Monday Night Raw Results for March 25, 2019 from Boston, MA

by Bill Rouse

Raw kicks off with Ronda Rousey in a Beat The Clock Challenge match against a member of the Riott Squad.

 

Crowd taunts Rousey with the “We want Becky” chants. Ronda talks about the WM main event. She says she only has one thing to say. You’re welcome and she’s going to tap out Charlotte and Becky at the same time. She says she has no idea what a beat the clock challenge is. It’s probably another BS gimmick, so let’s get this farce underway.

 

Match number one in the challenge is Ronda Rousey VS Sarah Logan.

 

Becky’s music hits and she starts talking crap to Rousey how nobody gave a damn about her until Lynch came around. Lynch takes credit for the main event at Mania.

 

Charlotte Flair’s music hits now, and it’s her turn to talk crap and say she’s responsible for the main event match at Mania.

 

Ronda Rousey VS Sarah Logan

Logan starts by running around the ring and finally gets an advantage, but Rousey gets a triangle, breaks the hold and taps Logan our to the armbar at 1:25

Winner via submission – Ronda Rousey

 

Charlotte Flair VS Ruby Riott

Charlotte is getting the advantage until an STO drops Riott to Natural Selection. 2 count and the Figure Eight is applied, but the clock runs out.

 

Charlotte attacked Lynch before her match

Becky Lynch VS Liv Morgan

Lynch is dominating Morgan including a Dis Arm Her. Becky finally pinned Morgan before the clock ran out.

Winner via pinfall – Becky Lynch to win the challenge at 1:18

 

Rousey & Lynch talk crap after

 

Finn Bálor backstage leads to the break

 

Back from the break and Finn Bálor has an opportunity for an Intercontinental Championship match if he can defeat Bobby Lashley and Lio Rush.

Lio Rush takes a shot at Rob Gronkowski and says he’s not medically cleared to compete. Lio introduces Jinder Mahal as his replacement.

 

Finn Bálor VS Bobby Lashley & Jinder Mahal

Match starts with Lashley dominates until Bálor strikes Lashley. Lashley regains momentum following a Singh Brothers cheap shot, sending Finn outside.

 

Back from the break and Lashley evades a Slingblade, leading to Mahal tagging in. Lashley knocked down. Double led, mushroom stomp, Coup de Grace and Bálor pins Mahal to earn the match.

Winner via pinfall – Finn Bálor

postmatch Lashley decimates the Singhs. It’s now official, Bálor VS Lashley for the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania 35

 

Elias promo from Times Square. Another guitarist interrupts Elias, and gets disrespected.

 

Aleister Black’s music hits, and it’s time for more in ring action. Ricochet comes out and Black Magic is in action against the Revival after the break!

 

Back from the break and it’s tag team action.

Non-title match

Black Magic VS The Revival

Revival gets cleared from the ring right away to NXT chants. Wilder and Black start. Dawson grabs the leg to start, allowing Wilder to get the advantage. Thrust kick leads to a Ricochet tag. Revival knocked outside and Black Magic fly to lead to the commercial.

 

Back from the break and  Ricochet is in control against Scott Dawson. Dawson bodyslam leads to Wilder tagging in and a Revival double team leads to a two count. Ricochet fires off an elbow but Dawson tags in. Ricochet kicks away Dawson and both tag out. Black dominating Dawson. Strike combo leads to two and a half, and Dawson DDT’s Black for a two. Tag and Revival double team backfired leading to the Fade to Black/630 combo for the pin.

 

Winners via pinfall – Black Magic

 

Revival has the ring announcer announce them as still tag champs.

 

Triple H will respond to Batista later tonight, but right now Drew McIntyre is headed to the ring.

 

Back from the break and McIntyre is in the ring with a microphone. He doesn’t care if you like him, but you will respect him. He said one week is a long time to wait for an answer. McIntyre says the eyes don’t lie and neither does he. A video recap is shown of the last two weeks. Drew is pretty much begging Roman to say no to fighting him at WrestleMania 35. Drew tried to appeal to the man, Joe, to think of his family and say no to the fight. Crowd is chanting Roman’s name and Drew demands his answer. Reigns’ music hits and Reigns comes out for his answer. Roman gets in the ring and grabs a microphone. He gets in Drew’s face and accepts the challenge. Joe says don’t ever run your mouth about his wife and kids. Roman Reigns beating leads to a low blow by McIntyre and a Claymore Kick. McIntyre stands over Roman as the referees order him out of the arena. Drew walks backstage as Roman struggles to his feet.

