WWE Monday Night Raw comes waltzing back into our lives tonight (Mar. 4, 2024) from Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, Texas, featuring the latest build to WrestleMania XL next month in Philadelphia.
Advertised for tonight: Elimination Chamber match winners Drew McIntyre and Becky Lynch will get ready for their upcoming World title matches at the Showcase of the Immortals by taking on foes from their pasts: Jey Uso for McIntyre and Nia Jax for Lynch. We also expect to hear from Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins after The Rock & Roman Reigns challenged them to a tag match on WrestleMania night one with major ramifications for Rhodes’ match for Reigns’ Universal championship on night two.
Come right back here at 8 pm ET when the Raw live blog will kick off once the show starts on USA Network. It will be below this line here. Reminder: GIFs and pics allowed, but no links to illegal streams, please.
WWE RAW RESULTS AND LIVE BLOG FOR MAR. 4
In this ancient code, we’re pulled apart, I am the wizard of your heart. Clear sail and the slides are blue on a different tower to be with you. We’re ecstasy on respirators, breathing cosmic incubators, innocent, translucent white, we are the children of the night and I’m here to liveblog this pro wrestling show for you, folks.
The show opens with a recap of the Bloodline segment from SmackDown where the Rock pitched a tag team match between him and Roman Reigns on one hand and Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins on the other.
“American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes makes his entrance and gets in the ring and on the mic.
He asks what we want to talk about and talks about his expectations for his WrestleMania match against Roman Reigns... but he can’t get deep into it because he’s got a distraction that... stings... quite a bit, and of course he’s talking about the Rock. He recaps Rock’s whole promo and points out he did not accept the challenge for a singles match.
No, ever so eloquently he spun that and changed the conversation like the master politician he is. Hell, he might vote for him, and he can’t dismiss his words entirely. They had a conversation where he poured honey into his ear and said the people don’t want Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns and this is for the people!
The people want Rock vs. Roman, he said, and then the people started chanting something else, and a “We want Cody!” chant goes up on cue. He heard that, WWE officials heard that, and the Rock heard it and decided to call all of us crybabies. But now the Rock has issued an entirely different challenge.
One that includes his friend, yeah he thinks they’re friends now, and it’s time for him to come on down, the World Heavyweight Champion, Seth Rollins!
Enter Seth Rollins, dressed like an electric banana.
He welcomes us to Monday Night Rollins and Cody talks about their alliance and that he didn’t think he was gonna be on Mania until that stupid powerpoint saying the Anoa’i family was better than any of them and he had to go back on their word, and now Seth has to face the only other guy besides Roman who has pinned him since coming back, Drew McIntyre.
So, what he wanted to say here and in person for everyone to see, Rock and Roman Reigns, two Mount Rushmore wrestlers together, but he fully understands if he wants to focus on Drew and he’s not on-board with having his back. Seth thinks about it for a beat and says he respects Cody giving him the out but he’ll take care of Drew.
Rollins says he told the world last week that some things are bigger than them, and taking down the Bloodline is the biggest thing they can do. It’s not just Cody’s story that ends at WrestleMania, it’s Seth’s too. Ten years ago he came in with Roman Reigns and they wanted to take the power from the top, and Rollins wanted to give it back to the people, but Reigns wants to keep it for himself.
Here’s the problem— they’re this close. With the Rock in the Bloodline, we’re this close to Roman Reigns having absolute power. And he doesn’t know how Cody feels, but he’s kind of over the Rock. He hasn’t been the People’s Champ for a long time, and he thinks he’s come up with a new name for the Rock, he’s going to call him Diarrhea Dwayne.
Because he’s been running his mouth and everything that comes out has the consistency of wet baby poop. Rock says he can snap his fingers and make Seth go away, well he’s welcome to try. Rollins also takes issue with Dwayne saying he made wrestling cool again, because he ain’t been cool in twenty years.
But what is cool is this morning he received 100% medical clearance and he’s back and ready to go! So this Friday, he’ll be at SmackDown to confront the Bloodline, and he wants to know if Cody has his back here. Rhodes thinks about it for a long beat and says he also has a message for the Rock.
