WWE RAW Live Results (April 22, 2024): New World Heavyweight Champion crowned

Full Results:

Awesome Truth defeats #DIY via pinfall.
New Day defeats Imperium via pinfall.
Sheamus defeats Shinsuke Nakamura via pinfall.
Andrade and Ricochet defeat JD McDonagh and Santos Escobar via pinfall.
Becky Lynch is the last woman standing in Women's World Title Battle Royal.

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Becky and Liv brawl over the top rope, finding themselves on the apron. Becky avoids ObLIVion and plants Liv spine first on the apron with the Manhandle Slam!! Liv falls to the floor, and we've got a NEWWWWWW Women's World Champion!

Becky Lynch eliminates Liv Morgan last to become Women's World Champion.

Nia Jax takes Liv Morgan and Becky over with a double suplex and drags them to the corner for the Annihilator. Liv and Becky shove her over the top, and Liv hits a Codebreaker as Nia tries to get back through the ropes. Becky follows with a leg drop, sending Nia to the floor and eliminating her.

It's down to Becky and Liv!

Chelsea Green might be the first woman to be eliminated twice in the same battle royal. The first man was...probably Mick Foley?

When we come back from the commercial, Becky is on top of a destroyed table. We missed the table breaking. We see footage of Nia powerbombing Becky through it. Back in the ring, Nia Jax eliminates Zoey Stark and Shayna Baszler who had just eliminated Chelsea Green (again) and Natalya.

Becky Lynch drags her broken body back into the ring as Nia and Liv Morgan square up.

While all that's happening, Natalya tosses Chelsea Green over the ropes to the floor, but the refs don't see it. Chelsea gets back up on the apron like nothing happened. She's...still in the match!!

Becky Lynch manages to eliminate Piper Niven, but the former tag champion drags Becky under the ropes and flattens her against the steel steps with a cannonball. She clears off the announce desk, looking to put Becky out of this one for good. Piper drags Nia under the ropes as she attempts to eliminate Chelsea.

Nia picks up Piper for a chokeslam on top of Becky on the table!! She follows with a Samoan Drop, getting all the ref's eyes on that carnage.

Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark eliminate Kayden Carter and Katana Chance in one swift motion while Nia Jax launches Ivy Nile over the ropes. Maxxine responds with a series of kicks that nearly send Nia over the ropes. Unfortunately, Nia is able to recover and send Maxxine over instead.

The woman who ruined Rhea Ripley's title run has a chance to win it herself tonight!!

Maxxine Dupri manages to eliminate Candice LeRae before being laid out by Indi Hartwell. As Indi goes for the revenge elimination, Maxxine turns it around, ridding the match of the tag team in under a minute!!

Michael Cole states that this is the fourth time a world champion has been crowned in a Battle Royal.
Gail Kim-2003
Kurt Angle-2006
Great Khali-2007

Becky is nearly eliminated early but manages to hold on. Nia is focusing on The Man while the rest of the competitors split off into different groups.

It's time for the WWE Women's World Title Battle Royal!!

As Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell were being interviewed, a brawl broke out between Liv Morgan and Nia Jax. Multiple officials and security came to break up.
As it's happening, Becky Lynch takes the interviewer's microphone and cuts a fantastic promo on her way to the ring. She does stop when she sees Ivy Nile trying to keep Maxxine Dupri on target after Chad Gable's insults tonight.

Becky tells her that this is her first time fighting for a world title. She has a chance tonight to prove why it shouldn't be her last. Maxxine still seems nervous but has a little pep in her step now.

"I don't need ANYBODY. You guys need me."

After the match, the winners are attacked by Damian Priest. After flattening Ricochet with the Razor's Edge, he says something to Dom in Spanish. JD asks what he said, and Priest walks back over to say, "I don't need anybody. You guys need me."

Escobar and JD plant Andrade with a double suplex and Escobar catches a flying Ricochet with a knee. Santos and JD go for a double avalanche Spanish Fly, but Andrade knocks JD to the mat.
Escobar hits a top rope hurricanrana that sends Ricochet onto JD with a leg drop. Andrade finishes JD with The Shadow/La Sombra/The Message.

Andrade and Ricochet defeat JD McDonagh and Santos Escobar via pinfall.

Ricochet makes an incredible leap to tag in Andrade, who tears away at Santos' legs with a series of dragon screws. Santos is left in the corner for the running double knees! He just barely kicks out!

Back from the break, Santos rocks Ricochet with an enziguri and a running double knee in the corner. JD McDonagh and Santos are a surprisingly solid team.

Santos manages to tag out as JD takes over following a cheap shot. A "Shave your moustache" chant breaks out aimed at Dirty Dom. As Ricochet bounces off the ropes, Santos distracts the ref allowing Dom to trip up the One and Only.

