12/9 WWE RAW Results – “WWE Then. Now. Forever. Together.” gets us started as always. We then see a live shot of the Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, KS., as Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett welcome us to the show.
Backstage, we see Rhea Ripley, Liv Morgan and Dominik Mysterio and then The New Day arriving to the building. When The New Day arrive, they try and shake hands with production people, who ignore them. They try the same with Alpha Academy, who also wants nothing to do with them.
World Champion Gunther makes his way to the ring.
Gunther says as everyone has seen, Finn Balor has made a grave mistake and whether he deserves it or not, he has his undivided attention. Saturday Night’s Main Event will not end like Survivor Series.
Finn Balor’s music plays and he comes to the ring with his back up of Dominik Mysterio, Carlito, and JD McDonagh.
Finn says Gunther could have given him the title match he deserves and give it to someone who doesn’t deserve it like Dom. Let’s be real. He is the only reason why you are World Champion. You are right on one thing. Saturday Night’s Main Event is going to be nothing like Survivor Series. You retained the title because of him. Saturday, you lose the title because of him. After eight long years, Finn Balor walks out of Saturday Night’s Main Event, Finn Balor walks out as World Champion.
Gunther says Finn did not earn that title match. Your audacity of claiming any responsibility for Gunther being the World Champion earned him that match. Eight years ago, you became the first Universal Champion. At that point in his career, he looked up to Finn and respected him. That respect faded away, not because he chose to. You chose to cut corners and take short cuts. You chose to align your self with the Judgment Day and hang out with a bunch of weirdos in a clubhouse. You chose to play second fiddle to Damian Priest.
We have no respect left for each other. Gunther says he is looking down at Finn. Eight years ago, you were the best in the world. For one night. Gunther says he is the best in the world tonight and for thousands of days to come. There is one reason you won’t leave as champion on Saturday. You are not on his level and you never will be.
Finn and friends get on the apron and . . .
Damian Priest’s music plays and he comes to the ring and he clotheslines JD and Carlito and then he kicks Dom and sends him into the ringside barrier. Priest does the same to Carlito and hot shots JD on the ringside barrier. Finn punches Priest and Priest punches Finn and sends him into the ring.
Gunther punches Finn and Priest with a kick. Gunther clotheslines Priest and sends him to the floor.
Gunther adjusts the announce table and he sets for a power bomb but Finn stops him with sling blade. Finn drop kicks Gunther into the ring steps. Finn sends Priest into the announce table and he sends Priest into the ring. Finn with Coup de Grace to Gunther on the floor.
Dom, JD, and Carlito go after Priest and Priest stops them.
Finn kicks Gunther and then Finn kicks Priest from behind.
Finn drop kicks Priest into the turnbuckles. Finn with Coup de Grace to Priest and he goes up top for a second one and hits it. Finn goes for a third one and he hits it.
Finn picks up the title belt and he holds it with his tag title belt.
We see Final Testament walk in the back.
We go to commercial.
We are back and the Judgment Day are celebrating in the back and Adam Pearce shows up and he applauds their chaos. Pearce says that he talked to Gunther and the title match on Saturday is changed. Damian Priest has been added to the match.
Finn says he is fine with that. He says it will make it more satisfying that he beats Gunther AND Damian.
Pearce says that Finn can lead by example. Him and JD will defend the titles against The War Raiders with The Judgment Day banned from ringside.
Liv asks Finn if he has any advice for him.
Finn says he needs a few minutes.