He thinks it’s been a long time since the Rock had those seven bucks in his pocket and he thinks he’s forgotten, and he’s going to SmackDown with Seth Rollins and he’ll stand across from the whole Bloodline and he’ll give him face-to-face eye-to-eye his very clear and obvious answer for what’s happening at WrestleMania.
We see GUNTHER warming up backstage and we go to break.
Dominik Mysterio vs. GUNTHER
Circling, Michael Cole takes a moment to acknowledge Sting’s retirement and PatMcAfee even calls the match epic, of course without naming who was in it. Mysterio with a shove and a chop, into the corner, turning him around, more chops, Dominik hiding in the ropes and running away!
Slingshot stomp, and we go to break!
Back from commercial, GUNTHER in control with a big chop, JD McDonagh runs interference and a boot sends the Ring General to the floor! Mysterio with a plancha, back inside, drop toehold but GUNTHER pops up and clobbers him with a lariat! Shotgun dropkick, release powerbomb, Boston Crab applied...
GUNTHER wins by submission with a Boston Crab.
We see Damage CTRL walking and laughing backstage when Adam Pearce rolls up and asks what they think they’re doing here.
Dakota Kai says the tag champs are allowed to be on whatever show they like, and he asks why they’re here. Dakota says they’re scouting the competition in the form of Shayna Baszler and Dakota Kai. He scoffs and Shinsuke Nakamura rolls up to ttalk about the Intercontinental Championship and Damage CTRL take their leave.
Pearce tells Nakamura he’s gonna have an announcement tonight but if he wants to talk he should meet him in his office.
And so we go to break.
Back from commercial, we see Andrade el Idolo ariving at the arena earlier, ahead of his Raw debut.
We get a pretape of Katana Chance and Kayden Carter talking about their tag match tonight and how they’re gonna do whatever it takes to get a tag title shot at WrestleMania.
Katana Chance & Kayden Carter vs. Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark
Damage CTRL are hanging out on and around the announce desk for this one.
Baszler and Carter to start, Shayna stomps the arm, heels in control and we go to break.
Back from commercial, fighting in the turnbuckles, babyface double Spanish Fly on Zoey Stark! Stark throwing hands, Gallon Throw puts Chance into the turnbuckles but she lands on her feet, Afterparty... SHAYNA BREAKS IT UP! Baszler brawls with Carter on the floor...
Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark win by pinfall with a schoolboy from Stark on Katana Chance.
Post-match, Damage CTRL hit the ring and Dakota Kai says after they defend the titles on NXT tomorrow, they’ll come back to Raw and give them a title match and send them running away crying just like they did to Bayley. They square up and Shayna says they’ll see them next week.
We see Becky Lynch pacing backstage and we go to break.
Back from commercial, Damian Priest rolls up on Judgment Day in the trainer’s room and throws his weight around.
We get a video package for the Becky Lynch/Nia Jax feud.
Becky Lynch vs. Nia Jax
Lynch hot out the gates, kicks in the corner, Jax freight trains her into the next corner with shoulder block after shoulder block! Body slam and a headbutt, off the ropes, elbow drop, only two! Becky with a sleeper hold, Nia rams her into the corner and throws her off!
Getting Lynch down and out, stinkface, choking Becky in the ropes! Samoan drop on the floor and we go to break!
Back from commercial, slam out of the corner, Jax off the ropes... LYNCH KICKS OUT OF THE LEG DROP! Becky puts her into the corner, lands a kick, somersault leg drop off the top, Nia kicks out hard! Looking for the Banzai Drop but Lynch rolls away! Dis-Arm-Her applied in the middle of the ring!
Dragging Lynch to the floor, powerbomb lift, swing her into the barricade! Back inside, but Liv Morgan dives off the barricade with a forearm...
Nia Jax wins by disqualification.
Post-match, Liv Morgan gets in the ring and jaws at Becky.
