RAW comes to us live from Madison Square Garden and for tonight's show we have in person appearances from Roman Reigns, CM Punk, Brock Lesnar and Finn Bálor, The Irresistible Forces (Nia Jax & Lash Legend) defend their WWE Women's Tag Team Titles against Bayley & Lyra Valkyria, Penta and Kofi Kingston go at it for Penta's WWE Intercontinental Championship, Iyo Sky battles Raquel Rodriguez, The Usos (Jimmy & Jey) and The Vision (Logan Paul & Auston Theory) collide in a New York
Street Fight for the Usos' WWE World Tag Team Championship and more.
Check back for live results when the show airs on NETFLIX at 8/7 C.
CM Punk, The Irresistible Forces(Lash Legend & Nia Jax), and Oba Femi are all shown walking backstage.
At ringside, we hear Cody Rhodes' music play and he makes his way out. Rhodes takes his suit jacket off before heading down the rampway. Rhodes dilly-dallies with the kids before getting in the ring with a mic. Before Rhodes can really say anything, Stephanie McMahon comes out to the ring interrupting Rhodes. McMahon is all smiles and she grabs a mic and gets in the ring. Rhodes says he's surprised to see McMahon here. McMahon says the last she checked, her name is Stephanie McMahon and this is the house her grandfather built, Madison Square Garden so he shouldn't be surprised. McMahon says she's here to talk about Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes and WrestleMania. McMahon says she, Orton and Rhodes are multi-talented and have all taken different paths to get to where they are and Rhodes took the golden path and that's good. McMahon says it's great that Rhodes thinks he can bring out the best in his opponents but McMahon says this version of Orton is diabolical and Rhodes needs to think like this Orton to defeat him. McMahon says Rhodes' dad could do this, but Rhodes isn't his father and can't do it. McMahon says this version of Rhodes can't beat this version of Orton. Rhodes says he doesn't want to be rude but he knows everything about Orton. Rhodes says he's not afraid of Orton, and tells McMahon while he's not his father, she's not hers either. McMahon slaps Rhodes and says she's out here because she cares about Rhodes and that Rhodes needs to understand that unless Rhodes can think like Orton, Rhodes will lose his title. McMahon goes to leave and Rhodes stops her and says he has two words for McMahon - thank you. Rhodes drops the mic and leaves and McMahon smiles in the ring.
iShowSpeed is backstage with Danhausen and Adam Pearce. Danhausen says he'll take the curse off of Speed if Speed pays him and gives him rights to streaming. Pearce talks about the tag match and LA Knight comes by and Pearce says Knight will be on commentary for the tag match. Knight and Speed leave. Danhausen and Pearce hang around for a bit and leave.
Match 1 - WWE World Tag Team Championship New York City Street Fight Match: The Usos(c) (Jimmy & Jey) -vs- The Vision (Logan Paul & Austin Theory)
All four men go at it at the bell. Jimmy takes Theory out and then Paul is double teamed in the ring by The Usos. The Vision end up out of the ring and Jey flies over the ropes and wipes out both Theory and Paul and we cut to a break.
Back to the match, Theory pulls out a table as Paul smashes Jey with a Kendo stick. Theory sets the table up in the corner of the ring against the turnbuckle and then Theory nails Jey with a trash can and Paul smacks Jimmy with a kendo stick. The Vision now batter The Usos with trash cans. The Usos move out of the way and The Vision slam into each other with trash cans. Paul gets a can put on his head and both Jimmy and Jey kicks Paul. Theory is beaten with a trash can and the can is put on his head and he's beaten up with a kendo stick. The Usos set the table in the middle of the ring and then Theory is super kicked and sat on the top rope. The Usos climb up with Theory and superplex Theory through the table. Paul goes to his mother who is in the front row and Paul's mom gives him brass knuckles. Knight attacks Paul who grabs iShowSpeed and they all end up outside the ring over the barricades. Knight takes out Paul and iShowSpeed picks up the knuckles and accidentally punches Knight. Speed is beside himself and runs away and Paul grabs the knuckles and goes to punch Jimmy but he ducks and superkicks Paul. Paul gets double superkicked and Theory gets speared in the ring. Paul punches Jimmy with the brass knuckles, Jey comes off the top rope and takes out Paula and Theory covers a knocked out Jimmy and gets the win.
