The champions of Raw prepare for war!

While AJ Styles & Dragon Lee defend their WWE World Tag Team Championships, Stephanie Vaquer speaks on what, or rather who, is next for her own title!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• Iyo Sky w/ Rhea Ripley VS Kairi Sane w/ Asuka; Iyo wins.
• Rey Mysterio VS Finn Balor; No Contest.
• WWE World Tag Team Championships: AJ Styles & Dragon Lee VS The War Raiders; Styles & Dragon win and retain the titles.
• Lyra Valkyria VS Roxanne Perez; Roxie wins.
• Logan Paul VS LA Knight; Logan wins.

PLAY BY PLAY

GUNTHER is here!

Kansas City has a mixed reaction as Der Ring General walks to the ring. Gunther himself is all smiles, having won the Last Time Is Now tournament just last Friday Night SmackDown. Gunther grabs a mic, and many fans boo while he just smiles. The fans chant for “CENA! CENA!” and “WE WANT CENA!” but Gunther eggs them on. Gunther then says, “Don’t get your hopes up, he’s not coming tonight. Because right now, it’s my time.” The fans boo, but Gunther says as he walked out here, it donned on him. After submitting LA Knight, Gunther won one of the biggest honors of his career. In five days, Gunther will be the last opponent in the last match in the career of John Cena.

The fans boo, but Gunther says, “Seventeen world championships, all the time on the road, hustle, loyalty, respect, all of that, I fully disagree, John Cena is the greatest sports entertainer of all time. But I’m just here to remind everybody, but on Saturday, John Cena will face the best professional wrestler of all time!” The fans boo that, but Gunther says put up the clock! Do it, pull it up! We have a countdown! 4 days, 23 hours, 52 minutes, 38 seconds, and counting. Gunther says this is so we know exactly how much time we have left to love and admire John Cena, “a hero that never gives up.”

Gunther tells Cena, “Beating you on Saturday is not enough for me. I’m gonna do something that nobody ever managed before. I’m gonna break your spirit. I’m gonna push you around, I’m gonna bully you! I’m gonna drop you on your head, and I’m gonna wrap my arms around your neck, and I’m gonna squeeze! I’m gonna squeeze with everything I Have, ’til the last bit of hustle, loyalty, and respect has left your body. Until there’s only one way out. Until I force you to do the one thing that you said you would never do. I’m gonna force you to give up.” The fans boo, but Gunther takes his leave as he’s said his piece. But will Gunther truly break the unbreakable spirit?

Iyo Sky w/ Rhea Ripley VS Kairi Sane w/ Asuka!

Last week’s Raw had a chaotic ending, but the picture was clear: Everyone wants the Women’s Tag Team Championships! We just saw Alexa Bliss pin the Pirate Princess on SmackDown, can the Evil Genius do the same? Or will the Empress of Tomorrow make sure things go the Kabuki Warriors’ way instead?

Raw returns and Kairi makes her entrance, Asuka right with her. The bell rings and the two run up! They tie up, Kairi pulls hair, and the ref reprimands. They’re on the ropes, the ref counts, but Kairi lets off at 4. Iyo ducks the uraken! Kairi uses ropes as defense to avid retaliation! The fans cheer Iyo on, she and Kairi reset. Kairi rushes in but Iyo slips around to waistlock. Kairi wrenches out to wristlock, then she whips. Iyo reverses, runs in at the corner, but into a BOOT! Kairi goes up and RANAS! But Iyo handsprings through! The fans fire up as Iyo wags a finger. Kairi runs up, Iyo wrenches and fires forearms!

Iyo whips, Kairi sunset flips, TWO! Iyo sits on the cover, TWO! Iyo ducks the sliding forearm to ghost pin, TWO! Iyo steps over to LA MAGISTROL! TWO!! Kairi narrowly escapes and Iyo grins. Asuka shouts for Kairi to get serious! Kairi runs up, but Iyo puts her on the apron! Kairi RAMS Iyo, goes up, up, but Iyo gets under the jump! Kairi says kiss this, then she mocks the crazy dance. Iyo runs up, Kairi sidesteps and then follows, just to go up and RANA! Iyo tumbles, Kairi & Asuka soak up heat, but Rhea coaches Iyo. Kairi stands Iyo up, whips her to ropes, but Iyo ducks ‘n’ redirects to then handspring! Kairi gets clear, but then Iyo trips her!

Iyo runs and SHOTGUNS Kairi down! The fans fire up again while Kairi tumbles out. Iyo builds speed, but Asuka is there to stop her! The fans boo, but Iyo just rums up anyway! Asuka DUMPS Iyo out! Rhea storms over and Asuka backs off, but the fans fire up again! Kairi hits Iyo with a FLYING KABUKI ELBOW! Kairi scurries away, the Kabuki Warriors soak up the heat, and Raw goes to break.

