BY SACNILK
Here is the live coverage for this week's Monday Night Raw which is scheduled to air on March 18, 2024, at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, NC. ##
Monday Night Raw currently airs live on Monday evenings on the USA Network from 8:00 ET–11:00 PM ET in the United States. WWE Raw starts live at 1 am in the UK on BT Sport 1 on Tuesday mornings. ##
WWE Raw Time In Australia: It airs live on Tuesdays at 10 am (AEST) on Fox8 ##
WWE Raw Time In Canada: It airs live every Monday at 8 Am on Sportsnet 360 ##
WWE Raw Time In South Africa: The show also airs live on Supersport in South Africa on Tuesdays at 02:00 am CAT ##
Raw Time In Italy: In Italy, Raw airs live on Dplay 2:00 pm ##
WWE Raw Time In India: Raw airs live on Sony Ten 1 HD and Sony Ten 1 in India at 5:30 am ##
WWE Monday Night Raw, March 18, 2024: Live Coverage ##
Jey throws out a welcome to the Raw crowd, knowing his twin Jimmy Uso and Solo Sikoa are lurking in the PNC Arena. He calls them out for a face-off.##
Jimmy and Sikoa weave through the crowd, arriving at ringside. Jimmy steps into the ring. Jey, despite past tensions, admits he misses him. He pleads with Jimmy to rejoin his side. Jimmy fires back, claiming he never left. He insists he protected Jey, and leaving The Bloodline was his plan all along. Jimmy argues he helped Jey purely out of brotherly love, but on Raw, he skyrocketed – top merch seller and an Undisputed Tag Team Champion, all without Jey. Jimmy accuses Jey of forgetting him, claiming his career peak is thanks to him.##
Jey counters, stating his dream match at WrestleMania will be his defining moment, achieved by beating Jimmy down. He lunges at Jimmy, even clocking Sikoa on the apron. But Jimmy lands a swift superkick on Jey. Sikoa restrains Jey while Jimmy lays into him verbally. Suddenly, Cody Rhodes sprints to the ring, evening the odds. He blasts Jimmy on the ramp and flattens Sikoa with a Cody Cutter before checking on Jey.##
#DIY then joins the fray.##
After a commercial break, Paul Heyman intercepts Adam Pearce backstage. He assures Pearce that Jimmy and Sikoa's actions were a rogue move, not sanctioned by Roman Reigns or The Rock. He guarantees Pearce that Jimmy and Sikoa have vanished from the arena, and Heyman himself will be gone after some official business.##
Back at ringside, The Creed Brothers hit the scene. ##
WrestleMania Six-Pack Challenge Ladder Match Qualifier Match: The Creed Brothers vs. #DIY ##
They trade submission holds and pin attempts before Ciampa blasts Julius with a chop. Julius retaliates with a brutal Ankle Lock, but Ciampa scrambles to the ropes to break free. Brutus and Gargano take their turns. Gargano nails Brutus with a slick Sliced Bread. The Creeds tumble outside, and DIY soar over the top rope with crossbody attacks.##
After the break, Ciampa smashes Julius with a back elbow. Brutus tags in and splashes both Ciampa and Gargano in the corner. He pins them both, but DIY kick out. Julius enters, and with Brutus' help, overpowers Ciampa. Julius hoists Ciampa for a delayed vertical suplex, but Gargano disrupts the move. Brutus hoists Gargano for a suplex too, and The Creeds slam DIY. They launch simultaneous moonsaults on the downed team, then Julius locks Ciampa in an Electric Chair for a potential Brutus splash. Gargano yanks Ciampa free. Brutus hoists Gargano, Julius knees him, and Brutus slams him. Outside, Brutus pounces Ciampa over the announce desk.##
Back again, Ciampa counters with a reverse DDT on Julius. Gargano tags in, blasts Brutus who interferes, then knees and slams both Creeds. He dives off the apron with a Spear through the ropes on Julius, then positions him on the top turnbuckle and tags Ciampa. Ciampa chops Julius then nails him with an Air Raid Crash.##
Julius cinches in another Ankle Lock on Ciampa, but Gargano tries to break it. Julius releases the hold for a powerbomb on Gargano, then reapplies it on Ciampa. Brutus mirrors the hold on Gargano. They escape and lock in their Gargano-No Escape, but The Creeds break free and send DIY crashing. Julius moonsaults Ciampa, followed by Brutus. Julius sets Ciampa in an Electric Chair for the Brutus Ball, but Ciampa escapes. Julius rolls Ciampa up, but with Gargano shoving Brutus out, Ciampa reverses for the win. ##
WINNER: #DIY ##
Indi Hartwell and Candice LeRae vs. Kayden Carter and Katana Chance ##
Carter and LeRae kick things off. Bell rings, Carter lands a dropkick. LeRae counters with a back elbow, tags Hartwell. Hartwell boots Carter, tags LeRae back in. LeRae pummels Carter, attempts a step-up senton but Carter dodges. Tags Chance. Hartwell tags in, eats a dropkick from Chance. Chance stomps Hartwell, smashes her face first. Targets her knee, ref checks on her. LeRae tags in, dropkicks Carter outside, slams Chance's knee into the ring post. LeRae throws Chance in a submission, Chance taps instantly. Hartwell watches in shock. ##