Winners and NEW WWE World Tag Team Champions: The Vision
Paul and Theory tell Speed to stick with them as Knight will be after him now. Speed is reluctant but looks like he's siding with Paul and Theory.
We come back from a commercial break and Liv Morgan is in the ring. Morgan reminds us that she's the greatest Royal Rumble winner of all time and then tells Stephanie Vaquer that she's done and calls her a bitch. She talks about how Vaquer attacked Dominik Mysterio and that she's attacking Morgan's family because Vaquer doesn't have family with her. Morgan says where she comes from, it's on sight and her mom taught her to not let anyone get the better of her and then she swears at Vaquer's mom and Vaquer marches out to the ring. Vaquer and Morgan start fighting in the ring. Vaquer superkicks Morgan and drops Morgan to the mat. Vaquer goes and gets a chair and gets in the ring to attack Morgan. Roxanne Perez comes from behind Vaquer and takes her down. Morgan hits Oblivion on Vaquer onto the chair with Perez's help.
The Vision is backstage with iShowSpeed. Speed tells Logan Paul & Austin Theory he didn't want to get involved. Paul says he's already involved and that Speed needs to stick with them. Paul Heyman comes in and tells Speed he's fine and protected and to go celebrate. They leave and Adam Pearce comes up to Heyman and asks if he checked his email. Heyman makes fun of Pearce for using email.
Match 2 - WWE Women's Tag Team Championship Match: The Irresistible Forces(c) (Nia Jax & Lash Legend) -vs- Bayley & Lyra Valkyria
Legend and Bayley start the bout. Legend goes for a pumpkick and misses but then takes down Bayley. Jax and Valkyria are tagged in and Valkyria kicks Jax and Valkyria gets tossed into the corner. Legend is tagged in and Valkyria is double teamed. Legend throws Valkyria across the ring to the other corner and then slams into her. Valkyria tags in Bayley and Legend is double drop kicked and Bayley covers Legend for a near fall. Valkyria is tagged back in and Legend is double teamed. Legend takes down Bayley and elbows Valkyria. Jax is tagged in and Valkyria counters a double team and kicks Jax out of the ring. Bayley is tagged in and she suicide dives onto Jax and then knocks Legend out of the ring. Valkyria is tagged in and she kicks Legend and Bayley takes out Jax again and we cut to a commercial break.
Back to the match, Legend gets Valkyria in a stretch muffler submission and Valkyria tries to sunset flip out of the move but Legend is able to take Valkyria down with a clothesline. Jax is tagged in and Valkyria is double teamed. Jax tosses Valkyria into the corner and Valkyria dodges a hip check and crawls to Bayley but Jax gets there first and knocks Bayley off the apron. Jax knocks Valkyria down with a Samoan Drop and covers Valkyria for a near fall. Valkyria kicks Jax and Jax slams into the corner and Valkyria tries to tag out. Legend is tagged in and she stops Valkyria from tagging. Valkyria kicks Legend and DDT's Legend. Valkyria tags out Bayley and Bayley elbows Legend off the middle rope and covers for a near fall. Legend kicks Bayley down and tags in Jax. Jax hits a legdrop and covers Bayley and Bayley kicks out at two. Bayley goes for Annihilation and Bayley gets on her feet and powerbombs Jax. Valkyria is tagged in and Valkyria hits a middle rope Moonsault and Legend breaks the pin. Legend takes down Bayley and Valkyria and all four women are now laid out. The Bella Twins (Nikki & Brie) and Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair come out to ringside. Flair/Bliss and The Bellas start arguing. Jax tosses Valkyria into Bliss and Flair and Legend smokes Brie from behind and slams Nikki into the ring post. Legend slams Bayley into the apron. In the ring, Jax hits a spinebuster on Valkyria and Flair gets in the ring and takes out Jax and the bell is called for.
Winners by Disqualification and STILL WWE Women's Tag Team Champions: The Irresistible Forces
After the match, all the women start fighting. Bliss and Flair take out Jax. Valkyria, Bayley and Brie take out Legend.
We come back from a commercial break and Danhausen is out on the entryway and announces that WWE will return to Madison Square Garden on July 18th for Saturday Night's Main Event and leaves.