Raw returns and Kairi AX KICKS Iyo! Iyo flounders to a corner, the fans rally, but Kairi marches around. Kairi runs in, SLIDING D into a BOOT! The fans fire up while Kairi flounders away. The fans fire up as Iyo runs up and SHOTEIS! Then SHOTEIS! Then FLAPJACKS! The fans fire up, Iyo brings her up, and Iyo whips. Kairi reverses, Iyo goes up and out, then Iyo KICKS Kairi away! The fans fire up again as Iyo aims. Iyo springboards, and MISSILE DROPKICKS! Kairi tumbles, Iyo kips up, and we all do the crazy dance! Iyo feeds off the energy, and she runs in at the corner! SHINKANSEN! Iyo then drags Kairi to a cover, TWO!

Kairi survives but the fans still rally for Iyo. Asuka is worried as Iyo steps on Kairi to go up the corner. But Kairi springs up to CLUB Iyo! Kairi puts Iyo in the Tree of Woe, stomps a mudhole in, then she goes up the corner. Iyo tries to sit up, but she ends up getting WOE STOMPS! Cover, TWO!! Iyo survives and the fans fire up again! Asuka tells Kairi to keep going, Rhea shouts for Iyo to keep fighting! Kairi stands Iyo up, but Iyo ducks the uraken! Kairi blocks the shotei! But Iyo dodges a kick to KICK a leg out! And BUZZSAW! Kairi is down, but Iyo drags her back to reel her in! Underhooks and TIGER- NO, Kairi lands out to SLIDING D!

The fans rally while Iyo goes to the apron. Kairi pursues, and she brings Iyo up. Kairi Alabama Lifts Iyo! But Iyo grabs ropes and FLIPS through the backdrop! The fans fire up as Iyo waistlocks, and APRON GERMAN SUPLEXES! The fans are fired up as Iyo keeps the bridge while Kairi flops to the floor! Then ASAI MOONSAULT! Direct hit on Kairi and the fans just get louder! Iyo hurries to get Kairi up, bring her around, and put her back in the ring. Iyo takes a moment to stretch out her back, then she takes aim again. But Kairi runs up! Iyo avoids the shot to ROUNDHOUSE back! Kairi falls, so Iyo says time to go up!

Iyo climbs the corner while the fans fire up! But Kairi distracts the ref so Asuka can YANK Iyo down! Rhea has had it! She runs up, dodges a kick, and SUPERKICKS Asuka down! Rhea THROWS Asuka into the timekeeper’s area! But Kairi has Iyo stuck int he Tree of Woe again! Kairi goes back up, but Iyo scuffs her with a boot! Then HANGING RANA?! The fans fire up as Kairi is back in the drop zone! Iyo goes right back up, OVER THE MOONSAULT! Cover, Iyo wins!

Winner: Iyo Sky, by pinfall

Another night, another loss for the Pirate Princess! #RheYo now also has a foot in the door when it comes to those tag titles, but who will step through to reach the goal?

Paul Heyman talks with The Vision backstage.

They sit in the private locker room, and The Oracle says CM Punk can’t keep calling himself “Best in the World,” it makes no sense. But then in steps Logan Paul. The Maverick takes some deep breaths, and then asks if anyone saw Rey Mysterio smack him in the face last week. Bronson says yeah, didn’t like it. Yeah, Logan didn’t like it, either. Something’s gotta be done about it, boys! Bronson Reed & Bron Breakker stand up, and Bron says yeah, they’ll handle it. If Logan wants to handle it, they can handle it. Y-Yeah, 100%! Logan then asks to talk with Heyman for a second. They step to the side, and Logan says, “This Rey Mysterio situation is getting handled tonight.”

Heyman says yes, and the best part about it is now, for the first time in Logan’s life, he has backup. He’s never had that before. Logan says he appreciates that, but he wants them to know that if they get in trouble, he’s their backup, too. Heyman smiles and says he didn’t think he could respect Logan more than he already does, but he does now. Heyman loves that idea. But, um… Heyman hands Logan the brass knuckles back and sys, “Just in case.” Logan agrees, just in case. Heyman says he likes Logan, he really does. Is The Maverick going to get ImPAULsive tonight? Will they solve their Rey Mysterio problem?

Rey Mysterio heads to gorilla.

The King of Lucha is laser focused on a different problem, and that is getting through the Judgment Day to get after his son, Dominik. Will the King take down the Prince to go after the double champion? We also see New Day (and Grayson Waller) complaining to Adam Pearce, probably about the tag title situation. Will Xavier Woods & Kofi Kingston get what they want out of the Raw General Manager? Or only what they deserve?

The War Raiders speak.

“We rise time and again.” “We are stronger than ever.” “We’ve shed our armor, headed to our future without fear.” “Your time to run and hide has ended.”

Rey Mysterio VS Finn Balor!

Raw returns as The King of Lucha makes his entrance first, and LOGAN ATTACKS! The fans boo, but Logan THROWS Rey into barriers! Logan puts Rey in the ring, then KICKS him while he’s down! The fans boo but Logan rains down forearms! Logan soaks up the heat from KC, and he watches Rey crawl to ropes. And out come the brass knuckles! Logan winds up, but Rey BOOTS that arm! Rey fires forearms and he DECKS Logan! And DECKS Logan again! Then he ducks a shot, but not the ELBOW! The fans boo but Logan says get up! Logan winds up again, but Rey dropkicks the legs out! Logan end sup on ropes!

