[epic music playing]
[Triple H] Then.
Now.
Forever.
Together.
[music concludes]
["4X4" playing]
[Michael] This is Music City, USA, Nashville,
home of WWE SummerSlam in 2022, and tonight host of RAW for the 24th time.
The Bridgestone Arena is jam packed,
over 13,000 for Monday Night Raw live on Netflix.
And tonight, more Superstars hope to take a step closer to WrestleMania.
-Elimination Chamber qualifying matchups. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] The Hall of Famer, the legendary, Rey Mysterio,
renews a rivalry with Raw's newest Superstar.
-He is the social media star, Logan Paul… -[crowd booing]
…looking to qualify for the Elimination Chamber tonight.
On the women's side, the inaugural women's intercontinental champion,
Lyra Valkyria, hopes to continue
what's been an incredible first year in WWE.
She takes on one of the best to ever do it,
the multi-time world champion,
and there's a reason she's carrying a basketball.
We will explain a little bit later on.
Lyra Valkyria versus Bayley for a chance to get to Toronto later on tonight.
And a man who rocked during his career here in Nashville, Tennessee.
"The Phenomenal" AJ Styles returns
to Monday Night Raw, live tonight!
-[cheers] -[Pat cheering]
[crowd chanting "Yeet"]
Come on! It's on me?
Hey, uce! Hey, uce!
Please! Please!
Hit me my music! Oh yeah!
Uh-uh!
Yeet!
-["Main Event Ish" playing] -♪ Uso! ♪
-[Pat laughs] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And we're kicking off Raw with the 2025 Royal Rumble winner.
♪ Day one ish It's just me, uce ♪
♪ Day one ish ♪
[Pat] How about it, Cole?
-[Michael] At least I'm on beat tonight. -[Pat] Well.
♪ Day one ish ♪
[crowd chanting "Yeet"]
[Michael] Winning the Royal Rumble means that Jey Uso gets to face the champion
of his choosing at WrestleMania.
He showed up on SmackDown this past Friday night,
told his good friend Cody Rhodes,
"Maybe I'm gonna come after the WWE Championship."
He warned Gunther last week, "Maybe I'm coming after the world title."
Who will Jey Uso face in Las Vegas?
[Pat] It's his world, and we're just yeetin' in it, Cole.
♪ Day one ish It's just me, uce ♪
♪ Day one ish ♪
♪ It's Jey, I line 'em all up And knock 'em down like this ♪
[Pat laughs] Oh, yeah. They call this place Nash Vegas.
People come and have bachelor parties here,
-bachelorette parties here. -[Michael] Or yeet parties.
[Pat] I think all those parties involved yeetin', Cole.
[Michael] Smashville has become Yeetville.
-[Pat] Nailed it, Cole. -[cheers]
[Pat] Our Royal Rumble winner.
Yeet, yeet, yeet. He is in Nashville, Michael Cole.
-Try it. -Hey, hey.
-[Michael laughs] Get it now. -[Pat] Yeah, that was good.
[Michael laughs] Jey Uso still celebrating with the WWE fans
here tonight in Nashville.
One of the biggest upsets in the history of the Royal Rumble match
a week ago, Saturday night.
♪ It's just me, uce Day one ish ♪
♪ It's just me, uce ♪
-[Pat] You getting tired, Cole? -[Michael] A little bit.
♪ Day one ish ♪
[Michael] When I was younger, I could yeet all night long.
[Pat] I'm sure, Cole.
[Michael] I have yeet dysfunction now.
[Pat] Premature, I heard.
-[crowd cheering] -[Pat] Yeah.
-What a start, here on Netflix! -[music continues]
[Pat] We got another one, Cole.
♪ It's just me, uce ♪
-[Michael] Oh, we gotta still keep going. -[Pat] Yeah. Yeah!
♪ It's just me, uce Day one ish ♪
[Michael] Don't they make pills for this?
♪ Day one ish ♪
[Pat] They got swipes, pills, drinks, you name it.
Everybody's trying to yeet because Jey Uso.
♪ It's just me, uce Day one ish ♪
[Pat laughs]
♪ Day one ish ♪
♪ It's Jey, I line 'em all up And knock 'em down like this ♪
-[Pat] Oh, that feels good. -[crowd cheering]
[Pat] Need a smoke.
Nashville's yeeting.
[shouts indistinctly]
[Pat] All the way at the top of this building,
the yeets are raining down.
-[music concludes] -[crowd cheering, applauding]
-[crowd chanting "One more time"] -[Michael] "One more time!"
[Pat] One more yeet!
One more yeet!
-["Main Event Ish" playing] -[Pat] Attababy, get 'em!
♪ Day one ish It's just me, uce ♪
♪ Day one ish ♪
♪ It's Jey, I line 'em all up And knock 'em down like this ♪
[Pat] I haven't seen this much yeeting since Temptation Island Spain,
-when Montoya was watching his lady! -[Michael laughs]
[Pat] One more yeet, por favor!
[Michael] One more time, Jey Uso now up on our announce table!
Bring the house down!
One more time!
Yeah, yeah, Jey.
Let's yeet the hell out of this place.
♪ It's just me, uce ♪
[Pat laughs]
♪ Day one ish It's just me, uce ♪
-[Michael] Jey, Jey, Jey, turn around! -[Pat] Heads up, heads up, heads up!
[Michael] Oh my God!
[crowd gasping]
[Pat] This Austrian!
[Michael] The world heavyweight champion, Gunther…
attacking Jey Uso! And now, Gunther not done yet!
Slamming Uso on the announce table. Gunther coming from out of nowhere.
[Pat] He ruins a good yeet. He attacks Jey.
He throws his jacket and hits a kid in the crowd.
-What a scuffle. -[Michael] And Jey now fighting back.
Jey fighting back against Gunther. Gunther, however, driving Jey.
Kidney-first into the apron and then a chop.
And a vicious assault by this world champion
who doesn't give a damn.
[Pat] Where the hell did he come from, Cole?
I'm over here yeeting and all of a sudden, this Austrian piece of crap…
-ruins everybody's night. -[crowd booing]
[Michael] Well, Gunther has said it on so many different occasions that,
in his mind, Jey's nothing but a mascot for WWE.
[crowd chanting "You suck"]
[Michael] He's everything Gunther despises about the entertainment of our industry.
[Pat] He calls himself… [in German accent] …The Ring General…
[normally] …which is German for Ring General,
and he doesn't like the anthems. He doesn't like yeetin'!
[Michael] Oh, what a powerbomb now to the Royal Rumble winner.
[Pat] This guy doesn't like the WWE Universe either.
-It's very apparent. -[crowd booing]
[Pat] Somebody get this guy out of here! A Royal Rumble winner's getting attacked.
-[indistinct chatter] -[groans]
[Gunther] Don't do it. Don't do it, Jey.
[Michael] It is pretty apparent, Gunther yelling at him, "Don't do it."
-You know what he means, Pat. -[Pat] Yeah.
[Michael] "Don't pick me."
-[Pat] It's not your decision, Gunther. -[crowd booing]
[Michael] Jey Uso brutalized on what was a sneak attack,
an ambush by the world champion, and he's not done yet.
[Pat] Now, this security's getting tossed around in…
[Michael] And another powerbomb to Jey Uso.
Gunther destroying the man. Jey Uso never had a chance.
He was attacked from behind as he was enjoying himself
with the WWE fans here in Nashville.
Gunther wants respect.
He wants to carry himself as a world champion.
That sure as hell is not a way to gain anybody's respect.
[crowd chanting "You suck"]
[Pat] He does suck.
I'll tell you what, I don't know everybody in here,
but I know they're smarter than we are, Cole.
And what they're saying is accurate. Gunther sucks!
[indistinct chatter]
[Jey] Well, Gunther.
Look.
[gasps]
[crowd chanting "Yeet"]
-[Gunther] You better don't do that, Jey. -[security] Hey, hey, hey, hey.
[Gunther] You better don't do that.
-[crowd member 1] Get out of here. -[Gunther] Get out of my way.
-You're not worthy, Jey. -[crowd member 2] Get out of here!
[Gunther] You're a clown.
-Not on my level, Jey. -I shouldn't say this.
Maybe I shouldn't say this.
[Gunther] Learn from it, Jey.
-[pants] Me and you at WrestleMania. -[Pat] Let's go!
-[crowd cheering] -[shouts indistinctly]
-[Michael] Jey Uso's got some balls. -[indistinct chatter]
[Michael] Jey Uso just picked Gunther to face
for the world title at WrestleMania.
And Gunther's irate. And Jey Uso's not done yet.
And Jey Uso now taking the fight to the champion.
Jey is gonna fly. Down goes security. Down goes the champion!
Jey Uso with a statement here tonight!
Pat, Jey Uso may have signed his death warrant,
-but he doesn't give a damn. -["Main Event Ish" playing]
♪ It's just me, uce Day one ish ♪
♪ It's Jey, I line 'em all up And knock 'em… ♪
[Michael] Sixty-eight nights to WrestleMania.
And it looks like we're gonna have Jey Uso versus Gunther
for the world title.
But, Pat, did Jey let his emotions get the best of him here tonight?
No, I think Gunther understands the situation.
That's why he's cheap shotting Jey.
This is a different Jey than we've ever seen before.
Different Jey than Gunther has seen before.
Jey Uso's at his best. Jey Uso wants to dethrone Gunther!
I love it. And so does George Kittle.
Well, you know, Gunther is not making any friends here at WWE.
Neither are Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez.
Let's take you back to Raw last week.
Iyo Sky set to take on Liv Morgan
in an Elimination Chamber qualifying matchup.
Liv Morgan would strike Iyo Sky in the locker room area.
-[wrestlers grunting] -[Michael] A sneak attack by Morgan.
And as Liv was countering Iyo Skye, Rhea Ripley,
the women's world champion, came to her aid,
chasing Morgan out of the way, but Rhea did not watch her back.
And then Raquel Rodriguez would strike.
So, later on in the night, in a Chamber qualifying match
between Morgan and Iyo Sky,
Rhea Ripley got some revenge on Raquel Rodriguez,
but then inadvertently here struck Liv Morgan,
-which forced the official… -[bell ringing]
…to disqualify Iyo Sky.
[Alicia] The winner of the match is Liv Morgan!
-[Michael] Rhea making a mistake… -[inaudible]
…and it allows Liv Morgan to advance to the Chamber.
-Iyo Sky visibly upset. -[inaudible]
-["new way out" playing] -[Michael] So now three of the six spots
have been filled for the women
in the Elimination Chamber in Toronto, Rogers Centre, two weeks from Saturday.
From SmackDown, Bianca Belair
and the surprising returning Alexa Bliss and Liv Morgan,
three spots still to be filled for the Chamber.
Let's go backstage now to Cathy Kelley.
[music concludes]
…so much, Cole, I am here with the WWE women's world champion,
-Rhea Ripley. -[crowd cheering]
Rhea, we spoke earlier, I know you are very remorseful
for how everything went down last week with Iyo Sky
and feeling regret as to everything that happened with Liv Morgan.
