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WWE Raw Results (5/30/22): Anarchy In Des Moines

   May 30, 2022

WWE Raw
May 30, 2022
Wells Fargo Arena
Des Moines, Iowa

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

Transcription by Josh Lopez

Becky Lynch, Asuka and Bianca BelAir Segment 

Becky Lynch: I generously gave Asuka the greatest gift of her career, I handed her my title. But then, even then I had a plan. See? Because I knew Asuka was the best, but I knew that I could beat her. So my plan was Asuka would hold that title until I came back, then I would beat her and hold it and nobody would ever be able to touch me ever again. But what I realize now is what I did is I created a selfish, entitled monster by just handing Asuka that title and I let her become accustomed to getting handed things.

Asuka: Oh, Becky, Becky, Becky. You’re still being a big time baby.

Becky Lynch: I’m a baby? I’m a baby, I’m not the baby.

Asuka: Shut up. No one is ready for Asuka. Not Bianca, Not Becky because I’m ready to be the new Raw Women’s Champion.

Becky Lynch: No, no, no, Asuka, that’s not how it’s going to work.

– Bianca BelAir joins the conversation.

Bianca BelAir: Uh-Uh, you know what, both y’all need to stop, both y’all doing way too much. I’m not crying and complaining about the fact I have to defend my title at Hell In A Cell. And not just in one-on-one match because now thanks to Miss Becky Lynch, it’s a Triple Threat. I don’t even have to get pinned to lose my title. But you know what? It is what it is. Unlike the two of y’all, I like to do my talking in the ring.

So Asuka, I do respect you. But now, girl, you kicked me last week. In this match tonight I’m going to have a lot to say. And Becky, girl, oh, I cannot wait to give you a piece of my mind on Sunday at Hell In A Cell. Because I don’t care what my odds are, the only percentage I’m sure about is that this is 100% not going anywhere. And if I have to you, oh, I will 100% drop you just like I did at WrestleMania.

Becky delivers a cheap shot. BelAir and Asuka gangs up on Becky. Becky scores another cheap shot on Asuka. BelAir goes for The KOD, but Becky lands back on her feet. Asuka blasts Becky off the ring apron with The Running Hip Attack to close the segment.

First Match: Bianca BelAir vs. Asuka 

Becky Lynch joins the commentary team for this match. Collar and Elbow Tie Up. BelAir with a waist lock takedown. Asuka applies a waist lock. BelAir with a side headlock takeover. Asuka answers with a headscissors neck lock. BelAir pops back to a vertical base. BelAir drops Asuka with a shoulder tackle. Asuka drops down on the canvas. Asuka leapfrogs over BelAir. BelAir lunges over Asuka. BelAir taunts Asuka. BelAir sends Asuka into the ropes. BelAir drops down on the canvas. BelAir leapfrogs over Asuka. Asuka kicks BelAir in the ribs. Asuka goes for a hair biel throw, but BelAir lands back on her feet. BelAir tells Asuka to kiss her ass. BelAir dives over Asuka. BelAir dropkicks Asuka. BelAir with Two Hair Biel Throws. Asuka with a drop toe hold into the middle turnbuckle pad. Asuka kicks BelAir in the face. The Hair Biel Contest continues. Asuka is choking BelAir with her boot. Asuka applies a waist lock. BelAir with three sharp elbow strikes.

BelAir applies a wrist lock. BelAir with a Vertical Suplex. Asuka with a single leg takedown. Asuka applies The Ankle Lock. Asuka denies The German Suplex. Asuka applies The Guillotine Choke. BelAir breaks free with The Deadlift Vertical Suplex. BelAir with The Handspring MoonSault for a two count. Asuka applies The Cross-Arm-Breaker. Asuka transitions into a Triangle Choke. Asuka with a Headscissors Takeover over the top rope. BelAir has complete control of the match during the commercial break. BelAir kicks Asuka in the gut. BelAir with The Fallaway Slam. Asuka decks BelAir with a back elbow smash. Asuka kicks BelAir in the face. Asuka with a short-arm clothesline. Asuka with a Spinning Back Kick. Asuka kicks BelAir in the chest. Asuka with The Spinning Back Fist. Asuka with The Release German Suplex. Asuka follows that with The Running Hip Attack for a two count. Asuka talks smack to Becky.