Brock Lesnar comes out next with Paul Heyman. Lesnar is dressed in ring gear. They get in the ring and Heyman does his introduction and reminds us he's Lesnar's advocate. Heyman says they are out here to pontificate on the peril that awaits Oba Femi. Heyman talks about Lesnar being caught off guard by Femi two weeks ago and how last week Lesnar was not dressed to fight and Femi decided to pick a fight when Lesnar just wanted to talk. Tonight, Lesnar is ready to fight - Lesnar grabs the mic and tells Oba Femi to get his ass out here now. Adam Pearce comes out instead and says that won't be happening tonight. Pearce says he's here to preserve WrestleMania matches and asks Heyman and Lesnar to leave the ring. The lights go out and Oba Femi's music hits and he appears at the entryway. Femi struts to the ring and security run to Femi and he barges through the security and tosses them aside. Pearce gets in Femi's face and Femi pushes Pearce out of the way and Femi circles the ring as Lesnar waits inside the ring. Femi jumps onto the apron and gets into the ring. Lesnar and Femi stare each other down. Triple H runs down and gets in between Femi and Lesnar. Heyman is now in the ring as well and Lesnar and Femi ignore Triple H until he yells at Heyman and Lesnar. Lesnar and Heyman leave the ring and Lesnar grabs the steel steps and goes to throw in the ring but stops. Lesnar F-5's some security guards as he leaves.
Match 3 - WWE Men's Intercontinental Championship Match: Penta(c) -vs- Kofi Kingston w/Grayson Waller
The men lock up at the bell and Kingston hits Penta with some body punches. Penta breaks the headlock and kicks Kingston. Kingston punches Penta in the corner and Penta is thrown across the ring. Kingston kicks Penta and DDT's him. Kingston covers Penta and Penta kicks out at two. Penta strikes Kingston and Kingston strikes back. They trade chops and Penta superkicks Kingston. Kingston gets caught mid-air into a codebreaker and Penta covers Kingston for a near fall. Kingston counters a Penta Driver but Penta knocks Kingston into the corner and then hits his handstand double kick and covers Kingston who kicks out at two. Kingston connects with a springboard dropkick and Kingston gets sent onto the apron. Penta goes out and gets back dropped on the apron. Waller goes to Penta and Kingston tells him not to interfere and we cut to a break.
Back to the match, Kingston has Penta grounded. Penta punches Kingston a few times and Kingston fights back. Penta kicks Kingston and hits a SlingBlade. Kingston punches Penta and hits SOS and Penta kicks out at two. Penta kicks Kingston and Kingston kicks Penta. Kingston hits a leg drop and covers Penta and Penta kicks out at two. Penta rolls out of the ring and Waller was going to toss Penta on the announce desk but sends Penta back in the ring. Kingston yells at Waller and tells Waller to back off and calls him stupid. Kingston goes for a suicide dive and Penta catches him and throws him onto the announce desk. Penta hits The Mexican Destroyer and sends Kingston back in the ring. Penta comes off the top rope and Kingston hits Trouble in Paradise and covers Penta and Penta kicks out at two. Kingston sits Penta on the top rope and Penta tosses Kingston off the top rope and then jumps off the top rope and hits The Mexican Destroyer and gets the win.
Winner and STILL Men's WWE Intercontinental Champion: Penta
After the match, Jackie Redmond gets in the ring to talk to Penta. She asks Penta what is in-store for him at WrestleMania. Penta says he's talked to Adam Pearce and he'll have a ladder match at WrestleMania against whoever dares to challenge him.
Paul Heyman is on the phone backstage. Adam Pearce comes up to him and asks where Brock Lesnar is. Heyman says Lesnar has left the building and Pearce asks Heyman if he checked his email. Heyman says he's not an email type of guy and Heyman says he has something to say so he's going to the ring.
Dominik Mysterio comes out to the entryway and talks about how he should be the Intercontinental Champion but he isn't because of Finn Balor. Mysterio says at WrestleMania only one man will be left standing and that's him. Mysterio leaves.
