Raw es Lucha!

In partnership with AAA, WWE is holding a tournament of the best luchadores, and the winner will challenge Roman Reigns for the World Heavyweight title!

OFFICIAL RESULTS

• WWE World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender’s Tournament: PENTA VS Laredo Kid; Penta wins and advances.
• Akira Tozawa VS Austin Theory w/ The Vision; Theory wins.
• Dominik Mysterio VS Dragon Lee; wins.
• Sol Ruca & ??? VS Roxanne Perez & Raquel Rodriguez w/ Liv Morgan; win.
• Bloodline Stakes: Solo Sikoa VS Jey Uso; wins and

PLAY BY PLAY

WWE has a medical update on Royce Keys.

After the vicious Street Fight last week, and especially the assault Jacob Fatu committed after with the Tongan Death Grip AND the hip attack with the chair around Royce’s neck, Royce has a bruised larynx and cervical strain, meaning he will be out for an unknown amount of time. If the Samoan Wolf can do that to The Powerhouse, what hope does anyone else have of surviving?

Solo Sikoa interrupts the show!

The Prodigal Son is mockingly rapping “It’s Just Me, Uce!” aka Jey Uso’s theme song. Norfolk is torn seeing Solo is in the crowd, and he asks if he’s in the right place. Solo says ya boy, Solo Dolo, is now in your citaaay~! And Solo says as we saw last week. Bloodline took out his boy, Royce Keys. The fans do boo that, and Solo says he’s back on Raw to handle some family business. So, “Bloodline,” if you will. And then Jey Uso makes his entrance, the real It’s Just Me Uce playing. Virginia is for YEETING as Main Event Jey storms down to the ring, eyes laser focused on Solo even as he steps through the ropes and grabs a mic of his own.

The fans cheer, the wanna run it back. Solo copies them, but Jey says, “You really wanna do this, little brother? You wanna air out our family laundry in front of the whole world to see again? Ey, you know what the issue is, though. Nah, you know how to fix this issue, Uce. Tribal Chief called the play, I need you to fall in line, Solo.” The fans boo, but Solo says, “Fall in line? What do you mean, ‘fall in line?’ Why does everybody keep sayin’ that crap, ‘fall in line?’ Well, how did it work out for you? Did you fall in line? Cuz it looks like you fell off!” The fans like where Solo is going with that!

Solo wants Jey to be honest: He was a world champion! He won the Royal Rumble! Jey even beat Gunther at WrestleMania! Every time they heard your music, all the kids were happy. “YEET!” The fans cheer Solo on, but also wanna run it back. Solo says no, all that’s out the window! HAH! Sucks to be Jey now! But listen, Solo already said this before, he is not coming back to the family. Solo loves where he’s at, because everybody here loves it, too! The fans cheer that! So Jey can tell your Tribal Chief- Jey tells Solo to shut his cocky,s piled, disrespectful ass up! You forget who you talking to, bruh!?

Jey raised Solo! Fed Solo! Changed them diapers! Y’know why you even here? Cuz of the Bloodline! You know why Solo’s got that big house, his family set for life?! Cuz of the Bloodline! Solo out here mocking them, but they gonna handle this the only way the family knows how: Jey VS Solo, TONIGHT! The fans like that! Jey says Solo real quiet now. But look, when Jey wins, Solo is coming back to the family! Jey delivers Solo’s ass first-class to The Tribal Chief! This his warning shot, BLAOW! Solo “ducks” the shot, and he asks if everyone’s alright. No one got shot? Okay, we’re good. But hey, Jey, calm down. Solo accepts.

The fans cheer, and Solo adds that he’ll tell Jey this: When Solo beats Jey… Jey and this messed up family can leave him the hell alone. Now this is your warning shot! PEW PEW! Solo and Jey are going to have it out, but who wins this family feud?

We hear from Penta and Laredo Kid.

