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WWE Raw Results (5/23/22): Becky Lynch vs. Asuka

   May 23, 2022

WWE Raw
May 23, 2022
Ford Center
Evansville, Indiana

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Commentators: (Jimmy Smith, Corey Graves and Byron Saxton)

Transcription by Josh Lopez

First Match: Matt Riddle & The Street Profits vs. Sami Zayn & The Usos In A 6-Man Tag Team Match 

Angelo Dawkins and Sami Zayn will start things off. Zayn drop steps into a side headlock. Dawkins whips Zayn across the ring. Zayn runs into Dawkins. Dawkins drops Zayn with a shoulder tackle. Zayn drops down on the canvas. Dawkins leapfrogs over Zayn. Dawkins sends Zayn into the ropes. Dawkins dropkicks Zayn. Dawkins with The 360 Stinger Splash. Dawkins tags in Ford. Dawkins whips Zayn across the ring. Dawkins drops down on the canvas. Ford dropkicks Zayn for a two count. Ford applies a wrist lock. Ford tags in Riddle. Riddle clears the ring. Zayn punches Riddle in the ribs. Zayn repeatedly stomps on Riddle’s chest. Zayn stands on the injured back of Riddle. Zayn punches Riddle. Zayn drives his knee into Riddle’s back. Zayn applies a bodyscissors hold. Zayn with a Double Foot Stomp. Zayn tags in Jey. Jey poses for the crowd.

Riddle drives Jey back first into the turnbuckles. Riddle with clubbing mid-kicks in the corner. Riddle repeatedly stomps on Jey’s chest. Riddle with The Fisherman’s Suplex for a two count. Riddle applies The Kimura Lock. Riddle tags in Ford. Ford kicks Jey in the gut. Ford whips Jey across the ring. Ford clotheslines Jey. Ford thrust kicks the midsection of Jey. Ford with a straight right hand. Ford with a backhand. Jimmy made the blind tag. Jey reverses out of the irish whip from Ford. Jimmy sends Ford tumbling to the floor. Jimmy throws Ford into the steel ring steps. Jimmy SuperKicks Ford. Zayn and The Usos has complete control of the match during the commercial break. Zayn with clubbing crossfaces. Zayn applies a rear chin lock. Ford with elbows into the midsection of Zayn. Zayn pulls Ford down to the mat.

Zayn goes for a Belly to Back Suplex, but Ford lands back on his feet. Ford with a Belly to Back Suplex of his own. Zayn delivers a cheap shot to Dawkins. Jey wisely pulls Riddle off the ring apron. Jey with a Belly to Back Suplex on the ringside barricade. Ford with an inside cradle for a two count. Zayn clotheslines Ford. Zayn tags in Jey. Jey transitions into a ground and pound attack. Ford blasts Zayn and Jimmy off the apron. Jey goes for a Belly to Back Suplex, but Ford lands back on his feet. Ford with a Step Up Enzuigiri. Riddle and Zayn are tagged in. Riddle ducks a clothesline from Zayn. Riddle with an Overhead Kick. Jimmy goes for a Belly to Back Suplex, but Riddle lands back on his feet. Riddle with a Ripcord Knee Strike. Riddle with a series of flying forearm smashes. Riddle follows that with Two Exploder Suplex’s. Riddle with Two BROTon’s. Dawkins punches Jey. Dawkins ducks a clothesline from Jimmy. Dawkins with a flying corkscrew elbow strike. Ford lands The SomerSault Plancha. Riddle hits The Draping DDT. Riddle prepares for The RKO. Riddle gets distracted by The Usos. The Usos leave Zayn high and dry. Riddle connects with The RKO to pickup the victory.

Winner: Matt Riddle & The Street Profits via Pinfall 

The Judgement Day Promo 

Damian Priest: WWE Universe, All-Rise. I said, All-Rise. Rise and show the proper respect to The Judgment Day. Last week, Edge offered an opportunity to anyone intelligent enough to follow our mission statement and join The Judgment Day. One aspect of that mission statement is modesty. Rhea and I, we’re very different from everyone else, you just didn’t see it. But Edge did, he did. He showed us the way and set us free. If not, we’d be sheep like all of you, sheep stuck in the mud trying to decide what the alleged right thing to do is. I mean, it’s like every WWE Superstar in the back, waiting for instructions and being told what to do. It’s what you are, it’s what you do. And again, the truth hurts. The one aspect, the one attribute that you’re all missing is courage, courage to be who you are, accept who you are, be proud of who you are. Clearly none of you have that courage. But you know what? We can help you. We can help all of you. But first, you just have to help yourselves.

