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Watch: WWE Raw 2/12/18
Live on Raw tonight, Finn Bálor, "Woken" Matt Hardy, Apollo Crews and Bray Wyatt (PHOTOS) will get a “Second Chance” in a Fatal-4-Way Match for the final spot for redemption to enter in the Men’s Elimination Chamber Match on Sunday, Feb. 25, with the winner of that match, will face Brock Lesnar for the Universal Championship at WrestleMania.
WATCH: Bray Wyatt best promo ever
— Shawn Shashidharan (@shawnitch) February 13, 2018
Shows starts, John Cena's music hits and he makes his way out to the ring. Cena then talks about Wrestlemania and how special the show is and how important it is for him to win the match at Elimination Chamber so that he can headline Wrestlemania. He then declares that he will win at Elimination Chamber and will face Brock Lesnar at the Grandest Show of all for the Universal Championship.
The Miz's music hits and he enter the ring, and declares that Cena has faced Lesnar before and mocked him by calling him the founding father of 'suplex city'. He also said that he will win the Elimination Chamber match and will face Lesnar and win the Universal Championship at Wrestlemania.
Cena then offered a match and said that The Miz to face him tonight and the loser will start the match at the Elimination Chamber. The Miztourage then attacks Cena and left him lying on his back in the ring. The Miz then accepts the challenge and Raw's General Manager Kurt Angle makes the match official.
Match 1: John Cena vs. The Miz (Loser will start the match at the Elimination Chamber)
After the commercial, Miz continues to attack Cena outside the ring. Later in the ring, Cena gets control of the match and continues to attack Miz and tries to pin him but ends up being unsuccessful. Miz later holds Cena is a sleeper hold in the centre of the ring,
After the commerical, Cena was seen dominating the match which was later turned and Miz was seen holding Cena in a figure four hold. Cena turned and holds Miz in STFU, Miz breaks it by reaching to the ropes. Miz later jumps up from the ring, Cena holds him and Cena rolls it and goes for an attitude adjustment - Miz kicks out and attacks Cena and goes for the pin - Cena kicks out.
From the ringside, Miz runs to Cena to attack him, Cena, quickly hold him and delivers attitude adjustment and pins him to which Miz rolls out. Miz again hold Cena is a figure four, Cena again turns it and holds Miz in STFU. Miz drags himself to the ropes and breaks the hold. Miz recovers and delivers skull crushing finale and tries to pin Cena and he kicks out at two as Miz was left stunned.
Miz takes Cena up on over the ropes and tries to deliver skull crushing finale from the top. Cena turns and delivers an attitude adjustment to Miz from over the ropes and pin him for the win.
Winner: John Cena.
"Woken" Matt Hardy's promo was cut, where he said that he will win the Fatal-4-Way match later tonight.
Match 2: Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs The Revival
The Revival attacks Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson before the match as they make their way out to the ring.
Bells rings, Gallows attacks Scott Dawson and dominates him. Dash Wilder comes to rescue Dawson, Anderson enters the ring and throws Wilder out of the ring. In the ring, Dawson attacks the knee of Gallows.
After the commercial, it was all Dawson and Wilder attacking Gallows turn by turn. Dawson tags Wilder, Gallows delivers super-kick to Wilder and tags Anderson. Anderson kick Wilder to his face, Dawson tags Wilder and both deliver power-bomb and diving clothesline combination to win the match with a pin.
Winner: The Revival.
Kurt Angles music hit as he enters the ring. He announces that Ronda Rousey will be signing her WWE Raw contract at Elimination Chamber. He then continues to say that his son Jason Jordan is seriously injured and he will undergo a neck surgery and he will miss this year Wrestlemania.
Seth Rollin's music hits as he enters the ring, Rollins conveys his wishes for Jordon for a speedy recovery. He continues to say that he can't see himself as heading to Wrestlemania this year. Angle quickly said that he will find another opponent for him for the Raw Tag Team titles. Rollins declined the offer and said that he doesn't want it to be given he wants to earn it as he wasn't to face Lesnar for the Universal Championship at Wrestlemania and the only way he can do it is by winning the Emilination Chamber match. He requested Angle put include him into the Fatal-4- Way match into a Fatal-5-Way match. Angle then asked the WWE Univers that do they want to include Rollins and the WWE Univers said "Yes".
Match 3: Sasha Banks vs. Bayley.
Bell ring, Banks and Bayley stares each other and WWE Univers cheers for Bayley and the match has was happening at Bayley's hometown.
Bayley attacks Banks on her left arm. Banks then attacks Bayley at the ring corner. Banks then kick Bayley out of the ring.
After the commercial, Banks was seen dominating Bayley in the ring. Later Banks runs towards Bayley, Bayley just then delivers a clothesline to Banks. Bayley then attacks Banks at the corner of the ring. Bayley then delivers between then second ropes a standing bulldog drop and pins to which Banks kicks out. Bayley then climbs the ropes and delivers an elbow drop as Banks rolls out. Quickly Banks hold Bayley is a Bank Statement. Bayley then grabs the ropes which broke the hold.
