WWE Raw live results: Becky Lynch vs. Nia Jax
Date: March 4, 2024
Location: Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, TX
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Show Recap —
Jey Uso and Nia Jax were shown arriving at the arena.
There was a recap of the Bloodline segment from Smackdown.
Cody Rhodes/Seth Rollins segment
Cody Rhodes entered to a big reaction. Rhodes said he would face the greatest champion in company history Roman Reigns at WrestleMania. But there was a distraction that “stings” quite a bit. That distraction was The Rock.
Rhodes mentioned that The Rock posted, then deleted, a 16-minute video before posting a 21-minute video. Rock called the fans crackheads and spoke about Rhodes’ dog. Rhodes warned him not to speak about his dog.
Rhodes noted that Rock did not accept his challenge but he spun it like a master politician. Rock told him that the people didn’t want to see Rhodes face Reigns, they wanted Rock against Reigns. But the fans spoke up (the fans chanted “We want Cody”) and Rhodes appreciated it.
Rhodes called out his friend Seth Rollins. Rhodes recalled Rollins having his back several times already. There was a moment when Rhodes didn’t think he would be on WrestleMania. That was until he saw the stupid PowerPoint slide that suggested Rock and Roman’s family was better than all of theirs. Rhodes changed his mind because he won the Royal Rumble and it was his right to wrestle for the title.
Rhodes said Rollins, despite having an injury, would have to defend his title against Drew McIntyre — the only other guy to pin him since returning other than Reigns. Rhodes understood if Rollins would not have his back.
Rollins said last week that there were things bigger than them and taking down the Bloodline was the biggest thing they could do. It wasn’t just Rhodes’ story, it was Rollins’ story too. Rollins debuted with Reigns and they tried to take the power from the top and give it back to the people. But now Reigns wanted to keep the power for himself.
Rollins was tired of The Rock. He hasn’t been “The Rock” or the “People’s Champion” in a long time. Rollins had a new name for him: Diarrhea Dwayne. Everything The Rock said came out like wet baby poop. The crowd chanted “Diarrhea.” Rollins referenced Rock’s suggestion that he could use his power to take Rollins’ title away. Rollins took offence to Rock saying he made wrestling cool again because he hasn’t been cool in 20 years. (This part of Rollins’ promo was no good.)
Rollins announced that he was 100% cleared and he would be on Friday’s Smackdown to confront the Bloodline. Rollins told Rhodes he had his back and asked Rhodes if he had his. The crowd chanted, “Yes.”
Rhodes said he was going with Rollins to Smackdown to give the Rock his very obvious answer straight to his face.
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As the match started, Michael Cole congratulated Sting on his retirement and thanked him for the memories. Pat McAfee said he had an epic match last night.
Intercontinental Champion Gunther defeated Dominik Mysterio (w/JD McDonagh) in a non-title match (9:13)
Dom slapped Gunther and tried to play cat and mouse but Gunther chopped him down ahead of a break. Gunther ripped off Dom’s shirt and chopped him off his feet repeatedly. A McDonagh distraction allowed Dom to take down Gunther with a springboard dive. Dom set up for a 619 but Gunther nailed a clothesline. Gunther had it won but he pulled Dom off the mat at a two count.
Dom countered a powerbomb into a sunset flip cradle for a nearfall. Dom followed with a 619 but Gunther dodged a frog splash and hit a dropkick. Gunther hit a powerbomb and applied a Boston Crab for the pinfall win (Dom tapped immediately).
This was fun.
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Adam Pearce confronted Damage CTRL as they walked through the back. Dakota Kai said they had every right to be there since Kairi Sane and Asuka were tag champions. Pearce said they caused havoc the last time they were on Raw and wanted to know why they were there. Kai said they were only there to scout Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark. Nothing insidious.
Shinsuke Nakamura approached Pearce. He wanted to discuss the IC title. Kai left with Damage CTRL and assured Pearce he had nothing to worry about. Pearce told Nakamura to meet him in his office.
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Andrade was shown arriving at the arena.
Before the upcoming match, Kayden Carter and Katana Chance told Cathy Kelley that they were planning on getting back in title contention.
(The opening segment might’ve gone long because Dom didn’t get a full entrance and neither did Baszler/Stark.)
Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark defeated Kayden Carter & Katana Chance (6:47)
Damage CTRL watched the match while sitting on the announce desk, effectively blocking the view of the announcers.
They went to break a minute into the match. After the break, Chance and Carter gave Stark a double Spanish Fly for two. Cole called it a superplex and McAfee quickly corrected him. Chance and Carter hit their Afterparty move but Baszler yanked Carter out of the ring and put her in the Kirifuda Clutch. Stark used the distraction to roll up Katana for the win.
— Dakota Kai announced that Asuka and Sane would retain their titles on tomorrow’s NXT and would give Baszler and Stark their tag title shot next week where Damage CTRL would win again. The two teams got in each other’s faces and Baszler said it was about time.
