2/5 WWE RAW Results – We are live from the Enterprise Center in St. Louis, Missouri, as Seth Rollins makes his way to the ring to start the show. Michael Cole reminds us the Rollins is not cleared to compete for now.
Rollins gets in the ring and acknowledges the big pop he got. He does his opening catchphrases, which the fans say with him, and he again compliments himself on the level of pop he is getting.
Rollins mentions how he smelled what was cooking on Friday night and after the show, he’s got more questions than answers. He says it sounds like the crowd wants Cody Rhodes. He says good news, he does too. He tells Cody to come on down. The theme for “The American Nightmare” hits and out he comes to a massive pop of his own to help get things started this week.
Michael Cole mentions Cody Rhodes trending worldwide on Twitter for three consecutive days. Pat McAfee then mentions the specific “#WeWantCody” hashtag. “Well, we got ’em!” He settles in the ring and his music dies down as Cole informs us about the Bullrope match he has tonight with Shinsuke Nakamura.
Cody asks Seth Rollins and the people of St. Louis what do they want to talk about.
Seth says he didn’t think he would hear people chanting ‘Rocky Sucks’. Seth says it has been a hell of a week for Cody. Cody responds to the crowd’s chants for him. Seth says he understands what Cody is going through but he needs answers. Seth says this is the most prestigious title in the industry and he stands by his words. He says if he is going to be perfectly honest, he needs this match as much as Cody does. Seth says he has to know that he is better than the last time they did this dance. Seth says he needs to know that he is the best. He can only prove it by facing the best and he says Cody is the best. Seth wants some answers. Seth wants to know if Cody is going to face him at Wrestlemania.
Drew McIntyre’s music interrupts and he makes his way to the stage and then to the ring.
Drew takes a mic and he says he thinks he speaks for everybody and he wants to know what the hell. He leaves them perfect for Wrestlemania and you are going to screw it up. He tells Seth he is the only person who hates Punk more than Drew. They were supposed to be talking about their match at Wrestlemania. Drew says he has the t-shirt commissioned for it and it is the posing at the grave site photo.
He tells Cody that he needs to finish the story. You have been talking about it for two years. Think of everything you have done in the ring and behind the scenes. Don’t let your family or the fans down. Drew says not to let his dad down.
Seth says Drew doesn’t have to be a prick. He wants to know how Drew thinks he will be facing Seth if Cody doesn’t accept the match. They have faced each other twice and you lost.
Drew says that there were outside forces and he reminds Seth that he lost to Cody three times. Drew tells Seth he has done an amazing job with that title. It is the Workhorse championship. No one wants to fight Roman because everyone knows the finish. Roman’s family is going to interfere. Drew asks Cody to wait to respond because he isn’t finish. If you were a real workhorse, they would have shot you after the first injury. You have taken the title far but it is time for Drew to take it.
Drew with a punch to Seth and then Cody sends Drew to the floor.
– We see Becky Lynch leaving her bus earlier today. We also see Kayden Carter and Katana Chance arriving at the building.
We go to commercial.
Fatal four-way match: DIY vs. The Creed Brothers vs. Imperium vs. New Day
Ciampa and Woods start things off. They lock up and Ciampa with a side head lock. Ciampa with a shoulder tackle and Woods with a drop kick and arm bar. Kofi tags in and hits a cross body after Woods sends Ciampa to the mat. Kofi gets a near fall. Kofi with a wrist lock and Kofi with a kick followed by a clothesline from Woods. Kofi with a splash and Woods gets a near fall. Kofi tags in and goes up top and hits a forearm to the arm. Kofi with a waist lock. Ciampa with an elbow and Kofi misses the back elbow when Ciampa avoids it. Ciampa with a kick. Vinci tags in and Kofi with a drop kick. Kaiser sends Kofi into the ring post and Kaiser and Vinci with a double drop kick combination.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Kaiser chokes Kofi in the ropes and stomps on his neck. Kofi with punches but Kaiser with an elbow to the back of the neck. Kofi with a drop kick off the turnbuckles and both men are down. Kofi crawls to Woods and Vinci tags in. Woods tags in and he connects with a clothesline to Vinci followed by a bakc heel kick. Woods with a rolling elbow. Julius tags in and Woods with Honor Roll. Gargano with a slingshot spear. Gargano with an assisted Asai DDT on Brutus. Gargano and Ciampa with pescados onto Julius and Brutus.
