Today's episode of WWE Monday Night Raw (February 23, 2026) emanates out of the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia and will air starting at 8 p.m. EST on Netflix.
This post will be updated frequently throughout the program (for however long the show goes on). As Raw goes on, keep refreshing this post to get the most up-to-date information on all the match winners, breakdowns of the promo segments, and anything else noteworthy or interesting that takes place.
Preview & Predictions for WWE RAW:
On tap for today's episode, the final two qualifying matches will take place for the men's and women's Elimination Chamber spots left to be filled. Naturally, these are both triple threat scenarios, with Iyo Sky, Kairi Sane, and Raquel Rodriguez in one match while Big Bronson Reed, Jey Uso, and The Original El Grande Americano (aka Chad Gable) will be vying for the men's spot. Between those two lineups, I feel like Iyo Sky should be a guarantee and I'd bank more on Bronson Reed than the other two, but Kiana James beating Charlotte Flair on SmackDown threw off my predictions quite a bit. That proved that the most obvious scenario doesn't necessarily always happen in this case, and we could see Raquel or Uso win, for instance. I doubt it is Kairi or Americano, at least.
Brock Lesnar has been advertised to appear in some fashion, and there will also be a tribute to AJ Styles of some kind, as well as Liv Morgan picking who she wishes to challenge for a world title at WrestleMania. I'd assume if Lesnar is there, he just beats someone up (probably LA Knight), the AJ Styles tribute is probably a video package (but there could be more to it, for all we know) and there is certainly no way Morgan picks Jade Cargill, so she'll continue her story with Stephanie Vaquer over the Women's World Championship.
Here are your results for WWE Monday Night Raw - February 23, 2026:
- The show opened with Michael Cole and Corey Graves introducing that this is a tribute to AJ Styles, only for Gunther to interrupt. Adam Pearce got some officials to try to escort him out, when Gunther was attacked by Dragon Lee. Cody Rhodes then came out for a promo that was also interrupted immediately by The Vision, leading into the men's Triple Threat Elimination Chamber qualifier.
- Men's Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match Triple Threat: Jey Uso beat Big Bronson Reed and Original El Grande Americano
- Liv Morgan has chosen to face Stephanie Vaquer at WrestleMania, revealed in a promo segment where she attacked the women's world champion and laid her out to make a statement.
- Nattie defeated Maxxine Dupri by referee stoppage. Dupri was pushed into the ring post and then went unresponsive.
- Most of The Judgment Day were on the same page backstage, but Finn Balor told Dominik Mysterio to grow up and handle Penta by himself next week instead of saying he's by his side.
- Backstage, Adam Pearce looked at the mysterious box again and said to ship it to Chicago. Rusev and Oba Femi had a face-off and Pearce temporarily squashed that beef for another night.
- Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar were out in the ring for a promo where Heyman announced that Lesnar would make a few appearances over the coming weeks, leading up to an open challenge for WrestleMania.
- Je'Von Evans defeated Kofi Kingston by pinfall with some help from Offset.
- CM Punk came out for a promo to talk about how he's going to beat Finn Balor at Elimination Chamber and then, next week on Raw, slap Roman Reigns in the face, because he's the best in the world.
- Women's Elimination Chamber Qualifying Match Triple Threat: Raquel Rodriguez defeated Iyo Sky and Kairi Sane.
- AJ Styles had a retirement promo and was informed by The Undertaker that he will be inducted in the WWE Hall of Fame class of 2026.
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