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WWE Raw Results (2/16/26): Evans and Asuka Qualify For Chamber, Punk Plays Mind Games With Balor, McDonagh Returns

Full results and highlights from this week's episode of WWE Raw on Netflix.
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The men's and women's Elimination Chamber matches both got new participants on this week's episode of WWE Raw on Netflix.

Je'Von Evans qualified on the men's side of things. For the women, it was Asuka. Evans defeated Gunther and Dominik Mysterio to earn his spot in the match. Asuka beat Bayley and Nattie to advance to the match. For Evans, he owes a bit of thanks to Dragon Lee. Lee hit Gunther in the head with the ring bell, which took him out of the match.

Elsewhere on the show, CM Punk got in Finn Balor's head this week. Punk forced Balor to question his abilities and wondered why it was that Balor never did anything himself anymore. A returning JD McDonagh was angry that Balor fell for Punk's mind games.

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Speaking of mind games, AJ Lee used them to her advantage in a promo with Becky Lynch. Lee goaded Lynch to hit her, but Lynch was too much of a chicken to do it. Both now are headed to the Elimination Chamber PLE where both will collide for the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship.

A full rundown of results and highlights on this week's episode of Raw begins below.

WWE Raw Results:

-Gunther, Bayley, Liv Morgan, AJ Lee, and CM Punk were shown backstage prior to the show. The shot then went to The Usos in the concourse area of the arena. They then made their full entrance to officially start the show.

-As the yeet party in the building started, Paul Heyman walked out with The Vision. Heyman yelled that there would be no yeeting and the audience booed him. Logan Paul got on the microphone and told the Memphis audience to shut up. Paul bragged about his record-setting Pokemon card sales.

-Paul and The Vision walked into the ring and that's where Paul Heyman got on the microphone again. Heyman said he was in a bad mood and then played a video of last week's end of Raw where the masked man interfered in Vision business.

-Austin Theory spoke next and said it was his match to win last week. He kept talking, but Adam Pearce walked out. Pearce said that he wanted to talk with The Vision as men, but Theory denied him. Pearce said he wanted his show back and Heyman said he wanted Bronson Reed inside the Elimination Chamber match. Pearce said he could earn his way in with a qualifying match next week.

-LA Knight then made his entrance. He talked trash to The Vision about not going to WrestleMania, but then suggested that he and The Usos face The Vision in a six-man tag team match. Adam Pearce agreed and made the match official.

-The Vision defeated The Usos and LA Knight in a six-man tag team match. Bronson Reed was the star of this match. He connected with a suicide dive on both Usos. This led to Logan Paul hitting his punch on Jimmy Uso. Reed then hit Jimmy with the Tsunami for the victory.

-After the match, Logan Paul grabbed Michael Cole's headset and yelled "that's The Vision working!" The masked man ran into the screen and stomped him into the announce table before running off. He stood in the audience as The Vision yelled at him.

-Adam Pearce walked up to a huge crate backstage that read "do not open unitl 2/28/26. Pearce asked a production assistant what it was, but that guy didn't know. Pearce told him to send it over to SmackDown.

-El Grande Americano approached Adam Pearce backstage. He asked for an Elimination Chamber qualifying match, but Pearce said those spots were all taken. He asked for an Intercontinental Championship match instead.

-Asuka defeated Bayley and Nattie to earn a shot in the women's Elimination Chamber match. Asuka choked out Bayley to win the match.

-After the match, Nattie walked up the ramp and was attackd by Maxxine Dupri. Last week, Nattie took her out with a Sharpshooter on the table.

-Backstage, Adam Pearce officially presented Oba Femi with his offer to join the Raw brand. Femi said it would take a bit to decide and Pearce told him to take all the time he needed. Femi left the office, but ran directly into Rusev. Both men stared the other down.

-Liv Morgan was interviewed by Michael Cole. Cole asked her who she was facing at WrestleMania, but then Dominik Mysterio sat down next to her. Morgan said she wasn't choosing yet and said she didn't grind for ten years to just give up her moment so fast.

-Stephanie Vaquer walked in and sat next to Cole and across from Morgan. Vaquer firmly talked to Morgan in Spanish as Dominik translated for Morgan. Vaquer left and then Morgan cried on Dominik's shoulder before leaving herself.