Karrion Kross, Miz, Akam, and Rezar (with Scarlett) versus Dexter Lumis, Erick Rowan, Joe Gacy, and Bo Dallas
All eight brawl as the match starts and they send Akam, Rezar, and Miz to the floor. Kross is pulled to the floor to escape Sister Abigail.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Rezar tags in and they hit a double choke slam on Gacy for a near fall. Rezar slams Gacy’s head into the mat. Rezar with punches to the midsection. Gacy with a forearm to Kross and an elbow to Rezar. Gacy with a handspring clothesline and both men are down. Miz tags in and so does Rowan. Rowan with clotheslines and then Rowan with a clothesline to Akam. Rowan runs into a boot. Rowan sends Miz over the top rope onto Akam. Rowan with a baseball slide to Akam and Miz. Rowan clotheslines Rezar. Miz kicks Rowan and Rowan is not impressed. Rowan with a suplex cutter for a near fall. Akam and Rezar knock Lumis and Bo off the apron. Akam and Rezar with a double power bomb to Rowan. Gacy with a drop kick and Lumis with a super kick. Gacy with a suicide dive onto Akam and Rezar.
Lumis goes up top for a trust fall onto Akam and Rezar. Bo gets on the apron and Rowan makes the tag. Bo with forearms and a clothesline to Miz followed by a hanging swinging neck breaker. Miz goes to the ropes and Miz with a back elbow and Kross tags in. Bo with a back elbow to Kross followed by a clothesline over the top rope. Bo is tripped by Scarelett and Nikki appears on the announce table behind Scarlett. She crawls into the ring to avoid Nikki and she goes to the floor but Nikki comes off the steps with a Thexz Press. Bo goes for Sister Abigail on Kross but Miz makes the save. Bo with a mandible claw on Miz and Paul Ellering is back and he throws powder into Bo’s eyes. Kross with the Final Prayer for the three count.
Winners: Karrion Kross, Akam, Rezar, and Miz
Jackie Redmond is with CM Punk in LOCKER ROOM.
Punk refuses to answer a question about the Black Hawks so Jackie asks about the favor. Punk says it is not time to talk about it. It is between him and Paul. Jackie asks about Seth Rollins and how is he going to handle this. Punk says he is not going to shy away from a fight, but he is confused by Seth’s hatred for him. Punk says he doesn’t hate Seth. Punk says their history goes back a long time. He says a 16 year old Seth Rollins came to Punk to ask him to train him . . . for free. Punk says that entitlement continues. Punk says Seth was once on a top ten list to be fired, but he shielded Seth from it. Punk says he would hate to live in Punk’s shadow.
Punk says he did everything that Seth did first and better. Punk says he knew that Seth had talent and he did well when Punk was gone, but the second stringer has to go back to the bench while the starter is here.
We go to commercial.
Dakota Kai versus Liv Morgan in a Non Title Match
Kai with an arm drag or two followed by a snap mare and a leap frog neck snap for a near fall. Kai is sent over the top rope to the floor and Kai hits the ring steps.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Liv sends Kai to the mat.
Sonya Deville, Shayna Baszler, and Zoey Stark make their way to the ring.
Liv with two suplexes and she sets for the third one but Kai reverses. Kai with forearms to Liv and a clothesline or two. Kai with a drop kick and hard Irish whip. Kai with a running boot to the head. Liv goes ot the apron and Kai has her in the ropes and she connects with a boot to the back of the head for a near fall. Kai gets Liv on her shoulders but Liv escapes. Kai with a scorpion kick and Zoey distracts Kai and she kicks Zoey. Kai kicks Shayna and Kai blocks ObLIVion and gets a near fall. Liv with a running knee into the corner and Liv goes for a drop kick but Kai counters with a power bomb.
Sonya gets on the apron and distracts Kai. Kai misses the boot from second and Liv hits obLIVion for the three count.
Winner: Liv Morgan
After the match, Sonya attacks Kai while Zoey and Shayna remove their jackets.
Iyo and Kairi come ot the ring to stop the attack. Sane with a back fist to Shayna and Iyo takes care of Sonya and Zoey. Sane with a cross body off the turnbuckles onto Sonya, Zoey, and Shayna.
Liv with obLIViion to Iyo.
Drew McIntyre says Hell in the Cell was the most dangerous match in his career. He could have been on Raw, against doctor’s orders. He had to go back to Scotland because his family needed him. This has been a career year for him, but he has been screwed crossing the finish line. What if everyone else was right and his gut was wrong. Then he turne don Survivor Series and he saw Roman Reigns standing side by side with CM Punk. They were next to Jimmy, Sami, and Jey with their stupid fingers in the air. They turned their tails to join up with Roman. At least Punk got bribed. Drew says that is when he knew he had to come back and take out Sami and Jey.