So, how are you navigating all of those feelings?
Look, if Liv Morgan makes it to WrestleMania,
then I will deal with her then.
But right now, everyone is just waiting for the "top girl" to make her decision
on who she's going to face at WrestleMania.
And to be honest with you, Cathy,
it feels like she's stalling and just wasting everyone's time
trying to stay relevant.
-[crowd cheering] -You cost me WrestleMania.
[speaks Japanese]
I'm coming for you.
-[crowd cheering] -Can't wait. I'll see you then.
-["Liv Gone Mad" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] I mean, obvious mistake last week by Rhea Ripley,
but Iyo, extremely upset.
[Pat] I don't know if you want to be upset with Rhea Ripley, Iyo, but hey…
you do what you gotta do.
-Liv Morgan in the Elimination Chamber. -[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest is a tag team match
scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, representing The Judgment Day,
the team of Raquel Rodriguez
-and Liv Morgan! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Well, Rodriguez and Morgan are in line
for a Tag Team Championship opportunity, but first, they take on Damage CTRL.
Dakota Kai returns live on Netflix.
[music concludes]
-[tense music playing] -[crowd cheering]
[narrator] Tonight,
the world tag team championships are on the line.
As the defending champions, The War Raiders,
look to continue their winning ways and further their dominance.
Throughout their career,
these battle-tested gladiators have transformed their personal pain
and suffering into honor and glory as the pinnacle of the tag team division.
There's no one that are going to take these titles from us.
[narrator] Julius and Brutus Creed of American Made, however,
seek to topple the reigning champs.
This is championship material.
[narrator] Under the tutelage of Chad Gable,
the Creeds have mastered a lethal combination of strength
and discipline that allows them to overcome any obstacle in their path.
[crowd cheering]
[narrator] Now, with championship gold on the line,
the self-proclaimed prodigies, American Made, will go head-to-head
with the seasoned War Raiders.
You boys want these championships? Be prepared to go to war.
[narrator] Which team will leave Nashville victorious?
[energetic hip-hop music playing]
[Michael] The world tag team champions, Erik and Ivar.
The War Raiders have been dominant,
but tonight they put their tag team titles on the line here on Monday Night Raw,
live on Netflix against the Creed Brothers of American Made.
Chad Gable said, "It's time for the Creed to bring gold home."
It happens later on tonight.
-["Still The Baddest" playing] -[inaudible]
[Alicia] And their opponents,
the team of Iyo Sky and Dakota Kai, Damage CTRL!
[Michael] So, Damage CTRL against Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez here tonight,
-both very formidable tag teams. -[bell ringing]
[Michael] Liv Morgan and Raquel knocked off
the tag champs, Naomi and Bianca Belair, a few weeks ago
to earn a future Tag Team Championship opportunity
Tag made, and here comes Raquel Rodriguez.
And I mentioned, Pat, Iyo is in a mood tonight
because of what happened with Rhea Ripley last week.
Liv Morgan wanted nothing to do with her
after Liv knocked off Iyo Sky via disqualification last week.
[Pat] Yeah, Rhea Ripley came out trying to help,
ended up affecting Iyo in a negative way, and now Raquel Rodriguez is bullying…
-[Michael] Oh! -…Iyo like she bullies everybody.
[Michael] Well, Raquel and Liv, uh, former two-time tag team champions,
and there's the power of Raquel Rodriguez.
[Pat] Raquel is obviously incredibly formidable, wildly strong,
and has a mindset of somebody that doesn't care about anything.
[Michael] Iyo Sky and Dakota Kai, former two-time tag champs.
There's a quick tag by Dakota, who returns from injury here tonight.
Double team coming from Damage CTRL.
Raquel Rodriguez is in trouble.
Dakota Kai quickly into the cover, hooks the leg, and Raquel kicks out.
[Pat] Perfectly synced there by Damage CTRL.
Got Raquel Rodriguez off her bearings a bit early here.
[Rodriguez yells]
[Michael] Raquel Rodriguez now.
-Oh, and nice take down by Dakota Kai. -[crowd cheering]
[crowd member] Iyo, I love you!
[Pat] Dakota Kai, welcome back.
It's Raquel Rodriguez's power.
[Michael] Liv Morgan, who has been in five Elimination Chamber matches
in her career, more than anyone in history,
runs into a kick from Iyo Sky.
[Pat] Liv Morgan's resume is quickly becoming Hall of Fame worthy.
[Michael] Well, entered number two at the Rumble last week.
Iyo Sky entered number one.
Of course, Roxanne Perez would set the record
at one hour, seven seconds, 47 minutes.
[Pat] Great to see out of the NXT star.
[Michael] And-- Oh, Iyo Sky now, down goes Liv Morgan, tag made by Raquel.
Jey Uso chooses Gunther to face for the world title
-at WrestleMania, 68 nights. -[Pat] Jey Uso…
Jey Uso also blindsided by Gunther
while we were all yeeting here in Nashville.
Everybody should hate Gunther. Everybody does hate Gunther.
-And in how many nights? -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Sixty-eight.
[Pat] He'll be in the Main Event against Jey Uso.
[Michael] Raquel Rodriguez,
who next week on Monday Night Raw in Charlotte,
will face NXT's Roxanne Perez.
An opportunity to qualify for the Elimination Chamber.
It'd be interesting if Liv and Raquel are two of the six women in that Chamber.
What would they do if it came down to those two, Pat?
-Ooh! -[Pat] We asked them that
during the Royal Rumble kickoff show,
and Liv said that everybody understands that Raquel's here to protect me.
They said the same thing about the Elimination Chamber.
Now, when push comes to shove, will that be the case?
Who knows?
[Michael] Liv Morgan firing up on Bela Lugosi there,
and tag made by Raquel Rodriguez into the ring.
Double team now coming from Morgan and Rodriguez,
and Liv into the corner.
And here comes Raquel, and Iyo is in trouble.
Iyo Sky, the former Money in the Bank winner,
former WWE champ, power slam by Raquel, kick-out at two.
[Pat] I mean, that's Judgment Day wrestling to a T there.
If they can outnumber you, they will. If they can outpower you, they will.
They can knock you around a good bit, they will. Iyo Sky on the receiving end.
[Michael] Mentioned this earlier, Bianca Belair and Alexa Bliss
from Friday Night SmackDown have already qualified for the Chamber.
Liv Morgan, the sole qualifier from Raw so far.
Later on tonight, Bayley and Lyra Valkyria will battle it out.
[Pat] Elimination Chamber, the last opportunity to earn your way
against a champion at WrestleMania.
[Michael] Yes, Charlotte Flair, the Royal Rumble winner,
still has not made her pick for who she will face at WrestleMania.
Liv Morgan, now, and bulldog on Sky. Covered by Liv, hook of the leg,
-and a kick-out by Iyo. -Come on, let's go, Iyo, eh?
[Michael] Asked Liv Morgan about what she thought of Rhea Ripley
getting involved in her match last week.
She just laughed and she said, "How dumb is Rhea?"
That's a quote. "She's just obsessed with me,"
and it cost Iyo an opportunity to go to the Chamber.
[Pat] Yeah, I think Rhea just trying to even the numbers a little bit,
even the odds a little bit, and maybe she didn't mind,
you know, beating the hell out of Liv,
but in the moment didn't do anything to help Iyo Sky.
[Michael] Now, remember the Chamber too, right?
It's that huge steel structure that surrounds the rings,
got a roof on top.
-[Pat] Oh, Iyo Sky! -[Michael] Oh, look at Iyo now,
sleeper hold on Raquel Rodriguez, trying to put Raquel away here.
-[crowd cheering] -[Pat] Slips into a rear naked,
not normally the best technique against a super strong woman, and…
[Michael] Raquel able to survive, momentarily,
and now, Iyo Sky will land on her feet.
Raquel got distracted by Dakota, tag made, here comes Kai.
Dakota Kai, once a member of Team Kick, delivers a kick to Raquel Rodriguez.
[Kai yells]
[Pat] Great to see Dakota Kai back.
The WWE Universe pumped about it.
[Michael] Yeah, Dakota, remember she went to the finals
of the inaugural Intercontinental Championship Tournament,
losing to Lyra Valkyria on Saturday Night's Main Event.
[Pat exclaims] She's put Raquel Rodriguez in a blender.
Kicks and punches and strikes, and now,
-Liv Morgan can get a front row seat. -[Michael] Oh!
Cover now for the win.
-Dakota Kai on Raquel. -[crowd counting]
[Michael] Kick-out at two.
[Pat] Raquel in the middle of some desperation.
Here is Dakota Kai, and Damage CTRL,
looking to get a big-time win on The Judgment Day.
-No! No! -[Pat] Oh, nice spike.
[Michael] Oh, right to the back of the head of Raquel Rodriguez.
Liv Morgan tries to get involved.
-Iyo Sky makes Liv pay. -[Morgan grunts]
[Pat] Dakota Kai flipping the momentum.
Big boot to Liv Morgan, looking like Jake Elliott in a Super Bowl.
[Michael] Dakota with a big kick that time, and now, missed it.
Raquel moves out of harm's way,
and drives Dakota face-first into the ring post.
Raquel's taking control.
-[crowd shouting indistinctly] -[pants]
[crowd shouting indistinctly]
[Michael] Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan dominating Dakota Kai of Damage CTRL.
Iyo Sky has made her way back to the apron.
As you look on tonight, over 13,000 here tonight in Smashville.
This is the Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee.
Monday Night Raw live on Netflix.
[Pat] All the country music GOATs play here.
The Nashville Predators play here. Tonight, on Netflix,
an epic Monday Night Raw.
[Michael] Yeah, 24th time Raw has emanated from Nashville, Tennessee.
Opportunity now for Dakota to make a tag to Iyo Sky.
[crowd cheering]
[Pat] Nashville is hoping that Damage CTRL can get a tag.
-[Michael] Tag to Liv, tag to Sky. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And Iyo Sky now, on fire against Liv Morgan.
[Pat] A couple chops to her throat and a double drop kick.
[Michael] Both of these women who I mentioned before
entered number one and two in the Rumble match,
both eliminated by Nia Jax, who had a record-setting night.
And Morgan, now sent out to the apron.
-Raquel Rodriguez is there too. -[wrestlers grunt]
[Michael] Iyo Sky hangs up Raquel.
-[shouts indistinctly] -[crowd cheering]
-[Pat] Wait a minute, Cole. -[Michael] Heads up, Pat.
-Iyo Sky, suicide dive! -[crowd cheering]
[Pat] The Genius of the Sky takes out Judgment Day!
[Michael] Iyo with a score to settle after last week. Heads up to the top rope.
Measuring Morgan.
-Missile dropkick! What height by Sky! -[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Into a kip-up! -[yells]
-[Pat] Into a flip-up. -[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Michael] And Iyo Sky with the bullet train attack!