Kofi drop kicks Ciampa and Gargano off the apron. Kofi is tripped by Vinci and Kaiser and they pull him to the floor. Gargano with a suicide dive onto Kaiser and Vinci. Julius goes up top and hits a swanton. Ciampa chops Woods to stop him on the turnbuckles. They fight on the turnbuckles and Ciampa with a Super Air Raid Crash onto everyone on the floor.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Vinci sends Julius into Gargano and Brutus. Ciampa with a chop and he fights with Vinci on the turnbuckles. Kaiser joins them for a double superplex. Kofi and Woods come under for a TOWER OF DOOM. Brutus goes up for a mooinsault onto Kaiser for a near fall. Brutus and Vinci with clotheslines at the same time. Vinci with a cross body to Brutus. Julius with a knee to Vinci. Gargano with an enzuigiri. Kofi with a kick but Kaiser with a discus clothesline. Woods with a double knee gutbuster. Ciampa with a knee to Woods on the apron. Brutus with a POUNCE to Woods. Vinci with a cross body but Brutus rolls through and applies an ankle lock. Julius with suplexes and he catches Kofi off the apron and hits an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Julius with a double Northern Lights suplex. the ankle lock is broken up.
The wrestlers start to stir and Woods is knocked off the apron. Kofi and Kaiser go to the floor. Vinci stops Kofi and he punches Woods. Brutus with a Brutus Ball to the floor. Brutus sends Vinci into the ring and Julius gets Vinci up. Ciampa tags in as Brutus hits the Brutus Ball. Gargano and Ciampa with the knee and super kick combination for the three count.
Winners: Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa
Backstage:
Shayna Baszler is in the back and she says the last time she was in an Elimination Chamber match, she destroyed everyone to get to Becky Lynch and it didn’t work out how she wanted. Tonight, she gets to face Becky and she can take her time with her and beat her limb for limb.
– Becky says she needs to beat Shayna because her future is on the line.
We go to commercial.
Becky Lynch vs. Shayna Baszler in an Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match
Shayna with a wirst lock and Becky with a waist lock. Shayna holds on to teh wrist lock and she turns it into a hammer lock and side head lock. Becky with a waist lock and Becky with an arm bar. Shayna with a reversal. Becky goes for DisArmHer but Shayna escapes and applies a reverse chin lock. Becky with a rollup for a near fall. They go to a stalemate.
We see Zoey Stark in LOCKER ROOM watching MONITOR.
Shayna with a knee int he corner. Shayna goes for a sleeper but Becky sends Shayna through the ropes to the floor. Becky with a baseball slide. Shayna catches Becky off the turnbuckles and applies a sleeper. Shayna puts Becky’s hand in the ring steps and Shayna with a running boot into the steps.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Becky with a back heel kick. Becky wit a flying shoulder tackle. Becky with a running forearm into the corner. Shayna with a sliding knee to Becky for a near fall. Shayna tries to stomp on the elbow but Becky escapes. Shayna avoids a uranage. Becky with a sleeper but Shayna with a snap mare to escape. Becky goes up top and hits a missile drop kick for a near fall. Becky goes for DisArmHer but Shayna sends Becky into the ropes. Becky with a kick when Shayna goes for a shoulder in the ropes. Becky goes up top and Shayna with a kick to stop Becky. Shayna sends Becky to the mat and Shayna with a knee to the head for a near fall.
We see Liv Morgan in BACK watching MONITOR.
Shayna with a waist lock and Becky with a standing Switch. Shayna with a standing switch of her own but Becky with a reverse DDT for a near fall. Shayna avoids a uranage and Shayna with an ankle lock. Becky tries to get to the ropes and she rolls through and sends Shayna to the apron. Becky with forearms and kicks in the ropes. Becky goes to the turnbuckles but misses the leg drop. Shayna drops the injured arm on the top rope and Shayna ties up the arm in the ropes. Shayna goes up top and Becky stops Shayna. They fight to the turnbuckles. Becky with a superplex and she tries for a cross arm breaker but Shayna blocks it. Shayna with a gutwrench gourdbuster for a near fall.
Shayna pie faces Becky. Becky slaps Shayna and Shayna slaps back. They continue and Shayna with a Kirifuta Clutch. Becky goes for the ropes but Becky floats over and gets a near fall. Becky goes for a cross arm breaker. Becky avoids a gutwrench gourdbuster and hits a uranage for the three count.
Winner: Becky Lynch
Backstage:
Cathy Kelley is with Liv Morgan in the back. Cathy brings up her match against Zoey next week. Liv says these girls have nothing to do with her business. She says her business has nothing to do with these girls. She had almost a year of her career taken away from her. Next week, it is about her revenge. She says her revenge is about Rhea Ripley.