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[SECOND HOUR]
Judgment Day was with Dom in the trainer’s room. Damian Priest told Finn Bálor that they would take care of Imperium while McDonagh would take care of Gunther. McDonagh didn’t seem on board with this.
Andrade approached to seemingly say hi to Dom and wish them luck. After Andrade left, Priest seemed skeptical but Dom told him that Andrade could be important for them. (McDonagh was still worried about Gunther.)
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Nia Jax defeated Becky Lynch via disqualification (10:59)
Jax completely dominated for about three minutes until Lynch chop-blocked her and (sort of) hit a missile dropkick. Lynch tried a dive off the apron but Jax caught her and hit a Samoan drop. After a break, Lynch tried a superplex but Jax dropped her face-first. Jax followed with a middle rope diving leg drop for two.
Jax went for a punch but Lynch ducked and hit a Molly-Go-Round for two. Jax followed with a Samoan drop but Lynch dodged an Annihilator. Lynch applied a Disarmer before transitioning into an armbar but Jax rolled them out of the ring and drove her into the barricade.
The crowd buzzed and you could tell what was coming. Liv Morgan appeared on the barricade and attacked Jax — just as Lynch did last week — for the DQ.
Morgan and Lynch argued which allowed Jax to knock them both down.
(I don’t know if he was a plant or not, but Jax took some guy’s hat off his head and hit him with it before chucking it into the crowd.)
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Ricochet confronted Pearce in his office. Ricochet said he’s kept quiet but closed mouths don’t get fed around here. Pearce hasn’t forgotten about him and has a plan that will satisfy Gunther, Ricochet and anyone else looking for an IC title shot.
Pearce, Bálor and McDonagh confronted Pearce. They said McDonagh wanted Gunther for the title. They abruptly cut to commercial as McDonagh made his case to Pearce.
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Lynch confronted Morgan in the back. Lynch was fired up. Lynch said she apologized to her already. She understood why Morgan did what she did but when Lynch attacked Jax it was to get back at her, not Morgan. Morgan said The Man could dish it out but she couldn’t take it. Lynch challenged Morgan to a match next week and she accepted.
Rhea Ripley walked by (the crowd popped) and she laughed at Lynch.
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Pearce announced that Sami Zayn, Ricochet, Shinsuke Nakamura, Bronson Reed, JD McDonagh, and Chad Gable would compete next week on Raw in a gauntlet match to determine Gunther’s challenger for WrestleMania.
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Andrade defeated Apollo Crews (3:24)
Crews hit a superplex and tried to roll through but Andrade countered into the three amigos for two. Andrade hit a back elbow for two and followed with the La Sombra DDT for the pinfall win. The crowd politely applauded.
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Jackie Redmond interviewed Sami Zayn. Zayn wanted to be a champion and do something historic. The gauntlet match was the only thing standing in the way of facing perhaps the most dominant champion ever. This match was do-or-die and was now the most important match of his career.
Valhalla and Ivar confronted Zayn. Valhalla couldn’t understand why Zayn would get an opportunity over a man like Ivar. Ivar knew that he could beat Gunther. He also knew that Zayn knew he couldn’t beat Gunther. Zayn knew he could be Ivar and challenged him to a match tonight. Ivar said he wouldn’t even make it to next week.
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There was a memorial graphic for Paul “Butcher” Vachon.
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In the locker room, Natalya was condensing to Tegan Nox and said they needed to get hungry and forget their manners. Natalya pulled Nox away and they left. Candice LeRae was annoyed too that they (LeRae and Indi Hartwell) were being complacent. Hartwell tried to be reasonable but LeRae wasn’t having it.
Maxxine Dupri and Ivy Nile showed up and Dupri tried to give words of assurance to LeRae. LeRae told her off because she didn’t want advice from someone who only had three matches and couldn’t lace her boots. LeRae left.
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Tag Team Champions Damian Priest & Finn Bálor defeated Ludwig Kaiser & Giovanni Vinci in a non-title match (14:14)
Judgment Day played the babyface role as Imperium worked over Bálor after a break. Bálor fought back with a Pelé kick and made the hot tag to Priest. Kaiser couldn’t tag out because Bálor had knocked Vinci off the apron. Priest gave Kaiser a flatliner and handed out running back elbows to both opponents before chucking Vinci from the ring. Priest gave Kaiser a falcon arrow for two.
Priest missed a corner splash but Bálor made a hot tag and hit Kaiser with a slingblade. Vinci blocked Bálor’s dropkick attempt and Kaiser hit a Finlay Roll. Bálor fought back with a slingblade, dropkick and Coup de Grace on Vinci but Kaiser broke up the cover. Priest chucked Kaiser from the ring and Bálor wiped him out with a flip dive.
Vinci tried a schoolboy but Priest kicked out and followed with a clothesline and South of Heaven chokeslam for the pinfall win.