Backstage, Ricochet confronts Adam Pearce and Pearce tries to mollify him saying he respects him and his position as the man GUNTHER beat for the Intercontinental Championship and he thinks his plan is gonna make everybody happy.
Judgment Day roll up and Damian Priest demands a spot for JD McDonagh against GUNTHER. Pearce tells him to pitch right now and he starts talking but we go to break.
Back from commercial, Becky Lynch confronts Liv Morgan over what just happened.
They bicker and agree to fight about it next week.
We get a video package for Drew McIntyre vs. Jey Uso.
We see Jey warming up backstage.
Andrade el Idolo makes his entrance and we go to break.
Back from commercial, we get hype for WWE World.
Adam Pearce appears backstage to explain his plan for the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania.
He’s got six deserving men— Sami Zayn, Ricochet, Shinsuke Nakamura, “Big” Bronson Reed, JD McDonagh, and Chad Gable— and they will have a gauntlet match next week to determine the number one contender to GUNTHER at WrestleMania.
Andrade el Idolo vs. Apollo Crews
Off the ropes, shoulder block, big boot, big dropkick, Crews with a superplex but El Idolo rolls through and hits the Three Amigos for a nearfall! Pressing the attack, corner knees, hammerlock...
Andrade el Idolo wins by pinfall with the hammerlock DDT.
Sami Zayn is interviewed backstage.
He says he’s thinking about the highs and lows and that belief that a path to WrestleMania would present itself, and now it has and the gauntlet match is the only thing in his way. This is it, there’s no other path, and he’s had a lot of big and important matches, but this one is it.
Ivar and Valhalla roll up to complain that Sami is in the match and not Ivar, and Zayn challenges him to a match tonight, and so we go to break.
Back from commercial, we get a memorial graphic for Paul “Butcher” Vachon.
Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell are chatting backstage about their goal of challenging for the tag titles. We pan over to Natalya and Tegan Nox, who are talking about regrouping after the Royal Rumble, and Nattie wants to get hungry and forget their manners.
LeRae says maybe she’s got the right idea and Maxxine Dupri and Ivy Nile roll up to give her a pep talk, and Candice isn’t having a pity party from somebody who can’t lace her boots.
Imperium (Giovanni Vinci & Ludwig Kaiser) vs. Judgment Day (Damian Priest & Finn Balor)
Balor and Kaiser to start, Finn hammering him with punches in the corner, Vinci runs interference, Ludwig turns it around, big slap! Taking him down, mounted punches, tag to Giovanni, wrong side of town but he manages to pass Priest and tag Ludwig back in. Big boot to Kaiser, uppercut in the corner, whip across, nobody home on a back elbow!
Whip across, cheap shot from Balor, big elbow from Damian! Boot takes Vinci down, tag back to Finn, double whip, boots, scissors kick from Balor, only two! Rear chinlock applied, 12 o’clock elbows, into a Cobra Twist! He gets away, Imperium in control and we go to break.
Back from commercial, Balor with a Sling Blade for some breathing room, Vinci with a tag, clear the apron, Total Elimination... NOPE! Heat segment rolls on, finally Priest gets the tag! Boxing Kaiser’s ears, reverse STO, big pop-up drop for Giovanni! Back elbows, Broken Arrow... STILL NO!
Priest posted, Balor with a blind tag, schoolboy on Ludwig, only two! Sling Blade connects, fired up, Vinci runs interference, Kaiser with a California Roll! Double-team backfires, small package from Finn for a nearfall! Duck a lariat, Sling Blade connects, shotgun dropkick, headed up top, Coup de Grace... LUDWIG BREAKS IT UP!
Tope con giro, Vinci with a schoolboy on Priest, the straps are down, goozle...
Judgment Day win by pinfall with South of Heaven from Damian Priest on Giovanni Vinci.
Michael Cole gives Paul Heyman credit for teaching him and Taz how to do commentary as part of throwing to the announcement that Heyman is being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.
Drew McIntyre is interviewed backstage.
