WWE Raw Results
February 3, 2025
Cleveland, Ohio (Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse)
Commentary: Michael Cole and Pat McAfee
Results by: Mike Tedesco of Wrestleview.com
“Then. Now. Forever. Together.” The WWE video leads us into the show.
Pre-Show Arrivals
Sami Zayn is shown walking into the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse. CM Punk is also shown walking around with a cup of coffee. They will battle in an Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match. Liv Morgan arrives with “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio, Raquel Rodriguez, and Carlito. Her opponent, IYO SKY, is also in attendance. Finally, we see Charlotte Flair, the winner of the 2025 Women’s Royal Rumble match, is shown arriving.
Video: Highlights from the 2025 Royal Rumble.
Arena Concourse
“Main Event” Jey Uso is in the arena concourse, surrounded by fans. Uso looks into the camera and asks the production crew to play his music. He is clearly fired up.
Royal Rumble winner Jey Uso addresses the crowd
The winner of the 2025 Royal Rumble, “Main Event” Jey Uso, makes his way to the ring through the crowd. Uso gets an incredible reaction and has the entire crowd “YEETing.” There are some awesome shots of the crowd. The entire arena appears to be moving their arms. Uso stands in the center of the ring and grabs a microphone. The crowd chants, “One more time,” so he obliges. Uso’s music starts up, and he leads the crowd in more “YEETing.”
Uso stands in the center of the ring with the microphone again. The crowd loudly chants, “You deserve it.” Uso looks emotional and listens to the crowd. Uso finally removes his sunglasses and looks at the people. An “Uso” chant fires up. Uso goes to speak, but the crowd starts to applaud him again loudly. Everyone begins getting to their feet and gives him a standing ovation before shouting, “YEET!”
Uso says, “Thank you, guys, for that.” Uso says he doesn’t know what to say, so the crowd chants, “YEET.” Uso says, “Besides that!” Uso wants to talk and rap. He came into the game almost fifteen years ago. He tried to make a good living with his twin brothers while carrying their family legacy. They did it, and it was cool. Then, you get to the pandemic era with his cousins and the Bloodline. Those are good chapters in his career. He was scared and unconfident in his ability to be a singles competitor. Uso admits he didn’t have it, but coming out here tonight, he’s got it now! Another “You deserve it” chant picks up. Uso says he worked really hard to get to this spot and this position. Uso got here because of the people. He thanks everyone from his heart and family who has been with him every week. Uso has tears coming out of his eyes. Because of them, he’s the 2025 Royal Rumble winner. YEET! Now, he’s going to WrestleMania in the main event… and it’s just him, UCE!
World Heavyweight Champion Gunther heads to the ring. The Ring General does not look pleased. Gunther grabs a microphone and paces in the ring, staring at the winner of the Royal Rumble. Gunther says he wants to offer his congratulations, but for what? In reality, he’s disappointed. This possible match-up doesn’t appeal to him. Uso can’t even lace his boots. He is the World Heavyweight Champion. Gunther learned box office and how to make the people think he’s barely holding the championship, but the reality is he’s always in control. This time, he refuses to do this with Uso again. Uso doesn’t know what it means to hold this championship. Gunther is in the process of building a legacy for himself. Beating Uso at WrestleMania doesn’t add anything to his legacy. Uso needs to understand his expectations. Beating John Cena, Roman Reigns, or CM Punk would have added to his legacy. The situation is clear. Uso has everything to gain, and Gunther has everything to lose. If Uso chooses him, he forces Gunther into a position where he needs to find something to gain in this. If Uso chooses him, every week will be hell, with WrestleMania being the most horrible display of violence this business has ever seen. Gunther will put him down like a diseased dog. The good thing is Uso has options, so Gunther advises him to consider them.
