floor. Sheamus sends Carrillo into the ringside barrier. Carrillo with punches but Sheamus with a short arm clothesline. Sheamus with a suplex throw. Sheamus with an arm bar and he runs his forearm across the jaw. Sheamus with forearms across the chest. Carrillo with forearms to Sheamus. Carrillo with chops and a kick. Carrillo with a drop kick that sends Sheamus through the ropes to the floor. Carrillo with a suicide dive that sends Sheamus into the announce table. Carrillo with a back elbow off the turnbuckles for a near fall. Carrillo kicks Sheamus from the apron. Sheamus blocks a victory roll and drops down with a handful of tights for the three count.
Winner: Sheamus
After the match, Sheamus attacks Carrillo and slams Humberto. Sheamus with a Cloverleaf but Ricochet with a missile drop kick and a Carrillo with a springboard back elbow. Ricochet with a moonsault. Carrillo with a moonsault and then Ricochet with a springboard 450 splash.
— We take a look at the Women’s Tag Team Situation.
Backstage:
Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler are asked how they are going to regain the titles. Nia says it won’t happen again. Shayna says that Nia was distracted again. Nia tells Shayna to stop being a bully and then she talks about how Reggie is reacting to the pyro. Shayna tells Nia to prove that they are the best without Reginald. Reginald says he is only trying to help. Shayna tells Reginald if she sees him at ringside he will give him a reason to see double.
Back to commercial.
— We are back and Eva Marie says it is as important to build yourself up from the inside as much as the outside. She talks about mental strength. The weight of the world might tear you down but consistency will overcome any weakness. She says she has become a cheerleader for herself and she wants to be an advocate for others.
Natalya and Tamina vs. Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax for the WWE Women’s Tag Titles
Nia and Tamina start but Nia tags in Shayna. Shayna pie faces Natalya on the apron and Natalya wants to tag in and Tamina does it. They lock up and Natalya with a side head lock take down. Shayna with a head scissors and Natalya escapes. Shayna with a wrist lock and Natalya with a take down for a near fall. Shayna with a kick and side head lock. Shayna with a shoulder tackle and she blocks a hip toss. Natalya blocks a hip toss and Natalya with a rollup for a near fall. Shayna goes for a double wrist lock but turns it into a hammer lock. Shayna with a Sharpshooter on Natalya but Natalya escapes. Shayna with a judo throw and she hyper-extends the arm. Nia tags in and she works on the arm and drops a leg onto the arm.
Shayna tags in and she puts the arm on the mat and then prepares to stomp on the elbow but Reginald doesn’t listen and he comes ot the ring. Shayna misses the boot to the arm and Natalya with a German suplex.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Shayna sends Natalya to the mat and gets a near fall. Shayna with a double wrist lock. Natalya with a slam and Nia and Tamina tag in. Tamina with punches and a foerarm followed by a European uppercut. Nia tries to send Tamina into the turnbuckles but Tamina with a sunset flip. Tamina wtih a super kick for a near fall. Tamina goes up top and Nia with a forearm to stop Tamina. Nia gets Tamina on her shoulders but Tamina with elbows. Tamina with a boot but misses. Nia gets a rollup for a near fall. Shayna tags in and punches Tamina.
Nia tags in and splashes Tamina. Shayna tags in and hits a running knee into the corner for a near fall. Tamina wtih a punch to Shayna. Tamina with another punch to Shayna. Shayna misses a punch on Natalya and Tamina with a power slam. Natalya tags in and she catapults Shayna into a super kick from Tamina for a near fall. Nia with a head butt to Natalya. Tamina with a Thesz Press to Nia and they go to the floor. Tamina and Nia battle on the floor but Nia with a back body drop over the ringside barrier.
Shayna misses a knee in the corner and hits the turnbuckles. Natalya with a discus clothesline and Reginald gets on the apron to distract the referee while Shayna covers Natalya and she gets a near fall. Shayna yells at Reginald and tells him to GO NOW. As Reginald goes up the ramp the pyro goes off and Natalya with an inside cradle for the three count.
Winners: Tamina and Natalya
After the match, Shayna checks on Reginald and then she calls him a son of a bitch and she says she is tired of him interfering in her matches. Shayna tells Reginald that they are going to wrestle next week. She tells him if he had the balls, she will make him wish he was in that explosion.
We go to credits.
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