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Opening
Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman opened the show, with Heyman gloating about Lesnar hitting a F5 on Goldberg the week before. He then began bragging about how quickly Lesnar would beat Goldberg at WrestleMania. The crowd then began chanting for Goldberg and Heyman teased the crowd about Goldberg not being there tonight. He then told the crowd to pay attention to him and shut the hell up.
Heyman claimed WrestleMania would be the greatest championship comeback in WrestleMania history when Lesnar defeats Goldberg.
Backstage
Stephanie and Mick Foley were talking about the tension between them. Stephanie said it was because of the stress of WrestleMania and he shouldn't take it serious. She then insulted him and said that he needed to learn from her because she was willing to teach. When Foley agreed, Stephanie gave him his first lesson: by the end of the night, Foley has to find the one member of the Raw roster to fire. Foley was hesitant but told Steph she could count on him.
Sasha Banks vs Dana Brooke
Sasha Banks defeated Dana Brooke by pin fall. After the match, Charlotte came into the ring and began belittling Dana Brooke, calling her a disgrace. She told Brooke she was going to get rid of her and Dana Brooke snapped and attacked Charlotte, beating her viciously. Charlotte fled from the ring.
Warrior Award Announcement
The recipient of the Warrior Award was announced Eric Legrand
TJ Perkins and Akira Tozawa vs Brian Kendrick and Tony Nese
Brian Kendrick and Tony Nese won by pinfall.
Kevin Owens Promo
KO said he was never best friends with Chris Jericho. He said Jericho got him at FastLane, but he will become the US Champion just like Jericho took his title away from him. He said all that will be left of Y2J will be the tears of Jericho and he mimicked Jericho by saying "Cry it out, man." KO introduced Samoa Joe and said who needs best friends when you have a destroyer.
Kevin Owens and Samoa Joe vs Chris Jericho and Sami Zayn
The referee diaqualified Samoa Joe and Kevin Owens when they kept beating Zayn. Jericho came in for the save, but eventually got beaten down by them.
Backstage
Foley and Stephanie were still discussing the firing. Nia Jax came up and demanded to be part of the women's title picture. Stephanie told Mick he had too much on his plate and then gave Nia a match against Bayley. Mick then left to clear his head.
Tag Team Number One Contenders Match: Enzo and Cass vs Cesaro and Sheamus
No one won the match so the match Mania was made a triple threat.
Roman Reigns vs Jinder Mahal
Roman Reigns defeated Jinder Mahal by pin fall. Undertaker's gong sounded at one point during the match, distracted Roman. Roman then called out the Undertaker, but Shawn Michaels came out instead. HBK told Roman that if he lets himself be distracted by Taker, then Taker will eat him alive. The two bickered with each other and eventually Roman said that he can't take Michael's advice because the Undertaker retired HBK and Reigns will retire Taker.
Austin Aries vs Ariya Daivari
Austin Aries won by pinfall.
The Big Show Titus O'Neil
Big Show won by pin fall.
Nia Jax vs Bayley
Nia Jax was DQ'ed for being overly aggressive.
Mick Foley Fires Someone
Stephanie asked Foley who he would fire and Foley said he thought it was an exercise in cruelty and no one deserved it. But, however, he said a name did jump off the paper and he thinks the decision would make everything better. He chose Stephanie McMahon. He made a case how Steph and HHH are selfish and want to dominate everyone, The two bickered until Triple H came out.
Everyone involved bickered for a while and eventually Foley made sure to say he didn't need them or the company and he liked himself enough not to look in the mirror and be happy. HHH then insulted Foley, implying that his kids would be fired from WWE jobs if he didn't fall in line. After berating him, HHH demanded Foley get out of his ring. Foley began to walk away. HHH approached Foley and Mick put the mandible claw on HHH. Stephanie then hit Foley in the crotch. When HHH was about to attack Foley, Seth Rollins then came out on crutches. Rollins dropped the crutch and then proceeded to beat the hell out of Triple H.
Triple H came back in the ring and Rollins beat him down for a while until HHH got the upper hand by hitting him in the knee with the crutch. The show ended with HHH hitting Rollins in the knee with the crutch.
Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman opened the show, with Heyman gloating about Lesnar hitting a F5 on Goldberg the week before. He then began bragging about how quickly Lesnar would beat Goldberg at WrestleMania. The crowd then began chanting for Goldberg and Heyman teased the crowd about Goldberg not being there tonight. He then told the crowd to pay attention to him and shut the hell up.
Heyman claimed WrestleMania would be the greatest championship comeback in WrestleMania history when Lesnar defeats Goldberg.
Backstage
Stephanie and Mick Foley were talking about the tension between them. Stephanie said it was because of the stress of WrestleMania and he shouldn't take it serious. She then insulted him and said that he needed to learn from her because she was willing to teach. When Foley agreed, Stephanie gave him his first lesson: by the end of the night, Foley has to find the one member of the Raw roster to fire. Foley was hesitant but told Steph she could count on him.
Sasha Banks vs Dana Brooke
Sasha Banks defeated Dana Brooke by pin fall. After the match, Charlotte came into the ring and began belittling Dana Brooke, calling her a disgrace. She told Brooke she was going to get rid of her and Dana Brooke snapped and attacked Charlotte, beating her viciously. Charlotte fled from the ring.
Warrior Award Announcement
The recipient of the Warrior Award was announced Eric Legrand
TJ Perkins and Akira Tozawa vs Brian Kendrick and Tony Nese
Brian Kendrick and Tony Nese won by pinfall.
Kevin Owens Promo
KO said he was never best friends with Chris Jericho. He said Jericho got him at FastLane, but he will become the US Champion just like Jericho took his title away from him. He said all that will be left of Y2J will be the tears of Jericho and he mimicked Jericho by saying "Cry it out, man." KO introduced Samoa Joe and said who needs best friends when you have a destroyer.
Kevin Owens and Samoa Joe vs Chris Jericho and Sami Zayn
The referee diaqualified Samoa Joe and Kevin Owens when they kept beating Zayn. Jericho came in for the save, but eventually got beaten down by them.
Backstage
Foley and Stephanie were still discussing the firing. Nia Jax came up and demanded to be part of the women's title picture. Stephanie told Mick he had too much on his plate and then gave Nia a match against Bayley. Mick then left to clear his head.
Tag Team Number One Contenders Match: Enzo and Cass vs Cesaro and Sheamus
No one won the match so the match Mania was made a triple threat.
Roman Reigns vs Jinder Mahal
Roman Reigns defeated Jinder Mahal by pin fall. Undertaker's gong sounded at one point during the match, distracted Roman. Roman then called out the Undertaker, but Shawn Michaels came out instead. HBK told Roman that if he lets himself be distracted by Taker, then Taker will eat him alive. The two bickered with each other and eventually Roman said that he can't take Michael's advice because the Undertaker retired HBK and Reigns will retire Taker.
Austin Aries vs Ariya Daivari
Austin Aries won by pinfall.
The Big Show Titus O'Neil
Big Show won by pin fall.
Nia Jax vs Bayley
Nia Jax was DQ'ed for being overly aggressive.
Mick Foley Fires Someone
Stephanie asked Foley who he would fire and Foley said he thought it was an exercise in cruelty and no one deserved it. But, however, he said a name did jump off the paper and he thinks the decision would make everything better. He chose Stephanie McMahon. He made a case how Steph and HHH are selfish and want to dominate everyone, The two bickered until Triple H came out.
Everyone involved bickered for a while and eventually Foley made sure to say he didn't need them or the company and he liked himself enough not to look in the mirror and be happy. HHH then insulted Foley, implying that his kids would be fired from WWE jobs if he didn't fall in line. After berating him, HHH demanded Foley get out of his ring. Foley began to walk away. HHH approached Foley and Mick put the mandible claw on HHH. Stephanie then hit Foley in the crotch. When HHH was about to attack Foley, Seth Rollins then came out on crutches. Rollins dropped the crutch and then proceeded to beat the hell out of Triple H.
Triple H came back in the ring and Rollins beat him down for a while until HHH got the upper hand by hitting him in the knee with the crutch. The show ended with HHH hitting Rollins in the knee with the crutch.
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