Our WWE Raw results for tonight include the King and Queen of the Ring Tournament semi-finals, beginning with Oba Femi battling AA Mega Champion Dominik Mysterio and IYO SKY clashing with Raquel Rodriguez, Chad Gable taking on Rusev, and World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns returns. Here’s our review and grades for tonight’s show, live from The CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, Maryland.
WWE Raw Card:
- Queen of the Ring Tournament semi-final | IYO SKY vs. Raquel Rodriguez
- King of the Ring Tournament semi-final | Oba Femi vs. Dominik Mysterio
- World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns Returns
- Chad Gable vs. Rusev
WWE Raw Results:
A highlight package chronicalling Jey Uso‘s King of the Ring quailifier victory on SmackDown.
Backstage, The Bloodline, sans Jacob Fatu arrives at the arena. As Roman Reigns is handed his World Heavyweight Championship, he runs into Fatu, who gives Reigns dap. The Bloodline makes their way to the ring.
Bloodline Ish
Reigns tells the crowd to acknowledge him. The crowd obliges. Reigns says life is good and they have a lot to be grateful for. Reigns puts over Jey and says he’s going to win the KOTR. Jey raises it up as Reigns tells the crowd to acknowledge Jey. The crowd, once again, obliges. Reigns says to those who say Jey is the “favorite son” and Reigns favors him over Jimmy. Reigns puts over Jimmy as being the reason for many of the seasons. The crowd cheers as Reigns tells the crowd to acknowledge Jimmy. Baltimore chants for Fatu. Jey grabs a mic and dumps on Fatu for not listening and screams that Fatu needs to acknowledge “us.” Reigns says it seems they have a problem. Reigns gets in Fatu’s face and asks him if he doesn’t want to acknowledge the twins.
Fatu rips the mic out of Reigns’ hand, and Jey bows up. Reigns holds Jey back. Fatu says when it comes to the twins, hell no, he isn’t going to listen to them. The only person he listens to is his OTC, Roman Reigns! Reigns gets closer to Fatu’s face and tells him that’s good. They don’t need yes-men in The Bloodline. Reigns calls for a stagehand who is holding a box. Reigns pulls a golden lei out and goes on a rant about the Bloodline running this business now, and forever. Fatu nods as Reigns notes that Fatu has always said he’s on the outside, but he’s in now.
The Finish
Reigns welcomes Fatu to the Bloodline and places the lei on Fatu and puts up the one. Jimmy and Jey don’t seem pleased, but eventually they join in. As the Bloodline is leaving the ring, Reigns sees Eric Andre in the crowd and gives him a pound. Andra pats Fatu on the back and touches Fatu’s lei. Fatu goes nuts and pulls Andre over the barricade and beats him down. Fatu tosses Andre into the ring and goes up top. WWE officials and Raw GM Adam Pearce hit the ring to stop Fatu. Reigns walks to the ring apron and tells Fatu to stop. Reigns smiles and gives Fatu the cutthroat motion. Fatu crushes Eric Andre with a big splash off the top. Reigns smiles and tells Fatu to do it again, which, and this will shock you, Fatu happily does.
Grade: B
Interesting segment. This writer has no idea how you would classify this version of the Bloodline (heel, face, tweeners), but it may not matter. The Bloodline is just the Bloodline. Literally everyone can get it. Someone should check on Eric Andre. Homie is pretty annoying, but that doesn’t mean he deserves to eat out of a tube for the next few weeks. That was NASTY.
Queen of the Ring Tournament Semi-final | IYO SKY vs. Raquel Rodriguez
SKY dropkicks Rodriguez as soon as the bell rings. SKY uses her speed to run circles around Rodriguez. Rodriguez is on her heels as SKY unloads with strikes. Rodriguez cuts SKY off with a crossbody block. SKY rolls out. Rodriguez follows. Rodriguez drops SKY on the commentary desk. SKY tries a dive and gets caught. Rodriguez drives SKY into the ringpost headfirst.
After the break, SKY counters Rodriguez’s finish into a roll up. Rodriguez kicks out. After a flurry of strikes. SKY lands a roll through double stop. Bullet train attack by SKY. The fight spills out of the ring. SKY misses a double stomp on the desk. Rodriguez trips SKY on the desk, causing her to face plant. Back in the ring, SKY cuts Rodriguez off and hits a sunset flip powerbomb. Over the Moonsault by SKY! SKY pins Rodriguez.
Winner- IYO SKY
Grade: C+
Solid match with a predictable ending. They have a built-in story if Liv Morgan and Rodriguez both make the finals. What are they even doing?
Backstage, LA Knight tells GM Pearce that he’s going to handle things (The Bloodline) his way, Yeah!
Backstage, Chad Gable says that after he deals with Rusev, he has some other people he needs to make amends to. As Gable walks to Gorilla, he sees Maxxine Dupri talking to Austin Theory. Dupri looks uncomfortable at the sight of Gable. Gable motions as if he is going to say something, but thinks better of it and walks to the ring.
Chad Gable vs. Rusev w/Ethan Page
Gable is in control early. Rusev takes over after a distraction from Page allows him to knock Gable off the apron into the commentary desk. Rusev sends Gable flying over the desk with a fallaway slam.
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