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WWE RAW REPORT: TONIGHT IS NOT A NIGHT FOR MAKING FRIENDS, GUNTHER ASKS FOR A CHALLENGER, SHAYNA AND ZOEY WANT THEIR CHANCE, CODY TAKES THE OFFENSIVE, DREW CONTINUES TO TELL THE TRUTH, AND MORE

Cody is in the back with Cathy Kelley.  She brings up Cody's challenge to the Rock.

Cody says the Rock slapped him across the face so he challenged Rock to a one-on-one match and he looks forward to Rock's response on Friday.

Cody is asked about his match with Grayson Waller.  Cody says Waller has some skills.  He brought Jey Uso back on the Waller Effect.  Saturday night, he gave Waller an exclusive by challenging the Rock.  Tonight. Waller gets his first Raw main event.

Imperium's music plays and they make their way to the ring.

Gunther looks around and he says after successfully defeating Jey Uso last week, he is standing here are your greatest and longest reigning Intercontinental Champion of all time.  He says he has to be honest.  It was very close. Jey almost had him beat and he felt it slipping away for the first time as champion.  Let's be honest, nobody is perfect, but he is very very close.  Gunther says before his men Kaiser and Gio are going to outclass the New Day in a street fight, he wants to address his future.  He has been working hard for over 600 days into making this the most prestigious in this company.  He says he has beaten everybody along the way to achieve this greatness. 

Who will be his opponent at Wrestlemania?

He says he does not live under a rock. He hears what you are saying.  Sami Zayn?  Chad Gable?  The Miz?  It gets even worse.  He hears people asking for R Truth.

THE Judgment Day make their way to the ring, minus Rhea Ripley.

They enter the ring and get in the face of Imperium with Dom playing the role of mic caddy.

Priest mentions big bad Gunther and he says they don't sweat him.  You have had quite a dominant run, second to them.  Priest says he hopes they were watching on Saturday because they ran the table and will do the same at Wrestlemania but add more gold and he says they are talking about Gunther's title.

Gunther asks who will it be?  Finn Balor?  The one with the big head?  

Dom pushes Priest back and he gets in Gunther's face.  Gunther starts to laugh.

Dom tells Gunther that when they say they are going to do something, they mean it.  He says that means that title belongs to them.

Gunther pushes Dom away and Priest has to be held back. 

Priest gets ready for a fight but they continue to hold him back.

Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods walk with a purpose in the back as we go to commercial.

We are back and THE Judgment Day are walking in the back and Rhea stops by to check on Dom.  Dom says he has this and Rhea says he better.

Dom walks up to Andrade and he says he has to smooth some things out but it was good to see him.

Andrade says he will see Dom soon.

Match Number Three:  Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston versus Ludwig Kaiser and Giovanni Vinci in a Street Fight

They fight in the aisle and they exchange punches.  Vinci with a knee to Woods and he sends him into the wall.  Vinci with an uppercut to Kofi.  Kaiser with punches and a kick by Vinci.  Woods hits Kaiser and Vinci with the trombone many times.  Woods punches Kaiser and Kofi pulls Vinci to the ring.  Vinci and Kaiser are sent into the apron and Kofi and Woods get a table so they are obviously the faces in the match.  Vinci and Kaiser stop Kofi and Woods.  Vinci sends Kofi and Woods back into the ring.  Woods and Kofi knock Kaiser and Vinci off the apron.  Woods with a drop kick through the ropes and Kofi with a flip dive as we go to commercial.

We are back and they are in the crowd as the match continues.  Kaiser punches Kofi and Woods sends Vinci over the ringside barrier.  Woods with a chop to Vinci against the apron.  Kaiser with an elbow to Kofi.  Vinci with a back drop driver to Woods on the apron.  Kaiser goes under the ring and they pull out a table and then Kaiser puts it back under because the Sharks are not good this season.  Kiaser has a chair as Vinci holds Woods.  Kaiser hits Woods in the ribs and then Kaiser hits him in the back with the chair.  Kaiser puts Woods in the ropes and they put a chair against the ribs.  Vinci and Kaiser with the double drop kick to the ribs.  Kofi with a cross body to Kaiser and Vinci.  Kofi with SOS to Vinci and he slams Kaiser onto Vinci.  Kofi with a Boom Drop.  Kofi with punches to Kaiser.  Kofi tries to pull Kaiser to the floor but Kaiser blocks it.  Kofi with punches.

Kofi sets up the table on the floor.  Kofi tries to suplex Kaiser over the top rope through the table but Vinci kicks Kofi and they suplex him into the ring.  Woods with a kick to Vinci but Vinci with a chop and kicks.  Kaiser hits Woods with some kendo sticks and he passes one to Vinci and they hit Woods with it.  They put Woods on the steps and Kaiser goes for a drop kick to Woods but Kofi with a forearm.  Vinci clotheslines Kofi on the floor.  Vinci with a flying forearm to Woods and he hits Woods with the kendo stick.  Kaiser has the chair and he hits Woods with it. 

We go to commercial.

We are back and Woods is sent into the ringside barrier.  Kofi throws an announcer's chair at Kaiser and connects.  Kofi sends Vinci into the ring steps.  Kaiser and Kofi are in the ring and Woods joins them.  Kofi and Woods have kendo sticks and they hit Kaiser many times.  Woods tells Kofi to get the tables.  They get a table from under the ring and set it up.  Kofi puts Vinci on the table and Woods goes up top for and hits an elbow drop through the table.  Kofi sends Vinci back into the ring and Kofi with a back breaker and Woods with a knee off the turnbuckles.  Kaiser pulls the referee out of the ring to prevent him from making the count.  Kofi hits Kaiser with a kendo stick.  Vinci rolls to the floor and Kaiser is sent into the ring.  Kofi with a kick to the ribs.  Woods gets Kaiser up but Vinci pushes Kofi off the turnbuckles through the table.  Woods is sent into a chair in the turnbuckles for the three count.

Winners:  Giovanni Vinci and Ludwig Kaiser

We take a look at Grayson Waller.

Adam Pearce is on the phone with Bronson Reed.

Chad Gable enters the office and he says that he is looking for some momentum into Wrestlemania.  He says he wants to make his case to face Gunther but he is doing it as a father.  He mentions that Gunther made his daughter cry and he was called a terrible father.  To anyone else, this match would be about a championship.  To him, it means more.

Shayna says it makes her sick that Candice and Indi got a title match at Elimination Chamber.  Is it because Indi is from Australia.  Zoey says that title match was theirs.  Shayna tells the champs to watch Indi and Candice tapping out because they are coming for the titles.

Match Number Four:  Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark versus Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell

Shayna and Candice start things off and Candice with a kick to the knee and an enzuigiri.  Candice knocks Zoey off the apron and then avoids Shayna.  Candice with an elbow to Shayna and a cannonball to Zoey.  Candice with a knee to Shayna and she tries for a slingshot tornado DDT but Shayna blocks it and Shayna with a knee to the head.  Shayna stomps on the elbow and Zoey tags in.  Zoey with a wrist lock and she works on the arm.  Zoey continues to work on the shoulder.  Zoey wraps the arm in the ropes and pie faces her.  Zoey Irish whips Candice into the turnbuckles to continue to work on the elbow.  Zoey with a gutwrench suplex for a near fall.  Indi tags in and she kicks Zoey and hits a clothesline.  She knocks Shayna off the apron and then connects with a clothesline and follows with punches.  Shayna tags in and Indi with a spinebuster to Zoey but Shayna with a Kirifuta Clutch and Indi taps out.

Winners:  Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark

Drew McIntyre walks in the back as we go to commercial.

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