WWE RAW Results – November 14th, 2022
Kicking off this weeks Raw with re capping the events of the United States Title Open Challenge last week.
United States Champion Seth Rollins welcomes fans to Monday Night Rollins and introduces himself. He says he is still United States Champion by the hair on his chin and says last week was crazy. He says contenders are coming out of the woodwork, then addresses Austin Theory’s failed Money In The Bank cash in. He says it didn’t work out for him like he had planned, and says something seems different about his title: him. He says it is the top prize on Monday nights and says he will add to his legacy when he takes on Finn Balor.
Bobby Lashley’s music hits and he heads to the ring with a mic in hand. He says he turned little selfie boy into a punchline last week and says his beatings will continue until he gets the United States Title back. Rollins says he had his chance last week, but he decided it would be better to take his soul from his body. He says his loss to Brock Lesnar at Crown Jewel has been affecting him as of late.
Mustafa Ali’s music hits and he heads to the ring with a referee. Ali says he’s here to make things right. Lashley says that the beatdown he suffered last week will pale in comparison to what he does tonight and tells him to walk away before he regrets it.
Ali charges at him, but Lashley tosses him out of the ring. Ali jumps him from behind and fires off forearms. Lashley tosses him out of the ring once again and tells Ali he’s pissing him off. He tells him to get in the ring to get some.
Bobby Lashley vs. Mustafa Ali
Bobby Lashley tosses Mustafa Ali out of the ring. Ali sends Lashley into the ring post, then jumps him. Lashley sends him careening into the ring post shoulder first, then tosses him over the announce table. Lashley gets Ali up on his shoulders, then plants him to the post.
He delivers a series of kicks before Ali manages to hit a back elbow. Lashley delivers a spinebuster, then follows it up with another one. Ali ascends to the top rope and hits a tornado DDT. He charges at him, but Lashley catches him with a spear. He locks in the Hurt Lock and Ali fades.
Winner By Submission: Bobby Lashley
We go backstage to Cathy Kelley is with The OC. Kelley asks if they’re worried about retaliation from Judgment Day and AJ Styles tells them to bring it. Luke Gallows asks for a little recognition for bringing in Mia Yim before Styles says the problems between them and Judgment Day need to come to an end. He challenges Finn Balor to a match at Survivor Series. Yim tells them to keep the beers cold while she takes care of business in her first match back in the company.
Mia Yim vs. Tamina
Match starts off with Tamina delivers a clothesline from behind. She delivers a hip attack, followed by a bodyslam. She ascends to the top and looks for a frog splash but Mia Yim rolls out of the way and delivers a series of forearms and chops.
She hits a kick to her thigh, followed by a tijeras and a forearm in the corner. Yim delivers a kick to Tamina’s spin, then follows it up with an uppercut. She hits Eat Defeat for the win.
Winner: Mia Yim
After the match Yim tells Ripley to get in the ring. Ripley teases doing so, but decides not to.
We then head backstage to Matt Riddle playing his bongos. Cathy Kelley approaches him and she asks where Elias is. Riddle says he’s doing big rockstar things and says he finally agreed to be in a band with him. Alpha Academy walks in and Chad Gable says the only thing more ridiculous than their band is the idea of them as a tag team. Gable says he will do to him what Otis did to Elias last week. Riddle calls them lame o.
After the break, Damage CTRL approaches Yim. They say they know what it feels like to be forgotten about and invite her to join their team at War Games. Yim says she has no problems with Bianca BelAir, Alexa Bliss & Asuka & Iyo Sky tells her not to take too long to think about it then The OC show up with beer.
Chad Gable vs. Matt Riddle
Match begins with a lock up then they ey exchange submissions before Chad Gable plants Matt Riddle with a side suplex. He delivers a chop in the corner, followed by a dragon screw. Riddle fires back with a gut wrench suplex, followed by the Broton. He ascends to the top, but Otis distracts him, allowing Gable to hit a superplex that sends us to a break.
After the break Riddle delivers a Fisherman’s Driver to Gable then both men exchange forearms before Riddle hits a Ripcord Knee and a leaping forearm. He delivers an Exploder, followed by another Broton and a powerbomb. He hits a knee on Gable’s jaw, then goes for a pin but Gable kicks out.
Gable locks in the Ankle Lock, but Riddle escapes and locks in a Jumping Triangle. Gable escapes and hits a bridging tiger DDT. He goes for a pin but Riddle kicks out. Riddle hits a DDT off the ropes but Gable manages to pull out a backslide with his feet on the ropes for the win.