BelAir has Asuka perched on the top turnbuckle. BelAir with clubbing blows to Asuka’s back. Asuka denies The SuperPlex. BelAir backflips off the middle rope. Asuka delivers The Missile Dropkick for a two count. BelAir dodges The Corner Hip Attack. BelAir repeatedly slams Asuka’s head on the top turnbuckle pad. Asuka denies The KOD. Asuka starts favoring her left knee on the outside. Becky patronizes Asuka. BelAir rolls Asuka back into the ring. BelAir taunts Becky. Asuka connects with The Pop Up Knee Strike for a two count. BelAir avoids The Roundhouse Kick. Asuka with The Spinning Back Fist. Asuka with a Flying Arm-Bar Takedown. Asuka applies The Asuka Lock. BelAir backs Asuka into the turnbuckles. Standing Switch Exchange. BelAir drops Asuka with The Glam Slam. BelAir goes for The Handspring MoonSault, but Asuka ducks out of the way. Asuka goes for The La Magistral, but BelAir rolls her over to pickup the victory. After the match. Becky dumps BelAir out of the ring. Becky connects with The Exploder Suplex. Becky plants BelAir with The Uranage Slam.

Winner: Bianca BelAir via Pinfall 

Second Match: Kevin Owens & The Alpha Academy vs. Ezekiel & The Mysterio Family In A 6-Man Tag Team Match 

Chad Gable and Rey Mysterio will start things off. Collar and Elbow Tie Up. Gable applies a side headlock. Gable grapples around Rey. Gable with a drop toe hold. Standing Switch Exchange. Gable grabs a side headlock. Rey whips Gable across the ring. Gable drops Rey with a shoulder tackle. Rey with a Cazadora Arm-Drag. Rey with a Tilt-A-Whirl Headscissors Takeover. Rey tags in Dominik. Rey applies a wrist lock. Dominik with a straight right hand. Dominik with a forearm smash. Gable drives his knee into the midsection of Dominik. Gable with forearm shivers. Gable whips Dominik across the ring. Gable with Two Belly to Belly Suplex’s for a two count. Wrist Lock Exchange. Dominik with The Lucha Libre Arm-Drag. Dominik sends Owens tumbling to the floor. It takes three dropkicks to get Dozovic out of the ring. Gable sends Dominik crashing to the outside. Gable whips Dominik into the ringside barricade. Gable poses for the crowd. Owens and Alpha Academy has complete control of the match during the commercial break. Owens repeatedly stomps on Dominik’s chest. Owens applies The Sharpshooter.

Rey with a basement dropkick. Owens tags in Dozovic. Dozovic knocks Rey off the ring apron. Dozovic punches Ezekiel. Dozovic sends Dominik to the corner. Dozovic with a corner clothesline. Dozovic drags Dominik to the corner. Dozovic goes for The Vader Bomb, but Dominik ducks out of the way. Ezekiel and Gable are tagged in. Ezekiel clotheslines Gable. Ezekiel scores the elbow knockdown. Gable reverses out of the irish whip from Ezekiel. Ezekiel with a Mule Kick. Ezekiel ducks a clothesline from Owens. Ezekiel with a Jumping Knee Strike. Ezekiel with Three Stinger Splashes. Ezekiel follows that with The SitOut PowerBomb for a two count. Dozovic catches Dominik in mid-air. Rey with The Flying Seated Senton. Rey dropkicks Dozovic to the floor. Owens launches Dominik over the top rope. Owens goes for The Pop Up PowerBomb, but Rey counters with a Hurricanrana into the middle rope. Owens avoids The 619. Owens inadvertently superkicks Gabele. Ezekiel dumps Owens out of the ring. The Mysterio’s connects with The Double 619. Ezekiel plants Gable with The Delayed Twisting Vertical Suplex to pickup the victory. After the match, Owens throws a hissy fit at ringside.

Winner: Ezekiel & The Mysterio Family via Pinfall 

Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins Segment 

Cody Rhodes: I’m gonna say something that might surprise you. I have always been a fan of Seth Rollins. From the very first I ever saw Seth Rollins, you can see the potential to do great things. You wanna know who else saw that same potential? One of his teachers down at NXT, he saw the same potential. And I don’t need to say his name because he’s the man who raised me. He told me all about the special ingredients that Seth Rollins had. The special ingredients that would make him a generational talent. Well, I think we all know, Seth Rollins lives up to the hype. So imagine, you’re me, you get the call, I’m going to get my second chance and it’s going to be Seth Rollins and I’m gonna be competing at a WrestleMania. Again, I might surprise you with what I say here, guys, I was nervous. No, I was very nervous because everything I had done, everywhere I had gone to, I could not return here with a loss and I didn’t.