The Man with No Fear says, “This (contender’s) tournament means everything to me. Every match is a battle. Every battle takes me one step closer to my goal: Mexico City! But I can’t look past Laredo Kid. Laredo Kid, you and I are old rivals. But tonight, you will find out the luchador I have become.” But The Amazing One says he knows all about Penta, and respects what he can do. But Laredo Kid will prove he is the most complete luchador in the world, and that this moment is HIS moment. Nothing and no one can stop him! Penta says he hopes Laredo Kid is ready for war tonight. He’s going to win the tournament because he wants to face Roman Reigns, with all his people behind him!

You know why? Because he is Penta, and he has CERO MIEDO! But who takes that first step towards a first-time-ever moment in Mexico City?

Jey Uso returns backstage.

He meets up with Jimmy & Jacob. Jimmy asks if Jey’s all good, and Jacob asks what the hell Jey is got going on out there. What does Fatu mean? OTC called the play, Jey is just trying to handle the Solo problem! Solo problem? More like Jey’s running his play by himself, and ignoring Roman and the others. Jey says check this, it don’t matter, Jey gonna go out there, get the W, bring Solo back to The OTC personally! Something Fatu’s ass couldn’t do! YEET! Fatu says hey, man, he did his thang last week. The only way Solo’s coming back to the family IS if Jey gets that W, with his punk ass! Fatu leaves, Jey is upset Fatu always gets on him, but Jimmy says hey, so long as Jey gets the W.

WWE World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender’s Tournament: PENTA VS Laredo Kid!

Raw returns as Laredo Kid makes his entrance, joining Penta in the ring. The bell rings, the fans rally up, and the two step up. Penta offers a handshake, Kid wags his finger, and the fans boo. Kid and Penta circle, then tie up. Penta wrenches, wristlocks, but Kid rolls, handsprings, slips through, and waistlocks to SLAM Penta down. Kid grabs an arm, Penta arm-drags Kid! Penta runs up to headlock, but Kid fires body shots. Kid powers up and out, drops down, then leaps over, only to roll back into a KICK! The fans cheer Penta while Kid goes to a corner. Penta runs up, Kid dodges, then Kid runs up, but Penta dodges back.

Kid slips out the side, Penta runs in, and Kid GAMANGIRIS! Kid goes up, up, and MISSILE DROPKICKS! Kid kips up, Penta tumbles out, and Kid tells the booing fans to shut up. Kid builds speed to DIVE into a GAMANGIRI! Penta goes up the corner, and he CROSSBODIES! Penta hurries to keep moving, he ducks ‘n’ dodges, then RANAS! Kid tumbles out of the ring and the fans fire up! Penta builds speed, but Kid trips him up! Kid drags Penta out, SMACKS him, then SMACKS him off the apron! Kid goes up the corner, and from the very top, ARIHARA MOONSAULT! Down goes Penta, the fans boo, but Kid drags Penta back up.

Kid puts Penta in the ring, the fans boo, but Kid MARIPOSAS! Kid goes up again, MARIPOSA! Cover, TWO! Penta survives and Kid is annoyed, but Raw goes to break.

Raw returns Laredo Kid has Penta in the corner, and he rains down fists! Kid stops at five just to gloat, but Penta SHOVES him down! And BOOTS him back! Penta then pops Kid up for a headstand and SUPERKICKS him off the corner! Penta then mule kicks a leg, runs, and SLING-DOG! Then a scoop and BACKBREAKER! Then another scoop and BACKBREAKER! Then a GAMANGIRI in the corner! Penta goes up with the headstand for the SWINGING DROPKICK! Cover, TWO! Laredo survives, but the fans rally up behind Penta. Penta pump handles Kid, but Kid pops free, and goes up! POISON-RANA!

Penta is down, Kid goes up! 450 SPLASH! Cover, TWO! Penta survives and the fans fire up! Kid is beside himself, but he pounds the mat while Penta crawls away. The fans rally, Kid runs corner to corner, but Penta SUPERKICKS first! Penta whips, Kid reverses, but Penta goes up and over, BACKSTABBER! Cover, TWO! Kid survives and Penta is stunned! The fans rally for Penta, he brings Kid up, and he winds up to CHOP! Kid fires a forearm in return! Penta CHOPS again, Kid fires another forearm, repeat! Then Penta fires a flurry of forearms, runs, but into an ELBOW! ROLLING- SUPERKICK! Penta runs, but into a SLAP!