Rey throws off his hoodie, but THE MASKED MAN SUPERKICKS REY! And by that, it’s the man who make sure CM Punk lost WarGames! CURB STOMP!! The mystery man runs away, still no idea who that is, other than they want us to think it’s Seth Rollins! Logan looks around, sees Rey is down, so he winds up the knuckles! BRASS KNUCKLE PUNCH on Rey!! But L A KNIGHT rushes out here! The fans fire up as the Mega Star slides in, but Logan slides out. Logan grins and then says, “My bad.” Logan has already done the damage, but Knight gets a mic to say, “Don’t you go anywhere, you stay right there!”

Knight looks to the fallen Rey, and Knight says, “My gawd, if that’s Seth Rollins, I’m gonna have a damn aneurism, because I’m gonna stomp his head in! But I’ma tell you something right now! Just when I thought The Vision couldn’t suck anymore, your sorry ass joined up! So I’ma tell you like this! Rey Mysterio out here, a damn legend, and you wanna treat the man like that?! I’m a bit pissed off if ya can’t tell, things ain’t exactly been going my way. And with that being the case, when I watch you do something like this, my man, it’s time for you to pay.” The fans like the sound of that! Knight says Logan won’t pay Saturday, he won’t pay Friday, he will pay tonight!

Knight wants Logan to pay right here in KC, Missouri! YEAH!! The fans love the sound of that! Logan says no, but Knight says, “With everybody saying L! A! KNIGHT! YEAH!!” Will Logan have to pay immediate consequences for what he’s done? Or can he weasel outta this one with help from Heyman?

WWE World Tag Team Championships: AJ Styles & Dragon Lee VS The War Raiders!

The Phenomenal One & Boy Wonder may not agree on team names yet, but they both agreed to be fighting champions, and to give a truly deserving team their turn. Erik & Ivar were never given a rematch while the New Day had these belts, will this be their night to shine? Or will Styles & Dragon be able to survive the raid?

The introductions are made, the belts are raised, and we see who survives Ragnarök!

The teams sort out and wait, The New Day walks out here from the crowd side. The fans boo, but Styles ROCKS Erik in the distraction! Styles brings Erik around in a headlock, bumps him off buckles, then runs up to LARIAT! The fans rally and Styles tags Dragon. The champs double leg sweep, and Dragon swings for the DROPKICK! Ivar storms in but Dragon BOOTS him first! Dragon then runs to HYDRAULIC DROPKICK! Cover, ONE!! Erik is tougher than that, and then New Day decides to have front row seats right next to commentary. Dragon chinlocks Erik, brings him over, and Styles tags in. Styles CLUBS Erik, then CHOPS!

Styles & Dragon double whip and DOUBLE ELBOW Erik down! Styles drags Erik up, but Erik ROCKS Styles! Tag to Ivar, Eri runs up, but Styles DUMPS Him out! And he DUMPS Ivar, too! Styles then BLASTS Ivar while Dragon BOOTS Erik! Dragon CROSSBODIES, but the Raiders catch him! Styles builds speed and DIVES, but Dragon is thrown into him! The champs are down, Ivar RAMS Styles into the apron! Erik FLYING FOREARMS Dragon down! Ivar runs and SPLASHES Styles against the LED APRON! The fans go nuts while the Raiders stand tall, and Raw goes to break.

Raw returns and Styles fights from the Raiders’ corner. Styles ELBOWS Erik, ROCKS Ivar, and repeat! But then Ivar BOOTS Styles! Tag to Erik, Ivar BLASTS Dragon, and Erik feeds Styles to Ivar’s KNEE! Ivar feeds Styles back to Erik’s KNEE, and then Erik covers, TWO! The fans rally but Erik tags Ivar. Ivar drags Styles up, brings him around, and KNEES him again. And again! Ivar reels Styles in, underhooks, and TIGER- NO, Styles slips up and out to then fire hands! Ivar fires back, then cartwheels to dodge! But Styles ducks the heel kick to PELE! Both men are down and the fans fire up again! Ivar and Styles crawl, hot tags to Erik and Dragon!

The fans fire up and Dragon dodges Erik to BOOT Ivar! Then Dragon dodges to RANA Erik! Dragon keeps moving, and he LARIATS Erik up and out! The fans fire up as Dragon then JUMP KICKS Ivar, sweeps the legs, and swinging DROPKICKS! Combinacion Dragon completes, but here comes Erik! Dragon wrenches, TORNADO- nO, Erik puts Dragon up top! Erik climbs, but Dragon kicks the legs! Dragon fires forearms and Erik is in the Tree of Woe! WOE STOMPS! Dragon dodges Ivar to DRAGON TRIGGER! But he tries to fireman’s carry Ivar!? HE FIREMAN’S CARRIES IVAR?! Whoa, the weight is too much, Dragon basically falls against ropes!

