Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free WWE Raw results for September 30, 2019. The “season premiere” of Raw featured a new announce team, a new set, a new opening video and theme, multiple championship matches, appearances from WWE legends, and more. It’s a new era of Raw. Make sure you’re here tomorrow for the complete Best and Worst of Raw column.
WWE Raw Results:
– The show featured a new opening theme and video, and a new set, which you can watch and see here.
– The show opened with Rey Mysterio attempting to a cut a promo about his Universal Championship match against Seth Rollins and dedicating it to his son, Dominick, in the audience. Brock Lesnar interrupted and brutalized both Mysterio and his son for several minutes, until Dominick had to be taken away on a stretcher.
.@BrockLesnar is MAULING @35_dominik and @reymysterio on #RAW! pic.twitter.com/l5pQcPwH0w
— WWE (@WWE) October 1, 2019
1. Sasha Banks defeated Alexa Bliss. Becky Lynch stood on the announce table and taunted Sasha Banks throughout the match. Banks won after distracting Bliss by making her think Bayley was at ringside, and then kicking her in the leg. After the match, Lynch chased Banks away.
2. Raw Tag Team Championship Match: Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler (c) defeated Heavy Machinery. Roode pinned Tucker after a Glorious DDT.
– Ric Flair and Hulk Hogan were guests on Miz TV. They teased fighting each other until Miz announced that at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia on October 31, it’ll be a five on five tag team match with Flair and Hogan serving as coaches. Hogan announced Seth Rollins as his captain. Flair announced Randy Orton as his. Rollins and Orton teased fighting each other as well, but Baron Corbin showed up and attacked Rollins. Rusev made the save. Rollins, Hogan, and Rusev then posed on the stage.
– Charly Caruso asked Rusev where Lana is, but he refused to answer. Rusev then challenged Seth Rollins for the Universal Championship.
3. The Viking Raiders defeated The O.C. Ivar pinned Luke Gallows with a top rope splash.
– Backstage, Cesaro said that if Rey Mysterio was still in the building, he’d hurt him. Ricochet stepped up and challenged Cesaro for Mysterio’s honor.
4. Ricochet defeated Cesaro with a springboard dragon-rana.
– Bray Wyatt talked about fear on the Firefly Funhouse. Ramblin’ Rabbit died from fright.
5. United States Championship Match: AJ Styles (c) defeated Cedric Alexander. Styles countered the Lumbar Check into a Styles Clash to win the match and retain the championship.
6. Lacey Evans defeated Natalya. Evans raked Natalya’s eyes and pinned her with an O’Connor roll.
– Maria Kanellis confirmed that Rusev is not the father of her baby. Sasha Banks grabbed the microphone and cut a promo on Becky Lynch, saying “no man” will win her match at Hell in a Cell.
– Before the main event, a mysterious limo pulled up to the arena.
7. Universal Championship Match: Seth Rollins (c) vs. Rusev ended (?) when Bobby Lashley interrupted. Lashley introduced Lana, and the two made out while Rusev stood around looking confused. The Fiend then attacked Seth Rollins with a mandible claw.