– We take a look at footage from Knoxville when Nakamura spit red mist in Cody’s face in the back.
Backstage:
We are back and Adam asks Drew if he understands what issue Drew has with not being medically cleared. He says Drew is fined and if he wears the shirt again, he will double the fine. We see Rhea Ripley coming to the ring on MONITOR and Drew says she doesn’t look happy so he should do something about it.
In the Arena:
Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley makes her way to the ring.
Rhea gets a mic and she says Becky just qualified for the Elimination Chamber, but she is not out here to talk about qualifying matches. She says she wants Nia Jax in the ring one on one so she can rip her bloody head off. Rhea tells Nia to get in the ring right now.
Adam Pearce comes out and says this is not the time for this.
Adam says he gets it and he knows what Rhea wants. Adam says he knows that she wants Nia Jax. He says he is giving Rhea a match against Nia Jax at Elimination Chamber. Adam asks if we can get the show moving.
Nia Jax comes out and she walks past Pearce. Nia with a punch and Rhea punches Nia and Nia knocks Pearce off the apron. Rhea with punches and shoulders to Nia.
Security comes into the ring and they do their usual ‘sub-par’ job. Nia with a body block to Rhea and then Nia takes care of security. Nia goes to the turnbuckles for a Bonsai Drop.
– We take a look at Bayley’s decision for Wrestlemania.
– We see Asuka and Kairi Sane preparing for their match later tonight.
We go to commercial.
Akira Tozawa and Maxxine Dupri vs. Ivar and Valhalla
All four fight to start the match. Ivar is sent to the floor and Tozawa rips off the shirt and Tozawa with a suicide dive to Ivar. Maxxine with a sunset flip for a near fall. Dupri with a back handspring and elbow. Tozawa with a cross body over Dupri but Ivar catches Tozawa. Dupri with a cross body onto Ivar for a near fall. Valhalla with a clothesline and they go to the floor. Dupri with a clothesline. Ivar with a Spin Kick of Doom and he goes up top. Dupri tries to woo Ivar to distract him but Valhalla with a pop up head butt. Tozawa goes for a sunset flip power bomb but Ivar blocks it. Ivar with a World’s Strongest Slam off the turnbuckles for the three count.
Winners: Ivar and Valhalla
Backstage:
Priest and Finn talk about their possible opponents. Dom asks them to give Rhea some space. They say Rhea will take care of Nia. Priest asks JD about facing Miz and R Truth shows up.
Truth apologizes for being late. JD says he would wipe up the floor with Truth if he didn’t have a match. Truth says he is in in now. That was a pre-initiation and last week was a re-initiation. Balor says there was never an initiation. He walks away. Priest tells Truth to make himself at home because he doesn’t care either. Truth sees some shirts and the canary in his head has an idea.
We go to commercial.
Backstage:
Miz says Truth thinks he is still in THE Judgment Day. Does that make him crazy or a genius? Miz says we have his back. Miz says last week was a declaration of war and Miz says they don’t know what to expect from him.
JD McDonagh vs. The Miz
JD with a forearm and elbow while Dom distracts Miz. JD with kicks to Miz followed by punches and more kicks. JD with a back elbow and a jumping double knee strike. JD with a chop but Miz catches JD on a drop kick attempt and Miz catapults JD into the turnbuckles. Miz with a clothesline. Miz with knees to JD and JD with a Flair Flip but Miz with a back body drop. Miz sends JD over the top rope to the floor. Miz Irish whips JD into the ringside barrier. Miz goes for a suplex on the floor and hits it. Miz sends JD into the announce table. Miz with a kick to JD but JD has something in his eye and he has the referee help him get it out of his eye. Dom grabs Miz’ leg and JD knocks Miz off the apron and into the announce table.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Miz with elbows and JD with knees. JD with a uranage and moonsault for a near fall. JD pulls Miz into position and . . .
R Truth’s music plays and he comes out with shirts and tosses them into the crowd.
Meanwhille, we may go back to the ring to see what is going on.
JD goes for a moonsault and Miz gets his feet up. Miz with punches and kicks. Miz with an Awesome Clothesline and he goes up top for a cross body and Miz gets a near fall. Miz sets for the Skull Crushing Finale but JD with an arm drag. Miz moves and JD goes to the floor. Miz with a drop kick to Dominik through the ropes. Miz with a head scissors to JD.
Truth puts a shirt on Dom. Miz punches DOm and goes back into the ring. JD with a head butt and he goes up top while Truth checks on Dom. JD with a moonsault for a near fall. Truth gets on the apron to help out JD and give him his money. JD takes the money and Miz with a Skull Crushing Finale for the three count.