Dragon resets, bringing Ivar up for yet another fireman’s carry! Ivar fights free, but Dragon manages a third lift! ROLLING DEATH VALLEY! The fans fire up and Dragon pulls off his elbow pad! DRAGON BLADE!! Cover, TWO!! Ivar survives! Kofi is fired up for Ivar, but only because he doesn’t like Dragon Lee! Ivar shoves Dragon away, but then Dragon dodges! But then Ivar SEATED SENTONS onto Dragon! Tag to Erik, the Raiders haul Dragon up, but he DOUBLE RANAS them away! The fans fire up and Dragon takes aim! Dragon runs to FLYIGN RA- NO! Erik stops that, and he lifts Dragon! But Dragon fights free!

Dragon SUPERKICKS Erik! And then he runs up, but Erik pops him up! THOR’S HAMMER to the floor!! The fans go nuts, but then Ivar puts Dragon in the ring! Ivar tags in, then climbs up! VIKING MOONSAULT!! Cover, STYLES BREAKS IT! The fans are all fired up while all four men are down! “This is Awesome!” as Styles and Erik drag their teammates to safety. They each tag in, and then Styles fires a shot! Erik fires back! Styles fires more, but Erik KICKS and KNEES and ROLLING- NO! Styles fires the Phenomenal Blitz! But he ducks Erik’s lariat to PELE! But Erik hits ACE TEN MAO! Cover, TWO!!

Kofi says hook the legs, idiot! Erik snarls, but he looks to Ivar. Erik tags Ivar in, they get Styles up, but Styles ENZIGIRIS! Erik staggers, Ivar pushes him back, but Styles runs up! Erik pops Styles up to Ivar! Styles fights Ivar off, and SUPER STEINERS Ivar into Erik! Dragon is back, he builds speed and FLIES! Down goes Erik and the fans fire up again! Styles aims now, and Ivar rises into the PHENOMENAL FOREARM! Cover, Styles & Dragon win!

Winners: AJ Styles & Dragon Lee, by pinfall (still WWE World Tag Team Champions)

The New Day is even less happy than they were before, because the champions are still phenomenal! But now New Day storms into the ring to be face to face with Styles & Dragon. WAIT! The Usos are here, too! Jimmy & Jey step through the crowd in what is now K-YEET! The fans bounce along as Jimmy & Jey head down the stands, and even the youngest fans get to join in! Jimmy & Jey then go to the ring, joining the New Day, Styles & Dragon. The fans continue to bounce, and the Usos have the mics. Wait, are they gonna run it back first? The fans want the encore, the New Day wasn’t, so of course we run it back!

The fans sing along with the theme song and bounce with it, then we get to business. Jey says, “I said the Usos are now in your citaaaay~!” Jimmy says, “The Usos also have a big ass announcement to make: We are officially back in the tag team division!” The fans cheer that! Jimmy says, “But why, though? I’ll tell you why! These last couple o’ months, we been getting hit hard. We been taking L after L. WarGames: L. WrestlePalooza: L. Jey losing his world championship: L. Jey losing the John Cena’s last match: L! Man, I was sitting at home last week, watching my brother crash out, and I felt some kinda way because this is Big Brother Jimmy.”

So when Jey got back to the hotel, Jimmy gave him a ring with one question on his mind: What are they doing, Uce? He said, what we doing, UCE?! Jey says he’ll tell us what they gonna do. “We gonna get back to us.” “YEET!” “We gonna block the noise.” “YEET!” “We gonna body ’em all.” “YEET!” “Tag Division on notice.” “YEET!” “The best damn tag team is now in your citaaaay~! And Big Jim, Big Jim, we need gold, we need gold, Uce!” Jimmy says respect to the champs, but you don’t know ’bout The Usos. No, but New Day do! Yeah! YEAH! Ali VS Frazier, Rock VS Austin, New Day VS Usos, and you know how the story ends!

They gonna body y’all, and do like they always do! UH UH, YEET! And back to Styles & Dragon, the Usos are takin’ ’em all. But then New Day spins the Usos around, so the Usos DECK the New Day! Waller is beside himself now that he’s al alone, and he asks if they can runs this back. Waller bails out and checks on his guys. Styles & Dragon step up to the Usos and the fans fire up. The more things change, the more they stay the same! Are we about to see the revival of the Uso Penitentiary?

Jackie Redmond is in the ring.

Raw returns and Jackie welcomes us back. She is very excited to be in Kansas City, and even more excited to welcome out your Women’s World Champion, La Primera, Stephanie Vaquer! The fans cheer as indeed, Vaquer makes her entrance, even getting a bit of pyro. Vaquer steps into the ring, and Jackie says congratulations! At Survivor Series, Vaquer did what she said she would: she destroyed Nikki Bella to retain the title. To say the run Vaquer is on has been massive is an understatement, so the question on everyone’s mind is: Who is next? Vaquer says she wants to face everyone! She is not someone who talks too much. She speaks through actions!