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They announced that Paul Heyman would be inducted into the 2024 WWE Hall of Fame.
Cole said he wouldn’t be there after 27 years without Heyman. Cole told a story about sitting in the editing booth with Taz in Stamford and Heyman would drill them for hours on how to do commentary while teaching him a passion for the industry. Cole said that was minuscule compared to Heyman’s other contributions to the business.
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Redmond interviewed Drew McIntyre. McIntyre said Rollins obviously didn’t listen to him last week. He called Rollins a spotlight junkie. Rollins kept getting involved when people returned whether it be Rhodes, CM Punk or The Rock.
McIntyre didn’t care anymore what Rollins did as long as she showed up to Mania. McIntyre would put him down because the title deserved so much better than Rollins. It also deserved better than Jey Uso.
All McIntyre wanted from Jey this entire time was an apology. Instead, McIntyre wanted to be the bigger man and he apologized to Jey because he knew how much Jey needed this victory but there wasn’t a chance in hell he was winning.
(McIntyre continues to be very good with these interviews.)
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Ripley confronted Iyo Sky (and Damage CTRL) in the back. Ripley told her to stay out of her territory. Sky chuckled and left.
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Sami Zayn defeated Ivar (w/Valhalla) (10:10)
Zayn hit a flip drive but Ivar blocked a tornado DDT and hit a rolling senton off the apron. After a break, Ivar tried a super back suplex but Zayn countered into a crossbody for two. Zayn went for the Helluva Kick but Ivar dropped him with a spinning kick and sit-out powerbomb for two. (It looked like Ivar’s boot caught Zayn right in the forehead on the spinning kick.)
Zayn hit a sunset flip powerbomb for two. Zayn followed with an impressive exploder into the corner but Ivar blocked the Helluva Kick again, this time with a seated senton. Zayn dodged Ivar’s moonsault attempt and hit the Helluva Kick for the pinfall win.
— Bronson Reed attacked Zayn after the match and laid him out with Tsunami.
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Kelley interviewed Gunther. Gunther gave Dom credit for stepping up tonight but the outcome was never in doubt. Gunther said the gauntlet was stacked because it should be. But all the winner would earn was a chance to get outclassed at WrestleMania.
Chad Gable interrupted. Gable was sick of Gunther’s condensing smile. Gable could look past that, but he couldn’t look past what Gunther did to him after their match. The tears in his daughter’s eyes and insulting him as a father.
Gable said this was his path to redemption which meant delivering on what he swore back in September, that he would take the title from Gunther and put it on his waist — and taking that smile from Gunther and putting one on his daughter’s face.
Gunther chuckled and left.
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Jey Uso cut a promo on McIntyre in the back. Jey said he was sorry for what he was going to do to McIntyre tonight. McIntyre would find out that Jey don’t play.
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Tommaso Ciampa, Johnny Gargano and R-Truth played WWE 2K24 in the back. Miz wondered how they were playing it early and Xavier Woods said he had a hookup with 2K.
Miz heard their ideas on how to get revenge on Judgment Day and was baffled at suggestions of dropping slime or feeding them bread. Truth said one of them may have a problem with gluten. Miz said they should take the tag titles.
They (Ciampa, Gargano and Truth) called themselves Regeneration-X like dweebs and Woods pretended to like it.
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Next week on Raw in Houston, TX:
- Becky Lynch vs. Liv Morgan
- Asuka & Kairi Sane vs. Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark for the tag titles
- Gauntlet match with Ricochet, Chad Gable, Sami Zayn, Shinsuke Nakamura, JD McDonagh and Bronson Reed — winner faces Gunther at WrestleMania
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Drew McIntyre defeated Jey Uso (16:41)
They went to break 50 seconds into the match after McIntyre chucked Jey over the announce desk. McIntyre remained in control after a break until Jey blocked a White Noise and hit a sit-out powerbomb for two. McIntyre got his knees up on a splash and hit a spinebuster for two. McIntyre suplexed Jey on the outside leading to a second commercial break less than nine minutes into the match.
McIntyre repeatedly drove Jey into the barricade and the side of the ring. Jey fought back with right hands, a thrust kick, an uppercut and a Samoan drop for two. Jey followed with a running hip attack and suicide dive.
Jey went to the top as Solo Sikoa appeared at ringside. Jey missed a splash and McIntyre hit a Future Shock DDT for two.
Rhodes entered (to his music) to take out Sikoa through the crowd. McIntyre went for a Claymore kick but Jey caught him with three consecutive superkicks and a spear. Jey was distracted by Jimmy Uso appearing at ringside and stopped what he was doing. That allowed McIntyre to hit Claymore for the pinfall win.
— Jimmy grabbed a chair but Rollins sprinted out (not showing signs of a limp) and superkicked the chair in his face. Rollins turned around and was levelled by a McIntyre Claymore Kick. McIntyre encouraged Rollins to do the right thing and stop getting involved with the Bloodline.