Rhea Ripley: Liv Morgan, I know that you use your heart more than your head. But for the first time in your life, stop listening to the peasants on twitter and the simpletons here in attendance. I might even forgive you for failing me in the past if you just start thinking for yourself. Save yourself like I saved myself, by joining The Judgment Day.

Edge: The Judgment Day is truth. A truth that is right in front of most of your faces, but you’re just afraid to see it. The truth will set you free. The Judgment Day is power. Now, clearly it’s physical power, but more importantly, it’s mental power. The Judgment Day is an opportunity, an opportunity for anyone here in the WWE to join us, recreate yourself, and so doing, rewrite your career. All the while, sitting under my learning tree, watching every ounce of energy, every ounce of sweat that I put in to be the best. Just imagine, imagine Tom Brady or Wayne Gretzky or Michael Jordan offering this olive branch. Because I wasn’t handpicked to sit at the top of the mountain like John Cena. I sit at the top of the mountain because I am a miracle of my own hard work and the success, followed. But that’s the thing with most of you, you are afraid of hard work and success.

Instead, you’re content to go to work and watch your boss sit in that corner office, make ten times your salary, with a sliver of your brain power all because you sit on your lazy asses, eating Cheetos in a cubicle. You are all sheeple, afraid to grab life by its throat and we’re not afraid to do that. We offer a mentality, it could be offered to all of you. And if you accept it, you will wake up, folks, wake up. And for anyone here in the WWE, it’s a chance to headbutt glass ceilings to bits. The same glass ceiling that I annihilated decades ago.

No, no, look in the mirror for that. So who’s it going to be? Who is going to be our next member? Someone will be smart enough. Someone will be savvy enough to understand the hand of the humble deity that is being extended to them. So who’s it going to be? Is it going to be Tommaso Ciampa? Could it be Corey Graves? Alexa Bliss? Drew McIntyre, oh, you didn’t see that one coming, did ya? Liv Morgan? Finn Balor? But what about you, AJ Styles? Surely by now you have to understand that standing side by side, shoulder to shoulder with us is far better for your health than standing, eye to eye. Make the right choice, AJ, join us. And who knows, by the end of all of this, maybe your kiddos at home all tucked in nicely, I don’t know, maybe they could start calling me Uncle Edge. AJ, the choice is yours, choose wisely.

Second Match: AJ Styles & Liv Morgan vs. Damian Priest & Rhea Ripley w/Edge

AJ Styles and Damian Priest will start things off. Collar and Elbow Tie Up. Priest punches Styles in the back. Priest applies a wrist lock. Priest drives his knee into the left shoulder of Styles. Priest applies a side headlock. Styles whips Priest across the ring. Priest drops Styles with a shoulder tackle for a one count. Priest applies an arm-bar. Wrist Lock Exchange. Styles ducks a clothesline from Priest. Styles with a waist lock go-behind. Styles grabs a side headlock. Priest whips Styles across the ring. Styles holds onto the ropes. Styles with a back elbow smash. Styles goes for The Phenomenal Blitz, but Priest counters with a forearm smash. Priest kicks Styles in the chest. Priest whips Styles across the ring. Styles rolls under a clothesline from Priest. Styles dropkicks Priest. Ripley tags herself in. Ripley shoves Styles. Morgan with an Assisted Hurricanrana. Morgan dropkicks Ripley. Morgan with a Running Hip Attack. Morgan ducks a clothesline from Ripley.