Gunther drops the microphone and goes to leave, but Uso stops him. Uso asks if he’s tired. Uso is tired of everyone telling him what he can and can’t be. He’s just a tag team guy, not supposed to be in the main event or win the Royal Rumble. Uso is going to Friday Night SmackDown and will talk to Cody Rhodes. Whoever he chooses, he’s walking into WrestleMania as the 2025 Royal Rumble winner, but he guarantees he’ll walk out as “Main Event” Jey Uso with a championship. YEET! Uso gets the crowd going before leaving the ring. Gunther sneers at him.
We’ll have an update on Roman Reigns later tonight. Seth “Freakin” Rollins viciously attacked him at the Royal Rumble.
Video: John Cena announced on the Royal Rumble Post-Show that he will be in the Elimination Chamber. After 23 years, he feels that opportunity is earned. Cena will win at Elimination Chamber and go to WrestleMania to win his record-breaking 17th World Championship. Cena is doing it not for himself but to shake hands with the person who breaks that record.
John Cena is officially in the Men’s Elimination Chamber match. We’ll begin the process of determining who will join him in that match.
Penta will be in action against Ludwig Kaiser next.
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Video: Penta eliminated Ludwig Kaiser in 6 seconds this past Saturday at the Royal Rumble.
Ludwig Kaiser vs. Penta
Referee: Eddie Orengo
They lock up, and Kaiser powers Penta to the corner. Kaiser pretends to give a clean break before punching him down. Kaiser stomps away at him before sending him into the ropes. Kaiser lowers his head and eats a kick. Penta catches him with a head-scissor takeover before knocking him down in the corner. Penta goes for a handstand into a snap dropkick, but Kaiser gets up and kicks him in the head. Kaiser rips at Penta’s face and says he’ll embarrass Penta in front of the world. Penta quickly pops up and sends him over the top rope like he did on Saturday. Kaiser angrily gets to the apron, so Penta strikes him. Penta goes for a springboard attack, but Kaiser punches him out of mid-air. Kaiser connects with a rolling Death Valley Driver on the apron!
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Back from the break, Penta ducks a pair of clotheslines, but Kaiser quickly takes him down. Kaiser hits a running forearm to the back of the neck and continues to punch away at him. Kaiser connects with a short-arm clothesline for a two-count. Kaiser kicks Penta in the chest, so Penta tells him to give him more. Kaiser obliges, but this just fires Penta up. Kaiser mocks the Cero Miedo taunt. Penta begs for more and clotheslines him. Penta chops away at him before Kaiser sends him to the corner. Penta hits a backstabber for a two-count.
Penta catches Kaiser with a snap kick to the back of the head, sitting him in the corner. Penta hits a handspring snap dropkick for a near fall. Kaiser angrily sits up, and they get into a strike battle from their knees. They get to their feet and exchange stiff chops. Kaiser knees and elbows him down. Kaiser sets up for a powerbomb, but Penta gives him a back body drop over the top rope. Penta immediately follows up with a tope con hilo. Kaiser is soon back in the ring, and Penta hits a top rope diving cross-body block for a two-count. They start exchanging chops again before Kaiser knees and clubs him. Penta responds with two superkicks before sending him into the ropes. Kaiser counters a leapfrog with a rolling senton. 1… 2… Penta kicks out. Kaiser is furious. Kaiser sets up for his swinging DDT, but Penta counters out. Kaiser elbows Penta in the head, but Penta takes him down and hits the Sacrifice! Penta follows up with the Penta Driver for the win!
Winner by Pinfall: Penta
Jackie Redmond gets in the ring with Penta and says he remains undefeated on Monday Night Raw. Penta goes to speak, but he’s interrupted by Pete Dunne. As Dunne heads to the ring, Kaiser attacks Penta from behind. Kaiser hits his swinging DDT before leaving the ring. Kaiser walks by Dunne and sneers at him. Penta soon gets to his knees and looks at Dunne. Dunne doesn’t get in the ring.
Photos: Last Monday on Raw, JD McDonagh suffered broken ribs and a punctured lung after a brutal Asai Moonsault gone wrong. McDonagh overshot a bit and slammed onto the announce table with a terrifying thud.