And she can prove on this mat just exactly why she is the best woman’s wrestler on this planet. And no, that’s not because of the Devil’s Kiss, wink wink. She is the best, and Nikki Bella is a legend. But the thing is, Nikki, today in this WWE Women’s Division, it is so different from 15 years ago. In this locker room, they have Rhea Ripley! They have Bayley! They have Natalya! They have Iyo Sky! And they’re all amazing! Do you know who is at the top? The fans cheer Vaquer, but then Nikki makes her entrance! Nikki smiles and says, “Uh, wow. And first of all, Kansas City, you definitely don’t deserve the presence of someone like me.

“A Hall of Famer! A legend! Not to mention, a celebrity! Um, but you? We are so not done, lemme tell ya.” Nikki goes right to the ring, and she says she DEMANDS a rematch! WAIT! Raquel Rodriguez YANKS Nikki down, and POSTS Her! Raquel “kicks dirt” on Nikki before she steps into the ring. Raquel says just one name should be on Vaquer’s list, and you know it’s her. Name the time and the place. She’ll kick Vaquer’s ass and take that title! Vaquer nods, but is she getting in over her head with the towering Ricky Desperado? Or will Vaquer be the best, no matter the size of the challenge?

Judgment Day regroups backstage.

Finn says easy night for him. Did you see that? Finn was ready to go out there, and lo and behold, Dom’s deadbeat dad gets a stomp and the knucks! Job done for them! Dom isn’t sure who that masked attacker is, but he kinda likes ’em. The others agree. But then Raquel returns, and Liv asks what that was all about. What? Nikki ruined Raquel’s title shot last time, so she made sure Nikki couldn’t do it again. Right, true, but Liv was just surprised Raquel didn’t say anything. Oh, uh, Raquel didn’t know the team needed to run everything by Liv now… No, she doesn’t, of course not! Liv wants to support Raquel as best she can! Raquel will make a great Women’s World Champion.

Raquel thanks Liv, and Raquel says she’s gotta talk with Adam Pearce about that match. Raquel heads out, Liv tries to smile, but then she tells she’ll bein Roxie’s corner then. O-Oh, okay. But why? Because, silly! Liv wants to make sure nothing happens to Roxie. If Raquel gets the world title, that means Roxie & Liv will be tag team champions! Got it? Good! Let’s go! Liv almost drags Roxie along, and Finn says how about that. Dom says he loves it. Finn says he loves it, too. That’s good bonding. But will things still (not) be okay between Judgment Day? Or will they all be on track to having gold again?

Lyra Valkyria w/ Bayley VS Roxanne Perez w/ Liv Morgan!

Well, speaking of all the title plans, The Morrigan & Role Model were also hoping to be part of the tag title picture. They had their own beef with the Kabuki Warriors, but now they’ve got beef with Judgment Day! Will Lyra take the first steps towards the “shiny shiny?” Or will The Prodigy reestablish Judgment Day’s dominance?

The bell rings and the fans rally up. The two approach, Roxie rolls to dodge, and she taunts Lyra. Roxie rolls again, but Lyra catches her! Lyra stands Roxie up, corners her, and they tie up. Roxie pulls hair but Lyra still puts Roxie in the corner. The ref counts, the two move from the corner, and Lyra blocks a slap! Lyra gets knuckle locks, then she lifts Roxie for the NORTHERN LIGHTS! Bridging cover, TWO! Lyra stays on Roxie by trapping the arms, and she drops back to tweak the arms into a cover! TWO, Roxie ducks a heel kick and scrambles to ropes! Roxie wants Lyra to back off, the ref steps in, but Roxie then SLAPS Lyra!

Roxie wrenches and hammerlocks Lyra, then whips her, only for Lyra to SWEEP the leg, and basement DROPKICK! Lyra then clinches, NORTHERN LIGHTS again! Bridging cover, TWO! Roxie survives, bails out, and Liv is there to coach her up. The fans rally for Lyra and she- NO, Roxie blocks the dropkick! Lyra BOOTS her away, hops down, but Roxie wrenches and hammerlocks! Roxie RAMS Lyra into steel steps! Liv laughs, Roxie refreshes the ring count, and Roxie taunts Bayley while she YANKS Lyra into the steps! And again! And again! Roxie stands on Lyra’s hand, soaks up heat, but Raw goes to break.

Raw returns and Roxie grinds Lyra down, and has a STRAIGHT ARMBAR! The fans rally, Lyra stands, and she stomps away on Roxie! Roxie lets go, the fans rally again, but Roxie is after Lyra. Roxie whips, Lyra ducks ‘n’ dodges to CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO as Roxie bridges! But Lyra wrangles her to a ghost pin, TWO! Roxie trips Lyra, jackknife bridge, but Lyra rolls it to a lift and POWERBOMB! Both women are down while the fans fire back up. Bayley coaches Lyra, Liv coaches Roxie, and the fans rally harder. Lyra rises, eggs Roxie on, then LARIATS! And LARIATS! And SOBATS, KICKS, RAMS, KICKS, but Roxie ducks the enzigiri!