Still to come, former TNA rivals and partners go head to head, as Kurt Angle’s retirement tour runs into Samoa Joe.

 

Backstage and Dean Ambrose challenges Drew McIntyre to a last man standing match tonight. Drew accepts.

 

Sasha Banks’ music hits, and it’s time for Women’s Division action.

Survivor Series announced for Chicago this year.

Sasha Banks w/Bayley VS Natalya w/Beth Phoenix

Banks slaps and arm drags Natalya to start, but Nattie catches a kick and counters. Surfboard and Nattie takes control. Sasha rolls out and hits a standing meteora for a two. Sunset flip gets countered into a sharpshooter attempt. Banks counters and sends Neidhart outside. Knee to the face assisted by the barricade and we go to break.

 

Back from the break and Natalya has Sasha in an Argentine backbreaker. Sasha counters for a two and hits a knee to the face. Bank Statement locked in and Natalya counters into the sharpshooter in the center of the ring. Banks counters and sends Nattie into the turnbuckles. Jax & Tamina hit the ring and Beth clears the ring to Glam Slam Tamina. You still got it chants.

 

Winner – no contest

 

Hart Foundation Hall of Fame induction announcement.

 

Bret Hart becomes only the third person to be inducted twice.

 

Charly Caruso interview with Kurt Angle about Samoa Joe, his final wrestling match in Boston. Baron Corbin interrupts and says the fans cheer him because they feel sorry for him.

 

A Moment of Bliss has arrived!

special guests are Michael Che, Colin Jost and Braun Strowman.

Backstage Charly interviews the women’s tag champs, and Sasha lays out a challenge to all comers at WrestleMania 35.

 

A Moment of Bliss is in the ring this week, and right away Alexa takes credit for the women’s main event at WM.

Recap of storyline  between the three guests

Braun is first out.

Bliss recaps what has happened when Strowman loses his temper.

Braun said when he got the convertible, he thought about smashing Jost’s face.

Jost & Che are “live via satellite”. Jost puts a Yankees hat on. The SNL guys are stoking the fire with Strowman, Andy Kaufman style. Che is playing babyface, and Jost is playing heel. Jost threatens to no show Mania.

Strowman challenges Colin Jost to enter the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal. Che accepts for him and talks him into it. Jost gets Che into the match too.

Alexa makes it official that Jost & Che are in the match.

 

Elias promo again from Madison Square Garden. He runs down the crowd, Billy Joel, and claims he has sold out MSG 3 times. Someone tips him a quarter.

 

Baron Corbin’s music hits as he makes his way down to the ring for a match with Apollo Crews.

 

Crews takes control and scores three near falls right away. Corbin ducks outside to a standing moonsault off the apron and Crews hitting the post. Corbin dominates Crews in ring for a two count. Crews hits a pump kick and a step up enziguiri. Frog splash leads to a two count. Crews flips over Corbin, but Baron hits End of Days for the win.

Winner via pinfall – Baron Corbin

 

postmatch, Corbin hits another EOD.

 

Seth Rollins will speak next.

 

Next week it will be The Riott Squad VS Charlotte Flair, Becky Lynch & Ronda Rousey!

 

“Burn it Down” leads Seth Rollins to the ring for a promo. Seth says he and Lesnar are not cut from the same cloth, are not taking the same road to WM. The future of the business will be defined by one of them. Seth wants to inspire people like HBK, Bret, Flair and even HHH & Cena did. Up until recently, he didn’t realize how much the match meant to the fans. No matter who left the autograph signing yesterday, they all said “Please beat Brock at WrestleMania.” Seth feels like he HAS TO beat Brock. He refuses to let Lesnar define the future of the business. What the bully Brock doesn’t understand is that with an army behind him, Seth is going to walk to the gates of Suplex City and BURN IT… and Paul Heyman interrupts to thank Rollins for letting him know the match against Rollins is a “handicap match” against Seth Rollins and the entire WWE Universe. Paul likes those odds, because the odds for Seth winning is ZERO. Heyman mocks Rollins for his confidence. Heyman says Seth needs the fans’ thoughts and prayers, because he doesn’t have a prayer of winning at Mania. He wants Rollins to take the match personal. Heyman is chased up the ramp and trips. As Heyman begs for mercy, Seth isn’t asking for thoughts and prayers. WE are gonna take the Universal Championship, go to Suplex City and BURN IT DOWN!