The Judgment Day Clubhouse
Finn Bálor bursts in and says he was gone for two weeks following a brutal Street Fight, only to come back with everything falling apart. Bálor angrily gets in “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio’s face and accuses him of stealing his Tag Team Championship rematch and getting JD McDonagh injured. Liv Morgan quickly interrupts. She says things may look bad, but she’ll qualify for the Elimination Chamber tonight and get things back on track.
In the arena, the 2025 Women’s Royal Rumble winner, Charlotte Flair, heads to the ring. We’ll hear from her next.
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2025 Women’s Royal Rumble Winner Charlotte Flair appears
Charlotte Flair greets the crowd. The response is lukewarm. Flair says a year and a half ago, she’d have been bothered by the boos. She missed the people. It has been a year and two months. She missed the people booing and the people who loved her. Last year sucked. Up until last year, she thought she was unbreakable. Last year broke her mentally and physically. The crowd is not being kind. Flair says there were times she thought her knee would never get better. The crowd continues to boo. Flair says that whether they’re booing or WOOing doesn’t change the fact that she’s the greatest WWE superstar in the history of this industry. Flair tells the crowd to boo her now.
This is her passion. She wants to be the very best in the ring. When she was able to walk that aisle and punch her ticket to WrestleMania, she knew she was…
“THIS IS MY BRUTALITY!”
Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley heads to the ring. Charlotte Flair faced Rhea Ripley for the NXT Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 36. Flair was victorious. At WrestleMania 39, Ripley defeated Flair in a classic match to win the SmackDown Women’s Championship.
Flair smiles as Ripley gets in the ring. Ripley circles around her. A “Mami” chant picks up. Flair says she was trying to have a moment with Cleveland. Ripley says this is her show. Now, there is the possibility that they will go to war again. When you go to war with someone, that’s when you respect them the most. Ripley does respect FlairRipley asks Flair to pick her. The last time they faced each other at WrestleMania, Ripley beat her. Flair admits that happened, but she reminds Ripley that she beat her the first time they faced at WrestleMania. Ripley says she was just a kid back then. Flair says she has nothing but time. She’ll go to NXT to see if Giulia inspires her. Then, she’ll go to SmackDown on Friday to see if Tiffany Stratton inspires her. Flair wants to feel inspired. Ripley jumped the gun and was impatient. Ripley shows Flair that she is still just a kid. Flair says she’ll see her next week.
Ripley says Flair does not respect her the way she respects her. Ripley begs Flair to pick her so she can beat the respect into her. Ripley walks off as Flair stares at her.
Backstage Interview
Jackie Redmond is backstage with Sami Zayn. She says Zayn had a rough Rumble Royal when his friend, Jey Uso, eliminated him. Now, he’s facing CM Punk in an Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match. They’ve never fought before. Zayn says he thought Saturday was his moment, but it didn’t happen. Now, he’ll find another way.
Zayn walks over to Jey Uso. Uso says he wasn’t aiming for Zayn and apologizes for eliminating him, but Zayn hugs him. Zayn is fired up that Uso won the Royal Rumble when no one thought he could. Uso tells Zayn to punch his ticket to WrestleMania in the Elimination Chamber. Uso walks off, and Karrion Kross walks up to Zayn. Kross asks when Zayn will have enough of watching everyone surpass him. Zayn says he is not interested in what Kross is selling. Kross says he can be a problem if Zayn wants.
In the arena, the New Day makes their way to the ring. They’ll battle Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee next.
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Backstage Segment
Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley is walking backstage when she sees IYO SKY. Sky says, “Maybe I will see you at WrestleMania.” Ripley says, “Maybe.” Sky walks off and is blindsided by Liv Morgan. Morgan kicks away at her before Ripley scares her off. Raquel Rodriguez then pounces Ripley over a road crate. Morgan and Rodriguez laugh before walking off.
Next week on Raw, Rey Mysterio will battle Logan Paul in an Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match.
