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WWE RAW REPORT: A GAUNTLET, A NEW 24/7 CHAMPION, A NEW WAY TO FINISH A MATCH, AND A CHANGE TO THE ELIMINATION CHAMBER PAY PER VIEW

We are back and AJ asks Omos what were they talking about.  Is Kofi Kingston trying to recreate KofiMania or is he trying to create KofiMania 2.  He found, fought his way into the Elimination Chamber match by beating the Miz.  It almost, not Omos, like it is his destiny, except it isn't beacuse he is going to destroy his hopes and fantasies of becoming Champion again.  It isn't Kofi's fault, it is just that they are in the ring together.  Just be positive about this gauntlet match because it is a warm up.  It makes him more . . . Phenomenal (as said by Omos).  Tonight, I will give an example of what I am going to do in the Elimination Chamber.  I am going to ride that momentum to the top.  If you remember his attorney, Joseph A. Parks, he cannot lose after they run the numbers.

Match Number Five:  Gauntlet Match to Determine the FInal Entrant in the WWE Championship Elimination Chamber Match

Segment Number One:  AJ Styles (with Omos) versus Kofi Kingston (with Xavier Woods)

AJ goes for the leg and Kofi with forearms and elbows.  AJ kicks Kofi and punches him.  AJ sends Kofi into the turnbuckles.  AJ with an Irish whip and he misses a forearm into the corner.  Kofi with forearms to AJ as AJ stumbles around the ring.  Kofi with a head butt.  Kofi with a boot to the head.  Kofi with a snap mare and a near fall.  AJ with punches.  AJ with a belly-to-back suplex to Kofi.  AJ sends Kofi over the top rope and AJ kicks Kofi in the back of the leg.  Kofi with a forearm and Kofi drops down and AJ goes over the top rope to the floor.  Kofi with a springboard trust fall but Kofi limps back into the ring.

Omos grabs Woods by the throat and choke slams him over the ringside barrier.

Kofi yells at Omos and Omos is sent to the back by the referee.  Kofi looks for Woods while AJ tries to argue his point to keep Omos.  AJ clips Kofi on the floor.

We go to commercial.

We are back and AJ kicks Kofi in the hamstring.  Kofi kicks AJ and goes for a head scissors but AJ blocks it and applies a single leg crab.  Kofi with an inside cradle for a near fall.  AJ kicks Kofi in the leg.  Kofi with SOS but he cannot cover AJ.  AJ kicks Kofi in the knee.  AJ puts Kofi on the turnbuckles and Kofi sends AJ face first to the mat.  Kofi with Shadows Over Hell and he gets a near fall.  Kofi with chops and he goes for a drop kick but AJ blocks it and he hits a kneeDT.  

AJ goes to the apron and sets for the Phenomenal Forearm  and he hits it and gets the three count.

Kofi Kingston Eliminated

Segment Two:  AJ Styles versus Drew McIntyre

Drew with a clothesline and chops.  Drew with an overhead-belly-to-belly suplex.  Drew drops AJ on the top rope and kicks AJ in the head.  Drew with another boot and AJ is down again on the apron.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Drew punches AJ but AJ sends Drew into the turnbuckles.  Drew with a hard Irish whip and kicks.  AJ goes to the floor and Drew follows.  Drew Irish whips AJ into the ring steps.  Drew with a back breaker and Michinoku Driver for a near fall.  Drew with an arm bar and AJ gets to the ropes.  Drew kicks AJ in the chest.  AJ with a double thrust to the throat.  AJ with a chop and punch.  AJ with shoulders in the corner.   Drew with an Irish whip and shoulder in the corner.  Drew with a reverse Alabama Slam.  

Drew sets for the Claymore but AJ with a drop kick and then he drop kicks Drew to the floor.  AJ with a slingshot forearm onto Drew on the floor.  AJ with a sliding knee on the apron.  AJ with a forearm to Drew that sends Drew's head into the ring post.

We go to commercial.