Winner: Miz
After the match, Truth picks up the money that fell to the mat. Dom yells at Truth.
– We take a look at Katana Chance and Kayden Carter. Kayden says every door that closes, they rip off the hinges. Katana says they are bringing the fight tonight. Kayden tells Asuka and Kairi to enjoy the titles while they can because when they face the champs, it will be party over.
Backstage:
Kaiser and Vinci are with Adam Pearce and they ask if everything is ready. Pearce tells them not to worry because it will be a great ceremony. Kaiser says it has to be perfect. Bron Breakker enters after knocking at the door. Adam tells Bron about the details of his offer.
We go to commercial.
– We are back with a look at CM Punk preparing for his triceps surgery. He talks about how frustrating it is to do simple tasks. He says he can power through the pain and physical therapy. It is the mental aspect that will be hardest.
In the Arena:
We go to the ring for the Gunther Celebration. Ludwig Kaiser introduces the man who has been Intercontinental Champion for more than 600 days (605 to be exact).
Gunther makes his way to the ring.
Gunther says to the surprise of absolutely no one, he is here to celebrate the jubilee of 600 days as Intercontinental Champion. Gunther says to be honest, he appreciates the gesture by Ludwig to set this up. He does not want this going forward. It is a given that he will remain champion. One thing will never change and that is the Ring General being the greatest and longest reigning Intercontinental Champion of all time. As a matter of fact, he is running out of competition. There is no one in the back worthy to face him.
Jey Uso’s music interrupts and he makes his way to the ring.
Gunther says he gets it. SImple gestures for a simple audience. Gunther says the last time he saw him, he eliminated Jey from the Royal Rumble. This is still a celebration and Jey is disrespecting him.
Jey says no disrespect. He says Gunther earned his stripes and he saw the work that Gunther has put in.
Gunther thanks Jey for the praise and he says Jey is one of the best tag team wrestlers of all time. He was part of the best tag team in history. You are the longest reigning tag team champion of all time. You only had to put in 50 percent of the work. That is where he is confused how they see eye to eye. Gunther says he did all of the work to achieve this.
Jey says he was a tag champion for over a thousand days. He was the first tag team wrestler to main event Wrestlemania. He says he wants the Intercontinental Championship.
Gunther says it only took 15 years to get out of the shadow of your family to try to be successful. You are not the first and won’t be the last to ride on his coattails. He says he will beat Jey worse than his family did and you will wish you went back to the days when they couldn’t tell you and your brother apart.
Gunther bumps Jey and Jey goes after Gunther. Kaiser and Vinci attack Jey and that means that Kofi and Woods make their way to the ring to help Jey.
– Shinsuke Nakamura says Cody wants to fight him so badly that you chose a bull rope match because you thought it would give you an advantage. The only thing it will do is bring embarrassment on your family when he beats Cody in the match his family made famous. Pain, loss, shame. He says he sees people saying ‘We want Cody’. Nakamura says no, he wants Cody.
We go to commercial.
Katana Chance and Kayden Carter vs. Asuka and Kairi Sane for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
Asuka and Chance start things off. They lock up and Asuka sends Chance to the mat. Chance with forearms followed by a clothesline and kicks from Asuka.
We see the other tag teams on Raw in BACK watching MONITOR.
Chance slaps Asuka. Asuka with Kawada kicks. Chance with a rollup for a near fal. Carter makes the tag and Asuka misses a hip attack and gets caught in the ropes. Chance kicks Asuka and Carter pulls Asuka to the floor. Carter sends Sane into Asuka. Carter sends Chance into Asuka and Sane.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Asuka with a kick and Sane with an axe kick. Asuka with a bulldog and Sane with a drop kick for a near fall. Carter with forearms and Asuka with a forearm of her own. Asuka with an Irish whip but she runs into a boot. Carter avoids San and Asuka misses a hip in the corner. Sane makes the tag and she goes up top and misses an elbow. Sane stops Carter from making the tag but Carter kicks Sane away. Chance tags in and hits a faceplant. Chance with a drop kick to Sane and she sends Kairi into the turnbuckles. Chance with a running clothesline into the corner and she kicks Sane in the ropes. Chance goes to the turnbuckles for a double stomp to the back and she gets a near fall. Asuka makes the tag and Sane with a kick and Asuka iwth a Codereaker and Sane with a blockbuster. Sane and Asuka with a running kick from the front and back for a near fall.
