Fall Number Three

Bayley with a running knee for a near fall.  Lyra rolls to the floor.  Bayley sends Lyra back into the ring and gets a near fall.  Bayley with a rear chin lock.  Bayley with a kick and Lyra goes to the floor.  Lyra blocks the drop kick through the corner and Lyra slams the leg into the apron and ring post.  Lyra with a surfboard and she stomps on the knees.  Lyra gets a near fall.  Lyra hyper-extends the leg and gets a near fall.  Lyra with a dragon screw and she continues to work on the leg.  Bayley with punches and Lyra with a forearm.  Lyra iwth a dragon screw in the corner.  Bayley sends Lyra to the apron and hits a cutter in the ropes.  

Lyra with a rollup but Bayley with a knee to the head.  Bayley goes for the belly-to-belly suplex but Lyra blocks it.  Bayley blocks a monkey flip and Bayley puts Lyra on the turnbuckles.  Lyra goes for the leg drop but Bayley catches her and hits a belly-to-belly suplex for a near fall.  Lyra sets for a superplex but Bayley knocks Lyra to the mat.  Lyra with a forearm and she hits a sit out Iconoclasm followed by a Doctor Bomb for a near fall.  Bayley kicks Lyra away and Bayley is sent to the apron.  Byley pulls Lyra to the apron and Bayley goes for a belly-to-back suplex but Lyra blocks it.  Lyra goes for the leg and Bayley with forearms.  Lyra with shots to the leg and she wraps the leg in the ropes.  Lyra with a fisherman’s suplex on the apron and Bayley falls to the floor.  

Bayley gets back into the ring and she kicks Lyra away but Lyra beats the count.  Bayley with a rollup for a near fall.  Lyra with a jackknife cover for a near fall.  Lyra avoids a splash in the corner and Lyra iwth a forearm.  Bayley kicks Lyra off the apron to the floor.  Bayley goes for the drop kick through the ropes and Lyra blocks her again.  Bayley kicks Lyra away.  Bayley goes for a sunset flip power bomb and sends Lyra into the ring steps.  Bayley sends Lyra back into the ring and Bayley goes up top for the elbow drop and hits it to the back and Bayley gets a near fall.  Bayley with a cross face.  Lyra tries to get to the ropes.  Bayley kcks her and Lyra into the center of the ring and Lyra with Night Wing for the three count.

Winner:  Lyra Valkyria

After the match Becky LYnch makes her way to the ring for the obligatory champion holds the belt face off photo opportunity.

Backstage:

Jackie is with Stephanie Vaquer and she asks her about her victory. She says she came to WWE to be a champion.  In Paris, she will become the champion.  Jackie says she will face the World Champion. Chelsea shows up and she says she should represent WWE in Paris.  Who is better to represent the company?  La Primavera, which means loser or La Chelsea which means winner. Stephanie tells Chelsea to take her best shot but Chelsea says she is facing a hall of famer so she can look, but she can’t touch.

Backstage:

Karrion Kross says your favorite bad guys are here to save the day.  Where is Sami Zayn?  He is hurt.  He asks Scarlett if she believes that.  She says he is a liar.  Kross says he agrees.  All of this big talk about who is a coward, falls flat on his face and gets up again.  Sami says he is hurt.  Kross says he gave Sami an ultimatum and Sami has folded.  He tells Sami to stay at home and don’t come back until you can say the words that Kross told the truth.

Nikki Bella vs. Chelsea Green

They lock up and go to a stalemate.  They lock up again and Nikki with a clean break.  They lock up and Nikki with a take down.  Nikki with a rollup for a near fall.  Nikki with a drop toe hold.  Green with a slap and Nikki chases Green but Green gets to the ropes.  The referee pulls Nikki off and Greenw ith a punch.  Nikki with a head scissors take down and a slap.  Nikki avoids a clothesline and Nikki with a suplex.  Green rolls to the floor.  Alba and Piper run security for Green as they return to the ring.  Nikki with forearms.  Green with an Irish whip and Nikki with an elbow.  Nikki is put in the ropes and Green with a lungblower that sends Nikki to the floor.