Kid fires up, runs the ropes, but Penta SUPERKICKS again! Kid bails out, but Penta builds speed! Penta FLIES! The fans fire up while both men are down! Penta hurries up, he puts Kid in, and he snatches Kid to a pump handle! PENTA DRIVER! Cover, TWO!??! Kid survives and everyone is shocked! Penta aims, runs up, but Kid scoops! MICHINOKU DRIVER! Kid hurries for a corner and climbs up! SKY TWISTER MOONSAULT, but Penta dodges! DESTROYER!! Cover, Penta wins!

Winner: Penta, by pinfall (advances to the next round)

And with that, Penta is one step closer to the top of the world! But who will join him in that second round?

Backstage interview with The Vision.

Byron Saxton is with Austin Theory, Maxxine Dupri, Logan Paul & Bron Breakker, noting that in just a moment, Theory goes 1v1 with Akira Tozawa. But he wants to start with Logan Paul. All this bad blood between them and The Alpha Academy- Logan stops Byron there, and says this isn’t “bad blood,” Tozawa & Otis are beneath The Vision! They’re just losers! The only bad blood is Otis’s blood pressure. They’re losers. They all know this! It’s why Maxxine left them! Maxxine adds that she knows Tozawa better than anyone, which is why she knows he has no chance against her bad boy, the hottest, most jacked, talented and tenacious superstar in the WWE!

Theory says all Byron needs to know is that Theory is gifting Tozawa an ass whooping. Why? Because he deserves it! And what does Theory deserve? Oh, right, he already has everything right here! Theory kisses Maxxine on the neck, then leads the way out, Logan following. Bron seems deep in thought, and Byron asks if he wants to add something. Bron asks, “What do you think of Oba Femi?” Byron likes Oba… Bron asks if Byron thinks Oba is the future. That’s what Brock Lesnar said… Bron snarls and says Byron sounds like Paul Heyman. Bron heads out, is he going to do what it takes to change the future?

Akira Tozawa VS Austin Theory w/ The Vision!

Raw returns as The Stamina Monster makes his entrance, joining Theory in the ring. The bell rings and Tozawa runs up to fire off on Theory! Theory shoves Tozawa away, then ELBOWS him down! The fans boo but Theory ROCKS Tozawa! Theory RAMS into Tozawa again and again, then fires an elbow! Theory snatches the sweatband, wears it himself, then whips corner to corner. Tozawa BOOTS Theory, goes up, and FLYING RANAS! The fans fire up while Theory bails out! Tozawa builds speed but Theory somersaults and LARIATS Tozawa down! Theory grins while the fans boo, and Theory stomps Tozawa. Theory mocks the fans as they boo, then he rains down fists.

Theory looms over Tozawa while he talks trash, then stands him up. But Tozawa fires fast hands! The fans cheer, but Theory kicks low and BUTTERFLY SUPLEXES! Cover, TWO! Theory clamps onto Tozawa with a chinlock. The fans chant, “LOGAN SUCKS!” Logan says he hasn’t even done anything, shut up! Tozawa fights up, fires body shots, but Theory whips him to the corner. Tozawa bounces off buckles, and Theory scoops to BACKBREAKER! The fans boo but The Vision soaks up the heat. Except for Bron, who is still locked onto the thought of Oba Femi. Theory goes back to Tozawa, stomps him down, then whips him hard into the corner!

Tozawa stumbles and falls, but Theory sits him up to taunt him. Theory says Tozawa is a loser, then SMACKS him off the mat! Theory mockingly says he doesn’t see Otis here, but that’s because of that Con-Chair-to last time. Theory stomps Tozawa, then digs his boot into Tozawa’s head! The ref counts, Maxxine taunts Tozawa, and Theory stops at 4. Theory storms back up but Tozawa CHOPS and CHOPS! Theory ELBOWS Tozawa down! Theory drags Tozawa up, back suplexes, but Tozawa lands out! SOBAT! FRONT KICK! Theory ducks, Tozawa slides, wheelbarrow and- NO, Theory stops that to HALF NELSON BACKBREAKER!