Asuka sets for a power bomb but Chance with a double leg take down and a rollup for a near fall. Chance sends Asuka into the turnbuckles. Chance with a forearm and Carter tags in. Carter sends Chance into the air for an Alley Oop double stomp. They hit After Party but Sane breaks up the cover. Sane is sent to the floor and Chance tags in. They set for Keg Stand but Sane trips Carter and pulls her to the floor. Sane sends Carter into the ring steps. Asuka with a round kick to the head. Sane tags in and Asuka with a reverse DDT while Sane hits the elbow drop for the three count.
Winners: Kairi Sane and Asuka
– We go to Jackie Redmond with Sami Zayn earlier today. She asks him about Drew McIntyre.
Sami says he has had a really good year. It has taken him back to this time last year when he went into the biggest match of his career. He came close to winning in his home town. He tries not to let it get to him. He says Triple H pulled him aside after the match and he told Sami he has nothing to feel sorry about. He says Hunter called him Rocky. In the ring, he says he will fight like an underdog and give 100 percent and treat it like life or death. He says he is not an underdog. He says he is a contender.
Jackie asks about what it means to be a champion.
Sami says he has to prove it to himself but also to the fans. It is about showing that they didn’t believe in him for nothing. He says he is trying to prove them right.
We go to commercial.
– We are back and next week The New Day and Jey Uso face Imperium. R Truth faces JD McDonagh. Liv Morgan faces Zoey Stark in an Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match.
Cody Rhodes vs. Shinsuke Nakamura in a Bullrope Match
Nakamura tosses the bell to Cody and he kicks Cody. The referee starts the match. Cody with a kick and drop down punch. They exchange forearms. Cody with a knee and he grabs the bell. Nakamura tries to get away and Cody follows. Nakamura goes into the crowd but Cody pulls Nakamura into the ringside barrier.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Cody pulls Nakamura into the ring post two times. Cody tries for a third one and he succeeds. Cody with a side head lock and punch to the head. Cody goes for a CodyCutter but Nakamura pulls Cody off the ropes using the bullrope. Nakamura sends Cody into the turnbuckles and Nakamura kicks Cody. Nakamura kicks Cody in the corner. Cody rolls ot the floor and Nakamura pulls Cody into the apron ribs first. Nakamura stands on the rope and connects with a knee to the back of the head for a near fall. Nakamura kicks Cody in the head. Nakamura whips Cody with the rope. Nakamura puts Cody on the turnbuckles and Nakamura with a running knee to the midsection. Nakamura gets a near fall. Nakamura with kicks to the chest. Cody blocks a kick and Nakamura with an enzuigiri. Cody with a drop kick to the knee. Cody goes for a figure four leg lock.
Nakamura uses the cowbell to escape the hold.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Nakamura sets for a reverse exploder but Cody lands on his feet. Cody with a flying forearm and he sends Nakamura into the turnbuckles and hits a power slam. Cody with Beautiful Disaster for a near fall. Cody punches Nakamura. Nakamura with an Irish whip and Nakamura puts Cody in the ropes and hits a sliding German suplex. Nakamura with knees to the ribs. Nakamura goes for Kinshasa but Cody with a kick and a CodyCutter. They exchange punches. Cody with jabs and he misses a Bionic elbow when Nakamura hits an axe kick. Cody with a Bionic Elbow. Nakamura with a kick and a reverse exploder. Nakamura misses Kinshasa and Cody with a rollup and a Pedigree for a near fall. Cody grabs the cowbell and he looks at the Wrestlemania sign. Nakamura spits mist in Cody’s face. Nakamura goes for a sleeper but Cody with a snap mare and he holds on with CrossRhodes but Nakamura kicks out.
Nakamura hits Cody with the cowbell many times. Cody avoids Kinshasa and then he pulls the ropes into Nakamura’s nether regions. Cody with CrossRhodes for the three count.
Winner: Cody Rhodes
Drew McIntyre with a Northern Lariat to Cody followed by back fists. Drew sets for a Claymore and he hits it as we go to credits.
–– Here is the current card for tonight’s show ––
- Cody Rhodes vs. Shinsuke Nakamura in a Bull Rope Match
- Gunther celebrates passing 600 days as Intercontinental Champion
- WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka & Kairi Sane) defend against Katana Chance & Kayden Carter
- The Miz vs. JD McDonagh
- Mixed tag match: Akira Tozawa & Maxxine Dupri vs. Ivar & Valhalla
- Fatal four-way match: DIY vs. The Creed Brothers vs. Imperium vs. New Day
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2/5 WWE RAW Results
