WWE begins winding down the road to Elimination Chamber: Chicago tonight.
WWE Raw returns live at 8/7c on Netflix this evening from State Farm Arena in Atlanta, GA. with the WWE Elimination Chamber “go-home show” for the red brand.
On tap for tonight’s show is a special AJ Styles tribute, the return of Brock Lesnar, Liv Morgan’s WrestleMania 42 announcement, an appearance by CM Punk, Nattie vs. Maxxine Dupri, Iyo Sky vs. Raquel Rodriguez vs. Kairi Sane in a Women’s Elimination Chamber Qualifier, as well as Jey Uso vs. Bronson Reed vs. O.G. El Grande Americano in a Men’s Elimination Chamber Qualifier.
Featured below are WWE Raw results for Monday, February 23, written by PWMania.com’s Matt Boone (@MattBoone0709) as the show aired live on Netflix.
WWE RAW RESULTS – FEBRUARY 23, 2026
‘WWE Then. Now. Forever. Together.’ kicks things off as always. We see some Superstar arrival shots and then settle inside State Farm Arena.
“The Career Killer Kicks Things Off
Gunther comes out to a ton of heat. He gets on the microphone and talks about WWE’s plans to honor a loser. He then gloats about ending the careers of Bill Goldberg, John Cena and AJ Styles. He continues to talk, but Adam Pearce comes out to cut him off.
Or to try to, anyways. Pearce keeps yelling, but Gunther continues calmly talking, without even looking over. He literally doesn’t seem to hear him. Pearce is coming across clear as day on the broadcast, but apparently not in the arena? Pearce yells “goddamnit” and literally gets ready to turn around for another microphone.
Finally, Gunther hears him. Pearce has security and warns Gunther that he’s leaving now or being escorted out so that they can celebrate AJ Styles’ career as planned. Gunther says he’ll leave. He gets ready to do that, but as he’s leaving, he is attacked by Dragon Lee.
After security breaks it up, they keep walking together. Dragon Lee attacks again. He beats Gunther down until once more security does their job and clears up the chaos. Pearce tells Gunther he hopes he’s happy. “That’s your night!” Gunther gets up and sees Cody Rhodes looking at him.
Atlanta’s Own Cody Rhodes Comes To The Ring
Cody doesn’t say a word or do anything. He just turns around and walks off. His music hits inside the arena and out “The American Nightmare” comes to kick things off for real. He settles on the entrance stage as pyro and fireworks explode, as Alicia Taylor introduces Atlanta’s own son.
Rhodes begins on the mic, and says he’s already sure he knows what everyone wants to talk about, and that’s “The Phenomenal” AJ Styles. Before he can continue, The Vision come out to cut him off. Austin Theory says he’s ashamed to be from Atlanta.
Logan Paul speaks up and tells Cody that Bronson Reed is going to win his qualifier for the Elimination Chamber tonight and then win it all this weekend. He says then they’ll take over SmackDown in addition to Raw. Cody says he knows someone who disagrees.
Men’s Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match
Bronson Reed vs. Jey Uso vs. OG El Grande Americano
With that said, Jey Uso’s theme hits. He “YEET’s” his way to the ring for our Men’s Elimination Chamber qualifying match of the evening. As he does, the show shifts gears and settles into a quick pre-match commercial break. The show returns to a plug for AJ Styles merchandise.
From there, the trumpets hit inside State Farm Arena and out comes the OG El Grande Americano. It’s time to find out who is the final Raw representative to enter the Men’s Elimination Chamber this weekend, as our triple-threat qualifier kicks off in-ring action tonight.
The bell sounds and we’re officially off-and-running with this high stakes bout. We see some initial back-and-forth offense, building to Americano hitting a moonsault off the top to both guys on the floor. We head to a break. When the show returns, we see Reed hit a double stacked slam on both guys at the same time.
When the show settles back in from another commercial break, we immediately notice Reed missing from the scene. We see him at ringside with officials all over him. He’s down. A replay shows him immediately look at his arm upon landing while executing a move. It looks like a bicep or tricep he stared at.
Anyways, the rest of the match continues. The commentators address Reed’s situation. Jey seems to be talking to the referee. Reed never returns. Uso hits am Uso Splash for the win. As soon as he scores the pin, Jey is seen whispering with the referee again. With the win, Jey qualifies in the final spot for Men’s Chamber.
Winner and QUALIFYING for Men’s Elimination Chamber: Jey Uso
Liv Morgan’s WrestleMania 42 Announcement
CM Punk comes out of a race car with Tyler Reddick after doing donuts in the parking lot and they enter the arena. Back at ringside, Liv Morgan and Dominik Mysterio come out to the ring and when we come back from a commercial break we will find out who she will choose to challenge at WrestleMania.
We return from the break to the announcement that Trish Stratus has been added to the list of legends and Superstars scheduled to appear at WWE World during WrestleMania Week. We then see highlights of Stephanie Vaquer making Liv Morgan cry last week.
Back live, Dom-Dom and Liv are in the ring. Dom builds Liv up as the greatest Royal Rumble winner ever. He says it’s time for her WrestleMania 42 announcement. He asks for the two women’s champions to come out. Stephanie Vaquer makes her way out first. Jade Cargill comes out next.
Morgan gets up close to Vaquer. She apologizes for what she said about her. She didn’t realize what she had to go through to get where she is today. She says but now she’s got to focus on her story. She turns and smirks at Cargill.
But instead of saying anything, she turns and knocks Vaquer out with the mic. Cargill smiles and walks off as Morgan pounds away at Vaquer. She leaves her laying and poses with her title. The decision is made. Morgan’s theme hits to wrap things up.