Ripley denies The Sunset Flip. Ripley HeadButts Morgan. Ripley with Two Biel Throws. Morgan kicks Ripley in the face. Ripley catches Morgan in mid-air. Ripley goes for The Delayed Vertical Suplex, but Morgan lands back on her feet. Morgan with The Backstabber. Priest pulls Ripley out of the ring. Morgan lands The Suicide Dive. Styles with a Sliding Knee Strike. Morgan does the two sweet pose hand gesture with Styles. Morgan rolls Ripley back into the ring. Morgan repeatedly stomps on Ripley’s chest. Morgan transitions into a ground and pound attack. Ripley viciously kicks Morgan in the face. Ripley is raining down haymakers. Ripley with The Delayed Vertical Suplex for a two count. Morgan kicks Ripley in the gut. Ripley is throwing haymakers at Morgan. Morgan with a Flying Hurricanrana for a two count. Morgan kicks Ripley in the back. Morgan tags in Styles. Priest kicks Styles in the gut. Haymaker Exchange. Priest with combo hamstring kicks. Priest stomps on Styles chest. Priest sends Styles to the corner. Styles side steps Priest into the turnbuckles. Styles with a leaping corner clothesline. Styles gets distracted by Ripley. Priest rocks Styles with a forearm smash. Priest kicks Styles out of the ring. Priest dumps Styles face first on the ring apron.

Judgment Day has complete control of the match during the commercial break. Priest dodges The Step Up Enzuigiri. Styles crawls under Priest. Priest stops Styles in his tracks. Styles with a Pump Knee Strike. Styles sends Priest tumbling to the floor. Priest tugs on Styles hair. Styles with The Pele Kick. Styles tags in Morgan. Morgan ducks a clothesline from Ripley. Morgan with forearm shivers. Morgan with rapid fire haymakers. Morgan kicks Ripley in the chest. Morgan with a Pump Knee Strike. Morgan with a Step Up Enzuigiri. Morgan follows that with a Rising Knee Strike. Morgan decks Ripley with a back elbow smash. Morgan with The Missile Dropkick. Morgan connects with The SpringBoard CodeBreaker for a two count. Edge put Ripley’s foot on the bottom rope. Styles tees off on Edge. Priest runs interference. All hell is breaking loose in Evansville. Styles clotheslines Priest to the floor. Morgan goes for The Oblivion, but Ripley uses Edge for leverage. Ripley rolls Morgan over to pickup the victory. After the match, Judgment Day gangs up on Styles and Morgan. Edge Spears Styles. Ripley plants Morgan with The Rip Tide.

Winner: Damian Priest & Rhea Ripley via Pinfall 

Third Match: Alexa Bliss vs. Nikki Cross w/Piper Niven 

Collar and Elbow Tie Up. Arm-Drag Exchange. Bliss wants Cross to shake her hand. Cross rocks Bliss with a forearm smash. Bliss ducks a clothesline from Cross. Bliss slaps Cross in the face. Bliss with a straight right hand. Cross regroups on the outside. Bliss poses for the crowd. Bliss pulls Cross back into the ring. Cross with a double leg takedown. Cross transitions into a ground and pound attack.

Cross whips Bliss into the turnbuckles for a two count. Cross applies a top wrist lock. Bliss attacks the midsection of Cross. Cross applies The Sleeper Hold. Bliss decks Cross with a JawBreaker. Bliss with a basement dropkick. Bliss with a Running BlockBuster. Cross denies The DDT. Cross with clubbing shoulder blocks. Cross puts Bliss on the top turnbuckle. Cross with a forearm smash. Bliss denies The SuperPlex. Bliss with a forearm of her own. Bliss kicks Cross in the face. Bliss connects with The Twisted Bliss to pickup the victory.

Winner: Alexa Bliss via Pinfall 

Fourth Match: Cody Rhodes vs. The Miz 

Rhodes grabs the left leg of Miz. Rhodes drop steps into a side headlock. Miz backs Rhodes into the turnbuckles. The referee calls for a clean break. Rhodes ducks under a chop from Miz. Rhodes with two overhand chops. Miz applies a side headlock. Side Headlock Takeover/Headscissors Escape Exchange. Miz whips Rhodes across the ring. Miz drops down on the canvas. Rhodes leapfrogs over Miz. Rhodes kicks Miz in the gut. Rhodes with a drop down uppercut. Miz scores the elbow knockdown. Miz gets Rhodes in a full mount position. Rhodes with a pinning combination for a two count. Rhodes ducks a clothesline from Miz. Rhodes dropkicks Miz to the floor. Rhodes goes for The Suicide Dive, but Miz counters with a southpaw haymaker. Miz goes for a flying double axe handle strike, but Rhodes counters with a gut punch. Rhodes with The Delayed Front Suplex. Rhodes grapevines the legs of Miz. Rhodes applies The Bow and Arrow Stretch.