[Pat] That's gotta be it here for Damage CTRL.
[Michael] Cover by Iyo,
-sweet revenge here after last week. -[crowd counting]
-[Michael] And Morgan at two. -[crowd cheering]
[Pat] How the hell did Liv kick out of that?
Iyo Sky was on fire.
First, she takes it to Sky outside,
then a double missile drop kick with a kip-up into a flip-up.
Thought that was it. Now…
are we about to see an Over the Moonsault?
-From Iyo Sky! -[Michael] Top rope!
Oh, went for Over the Moonsault!
Morgan tried to block, Iyo Sky made sure it didn't happen!
[Pat] Are you kidding me? Iyo Sky lands on her feet?
-[Michael] Iyo, now, with Liv up! -[exclaims]
-[Michael] Oh, backbreaker! -[crowd exclaiming]
[Michael] Knee right to the spine!
-Cover by Iyo to put Morgan away! -[crowd counting]
-[Michael] Kick-out by Liv Morgan! -[crowd cheering]
-[Pat] Liv Morgan… -[exclaims]
…tries to reverse the Over the Moonsault.
Iyo Sky lands on her feet.
[Michael] And Iyo again looking for the bullet train attack this time.
Raquel Rodriguez pulling Morgan out of harm's way.
Tag made to Raquel.
And now, Morgan into the corner with a running knee.
[Pat] She throws Iyo's body to Raquel.
[Michael] Double team coming from Morgan and Rodriguez.
-Oh my goodness! ObLIVion by Morgan! -[crowd cheering]
-[Michael] Raquel into the cover. -[crowd counting]
-[Michael] Somehow Iyo Sky kicked out. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] This is incredible.
An ObLIVion to Sky as Rodriguez held her high.
And now, Raquel with Morgan up top.
Another double team, knees up by Sky though.
[Pat] How is Iyo Sky doing anything?
After that Codebreaker.
[Michael] And now, Raquel sent over the top rope and down to the floor.
[crowd shouting indistinctly]
-[Michael] Iyo makes a tag. -[Pat] Here comes Dakota.
-Double team coming… -[Sky exclaims]
…German suplex released by Sky.
Dakota, now, up over the top--
-[crowd exclaiming] -[Michael] Oh goodness! Knees to the back,
-cover by Dakota. -[crowd counting]
-[Michael] Raquel saves the matchup. -[crowd cheering]
[Pat] That's at least two times
Raquel Rodriguez has saved Liv Morgan tonight.
-[Michael] And now, Raquel once again… -[yells]
-…going to use Liv as a weapon. -[wrestlers grunt]
-[Michael] A battering ram. -[Pat] Smart play here.
[Michael] I'm not sure if Liv may feel that way, but…
-[Pat] Anything for the team. -[Michael] Liv, now, slammed onto Iyo.
Raquel into the corner.
-Went for that big spinning elbow. -[crowd exclaiming]
[Pat] Dakota rolled out of the way.
-That could have been it for Dakota Kai. -[Morgan exclaims]
[Michael] ObLIVion by Morgan.
-Again, cover on Dakota. Hook of the leg. -[crowd counting]
[Michael] This time Iyo Sky breaks it up with a running knee.
-[crowd cheering, applauding] -[Michael] What a match!
[Pat] One side's got the dub, then the other side's got the win.
Very unlike the Super Bowl last night.
[Michael] Look at Morgan. Liv Morgan's been busted open.
-[crowd chanting "This is awesome"] -[Michael] And indeed, it is awesome.
[Michael] Iyo back out to the apron. Dakota Kai looking to make a tag.
Does make the tag. Iyo Sky now legal.
-Raquel with a big boot. -[Pat] Jeez.
-Kicked her out. -[Michael] Looking to put Dakota away.
Up top.
Dakota Kai though sends Raquel into the corner.
And Kai now with a big kick! Down goes Rodriguez.
Morgan, Codebreaker. Problem is, Iyo Sky is legal.
-Sky, roll up on Morgan. -[crowd counting]
[Michael] For the win, kick-out by Liv quickly.
[Pat] Liv's busted open.
[Michael] Yeah, but it hasn't stopped her. Liv Morgan putting on a show here.
Morgan, off the second rope. Iyo, right to the knee.
Iyo Sky.
Match is all over the place tonight.
Rolled through by Morgan. Iyo Sky able to reverse.
-Big stop to the midsection! -[crowd gasping, applauds]
[Pat] Stomped through Liv's sternum.
[Michael] Kick to the side of the face.
-Liv is in the drop zone. -[Pat] A bleeding Liv Morgan!
-[Michael] Iyo Sky, top rope! -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Over the Moonsault.
-Cover by Iyo and a win! -[crowd counting]
-[bell ringing] -["Tokyo Shock" playing]
[Alicia] Here are your winners, Damage CTRL!
[Michael] Tag team division heating up in WWE.
Damage CTRL just knocked off the team that are the number one contenders
for the tag team titles.
-What a match here tonight, Pat. -[Pat] What a win for Damage CTRL.
Obviously a fight from beginning to end.
Liv Morgan gushing her own blood on the way out of here,
but Judgment Day couldn't have expected walking out of here with an L.
Raquel Rodriguez carrying an injured Liv Morgan
out of the arena.
Well, speaking of injuries, there is no Sami Zayn
here tonight on Monday Night Raw because of the vicious attack
by Kevin Owens after the Punk-Sami Zayn match
in our Main Event last week.
He delivered that package piledriver, did KO to Sami Zayn.
We understand that Sami has suffered spinal compression
and extreme nerve damage.
This is what went down.
[Michael] What a match, CM Punk joins John Cena
as two of the six men who will be in the Elimination Chamber match.
The disappointment of Zayn, CM Punk offering a show of respect.
Oh, wait a minute! Kevin Owens!
[Pat] What the hell is he attacking Sami Zayn for?
[Michael] No, no, no! Come on, Kevin! Not this!
[Kevin] We've been through a lot, me and you, over the years.
But I don't think we've ever been through anything
like what happened on Saturday.
Because, Sami, you stood there and watched.
While Cody tried to end my career.
And I have to live with that. And it's all your fault.
And then later on, I watched the Royal Rumble match,
and what do I see? But you rushing
to the aid of Roman Reigns because someone's beating him up?
But for me, for me…
you did nothing.
You're a horrible friend.
You're a disgusting human being.
I'll never forgive you. Never.
But I am going to make you pay.
You're gonna pay.
[Michael] She's the first-ever women's intercontinental champion.
Lyra Valkyria hopes to continue a stellar first year
on Monday Night Raw and earn a spot in the Elimination Chamber.
But the veteran Bayley stands in her way.
Lyra Valkyria versus Bayley.
The question is, who will head to the Rogers Arena
in Toronto, Canada, the Rogers Centre, I should say,
two weeks from Saturday as part of the Elimination Chamber match,
Bayley versus Lyra. It's live on Netflix.
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following is an Elimination Chamber
qualifying match!
Introducing first, from San Jose, California, Bayley!
[Michael] Bayley's got a busy week this coming Friday.
Yes, it's Valentine's Day, but Bayley will be in Oakland,
her home state, of course, of California.
She's part of the 2025 NBA Celebrity All-Star Game,
part of the NBA's All-Star Weekend.
[Pat] We saw her dribbling into the building.
Got some handles!
[Michael] Also here at ringside, NXT's Roxanne Perez.
She has a busy week as well because coming up Saturday night,
it is NXT Vengeance Day.
That takes place in Washington, D.C.
Meanwhile, Bayley mocking Roxanne Perez.
They will be in the same ring on Saturday night.
Giulia defends the NXT Women's Championship
against Roxanne Perez and Bayley.
And the next week on Monday Night Raw, Charlotte, North Carolina.
Roxanne, because she did so well,
setting a record for longest time ever in the Royal Rumble match.
Roxanne Perez takes on Raquel Rodriguez in an Elimination Chamber
qualifying match next week here on Monday Night Raw.
[Pat] There's George Kittle. All-Pro Pro Bowler.
The People's Tight End
for the San Francisco 49ers, calls Nashville home.
Massive WWE fan. We love him.
[Michael] Big fan of Bayley's as well.
["Triumph" playing]
[Pat] He's already had three beers already.
-[Pat] Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! -[crowd chanting "Whoo"]
[Pat] I haven't been able to hit the--
[Alicia] And her opponent, from Dublin, Ireland,
she is the women's intercontinental champion,
Lyra Valkyria!
[Pat] Sorry, Alicia Taylor,
you are the best in the world at what you do,
and I'm just a doofus, but I will say, the "whoo,"
I haven't been able to hit that pitch in like a month!
-Whoo! -[crowd] Whoo!
-[Michael] Whoo! -[Pat] Hey, you went for it. It's fun.
[Michael] Current Intercontinental Champion,
inaugural champ, Lyra Valkyria beat Dakota Kai last month
at Saturday Night's Main Event to win the championship.
For the first time ever tonight,
goes one-on-one with a Superstar she looked up to
growing up in Ireland and always dreaming of being a WWE Superstar.
That would be Lyra Valkyria and Bayley.
[Pat] Bayley's helped build this place. Lyra rather new, but already a champion.
Incredibly talented, but Bayley's always prepared.
I'm excited to see how Lyra does.
-[Michael] Lyra Valkyria said on X… -[bell ringing]
…that she was looking forward to this matchup against one of her idols.
Bayley said, "I'm looking forward to competing against you too"
"Make 'em proud here tonight."
[Pat] Lyra has been stupendous since getting called up here
to Monday Night Raw.
[Michael] Already qualifying, Liv Morgan, Bianca Belair, Alexa Bliss.
Winner here will join the field two weeks from Saturday in Toronto
at the Elimination Chamber match.
Friday night on SmackDown, Naomi takes on the United States Champion,
Chelsea Green.
And next Monday, we mentioned Roxanne and Raquel go at it
to fill out the field for the Chamber.
[Pat] You wanna get to WrestleMania, get to the Elimination Chamber.
[Michael] Mentioned before that Charlotte Flair has not decided
which champion she will face at WrestleMania.
[Pat] Charlotte Flair's right, obviously. She can do whatever the hell she wants.
She's the Royal Rumble winner.
[Michael] Bayley, of course, who won the Rumble back in 2024.
Had a stellar Rumble again this year, Pat.
She entered number twelve, lasted nearly 47 minutes in the Rumble
before being eliminated by the returning Nikki Bella.
[Pat] We're talking trailblazer, groundbreaking.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Lyra Valkyria has never been in a Chamber match in her career.
Bayley has been in two.
In fact, in 2019-- cover-- Bayley actually won a Chamber match.
It was a tag team Chamber match.
Her and Sasha Banks would win that Elimination Chamber match in 2019.
So, Bayley has a lot of experience inside the Chamber.
[Pat] Yeah, and the only way Lyra can get experience
is by having experiences. She's new.
She's got a lot of upside though, a lot of talent.