JD and Santos lay out the opposition as we cut to the break.

Andrade and Ricochet are on fire early on, taking out Santos with some tandem offense. Ricochet hit Santos in the corner with a Paul London-style drop sault before hitting a beautiful running elbow drop for a two-count.

Andrade and Ricochet take on Santos Escobar and JD McDonagh. The last time Escobar and McDonagh were in a match together it was fighting over the Cruiserweight Championship.

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After that uncomfortable segment, we see Dirty Dom in a sling attempting to aggravate Ricochet. As they step away from one another, Dom runs into Liv Morgan. She stares Dom down before we cut to the commercial.

"I've wasted my time training a lot of LOSERS!"

Gable calls Tozawa a nobody who racks up losses, claims that Maxxine Dupri is dumb as a back of rocks and that Otis is the biggest disappointment of his career. Gable tells them that from now on, the Alpha Academy is about making HIM champion. He demands they all verbally state, "No matter what." Otis is forced to say it on the microphone before Gable leaves them all in the ring.

"I've been wasting my time training a bunch of freaking LOSERS!!"

Akira Tozawa, Maxxine Dupri, and Otis are shocked!

Gable says he could have accepted the loss last week had Sami Zayn not found him crying in the corner of the ring and placed the belt in front of him.
Gable thinks that Sami gloated after the victory, especially when he went over to his wife and hugged her. "He knew that was MY MOMENT!"

We see a clip of Charles Barkley on the Pat McAfee Show stating he'd "kick Chad Gable's a*s" for what he did to Sami Zayn last week.

Alpha Academy accompanies Chad Gable...for now.

After the match, Michael Cole highlights Sheamus' incredible career in WWE and states that the only title he's missing is the Intercontinental Championship.
We go back to last week when Chad Gable and Sami Zayn tore the house down in an Intercontinental Title match, where Gable assaulted Sami after losing his chance.

Sami is asked about it backstage but is interrupted by Bronson Reed. After threatening him, Reed walks away. Sami turns his back like an idiot, leading to Reed laying him out.

Nakamura kicks out and sends Sheamus into the ropes after escaping a Celtic Cross. He's eyeing Kinshasa. Sheamus catches him with the Brogue Kick outta nowhere!

Sheamus defeats Shinsuke Nakamura via pinfall.

Back from the break, Nakamura delivers his corner-sliding German suplex. Sheamus responds, taking Nakamura up top for a White Noise! Sheamus is distracted by Drew at ringside but shakes off a knee and catches The King of Strong Style with a powerslam!
The Celtic Warrior misses the Brogue, ducks a few knees, and hits another kneecap for a near fall.

Sheamus catches Nakamura in the ropes for the Ten Beats as McIntyre gives mild-mannered applause. On the apron, Sheamus looks for a kneecap, rocking Nakamura and sending him to the floor. Nakamura plays possum, setting Sheamus up on the corner of the table and hitting a diving knee on the surgically repaired neck!!

Drew McIntyre gets frustrated at commentary, getting into Pat McAfee's face during Sheamus's match. "He's given his body for 16 years and nobody in the back respects him like they should!"

Drew responds, saying that for Sheamus it's no longer banger after banger. Ever since his surgery, it's burger after burger. He says that the boys in the back talk about him.
Sheamus doesn't care about what they think, but Drew does because they're friends. But he'll be out here tonight as Sheamus takes on Shinsuke Nakamura, promising to watch his back.

Sheamus may need eyes in the back of his head tonight.

Sheamus confronts Drew for not accepting the blame for himself. He continues to complain four years after Covid ruined his epic WrestleMania moment. He gives him the hard truth. A one-armed CM Punk kicked his a*s.

Before Drew can really dig into CM Punk, Sheamus' music hits.

Drew McIntyre sits down and tells the camera crew not to shoot up his kilt, calling whoever is behind the camera a perv. He hears some "What" chants and responds with, "Say WHAT if you french kiss your cousins!" Some What chants ring out still. "You're all SICK!"

Drew McIntyre is out next. The Scottish Warrior has been sc*ewed by CM Punk twice now. What's he got on his mind tonight?

Ludwig Kaiser assaults Giovanni Vinci after the match. Several officials attempt to pull them apart. Jason Jordan nearly gets Kaiser backstage before he rushes down the ring and possibly injures Vinci as he dropkicks his head into the steps. What a terrible way for this group to end.

Backstage, Kaiser walks up to Gunther and says, "See? I promised you I'd get it done." Gunther seems pleased.

New Day hit the Midnight Hour to finish the match, getting a win and leaving The Ring General so frustrated he breaks his chair at ringside.

New Day defeats Imperium via pinfall.

WWE RAW Live Results (April 22, 2024): New World Heavyweight Champion crowned

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