-CM Punk made his entrance and cut a promo in the ring. He said the office wasn't happy with him for jeopardizing the main event of WrestleMania against Roman Reigns. Punk said he wasn't doing that, but just making the title better. Punk said playoff teams don't stop playing once they clinch a playoff spot. Punk said the audience deserved a fighting champion.

-This brought out Finn Balor. Balor got in the ring and told CM Punk that the real best in the world battles luchadores in Mexico and trains in the hardest dojos in Japan. He said that person was him and he'd prove it by beating Punk at Elimination Chamber for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Balor told Punk he would make the title better and main event against Roman Reigns at WrestleMania.

-Punk questioned Balor and asked if he could do anything by himself. Punk said he used to be able to, but then wondered what happened? Punk turned his back to Balor and his Judgment Day friends including the newly returning JD McDonagh. Punk wondered if Balor and his goons would attack. McDonagh tried, but Balor held him back. Punk then walked away after he tossed the microphone at Balor.

-The announce team played up just how much Balor was potentially changing by not allowing the attack on Punk. They said Punk struck a nerve with him.

-Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky were interviewed backstage. They were asked about constantly having to battle in the road to WrestleMania. Ripley said the Road to WrestleMania was dangerous. They then were joined by Asuka and Kairi Sane. Sane said that Rhea Ripley wouldn't win at the Chamber because Asuka was in the match. Asuka then yelled at both Sky and Ripley before walking away.

-Penta defeated El Grande Americano 2 to earn a shot at the WWE Men's Intercontinental Championship. Penta won the match with a springboard Canadian Destroyer. He was able to hit that move because the original El Grande Americano interfered.

-After the match, both El Grande's brawled again and the original tried to take off the others mask.

-A dejected Liv Morgan was shown in The Judgment Day clubhouse. Dominik asked Raquel Rodriguez to cheer Morgan up and they left. Finn Balor and JD McDonagh entered and were bickering. JD said that Punk got in Balor's head. Balor said he needed to do it by himself and told JD to stay out of his business. McDonagh yelled at him that he would.

-An upset Mysterio looked on and was sad that neither were in a great headspace for his match. Gunther was then showed getting ready backstage.

-AJ Lee cut a promo in the ring, she talked about winning the Divas Championship years ago and said she made that title. She said that there was a women's division before AJ Lee and one after. She said that she still wanted to have a run with a title and wanted to face the best of the best including Ripley, Sky, Morgan, Lyra Valkyria, and others.

-Lee said that Lynch reminded her last week that wrestling was dangerous. She said she had something for Lynch and then called her out to the ring.

-Lynch walked out and ran down Lee for being years behind her. She said that while Lee was away writing comic books, she was in WWE making history. Lee suggested they fight and welcomed her into the ring for a free first shot. Lynch got in, but didn't take it. She said she didn't want Lee to have any excuses for losing to her. Lynch said she didn't fight in Memphis and then left.

-Backstage, Paul Heyman told Pearce that the masked man was his fault. Pearce told Heyman he was a problem for him too. Bronson Reed then jumped in and said he would handle the masked man and earn a shot at Elimination Chamber next week. He said he solves The Vision's problems.

-Je'Von Evans defeated Gunther and Dominik Mysterio to earn a spot in the Elimination Chamber match. Evans connected with his OG Cutter on Dominik to get the victory. Gunther was taken out of the match when Dragon Lee interfered and hit him in the head with the ring bell.

-Evans celebrated in the ring as the show went off the air.

WWE Raw Results

  • The Vision defeated The Usos and LA Knight in a six-man tag team match
  • Asuka defeated Bayley and Nattie to earn a spot in the Women's Elimination Chamber match
  • Penta defeated El Grande Americano 2 and earned a shot at the WWE Men's Intercontinental Championship

WWE Raw card (Remaining):

  • Men's Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match: Gunther vs. Je'Von Evans vs. Dominik Mysterio

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Zack Heydorn has been covering the pro wrestling industry for a decade and writes news, features, and interviews for The Takedown On SI. He also hosts and cohosts a variety of WWE and AEW shows on YouTube. Heydorn is a former Assistant Editor of PWTorch and Managing Editor of SEScoops. Zack is also the author of the Hybrid Shoot book Stunning: The Wrestling Artistry of Steve Austin, which is available on Amazon. You can follow Zack on X and Bluesky.

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