Miz falls on top of Rhodes for a one count. Miz thrust kicks the midsection of Rhodes. Miz with The Sunset Flip for a one count. Rhodes denies The Figure Four Leg Lock. Rhodes with three running knee lifts. Rhodes whips Miz across the ring. Rhodes delivers The Kitchen Sink. Rhodes with a Running Knee Strike for a two count. Rhodes gets crotched on the top rope. Miz with a Running Boot. Miz has complete control of the match during the commercial break. Rhodes avoids The Awesome Clothesline. Miz whips Rhodes across the ring. Rhodes with a diving clothesline. Rhodes dives over Miz. Rhodes Powerslams Miz. Rhodes with a drop down uppercut. Rhodes hits The Cody Cutter. Rhodes applies The Figure Four Leg Lock. Miz grabs the bottom rope which forces the break. Rhodes prepares for The Orihara MoonSault. Seth Rollins sends Rhodes crashing to the outside which causes the disqualification. After the match, Rollins and Rhodes starts brawling around the ringside area. Miz joins the fray. Rollins and Miz repeatedly stomps on Rhodes chest. Rollins and Miz whips Rhodes knees first into the steel ring steps. Rollins viciously whips Rhodes with the weight belt.

Winner: Cody Rhodes via Disqualification 

Fifth Match: Chad Gable w/Otis Dozovic vs. Ezekiel 

Kevin Owens is watching this match from the ringside area. Collar and Elbow Tie Up. Ezekiel launches Gable to the corner. Strong lockup. Wrist Lock Exchange. Gable grapples around Ezekiel. Gable with a drop toe hold. Gable applies an arm-bar. Gable transitions into a front face lock. Ezekiel backs Gable into the turnbuckles. Ezekiel unloads two knife edge chops. Ezekiel goes for a Tilt-A-Whirl Slam, but Gable lands back on his feet. Ezekiel sends Gable to the corner. Gable dives over Ezekiel. Gable ducks a clothesline from Ezekiel. Gable fights out of the electric chair position. Gable drops down on the canvas. Ezekiel kicks Gable in the chest. Dozovic trips Ezekiel from the outside. Gable delivers the chop block.

Gable with Two Dragon Screw Leg Whips. Gable hyperextends the left leg of Ezekiel. Gable repeatedly drops his weight on the left leg of Ezekiel. Gable applies a leg lock. Gable with The Bridging Northern Lights Suplex for a two count. Gable goes for The MoonSault, but Ezekiel gets his feet up in the air. Ezekiel hits The SpineBuster. Ezekiel is lighting up Gable’s chest. Gable reverses out of the irish whip from Ezekiel. Ezekiel with a Mule Kick. Ezekiel with The Stinger Splash. Dozovic clotheslines Ezekiel right in front of the referee. The referee has ejected Otis Dozovic from the ringside area. Gable is apoplectic. The referee catches Owens running into the ring, therefore he gets ejected as well. Ezekiel rolls Gable over to pickup the victory. After the match, Owens challenges Ezekiel to a match at Hell In A Cell.

Winner: Ezekiel via Pinfall

Sixth Match: Bobby Lashley vs. MVP w/Omos. Whoever Wins Will Pick The Stipulation For The Bobby Lashley/Omos Match At Hell In A Cell

MVP is playing mind games with Lashley after the bell rings. MVP lures Lashley to the outside. MVP runs back into the ring. MVP starts favoring his right knee. Omos clotheslines Lashley behind the referee’s back. MVP rolls Lashley back into the ring. MVP delivers The Yakuza Kick. MVP talks smack to Lashley. Lashley grabs MVP by his throat. MVP is throwing haymakers at Lashley.