Winner: Chad Gable
We go backstage to the locker room area where we see Baron Corbin & JBL playing a game of poker. Corbin wins the hand and gathers up the poker chips. A waiter offers them Kentucky Whiskey, but JBL sends him away. JBL says he picked out some expensive prime whiskey for them. Akira Tozawa sits at the table and says he wants to play poker. He puts on sunglasses before JBL asks if he’s played poker and knows the rules. He says no and JBL deals the next hand.
Byron Saxton & The Miz are in the ring. Miz welcomes fans to Miz TV and says he will be relinquishing his role as host to be Saxton’s special guest. Saxton thanks Miz for joining him and asks if he’s sorry for paying off Dexter Lumis. Miz says he’s prepared a statement and says he regrets paying Dexter Lumis. He says all he wanted was empathy and says he has never called a day off in his 18 years in WWE, even if he was injured. He says he has never gotten a cheer or a pat on his back, and says he has asked for very little. He says Lumis just kept taking from him and he had to put a stop to Lumis’ greediness.
Saxton asks why The Miz told the investigator from last week and Miz says he told her what she wanted to hear. He says he is a devoted father, a loving husband, and a man cooped up in his bedroom because he was depressed about what’s happened.
Johnny Gargano’s music hits and he heads to the ring. He says Miz was on vacation with his family in Cabo based on pictures his wife posted. He says no one cares because he always takes the easy way out. Gargano says he got caught up in his lie and stopped paying him off. He asks if he’s paying Saxton before Miz questions why Gargano got involved. He accuses him of doing it for attention, but Gargano says everyone knows he’s a compulsive liar. Gargano says he’s lying to himself if he thinks he’s pulling off the look he’s sporting. Miz says he’s sorry and asks to move on so he can be a role model to his kids. Gargano says he should pay Lumis to be a role model and informs him that he went to WWE officials. He says that things will come to an end in two weeks at Survivor Series when Miz comes face to face with Lumis. He says if Lumis wins, then Miz has to pay him and he gets a WWE contract. Miz accepts.
A camera man gets in the ring and reveals themself to be Lumis.
We then head to a video of Dominik Mysterio & Shelton Benjamin getting into a verbal confrontation earlier today.
Shelton Benjamin vs. Dominik Mysterio
Match beigns with Shelton Benjamin & Dominik Mysterio lock up. Mysterio slaps Benjamin, then rolls out of the ring. Mysterio attacks Benjamin from behind, but Benjamin knocks him to the mat and hits a shoulder tackle.
Mysterio rolls out of the ring once again, then gets back in and delivers a kick to Benjamin’s midsection. He sends his head bouncing off the top rope, but Benjamin fires back with a powerslam and an exploder.
He locks in an Ankle Lock but Damian Priest gets Mysterio’s hand on the bottom rope to break up the hold. Mysterio sends Benjamin into the ring post shoulder first, then follows it up with a DDT and a Frog Splash for the win.
Winner: Dominik Mysterio
We head backstage to Cathy Kelley is with Austin Theory. She asks him about his failed cash in last week and Theory says no one understands him. He says that fans have no idea what the full story was and he exceeded the expectation of being the next big thing. He says that everyone hates him because they can’t relate and says everyone wants to see him fail. He says he didn’t fail last week because he feels more alive than ever. He says his contract was an anchor on him and everytime that he tried, someone was there to stop him. He says Roman Reigns is untouchable, so the next best option was Seth Rollins. He says Bobby Lashley pulled him out of the ring and if he wouldn’t have done that, then he would’ve been a 2x United States Champion.
Dolph Ziggler says that was the worst cash-in ever. He says he tried to teach him a few things, but his ego was too big. He says he’s sick of everyone treating him like a kid and tells Ziggler he wants to prove that to him.
We then head to a video hyping up War Games.
Women’s Tag Team Champion Iyo Sky vs. Dana Brooke
Dana Brooke fires off several forearms. Iyo Sky delivers several elbows, followed by a kick to her head and a dropkick off the top rope. She delivers several right hands, followed by a stomp and a back elbow. She hits the double knees in the corner before they exchange forearms and Sky plants Brooke. Brooke hits a DDT, then goes for a pin but Sky kicks out. Sky hits a German suplex, then follows it up with a meteora following the Over The Moonsault for the win.
Winner: Women’s Tag Team Champion Iyo Sky
After the match Mia Yim heads to the ring and addresses Damage CTRL. She says she’s been thinking about their offer and says War Games is a fight where everyone has to pick a side. She says she picked hers before Bianca BelAir’s music hits. Raw Women’s Champion BelAir, Alexa Bliss & Asuka join her.
We head backstage to Akira Tozawa, JBL & Corbin playing poker. Tozawa has a ton of chips in front of him and Corbin mentioned that he’s won the past 12 games. Corbin says he has 3 aces, but Tozawa calls him out for cheating. Corbin says they aren’t done until he says so. Tozawa says they should settle this in the ring and Corbin accepts.
