WWE Raw Results 8/19/24

WWE Raw Results 8/19/24
Amerant Bank Arena
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Commentators: (Michael Cole & Pat McAfee)

Ring Announcer: Samantha Irvin

Transcription by Josh Lopez

Randy Orton & GUNTHER Segment

Randy Orton: South Florida, you sound mighty froggy right now, what’s up with you? Well, check it out, it’s been a minute since I’ve done this, so bear with me, I want to soak it all in. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Monday Night Raw. Oh, and the next time that I make that introduction, I will be a 15-time World Champion. This match at the Bash In Berlin against GUNTHER, that’s what it’s for, the World Championship. And that’s all it had to be about. The legacy of the world title, but GUNTHER decided to go and make it personal. Which only gives me that much more reason to kick his ass in Berlin, pillar to post. But guys, last week, when he couldn’t help but to talk about my father and my grandfather, well, then he turned his back on me, and I mean, this is me who we’re talking about. So, I had no choice but to take the opportunity and hit his ass with the three most dangerous letters in sports entertainment, RKO.

GUNTHER: Randy, the only thing I need you to do, in fact that goes to Randy and everybody here. What I need you to do is, and all of these Florida rednecks in here, to do right now is shut up, and listen to what I have to say. Randy, look at me, I want to know what you’re celebrating here. Are you celebrating that I turned my back to you? You spun me around, and you hit an RKO on me. Well, Randy, celebrate it, because it’s the only celebrating you’re going to do. Because with doing what you did last week, the only thing you achieved is to make this very, very personal. All you low lives yelling USA, what is that? That’s all of you with three brain cells available to verbalize some sort of support for this man. Since everybody seems very hyped to see you hit another RKO on me, I came here to let you know, it’s never going to happen, again. And since everybody, including me is well aware of how dangerous of a maneuver the RKO is, you leave me no option, because once I’m done with you in Berlin, I’m going to leave you a bloody mess. And I’m going to leave you exposed, Randy, for what you really are, a very successful, yet very under achieving one trick pony.

Randy Orton: Man, GUNTHER, you keep running your mouth, and running your mouth, it’s going to make it that much more of an uncomfortable flight for you over to Berlin. That’s going to be 8 hours, 8 whole hours up in the air, 35,000 feet in altitude, with a sized 15 boot shoved directly in your ass. And it gets better, it’s a sized 15 boot, double extra wide.

Ludwig Kaiser slides into the ring. Orton is throwing haymakers at Kaiser. Orton clotheslines Kaiser over the top rope. Orton tees off on GUNTHER. Kaiser delivers a chop block. GUNTHER clotheslines Orton. Imperium stands tall over Orton to close this segment.

– Sheamus will be a celebrity guest picker on ESPN’s College Game Day this Saturday.

First Match: Sheamus vs. Pete Dunne 

Dunne avoids The Brogue Kick. Dunne with forearm shivers. Sheamus with a short-arm clothesline. Sheamus backs Dunne into the ropes. Dunne with a chop/forearm combination. Dunne applies a side headlock. Sheamus with a gut punch. Sheamus grabs a side headlock. Dunne whips Sheamus across the ring. Dunne drops down on the canvas. Sheamus with The Alabama Slam. Dunne with The Apron Enzuigiri. Dunne DDT’s the left shoulder of Sheamus. Dunne works on his joint manipulation game. Dunne applies The Triangle Choke. Sheamus with a Modified BackBreaker. Sheamus with a running shoulder block that sends Dunne crashing into the announce table. Sheamus slams Dunne’s head on the announce table. Sheamus uppercuts Dunne.

Dunne dropkicks Sheamus off the ring apron. Dunne dropkicks Sheamus shoulder first into the steel ring steps. Dunne stomps on the left hand of Sheamus. Dunne has complete control of the match during the commercial break. Dunne repeatedly kicks Sheamus in the face. Dunne toys around with Sheamus. Haymaker Exchange. Dunne slaps Sheamus in the face. Sheamus tells Dunne to bring it. Dunne with a running forearm smash. Dunne transitions into a ground and pound attack. Sheamus with The Polish Hammer. Sheamus clotheslines Dunne. Sheamus with a corner clothesline. Sheamus Powerslams Dunne.

Sheamus gets Dunne in position for Ten Beats Of The Bodhran. Dunne snaps Sheamus fingers. Ten Beats Of The Bodhran Exchange. Sheamus plays to the crowd. Sheamus goes for The Brogue Kick, but Dunne counters with The Step Up Enzuigiri. Dunne goes for The MoonSault, but Sheamus counters with a Pump Knee Strike for a two count. Dunne blocks The Avalanche White Noise. Dunne with The SitOut PowerBomb for a two count. Dunne jams the injured right hand of Sheamus inside the middle turnbuckle pad. Dunne is mauling Sheamus in the corner. Dunne kicks the right hand of Sheamus. Sheamus rips off the middle turnbuckle pad. Sheamus connects with The Brogue Kick to pickup the victory.

Winner: Sheamus via Pinfall 

– We see The New Day talking to Odyssey Jones in the locker room. Kofi Kingston has noticed that Xavier Woods energy has been off the last couple of weeks. He wants to know if The Final Testament is getting inside his head. Woods is not upset about The Final Testament; he’s not pleased that Kofi just brought in Odyssey without informing first. It seems like Kofi is trying to bring in Odyssey to replace Big E. Kofi says that’s not the case at all. They’ve had a long journey, but they got through it together. They’re one of the greatest tag teams of all-time, but more importantly, they’re family and that will never change. As far as Odyssey goes, he’s in the same boat they were in when they first started The New Day. Woods says that he’s going to fix this problem.

– We get a video recap of the epic weekend the WWE had at The Fanatics Fans Fest in New York City.

– Bron Breakker Vignette.

Second Match: Ivy Nile w/American Made vs. Maxxine Dupri w/The Alpha Academy 

STILL TO COME

– CM Punk & Drew McIntyre Segment 

– The New Day & Odyssey Jones vs. The Final Testament In A 6-Man Tag Team Match 

– Damian Priest, Rhea Ripley, Dominik Mysterio, Liv Morgan Segment 

– The Unholy Union (c) vs. Damage CTRL vs. Pure Fusion Collective In A Triple Threat Match For The WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship

– Randy Orton vs. Ludwig Kaiser w/GUNTHER 

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