She's jousting right now with Bayley.
[Michael] Yeah, Lyra-- Bayley told me earlier on tonight
that she has a great opportunity to be one of the greats here.
[crowd cheering]
[Pat] And her and Bayley here have been…
trying to one-up each other, seemingly, one after another.
[Michael] And Lyra Valkyria showing Bayley that she really is a student of the game,
as you mentioned before, Pat.
[Pat] And Bayley starts slapping around a little bit,
not scared to get it a little, you know… dirty fight.
-[crowd chanting "Let's go, Bayley!"] -[Michael] Takedown by Lyra.
[crowd chanting "Let's go, Lyra!"]
[Pat] Split crowd here in Nashville, Cole.
[Michael] Lyra is looking for cross-face, turned it into a headlock.
Sent her to the corner now.
Bayley caught Lyra Valkyria, sends her out to the apron.
[Pat] Oh, big right from Bayley.
[Michael] And Bayley now sent across the ring by Valkyria.
[Pat] See the cupping marks on Bayley's back.
leaving no stone unturned to be the best Superstar
-she could possibly be. -[Michael] Ooh!
And look at this, backslide, cover, and a kick-out.
That was brilliant by Valkyria.
And now, Lyra, perhaps looking for her finishing move.
Bayley looking to turn it around
-into the Rose Plant. -[Pat] Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa!
[Michael] Lyra Valkyria able to counter.
Valkyria pinning combination, and a kick-out.
-What a sequence for Valkyria. -[Pat] So impressive.
Now, Bayley puts an end to all of it with a big, thundering right hand.
Well, what Lyra just did there… Dang, quick as a hiccup, she's special.
[Michael] Yeah, Bayley went for that…
back elbow, and Lyra turned it into a backslide,
and then also countered Bayley's Rose Plant.
[Pat] Lyra now looking to take to the--
[Michael] Oh! And Bayley dropped by Valkyria.
Lyra looking great against the veteran Bayley.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Thirteen thousand nine here at Bridgestone Arena,
Nashville, Tennessee. Monday Night Raw live on Netflix.
One of these two women will qualify for the Elimination Chamber matchup,
either Bayley or Lyra Valkyria.
[Pat] It's a packed house here in Nashville,
and they're getting a hell of a show.
[crowd chanting "Let's go, Bayley!"]
[crowd chanting "Let's go, Lyra!"]
[Pat] Drone flying in above.
Elimination Chamber qualifying match happening in the ring.
Electricity in the air. What a night in Nashville.
[Michael] First time ever, Bayley and Lyra have gone one-on-one.
[crowd cheering]
[Pat] Double shot to the midsection. Then a big boot from Lyra.
Taking control of Bayley here.
[Michael] Lyra perhaps going for the Night Wing again.
And this time, Bayley countered, but ran into the kick by Valkyria
who continues to work on the left arm of Bayley.
One, two!
[Michael] Cover again, and a kick-out, our official Jessika Carr in this matchup.
[Pat] Jessika Carr obviously one of the finest officials in the world.
[Michael] Oh, big kick by Valkyria, down goes Bayley.
Hook of the leg and a kick-out.
[Pat] Jessika Carr would never make those… calls
that happened last night in the Super Bowl early.
You know what I'm talking about, Cole.
Best officiating in all of sports here in the WWE.
-[Michael] Oh, nobody home! -[Pat] Most talent as well.
Lyra Valkyria has made a couple…
young mistakes, inexperience, maybe creeping in here.
[Michael] Bayley now, wow!
Up over the top, sunset flip bomb into the corner.
And Bayley now…
heading up to the top rope.
[Pat] That sunset flip bomb looked violent.
[Michael] Bayley with a big elbow-- Caught!
Valkyria caught the elbow on the knees.
Great counter by Lyra who's been studying Bayley.
Valkyria now. A Tornado DDT, didn't get all of it.
Able to roll through however.
Bayley though, hooks for the Bayley to Belly,
and connects to Valkyria.
-Cover now, hook of the leg! -[crowd counting]
[Michael] Valkyria kicks out.
-[crowd jeering] -[Pat] Wow.
-Gear shifted into six. Sunset flip. -[crowd gasping]
[Michael] Powerbomb, no. Sunset flip bomb, buckle bomb.
[Pat] There it is! What a move.
And then Bayley was going for the big-time elbow
after the sunset flip buckle bomb, and Lyra reverses.
[Michael] What a great matchup between these two Superstars,
spot at the Chamber, Rogers Centre, Toronto, Canada,
on the line two weeks from Saturday.
[Pat] Shot at WrestleMania is on the line, Cole.
[Michael] Take one step closer to WrestleMania.
And a big forearm by Valkyria.
[Pat] Get on the WrestleMania card, your life changes, especially this year.
Numbers up for everything, the whole world will be watching.
[Michael] And now, Bayley lifting Lyra up. Bayley showing her power here.
-Oh! Nice by Bayley, cover for the win. -One, two!
[Michael] Hook of the leg, kick-out by Valkyria.
[Pat] That looked painful. That looked absolutely painful…
for both women.
I don't know how much longer this can go for either of them.
[Michael] Lyra could have a broken nose. Bayley continues the pressure.
Center to the corner, here comes Valkyria, sent out to the apron by Bayley,
hangs her up on the second rope, and Valkyria collapses to the floor.
[Pat] Just such an innovative, beautiful move from Bayley right there.
[Michael] A veteran. Seen it all, done it all.
[Pat] Knows this ring like the back of her hand.
[Michael] Never won a Chamber match… individual Chamber match.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] Didn't win a tag team.
[Pat] What's she thinking about doing here, Cole?
[Michael] Now, Lyra, able to counter, wait a minute,
right here at the announce table. Valkyria now, Tornado DDT to the floor!
[crowd cheering, applauding]
[Michael] And now, Lyra turns it into a fisherman suplex!
-[crowd cheering, applauding] -[Pat] From the outside here.
Does not budge.
Pain radiating through her whole body.
[Michael] Again a fisherman suplex by Valkyria, floats into the cover,
hook of the leg, for the win, into advance to the Chamber,
and a kick-out by Bayley.
[Pat] That was it for the young phenom.
[crowd chanting "Bayley"]
[Pat] Bayley was thinking, "Let's go outside,"
and Lyra said, "Don't mind if I do."
Took advantage of it.
Now, what does she have to do to end this?
What do either of these women have to do to end this?
[Michael] Well, Bayley now, Valkyria, head up the top rope,
and Bayley knocked it back down to the mat,
rolls out to the apron, which is wise by the veteran.
Bayley struggling to try to get up top with Valkyria.
Valkyria looking to block.
Critical moment in this matchup here
between the Intercontinental Champion and Bayley.
Bayley now looking for the Bayley to Belly from up top.
That would be disastrous. Headbutts by Valkyria though.
[Pat] Disastrous is an understatement for what that would be.
[Michael] Lyra with a leg drop to the back of the neck of Bayley!
[Pat] That could be it.
[Michael] What a win this would be. Lyra looking for the Night Wing.
Bayley fights out of it.
Went for the Bayley to Belly again. Schoolboy, may have Bayley here.
Shoulders are down, kick-out by Bayley.
And again, Lyra Valkyria…
just couldn't quite put Bayley away. Bayley-- Oh!
Looked like she was going for a roll-up and drove Valkyria,
neck first, shoulder first into the ropes.
[Pat] I don't think she--
She thought she was going to be able to get the roll-up,
so instead she just throws her into the ropes.
[Michael] Went for the Rose Plant,
countered again by Valkyria, who's still favoring her neck here.
-[Pat] Inaudible by Bayley. -[Michael] Bayley, great counter.
-Bayley gets one here. Bayley gets it. -[bell ringing]
-[Michael] She advances. -["Role Model" playing]
[Alicia] Here is your winner, Bayley!
[Michael] George Kittle applauding one of his favorites from the Bay Area,
Bayley, who advances now to the Elimination Chamber match.
Four spots are now filled,
but what a fight by the Intercontinental Champion,
-Lyra Valkyria. -[Pat] High stakes,
we wondered what would happen with Lyra Valkyria in a massive match,
and she showed up.
The only issue was, Bayley did as well.
So many reverses and counters.
It was fitting that it ended with Bayley outwitting the young buck.
In the end, George Kittle cheers on Bayley as she…
stamps her ticket to Toronto, Canada, in the Elimination Chamber, and now…
obviously wanting to show a little respect to Lyra
and our Intercontinental Champion.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Bayley with a great show of support for Lyra Valkyria,
who has a massive future here in WWE.
Four of the six spots are set for the women
in the Elimination Chamber match,
which is headed to the Rogers Centre,
home of the Toronto Blue Jays.
Two weeks from Saturday, March 1st.
["new way out" playing]
♪ I'm in too deep, I'm make-believe… ♪
You know, a lot has been made, Pat, of the first year
that Lyra Valkyria has had here in her career on Monday Night Raw.
But what about the start of the career here in WWE
of the luchador known as Penta?
[intense music playing]
Cero miedo.
"Zero fear."
No fear of any challenge. No fear of the unknown.
No fear for cowards that attack you from behind.
Pete Dunne, Ludwig Kaiser.
I beat you in the ring, but…
that wasn't enough for you.
[repeats in Spanish]
Now, I will teach you what it means to mess with Penta.
Now, I will teach you what a true vengeance feels like.
Because Penta is coming for you.
Now, sabes…
Cero miedo.
I'm backstage with Ludwig Kaiser.
Ludwig, it's clear the issues between you and Penta aren't over.
We just heard what Penta had to say.
Uh, what's your reaction?
Let me tell you something
that the entire WWE Universe already knows.
If Ludwig Kaiser sets his eyes on you,
he's not gonna stop until you're done for good.
-So, Penta-- -[Dunne] Hey, hey, you, listen.
I got something to say, I wasn't helping you last week.
I would never help someone like you. You just got in my way.
What are you implying, Pete? Are you implying that I need your help?
I mean, have you seen what I've done to the guy?
I left him--
Yeah, you wanna see what I'll do to Penta next week?
Enlighten me, Pete, what are you--
I'm gonna break him, I'm gonna beat him so bad,
he'll wish he never stepped foot on Monday Night Raw.
Well, if that's the case, Pete…
he's all yours. Go ahead.
Just stay out of my business.
-[crowd cheering] -[energetic hip-hop music playing]
[Michael] AJ Styles returns live on Netflix.
You did amazing.
-You did amazing. You almost had her. -She's a warrior, babe. Yeah!
[Brutus cackling]
[sighs contently] Wow, that is so, so touching,
watching the first Intercontinental Champion
fall flat on her face. [chuckles]
[Creed Brothers laugh]
And now you're being coached by these clowns
who will never be champion.
Dang, it actually might be easier taking that title off you than I thought.
Okay, how about you know your lane, okay? I won't step to you in the gym,
and you stay the hell away from me when it comes to the ring,
or you'll be sorry.
