WWE Raw: Charlotte Flair vs Bianca Belair ends in a non-finish

WWE is heading into a stacked card on Thursday with WWE Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia. But before that, there’s another edition of WWE Monday Night Raw that continues the King of the Ring and Queen’s Crown tournaments. Plus, there’s a big women’s match as Charlotte Flair defends her Raw Women’s Title against Bianca Belair.

The night started off with Charlotte Flair complaining about her situation with Bianca Belair as she prepares to head over to SmackDown as a part of the WWE Draft. Before she could get through her monologue out came Bianca Belair. Belair had plenty to say leading to a scuffle between the two before their match later that evening.

The first match of the night brought out Xavier Woods to take on Jinder Mahal for a shot to move onto the finals of the King of the Ring.

Mahal brought out the power game early, trying to slow down the faster Woods. He was off to a great start, forcing Mahal into the corner with chops, before dropping punches. Mahal countered, hitting a shoulder block that dropped Woods.

Woods countered a backbreaker with a Russian Leg Sweep, finishing off with a basement dropkick. Mahal was back on top after hitting a big backdrop. Woods countered with a pinfall attempt out of the corner, but things went bad when Mahal launched Woods over the top as he crashed into the steel steps.

Woods tried to fight back but couldn’t stop the onslaught of offense. Mahal hit a gutbuster for a two-count. Mahal was rolling until he missed a knee drop, allowing Woods to hit a superkick. Woods missed off the top and hit the Khallas, but Woods rolled to the ropes to break the count. Mahal then sat Woods on the top, but Woods fought out the position. Woods climbed to the top and landed the elbow drop to pick up the victory.

Xavier Woods defeated Jinder Mahal to advance to the King of the Ring finals.

Austin Theory was out for a match with R-Truth but was tricked into facing Jeff Hardy instead.

Theory almost lost the match quickly trying to mock Hardy, but that did not work. Hardy went for the tights just like Theory did last week and dropped a basement kick into Theory’s face. They end up fighting outside the ring with Theory hitting a draping reverse DDT onto the floor.

Hardy was able to fight back once they returned to the ring. He hit an atomic drop and followed that up with a splash for a two count. He tossed Theory out the ring, then hit a sliding dropkick before using the steps to fly into Theory. Hardy went to the top rope for the Swanton, but Theory hit the ropes to knock him off. He quickly dropped Hardy with a modified knee drop to pick up the win.

Austin Theory defeated Jeff Hardy by pinfall.

Drew McIntyre and Big E were once again on the same team, facing the same team from last week, The Dirty Dogs.

Big E and Dolph Ziggler started out with Ziggler unable to deal with the power. McIntyre then tagged in to continue punishing Ziggler. That was working until Roode was tagged in, taking over, and pushing McIntyre into the corner. He quickly recovered, knocking Roode to the ground and followed up with a big suplex for a two count.

Big E was tagged back in and he continued the offense. He went for the big splash on Roode on the apron, but Ziggler pulled him away. That gave Roode the time to recover and slam Big E into the steel steps.

Big E was now isolated on the wrong side of the ring. Ziggler landed a big dropkick to knock Big E down before using a chin lock. Ziggler and Roode continued to take turns overcoming Big E, leaving him splayed in the center of the ring. Big E was finally able to toss Ziggler aside and get over to McIntyre to make the tag.

McIntyre went on a run, tossing Roode around the ring with ease. Ziggler got the same treatment when he tried to interfere. He used an Alabama Slam with Ziggler on top of Roode. Outside, Ziggler was able to pull Big E off the apron while Roode hit a spinebuster for a two-count. Ziggler hit the assisted Fameasser on McIntyre but he still kicked out the pinfall. McIntyre tagged in Big E who finished off Roode with the Big Ending.

Big E and Drew McIntyre defeated The Dirty Dogs via pinfall.

Mansoor was out for singles action against Cedric Alexander.

Alexander locked in a tight headlock to start the match. Mansoor fought out of the position and rolled Alexander up to hit a moonsault for the one count. Alexander countered into a suplex variation, following that up with a backbreaker. Alexander backed Mansoor into a corner, pummeling him with punches.

Mansoor got back to his feet and landed a counter kick to Alexander’s face. Mansoor landed a reverse DDT but would finish the math with a launching neck breaker from the outside into the ring. He would pick up the victory from there.

Mansoor defeated Cedric Alexander via pinfall.

