WWE Monday Night Raw Results
Live from the ThunderDome at Amway Center in Orlando, FL
November 23, 2020 on the USA Network
Storyline Developments & Promo Highlights:
- “Team Raw” members AJ Styles w/Omos, Sheamus, Keith Lee, Riddle and Braun Strowman opened the show in the ring with Adam Pearce. Pearce stated one of them would get a WWE Championship match. Pearce wanted them all to make their case. They all spoke but Strowman ended up grabbing Pearce by the collar and headbutted him to the ground. There were clearly undertones of a future McIntyre vs. Sheamus program.
- Backstage, Adam Pearce said if it were up to him he would fire Braun Strowman. Bobby Lashley showed up and told Pearce he was victorious at Survivor Series and he deserved a title shot. Pearce told Charly Caruso he would think about it. Randy Orton approached him and told Pearce they need to talk.
- Lana told Sarah Schreiber that Survivor Series was the best night of her career.
- Pearce told Caruso there will be three singles matches on Raw and the winners would meet in a Triple Threat match next week and the winner will get a title shot.
- The Firefly Funhouse aired with Bray Wyatt and Alexa Bliss.
- R-Truth hosted a WWE merchandise spot that turned into Drew Gulak and Akira Tozawa, wearing a Fiend mask, trying to win the WWE 24/7 title. The title did not change hands.
Match Results:
1) WWE Raw Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods beat Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin w/MVP to retain. The finish saw Woods roll Benjamin up after a powerbomb.
2) Riddle beat Sheamus to qualify for the Triple Threat Match to determine the No. 1 contender to the WWE Championship. Sheamus put the Cloverleaf on him but Riddle rolled him up to get the victory.
3) Asuka vs. Lana for the WWE Raw Women’s Championship ended in no contest. The match was thrown out when Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler, who were ringside, attacked Asuka. Asuka triggered the attack by pouring water on her.
4) Asuka and Lana beat WWE Women’s Tag Champions Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler in a non-title match. Asuka rolled up Baszler for the victory.
5) Keith Lee beat WWE United States Champion Bobby Lashley by DQ to qualify for the Triple Threat to determine the No. 1 contender to the WWE Championship. MVP caused the disqualification for getting into the ring and attacking Lee.
6) Alexa Bliss beat Nikki Cross. Bliss began crying and asked Cross to help her. When she did, she dropped her with Sister Abigail. She smiled as she covered Cross.
7)AJ Styles beat Randy Orton to qualify for the Triple Threat to determine the No. 1 contender to the WWE Championship. Orton was pinned after getting hit with the Phenomenal Forearm following a distraction from “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt.
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