WWE Raw
WWE Thunderdome
October 26, 2020
Results from wrestleview.com
“Then. Now. Forever.” The WWE video leads us into the show.
A video kicks off the show highlighting Randy Orton defeating Drew
McIntyre last night at Hell in a Cell to win the WWE Championship.
Drew McIntyre makes his way to the ring. McIntyre says he’s been
trying to find the words to talk about losing his WWE Championship,
but there’s no excuses. McIntyre has one promise: he will be WWE
Champion again. McIntyre quotes from the movie “Rocky” about getting
up when you get knocked down. Why is he in a good mood and sharing
inspirational quotes? If you could read his mind, it’s very
different.
The Miz’ music hits, and McIntyre says he has messed up. The new Mr.
Money in the Bank holder The Miz comes out with John Morrison.
McIntyre threatens them both. They put over McIntyre’s impressive
run with the title. Miz talks about how this is good for McIntyre
that he’s holding the title. When he goes for the title again, he’ll
be facing The Miz for the title. Morrison mentions that Miz cashed
in Money in the Bank for the first time on Randy Orton in Orlando.
The Miz mentions “Angry Miz Girl” was really angry.
Eventually McIntyre hears enough and gives Miz a Glasgow Kiss.
Morrison tries to get along with McIntyre, but he’s punched down.
McIntyre throws Morrison around the ring. McIntyre goes for a Future
Shock DDT on Morrison, but Miz chop blocks McIntyre’s knee.
McIntyre’s knee was injured last night at Hell in a Cell. Miz and
Morrison escape up the ramp. McIntyre stomps on Morrison’s
sunglasses and says he has an idea that he’ll run by management.
It’s going to be a bad night for Miz and Morrison.
Keith Lee will face Elias in a Survivor Series Qualifying Match.
Matt Riddle will also face Sheamus, while Jeff Hardy will face AJ
Styles in qualifying matches.
AJ Styles makes his way to the ring with Jordan Omogbehin. They
don’t mention Omogbehin’s name tonight. Styles will face Jeff Hardy,
next.
-Commercial Break-
AJ Styles is in the ring with the former security guard for Raw
Underground. Styles is confused as to why he has to be in a Survivor
Series Qualifying Match. Who does he have to impress? Adam Pearce or
the clowns in the back? Not only should he automatically be on Team
Raw, he should be the captain because he is the face that runs the
place. Maybe they have noticed his associate’s face. His associate
doesn’t like to be noticed or looked at or talked to. That is a
warning.
Maybe they should just talk about his Qualifying Match against Jeff
Hardy or, as he likes to call him, the biggest cheater in WWE
history. This past summer, Hardy used an illegal knee brace to win
the Intercontinental Championship from him. The joke is on Hardy. If
Hardy tries what he did to Elias on him tonight, his associate will
make him wish he never put down that bottle.
Survivor Series Qualifying Match
AJ Styles w/ Jordan Omogbehin vs. Jeff Hardy
Styles kicks and punches Hardy down at the sound of the bell. Styles
punches Hardy back against the ropes. Styles sends him into the
ropes, but Hardy ducks a clothesline and slides out of the ring. As
Styles comes out, Hardy gets in and hits a baseball slide. Hardy
goes to the second rope and dives to the floor, but Omogbehin
catches him. This is in full view of the referee and no
disqualification is called.
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break to see Styles take Hardy down. Styles
pulls Hardy up and hits a brainbuster for a near fall. Styles sets
up for a Phenomenal Forearm, but Hardy crawls away. Hardy avoids an
avalanche and takes him down. Hardy hits an inverted atomic drop, a
double leg drop to the midsection, a low dropkick, and a big splash
for a two count. Styles blocks a kick, but Hardy twists through for
a mule kick to the corner. Hardy hits a slingshot corner dropkick to
the midsection for a near fall. Hardy takes a few moments to recover
before grabbing Styles. Styles stuns him with an ushigoroshi.
Styles gets Hardy to his feet and kicks away at him. Hardy comes
back with a jawbreaker and a side Russian Leg Sweep. Hardy then
connects with a trapped double leg pin for a near fall. Hardy gets
Styles on the top rope and goes for a superplex, but Styles slides
out and rips him off to the canvas. Hardy’s face hit the
turnbuckles. Styles follows up with a torture rack bomb for a near
fall. Styles sets up for a Styles Clash, but Hardy gets out. Hardy
avoids a Pelé Kick and rolls him up for a close near fall. Hardy
then hits a falcon arrow. Hardy goes to the apron, but Omogbehin’s
presence frightens him. Hardy heads to the top rope, but Styles
forearms him down to the apron.