Later, over the ropes Bayley was about to deliver a suplex to Banks, Banks kicks Bayley down. Bayley then quickly gets up and runs towards the ropes and delivers a belly-to-belly suplex to Banks on the ring and pins her.
Winner: Bayley.
After the match, Nia Jax appears to the ring and attacks Bayley and Banks. As Jax walks out she was asked why she attacked them, to which she replied that this women's failed to defeat Asuka and she will at Elimination Chamber by showing Bayley and Banks as an example.
Backstage: Reigns and Rollins were seen talking about the Elimination Chamber match which was interrupted by Cesaro and Sheamus. As Reigns will face Sheamus later tonight.
Promo: Asuka's undefeated journey in WWE.
Backstage: Apollo Crews was seen in an interview where he says that he is very motivated to face anybody in the Fatal-5-Way match.
Backstage: Alexa Bliss & Mickie James was seen were together. Bliss apologies to James for their differences in the past as they need to focus tonight because they will be in a tag team match where they will face Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville from Absolution.
Match 4: Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville vs. Alexa Bliss & Mickie James.
James and Rose start the match, Rose attacks James and tags Deville. James tags Bliss and attacks Deville together. Later Bliss was seen attacking Deville. Bliss then tags James, Deville gain momentum and attacks James at the ring corner. Deville attacks James and pins her to which James kicked out by two.
Deville tags Rose, James delivers a neck breaker to Rose. As James goes to tag Bliss. Paige distracts Bliss and Deville attacks Bliss from behind. Rose then attacks James and pins her for victory.
Winner: Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville w/ Paige.
In the ring: Elias was seen with his guitar as he debuts a new song for the Elimination Chamber match. As he sings, the announcer introduced Braun Strowman. Strowman was seen at the entrance ramp singing and said that he will attack Elias right now and heads to the ring. As Strowman enters the ring Elias goes to attack Strowman. The Monster Among Men then chokes his neck and delivers a shoulder slam to Elias.
As Elias crawls his way out to the entrance ramp, Strowman carries his big violin and hits Elias on his back.
Match 5: Sheamus vs. Roman Reigns.
Bell rings, Sheamus and Reigns squares off. Reigns goes after Sheamus left arm and then delivers a clothesline. Later outside the ring, Sheamus attacks Reigns with a rolling swanton.
After the commercial, Sheamus was seen controlling Reigns in the ring. Reigns then attack only to get an Irish back-breaker from Sheamus. Sheamus then hold Reigns in a sharp-shooter. Reigns turns and break the hold and delivers Samoan drop to Sheamus. Reigns then goes to hit Sheamus with a superman punch, Sheamus rolls out and delivers white noise to Reigns and goes for the pinfall as Reigns rolls out.
Reigns then successfully hit Sheamus with a superman punch and tries to pin Sheamus, but he rolls out. As Reigns set for spear at the ring corner, Cesaro then tries to distract as Sheamus delivers a kick to the face to Regins and pins him, as he kicks out.
Then Sheamus throws Reigns out of the ring, Cesaro then goes to attack, as Reigns throws him into the crowd. Sheamus then climbs the ropes only to get spear by Reigns as he pins Sheamus for victory.
Winner: Roman Reigns.
Promo: New WWE Hall of Fame inductee for the class of 2018 who will join Goldberg and Dudley Boyz is Ivory.
Match 6: Finn Bálor vs. "Woken" Matt Hardy vs. Apollo Crews vs. Bray Wyatt vs. Seth Rollins in a Fatal-5-Way Match (Winner will earn the final spot in the Men's Elimination Chamber match).
Every superstar makes their way out to the ring as they are determined to win.
Bell rings, the match starts as all five–men attack each other in the ring.
After the commercial, Wyatt was seen controlling the match. As Wyatt attacks Balor, Hardy was seen clapping at Wyatt as the WWE Universe cheers. As Wyatt and Hardy attack each other, Rollins enters the ring and attacks Wyatt and then delivers a suicide dive to Balor and then enters the ring and deliver another suicide dive to Hardy, then again enters the ring and deliver another suicide dive to Wyatt and attacks Crews in the ring.
Rollins kicks the spin of Crews and throws him out of the ring, Wyatt enters the ring and attacks Rollins and goes for the pinfall as Rollins kicks out at two.
Balor rushes into the ring and attacks Wyatt and goes over the ropes to jump on Wyatt, Rollins runs to Balor, Balor throws Rollins to the ring Wyatt delivers a Sister Abigail to Rollins and goes for the pin, Hardy enters and attacks Wyatt and goes for the pin which was interpreted by Crews.
In the ring, Crews delivers standing shooting star to Rollins and tries to pin him as Rollins kicks out at two. Crews then climbs the rope. Hardy also climbs the ropes and attacks Crews. Wyatt pulls Hardy down and delivers Sister Abigail to Hardy outside the ring.
In the ring, Wyatt climbs the ropes a helds Crews, Rollins and Balor quickly gets to them and delivers a tower-of-dome followed by Rollins and Balor pinning Wyatt at the same time.
Winner: Finn Bálor and Seth Rollins won the Second-Chance Fatal 5-Way Match to turn the Men’s Elimination Chamber into a 7-Man Match.
— Shawn Shashidharan (@shawnitch) February 13, 2018