We are back and AJ with a chin lock and he takes Drew to the mat.  Drew with a chop and clotheslines.  Drew with an Irish whip and splash followed by an overhead belly-to-belly suplex.  Drew with a neck breaker.  Drew goes up top and he is met with an enzuigiri from AJ.  AJ with a kick for a near fall.   AJ sets for a Styles Clash but Drew with a back body drop.  Drew with a chop in the corner.  AJ goes for the Calf Crusher but Drew blocks it.  AJ locks in the Calf Crusher and Drew with a head butt to escape the hold.   

Drew has trouble getting back to his feet and AJ sets for the Phenomenal Forearm but he leaps over Drew.  Drew sends AJ throat first into the middle rope.  Drew with a Claymore for the three count.

AJ Styles Eliminated

Segment Three:  Jeff Hardy versus Drew McIntyre

Hardy with forearms and he kicks Drew.  Hardy with a running forearm.  Drew goes for a slam but Hardy escapes.  Hardy with an elbow and he goes up top for Whisper in the Wind and he gets a near fall.  Hardy with a clothesline off the apron as we go to commercial.

We are back and Drew is sent into the turnbuckles by Hardy as he goes around the ring.  Hardy with a kick that is blocked and Hardy with a mule kick for a near fall.  Hardy kicks Drew on the apron and then he punches Drew on the apron.  Hardy drops Drew on the top rope.  Hardy goes for a jaw breaker but Drew with a knee and shoulders.  Drew with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex.  Drew with a belly-to-belly suplex.  Drew with a neck breaker.  

Drew sets for the Future Shock but Hardy with a counter into a double leg take down and a leg drop and drop kick followed by a splash for a near fall.  Hardy with a kick and he sets for a Twist of Fate but Drew with a Future Shock DDT for a near fall.  Hardy falls to the floor and Drew follows.  Drew with a suplex on the floor.  Drew gets a near fall.  Drew sends Hardy into the turnbuckles and then puts him on the turnbuckles.  Hardy with punches and forearms to Drew but Drew punches back as they fight on the turnbuckles.  Drew with head butts and he sets for a superplex and hits it.  Drew gets a near fall.  

Drew misses the Claymore and Hardy with a kick and Twist of Fate.  Hardy goes up top for the Swanton but Drew gets his knees up and Drew with a Claymore for the three count.

Jeff Hardy Eliminated

Segment Number Four:  Randy Orton versus Drew McIntyre

Orton and Drew exchange punches and Orton sends Drew to the floor.  Drew kicks Orton and Orton avoids being sent into the ring steps.  Orton sends Drew into the steps but Drew Irish whips Orton into the ringside barrier.

The lights go red and Alexa Bliss laughs in the Thunderdome as she hits the Super Jackpot on the screens.

Randy Orton has been counted out.

Randy Orton Eliminated

Segment Five:  Sheamus versus Drew McIIntyre

Sheamus attacks Drew from behind in the ring and sends Drew into the ringside barrier.  They fight into the ringside area and then Drew is sent into the ring post.  Sheamus attacks Drew and the referee checks to see if Drew wants to continue.  Sheamus with a forearm and punches.  Sheamus with kicks in the corner.  Sheamus with a short arm clothesline for a near fall.  Sheamus punches Drew and hits a knee drop.  Sheamus wiht another knee drop.  Sheamus gets a near fall.  Sheamus with forearms across the chest and an arm bar.  

Drew with punches and Sheamus with an Irish whip and Drew tries to float over but Sheamus catches Drew and hits a power slam for a near fall.  Sheamus with kicks to the ribs but Drew wtih chops.  Drew with a head butt and a Future Shock DDT but Drew cannot take advantage.  Drew sends Sheamus to the apron and then Drew knocks Sheamus off the apron with a forearm.  Sheamus is sent into the ring post twice.  Sheamus with a knee as Drew returns to the ring.  Drew with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex.  Drew goes for the belly-to-belly suplex but Sheamus holds on to the ropes.  Drew with a spinebuster and then he sets for the Claymore.

Drew misses a Claymore but Sheamus with a Brogue Kick for the three count.

Winner:  Sheamus

Sheamus says he just beat Drew McIntyre.  He says that makes him the final entrant in the Elimination Chamber and the odds on favorite.  You can't beat me and I will become the new WWE Champion.

We go to credits.

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