Roxie runs, but Lyra avoids the knee drop! ENZIGIRI! Roxie tumbles out of the ring, the fans fire up, and Lyra builds speed to WRECK Roxie with a dropkick! Lyra puts Roxie in the ring, Liv stays back, and Lyra climbs up! Roxie stands, into a CROSSBODY! Cover, TWO! Roxie survives but the fans continue to cheer Lyra on. Lyra stalks Roxie, drags her up, and she reels Roxie in. Roxie fights the suplex, and has the arm! Lyra fights off the wristlock to then suplex through! Lyra hangs Roxie out to dry on the ropes, but Roxie manages to turn that into a HOTSHOT on the arm! Lyra staggers, Roxie hurries in, and LA MYSTICA!

The fans fire up, Roxie handsprings, KNEE DROP! Cover, TWO! Lyra survives the Satomura Special, but Roxie clamps onto a FUJIWARA ARMBAR! Lyra endures, even as Roxie bends fingers! The fans rally, Lyra fights around, and she floats to another lift! Roxie fights and flails, wrenches out, and SO- NO! Lyra stops the kick and reels Roxie in, LEG CAPTURE GERMAN SUPLEX! The fans fire up and Lyra drags Roxie up. Lyra fireman’s carries, but Liv gets on the apron! Roxie CLAWS eyes! Bayley YANKS Liv down! Roxie WRECKS Bayley with a dropkick! Roxie goes back to Lura, but Lyra cradles, TWO! Fireman’s carry!

The fans fire up, but Roxie flails free! Roxie waistlocks, Lyra switches, O’Conner and TWO! Liv is there to KICK Lyra! Roxie runs to hop on, POP ROX! Cover, Roxie wins!

Winner: Roxanne Perez, by pinfall

Liv was right, she WAS Roxie’s insurance policy! Will this lead to Roxie & Liv becoming new tag team champions? Or do they still have a long way to go before they’re really a team?

The training in the Hart Dungeon continues.

Maxxine Dupri takes down opponent after opponent, and every time, she demands, “ANOTHER ONE!” But Nattie says, “Now, try it on me.” Maxxine thinks back to last round, and they go again. Maxxine brings the fire, but so does Nattie! The student actually gets the better of the teacher! But that’s the whole point, as Maxxine says, “Again.” When and where will we see these red hot, cold blooded “Dungeon Dolls” return to Raw?

Logan Paul VS LA Knight!

The Maverick “handled” his issue with Rey Mysterio, but he only pissed off an already pissed off Mega Star! Will Logan learn to not be so ImPAULsive? Or will he just take three the hard way as LA hits BFT in KC?

Raw returns and Logan makes his entrance. Logan then sucker punches Knight! The bell rings while the fans boo, but Logan soaks up the heat. Logan KNEES Knight, throws more shots, then fires body blows in the corner. The fans boo Logan and chant “LOGAN SUCKS!” Logan whips corner to corner, but Knight returns to LARIAT Logan! The fans cheer, Heyman is already worried, but Knight stalks Logan to the apron. But Logan HOTSHOTS Knight! Logan then brings Knight around, but Knight stops the buckle bump! Knight body blows, and he SMACKS Logan off the buckles! Then he suplexes Logan into the ring! Cover, TWO!

The fans continue to chant “LOGAN SUCKS!” as Knight whips Logan to ropes. Logan KICKS Knight, runs up, but into an atomic drop! And DISCUS LARIAT! The fans rally for Knight while he stalks Logan to the ropes again. Knight kicks Logan to the outside, slingshots out, but Logan runs away. Knight lands safe on the apron, lines up another shot, and he FLYING LARIATS Logan down! The fans fire up and Knight goes to the desk. Knight clears off the desk, the fans fire up again, but Logan CLOBBERS Knight first! Logan CLUBS away on Knight, then RAMS him into the apron! Logan fires hands, then slips back into the ring.

But then Knight trips Logan up! Knight drags Logan out to DRIBBLE him off the desk! “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” Knight winds up and SMACKS Logan one more time! Logan falls and the fans fire up! Knight hauls Logan into the ring, puts him on the apron, and ELBOWS him! Knight then aims from the apron to slingshot and SHOULDER TACKLE! Cover, TWO! Logan stays in this but Knight stays on him. Knight bumps Logan off buckles, whips corner to corner, and then runs up, but into a BOOT! Logan runs up and LARIATS Knight! The fans boo but Logan soaks up the heat. Logan goes back to Knight, kicks him low, then ROCKS him!

Knight staggers, ducks the next shot, and he back suplexes! Logan lands out, to ZIGZAG! Cover, TWO! Knight survives Logan trying to show off, and Raw goes to break.