Tag Team Match
The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) vs. The LWO (Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee)
Referee: Rod Zapata
Xavier Woods will start against WWE Speed Champion Dragon Lee. They lock up, and Lee applies a side headlock. Kofi Kingston blind tags in and sweeps the feet. Woods drops an elbow, and Kingston hits a slingshot stomp. Kingston whips him to the corner and charges, but Lee avoids him. Lee shoulders and knees Kingston back before coming off the top rope with a diving cross-body block. Lee hits a running hurricanrana. Lee knocks Kingston down in the corner and hits a slingshot corner dropkick for a two-count. Rey Mysterio tags in. Mysterio and Lee take Kingston down with some strikes for a two-count. Kingston quickly powers Mysterio to the corner. The New Day double-teams Mysterio with some strikes before pressing him into the corner and putting a foot on his neck. Woods whips Mysterio hard to the corner, but Mysterio leaps over him and hits a hurricanrana. Mysterio punches away at him and tags Lee in. Lee connects with a superkick for a two-count. Kingston has Lee in the corner and puts him on the top rope. Lee knocks Kingston into the tree of woe and hits a running dropkick.
All of a sudden, Logan Paul’s music hits. The Maverick heads to the ring. Kingston uses the distraction to pull Lee off the top rope by his mask. Mysterio is standing on the steps, looking at his opponent for next week, heading to the ring. Woods pushes Mysterio off the steps, knocking him into the barricade.
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We come back from the break to see The New Day dominating Lee. Logan Paul is seated at ringside. Paul is threatening a young fan at ringside. Kingston comes off the top rope with a diving club to Lee’s head for a two-count. Kingston mounts Lee and punches away at him. The referee gets in Kingston’s face. Kingston puts Lee on the apron and knees him in the face. Lee is dangling on the middle rope. Woods tags in and leaps onto Lee. Woods taunts the crowd. Lee gets to his feet and chops Woods. Woods sends him into the ropes for a clothesline, but Lee counters into a sit-out powerbomb!
Mysterio and Kingston tag in. Mysterio hits a pair of clotheslines. Kingston reverses a whip, but Mysterio counters with a head-scissor takeover. Mysterio sends Kingston to the corner and charges, but Kingston catches him with a pendulum kick. Kingston comes off the top rope, but Mysterio moves. Mysterio hits a hurricanrana into the ropes. Mysterio hits the ropes for a 619, but Woods pulls Kingston out of the ring. Mysterio quickly goes to the apron and hits Kingston with a flying seated senton. Logan Paul gets in Mysterio’s face, so Mysterio shoves him down. Kingston grabs Mysterio, but Mysterio sends him into the ring post. Mysterio then avoids a kick from Woods and slams his leg into the ring post. Lee crushes Woods with a hurricanrana off the apron to the floor! Mysterio gets in the ring, but Paul pulls him out, slamming him onto his chest at ringside. Paul then puts Mysterio in the ring. The referee didn’t see this because he was checking on Kingston. Kingston quickly hits Mysterio with Trouble in Paradise for the win.
Winners by Pinfall: The New Day
Logan Paul is pleased with himself as he walks off.
Video: This past Saturday at the Royal Rumble, Seth “Freakin” Rollins viciously attacked Roman Reigns and CM Punk after all three of them were eliminated at the same time. Rollins hit Reigns with a vicious Stomp on the floor before hitting one on the steel steps.
Michael Cole announces that Roman Reigns will be out for the foreseeable future.
Backstage Interview
Cathy Kelley is backstage with CM Punk. Punk says the silver lining of him not winning the Royal Rumble is that Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins didn’t either. Punk apologizes to the Sami Zayn fans because he will beat him. The pressure is on, but he always rises to the occasion.
There are some production issues with the screen flashing a bit.
Backstage Segment
IYO SKY is gingerly walking backstage after she was attacked by Liv Morgan. Pure Fusion Collective is in the background, watching her. PFC took out Kairi Sane months ago.
