Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free WWE Raw results for February 26, 2018. The show was highlighted by Triple H and Stephanie McMahon confronting Ronda Rousey and Kurt Angle. Be back here tomorrow for the complete Best and Worst of Raw column.
WWE Raw Results:
– A video package from Elimination Chamber is shown, and Michael Cole announces that Ronda Rousey will be on Raw later in the evening.
– Alexa Bliss and Mickie James kick things off in the ring. Bliss discusses the other women in the Elimination Chamber match and says she’s going to break Asuka’s streak at WrestleMania before Asuka hit the ring. After Bliss tells Asuka she’s not healthy and criticized her English, Nia Jax comes down and the trio gang up on her. Bayley and Sasha Banks made the save, but the pair and Asuka are laid out.
1. Asuka, Bayley, and Sasha Banks defeated Alexa Bliss, Nia Jax, and Mickie James. Asuka made James tap out via an armbar. During the match, Banks went to tag Bayley, who walked away.
– John Cena comes out to address what he’ll be doing at WrestleMania. After giving a long speech about failure, he issued a challenge to The Undertaker before saying that match isn’t happening because it’s impossible. At that point, he said he was going to SmackDown Live with the hopes of finding an opponent.
2. Bray Wyatt vs. Heath Slater never started because Wyatt beat up Slater and Rhyno. Wyatt then cut a promo saying it was Matt Hardy’s fault he hurt the pair and that the two will face off again.
– The Miz came out and roasted Anaheim before talking about his time as Intercontinental Champion. He also went off on Kurt Angle for disrespecting him, particularly when it comes to his match at WrestleMania. Miz then said whoever comes out next is getting a beating, which led to Seth Rollins hitting the ring.
3. Seth Rollins defeated The Miz. Rollins won after hitting Miz with a frog splash. Finn Balor then came out for his match against Miz.
4. Finn Balor defeated The Miz. Right after the bell hit, Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel jumped Balor, which led to Anderson and Gallows hitting the ring. Kurt Angle restarted the match, banned Axel, Anderson, Dallas, and Gallows from ringside, and told Miz that if there’s no winner, he isn’t going to WrestleMania.
4a. Finn Balor defeated The Miz. Balor picked up the pin with a coup de grace. Renee Young interviewed Rollins backstage after, and Rollins said he wants to take on Miz for the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania.
– Roman Reigns was supposed to meet face-to-face in the ring with Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman, but Reigns said Lesnar didn’t show. Reigns then called Lesnar an “entitled piece of crap who hides behind his contract,” then said everyone in the locker room is sick of Lesnar not showing up and that he does not respect or fear the Universal Champion.
5. The Bar defeated Titus Worldwide. This was a two out of three falls match for the tag titles. Shamus picked up the first fall after a Brogue Kick on O’Neil. Cesaro got the second fall after a double team led to Apollo getting pinned.
6. Braun Strowman defeated Elias. Strowman won after Elias got disqualified for spraying Strowman in the face with a fire extinguisher. The two brawled after the match and Elias ran away.
– Triple H and Stephanie McMahon came to the ring for their confrontation with Rousey. They demanded an apology from Kurt Angle, but Rousey came out instead before Angle intervened, saying he lied at Elimination Chamber and apologizing. Rousey then demanded an apology for getting slapped, which she received before Triple H took out Angle with a punch.
