WWE RAW Notes: Results, Seth Rollins Injury Update, Cody Rhodes to Answer Rock Challenge at 3/8 SD, Andrade In-Ring RAW Return, IC Title #1 Contender Gauntlet & More for 3/11 RAW

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Steve C.

Mar 4, 2024

WWE RAW Results – March 4, 2024

March 4, 2024
San Antonio, TX – Frost Bank Center
Commentary – Michael Cole and Pat McAfee

Quick Match Results

Gunther defeated Dominik Mysterio via Boston Crab (submission)
Zoey Stark & Shayna Baszler defeated Kayden Carter & Katana Chance via Roll-up (pinfall)
Nia Jax defeated Becky Lynch via Disqualification
- Near the end of the match, Lynch had Jax in a Dis-Arm-Her hold only for Jax to go under the ropes and get out of the ring while still holding onto Lynch. Jax then slammed Lynch into the barricade. This led to Liv Morgan running out and leaped off the barricade to attack Jax resulting in the referee calling for the bell.
Andrade defeated Apollo Crews via La Sombra (pinfall)
Judgement Day (Finn Balor & Damian Priest) defeated Imperium (Giovanni Vinci & Ludwig Kaiser) via South of Heaven (pinfall)
Sami Zayn defeated Ivar via Helluva Kick (pinfall)
- After the match, Bronson Reed ran out and attacked Zayn and laid him out after hitting a Tsunami.
Drew McIntyre defeated Jey Uso via Claymore Kick (pinfall)
- Near the end of the match, Solo Sikoa came out from the crowd and jumped the barricade leading to Cody Rhode’s music playing and him coming out to chase Sikoa away. After some more action between McIntyre and Jey, Jimmy Uso also came out from the crowd and distracted Jey leading to McIntyre hitting the Claymore Kick for the pinfall victory. After the match, Jimmy grabbed a chair and entered the ring but before he could do anything, Seth Rollins’ music played and ran out to the ring to save Jey. After clearing out Jimmy from the ring, Rollins was attacked by McIntyre who stood over Rollins’ fallen body to close out the show.

Seth Rollins Announces He’s 100% Medically Cleared for In-Ring Return

As noted before, Seth Rollins has been out of action for WWE since this past January due to a knee injury.

Monday’s WWE RAW show featured Rollins providing an update on his injury.

During the opening promo segment with Rollins and Cody Rhodes, Rollins stated that he received 100% medical clearance this morning for a return to the ring. Rollins stated that he is back and ready to go and he will be at this Friday’s SmackDown show to confront The Bloodline.

Cody Rhodes Responds to The Rock’s Tag Match Challenge for WrestleMania 40

Monday’s WWE RAW show featured also featured Cody Rhodes addressing The Rock’s challenge for a tag team match between Rhodes & Seth Rollins and The Bloodline (The Rock & Roman Reigns) at Night 1 of WrestleMania 40.

Rhodes came out to the ring and stated that he would have loved to talk about how at WrestleMania 40 in the main event he will stand across from the “greatest champion in company history,” “The Tribal Chief” Roman Reigns. Rhodes stated that he is unable to do so because of a distraction that stings quite a bit and this being The Rock.

Rhodes then proceeded to mock The Rock for his lengthy promo video on Instagram and for not accepting his challenge for a one-on-one match. Rhodes then talked about how The Rock claimed the people did not want Cody Rhodes vs. Roman Reigns and instead they want Rock vs. Reigns. Rhodes then stated how the most peculiar thing happened with the people starting chanting something else. After the crowd broke out in a “We Want Cody” chant, Rhodes respond stating that WWE officials heard it, he heard it and The Rock heard it. Rhodes then stated that The Rock has presented an entirely different challenge and one that does not just involve him but also his friend Seth Rollins.