I had to be at the top of my game at WrestleMania and I was. And we ran it back at WrestleMania Backlash. The same result, I was victorious both nights, both times I was the better man and it has driven Seth Rollins mad. Envy is the act of counting other people’s blessings while ignoring your own. Jealousy leads men to desperate measures. Seth Rollins is an egomaniac and he wants everything for himself, but that’s one of the things that makes Seth Rollins so dangerous. So, Sunday at Hell In A Cell, I am walking into the biggest challenge of my entire career. And I need Seth to know, I need Seth to hear me, I need Seth to feel what I’m going to say next. All the respect that I have for you, Seth, all the reverence over our previous matches and every ounce of myself control will be locked outside of Hell In A Cell. You’re going to be locked inside with a man who wants to hurt you and hurt you very, very bad.

Seth Rollins: Hahahaha! Oh, yeah. Cody, Cody, Cody, you can wax poetic all night long about my motivation, but I’ll make it very, very easy for you to understand. It’s really quite simple. I don’t like you. I don’t like you and I don’t want you here. You see, I tried after WrestleMania, I tried to accept this new version of you. But every week the pandering got worse and worse and worse. And the Cody chants got louder and louder and louder. And now all I hear in my sleep is Cody, Cody, Cody. And I can’t stand it any longer. You left WWE six years ago because you weren’t good enough. And then every single day that you were gone, you and your little friends, you tried to tear down what I was building here.

And when that didn’t work out so well for you, you came running back, The Prodigal Son returns home to fulfill his family legacy. Not on my watch, pal. You don’t get to be the conquering hero in my kingdom. Oh, no, no, no. You don’t get to take a sledgehammer to the throne and then come back and try to take that throne from me. And I’m going to say it again. I don’t like you. I don’t want you here. And in six days inside Hell In A Cell, I’m going to prey on your insecurities and I’m not just going to change you, Cody, I’m going to end you. And then we can all finally wake up from this American Nightmare.

Cody Rhodes: Seth, just curious, what right now is stopping me, three little ropes, this barricade? What is stopping us? Why are we waiting? It seems as polite as I’ve been, the time for talk is over. Hey, Seth, why don’t you come to this ring and talk to me with your actions.

Seth Rollins: You want to do this now? All right, pal. Oh, Hahaha, I’ll see you Sunday.

Rhodes and Rollins starts brawling all over the Wells Fargo Arena. All hell is breaking loose in Des Moines. Both had to be separated by the producers and referees.

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

Bliss with forearm shivers. Niven shoves Bliss. Niven clotheslines Bliss. Niven sends Bliss face first into the top turnbuckle pad. Niven levels Bliss with The Body Avalanche. Niven applies The Cobra Clutch. Bliss with elbows into the midsection of Niven. Niven clotheslines Bliss for a two count. Niven slaps Bliss in the face. Bliss with a gut punch. Niven HeadButts Bliss. Niven goes back to The Cobra Clutch. Niven sends Bliss to the corner. Bliss side steps Niven into the turnbuckles.

Bliss ducks a clothesline from Niven. Bliss with a Tilt-A-Whirl Headscissors Takeover. Bliss kicks the left knee of Niven. Bliss with a knee lift. Bliss with two basement dropkicks. Bliss repeatedly kicks the left shoulder of Niven. Niven catches Bliss in mid-air. Niven bodyslams Bliss. Niven goes for The Senton Splash, but Bliss ducks out of the way. Niven drops Bliss with a shoulder tackle. Niven drags Bliss to the corner. Bliss avoids The Vader Bomb. Bliss kicks Cross off the ring apron. Bliss connects with The Twisted Bliss to pickup the victory.

Winner: Alexa Bliss via Pinfall 

Fourth Match: Mustafa Ali vs. Tommaso Ciampa. If Ali Wins, He’ll Earn A Future WWE United States Championship Match 

Austin Theory joins the commentary team for this match. Collar and Elbow Tie Up. Ciampa drives his knee into the midsection of Ali. Ciampa hammers down on the back of Ali’s neck. Chop Exchange. Ciampa applies a side headlock. Ali whips Ciampa across the ring. Ciampa drops Ali with a shoulder tackle. Ciampa flexes his muscles. Ali drops down on the canvas. Ciampa slides under the leapfrog from Ali. Ciampa goes for a Belly to Back Suplex, but Ali lands back on his feet. Ali applies a waist lock. Ciampa decks Ali with a back elbow smash. Ali side steps Ciampa into the turnbuckles. Ali with The Roundhouse Kick. Ali goes for The Roll Through Dropkick, but Ciampa counters with a Running Knee for a two count. Ciampa with clubbing elbow smashes. Ciampa applies a rear chin lock. Ali with heavy bodyshots.

