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                    Raw Live Results

                    Preview

                    WWE announced that:

                    • Randy Orton plans to address his actions from last week’s episode of Raw.
                    • Liv Morgan vs. Lana
                    • Seth Rollins vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Ricochet to determine Brock Lesnar’s opponent for the Saudia Arabia show (Super Showdown).

                    Results

                    Randy Orton Promo

                    WWE opened up recapping the Edge and Randy Orton altercation from last week. Randy Orton came to the ring to do a promo. The audience chanted “You Suck” and hit Randy with a lot of boos. Randy said he owed everyone an explanation, but after the chorus of boos, he just left.

                    Recap Royal Rumble

                    When Orton left, the announcers shifted focus to recapping the Royal Rumble match.

                    Liv Morgan defeats Lana

                    Lana came out and sent Raw to commercial. Liv Morgan came out to her music, but the tron still had Lana’s logo. After the bell rang, Lana suckered Live Morgan in to get a little bit of offense. Liv Morgan immediately hit Lana with same move as last week and picked up the victory.

                    Ruby Riot Return

                    Ruby suckered the crowd and Liv Morgan and attacked Morgan. Lana managed to participate in the beat down too.

                    Drew McIntyre defeats Mojo Rawley

                    Drew McIntyre let Mojo Rawley know that their match will only last three seconds. He went on to say that Brock Lesnar was scared. As promised, Drew McIntyre defeated Mojo Rawley in 10 seconds.

                    Charly Interviewed AOP and Buddy Murphy

                    Buddy Murphy says they’ve already won. Seth Rollins interrupted the interview, and said he’ll be taking Brock Lesnar’s title at Super Showdown. He says that Drew needs to start preparing for the Monday Night Messiah.

                    Buddy Murphy and the AOP defeat Kevin Owens and the Viking Raiders

                    Murphy and Erik started the match with Erik getting an early advantage. Owens, Erik, and Ivar took turns working over Buddy Murphy sending Raw to commercial. Back from commercial, Murphy finally got a tag to Rezar and the Viking Raiders got the advantage until Rezar hit Erik with a clothesline. Adam, Murphy, and Rezar isolated Erik, but eventually Erik got a strong knee in Murphy’s face. With Ivar tagged into the match, he took out everyone before tagging Erik back in. Ivar hit a springboard clothesline, but the pinfall attempt was broken up by the AOP.

                    The Viking Raiders both dove to the outside taking out the AOP. Ivar attempted a cross body, but hit the LED board instead. Meanwhile Seth Rollins hit a curb stomp on Erik. Murphy managed a pinfall on Erik and the referees would not let Ivar continue making it a three on one match. Raw took a commercial break.

                    Back from commercial, AOP and Murphy beat down Kevin Owens. Murphy sent Owens to the outside, but Owens grabbed Murphy and hit a fall away slam into the barricade. Back in the ring, Murphy caught Owens with a leg lariat.

                    The AOP and Murphy continued tagging in and out until Owens hit a DDT, but that didn’t give him an advantage as Murphy tagged out to Akam. Owens took everyone out on the outside, but when Owens went for a top rope senton, Murphy put his knees up. Moments later, Owens hit a pop-up powerbomb on Murphy for a pinfall. Owens then hit a stunner on Akam for another pinfall.

                    Rezar came charging in and hit the post, so Owens hit two super kicks and a cannonball on his way to a top rope senton for a near fall. As the crowd chanted “KO,” Seth Rollins hit the apron and Rezar hit two spine busters for the pinfall victory.

                    Charly interviews Ricochet

                    He doesn’t have a gang like Seth Rollins or the strength of Bobby Lashley. He says he has determination the those two men don’t have.

                    Aleister Black defeats Eric Young

                    Young pushed Black in the corner. Black swept Young’s feet out from under him and hit a number of knee, elbow, kick strikes. Black then hit Black Mask for the pinfall victory.

                    After the match, Aleister Black cut a promo telling people that they should be whatever they want to be because that breeds relentless competition.

                    Recap Andrade and Carrillo Feud

                    Humberto Carrillo and Angel Garza

                    Zelina Vega brought out Angel Garza (Humberto’s cousin). She says nobody smart plays fair and Garza will be Humberto’s weakness. Garza says he leads the family and Humberto answers to him. Garza called Carrillo a disgrace, so Carrillo grabbed the microphone and said something in Spanish. Vega slapped Carrillo and Angel attacked him and hit the wing clipper to a chorus of boos by the Salt Lake City Crowd. On the outside, Garza threw Humberto into the stairs and went for the the DDT on the exposed concrete when Rey Mysterio came to the ring.