Dolph Ziggler vs. Austin Theory
Dolph Ziggler & Austin Theory lock up to kick this match off then Theory slams Ziggler’s leg into the canvas, then follows it up with a backbreaker. He hits a back elbow, followed by several right hands and a hair whip. He hits a clothesline that takes us to a commercial break.
After the commercial break Ziggler fires off several right hands. He delivers a pendulum DDT, then goes for a pin but Ziggler kicks out. Theory delivers a clothesline to his back, followed by a Rack Bomb. He goes for a pin, but Ziggler kicks out. He looks for A Town Down, but Ziggler counters it into a Sleeper.
Theory whips him off his back before Ziggler hits a knee and the Famouser. He goes for a pin, but Theory kicks out. Ziggler sends him into the ringpost, then delivers the Zig Zag. He goes for a pin, but Theory kicks out. Theory hits a forearm, followed by A Town Down. He stares at him for a moment, then hits 2 more. He fires off several lefts and rights, then sends him into the ring steps. He sends his face bouncing off the announce desk as the referee calls for the bell.
Winner By DQ: Dolph Ziggler
After the match Theory tosses several chairs on Zigger then fires off several right hands before referees pull him off Ziggler.
We are back from the break, Rhea Ripley approaches Damage CTRL. She says if Mia Yim is on Bianca BelAir’s side, then she’s on theirs.
Baron Corbin vs. Akira Tozawa
Akira Tozawa delivers a series of kicks to Baron Corbin, but Corbin fires back with a shoulder tackle. Tozawa plants him, then ascends to the top and delivers a missile drop kick. He goes for a pin, but Corbin kicks out.
Tozawa delivers a kick to Corbin’s face, then sends him to the outside. He looks for a tope suicida, but Corbin ducks out of the way and tosses him into the barricade. He delivers a series of knees. They get back in the ring and Tozawa hits a Shining Wizard.
Tozawa ascends to the top rope and delivers a flying shoulder tackle. He ascends to the top again, but Corbin catches him and plants him with End Of Days for the win.
Winner: Baron Corbin
We come back from the break we head to Cathy Kelley is with Alexa Bliss, Asuka, Mia Yim & Raw Women’s Champion Bianca BelAir. Kelley asks for their reaction to Rhea Ripley joining Damage CTRL and Nikki Cross in War Games. BelAir tells her to wait and see who they recruited as the 5th member of their team. She says that no matter who they throw into the match to determine which team gets the advantage, they are prepared.
United States Title Match
Seth Rollins (c) vs. Finn Balor
Match starts off with Seth Rollins & Finn Balor lock up to get this match started before they exchange submissions before Rollins tosses Balor out of the ring and takes him down with a crossbody over the top rope that takes us to a commercial break.
After the break Rollins sends Balor’s head into the announce table. Balor returns the favor and tosses Rollins back in the ring. He delivers a knee to Rollins’ midsection, then whips him into the corner and hits him with another one the he sends Rollins to the mat, but Rollins fires back with a chop. Balor locks in an abdominal stretch, but Rollins escapes and delivers a series of elbows and forearms. Rollins delivers a suicide dive, then tosses Balor back into the ring. He goes for a pin, but Balor kicks out. Balor hits a slingblade, but Rollins fires back with a superkick and ascends to the top. He goes flying, but Balor gets his knees up and rolls up Rollins. Rollins kicks out.
Balor dropkicks Rollins into the barricade. He tosses him back in the ring. Rollins delivers a powerbomb, then goes for a pin but Balor kicks out. Rollins ascends to the top and looks for a Phoenix Splash, but Balor rolls out of the way and hits a dropkick. He climbs to the top and Rollins meets him there before delivering a superplex. Balor fires back with the 1916, then goes for a pin but Rollins kicks out. Rollins delivers a Falcon Arrow, then goes for a pin. Balor kicks out and Judgment Day runs to the ring to cause a distraction. This allows Balor to hit a double stomp on Rollins before The OC run down and level Judgment Day. Back in the ring, Balor dropkicks Rollins into the corner and ascends to the top. AJ Styles trips him, allowing Rollins to deliver the Curb Stomp for the win.
Winner & Still United States Champion: Seth Rollins (STILL CHAMPION!!!)
After the match Austin Theory comes out of nowhere and blindsides Rollins with an attack. He delivers A Town Down before sending Rollins into the ring post and the announce desk. He tosses him into the barricade, then fires off several right hands and throws him back into the ring. He hits Town Down for a second time, then picks up the United States Title and hits Rollins with it. He holds up the United States Title to close out this week’s Raw.