The Street Profits were set for tag team battle against Team RKO Bro.

Matt Riddle and Montez Ford started things off, where Riddle’s grappling chops were on display. He nearly locked in an armbar, but Ford reserved it into a pin attempt. Ford’s quickness came out as well as he was able to outpace Riddle and hit a big dropkick. He and Angelo Dawkins hit a series of tag team offense for a two count.

The Street Profits were rolling until they got forced outside where Riddle capped off the offense with a dive. But that moment was immediately topped by Ford who flew over the top with his own.

Ford was isolated on in the ring as Riddle and Randy Orton began to pick him apart. That included an airplane spin from the gut wrench position. Ford was able to counter out of the powerbomb attempt to land a kick to Riddle’s head. Dawkins tagged in and started to hit a wealth of offense on Riddle.

Riddle kicked out of the modified neckbreaker and answered with a ripcord knee. Ford and Orton tagged in, with Orton going on a run capped off with a big powerslam. That led to the draping DDT, planted Ford on his head. Before the match could be finished, AJ Styles and Omos made their way to the ring with Styles hitting the Phenomenal Forearm for the disqualification.

Randy Orton and Matt Riddle defeated The Street Profits by disqualification.

Shayna Baszler was out to compete against Doudrop for an opportunity to move to the finals of the Queen’s Crown tournament.

Baszler was looking to stick and move, laying in kicks to Doudrop’s legs. It was working at first until Doudrop tossed Baszler aside. Baszler went back to the kicks to get the bigger woman down to one knee. She charged at Doudrop and took a suplex that planted her on her head. Doudrop followed up with a cannonball in the corner.

She lifted Baszler up but she rolled over into the Kirifuda Clutch. Doudrop backed Baszler into the corner and then reversed her. Doudrop went for the crossbody but Baszler avoided it, locking in the choke again. Doudrop fought through the move to roll Baszler back, pinning her to get the victory.

Doudrop defeated Shayna Baszler via pinfall.

Finn Balor was out for singles action against Mace.

Mace brought the pain to Balor quickly, dropping him with a running uppercut. Balor tried to fight out of the corner and was dropped by a huge knee. Mace followed that up with some body blows and a punch to the face. Balor bounced off the ropes and ran into a Boss Man Slam for a two count.

Balor countered and hit a double stop to Mace’s chest. Balor countered again into a reverse DDT and hit the sling blade. The shotgun dropkick came and then the double stomp from the top rope to give Balor the win.

Finn Balor defeated Mace via pinfall.

The main event of the night was up next as Bianca Belair was out for her match against Charlotte Flair.

Flair was able to toss Belair to the floor initially, but she immediately answered back. They both went for dropkicks and nipped up at the same time. Belair moved around the ring with quickness to land a shoulder charge in the corner but ate a knee trying to follow up.

Flair was in control, backing Belair into the corner, but she took a dropkick for her trouble. The ladies ended up outside the ring and Flair tossed Belair over the announce table. Back in the ring, Belair slammed Flair to the ground, but couldn’t get her momentum going after Flair kicked her in the stomach.

Flair landed a back suplex and went for one of Belair’s moves but was countered. Belair was rolling, hitting the moonsault and a big vertical suplex. Belair was then stomping away on the champion but made the mistake of the big splash. Flair picked up Belair and landed a one-armed powerbomb for a two count. Flair went for a moonsault and hit the second one for a two-count.

Belair planted Flair with a spinebuster, forcing Flair to retreat out of the ring. Back from the commercial break, the two women continued brawling. Flair tried to counter the Glam Slam, but Belair rolled her up. Flair then landed a big boot for a two count.

Belair countered from the apron with a big right hand. But Flair answered right back with one of her own, knocking Belair to the floor. Flair then hit a moonsault from the top rope to outside the ring. Belair countered the Natural Selection and Belair hit a version of the Glam Slam, causing Flair to crash face first.

Flair escaped the KOD and the ladies went through more series before Flair hit the spear. Belair kicked out at two to stay alive. Flair went back to the top rope but missed the moonsault, allowing Belair to toss her over her shoulders for yet another two counts. Belair went to the top to go for the 450 Splash but Flair knocked her from the perch.

Belair countered with a powerbomb from the top for a two count. Flair broke out a steel chair to hit Belair, causing the disqualification.

Bianca Belair defeated Charlotte Flair via disqualification.