Hardy grabs Styles on the apron and goes for a Twist of Fate, but
Styles pushes him off into the ring post. Hardy’s face bounces off
the post. Styles clotheslines him over the top rope back into the
ring. Styles follows up with a Phenomenal Forearm for the win.
Winner by Pinfall: AJ Styles
AJ Styles is the first entrant onto Team Raw at Survivor Series.
Styles and Omogbehin walk up the ramp. As Hardy gets up in the ring,
Elias CRUSHES him with a guitar shot to the spine.
WWE 24/7 Champion R-Truth is walking backstage when Sarah Schreiber
mentions he successfully beat Drew Gulak last night to retain the
title. R-Truth says he welcomes all challengers and says (in so many
words) that “Danger” is his middle name.
-Commercial Break-
Akira Tozawa and Drew Gulak vs. Lucha House Party
Lince Dorado starts against Akira Tozawa. Tozawa punches him down
and tags Drew Gulak in. Dorado eventually takes Gulak down with a
facebuster.
WWE 24/7 Champion R-Truth comes out to ringside. Tozawa rolls
R-Truth up for a two count. R-Truth sends Tozawa into the barricade.
R-Truth avoids Gran Metalik and gets in the ring. R-Truth avoids
more pinfall attempts. Dorado eventually covers Gulak to win the tag
match, which somehow wasn’t thrown out by the referee despite an
outside performer coming in and attacking the members of the match.
Winners by Pinfall: Lucha House Party
They all try to cover R-Truth, but he escapes with the WWE 24/7
Championship.
The Firefly Fun House is next.
-Commercial Break-
Firefly Fun House
Bray Wyatt is dressed as The Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland.
The rest of the puppets are enjoying desserts and tea. Alexa Bliss
walks in late and brought tea. Wyatt and the puppets are very happy.
Bliss pours a cup for Ramblin’ Rabbit. There’s a secret ingredient
in the tea… arsenic. Rabbit throws up an orange liquid and dies.
Wyatt and Bliss laugh.
Wyatt says she fits right in. They’re all a little mad down there.
Bliss asks how Wyatt knows she is mad. Wyatt says she wouldn’t have
come here if she wasn’t. This is a place where he comforts and heals
you. Bliss puts her head down and her face is flush with red. Wyatt
holds his gloved hand that says “Heal” over her forehead. She opens
her eyes, which are a different color. She says in a trance, “Let
him in.” Bliss snaps out of it and returns to form. The fun
continues when she has WWE Champion Randy Orton on A Moment of
Bliss.
Wyatt is in a trance now. Ramblin’ Rabbit awakes from his coma, so
Wyatt murders him with a metal tennis racket. Bliss and Wyatt laugh
as Rabbit is decapitated. Wyatt says this interview is going to be
fire. They wave goodbye to everyone.
Footage is shown of the Keith Lee vs. Braun Strowman main event last
week on Raw. Strowman won with a low blow. Lee low blowed Strowman
after the match.
Charly Caruso is backstage with Keith Lee. Lee says there is no
question about what Braun Strowman did last week. Strowman couldn’t
beat him clean, so he went to low tactic. Strowman thinks he’s a
monster, but when they face again he’ll show Strowman a real
monster. It won’t happen tonight because he’s facing Elias, next.
-Commercial Break-
WWE Official Adam Pearce is walking backstage when WWE Women’s Tag
Team Champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler stop him. Jax says the men
may need qualifying matches, but they don’t. Jax says she’ll be team
captain and hands Pearce a list of competitors. Baszler then hands
him her own list and Jax isn’t on it. They’re not happy.
“Ladies and gentlemen… Elias.”
Elias is seated in the ring. Elias talks about putting Jeff Hardy
behind him after he hit him with a car. Now he’ll beat Keith Lee.
Elias puts over “Universal Truth,” which came out today.
Survivor Series Qualifying Match
Elias vs. Keith Lee
They lock up, and Lee stuns him with some strikes. Elias elbows him
back, so Lee sends him into the ropes. Lee leapfrogs him and drops
down before hitting a cross-body block. Elias rolls out of the ring
to recover. Lee grabs Elias at ringside and puts him in the ring.
Elias knocks him off the apron and hits a baseball slide. Lee then
hits a Pounce on Elias over the commentary table.