He says Seth Rollins is a spotlight junkie, hopping from comeback to comeback, from CM Punk to Cody Rhodes to the Rock, and at this point he doesn’t care and he’s going to put him down at WrestleMania. He apologizes to Jey Uso because he knows how much he needs this victory but there’s no way in hell he’s going to let him beat Drew McIntyre tonight.
Sami Zayn makes his entrance to send us to break.
Back from commercial, Damage CTRL run into Rhea Ripley backstage.
The two champions square up and Rhea tells IYO SKY to stay out of her territory. SKY scoffs and Damage CTRL walk on.
Ivar vs. Sami Zayn
Michael Cole about loses his mind when Valhalla gives him her antlers before the match.
Ivar hammering Zayn out the gates, but eventually Sami low-bridges him to the floor, tope con giro follows! On the floor the Vikings get the advantage and we go to break.
Back from commercial, Ivar puts Sami up top, jockeying for position, Zayn turns a back superplex into a crossbody for a nearfall! Looking for the Blue Thunder Driver, blocked, ramming Sami into the corner, he hammers Warbeard with punches and gets a tornado DDT! Charging in, Ivar decks him with the reverse roundhouse kick!
Tiger Driver... SO CLOSE! In the corner again, Sami with a sunset flip powerbomb but Warbeard kicks out! Exploder into the corner, Ivar recovers, moonsault, nobody home! Charging in...
Sami Zayn wins by pinfall with the Helluva Kick.
Post-match, Bronson Reed runs in and hits the 747 Splash on Sami Zayn!
Backstage, GUNTHER is interviewed.
He says Dominik Mysterio spoke a big game last week and he has to give it to him, he stepped up tonight, but of course the match went how it went. He talks about how he’s elevated the Intercontinental Championship and he’s flattered to see the creme de la creme of Raw competing for a spot to be humiliated and outclassed by der Ring General.
Chad Gable rolls up.
He’s sick of the condescending smile on GUNTHER’s face and for everyone else this gauntlet match is just a path to WrestleMania, but for him it’s a path to redemption and putting a smile back on his daughter’s face.
Jey Uso cuts a promo about how Drew McIntyre has cried and complained for an apology. Well he’s sorry... for what he’s gonna do to him tonight, and if there’s anything he’s gonna find out tonight, it’s that Jey don’t play. Yeet.
And so we go to break.
Back from commercial, Xavier Woods is hanging out with #DIY, R-Truth, and the Miz playing WWE 2K24 and talking about how they’re gonna get Judgment Day back before throwing Xs up for Regeneration-X.
Drew McIntyre vs. Jey Uso
Hard out the gates, to the floor, McIntyre throws Uso over the announce desk and we go to break!
Back from commercial, Uso with a crossbody, only two! Low headbutts, backing McIntyre up, off the ropes, Drew cuts him off with a back elbow! Up top, thinking avalanche White Noise, Jey slips out, Liger Bomb out of the corner... SO CLOSE! A spinebuster, into the jackknife pin for another nearfall!
To the floor, Drew with a suplex and we go to break with both men down!
Back from commercial, Uso floats over, puts McIntyre into the corner, boots up on a charge! Jey with right hands, spitting for the big finish, whip reversed, float over, kick to the midsection, drop-down right, Samoan drop connects, cover for two! Calling for it, Ode to Rikishi!
Drew rolls to the floor, Jey dives on him! Solo Sikoa jumps the barricade, McIntyre hits Future Shock... NOT ENOUGH! CODY RHODES MAKES THE SAVE AND BRAWLS SIKOA TO THE BACK! Drew lining Jey up, superkick counters the Claymore! Another one! A third! Spear! “Big” Jim Uso comes out of the crowd!
The distraction proves enough...
Drew McIntyre wins by pinfall with Claymore.
Post-match, Jim grabs a chair and throws it in the ring, stalking after Jey but Seth Rollins makes the save! Superkick lays Jimmy Uso out! Seth turns around and Drew blasts him with a Claymore to remind him where his priorities should lay!
Drew jaws at Seth and holds the title up to him before standing tall.
That’s the show, folks.