Lashley ducks a clothesline from MVP. Lashley drops MVP with The Flatliner. Lashley clotheslines MVP over the top rope. Lashley drives MVP face first into the steel ring post. Lashley rolls MVP back into the ring. Lashley ducks a clothesline from Omos. Lashley tees off on Omos. Lashley clotheslines Omos into the time keepers area. Lashley was unable to break the referee’s ten count. After the match, MVP starts gloating. MVP bumps into Lashley. Lashley applies The Hurt Lock.

Winner: MVP via Count-Out 

Updated WWE Hell In A Cell 2022 Match Card 

1.) Cody Rhodes vs. Seth Rollins In A Hell In A Cell Match

2.) Bianca BelAir (c) vs. Asuka vs. Becky Lynch In A Triple Threat Match For The WWE Raw Women’s Championship

3.) Bobby Lashley vs. Omos w/MVP

4.) Kevin Owens vs. Ezekiel

Seventh Match: Becky Lynch vs. Asuka. If Becky Lynch Wins, She’ll Be Added To The Raw Women’s Championship Match At Hell In A Cell 

Bianca BelAir is watching this match from the ringside area. Becky slaps Asuka in the back of the head. Becky starts shoving Asuka. Becky with a waist lock go-behind. Asuka decks Becky with a back elbow smash. Asuka with clubbing palm strikes. Asuka whips Becky across the ring. Asuka drops Becky with a shoulder tackle. Becky kicks Asuka in the face. Becky avoids The Shining Wizard. Becky rolls Asuka over for a two count. Becky blocks a boot from Asuka. Becky with two palm strikes. Asuka drives Becky back first into the turnbuckles. Asuka with clubbing shoulder blocks. Asuka is throwing haymakers at Becky. Becky thrust kicks the midsection of Asuka. Asuka blocks The Spinning Back Kick. Asuka sends Becky face first into the canvas. Asuka applies The Dis-Arm-Her. Becky puts her foot on the bottom rope which forces the break. Asuka with a Roundhouse Kick. Becky avoids The Sliding Knee Strike. Becky shoves Asuka back first into the steel ring post.

Becky has complete control of the match during the commercial break. Asuka avoids the referee’s ten count. Becky with a Baseball Slide Dropkick. Becky sends Asuka back first into the ringside barricade. Asuka gets back in the ring at the count of nine. Becky transitions into a ground and pound attack. Becky dumps Asuka out of the ring. Becky with a flying forearm smash off the ring apron. Becky throws Asuka into the steel ring steps. Becky rolls Asuka back into the ring. Becky with The Flying Leg Drop for a two count. Becky is raining down hammerfists. Asuka tosses Becky out of the ring. Both ladies are knocked down after a double clothesline. Asuka with a back elbow smash. Asuka kicks Becky in the face. Asuka with a Release German Suplex. Asuka with a Running Hip Attack. Becky denies The Running Bulldog. Asuka with a Spinning Back Kick. Asuka kicks Becky in the chest. Asuka drops Becky with The Spinning Back Fist. Asuka hits The Shining Wizard for a two count.

Becky drives Asuka face first into the middle turnbuckle pad. Becky rolls Asuka over for a two count. Asuka responds with The CodeBreaker in mid-air for a two count. Asuka applies The Cross-Arm-Breaker. Becky reaches the bottom rope which forces the break. Becky slams Asuka’s head on the middle rope. Becky ascends to the top turnbuckle. Asuka with a leaping palm strike. Asuka with The SuperPlex for a two count. Becky dodges The Running Hip Attack. Becky applies The Dis-Arm-Her in the ropes. Asuka blocks the knee lift. Asuka with a forearm smash. Asuka with The Dragon Screw Leg Whip on the middle rope. Asuka follows that with a Running Hip Attack. Asuka follows that with a Sliding Knee Strike. Becky denies The Asuka Lock. Asuka with a Pop Up Knee Lift. Becky starts sitting on BelAir’s lap. Asuka lays out BelAir with The Roundhouse Kick. Becky is so fixated on getting the count of victory. Asuka breaks the referee’s ten count. Becky rolls Asuka over to pickup the victory.

Winner: Becky Lynch via Pinfall 

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Author: Josh Lopez