Ciampa buries his knee into the midsection of Ali. Ali reverses out of the irish whip from Ciampa. Ciampa with an Inside Out Lariat. Ciampa pats himself on the shoulder. Ciampa with a flying elbow strike for a two count. Ciampa repeatedly stomps on Ali’s face. Ciampa with a gut punch. Following a snap mare takeover, Ciampa applies a rear chin lock. Ali attacks the midsection of Ciampa. Ciampa HeadButts Ali. Ciampa whips Ali into the turnbuckles. Ali slips over Ciampa’s back. Ali ducks a clothesline from Ciampa. Ali with a Running Clothesline. Ali dropkicks Ciampa off the ring apron. Ali lands The Suicide Dive. Ali rolls Ciampa back into the ring. Theory pulls Ali off the top turnbuckle which forces the disqualification. After the match, Theory is throwing haymakers at Ali. Theory repeatedly stomps on Ali’s chest. Theory talks smack to Ali. Theory sends Ali face first into the steel ring post. Theory says forget about the future, let’s have the US Title Match, right now.

Winner: Mustafa Ali via Disqualification

Fifth Match: Austin Theory (c) vs. Mustafa Ali For The WWE United States Championship Match 

Theory continued to beat down Ali during the commercial break. Ali tells the referee that he’s ready to fight. Theory with a running haymaker after the bell rings. Theory with clubbing blows to Ali’s back. Theory whips Ali across the ring. Theory with a Back Body Drop for a two count. Theory drives Ali face first into two turnbuckle pads. Theory talks smack to Ali. Ali SuperKicks Theory.

Ali hits The Tornado DDT. Ali ascends to the top turnbuckle. Ali gets crotched on the top turnbuckle. Theory connects with The A-Town Down to pickup the victory. After the match, Adam Pearce appears on the stage while Theory’s is talking selfies. Pearce says that despite being impressed by Theory’s psychological tactics, Mr. McMahon wants to see a fair fight in a championship rematch at Hell In A Cell.

Winner: Still WWE United States Champion, Austin Theory via Pinfall 

Sixth Match: The Usos vs. Matt Riddle & Shinsuke Nakamura In A Championship Contenders Match

Jimmy Uso and Matt Riddle will start things off. Jimmy kicks Riddle in the gut. Jimmy with two uppercuts. Jimmy sends Riddle to the corner. Riddle dives over Jimmy. Riddle with a Mid-Kick. Nakamura tags himself in. Riddle with a GutWrench Suplex. Nakamura with a Mid-Kick. Assisted Floating BRO for a two count. Jimmy drives Nakamura back first into the turnbuckles. Jey tags himself in. Jey with a flying forearm smash. Nakamura answers with clubbing knee strikes. Nakamura follows that with a sliding dropkick. Nakamura tags in Riddle. Mid-Kick Party in the corner. Riddle with The Bridging Fisherman’s Suplex for a two count. Riddle applies a rear chin lock. Riddle ducks a clothesline from Jey. Riddle applies The Kimura Lock. Jey walks Riddle into the ropes. Jimmy tags himself in. Jimmy hangs the back of Riddle’s neck off the top rope. Jey with The Samoan Drop. Jimmy hooks the outside leg for a two count. Jimmy uses the middle rope as a weapon. Jey punches Riddle behind the referee’s back. Jimmy stomps on Riddle’s back. Jimmy tags in Jey.

The Usos whips Riddle into the turnbuckles. Jey uses the bottom rope as a weapon. Jimmy stomps on Riddle’s face. The Usos poses for the crowd. Jey whips Riddle back first into the turnbuckles. Jey tags in Jimmy. Jimmy with a chop/haymaker combination. Riddle side steps Jimmy into the top of the ring post. Riddle launches Jey over the top rope. Riddle tags in Nakamura. Nakamura ducks a clothesline from Jimmy. Nakamura with a single leg takedown. Nakamura drives his knee into the midsection of Jey. Nakamura drops Jey with The Axe Kick. Nakamura delivers his combination offense. Nakamura repeatedly stomps on Jimmy’s chest. Nakamura with Good Vibrations. Nakamura sends Jimmy to the corner. Nakamura kicks Jimmy in the back. Nakamura hits The Sliding German Suplex. Nakamura with a Flying Knee Strike for a two count. Nakamura prepares for The Kinshasa. Nakamura knocks Jey off the ring apron. Jimmy SuperKicks Nakamura. Jimmy tags in Jey. Jey lands The USO Splash for a two count. The Usos has complete control of the match during the commercial break.