This led to Rollins’ music playing and him coming out to the ring. After some banter between Rollins and Rhodes over Rollins offering to have his back against The Bloodline, Rhodes stated that he would be totally fine if Rollins declined to be on board with The Rock’s challenge and have his back in order to focus on his WWE World Heavyweight title match against Drew McIntyre at WrestleMania 40. Rollins responded that he will take care of McIntyre and that taking down The Bloodline is the biggest thing they can do. After some more words about Rollins reflecting about his own story with Reigns, Rollins stated that Reigns is this close to having absolute power in WWE now that The Rock is in the Bloodline. Rollins then stated that he is kind of over of The Rock and claimed that he has not been The Rock nor The People’s Champ for a long time and is not going to call him those things anymore. Rollins then came up with a new name to call The Rock from now on, which he revealed to be Diarrhea Dwayne since everything that comes out of his mouth has the “consistency of wet baby poop.” After some more insults directed at The Rock, Rollins addressed his injury situation stating that he is 100% medically cleared and will be at this Friday’s SmackDown show to confront The Rock.

World Heavyweight Champion @WWERollins has a strong message for @TheRock!#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/4Zyde4YugU
— WWE (@WWE) March 5, 2024

"I think I'm gonna call @TheRock Diarrhea Dwayne…"@WWERollins has a new name for The Great One on #WWERaw! pic.twitter.com/N3RaH19Cvi
— WWE (@WWE) March 5, 2024

Rhodes responded stating that he will also be at this Friday’s show and will give The Rock an answer to his face over his tag team match challenge for Night 1 of WrestleMania 40.

THIS FRIDAY on #SmackDown @CodyRhodes gives @TheRock his answer for what's happening at #WrestleMania!

📍 DALLAS
🎟️ https://t.co/EsoIEQaeUk pic.twitter.com/0sDIP1RJRf
— WWE (@WWE) March 5, 2024

#1 Contender Gauntlet Match Announced for Gunther’s IC Title Challenger at WrestleMania 40

Monday’s RAW show also featured the official announcement of a #1 Contender Gauntlet match for the Intercontinental Championship for the card of next week’s show in Houston, Texas.

This match was setup following an announcement by RAW General Manager Adam Pearce who stated that he searched hard to find a new challenger to face off against Gunther for his Intercontinental Championship at this April’s WrestleMania 40 event. Pearce stated that he found six people worthy of being a potential challenger and they will all compete in a Gauntlet match at next week’s show to determine who officially gets to challenge Gunter at WrestleMania 40.

Pearce stated that the six competitors are Sami Zayn, Ricochet, Shinsuke Nakamura, Bronson Reed, JD McDonagh, and Chad Gable.

#WWERaw General Manager @ScrapDaddyAP has some BREAKING NEWS about the Intercontinental Championship at #WrestleMania! pic.twitter.com/t0qZtxQlhL
— WWE (@WWE) March 5, 2024

WWE Women’s Tag Title Match Announced for Next Week’s RAW Show

Monday’s RAW show also featured a WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship announced for next week’s WWE RAW show in Houston.

Following Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark’s victory over Kayden Carter and Katana Chance, Damage CTRL’s Dakota Kai entered the ring. Kai told Baszler and Stark that they had nothing to worry about since Damage CTRL were not actually going to do anything to them tonight. Kai then stated that once the Kabuki Warriors retain their Women’s Tag Team titles at Tuesday’s NXT show, they will be at Friday’s SmackDown show. Kai then stated that she promised they would be back on RAW next week in Houston and proceeded to mock San Antionio for being the lesser city in Texas. Kai then stated that they will give Baszler and Stark a title match next week and make them cry like they did to Bayley. Baszler then grabbed the microphone out of Kai’s hand and stated that it was about time and they will see them next week.

Current card for March 11th WWE RAW show:

WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship – Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark vs. Kabuki Warriors (Asuka & Kairi Sane) (c)
WWE Intercontinental Championship #1 Contender Gauntlet match – Ricochet vs. Chad Gable vs. Sami Zayn vs. Bronson Reed vs. Shinsuke Nakamura vs. JD McDonagh
Becky Lynch vs. Liv Morgan

Andrade Makes WWE RAW Brand In-Ring Return at Monday’s Show

Monday’s RAW show also featured Andrade making his official in-ring return to WWE’s RAW brand.

Andrade competed in a singles match against Apollo Crews, which was won by Andrade who hit a Hammerlock DDT that is now known by the name of La Sombra in WWE.

This was Andrade’s first match since this past January’s Royal Rumble 2024 event and his first singles match in WWE since October of 2020.