Yeah.
Easy there, birdie. My turn.
First, the Creeds are leaving Nashville, being the new Tag Team Champions,
and taking it home to American Made.
I'll see you soon.
[Tozawa mutters indistinctly]
[Michael] A lot of stars here tonight, Pat.
[Pat] Absolutely,
including multi-platinum country music singer and songwriter, Hardy,
who just announced today his Jim Bob World Tour.
Starting April 12th in Arizona
with presale tickets available tomorrow at 10:00 a.m.
at HardyOfficial.com.
His song, "SOLD OUT," is an everyday listen for me.
His brain is behind some of the greatest country songs of all time.
-This man is a musical genius. -["Phenomenal" playing]
[crowd cheering]
[Pat] Even though he looks like a redneck who likes to slam beers,
he also likes to do that.
♪ No, they don't want none No, they don't want none… ♪
[Alicia] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome,
"The Phenomenal" AJ Styles!
[Michael] AJ Styles returning to Monday Night Raw.
It was in this arena back in October
where he was injured in a match versus Carmelo Hayes on SmackDown,
but he is back here tonight.
[Pat] The Phenomenal One on Monday Night just feels right.
[Michael] Over 100 matches in the city of Nashville
in his career for AJ Styles,
his first one October 15th…
of the year 2000.
[Pat] And for a man who is such a global Superstar,
streaming worldwide on Netflix.
It's right where he was born to be.
[Michael] He, of course, returned at the Royal Rumble…
a week ago, Saturday,
former two-time WWE Champion, two-time TNA World Heavyweight Champion.
Legendary runs with many titles in that promotion.
And of course, one of the all-time best here in WWE.
[crowd chanting "AJ Styles," applauding rhythmically]
[crowd continues chanting "AJ Styles"]
My heart's about to beat out of my chest.
[crowd cheering]
[chuckles] I got some major déjà vu going on right now.
[exhales sharply]
Four months ago…
I came into this building with the biggest smile on my face
-because this was my stomping ground. -[crowd cheering, applauding]
Oh man.
Gonna get my career back on track. It was gonna be awesome.
And then I get injured.
[sighs]
[crowd chanting "Welcome back"]
You know, this was, uh…
This was a career-ending injury I was supposed to have.
And that night I thought it was over.
I'm gonna be honest with you, I thought it was over.
But when I woke up that morning and I hobbled my ass to the bathroom
and looked in the mirror, I still had gas in the tank.
-[crowd cheering] -I still had something to prove.
It was hard. Getting back here, it was difficult.
But anything worth doing is gonna be hard.
It's gonna be difficult. It's gonna suck.
But here I am, standing in this ring in Smashville, Tennessee.
[crowd cheering]
Telling you, the WWE Universe, that I am back!
[crowd cheering, applauding]
And I've got a long to-do list.
But first…
I wanna remind the locker room…
that I am still "The Phenomenal"
-AJ Styles! -[crowd] AJ Styles!
[crowd cheering, applauding]
-["It Is My Time" playing] -[Pat] Oh, jeez.
[crowd booing]
[Pat] Dominik Mysterio getting booed out of the building.
[Michael] They named a bar after him here in Nashville.
-[Pat] What's it called? -AJ!
[Michael] Losers.
[Pat] We got winners.
[in singsong] We got losers.
That's where Dominik Mysterio…
-calls home. -I know it's been a while.
[crowd booing]
[inaudible]
I know it's been a while since you've been on…
[crowd booing]
[in Spanish] Goddamn it. Shut your mouths.
And listen to the top dog in this business!
-[Michael] All right. -[Pat] What did he say?
I know it's been a while since you've been on Raw.
[crowd booing]
-[Michael] It was Spanish, Pat. -[Pat] Don't you understand Spanish?
[Michael] No.
-So things have changed a little. -[crowd booing]
[crowd chanting "AJ Styles"]
But one thing will always stay the same.
[in Spanish] Shut up! Let me speak, goddamn it!
[in English] That the Judgment Day…
runs…
Raw.
[Pat] Could barely get a sentence out.
[crowd chanting "Dom, you suck"]
-[Pat] He's got earmuffs on, but he knows. -Hold on, hold on. Save your breath.
You know, I know exactly who you guys are.
I got those battle scars. I get it.
But you're right. Dude, things have changed.
I don't see Damian Priest. Where's Damian Priest at? Is he here?
No? You lost him?
All right, let me ask you guys something.
Do you guys see Rhea Ripley anywhere?
[crowd cheering]
What about Finn? Where's Finn at?
Is he doing something else? I get it. Hey, no, no, no, no.
Listen, listen, listen. Things change.
And this isn't what I expected, to be honest with you. Uh…
I mean, look, all I see…
is a guy in purple skinny jeans.
[Pat chuckles]
[Styles] That's you, Carlito. That's you, yeah.
-[Pat chuckles] -And… and you, Dominik Mysterio…
that no one likes.
[crowd booing]
-[Pat] That's true. -[inaudible]
But…
I gotta… I gotta admit, man, I'm kind of inspired by your work ethic.
I know it's hard for me to say this, but you work hard.
You're here every night. You're busting your tail. I like that.
But just so you know…
you will always be Rey Mysterio's punk ass kid.
-[crowd cheering] -[mic thuds]
[Michael] Dominik trying to cheap shot AJ Styles now.
The Pelé Kick to Carlito.
And now Dominik trying to get the upper hand on Styles.
[Pat] Obviously Dominik is gonna pounce whenever he can.
[Michael] He wanted to steal the spotlight from the return of AJ Styles.
And now speaking of his dad, Rey Mysterio,
Dominik said he's gonna kick AJ to the curb with a 619.
[Pat] And Dominik…
[Pat] Scurries out like a rat.
[Michael] And it allows Carlito to attack from behind.
Probably not the way AJ Styles
wanted his return to Monday Night Raw to go.
But Carlito now.
Look at Styles-- Oh, Phenomenal Forearm,
is ready to go for Styles. Off the top rope.
Phenomenal Forearm by AJ!
[Pat] Down goes the man in the purple skinny jeans.
-["Phenomenal" playing] -[Michael] Teach him a lesson, AJ!
Welcome back.
Let's go! Let's go!
[Pat] The Phenomenal One looked great.
[Michael] It has been quite the night here on Monday Night Raw.
The return of AJ Styles, of course, to the red brand.
And we kicked off the show tonight with the Royal Rumble winner,
Jey Uso, having fun with the WWE fans.
In fact, he was even on our table yeeting when,
from out of nowhere,
an ambush attack by the world champion, Gunther,
and then the beatdown on Jey Uso.
Even security couldn't stop Gunther.
Off this powerbomb, it seemed like Jey was down and out.
[Jey] I shouldn't say this.
Maybe I shouldn't say this.
[crowd cheering]
[Gunther] Learn from it, Jey!
Me and you at WrestleMania.
[Michael] Now Jey Uso may not have made the brightest move of his career,
but Jey Uso will never give up.
Jey with a great dive, taking out Gunther and the entire security team.
And, Pat, we can now say it is official. Las Vegas in April.
Jey Uso will take on Gunther
for the World Heavyweight Championship
on the grandest stage of them all, WrestleMania.
[Pat] So much prestige. So much history.
So much on the line at WrestleMania as Jey Uso tries to become world champion.
Let's check in now with our own Jackie Redmond.
Cole, thank you so much.
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my guest,
-Seth "Freakin" Rollins! -[crowd cheering]
["The Vision" playing]
[crowd chanting "Oh whoa oh"]
-[crowd cheering] -[music concludes]
-[Jackie] Oh, Seth! -Yeah!
Thank you so much for the time.
-Uh… -Oh, baby.
I very much appreciate it.
Listen, the Men's Elimination Chamber match card is certainly filling up,
and I think you would agree that it is looking stacked.
Ooh!
John Cena, CM Punk, I know you don't like that one.
Drew McIntyre.
And then later tonight we'll find out if either Rey Mysterio
or Logan Paul will book their ticket to Elimination Chamber.
But more importantly for you, next week you have your own opportunity
to qualify for Elimination Chamber when you take on Finn Bálor.
All right, all right, all right.
-I know you look good. -I do look good.
[chuckles] How do you feel?
Jackie, I got to be honest with you.
I feel great because we are live in Nashville,
and it is time for Monday Night
-Rollins! -[crowd] Rollins!
And I'm feeling extra good, and I'll tell you why.
The path to WrestleMania, it is getting clearer and clearer
by the second.
Earlier tonight, Jey Uso…
[crowd] Yeet!
He decided he's taking on Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship,
which means…
all eyes are on Cody Rhodes.
Which means all eyes are on the WWE Championship.
All eyes on the Elimination Chamber.
And all eyes on the man who's going to win the Elimination Chamber.
I'll give you a hint. He's a, uh… a visionary.
He is a revolutionary. He is Seth…
-[crowd] "Freakin" Rollins! -[chuckles]
[crowd cheering]
[crowd jeering]
You know what Seth, you're right. All eyes are on you.
But the only thing people are seeing is the downfall of Seth Rollins.
[crowd jeering]
-Is that so? -It's so.
-Is that so? -Yep. Hey, mate, we all see the cracks.
We all saw you lose to CM Punk at the Netflix debut.
We all saw you lose your mind at the Royal Rumble.
Well, lucky for me,
the only thing standing in my way between the Elimination Chamber
and winning the world title at WrestleMania…
[crowd chanting "What"]
-…is a guy that's falling apart. -[crowd chanting "What"]
-You really believe that, huh? -I do.
You think I'm standing in your way?
[chuckles] Finn, you and I, we go back a long way.
We've done this dance once or twice,
from WrestleMania to SummerSlam and everywhere in between.
And anyone who's seen our history, they know that anytime we get in the ring,
we put on a show.
But I got news for you.
I've got unfinished business to take care of with CM Punk.
And when I do that, I've got some loose ends
I'd like to tie up with Cody Rhodes.
So the way I see it, it's you standing in my way.
But mate, after next week,
you're not gonna be standing at all.
-[crowd cheering] -["The Vision" playing]
[Michael] Well, next week on Monday Night Raw,
Either Finn Bálor or Seth Rollins will qualify
for the Elimination Chamber.
And he's a former United States champion,
Logan Paul hopes to take a step closer to WrestleMania.
[crowd booing]
[Michael] But a Hall of Famer stands in his way.
Rey Mysterio and Logan Paul have a ton of history.
-[crowd cheering] -[Michael] They renewed their rivalry.
A spot in the Chamber match on the line live tonight.
[energetic hip-hop music playing]
[music fades]
-Walk before you run. You just got back. -You don't understand.
I don't want this. I need this.
-This is what you want. -Yes. I need it.
How about next week?
Perfect.
Then it's official, next week on Monday Night Raw,
AJ Styles one-on-one with "Dirty" Dom Mysterio.
-Welcome back, brother. -Appreciate that.
-Thanks, man. -Yes, sir.