The fans boo, The Vision soaks up more heat, and Raw goes to break.

Raw returns as The Vision has Tozawa on the floor, mocking him. Theory sits Tozawa and mockingly says Tozawa must want a kiss from Maxxine! Maxxine gives Theory a kiss and Theory says that’s the closest Tozawa will ever get. Theory puts Tozawa in the ring, soaks up more heat, then slingshots in, but Tozawa dodges! Tozawa comes back, POP-UP DDT! The fans fire up as Tozawa rises! Theory flounders to a corner, Tozawa runs in, and he BOOTS Theory! Theory stumbles and falls, but Tozawa keeps moving, SHINING WIZARD! SENTON! Cover, TWO! Theory is tougher than that but the fans fire up with Tozawa as he rips off the shirt!

Tozawa powers up to KICK, KICK, KICK! The fans fire up, “YES! YES! YES!” Tozawa winds up, but SUPERKICKS instead! The fans fire up as Tozawa runs, but Theory scoops! Half nelson, spin, and a FOREARM! Cover, Theory wins!

Winner: Austin Theory, by pinfall

Theory hit the #OffSwitch, and that’s it for Tozawa! Maxxine celebrates with her bad boy, but then says go after Tozawa more! Theory HAMMERS away on Tozawa’s head, then pushes him back down. The ref reprimands, the fans boo, but Theory says that’s how we do this! He high-fives with Logan, and they want Bron to get fired up, too. The fans chant “YOU SUCK!” but then Maxxine hands Theory a chair! Apply “Maximum Pressure!” But then Adam Pearce and the officials rush out here! The fans boo, but then they bark as Bron takes aim! ONLY FOR OBA TO APPEAR! The fans cheer as The Ruler makes his way to the ring!

Bron stare Oba down the entire time Oba swaggers down the ramp. Theory runs up, but gets a BOOT for it! The fans cheer that, and then Oba continues to ringside as he stares Bron down. Maxxine hurries to Theory’s side while Logan tells Bron to watch out. Oba steps into the ring, but the refs and producers rush in! The fans boo and chant “LET THEM FIGHT! LET THEM FIGHT!” Logan says no, they can pick a better time and place. Bron grins, Oba scowls, but when and where will these two decide to future of Monday Night Raw?

Backstage interview with Rey Mysterio.

Cathy Kelley is with the King of Lucha, the AAA General Manager, and says there has been a lot of buzz with this #1 contender’s tournament. What stood out in the opening contest of Penta VS Laredo Kid? Rey says Penta and Laredo went out there, had a banger, and Rey just knows that when Raw returns to Mexico, Roman will have his hands full. Dragon Lee steps in, apologizes for interrupting, but he just wants to thank Rey for this opportunity. He’ll give everything he’s got! Rey says don’t thank him, he earned the spot in the tournament! But then Dominik Mysterio steps in and asks what is going on here!

Dom has a question: Rey put this tournament together, full of luchadores, yet he doesn’t add THE King of the Luchadores? The reigning AAA Mega Campeon?! Rey says he didn’t think his son needed another handout. Isn’t that how Dom became a jackass in the first place? Jackass?! Is that why Rey handed this jackass Dom’s spot? Dragon says you watch yourself! Show respect to not only the greatest luchador of all time, but your own father. Y’know what? Idea. Dragon is gonna go to Adam Pearce, and they’ll fix this in the ring. Then he’ll send you crying to your mommy, you fake king of lucha.

Dom says fine! Dom will see Dragon in the ring, and show why HE is the greatest luchador of all time! Dom storms off, but is Dom just sticking his foot in his mouth? Or will Dragon take care of sticking his foot down Dom’s throat instead?