We come back from a commercial and Paul Heyman is in the ring. Heyman wants to get some pieces of business out of the way. He first celebrates The Vision winning the tag titles. Heyman says he tried to do something special and give back to the community and give us Brock Lesnar -vs- Oba Femi and blames Adam Pearce for that not happening. Pearce interrupts Heyman and asks Heyman if he's checked his email. Heyman says he sees the future and there is nothing Pearce can tell him that he doesn't already know. Pearce tells Heyman that the Boston Police Department has dropped all the charges against Seth Rollins. Heyman says he's a native New Yorker and doesn't fear any man and he's the last manager and promoter standing from the 1990s. Pearce tells Heyman that the email also states that Seth Rollins is medically cleared to compete. Seth Rollins shows up behind Heyman and smokes him with a chair. Rollins puts Heyman's head on a chair and goes to stomp Heyman but Gunther pulls Rollins out of the ring and puts him in a sleeperhold outside the ring. Rollins gets choked out on the announce desk and is knocked out. Gunther holds up Rollins' head and points at the WrestleMania sign and then slams Rollins' head into the announce desk and leaves.
Match 4: Raquel Rodriguez -vs- Iyo Sky
Rodriguez runs at Sky at the bell and Sky gets Rodriguez in a headlock. Rodriguez powers out and throws Sky across the ring. Rodriguez drives Sky into the corner. Sky tries to get Rodriguez down and Rodriguez keeps over powering Sky. Sky trips Rodriguez and then dropkicks Rodriguez into the ropes. Sky sends Rodriguez out of the ring and then flies over the ropes to take out Rodriguez but gets caught and Sky is clotheslined outside the ring. Sky is tossed back in the ring and Rodriguez covers Sky for a two count. Rodriguez shoulder checks Sky to the mat and then lifts her by her arm and Sky counters into an armbars. Rodriguez powers out and lifts Sky up and Sky punches Rodriguez and Rodriguez boots Sky to the mat. Rodriguez goes for a running powerbomb but Sky counters and sends Rodriguez into the corner. Rodriguez rolls out of the ring and Sky hits a second rope Moonsault to Rodriguez outside the ring and we get a commercial break.
Back to RAW, Rodriguez is taken down with a basement dropkick and Sky hits a roll up and double stomp. Sky guillotines Rodriguez and hits a springboard Missile dropkick. Sky connects with the bullet train attack and climbs the ropes. Sky goes for Over the Moonsault but Rodriguez gets her feet up. Rodriguez throws Sky across the ring and covers her for a near fall. Rodriguez goes for a powerbomb but Sky counters and hurricanrana's Rodriguez. Rodriguez is stomped on and covered and Rodriguez kicks out at two. Kairi Sane and Asuka run down to the ring. Asuka orders Sane to get on the apron. Rodriguez accidentally kicks Sane and Sky rolls her up for a near fall. Sky climbs the ropes and hits a top rope Tornado DDT and hits another Bullet Train Attack. Asuka screams and pulls Sane's hair outside the ring and Sky sees this and takes out Asuka and checks on Sane. Sky gets back in the ring and Rodriguez pucks her up and hits a Tejana Bomb and pins Sky.
Winner: Raquel Rodriguez
Jackie Redmond is backstage waiting to hear on Seth Rollins. Adam Pearce comes out of the medical room and Pearce says Rollins is pissed and he wants receipts. Pearce says Rollins and Gunther will fight at WrestleMania.
At ringside, Roman Reigns comes out to the ring. Reigns gets a mic and stands in the ring for a cool minute and addresses NYC to acknowledge him. Immediately after we get CM Punk's theme and Punk marches to the ring with purpose. Punk gets in the ring and he and Reigns go at it. Punk punches Reigns a few times and Reigns hits Punk with a Superman Punch. Punk throws Reigns outside the ring and slams Reigns' head into the announce desk. Officials come out to separate them and Punk clears the announce desk. Reigns punches Punk several times and goes to powerbomb him but officials gets in the way. Reigns beats up officials and goes to powerbomb Punk but officials break it up. Punk goes to hit GTS on Reigns but it's broken up. Reigns spears an official and Punk gets Reigns on his shoulders and hits him with GTS. Punk stands tall above Reigns and smirks and smiles. Punks starts to leave but turns around and goes back to Reigns and starts punching him. Punk gets Reigns on his shoulders and powerbombs Reigns through the announce desk. Punk pounds his chest like a gorilla and then sits beside Reigns who is laid out on the trashed announce desk. Punk celebrates on the barricades as the show goes off the air.