Raw returns again and Logan has Knight in the corner. Logan rains down fists, stops to soak up heat, but Knight YANKS Logan down! The fans cheer and now Knight fires hands! “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” Knight backs Logan down, ROLLING- NO, Logan gets under to FLAPJACK HOTSHOT! Knight sputters, and Logan kicks low. Logan reels Knight in, and OVERBOMBS! Cover, TWO! Logan is frustrated but Heyman says Logan’s got Knight where he wants him. Logan brings Knight up to throw hands! Knight sputters, Logan throws more shots, and Logan stalks Knight to ropes. Logan ROCKS Knight, then brings him up.

Knight counter punches! “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” But Logan kicks low! Logan whips, Knight ducks ‘n’ dodges, then dodges again, LEAPING LARIAT! The fans fire up and Knight gets around again, RUSSIAN LEG SWEEP! Knight then whips Logan to the corner hard, and JUMP NECKBREAKER! Cover, TWO! Logan survives and Knight argues the count, but two is two. Knight stomps a mudhole into Logan, “YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!” The ref counts, Knight stops, but then he digs his boots in! The ref counts, the fans cheer, and Knight steps off. Knight goes corner to corner, KNEE WASH! Logan sputters to the apron while the fans cheer.

Knight drags Logan back in, hoists him up top, and Knight climbs up. But wait, Bron & Bronson make their way out here! The fans boo and Knight is a bit distracted, so Logan fires hands! Logan adjusts, and he CROSSBODIES! Cover, TWO! Knight is tougher than that, but Logan’s “backup” tells him to keep going. Logan stomps Knight, the fans chant for “O T C! O T C!” Logan stomps Knight more, tells The Vision he’s got this, and then he wrenches to gut wrench. Knight slips free, REVERSE DDT! The fans fire up while both men are down! Knight kips up and the fans fire up! Knight goes to the corner, “L! A! KNIGHT! YEAH!” BOX JUMP ELBOW DROP!

Knight is all fired up, the fans are with him, and Knight waits on Logan. But Bron gets up! Knight DECKS him! Bronson is up on the apron now, and he HEADBUTTS in the distraction! The ref sees Bronson after the fact, though, and he says y’know what? The Vision is EJECTED!! The fans cheer that, and then Knight DECKS Bronson for good measure! Knight runs and WRECKS Logan with a dropkick! The fans fire up, and Knight has Logan at the desk! Knight HAMMERS away on Logan! The fans fire up, but THE MYSTERY MAN IS BACK! CURB STOMP ON THE DESK!! The mystery man shoves Knight back into the ring, then hurries off into the night again!

Logan hurries up the corner, and the fans boo as Logan hits the FIVE STAR FROG SPLASH!! Cover, Logan wins!

Winner: Logan Paul, by pinfall

Just like WarGames, and just like with Rey Mysterio earlier tonight, it took this rogue element to give The Vision the advantage! And now The Vision mugs Knight! Logan stands Knight up and Bron vows to break him! Bron builds speed and he SPEARS Knight down!! The fans either boo or bark as Bron puts Knight in the drop zone! TSUNAMI!! Bronson is not done! He goes back up, TSUNAMI!! The fans boo as Auszilla, Badass and Maverick all stand over Knight. Security and extra refs hurry out to help Knight, and Heyman says go ahead, go to commercial, he’ll still be talking! The fans boo, but The Oracle has the mic, what will he say to close the show?

Raw returns once more and…

The fans still boo as The Vision all stands tall. Heyman says, “See, I don’t truly understand what the hell you’re booing for.” We see Knight still being helped to the back, and Heyman says, “When you live in a hellhole like… Here’s an example. Is this Kansas City, Kansas?” The fans boo, it’s not. “Is this Kansas City, Missouri?” The fans cheer, because it is! Heyman says he can’t tell. But what he can tell is that on January 5th, the anniversary of Raw and Netflix joining together, you will have a NEW Heavyweight Champion of the World! And his name is BRRRON! BRRREAKKERRR~! The fans boo, but the mic is handed over to Bron.

Fans chant for “C M PUNK! C M PUNK!” Bron snarls and says, “I just have one question: Where is CM Punk? He’s certainly not here, because there would be two loses in back to back days in Kansas City. I don’t mean, where is CM Punk physically? I mean where is THE CM Punk? Because this new guy, this new nice guy CM Punk, I don’t buy it, I don’t believe him. You’re telling me that all of the sudden, he comes back to the WWE, he’s the nicest guy ever, follows all the rules, takes pictures with all the young talent and puts them on the internet so everyone will go, ‘Wow, look at that CM Punk guy, he’s a terrific fella, isn’t he?”

Bron says Punk is a FRAUD! Bron does NOT believe him! Imagine preaching your entire career, every single week, that you’re straight edge, no drugs, no alcohol, and then turns out he still looks like the biggest crackhead anyone’s ever seen! Bron doesn’t want Nice Guy CM Punk. Because if that’s what he gets, Punk might as well vacate the title, because Bron can beat that guy easy! Bron wants the old CM Punk. The guy from 2011, 2012, 2013, the guy that walked the hall as a feared man! That beat THE ROCK! That went on a historic championship reign, 434 days! A guy who in Bron’s eyes, one of, if not THE greatest wrestler to ever lace up boots! THAT’s the guy Bron wants to face!