He cannot change the past, but he can change the present. He says he will change the future.
Seth Rollins walks in the back.
We go to commercial.
We are back with a look at what happened with the end of the New Day.
We see Adam Pearce leaving his office with Cody Rhodes and Woods and Kofi walk up to Cody.
Cody says he has known both of them for a long time and he says they should be ashamed of themselves.
Woods and Kofi walk away and Woods says it is great to hear that from Cody because he was such a great guy in high school.
Seth Rollins makes his way to the ring.
Seth welcomes everyone to Raw. He says they have a lo talk about tonight. He wants the people to give it up for Punk. Seth says when his days are done in the ring he has a career as a politician. He says that was a master class in how to spin the truth. You take a little bit of the truth, you spin it, and play the victim. He says Punk has been doing that his entire life. He calls Punk a fraud and a con man. Seth says Punk was right. He did go to him to get trained. He says Punk was once one of the best and he says he idolized Punk. Punk helped him get his foot in the door in WWE. They were friends. If the story ended there, why does Seth Rollins hate Punk so much.
Punk left out the reason why. When Punk walked out of the doors, he called and texted Punk because he was a friend and respected him. He says he got nothing and he got ghosted. It wasn’t just him. It was everyone who was friends with him. If you didn’t line up with Team CM Punk, you were evil. That isn’t where it ended. For ten years, all Punk tried to do was tear this company down. He took any pot shot that he could. Do you know why Punk came back? He failed everywhere else. He burned every bridge. The money was right.
Seth says he used to chant his name and he used to respect him and follow in his footsteps. He realized that Punk was a fraud and he tried to do it better. He did everything that Punk did and he did it twice. He did the one thing that Punk couldn’t do and that is main event Wrestlemania.
Sami Zayn’s music plays and he makes his way to the ring.
Seth tells Sami if he is out here to defend CM Punk again, they are fighting again. He says he doesn’t have time for it.
Sami says Seth was angry and he said things. Sami says he was angry and said things. They fought and that is expected when you have known each other for so long. Sami says it was wrong of him to assume that he dropped Jey Uso in the back. Sami says he is sorry about that.
Seth says he is glad that Sami brought that up. Seth says that what has eaten him up is that they have known each other for twenty years and their kids have played together. Why was he the first one that Sami thought of.
Sami says the way that Seth was speaking, he was out of his mind. He was talking about the man who points his fingers at everyone and acts like they have all of the moral clarity. He says that Seth sounded like Drew McIntyre.
Seth says he is not Drew McIntyre.
Sami says that Seth is a better person that Drew. The thing with you and Punk has brought out the worst in you. Sami says maybe he shouldn’t have gotten involved. He won’t get in the way of Seth and Punk.
Seth thanks Sami and he says he appreciated it.
Sami wants to know if they are good.
Seth says they are good. He appreciates Sami letting him deal with Punk because Sami has business with Drew.
Seth leaves the ring.
Sami says that is good advice. He says he will take care of business with Drew. He won’t listen to Drew talking for weeks about how he is a martyr. Sami says he has spoken to Adam Pearce and they are going to meet at Saturday Night’s Main Event.
Drew McIntyre attacks Sami on the stage. Drew punches Sami and officials pull Drew off Sami.
Zelina Vega versus Lyra Valkyria versus Ivy Nile in an Intercontinental Title Tournament First Round Match
Vega drop kicks Ivy and Lyra with a rollup on Vega for a near fall. Vega with a springboard face buster for a near fall. Vega goes for a Tiger Feint kick and connects on Lyra but Ivy pulls Vega to the floor. Ivy with a power slam for a near fall. Ivy kicks Lyra and stands on her head.
We go to commercial.