Thank you, brother. I really appreciate that.
-[crowd barking] -[Pat barks]
See you around.
[energetic hip-hop music playing]
[Michael] I'd be interested.
[Pat] Absolute legend from the NFL world, Super Bowl champion, Golden Tate,
who's electrifying with the ball in his hands,
and I've been watching him tonight.
He's chugging a beer. And the satisfaction of Nashville.
And he's been all in with his family here tonight.
We appreciate him coming out. Bailey Zimmerman.
Country singer and songwriter, toured with Morgan Wallen last year.
Billboard's Country Rookie of the Year in 2023.
He's been all in tonight as well. What a magical evening.
We can't thank everybody enough for coming out to party with us
here on Raw on Netflix, as American Made
is in the ring looking to embarrass our country.
[crowd chanting "You suck"]
[Michael] Opportunity at tag titles tonight.
[crowd chanting "You suck"]
-["Vicious" playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Pat] Oh, yeah. Raw is war!
Raiders, our champs.
[Michael] Erik and Ivar set to defend the tag team titles.
This is the first time that these two teams have met
in a one-on-one tag team matchup since their days back in NXT.
Both of these teams, former NXT tag team champions.
[Pat] A lot of power and fight coming from these war Raiders.
Scary crew there.
[bell ringing]
[Alicia] The following contest scheduled for one fall is for
the World Tag Team Championship!
[crowd cheering]
Introducing first, the challengers,
at a combined weight of 495 pounds,
Julius and Brutus Creed,
American Made!
-[inaudible] -[crowd jeering]
And their opponents, at a combined weight
of 597 pounds,
they are the World Tag Team Champions!
Erik and Ivar,
The War Raiders!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Couple of interesting notes as we start this matchup tonight.
Of course, the leader of American Made, Chad Gable, not here tonight.
He is off on some sort of a retreat, I guess, you would call it.
Trying to learn how to actually battle the top luchadors in WWE,
since he's had problems with them here.
[Pat] Maybe he'll get lost on his way back.
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] Could be. And Ivy Nile
is at ringside in support of American Made
and made no bones about it earlier tonight.
She wants Lyra Valkyria and the Intercontinental Championship.
So, this is Brutus Creed, starting things off
against Erik of The War Raiders.
Not sure I'd be laughing at Erik.
[Pat] Yeah, Brutus couldn't help himself, had a little bit of success,
had to celebrate and you know, that's the type of stuff
these Creed Brothers will do.
[Michael] Here comes Ivar with the back elbows.
Ivar, as powerful as they come and very quick as well.
[Pat] Man can move. Big man with some feet.
Double chop to the throat.
[Michael] And Brutus drives Ivar back into the corner,
here's the tag to Julius Creed,
the six-three, 229 pounds and uber athletic.
[Pat] Uber-talented amateur wrestler as well.
[Michael] Yeah, he holds the single season record for most wins at Duke University.
Two-time NCAA all-American.
And now, the double team coming from the Creed Brothers.
[Pat] You see that cauliflower ear on the big man, I mean, that's…
that's something you wanna stay away from.
[Michael] Brutus Creed, five-eleven, 282.
Brute strength and Julius Creed so deceptively quick for his size,
as Ivar looks to battle out of the corner.
Sending Julius out to the floor.
[Pat] That's that quickness we talked about with Ivar,
-able to get out of the way. -[Michael] Tag, here comes Erik.
Both Erik and Ivar…
never sure that they would even make it at this point in their career
after battling serious injuries for a number of years.
Have returned to top form now as tag team champions.
Oh, what a great German suplex by Erik.
-[Pat] And Brutus now getting involved. -[Michael] And Brutus caught.
Wow, what a slam! Uranage, sit-down. Brutus, tag made. Here's Ivar.
Another tag made. Frequent tags by the tag team champions.
[Pat] They're working like peanut butter and jelly.
They say, "You want to go up?" and he says, "Yup," and he's gonna go!
[Michael] The 300-plus-pounder, Ivar, used as a weapon.
[Pat] Is that Edison that said, "What goes up must come down"?
-[Michael] I think it was Newton. -[Pat] No, it could have been Einstein.
-[Michael] Oh! -[Pat] What the…?
-[Michael] Running crossbody. -[Pat] E equals MC squared.
[Michael] Cover for the titles, and a kick-out.
[Pat] That was a problem. I think mass is involved there.
-There's a lot of mass. -[Michael] Yeah, that's an Einstein thing.
And here we go now. Up-- Oh, down!
-Sit-out powerbomb! -[crowd counting]
[Michael] Erik for the win, and a kick-out!
-Newton was the guy with the apple. -[Pat] How about the electricity?
[Michael] War Raiders controlling this match.
Tag titles are up for grabs! That was Edison.
-And Ben Franklin. -[Pat] The key.
[Michael] Yeah.
[Michael] The Creed Brothers had found an opening here
on Monday Night Raw, live on Netflix.
War Raiders defending the tag team titles against Julius and Brutus.
And there's the power now of Julius Creed.
Erik trying to make a tag to Ivar. Fingertips away.
-Not gonna happen. -[Pat] What was that?
[Michael] Rolling slam. Tag made to Brutus.
[Pat] Freakish athleticism.
[Michael] And there goes Erik into the ring post.
Brutus has freak strength as well, as Julius takes a cheap shot at Erik.
[Pat] Just clearing the ring for his brother. Not a bad decision.
[Michael] Brutus lifting Erik up now on his shoulders.
And they're-- Double team now. That knee into a slam.
Cover for the titles now. Hook to the leg and a kick-out.
Once as a kid, Brutus showed his friends how tough he was
when he tore the handles off a microwave.
[Pat] Never thought about trying that. It does feel like an impossible feat,
and certainly something an Ohio kid would do.
[Michael] Yeah, two-time NCAA All-American,
was ranked number one, unbeaten in his final year.
Thirteen thousand jam-packed tonight in Nashville, Tennessee
for Monday Night Raw live on Netflix. This is for the World Tag Team titles.
And The Creed Brothers have beaten down Erik of The War Raiders.
An opportunity now for American Made.
[Pat] Pounce like hyenas, if they feel like it'll work.
[Michael] The thing about The Creed Brothers,
when they get into… get the momentum going
like they are here, they're smothering, they're a dominating tag team.
Many will refer to them, "The old school style,"
cut their opponents off in their own corner.
Double team coming now, Julius using Brutus as a weapon,
slams him on top of Erik.
Again, the cover for the titles here, and a kick-out by Erik at two.
That's right, come on! You gotta stay on it.
[Michael] Ivy Nile, who wants Lyra Valkyria
for the Women's Intercontinental Championship is looking on.
Remember what Chad Gable said before he went on the sabbatical?
Pat, he told American Made, "When I come back,
you need to have tag team gold and intercontinental gold."
[Pat] Seems like it's going to be very possible.
Why not start with that tag team title tonight?
Beating down The War Raiders.
I like that The Creed Brothers slowed this down.
[Michael] Erik trying to fight back.
Mentioned before,
all the obstacles these two men have had to overcome in their career.
Again, hand length away.
Erik with a right, trying to fight out of this.
Can he make a tag to Ivar.
[Pat] There it is.
Holding on for dear life like it's a tug of war.
[Michael] Again, fighting back.
Brutus just using that brute strength.
Into the corner, Erik rolled through. Tag made, here's Ivar!
Ivar now with an opportunity for The War Raiders.
Big back body drop to Brutus Creed, side slam.
Look at the big man go! Flying crossbody by the 300-plus-pounder.
-[screams] -[crowd cheering]
[Pat] What a feat.
[Michael] Brutus, I'm not sure I want to be there,
and moves out of harm's way, at least momentarily.
Sit-down! Splat goes Brutus!
-[Pat] Cheeks to chest! -[Michael] Big, swinging heel kick!
-War! War! War! War! War! -[crowd chanting "War"]
[Pat] "War" chants raining out in Nashville.
[Michael] Into the corner! Brutus is crushed.
Erik now, double under hook.
-Oh! Into a power slam. -[crowd counting]
[Michael] Cover! Kick-out and that sit-out power bomb
by Ivar.
[Pat] Ivar shouldn't be able to move and do the things that he does.
[Michael] Yeah, it's absolutely incredible.
-[Pat] Bronco buster. -[crowd chanting "USA"]
[Pat] Ooh! Massive knee from Erik.
[Michael] And it allows The War Raiders now to double team.
-[Pat] Alley-oop here. -[Michael] Oh!
A little express action there. Here's the cover.
Hook of the leg and a kick-out.
[crowd cheering]
[Pat] Ivy Nile…
relieved that this match continues.
[Michael] And you saw Ivar shakin' his head.
He knew he was gonna be in for a fight tonight
against these Creed Brothers.
[Pat] Certainly, The War Raiders love a fight.
[Michael] And look at Julius ripping Erik off the apron.
It allows Brutus now…
There's the Angle Slam, inspired by Kurt Angle!
Cover, hook of the leg. Kick-out… by Ivar.
[Pat] Ah, Ivar was able to kick out there. I thought that was it.
We're deep into this thing.
Brutus tags Julius, Ivar.
"Both of you can eat a right!" And then, how about a…
-[Pat] Oh! -[crowd cheering]
[Pat] Springboard.
[Michael] Big opportunity now. Ivar has popped up!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Oh, the big man gonna head up to the top rope.
Julius Creed.
-And now, Ivy Nile up on the apron… -[Pat] Get out of the way, Ivy.
-…causing a distraction. -[Pat] What?
[Michael] Creed leaps to the top rope. Tag made. Brutus is legal.
Double team coming. Superplex to Ivar!
Brutus with a moonsault. Cover for the titles.
[crowd counting]
[Michael] Erik saving the match-up and the championships.
-[Pat] I don't know-- -[Michael] What action!
[Pat] Julius just jumps up to the top rope like it's a stroll in the park.
Superplex into a moonsault.
The athleticism radiating out of The Creed Brothers.
[Michael] I saw somebody do that at WrestleMania once.
-[Pat] One time! -[Michael] Ducked up over the top rope.
Tag.
Man, these Creed Brothers are really impressive here tonight
against the tag team champions.
[crowd chanting "This is awesome"]
[Michael] As has been every match here tonight
on an incredible Monday Night Raw, live on Netflix.
You can tell, Pat, we're on The Road to WrestleMania.
[Pat] Everything's heightened here.
[Michael] Oh!
Big up. Body shot. And Brutus now laughing at Erik.
Oh! Forearm just drops him. Tag made.
-[Pat] Brutus is stunned. -[Michael] Ivar, double team.
Here it comes, War Machine!
-Oh! And using the championship… -[bell ringing]
…Julius Creed blocks Ivar, and The Creeds will be disqualified here.
[Pat] I mean, just-- Why would you do that?
No way you can become champion if you get disqualified!
-Another title shot to the head! -[Michael] I agree with you, Pat.
But I think this is as much about making a statement as it is anything else.