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break to see Lee attacking Elias. Lee soon
goes for a Spirit Bomb, but Elias gets out and knees him in the
face. Lee goes down and rolls out of the ring. Elias sends him hard
face-first into the ring post. Elias gets him in the ring and hits a
double axe handle for a two count. Elias applies a chin lock, but
Lee powers out. Lee then hits a scoop powerslam.
Lee throws Elias across the ring and avalanches him. Lee sends him
to the opposite corner and counters a slingshot. Elias kicks him
back and hits a sloppy twisting neckbreaker for a near fall. Elias
goes to the top rope, but Jeff Hardy’s music hits. Lee slams Elias
off the top rope and hits a Spirit Bomb for the win.
Winner by Pinfall: Keith Lee
Keith Lee joins AJ Styles on Team Raw. Jeff Hardy smashes a guitar
over Elias’ back as he gets to his feet.
The Hurt Business intimidates a stagehand backstage. They’ll face
RETRIBUTION, next.
-Commercial Break-
NXT Halloween Havoc is this Wednesday.
Video Package: Randy Orton defeats Drew McIntyre for the WWE
Championship inside Hell in a Cell last night
WWE Champion Randy Orton is interviewed by Charly Caruso. She asks
if he’s worried about The Fiend making an appearance on A Moment of
Bliss. Orton says the only people that need to be concerned are
those that cross him.
Video Package: The Hurt Business vs. RETRIBUTION
The Hurt Business makes their entrance. They’ll face RETRIBUTION in
an elimination tag match, next.
-Commercial Break-
WWE United States Champion Bobby Lashley will face WWE
Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn at Survivor Series this year.
MVP says when RETRIBUTION came to WWE, everyone ran from them except
the Hurt Business. Bobby Lashley says they didn’t look at
RETRIBUTION as a threat; they were an opportunity. Monday Night Raw
is an asset of their business. RETRIBUTION is a liability. MVP says
they aren’t doing this for free. They told the higher-ups they would
take care of RETRIBUTION. Once they do that, they’ll have fulfilled
their end of the deal. They’ll be looking for payment. Shelton
Benjamin says they’ll take their payment in gold.
8-Man Tag Team Elimination Match
The Hurt Business (WWE United States Champion Bobby Lashley, MVP,
Shelton Benjamin, and Cedric Alexander) vs. RETRIBUTION (Mustafa
Ali, T-Bar, Mace, and Slapjack) w/ RETALIATION
Bobby Lashley starts against T-Bar. They lock up, and Lashley powers
him to the corner. Lashley punches away at T-Bar and bounces him off
the turnbuckles. Lashley continues to punch away at T-Bar and climbs
to the second rope to punch him more. T-Bar pushes him off and boots
him back. T-Bar fights back at Lashley and sends him into the ropes.
Lashley ducks a clothesline and shoulder blocks him down. Lashley
hooks the head, but T-Bar powers him to the corner. Lashley hits
T-Bar with a flatliner, and something falls off T-Bar’s mask.
MVP tags in and attacks T-Bar, bouncing him off the turnbuckles.
T-Bar knees MVP and clubs him down. Mace tags in and elbows away at
MVP. Slapjack tags in and immediately has to adjust his mask.
Slapjack dropkicks MVP in the back of the head for a two count.
Slapjack strikes away at MVP and charges, but MVP drops him into the
turnbuckle. MVP hits a running big boot in the corner before hitting
an exploder. Mustafa Ali breaks up the pin. A month ago this match
was thrown out due to contact by the illegal competitor. RETALIATION
gets on the apron and drops down on the mat scratching herself all
over and rolls into the ring having a fit. MVP is distracted.
Slapjack rolls MVP up to eliminate him.
MVP has been eliminated from the match.
RETALIATION is still rolling on the mat scratching her skin and
having a total fit. The referee calls for help.
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break see Lashley send Slapjack to the corner.
During the break, it was shown that RETALIATION was faking it.
Lashley shoves Slapjack away and spears him for the elimination.
Slapjack has been eliminated from the match.
T-Bar immediately attacks Lashley and brawls with him at ringside.
Lashley clotheslines T-Bar over the barricade and they’re both
counted out.
Bobby Lashley and T-Bar have been eliminated by count-out.
Cedric Alexander starts against Mace. Alexander forearms Mace and
punches away at him. Mace pushes him off and hits a side kick to the
face. Benjamin eventually tags in. Alexander hits Mace with a
Neuralyzer and Benjamin hits Pay Dirt to eliminate him.
Mace has been eliminated from the match.
Benjamin takes Ali, who is terrified, and hits a fallaway slam.