WINNER: Candice LeRae and Indi Hartwell ##
A video recaps The Rock's comments and song from SmackDown.##
After the break, Cody Rhodes enters the ring.##
He confirms facing Roman Reigns for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship at WrestleMania again. He adds there will be a "talk" with Reigns this Friday. He mentions "complications" involving The Rock. He explains referring to himself as a "heel" on social media. He acknowledges past heels, but doesn't consider The Rock a villain – he calls him something stronger.##
He apologizes if The Rock or his production team took offense to his comments about crying in an interview. He throws a jab, claiming The Rock has been "crying backstage" the whole time, manipulating the TKO board for good PR. He calls them "yes men" who won't challenge The Rock. He steps up, calling The Rock a terrible salesman despite his wrestling fame. He accuses The Rock of being delusional about not being whiny.##
Rhodes escalates, bringing their mothers into the fight. He respects The Rock's mom, but claims The Rock doesn't know his own mother and she isn't afraid of him.##
He expresses uncertainty about facing Reigns under Bloodline Rules or finishing their story. He points out The Rock's long absence from the ring. He questions if The Rock will live up to his nickname "The Great One" when the fight starts. He mocks The Rock's self-proclaimed title of "The Final Boss," predicting it won't hold at WrestleMania. He delivers a final insult, calling The Rock "Reigns' side chick" at WrestleMania.##
Paul Heyman enters, introducing himself. He downplays their conflict, emphasizing shared ideals. He apologizes for involving the police a few weeks ago, admitting it was a mistake.##
Rhodes invites Heyman into the ring, but Heyman refuses. He relays a message from Roman Reigns: their meeting on Friday will be one-on-one, no Bloodline backup. Rhodes agrees and shakes Heyman's hand.##
Ricochet and Dominik Mysterio are next. ##
Dominik Mysterio (w/ JD McDonagh) vs. Ricochet ##
Ricochet grabs Dominik in a waist lock to start. Dominik elbows free, but Ricochet blasts him with punches. He follows up with a springboard elbow, then dives over the top rope to target Dominik outside. However, McDonagh shoves Dominik aside. Ricochet flies over the top anyway, landing on Dominik. He tries to climb back in, but McDonagh yanks him back by the ankle. Dominik capitalizes with a dropkick that sends Ricochet ringside.##
After the break, Ricochet leaps from the apron, but Dominik trips him. Facebuster connects for Dominik. He attempts The Three Amigos, but Ricochet counters with a Brainbuster. He hoists Dominik on his shoulders and slams him with double knees. Dominik tries a kick to Ricochet's gut, but Ricochet catches it and retaliates with a head kick. He goes for a 450 Splash, but Dominik dodges. McDonagh jumps on the apron, eats a Ricochet kick for his trouble. Dominik tries to capitalize with a kick to the ropes, then sets up for a 619. Ricochet ducks and blasts him with the Recoil for the victory. ##
WINNER: Ricochet ##
McDonagh tries to jump Ricochet after the bell, but Ricochet dodges.##
We cut backstage to Chad Gable and Sami Zayn arguing. Gable tells Zayn he has no chance against Gunther for the Intercontinental Championship at WrestleMania.##
Back from commercial, Adam Pearce waits in the ring.##
Pearce introduces Zayn and Gunther, who enter the ring.##
Pearce attempts to start the contract signing, but Gunther cuts him off. He questions Zayn's t-shirt for such a big event. Zayn complains about Gunther's smug grin and acknowledges Gunther's dominance. He says Gunther doubts him, but doubters have fueled Zayn's success before. He mentions dethroning the Usos with Kevin Owens last year and promises to make WrestleMania history again by ending Gunther's record reign. Zayn signs the contract.##
GUNTHER responds that nobody, including Zayn, truly believes in his victory. He calls Zayn's challenge pathetic and tells him to keep dreaming of an impossible WrestleMania upset. He signs the contract.##
GUNTHER grabs his title and heads to leave, but Zayn stops him. Zayn demands confirmation that Gunther doesn't believe in him. He tells Gunther to look again, because he's staring into the eyes of the future Intercontinental Champion.##
Then Truth and Montez Ford arrive. ##
WrestleMania Six-Pack Challenge Ladder Match Qualifier Match: Indus Sher (w/ Jinder Mahal) vs. Awesome Truth ##
What an AWESOME night on #WWERaw! pic.twitter.com/hXb75IioNS— WWE (@WWE) March 19, 2024 ##
WINNER: Awesome Truth ##
We see up next is Drew McIntyre making his way to the ring, meanwhile, Seth Rollins' entrance cuts Drew's music and he heads to the ring. ##
Seth Rollins: "Sorry Drew, I didn't even see you there. I was too busy. You know soaking it up the spotlight."##
