Raw Deal - Raw recap for November 23, 2020

Adam Pearce is in the ring with Raw's men's Survivor Series team. After congratulating Drew McIntyre on winning the WWE Championship and The Undertaker on his final farewell, he congratulates the men's team for dominating in their match last night. He states that all five men have an opportunity to state their case as to why they deserve a WWE Championship opportunity. As Sheamus mentions his friendship with McIntyre and calls himself the most valuable player of the team, AJ Styles interrupts him. As Styles says he is MVP due to being team captain (to which Sheamus responds by saying Styles is not his captain), Keith Lee and Matt Riddle interject, with Riddle asking if he gets a crown for beating King Corbin and saying he might get a sword with the title. This leads to Styles and Sheamus not liking Riddle's nicknames, followed by Strowman taking offense to "last but not lease" and demanding he be picked as he grabs Adam Pearce, who he soon headbutts.

In footage from earlier today, The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) are met by The Hurt Business (MVP, Lashley, Shelton Benjamin, Cedric Alexander), who call The New Day an embarrassment for losing last night and say that the Raw tag team titles lost prestige thanks to them. Cedric Alexander says that he was sitting on the sidelines while The New Day embarrassed themselves, and demands a tag team title opportunity tonight so that the spotlight can be back on him. Kofi says they have a night off, but Xavier Woods accepts.

The Hurt Business (Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander) vs. The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) for the WWE Raw Tag Team Championships almost ends in a double count-out, but MVP asks the match be restarted, saying that the match will not end on a double count-out. The New Day accept the restart, and the match is restarted.

The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) retain the WWE Raw Tag Team Championships against The Hurt Business (Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander).

Charly Caruso interviews Adam Pearce, who has come out of the trainer's room. He says that Braun Strowman has been escorted out of the building, and that while he cannot speak for Strowman's future, Strowman would be fired if it were up to him. Suddenly, Bobby Lashley shows up wanting a WWE Championship shot due to his recent success. Adam Pearce, who is about to announce who will get a shot at the WWE Championship, decides to talk with Lashley.

Backstage, Charly Caruso interviews Adam Pearce again. Pearce says that Bobby Lashley has made a compelling case, then Randy Orton shows up.

Backstage, Sarah Schreiber interviews Lana, who says that last night was the greatest moment of her career and that she is on top of the world right now. She wants to live in the moment right now, and doesn't want to be woken up.

Backstage, Charly Caruso interviews Adam Pearce yet again, who says that Bobby Lashley and Randy Orton have both made compelling cases, and that there will be three singles matches where the winners face each other. He states that the winner of that Triple Threat Match will face Drew McIntyre for the WWE Championship, then announces that the first of these matches is Matt Riddle vs. Sheamus.

Matt Riddle beats Sheamus with a roll-up after a series of pinfall attempts to qualify for the WWE Championship #1 Contender's Triple Threat Match.

Backstage, Lana meets Asuka, who says that she will see her in the ring, where she might become WWE Raw Women's Champion.

Lana vs. Asuka for the WWE Raw Women's Championship is made official for later tonight.

It's time for Firefly Fun House. Bray Wyatt and Alexa Bliss call friendship vile and sigusting, saying that two people could be the best of friends one moment only for someone to burn something the next. The Friendship Frog shows up and tells Alexa Bliss not to let a friend like Nikki Cross hop away, then Alexa Bliss beats The Friendship Frog to death. We then see a brief montage of The Friendship Frog's life, then Alexa and Bray joke about how he "croaked."

Nia Jax and "The Queen of Spades" Shayna Baszler guest on commentary for the next match.

Asuka retains the WWE Raw Women's Championship against Lana by disqualification after Nia Jax and "The Queen of Spades" Shayna Baszler attack Lana for pouring water on Nia. As Nia Jax prepares to put Asuka through the announce table with a Samoan Drop, Lana saves Asuka, and Nia and Shayna challenge them both to a tag team match.

Drew Gulak nearly beats R-Truth for the WWE 24/7 Championship during a WWEShop.com Black Friday commercial, but he, R-Truth and the referee are scared off by Akira Tozawa in a hoodie and a Bray Wyatt facemask.

Asuka and Lana beat Nia Jax and "The Queen of Spades" Shayna Baszler after Nia goes over the announce table trying to tackle Lana and Asuka scores a schoolkid pin on Shayna as she has Lana in the Kirifuda Clutch.

Backstage, Matt Riddle meets MVP and tells him that Bobby Lashley's match with Keith Lee will be "a match for the ages." Riddle then tries to market the idea of pizza-flavored yogurt to MVP, who appreciates his entrepreneurial spirit. MVP tells Riddle to get his ideas together, and maybe then, they could either talk business if they like the idea, or do business if they don't.

Keith Lee beats Bobby Lashley by disqualification to qualify for the WWE Championship Triple Threat #1 Contender's Match after MVP gets physically involved only to get laid out.

Backstage, Sarah Schreiber interviews Nikki Cross, who says that Alexa Bliss gave up on her and their friendship and that she is done trying to reach Alexa Bliss after she made it clear she wants The Fiend. She says that they can have each other, and that the only thing she cares about is beating The Fiend out of Alexa Bliss.

Alexa Bliss beats Nikki Cross after feigning crying and getting Nikki to hug her only to hit her with Sister Abigail.

"The Phenomenal" AJ Styles beats Randy Orton to qualify for the WWE Championship #1 Contender's Triple Threat Match after the distraction by The Fiend. After the match, The Fiend's laughter can be heard.

Raw Talk: Lana hopes to challenge for the Raw Women's Championship again.

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