The Creed Brothers assaulting The War Raiders
with the tag team titles.
-[crowd jeering] -[speaks indistinctly]
[Michael] Gotta wonder what the leader of American Made, Chad Gable,
will think about what happened here tonight.
[crowd jeering]
-[Carlito] Ow! -[indistinct chatter]
[Carlito] Oh, hey.
[clicks tongue] You know, sis, I'm glad you're okay and all,
but maybe next time…
-listen to Finn. -[chuckles]
Listen, who cares about Damage CTRL, all right?
Liv already qualified for the chamber, Raquel's gonna qualify next week,
and they have a guaranteed tag title match,
so, things are gonna turn around.
You know, that sounds like a lot of excuses
coming from a guy that AJ Styles just made look like a fool.
[scoffs] Maybe you're the fool for not coming to help out me and Carli,
but don't worry about it. I'll take care of AJ Styles next week.
Good, you started things with AJ, you can finish it. I'm staying out.
Fine, but maybe we should consider adding a new member.
We've been a little short-handed ever since JD.
Oh, I wonder why JD's hurt, huh?
Hey, hey, we've already discussed that. That wasn't Dominik's fault.
But maybe we should add a new member to the team--
No! There'll be no new members!
I'm gonna fix things around here. I'm gonna beat Seth next week.
I'm gonna go on and win the Elimination Chamber.
And then I'm gonna go to WrestleMania and become world champion.
Okay.
-Look here. -Yeah.
-[chuckles] I feel good.
-Yes, me too. Yeah. -Yeah, you too?
[crowd cheering]
[clicks tongue] Iyo, I don't owe you anything…
so I'm not gonna give you a match because I think I have to.
I'm gonna give you a match because I want to.
So, that's why I just went and talked to Adam Pearce
and in three weeks' time on the Raw after Elimination Chamber…
it's gonna be Iyo Sky versus Rhea Ripley
for my Women's World Championship.
[crowd cheering]
Can't wait. I'll see you then.
[Michael] Iyo got what she wanted.
["Cult of Personality" playing]
[crowd roaring]
♪ Look in my eyes, what do you see? ♪
♪ The cult of personality ♪
♪ I know your anger, I know your dreams ♪
-It's… -[crowd] "Clobbering time!"
[Alicia] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
CM Punk!
[Michael] CM Punk is here!
He qualified for the Elimination Chamber match last week.
Punk is live on Netflix.
♪ The cult of personality ♪
[CM Punk] It's me!
[Pat] Looking to get to WrestleMania through the Elimination Chamber.
Punched his ticket last week to join Cena and McIntyre.
[crowd chanting "CM Punk"]
Is it great to be alive on a Monday night in Nashville, Tennessee or what?
[crowd cheering]
I think it's obvious post Royal Rumble
that we are on The Road to WrestleMania.
[crowd cheering]
Now, if you would have asked me a couple of weeks ago,
I would have told you
with all the confidence in the world that I was gonna win the Royal Rumble.
In fact, I think I did that. I come out here and sometimes I talk.
Sometimes I talk too much.
I didn't win the Royal Rumble.
A little bit disappointed in myself, but you know who I'm not mad at?
I'm not mad at Jey Uso.
-[crowd] Yeet! -Yeet.
I like watching my peers accomplish their goals.
My goal is still right there.
And we saw earlier tonight, Jey declare he's going
after Gunther's world heavyweight title.
[crowd cheering]
So, Cody, I know you're sitting at home.
Remember, a couple weeks ago when I told you
I wasn't gonna stab you in the back, I was gonna stab you in the front?
Well, now I have to.
See, I've already qualified for the Elimination Chamber.
Two people have qualified for the Elimination Chamber.
But now you're probably all thinking, "Oh, but Punker,
there's three people already in the match."
Well, one of us didn't qualify.
One of us just decided to tell the world,
"Hey, everybody, I'm in the Elimination Chamber."
[crowd jeering]
And by the sounds of it, a couple of you are upset about this,
and maybe, maybe a little part of me was upset,
and I say "was" because it's past tense. I'm no longer upset. Listen, John Cena…
is a legend. John Cena deserves to call his shot.
But bad news for John Cena is I bust my ass to qualify
for the Elimination Chamber, so at some point in there,
you're going to see me,
and you're not just gonna see me like you saw me in the Rumble.
No, I'm gonna beat the living crap out of you,
and I'm gonna beat you and I'm gonna go to WrestleMania
and I'm gonna cash in the only way I know how.
Cody, I'm coming for you.
The other man who has qualified for the Elimination Chamber
is that piece of garbage Drew McIntyre.
[crowd cheering, jeering]
Who's no longer on Raw because, boy, he ran in the other direction
to the other show because I beat him in Hell in a Cell.
What do you think I'm gonna do to you in the Elimination Chamber, Drew?
[crowd cheering]
And then we got somebody who I don't even like to name drop.
I don't feel he deserves me to utter his name.
-Seth Rollins. -[crowd cheering]
He's taking on Finn Bálor next week.
Now, either of those guys, former world champions,
they could qualify.
But at the end of the day, it will be my hand raised.
I will win the Elimination Chamber. Doesn't matter who else is in it.
Five other men are going down.
I've never been more confident in my entire life.
Look at it.
Nashville, ladies and gentlemen, those of you watching at home,
WrestleMania 41 belongs to one man,
-two words, Pat, three syllables, CM… -[crowd] Punk!
[energetic hip-hop music playing]
[Pat] Here's three syllables.
[Michael] Lo-gan Paul.
[Michael] Logan Paul's got a…
[Punk] I didn't even know whose music this was.
[Michael chuckling]
[Pat] That seemed to be a reoccurring thing.
-[inaudible] -[Pat] Logan Paul.
Trailblazer. PRIME owner.
Opportunity to get in the Elimination Chamber.
And how could you believe anything other than he's probably gonna earn his way in?
[Michael] Well, remember what he did to Punk at the Rumble?
[Pat] A lot of people were pumped about that.
And Logan Paul does not care.
Him and his brother are gonna be doing a reality show.
[Michael] They don't dodge fights either.
-♪ I'm still humble… ♪ -[music fades]
-[Pat] Preach. -[crowd jeering]
[Pat] They don't dodge boos either.
-You know I see why they call you a punk. -[crowd booing]
Although, I can come up with a bunch of better names to call you
that unfortunately I can't say on TV.
-[Pat chuckles] -[crowd jeering]
[inaudible]
But you know what I can't understand?
It's this.
It's this right here. You boo me, but you cheer him.
-Why? -[crowd jeering]
Man's talking to Kevin Owens like it's some sort of insult.
"I never lost to Logan Paul."
Cut to 24 hours later, and I'm throwing your ass
head over heels over the top rope at the Rumble.
[inaudible]
And as far as I'm concerned, that was the greatest 15 minutes
of fame in your entire career.
[Michael chuckling]
[crowd jeering]
I had your number at the Rumble, Punk.
And I got your number at the Elimination Chamber.
But fortunately for you,
tonight is Rey Mysterio's time for his 15 minutes of fame
when he loses to Logan Paul.
[crowd jeering]
[Punk] God, the way they've been booing you,
you'd think you're Dominik Mysterio or something.
-[crowd laughing] -Hey, listen.
You threw me out at the Royal Rumble, congratulations.
I would have mentioned you earlier about possibly being
in the Elimination Chamber,
but I honestly totally forgot you were even in a match.
So, yeah, listen, you got my number at the Royal Rumble,
but tonight, don't worry about me, the number you pulled is six, one, nine.
[crowd cheering]
Worry about the legend, Rey Mysterio, and if you get past him,
if you're lucky enough to get past me,
I'll see you in Toronto and I'll put you to sleep.
[crowd cheering]
-["Booyaka 619" playing] -[crowd cheering]
♪ Booyaka, booyaka, 619 ♪
♪ Hey, booyaka, booyaka That's my pueblo ♪
♪ Booyaka, booyaka, 619 ♪
♪ Hey, booyaka, booyaka, Rey Mysterio ♪
♪ Booyaka, booyaka, 619… ♪
[Michael] He is the Hall of Famer, multi-time world champion.
There you go! Yeah!
[Michael] And looking to once again qualify
for an Elimination Chamber match,
the world's greatest luchador, Rey Mysterio.
[indistinct chatter]
[Pat] Look, and The Best in the World, having a chat on the ramp.
-[bell ringing] -[Michael] So, for the second time ever,
Rey Mysterio and Logan Paul go one-on-one. The last time was November of 2024.
Saudi Arabia Crown Jewel.
Logan Paul defeated Rey Mysterio to win the United States Championship
and Mysterio with a slap to Paul and we're underway.
Mysterio upset as well.
Paul cost him a match last week with Dragon Lee against The New Day
in tag team action.
[Pat] Everybody thinks luchador, greatest luchador of all time.
You don't understand. Rey Mysterio's okay
throwing bombs in the middle of the ring if you want that.
[Michael] And Rey Mysterio goes right after Paul.
And again, separated by senior official Chad Patton.
Back at WrestleMania 38 these two met for the very first time.
-It was a tag team match. -Yeah, get him back.
[Michael] Logan Paul and The Miz defeating Rey Mysterio
and his son Dominik Mysterio on that night.
Before things fell apart between those two.
And now, Logan Paul up over the top. Went for that lariat.
And Rey Mysterio ducks underneath.
-[Pat] Logan Paul. -[Michael] Waist lock takedown by Paul.
[Pat] Insanely athletic.
Has taken to this business like a fish to water.
-[Michael] And again this matchup. -[Pat] Oh, oh, oh.
One of these men will qualify for the Elimination Chamber.
We know the winner now of the Chamber two weeks from Saturday
-in Toronto will face Cody Rhodes… -[Logan groans]
…for the Undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania.
[Pat] They're both thinking the exact same thing there.
Bit of a feel out early in the fight.
[Michael] Leapfrog by Logan, another one, Mysterio, using his quickness.
Logan telegraphed that, and the Hall of Famer made him pay.
-[crowd cheering] -[Pat] So simple, yet so sophisticated.
[Michael] Rey Mysterio has been in three chamber matches in his career.
2009, 2010, and 2011 was the last time.
Rey with the right hand to Logan, trying to out-quick Paul here tonight.
[crowd chanting "Logan sucks"]
[Michael] Logan Paul was in his first
Elimination Chamber match last year, Perth, Australia.
The match won by Drew McIntyre. And now, Paul now-- Oh!
Knee right to the gut.
Great tilt-a-whirl by Paul as he's taking control of the match.
[Pat] Rey Mysterio is rolling, Logan Paul put a stop sign out.
Who sucks?
Logan said some disrespectful things to the crowd and Rey during the break and…
He's backed up everything he's ever said here,
in WWE, this Logan Paul.
[Michael] Winner of this match will be the fourth man to qualify.
Friday Night SmackDown, Triple Threat, Damian Priest,
Braun Strowman, Jacob Fatu. That's gonna be a barn burner.