Drew McIntyre, Drew says he is waiting for Seth to finish because after Wrestlemania, the spotlight is his. ##
Seth Rollins: "Hey look, I came out here with an honest cause Drew. I don't like you. I think he's stupid. I think you're a hypocrite. I think you said a lot of dumb things in the last few weeks. But I came out here to admit one thing you said is absolutely correct. And I wanted to admit it to your face. I wanted to do it right here in Raleigh, in front of all these fine folks.##
They always say the first step on the road to recovery is the hardest. So if you'll bear with me, please, I've been working on this. It's gonna be difficult for me but my name is Seth freaking Rollins. And I'm I'm a spotlight junkie." ##
Drew McIntyre: "Everything is just the joke to you as you become an authority of yourself at this point, but honestly, I just don't care but the BS anymore says I'm trying to reason what you have gave the answers at this point. I literally only care about our match and the world title you want to know the punch line funny man. Well, you guys you do every time you say what it means you're happier to coach CM Punk. Thanks for remembering the punch line funny mountains when I beat you for that title of WrestleMania ##
Don't be ridiculous, CM Punk will be here next week. He would never show up in somewhere like Raleigh you hear that? pomp? They're booing you, but it's true. You're gonna leave your couch in Chicago to justify a seat it got your attention."##
Seth Rollins: "Yeah, you got my attention. All right, you know, because this isn't a joke to me. When I said I was an addict when I said I was a spotlight junkie. It wasn't a joke to me. You see, I've been doing this for 20 years. 20 years, just like you and every single time I come out of that curtain. That's my fixed fan. And it gets better and better and better every single time. When I come out here, I lay it on the line in this way. It gets better and better every single time when I hear these people sing my song so loud I can barely speak. ##
That's the spotlight I crave. And you know what? I want the spotlight as bright as it can possibly be. So look, I know you're getting busy online, trying to entertain the people on Twitter making memes. You're really gonna listen to what I'm telling you. Shall we get this through your thick skull? They didn't want to WrestleMania I take the biggest star in Hollywood and his side chick and I'm making my pitches and that night to the biggest spotlight possible will be shining down on you and me in the World Heavyweight Championship."##
Drew says all hail our savior, thank you very much. He had me that's what I want. I want that passion. I don't want to the stupid outfits. I don't want to laugh and I don't want to dance and I want the passion. You had me all the way to the finish. You've done this for 20 years just to go I've done this for 20 years we've gave our life to this industry. And that's your beat this title. All about the wrestlers title, the real wrestlers title, the workhorse championship until you mentioned the bid spotlight. And the reason we're gonna get it is because you could have been one of the biggest stars in the world. Why can't it just be because of all your hard work to make that title and all of my hard work to get to this point? Why can't that be the reason we're getting the biggest spotlight
the priorities are all wrong man. You got it backwards. I'm gonna give you the answers. Honestly, I don't care all the BS and now all I care about is you make it to the ring at night to a WrestleMania and if you can't walk will you doubt the count will you don't I will carry you down because at WrestleMania I'm not gonna get the moment I am gonna get the moment I have bloody earned it. ##
Seth Rollins: "That's right. You want to call me a spotlight junkie. But you want the spotlight just as bad as I do, don't you? You're an addict just like I am. And you've been begging for spotlight for the past four years because you won the WrestleMania main event you did back in 2020 in an empty warehouse. And all we've been hearing from Drew McIntyre for the past four years was how that wasn't good enough. You've been whining and complaining and bitching and moaning that you deserve better than you deserve more. The problem is true. When everybody came back around, and the lights got bright again. What happened? You fumble the ball. And that's the difference between you and me. When the lights are the brightest. I shine then I shine bright. ##
At WrestleMania 40, lights are going to be as bright as they have ever been. You are going to find out you're not as good as you." ##
The camera shifts to backstage where we see Becky Lynch cutting a promo. ##
Becky Lynch: "We're less than three weeks away from Wrestlemania. So why whatever is going on.