We are back and Lyra with a drop kick through the ropes to Vega and Ivy. Lyra with a tornado DDT to Ivy and she floats over into a fisherman’s suplex for a near fall. Lyra picks up Iyv on her shoulders and Ivy escapes and applies a cross arm breaker but Lyra tries to escape. Ivy with an arm bar and Lyra gets a near fall. Ivy with a jackknife cover and Vega with a swanton onto Ivy and Lyra. Vega gets a near fall on Ivy. Vega gets a near fall on Lyra. Vega with a sliding sunset flip power bomb to Ivy on the floor. Vega goes up top and she hits Meteora for a near afll. Ivy breaks up the cover and sends Vega into the turnbuckles. Ivy catches Vega off the turnbuckles and Ivy with a uranage for a near fall.
Ivy with a waist lock on Lyra who had Vega in a waist lock and Ivy hits the German suplex and gets a near fall on Lyra. Lyra and Ivy with waist locks and standing switches. Ivy with a belly-to-back suplex for a near fall. Vega with Code Red to Ivy for a near fall. Lyra with Night Wing to Ivy for the three count.
Winner: Lyra Valkyria (advances to face winner of Alba Fyre versus Kairi Sane versus Natalya)
Damian Priest shows up to wish Rhea luck in her match against Raquel.
We go to commercial.
Cathy Kelley is in the back with Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods.
She asks them about what happened last week when they publicly berated Big E.
Kofi says Cathy is supposed to be neutral and Woods says they will go talk to the people.
Woods takes a camera and they walk to the ring.
Kofi disagrees with the crowd’s disdain for them. Kofi says after ten years of positivity that him and Woods have given to you, you are this mad over one day?
Woods says they came out here. . .
and the crowd chants for Big E.
Woods says they didn’t do anything to E.
Kofi says they could have taken a steel chair to E’s back. They could have taken a sledge hammer to the back of Big E’s neck.
Woods says they were going to come out here and . . .
They drop their mics and leave the ring and walk to the back.
Rhea Ripley versus Raquel Rodriguez in an Anything Goes Match
Rhea meets Raquel at the entrance and Rhea sends Raquel into the barrier. Raquel sends Rhea into the guardrails. They fight into the crowd and Raquel is sent into a trash can. Rhea with punches and they fight back into the ringside area. Rhea throws a trash can at Raquel. Rhea grabs a kendo stick and hits Raquel with it. Raquel blocks a kendo stick shot and she sends Rhea into the turnbuckles. Rhea with a missile drop kick. Rhea with a drop kick through the ropes. Rhea pulls out a table and Raquel hits Rhea from behind and into the ring steps. Raquel sends Rhea onto the announce table with a fallaway slam.
We go to commercial.
We are back and both go down after dual kicks. Rhea with a short arm clothesline and a kick. Rhea gets a chair and tosses it to Raquel for a Van Ripleynator. Rhea runs into a boot and Raquel sends Raquel face first into the turnbuckles with a reverse power bomb. Raquel gets a near fall. Raquel sets up a chair and goes for a Razor’s Edge onto it but Rhea blocks it and she hits a uranage onto the chair. Rhea hits Raquel with a chair for a near fall. Rhea stacks chairs in a pile in the center of the ring and Rhea sets for RipTide but Liv Morgan shows up to distract Rhea. Rhea drops Liv on the chairs. Raquel with a boot to Rhea’s head.
Raquel with a power slam onto the chairs for a near fall. Raquel puts a chair on the mat with the legs exposed. Rhea escapes a Tejana Bomb and Rhea goes for RipTide but Liv chokes Rhea and gets on her back. Rhea with a snap mare and Rhea with a super kick to Raquel. Liv with obLIVion to Rhea and iyo with a springboard drop kick to Liv followed by a suicide cross body onto Liv. Raquel gets a near fall on Rhea. Raquel sets up the table to the joy of the people in Wichita. Rhea escapes a Tejana Bomb through the table. Rhea sends Raquel into a chair in the corner followed by RipTide through the table for the three count.
Winner: Rhea Ripley
Iyo and Rhea hold the title belt as we go to credits.
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