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WrestleMania Week festivities are being announced.
This is the 30th Monday Night Raw in Cleveland’s history. The first one was on March 2, 1998. There have been nine premium live events, including the 2024 SummerSlam.
Video: After Akira Tozawa was taken out, iShowSpeed replaced him in the Royal Rumble this past Saturday. iShowSpeed eliminated Otis before being CRUSHED by a Spear from Bron Breakker.
The video of Bron Breakker’s spear on iShowSpeed has been viewed over 300 million times.
Video: Next week on Raw, Women’s Intercontinental Champion Lyra Valkyria will battle Bayley in an Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match.
Bayley is at ringside. Women’s Intercontinental Champion Lyra Valkyria is also at ringside.
IYO SKY is in the ring and is holding her shoulder in pain after Liv Morgan attacked her a little while ago.
Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match
IYO SKY vs. Liv Morgan w/ Raquel Rodriguez
Referee: Danilo Anfibio
Both women lasted well over an hour in the Women’s Royal Rumble this year.
The bell rings, and Morgan quickly retreats from Sky. Sky follows her to ringside and bounces her off the barricade a few times. Sky gets her in the ring and blocks a kick before punching away at her. Sky connects with a flapjack, followed by a basement dropkick. Sky picks up a one-count. Sky sends her to the corner and charges, but Morgan double-stomps her down for a two-count. Morgan clubs away at the back and sends her to the corner for a running back elbow. Morgan follows up with a running knee to the face before delivering a basement dropkick for a two-count.
Morgan kicks Sky away, but Sky does some handsprings and dropkicks her back. Sky charges, but Morgan sends her through the ropes. Sky gets in the ring and strikes her. Morgan follows her into the ropes, but Sky knocks her out of the ring with a right hand. Sky hits the ropes and hits a suicide dive.
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Back from the break, we see Morgan kick Sky down. Morgan hits the Three Amigos and shimmies a la Eddie Guerrero. Sky ducks a kick and forearms Morgan down.
Sky gets up and hits a pair of clotheslines, followed by a dropkick. Morgan sends her to the corner, but Sky slips through the ropes. Sky snaps Morgan off the top rope and hits a missile dropkick. Sky takes her down and hits a double-stomp to the midsection for a near fall. Sky sizes Morgan up and charges for the Bullet Train, but Morgan moves. Morgan connects with a Backstabber, but Sky soon fights back with a crossface. Morgan twists through, but Sky kicks her in the chest to take her down. Sky heads to the top rope, but Raquel Rodriguez distracts her. Morgan knocks Sky to the apron and goes for a sunset flip powerbomb to the floor, but Sky holds the ropes. Sky kicks her away and goes for an Asai Moonsault, but Morgan pulls her down. Sky hits Morgan with a German Suplex on the floor! Sky goes to the apron and connects with an Asai Moonsault.
Sky gets Morgan in the ring and heads to the top rope. Sky jumps, but Morgan catches her with a codebreaker out of mid-air! 1… 2… Sky kicks out! Morgan has a busted lip. The crowd chants, “This is awesome.” Morgan gets out of a German Suplex with an elbow to the face. Morgan goes to the top rope, but Sky cuts her off and hits a super hurricanrana. Sky immediately follows up with a Bullet Train before going to the top rope. Rodriguez distracts her, but Sky scares her away. Sky goes for an Over the Moonsault, but Morgan gets the boots up. Morgan goes for an attack, but Sky takes her down.
Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley runs down and attacks Raquel Rodriguez. Morgan and Rodriguez attacked Ripley backstage when she tried to save Sky. Ripley stomps away at Rodriguez. Morgan grabs at Ripley’s hair, so Ripley punches her in the face. The referee sees it and calls for the bell!
Winner by Disqualification: Liv Morgan
Ripley is disgusted by what just happened. Sky yells at her and walks off.
Next Monday on Raw, Women’s Intercontinental Champion Lyra Valkyria will battle Bayley in an Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match. Logan Paul will take on Rey Mysterio in an Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match.