So please, Bron is on his hands and knees, PLEASE… Give Bron the OLD CM Punk! Because Bron wants to beat the greatest superstar to ever lace the boots, because if not… Bron will destroy Punk, send him to the hospital, he’ll “Bron Break” him, he’ll take the World Heavyweight Championship, and y’know what? While he’s at it, Bron will take Punk’s WIFE, too! Even Logan can’t believe Bron went there. But wait, Knight is still moving around backstage? Knight tells the staff that he’s not done yet! He’s NOT done!! Bron & Logan decide to go finish him, then! Bron says HE isn’t done! On January 5th, he’ll keep it real simple: It will be Spear, 1-2-3!

Spear, 1- 2-3! Bron RIPS his shirt apart as he keeps saying it! “SPEAR, 1-2-3! Spear… 1-2-3!” And then Logan & Bronson find Knight to mug him! Bronson TOSSES Knight, Logan ROCKS Knight, but Knight fires hands anyway! Security gets in there, they get hit, and Bronson HEADBUTTS Knight! Logan and Bron get Knight up, POWERBOMB through a table!! Bronson says Knight acts tough, but he’s got nothing! The Vision runs WWE! Logan says Knight is tripping. It is over! Wait, Knight is still moving? The mugging continues, and Bronson scoops him! LAWN DART into a car! Then Logan ROCKS and KNEES Knight down!

More security rushes in, they also get thrown around! Oh no, they drag Knight up onto a cart, then up road cases?! They’re gonna do Knight like Bronson once did Braun Strowman! Logan fires hands on Knight, then shoves him onto the car roof! Bronson is way up high, and he brings down a TSUNAMI!!! Adam Pearce rushes over to shout, “ENOUGH! ENOUGH!!” Pearce demands medics get over here! Bronson tells Knight that The Vision does and takes what they want. Did they just take out LA Knight for good? And will CM Punk be next?

My Thoughts:

A very good Raw, with the matches being much better than the stories. Gunther delivered on his promo as always, but he didn’t even really say more than what he implied on Friday. Other than when Cena was a Heel, having such a limited number of appearances has really only hurt the overall build to this final match. Gunther VS Cena will still be great stuff, but we don’t get as much when half that match is absent. But then we got some weaker stuff out of The Vision tonight, but I guess when we still have a month to go before the Netflix Anniversary, they have to stretch things out.

I do appreciate Logan trying to puff out his chest and act tough like he’s on par with Bron & Bronson. He’s trying to be a substitute Rollins but the others aren’t quite accepting it, so that’s good story there. But then Logan really has to have this much beef with Rey when Rey is supposed to head for Dom? Or did they realize they were going to run out of stuff for the Rey VS Dom build? Logan’s attack provoking Knight was still good stuff, and we still got a good match for the main event. But in all of that, the masked attacker, well, attacked to help out The Vision. That’s definitely Austin Theory, but we probably need to reveal that rather quickly or it’ll get tired just as quick.

Them dragging out LA Knight getting beat down was a rather interesting move, too. Knight saying he’s not finished almost made me think Braun Strowman was returning, but probably not. Knight will likely be off TV until that Netflix Anniversary episode where he screws Bron over, or tries to and then just screws Punk up. I’m starting to think Knight “being punished” could all be them setting Knight up for winning the Royal Rumble in Arabia. Maybe that’s wishful thinking when everyone is wondering what Roman Reigns is supposed to be doing for WrestleMania, and with that, who Cody Rhodes will defend against by then.

The World Tag Team Championship match was a lot of fun, but they were maybe trying too hard to up the intensity. I mean, it’s four former ROH guys, but only Dragon Lee is young enough to still do the wild stuff they did in ROH. Of course Dragon & Styles won, but I do appreciate New Day confronting them. The Usos showing up to jump back into the tag division was an interesting development. I kept thinking what Jimmy said about Jey’s losses was going to set Jey off, but maybe it’ll be a loss in whatever kind of Triple Threat we get. It just feels like Jey is any moment away from snapping and going Heel because of all his frustrations.

And great stuff with Judgment Day and the Women’s Division overall. Nikki confronting Vaquer was so obviously so someone else could show up, and Nikki did a great job selling that lawn dart into the post. Raquel VS Vaquer happening is playing right into the Judgment Day dysfunction. Liv clearly wasn’t onboard given last week’s closing scene, she wants Raquel & Roxie to be the tag team while she’s the singles champ. But then her doing her best to support Roxie, Roxie had a very good match with Lyra and got a very good win for it. Iyo VS Kairi was the best match of the night, but it only opened the show. Great win for Iyo, too, keeping her and Rhea on par with Alexa & Charlotte. I still hope we get a big, five team based match to elevate these titles.

My Score: 8.8/10