 

Kurt Angle’s music hits and it’s time for the Kurt Angle Farewell Tour to continue.

 

WRESTLEMANIA HYPE VIDEO: 13 days away!

 

back from the break and Angle is in the ring awaiting Samoa Joe.

 

Kurt Angle VS Samoa Joe

Joe cuts a promo on Kurt and calls the fans scumbags. Joe brings Kurt the gift of a good night’s sleep. This is said to be the first WWE meeting between these two. Headbutt and an eye rake allows Joe to take control immediately. German is blocked, side elbow, snapmare and a face kick. Angle goes outside and ends up eating a Samoa Joe suicide dive.

 

Back from the break and Samoa Joe is still dominating Angle. Joe runs his mouth and keeps the right hands coming. Kurt finally gets a German Suplex off and hits a trio of them for a two count. Angle Slam countered into Joe’s “trio” for a two count. Angle Slam out of nowhere leading to a two, followed by a countered ankle lock and a two count. Joe sets up for the Muscle Buster, but Angle hit the misfile dropkick. A series of counters leads to the Cocquina Clutch. Kurt fights it off for the pin.

Winner via pinfall – Kurt Angle

 

Tomorrow night Kurt will go to SmackDown Live for another TNA rematch, as he faces AJ Styles.

 

Ambrose is backstage.

 

HHH’s music hits as he comes out to respond to Batista. Paul Levesque is out there.

 

Paul says it’s crazy the fans gave him a standing ovation through the entire commercial break. He congratulated every woman backstage over the main event at WrestleMania. It was earned, not given. Batista has had his lawyer send a letter saying he won’t compete at WrestleMania unless one more stipulation is agreed to. Batista believes that Evolution was to protect Hunter, hold Batista down and kept him from having a meaningful career. Hunter tells the real story. HHH reads the letter and the stipulation is: HHH’s in ring career is on the line. HHH agrees. HHH recaps the events leading to the match. Batista will not be allowed to quit this time. Hunter doesn’t give a crap about Batista unless it’s kicking his ass. If Hunter can’t beat a self-deluded douchebag like Batista at this stage in his career, he has no business being in the ring. Elias promo again. His tips are stolen (he says about 3 or 4 thousand dollars).

 

Dean Ambrose’s music hits, and it’s time for the last man standing main event.

 

Next week, Kurt Angle’s last match on Raw will be against Rey Mysterio. In the six woman tag, if any of the Mania opponents betray their team, they forfeit their opportunity.

 

McIntyre is in control until a backdrop is telegraphed. Drew goes outside as Dean drops an elbow off the top and hits the barricade. Dean gets up and is whipped into the barricade.

 

back from the break and Dean gets hit in midair with a kendo stick. Drew breaks the kendo stick over Dean and McIntyre is driven into the barricade. Both men down for a 5 count. Glasgow Kiss headbutt knocks Ambrose down and gets dropped across the apron. Steel steps bounced off Dean. Renee Young telling Dean to stay down, but 6 only. Steel chair wedged in the corner, and McIntyre eats it, followed by Dirty Deeds 2. 8 and Dean assaults Drew before getting a table. Ambrose goes through the table as the official hits the count. 9 and Dean is up into a thunderous Claymore Kick for the victory.

Winner – Drew McIntyre.

postmatch, McIntyre celebrates as we go off the air.

 

My Thoughts: good show. A lot of in ring action. As far as WrestleMania, disappointing that Undertaker is not in a match. If he doesn’t compete, this will be only the third time ever he hasn’t been on WrestleMania. The other two were WrestleMania X and WrestleMania 2000. Remember folks: when life hands you crap, make lemonade and leave people to wonder how you did it. This is “The Real Deal” Billy Rouse. I’ll see you tomorrow night for SmackDown Live!