Backstage Interview
Cathy Kelley is backstage with World Tag Team Champions, the War Raiders. What’s next for them? Ivar says JD McDonagh has a new level of respect from them. Erik says no one knows what returning from an injury is like. Chad Gable and American Made walk up and say they are not championship material. His boys (the Creed Brothers) will wrestle circles around them. Ivar tells them to be prepared to go to war for the titles. They walk off.
Gable says he has to go away for a bit to learn the dark arts of lucha libre. When he returns, he wants to see American Made with the Tag Team Championship.
WWE Evolve is premiering on March 5 on Tubi.
“BURN IT DOWN!”
Seth Rollins makes his way to the ring in a black trenchcoat and a cowboy hat. It looks like they dropped the “Freakin” from his name.
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Video: AJ Styles returned at the Royal Rumble.
Raw General Manager’s Office
Cathy Kelley says Raw General Manager Adam Pearce has a massive announcement. Pearce says the transfer window has closed, so he had to work hard to make one more move. Raw now has “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles. WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker walks in. Breakker warns Pearce to keep Styles away from him. Breakker wants to know what’s next for him because that doesn’t seem to matter to Pearce. Pearce says he respects Breakker and the title. Breakker wants to talk business.
Seth Rollins addresses what happened at the Royal Rumble
Seth Rollins is fired up and greets Cleveland. He has a lot to talk about. Some things they’ll love and some things they’ll hate. First, Jey Uso won the Royal Rumble and punched his ticket to WrestleMania. Rollins is happy for Jey Uso and is proud of him. Rollins likes to see good things happen to good people. Rollins loves it when people get what they deserve.
That brings him to CM Punk. Rollins says CM Punk lost the Royal Rumble. His future for WrestleMania is still up in the air. Rollins loves to see a scumbag piece of trash and an embarrassment get embarrassed at the Royal Rumble by getting eliminated by an idiot like Logan Paul. As for Roman Reigns, the OTC lost the Royal Rumble. Reigns may not make it to WrestleMania at all. The updates have been vague, but Rollins will admit the truth. Roman Reigns is hurt. Rollins knows because he’s the one who hurt him. For the past four years, Reigns has done nothing but hurt those close to him. Reigns would have done the same thing to him if given the chance. Reigns and Paul Heyman love to talk about their limited schedule, so Rollins did them a favor.
Rollins has saved the best for last. Rollins lost the Royal Rumble. It hurts, but it’s in the past. There is a future that lies ahead. There are many different paths to WrestleMania. Rollins’s path goes to the Elimination Chamber. In a few weeks, he’ll battle Finn Bálor in a Qualifying Match. There is a man who needs to take care of business tonight: Sami Zayn. Rollins has some things he wants to tell him about.
Sami Zayn heads to the ring. Rollins says Zayn is his guy. They’ve had a tough few months. The past is the past, and the future is in front of him. Zayn’s immediate future is CM Punk. Rollins says the world knows he hates CM Punk. What the world doesn’t know is how much Zayn hates Punk. Zayn puts on a good face when the time is right, but tonight is not the night for a good face. Tonight is the night for the fight of Zayn’s life. Two weeks ago, Punk said Zayn wasn’t on his level. This delusional narcissist said Zayn wasn’t on his level. Rollins says Zayn is a WrestleMania main eventer. Zayn isn’t on Punk’s level. He’s levels above. Rollins says he needs Zayn’s best to keep Punk out of the Elimination Chamber. People like CM Punk who don’t care about this place, the people, or the company don’t deserve to be in the ring with Zayn. Tonight is the night for Zayn to put Punk’s WrestleMania dreams in the dirt. Rollins cannot wait to see Zayn in the Elimination Chamber. Rollins walks off, and Zayn paces the ring.