[Pat] Jacob Fatu in anything is gonna be a barn burner forever.
-Same old, same old. -[Pat] An absolute beast.
[Michael] Logan Paul, of course, a titanium plate in his right fist.
Two! Three!
[Pat] Now, big shots at Rey Mysterio's midsection.
[Michael] Boxing background and body shots by Paul.
Again Monday night, next week, Charlotte. Seth Rollins and Finn Bálor.
The final Elimination Chamber qualifying match for the men.
[Pat] Logan Paul wiping some sweat off his brow…
with another devastating knee to the body of Rey Mysterio.
[Michael] And Logan now dominated the man who entered
the Royal Rumble match number one this year,
lasted nearly 25 mins before being eliminated
by the aforementioned Jacob Fatu.
[Pat] I don't think any of us were expecting--
[Michael] Oh! What a slam by Logan, cover now
to qualify for the Chamber, and a kick-out by Rey.
[Pat] The Maverick has been at maximum speed in most matches
that he's had here in the WWE.
[Michael] You know, The Maverick mentioned how he eliminated
CM Punk in the Royal Rumble match.
He also eliminated AJ Styles in that matchup.
[Pat] He's done a lot of great things in the WWE in a short time,
but him taking this to a grounding pound with Rey Mysterio,
I don't think I expected it.
[Michael] Well, Logan Paul with an amateur background.
LP.
[Michael] He was a tremendous amateur performer before coming to WWE.
[Pat] "LP," says Logan Paul, to the GLOA team,
goes a left jab from Logan.
[Michael] A little bit of dancing by Paul. Another left jab to Rey Mysterio.
Rey just having trouble defending himself here
as Logan Paul has completely taken control
of the match and Mysterio's down.
[Pat] Shadow boxing with Rey Mysterio's face.
[crowd chanting "Logan sucks"]
[Michael] Yeah, you said this earlier, Pat, I mean…
Say what you want about Logan Paul. You might not agree with what he does,
but he is unbelievable since posting on the scene here in WWE.
[Pat] Absolutely. Look what he's doing to Rey Mysterio.
Rey Mysterio is one of the greatest of all time.
We're talking pantheon of the business.
[Michael] And Rey Mysterio. Oh, look at that. Great by Rey.
Just didn't have enough to go into the cover there.
May have knocked the wind out of himself.
[Pat] All right, that was the little reset,
little rest that Rey Mysterio needed. Rey Mysterio, Hall of Famer.
[Michael] Logan now sent over the top rope into the floor.
-And now Rey-- Oh! -[crowd gasps]
[Michael] That corkscrew plancha over the top takes out Paul.
[Pat] Rey Mysterio.
-[Michael] Again, it's all about… -[crowd cheering]
…qualifying for the Elimination Chamber match
and an opportunity to face Cody Rhodes
for the undisputed WWE title at WrestleMania.
And Logan bounced off the top turnbuckle by Mysterio.
[Pat] Rey Mysterio being a world champion again in 2025…
[Michael] Rey just trying to pick up the pace here.
[Pat] …would be a movie.
[Michael] Another right hand.
Drops Logan. Logan now-- Oh! Another body shot to Rey.
[Pat] A lot of shots from Logan Paul here.
What the hell are these two…
Holy hell, Cole!
[Michael] Logan Paul from the top! Oh my goodness!
The moonsault and battery by Logan Paul, shades of Iron Demon!
Can Logan capitalize? Who's going to the chamber?
This is absolutely incredible.
[Michael] There are 13,009 people here tonight
in Nashville, Tennessee as they watch Logan Paul
and Rey Mysterio battle it out for an opportunity to join
the Elimination Chamber match two weeks from Saturday in Toronto.
As Logan Paul now, again, a great takedown,
that waist lock takedown by Logan Paul to Mysterio.
[Pat] Logan Paul is undefeated against Rey Mysterio
as the graphic just displayed there.
The United States Championship match where Logan Paul became champ.
[Michael] When you talked about this, Pat, moments ago,
Logan just grounding Mysterio, wearing him down,
not allowing Rey to catch his breath,
getting any type of momentum going in this match.
[Pat] Yeah, a lot of great ground game here from Logan Paul.
Normally, we see him in the sky.
Power.
Something that's going to need to be respected after tonight.
And Rey Mysterio's fighting back.
[Michael] Yeah, Rey trying to rally.
Paul has worked on his midsection this entire matchup.
Rey again goes back to the ribs. Knee by Paul.
Great strategy here by Logan Paul.
Rey just dumped to the floor.
And lands on his feet. I don't know how he did that.
Logan Paul thought Rey was down and out. Rey popped right back up to his feet.
-[Pat] That's Rey Mysterio. -[Michael] And now, Logan's saying…
Yes, over here, pinche gringo! Come on.
[Michael] Rey said, "Come on, bring the fight to me."
Mysterio trying to bait in Logan Paul here.
And Rey now taking the fight to Paul. The veteran's had enough.
[Pat] Logan fell for it.
Hook, line, and sinker.
Rey Mysterio gaining control on the outside.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Rey now. Logan Paul. No, Rey again.
Slammed into the barricade.
Favoring his midsection, his ribs.
[Pat] Incredibly cool looking guy with the long hair
and the leather jacket, got a front row seat
to Rey Mysterio eating the barricade.
[Michael] Rey sent back into the ring again.
-Oh man, Rey. You… -[Pat] How's Rey still breathing?
-[inaudible] -[referee] Get him in, Logan. Come on.
[indistinct chatter]
[Pat] Tough, durable, quick.
[Michael] And Logan's gotta be careful here.
He drags Rey back out of the ring.
Rey Mysterio trying to hang on to the bottom rope.
Logan trying to outpower him here.
[Pat] Beating on Rey's back.
Break the grip.
[Michael] Oh no, this is going to be a disaster for Rey. No, Rey, no!
Sends Logan Paul spine first into the steps!
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] And Rey's got a chance!
[crowd member] Let's go, Rey! Let's go, Rey! Let's go, Rey!
[Michael] An opening here for Rey Mysterio.
[Pat] Logan Paul thought he had the ending in sight.
And Rey Mysterio said, "Uh-uh."
[Michael] Back in the ring to break the count, Rey Mysterio now.
-Rey with a baseball slide. -[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Belly first onto Logan Paul.
[Pat] So much force as he slides out of the ring.
[Michael] Both of these men have absorbed a ton of punishment here
in this match tonight.
[Pat] This is a beatdown fight.
For both these men, as Rey Mysterio trying to look to take it to the clock.
[Michael] He's able to create some space,
which could open things up for the offense.
There's the senton by Rey off the top rope,
and here comes Mysterio.
And this is what Logan Paul was worried about.
[Michael] Rey picking up the pace.
Springboard moonsault, cover now on Paul for the win to qualify.
-Paul kicks at two. -[crowd cheering]
[Pat] Rey hit that springboard moonsault, lionsault clean,
clean, clean, on Logan Paul.
Thought it was over,
thought Rey was headed to the Elimination Chamber.
Logan Paul reeling.
[Michael] Mysterio with a forearm, deep into this match now.
Critical moment for both of these men.
An opportunity to move a step closer to WrestleMania is on the line.
Mysterio now, down goes Paul, great run-up by Rey.
-Rey now… -[crowd cheering]
…feeling it.
[Pat] Going to go for 619, but Logan Paul's in the corner.
[Michael] So, Rey will just change things up,
the innovative offensive style of Mysterio.
[crowd chanting "619"]
[crowd] One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
[Michael] Oh, Logan caught Rey with a right.
[Pat] I thought Rey was going for 619 punches there.
[Michael] That'd take all night.
[Pat] I think he'd be willing to do it to Logan Paul.
-Logan now. -[Michael] Rolling through now.
And Paul with a springboard Moonsault of his own.
Three quarters of the way across the ring and Rey kicks out.
[Pat] Logan Paul almost springboarded himself out of the ring.
-He made himself bleed. -[Michael] This is incredible.
[Pat] My word.
The power, the explosivity, the athleticism.
[crowd chanting "Rey"]
[Pat] Logan Paul on full display, and he still can't put Rey Mysterio away.
[Michael] Yeah, perhaps Paul's getting frustrated here.
Rey turns it around, great counter by Mysterio.
Into the cover to advance to the chamber. And a kick-out.
[Pat] We're on The Road to WrestleMania here in Nashville, Tennessee
for Monday Night Raw on Netflix.
Thirteen thousand and nine members
of the WWE Universe watching Rey Mysterio.
[crowd cheering]
[Michael] Gonna dial it up now, but for the 619,
-Logan Paul with a big boot! -[crowd booing]
[Michael] Stopping Mysterio in his tracks.
Boo all you want, folks. Paul's impressive.
[Pat] I'm Serious XM when I say this. Logan Paul's busted open.
-Blood flowing out of his nose. -Get your ass up, old man!
Let's see how you like it.
[Michael] Now, Logan wants to bust the nose of Mysterio,
who slips out underneath.
And now, Logan, perhaps getting a bit frustrated,
may make a mistake here, and it could cost him.
Mysterio with Logan up.
[Pat] What?
[Michael] Rey Mysterio, down goes Paul, sit down, powerbomb, cover by--
Shoulder's not down, now they're down.
[Michael] Referee Chad Patton doing a great job, and Paul kicks at two.
[Pat] Logan Paul's natural instinct there was to lock his body up
and keep his shoulder up,
so Rey Mysterio couldn't start that count immediately
after an insane display of power.
Sit down powerbomb by Rey Mysterio.
[Michael] Again, an opportunity to head to the Chamber on the line.
Mysterio this time will connect with a 619.
Logan Paul down.
Mysterio said, "Let's go."
[Pat] Elimination Chamber spot on the line.
Rey with a chance, top rope, dropping the dime,
but Logan got the knees up.
Logan Paul with a titanium…
right hand.
And Logan Paul just pulverized Rey Mysterio.
-[crowd counting] -[bell ringing]
[energetic hip-hop music playing]
[Pat] Is that The Paulverizer?
[Alicia] Here is your winner, Logan Paul!
[Pat] "Pulverized" is a great way to describe what we just saw.
A Paulverizer to end it and send himself to the Elimination Chamber.
[Michael] Titanium plate in his right hand.
Logan Paul connected.
And then I guess, thanks to Pat, we're gonna call that The Paulverizer.
Logan Paul qualifies for the Chamber match.
He joins CM Punk, John Cena, Drew McIntyre.
Four of the six spots are set for Toronto.
Two weeks from Saturday.
[Pat] They're booing his ass, but Logan Paul just put on a clinic,
as did Rey Mysterio.
How can I do all this?
I'm still humble.
How can I be so good looking and still humble?
-How can I be so damn rich? -[Michael] A disappointed Rey Mysterio.
As Logan Paul celebrates here tonight.
-[Michael] Oh my God! -[crowd gasps]
[Michael] What the hell are New Day doing?