Green sends Nikki into the ringside barrier.  They return to the ring and Green sends Nikki face first into the mat for a near fall.  Green with a knee in Nikki’s back.  Nikki with a face buster.  Nikki with clothesline and an Irish whip.  Nikki with a clothesline into the corner followed by a round kick off the turnbuckles for a near fall.  Nikki tries to get Green up but Green escapes.  Green with a neck breaker for a near fall.  Green sets for UnprettiHer but Nikki counters with an EdgeOMatic.  Nikki knocks Alba and Piper to the floor.  Green goes for a rollup but Nikki escapes.  Nikki gets Green up for a TKO for the three count.

Winner:  Nikki Bella

After the match, Piper attacks Nikki with a shoudler tackle.  Alba with a thrust kick.  Piper with a Black Hole Slam and they help Green up.  

Stephanie Vaquer’s music plays and she comes to the ring and kicks Alba and hits a thrust kick.  Vaquer with a drop kick to Piper and a back heel kick to Alba followed by a butterfly face bustet. Vaquer helps Nikki up and they hug.

Backstage:

Adam Pearce is in the back with The New Day and Grayson Waller.  They are here to bargain and he asks Walker to present the gift and it is two wigs. Adam says we will find out who gets a chance to earn a title match next week and he tells them not to flip their wigs. Adam says Dom must be feeling great after what we saw at ringside. Dom says it was the adrenaline and he says he is not cleared.  He has the note and Adam says that he heard Dom is going to be re-evaluated.  If he is okay to go, he will have a title match against AJ Styles at SummerSlam.

Finn says there is no way they will be cleared. Dom sees AJ and AJ says he sees Dom.  Dom says he is not cleared.

— Penta is in the back and Gunther stops by to stare at him before he walks toward the ring.

• Byron is with American Made. Byron brings up last week’s match with El Grande Americano.  Byron asks about the perfomance and the rumors. Ivy says it is clearly Ludwig Kaiser and they say everyone knows that. Byron brings up the Chad Gable rumors. Ivy says they are not here to talk about Grande Americano. Julius says they are better than anyone else.  Ivy says that Chad told her to bring them to the top.  They are going to do it with the tag team division and the women’s division, especially Stephanie Vaquer.

Backstage:

Jackie is with Rusev and she brings up Rusev’s victory over Sheamus.  She asks what is next. Rusev people says people call him God, but maybe he is a saint getting rid of Irish snakes. Sheamus shows up and he says he is not here to ambush Rusev.  He says he talked to Pearce and they are going to have a rematch.  Sheamus says they weren’t done after that.  You have to save room for the main course.  Sheamus says his catchphrase is banger affer banger. Rusev says he is going after gold, not gingers.

Backstage:

Gunther makes his way to the ring. Gunther says he is in a great mood today.  This past Saturday, he retired Bill Goldberg.  He says you are not the brightest so he tells them Bill is not here tonight.  Gunther says he held every promise before the match.  He bullied him, humiliated, tore him down, and he made Goldberg pass out.  There is only one question to raise now… WHO’S NEXT?

He says we are going to have an answer soon.  In the next moments, he will take a seat in a suite and watch five of the finest competitors will fight for his amusement to determine his opponent at SummerSlam.  He says he does not care who the opponent is because when the bell rings, they are all…

Bron Breakker’s music plays and he makes his way to the ring with the Keeper of the Case, Paul Heyman.

Paul offers his hand to Gunther and Gunther shakes it.  

Paul does the official introduction for himself but Gunther stops him.  He says he is aware of who he is and he made his points.  He says he does not care what Paul has to say and he says he is going to leave.  Bron stops Gunther and Paul asks him to stick around because this applies to him.

Paul says Bron runs the gauntlet to become the number one contender and he is going to win the title from Gunther.  He says that is no easy task.  You haven’t been speared until you have been speared by Bron Breakker.  Paul says Bron is the next big thing.  Bron is the big dog.  This is Bron’s yard.  You aren’t looking at another contender.  He’s a Steiner.  That means he is going to break through every barrier in front of him and break through the glass ceiling and break your ass at SummerSlam.  There is going to be a new World Champion and his name is Bron Breakker.

Bron allows Gunther to leave the ring.