                    Rey Mysterio defeats Angel Garza by Disqualification

                    When the bell rang, Garza got out of the ring. Back in the ring, Garza took Rey down with a headlock takeover and Rey countered into a head scissors. The two men evaded several offensive moves before Mysterio took him down with a hurricanrana. Garza ripped his pants off and threw them at Mysterio for an attempted distraction.

                    With Mysterio hanging upside down in the corner, Garza charged in with a kick. Garza evaded the 619 and tripped Mysterio up to go face first on the apron and roll to the outside. Back from commercial, Mysterio hit a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker, but Garza sent Mysterio straight into the turnbuckle. Showboating for the crowd, Garza took too much time and missed a second rope moonsault giving Mysterio an opening.

                    Garza went for the wing clipper, but Mysterio evaded, and hit a destroyer. When Mysterio went for the 619, Vega moved Garza out of the way. He then hit Garza with a dive, but Vega got in his face. Garza would toss Mysterio into the barricade and then DDT him on the exposed concrete.

                    The referee called for the bell for what we assume must be a disqualification. This match should have been better, but it ended up being average.

                    Charlotte Flair Promo

                    Charlotte mentioned that she beat Bayley and Becky and held the championships 10 times. Rhea Ripley’s music hit and she reminded Charlotte that the Queen has not beaten Ripley, but Ripley has beaten Charlotte. Charlotte Flair walked away and Woo’d from the top of the ramp.

                    Sarah Schreiber Interviewed Bobby Lashley

                    Lashley claims that Lana’s loss will not be a distraction. He’s going to beat both Ricochet and Rollins at the same time. After he beats Rollins and Ricochet, he will run through Lesnar and McIntyre.

                    Asuka defeats Natalya

                    Match begins with a pari of collar and elbow tie ups. The two women exchanged hold for the first couple of minutes until Natalya hit a sit-down powerbomb.  When back from commercial, Asuka had Natalya in an arm bar on the mat. Asuka continued with kicks and submissions keeping Natalya down. Countering Asuka’s Guillotine, Natalya hit a vertical suplex and a discus clothesline setting up for the Sharpshooter. Asuka made it to the ropes for the break.

                    Kairi Sane distracted Natalya and Asuka cinched in the Asuka Lock for the submission victory.

                    Asuka Challenged Becky Lynch

                    Becky Lynch came to the ring and said beating her at Royal Rumble damn near gave her Super Powers. When Kairi hopped up on the apron, Becky turned and punched her saying “See, Super Powers. I have eyes in the back of my head.” Becky accepted the challenge, but they didn’t say when the match would be.

                    Ricochet defeats Seth Rollins and Bobby Lashley to get WWE Championship Match at Super Showdown

                    Ricochet sent Lashley and Rollins to the outside, and Lashley hooked Ricochet’s leg and followed up with a sling blade. Lashley hit a neck breaker on Ricochet and a DDT on Rollins at the same time. Ricochet knocked Lashley to the outside and hit tope con hilo on Lashley and Sasuke Special on Rollins.

                    Ricochet climbed the ropes when AOP and Buddy Murphy came to ringside taking out AOP and pushing Ricochet off the top rope. That brought out Kevin Owens and Erik of the Viking Raiders. The match suddenly had a lot less to do with the people in the match as the show went to commercial.

                    Back from commercial, Rollins and Ricochet exchanged fists until Lashley returned to the match hitting Rollins with a big spine buster. Ricochet put down Lashley with a high cross body from the top and then hit Seth Rollins with a flying forearm. Ricochet would hit a springboard clothesline and a running shooting star press, but Lashley broke up the pinfall.

                    Ricochet went for a superplex on Rollins and Lashley came up to assist. From the top rope, Ricochet hit the 630 on Lashley for the pinfall victory.

                    Ricochet is going to Super Showdown to face Lesnar for the title. Before Raw went off the air, Lesnar hit the ring and gave Ricochet an F5.

                    Summary

                    The Raw matches were below average to average, but the show itself was fairly newsworthy.

                    • Ruby Riot makes a return after being gone for 9 months and turns on Liv Morgan.
                    • Angel Garza debuts on Raw and faces Rey Mysterio
                    • Becky Lynch and Asuka confirm a Raw Championship match for the 2/10 edition of Raw
                    • Rhea Ripley appeared on Raw to challenge Charlotte for a WrestleMania match with the NXT Title on the line.
                    • Ricochet challenges Brock Lesnar for the WWE Title at Super Showdown.
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