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WWE Raw Results (2/23/26): Styles Says Goodbye, Jey And Raquel Qualify For Chamber Match, Lesnar Issues Challenge

All the results and highlights from this week's episode of WWE Raw on Netflix.
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Brock Lesnar will make his first appearance since the Royal Rumble match on this week's episode of WWE Raw on Netflix.

At the Royal Rumble, Lesnar had a major moment when he eliminated Oba Femi. Soon after, Lesnar was unceremoniously eliminated by both Cody Rhodes and LA Knight. Will Lesnar's WrestleMania plans come into focus this week? Who could The Beast face at the show of shows in April? Oba Femi? Gunther? We'll find out more on this week's episode of Raw.

This week's WWE Raw will also feature final hype for the WWE Elimination Chamber PLE over the weekend in Chicago, and CM Punk is scheduled to appear on tonight's show.

At Elimination Chamber, Punk will defend his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Finn Balor? Can Punk gain some momentum over Balor after playing mind games last week? Will Balor get the upper hand?

Also, the final two slots in the Elimination Chamber matches will be decided this week on Raw. Raquel Rodriguez squares off against both Iyo Sky and Kairi Sane to determine who heads to the women's match.

For the men, Jey Uso faces Bronson Reed and The Original El Grande Americano. The winner heads to the men's Chamber Match. The winners of those Elimination Chamber matches on Saturday will wrestle for a world title at WrestleMania 42.

Speaking of WrestleMania 42, the women's Royal Rumble winner, Liv Morgan, has been slow to decide on which champion she'll be facing at the event in Las Vegas. Morgan is scheduled to announce her opponent on the show this week.

Last week, Morgan cried in front of the WWE World Heavyweight Champion, Stephanie Vaquer. Will Morgan choose her?

Liv Morgan
Liv Morgan | Netflix

Finally, this week's episode of Raw will feature a special tribute to AJ Styles. Styles is from Georgia, but he retired at the Royal Rumble this year in Saudi Arabia. Styles was forced to retire bafter losing his match to Gunther.

What will The Phenomenal One have to say about the end of his career?

WWE Raw results

-The show started in the ring with Michael Cole and Corey Graves welcoming the audience in. The were about to start AJ Styles festivities it seemed, but Gunther walked out disgusted.

-Gunther got in the ring and called Styles a loser. He called Goldberg and John Cena losers too and said that the night should be about him because he's The Ring General. As he said that, Adam Pearce walked out. Pearce told Gunther to stop what he was doing and Gunther laughed him off. Pearce then said he was kicking him out of the building and sent security after him.

-Gunther left on his own, but then was attacked by Dragon Lee. Lee and Gunther battled through the backstage area until the fight was broken up by officials. Gunther and Pearce yelled at one another, but then Cody Rhodes walked into the shot. He patted Pearce on the back and then walked out to the ring.

-In the ring, Cody began talking up AJ Styles, but The Vision walked out. Paul Heyman, Austin Theory, and Logan Paul all ran down Atlanta and said that Bronson Reed would win the Elimination Chamber match. Rhodes said that someone had something to say about that and Jey Uso made his full yeet entrance.

-Jey Uso defeated Bronson Reed and El Grande Americano to qualify for the men's Elimination Chamber match this weekend. Uso connected with his Uso Splash on Americano to get the win. During the match, it appeared that Reed got legitimatley hurt. He was tended to by doctors as the match took place.

-A tribute video for AJ Styles aired and highlighted his WWE debut at the Royal Rumble in 2016.

-CM Punk arrived at the building in a NASCAR. He got out of the car with the driver and both men walked into the building.

-Liv Morgan made her entrance to the ring ahead of her WrestleMania opponent announcement. A recap aired of Stephanie Vaquer yelling at her during last week's interview with Michael Cole.

-In the ring, Morgan stood and looked sad with Dominik Mysterio. Mysterio called themselves the greatest and then told both women's champions to walk out so Morgan could make her WrestleMania choice face to face. Vaquer walked out first and was followed by Jade Cargill.

-Morgan addressed Vaquer first. She apologized for not respecting Vaquer's journey enough and said it was that journey that led her to the world title. Morgan said she needed to focus on her own story and then pivoted to Cargill. Before addressing Cargill, Morgan clocked Vaquer with the microphone and dropped her with Oblivion. Morgan chose Vaquer and both women will go one on one at WrestleMania for the WWE Women's World Championship.

-Nattie defeated Maxxine Dupri by referee stoppage. On the outside of the ring, Nattie pummelled Dupri in the back of the head and knocked her out. She kept going and the referee stopped the match.

-The Judgment Day were chatting in the clubhouse. JD McDonagh and Finn Balor buried the hatchet from their argument last week. Dominik Mysterio asked where his guys were last week. Balor scolded Dom for not owning his business himself like he did when the rest of his group was out of action. Balor told Dominik to grow up.

-Backstage, Adam Pearce was delivered the big wooden crate again. Pearce said that he didn't want it and that he and Nick Aldis would open it together at Elimination Chamber. Rusev approached Pearce, but Pearce said he was busy with another meeting. Rusev asked who with and Oba Femi walked in. The two men argued, but Pearce told them to table their argument until after the tribute to AJ Styles.

-Heyman went on to announce Lesnar's dates in the lead up to WrestleMania. He said that if anyone wants to accept the Brock Lesnar WrestleMania open challenge, they just need to approach him on one of those nights. Heyman said he didn't think anyone was up to the task to face Lesnar at WrestleMania.

-Je'Von Evans defeated Kofi Kingston with an OG Cutter. The other members of The New Day tried to get involved in the match, but Evans was able to fight them off for the victory. Offset joined him and helped as well.

-CM Punk cut a promo in the middle of the ring. Punk said that he was getting asked a lot about "what if." What if Punk loses the world title at Elimination Chamber. What if he doesn't get to wrestle Roman Reigns at WrestleMania. Punk said he doesn't think in terms of what if.

-Punk asked his own what if, which was, what if I punch Roman Reigns in the face next week on Raw. Punk said he was the world champion and he would be the world champion next week after Elimination Chamber.

-Raquel Rodriguez defeated Iyo Sky and Kairi Sane to qualify for the Elimination Chamber match on Saturday. Rodriguez used her power throughout the match and was able to get the win with her powerful sidewalk slam at the end.

-Following the match, Michael Cole and Corey Graves ran down the full WWE Elimination Chamber card on Saturday night.

-AJ Styles walked out to the ring and gave a retirement speech. He thanked his family, fellow wrestlers, and the fans for his journey. He said that he didn't leave his gloves in the ring at the Royal Rumble because he wanted to leave them at home. Styles then gook his iconic gloves off and dropped them in the ring along with his vest.

-The locker room spilled out onto the ramp and applauded Styles. From there, the lights went out and The Undertaker's gong hit. The crowd went wild as Undertaker appeared and drove down to the ring on a motorcycle. Undertaker told Styles they had unfinished business and then let him know that he was a 2026 inductee to the WWE Hall of Fame.

-Styles celebrated with his family in the ring as the show went off the air.

WWE Raw Results

  • Jey Uso defeated Bronson Reed and El Grande Americano to qualify for the Elimination Chamber match
  • Nattie defeated Maxxine Dupri by referee stoppage
  • Je'Von Evans defeated Kofi Kingston
  • Raquel Rodriguez defeated Iyo Sky and Kairi Sane to qualify for the Elimination Chamber match

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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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