#1 Contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship – Gauntlet Match: CM Punk vs. Penta vs. LA Knight vs. Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker

Segment One:  Bron Breakker versus Penta

Penta with punches and kicks.  Bron with a back drop and he connects with shoulders in the corner.  Penta with a head scissors but Bron sends Penta to the apron.  Penta with an enzuigiri and he goes up top and hits a cross body.  Penta with a chop.  Bron with a WARP clothesline and Penta rolls to the apron.  Penta pulls down the ropes and Bron goes to the floor.  Penta with a flip dive onto Bron.  Penta kicks Bron against the ringside barrier.  Penta sends Bron into the announce table.  They return to the ring and he kicks Bron in the corner.  Penta with an elbow.  Bron with a kick and he punches Penta from the turnbuckles.  Penta goes under and pulls Bron off the turnbuckles.  Penta with a running thrust kick for a near fall.  They go to the floor and Penta kicks Bron in the leg.  Bron Irish whips Penta into the ringside barrier.  

Bron sends Penta into the ring steps.  Bron with a knee and he presses Penta and hot shots him onto the ring steps.   Bron sends Penta back into the ring.  Bron kicks Penta and hits a suplex for a near fall and he does push ups because he might have seen an uncle do that.  Bron sends Penta to the apron.  Penta with punches and he drops Bron on the top rope.  Bron with an exploder for a near fall.  Bron with knees and a back drop.  Bron with another back drop.  Bron sets for a spear but Penta with a thrust kick.  Penta with a wraparound bulldog and a kick in the corner.  Penta with a headstand hesitation kick.  

Penta with a lungblower for a near fall.  Penta signals for the destroyer but Bron with a jumping knee.  Penta escapes from Bron’s shoulders and he kicks Bron.  Penta comes off the ropes and Bron with a spear for the three count.

Segment Two:  Bron Breakker versus LA Knight

Knight starts off with a punch and they go back and forth until Knight gets the advantage.  Bron with an Irish whip but Knight with a clothesline out of the corner.  Knight goes for a suplex and Bron blocks it.  Bron goes for a suplex and Knight lands on his feet and he hits a neck breaker and gets a near fall.  Bron sends Knight to the floor and Knight pulls Bron to the floor and he sends Bron’s shoulder into the ring post.  Bron presses Knight but Knight escapes.  Knight clotheslines Bron over the top rope and he drop kicks Bron through the ropes.  Knight sends Bron into the announce table and he sends Bron onto the announce table.  Bron sends Knight into the announce table.  Bron drops Knight onto the announce table.

Knight with an elbow and then Knight goes to the turnbuckles but Bron pulls Knight off the turnbuckles.  Bron kicks and chokes Knight.  Bron catapults Knight’s throat into the bottom rope.  Bron with shoulders in the corner.  Bron with a hard Irish whip.  Bron runs Knight into the ring post.  Bron with Irish whips and Knight goes down again.  

–– Here is what’s in store for tonight’s show ––

• WWE World Heavyweight Championship – Gauntlet Match: CM Punk vs. Penta vs. LA Knight vs. Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker (w/ Paul Heyman)
• Nikki Bella vs. Chelsea Green
• GUNTHER Speaks
• Naomi Appears

7/14 WWE RAW Preview

WWE RAW rolls into Birmingham tonight with major fallout from Evolution and Saturday Night’s Main Event, setting the stage for SummerSlam and beyond2.

Fresh off his successful defense against Goldberg, World Heavyweight Champion GUNTHER will appear on the show to address his victory and find out who his next challenger will be. That opponent will be determined in a high-stakes Number One Contender’s Gauntlet Match featuring CM Punk, Jey Uso, LA Knight, Bron Breakker, and Penta. The winner earns a title shot at SummerSlam2.

Meanwhile, Naomi stunned the WWE Universe last night at Evolution by cashing in her Money in the Bank contract mid-match between IYO SKY and Rhea Ripley, turning it into a Triple Threat and walking out as the new Women’s World Champion. She’ll be live tonight with something to say about her dramatic win2.

Also on the card, Nikki Bella returns to Raw for her first match since 2018, taking on Chelsea Green. Their tension began during the Clash in Paris Championship Battle Royal at Evolution, and tonight, they’ll settle it in the ring2.

With championship implications, surprise returns, and a gauntlet match that could reshape the main event picture, tonight’s Raw promises to be a must-watch. Want predictions for the gauntlet or insight into Naomi’s next challenger?

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7/14 WWE RAW Live Results

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