Rollins shouts to Zayn as he starts to go to the aisleway. CM Punk’s music hits, and Rollins turns to see the Second City Saint heading to the ring. Rollins removes his jacket and charges up the ramp. WWE referees run down and keep them apart. They go after each other, but they’re held back. Punk battles Zayn next.
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Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match
Sami Zayn vs. CM Punk
Referee: Chad Patton
The bell rings, and they lock up. This is a first-time battle. Zayn whips Punk off, but Punk shoulder-tackles him for a one-count. Punk signals that he’s above Zayn. They lock up, and Zayn hooks a side headlock. Punk whips him off, but Zayn shoulder-tackles him for a one-count. Zayn hits a headlock takeover. Punk grapevines the head, so Zayn kips up out of it. Punk hits a headlock takeover and tries to transition to an Anaconda Vice, but Zayn gets his feet on the bottom rope. Zayn shoves and slaps Punk. They lock up, and Zayn slaps him again before digging his forearm into his face. Punk turns him around and chops him. Zayn fires back with some chops and a forearm to the face. Punk twists the arm to counter a whip and snaps it off his shoulder. Punk drives his shoulder into Zayn’s before chopping the chest. Punk chops him in the corner and twists the injured arm around the top rope. Zayn fights back with a punch and some chops. Punk quickly kicks him in the midsection to keep him away. Zayn hits a springboard leapfrog over Punk and clotheslines him down. Zayn chops Punk before bouncing him off the top turnbuckle. Zayn wildly punches away at Punk’s head before Punk drops down. Punk fights back with some strikes and a swinging neckbreaker. Punk heads to the top rope, but Zayn cuts him off. Zayn climbs to the top rope and connects with a massive superplex.
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Back from the break, Punk continues to work over the injured arm. Zayn fights back with a tornado DDT. Zayn tries to turn Punk over for a pin, but his arm is too injured. Zayn pulls him up and goes for a Blue Thunder Bomb, but Punk elbows out. Punk goes for a Go To Sleep, but Zayn avoids it. Punk gets out of a Blue Thunder Bomb and attacks him in the corner. The screen flickers a bit. Punk hits a high knee in the corner and goes for a bulldog, but Zayn counters with a Blue Thunder Bomb for a near fall.
The crowd chants, “This is awesome!” Punk fights back with an arm breaker. Punk charges, but he hits the ring post when Zayn moves. Zayn sizes Punk up for a Helluva Kick, but Punk counters with a roll-up for a two-count. Punk takes him down and applies an Anaconda Vice! Zayn is trapped in the center of the ring. Zayn fights through the pain and gets a foot on the bottom rope to break the hold. Punk looks at the WrestleMania 41 sign and hits Zayn with a second high knee. Punk shoves him back to the corner and hits a third high knee. Punk grabs Zayn’s face and points to the WrestleMania sign. Punk says that’s all for him. Zayn isn’t on his level. Punk heads to the opposite corner and avoids a Helluva Kick. Punk signals for the GTS. Punk lifts Zayn, but Zayn counters into an inside cradle! 1… 2… Punk barely kicks out! That was a little too close!
Punk forearms Zayn in the face before pointing to the WrestleMania sign. Zayn fights back with some forearms. They rock each other with stereo forearms. Zayn charges, but Punk lifts him for a GTS. Zayn gets out of it and hits an exploder into the turnbuckles! Zayn is fired up as Punk pulls himself to his feet in the corner. Zayn charges for a Helluva Kick, but Punk counters with a GTS! 1… 2… 3! Punk is going to the Elimination Chamber.
Winner by Pinfall: CM Punk
CM Punk joins John Cena in the Elimination Chamber. The feed is brutal right now, with a lot of scrambling.
Punk points at the WrestleMania sign. Punk looks at Zayn, down on his knees in the center of the ring, holding his arm in pain. Punk says Zayn is on his level and extends his hand. Zayn shakes it. Zayn is disappointed as Punk walks off. Suddenly, Kevin Owens attacks Zayn from behind, knocking him into Punk. Owens attacks Zayn and crushes him with a Package Piledriver!