Jimmy goes for a Bodyslam, but Nakamura lands back on his feet. Jimmy avoids The Roundhouse Kick. Nakamura with a Step Through Kick. Riddle and Jey are tagged in. Riddle ducks a clothesline from Jey. Riddle with an Overhead Kick. Riddle pops back on his feet. Riddle with two flying forearm smashes. Jey hammers down on the back of Riddle’s neck. Riddle with The Exploder Suplex. Riddle with The BROTon. Riddle goes for The Draping DDT, but Jey counters with a Back Body Drop over the top rope. Nakamura made the blind tag. Jey prepares for The Suicide Dive. Nakamura connects with The Kinshasa for a two count. Nakamura delivers The Roundhouse Kick. Jey SuperKicks Nakamura. Riddle tags himself in. Riddle ducks a clothesline from Jey. Riddle with Two Powerslams. Riddle hits The Draping DDT. Jey avoids The RKO. Jey SuperKicks Riddle. Jey hangs Riddle over the middle rope. Jimmy attacks Riddle with the scooter which causes the disqualification. After the match, Nakamura and Jimmy are brawling on the outside. Jimmy launches Nakamura into the time keepers area. Nakamura denies The Double Uce. Riddle plants Jey with The Avalanche RKO.

Winner: Matt Riddle & Shinsuke Nakamura via Disqualification 

Seventh Match: Rhea Ripley w/Damian Priest vs. Liv Morgan w/AJ Styles

Morgan starts things off with The Shotgun Dropkick. Morgan is throwing haymakers at Ripley. Ripley shoves Morgan. Morgan ducks a clothesline from Ripley. Ripley with a back elbow smash. Morgan matrix under a clothesline from Ripley. Ripley denies the schoolgirl rollup. Morgan avoids the big foot stomp. Ripley HeadButts Morgan. Ripley punches Morgan in the back. Ripley with a Hair Biel Throw. Morgan kicks Ripley in the face. Morgan dives over Ripley. Ripley catches Morgan in mid-air. Morgan applies The Sleeper Hold. Ripley backs Morga into the turnbuckles. Morgan refuses to let go of the hold. Ripley drives Morgan back first into the canvas for a two count. Ripley punches Morgan in the back. Ripley sends Morgan face first into the canvas. Morgan with a drop toe hold into the middle rope. Morgan dropkicks the back of Ripley.

Ripley repeatedly kicks Morgan in the face. Ripley stomps on the midsection of Morgan. Ripley kicks Morgan in the back. Ripley uses the middle rope as a weapon. Morgan dumps Ripley out of the ring. Ripley pulls Morgan out of the ring. Morgan fights out of the electric chair position. Morgan kicks Ripley in the chest. Ripley catches Morgan in mid-air. Ripley swings Morgan into the ringside barricade. Ripley has complete control of the match during the commercial break. Ripley goes for The Face Plant, but Morgan rolls her over for a two count. Ripley drops Morgan with The Face Plant for a two count. Ripley applies the sitting abdominal stretch. Ripley pulls Morgan down to the mat. Ripley kicks Morgan in the ribs. Ripley applies a bodyscissors hold. Morgan with the back press cover for a two count. Ripley clotheslines Morgan. Ripley taunts Styles.

Pie Face Exchange. Morgan rocks Ripley with a forearm smash. Morgan kicks Ripley in the gut. Morgan with a Pump Kick. Morgan with a Step Up Enzuigiri. Morgan follows that with a Rising Knee Strike. Ripley side steps Morgan into the turnbuckles. Morgan sends Ripley shoulder first into the steel ring post. Morgan with The Flying Crossbody Block to the outside. Morgan rolls Ripley back into the ring. Morgan goes for The Oblivion, but Ripley uses Priest for leverage for a two count. Styles drops Priest with a running haymaker. Ripley goes for The Rip Tide, but Morgan lands back on her feet. Morgan hits The Backstabber. Morgan rolls Ripley over to pickup the victory. After the match, Priest pulls Styles out of the ring. Priest drives Styles back first into the barricade. Priest starts walking towards Morgan. Finn Balor storms into the ring. Balor with a double leg takedown. Balor transitions into a ground and pound attack. Balor with The SlingBlade. Balor and Styles has Ripley cornered. Morgan delivers The Missile Dropkick. Styles connects with The Phenomenal Forearm. Balor plants Priest with The Coupe De Grace.

Winner: Liv Morgan via Pinfall 

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 & MVP In A Two On One Handicap Match

4.) Kevin Owens vs. Ezekiel

5.) Austin Theory (c) vs. Mustafa Ali For The WWE United States Championship

6.) AJ Styles, Finn Balor and Liv Morgan vs. The Judgment Day In A 6-Man Tag Team Match

Bobby Lashley, MVP and Omos Contract Signing 

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Author: Josh Lopez