Alexander tags in and beats on Ali. They fight outside the ring
until Ali hits him with a chair.
Winners: The Hurt Business
Benjamin stalks Ali. Lashley and MVP run down to help, and Ali runs
off in terror. The Hurt Business walk off united.
We go backstage to see Angel Garza flirting with Mandy Rose and Dana
Brooke. Mandy says Otis had a rough week, but they’re still close.
Garza goes to Dana, but then shifts his attention to Nia Jax and
Shayna Baszler. Jax takes the rose from him and looks happy.
Drew McIntyre makes his entrance. He’ll face The Miz, next.
-Commercial Break-
Drew McIntyre vs. The Miz w/ John Morrison
John Morrison immediately distracts McIntyre at the sound of the
bell. Miz goes for a takedown, but McIntyre doesn’t go down.
McIntyre punches him and powers him to the corner. McIntyre talks
trash. Miz quickly clips the injured knee. Miz attacks him at
ringside, and McIntyre’s ribs, which were also hurt last night,
start to hurt him. Morrison gets a cheap shot in. Miz big boots
McIntyre. McIntyre fights back, but Miz hits a leg breaker. Miz
backs up, but McIntyre knocks him back and makes a comeback.
McIntyre hits a pair of overhead belly-to-belly suplexes followed by
a neckbreaker. McIntyre kips up and says that Miz is screwed. Miz
gets out of a Future Shock DDT and sends McIntyre over the top rope
out of the ring. Morrison goes to attack, but McIntyre big boots him
and hits an overhead belly-to-belly suplex on the floor… again in
full view of the referee.
McIntyre throws the Money in the Bank briefcase up the ramp. Miz
rolls McIntyre up getting in the ring for a two count. McIntyre
immediately hits a Claymore Kick for the win.
Winner by Pinfall: Drew McIntyre
Matthew McConaughey is shown with his two sons in the WWE
ThunderDome celebrating Drew McIntyre’s win.
Raw Tag Team Champions The New Day are dressed as The Street
Profits. They’re confused as to who they are facing since they had a
few too many drinks out of the solo cups. Asuka walks up, and they
mention she’ll be facing Sasha Banks at Survivor Series. Asuka
shouts that they want the smoke! WWE Champion Randy Orton will take
on WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns. MVP walks up and mentions
that Bobby Lashley will face Sami Zayn. The Hurt Business also wants
the Raw Tag Team Titles. Asuka says they can’t win the titles
because New Day Rocks. Asuka and The New Day dance.
-Commercial Break-
Drew McIntyre is walking backstage when Charly Caruso stops him. He
says this is the first step to getting the WWE Championship back.
He’ll see Randy Orton on A Moment of Bliss.
WWE Officials Adam Pearce and Pat Buck are in the ring. They’re
introducing the women that will represent Team Raw in the Women’s
Survivor Series Elimination Match. WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions
Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler will be on the team. Mandy Rose and Dana
Brooke will join them.
Before Pearce makes the final announcement, Jax cuts him off. She
wants to make the final announcement as the team captain. Shayna
Baszler disagrees. Pearce says the fifth member will be settled in a
Fatal 4-Way featuring Lana, Lacey Evans, Peyton Royce, and Nikki
Cross. This match begins right now.
Fatal 4-Way Match
Lana vs. Lacey Evans vs. Peyton Royce vs. Nikki Cross
The bell rings, and everyone starts brawling. Recently formed tag
team Royce and Evans go after each other. Lana knocks all three out
of the ring.
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break to see Royce stretching Cross on the
ropes. Royce ducks a kick from Lana and sends her into the ring post
shoulder-first. Evans knocks Royce back, but Royce quickly knocks
her off the apron. Cross rolls Royce up for a two count. Royce
clotheslines Cross down for a one count. Cross soon makes a comeback
and bounces her off the turnbuckle. Cross then hits Lana with a
cross-body off the apron and a cannonball. Cross then DDTs Evans on
the floor. Cross goes to the top rope and hits Royce with a
cross-body block for a near fall.
Lana gets in the ring and nearly trips flinging herself over the top
rope. Evans hits Lana with a Woman’s Right. Royce slams Cross onto
Evans with a Gory Bomb, but Evans still kicks out. Cross goes to the
top rope and punches Royce back. Evans attacks Cross. Cross fights
out of a superplex, but Royce spin kicks her. Royce goes for a
superplex, but Cross fights her off. Evans runs up and clubs Cross.
Royce runs up and hits Evans with a German Suplex while Evans hits a
superplex. Lana runs in and covers Cross for the win.