All I know is taking risks All I know is fighting, to be the last woman standing. "##
Wrestlemania Tag Title Match Qualifying Match: Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods vs Akira Tozawa and Otis ##
Woods and Otis kick things off. Woods throws a kick and grabs a side headlock. Otis plows through him with a shoulder tackle then follows up with a pec splash. He charges in with a running knee lift. Tozawa tags in and blasts Woods with kicks. Woods retaliates with a back heel kick. Kofi tags in and trades kicks with Tozawa before Tozawa floors him with a forearm. Tozawa dropkicks Woods out of the ring, but Kofi catches him with a kick. Tozawa tries to take Kofi down with a headscissors but ends up diving over the top rope onto both Woods and Kofi.##
We cut to commercial.##
Back from the break, Woods applies a side headlock on Tozawa who lands on his feet after a belly-to- belly suplex attempt. Fresh tags for Otis and Kofi. Otis throws clotheslines and connects with a back elbow. Another clothesline finds its mark on Woods. Otis catches Kofi leaping off the turnbuckles and flattens him with a World's Strongest Slam. He rips off his shirt and starts the Caterpillar dance, then connects with the elbow drop for a near fall. Otis misses a Vader Bomb, and Tozawa gets the hot tag. He nails Otis with a missile dropkick. Woods follows up with a tornado DDT for another near fall. He climbs the turnbuckles, but Tozawa punches him down. Tozawa attempts a superplex, but Woods blocks it. Woods tries to counter, but Tozawa reverses and hits a Frankensteiner. Tozawa scales the turnbuckles again and splashes Kofi for another close two count.##
Kofi dodges the steps and blasts Otis with a tornado DDT on the outside. Tozawa spins and lands a heel kick on Kofi, knocking him off the apron. Woods blocks a hurricanrana attempt and counters with a spinning sit-out powerbomb. Woods climbs the turnbuckles again, launches himself with a springboard elbow drop, and pins Tozawa for the win. ##
WINNER: Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods ##
Becky Lynch vs Nia Jax in a Last Woman Standing Match ##
The bell rings, and the match starts off with Becky delivering a dropkick. Nia sends Becky to the apron. Becky leaps from the top and dashes down onto Nia. They continue to fight outside the ring. Nia gets Becky up on her shoulder and plants her back through the apron and ringside barrier. Becky beats the count and unloads punches on Nia to fight back. Meanwhile, Nia lands a massive right hand.##
Back from the break, tables, chairs, and kendo sticks are involved in the match. Nia lands a few punches and sends Becky back into the ring. She sets up the table and throws chairs inside. Nia gets back into the ring, but Becky hits her with a chair shot to the ribs. Nia takes over and executes a Samoan drop through the table. The crowd chants for more tables. Becky applies a sleeper hold and attempts a Bulldog, but Nia breaks the count. Becky tries a top rope move, but Nia counters with the table. Nia then hits Becky with a slam followed by a leg drop onto the chairs.##
Nia continues with more chair shots. Becky grabs a kendo stick and unleashes on Nia. Nia rolls out, and Becky follows but eats a massive right hand. Nia grabs steel steps to hit Becky. She sets Becky up on the apron and goes for a leg drop, but Becky moves, causing Nia to hit the steel steps. Becky then sets up tables in the ring as the action heads into the break. ##
Back from the break, and this match has been an all-out war. Nia sets Becky on the table and climbs the ladder, but she quickly gets down when she realizes Becky isn't on the table. Meanwhile, Becky grabs a fire extinguisher. Both women return to the ring, and Nia executes a Samoan drop through the table onto the ring post. She follows up with an Annihilator, but Becky rolls out of the ring to beat the count. Nia is visibly frustrated and follows her out. She gets Becky up on her shoulder on the apron, attempting a Samoan drop, but Becky fights back with punches and hits a Manhandle slam through the table. Nia barely beats the count.##
Meanwhile, Becky climbs the ladder, leaving Nia unsure of her whereabouts. Nia nears the announce table, and suddenly Becky strikes with a leg through the announce desk to secure the victory. ##
WINNER: Becky Lynch ##
Following the match, the Women's World Champion Rhea Ripley heads to the ring. She steps inside, finding Becky still in the ring. They come face-to-face as the camera cuts to the end of the show. ##
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