Winner by Pinfall: Lana
Lana is the fifth member of Team Raw in the Women’s Survivor Series
Elimination Match. Jax hugs Lana at ringside… but she won’t let go.
Shayna Baszler clears off the commentary table. Jax then gives Lana
a Samoan Drop through the commentary table.
Charly Caruso is outside of WWE Champion Randy Orton’s locker room.
She asks if he’s still planning on being a guest on A Moment of
Bliss. Orton says he will. Charly asks if he heard what Bray Wyatt
said. If The Fiend wants a piece of him, he’ll introduce him to the
three most dangerous letters in sports-entertainment: R-K-O.
Matt Riddle makes his entrance. He’ll face Sheamus in a Survivor
Series Qualifying Match, next.
-Commercial Break-
Mustafa Ali is backstage with RETRIBUTION. Ali says they are not
failures or a team. RETRIBUTION is a mission. They win when all
suffer. They decide when you get shut down.
Survivor Series Qualifying Match
Matt Riddle vs. Sheamus
Riddle grabs Sheamus and takes him down. Sheamus quickly scurries to
the apron and gets to ringside to recover and think about this.
Sheamus gets in the ring and hits a headlock takeover. Sheamus
cinches in the headlock, but Riddle fights out and applies a
triangle choke. Sheamus fights out of the hold. Sheamus grabs Riddle
and slams him down with a spinebuster for a near fall. Sheamus then
applies a Kimura Lock. Riddle fights up and hits a dangerous looking
gutwrench suplex. Riddle hooks the arm, but Sheamus knees him and
hits an Irish Curse Backbreaker. Sheamus hits a front suplex on the
top rope and starts up the 10 Beats of the Bodhrán. Riddle counters
with a sloppy arm bar hanging over the top rope. Riddle lets go and
sends Sheamus out of the ring. Riddle kicks him in the face from the
apron and hits a springboard Floating Bro to ringside.
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break to see Sheamus stretching Riddle. Riddle
fights up, but Sheamus hits a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker for a two
count. Sheamus rips at Riddle’s nose and applies an arm bar. Riddle
fights up and hits an overhead kick. Riddle kicks him in the head
again to take him down. Riddle hits a PK followed by a Broton for a
near fall. Sheamus fights back with a vicious knee for a near fall.
Sheamus goes to the top rope, but Riddle cuts him off. Sheamus
knocks him away, but Riddle comes back with an exploder suplex off
the top rope for a near fall.
Riddle goes to the top rope and goes for a Floating Bro, but Sheamus
gets the knees up. Sheamus forearms him in the lower back before
going for an Irish Curse Backbreaker, but Riddle counters into a
sleeper hold. Sheamus gets out by slamming him into the corner.
Riddle dodges a Brogue Kick and hits a German Suplex for a near
fall. Riddle grabs Sheamus and lifts, but his back gives out.
Sheamus catches him with a Brogue Kick for the win.
Winner by Pinfall: Sheamus
Sheamus joins AJ Styles and Keith Lee on Team Raw in the Men’s
Survivor Series Elimination Match.
WWE Champion Randy Orton is walking backstage. He’ll be on A Moment
of Bliss, next.
-Commercial Break-
WWE Champion Randy Orton on A Moment of Bliss
Alexa Bliss says her guest on tonight’s show went through hell and
back last night: WWE Champion Randy Orton.
WWE Champion Randy Orton walks out to the ring and is looking over
his shoulder for The Fiend. Bliss offers him a seat and promises she
won’t bite. Orton says he’ll stand. She asks if he’s surprised he
came out on top. Orton says he’s not surprised at becoming a 14-time
champion. Does she have a surprise for him? Bliss says any good
talkshow host would want the WWE Champion on their show after he
burned the house down last night.
Orton gets it because he burned Bray Wyatt’s house down years ago.
Orton says he knows Wyatt better than anyone. Where is The Fiend?
Drew McIntyre’s music hits, and he comes down to the ring. McIntyre
and Orton brawl in the ring. McIntyre gets Orton sized up for a
Claymore Kick, but the lights go out. When they come back on, The
Fiend’s lighting and graphics are seen throughout the ThunderDome.
Orton is on the ramp while McIntyre is in the ring. The Fiend is
standing behind Orton. Orton knows, but won’t turn around. Orton
instead goes back to the ring and starts brawling with McIntyre.
Orton gets the better of McIntyre with a back suplex on the
commentary table. Orton punches away at McIntyre as the show comes
to an end.