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Winners Gain Control Of Chase U:
Chase U (Andre Chase, Duke Hudson and Thea Hail) and Tyler Bate def. The Schism (Joe Gacy, Rip Fowler, Jagger Reid and Ava Raine)
NXT Women's Championship Ladder Match:
Roxanne Perez (c) def. Indi Hartwell, Zoey Stark, Gigi Dolin, Lyra Valkyria and Tiffany Stratton
NXT Tag Team Championship Match:
Gallus (c) def. The Family (Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo) and The Creed Brothers
NXT North American Championship Match:
Wes Lee (c) def. Axiom, Dragon Lee, Ilja Dragunov and JD McDonagh
Unsanctioned Match:
Johnny Gargano def. Grayson Waller
NXT Women's Tag Team Championship Match:
The Unholy Union (Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn) def. Kiana James and Fallon Henley (c)
NXT Championship Match:
Carmelo Hayes w/ Trick Williams def. Bron Breakker (c)
United States Championship Match:
Austin Theory (c) def. John Cena
Men's Tag Team Wrestlemania Showcase #1 Contenders Match:
The Street Profits def. Braun Strowman and Ricochet, Alpha Academy and The Viking Raiders
Singles Match: If Seth Wins, Logan Paul Is Fired From WWE. If Logan Wins, He Gets A Title Shot Of His Choosing
Seth Rollins def. Logan Paul
Six Woman Tag Team Match:
Damage CTRL def. Becky Lynch, Lita and Trish Stratus
Grudge Match:
Rey Mysterio def. Dominik Mysterio
Smackdown Women's Championship Match:
Rhea Ripley def. Charlotte Flair (c)
Singles Match:
Pat McAfee def. The Miz
Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Match:
Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn def. The Usos (c)
Night 2:
Singles Match:
Brock Lesnar def. Omos w/ MVP
Women's Tag Team Showcase #1 Contenders Match:
Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville def. Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez, Natalya and Shotzi Blackheart, and Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler
Intercontinental Championship Match:
Gunther (c) def. Sheamus and Drew McIntyre
Raw Women's Championship Match:
Asuka def. Bianca Belair (c)
Singles Match:
Bobby Lashley def. LA Knight
Hell In A Cell Match:
"The Demon" Finn Balor def. Edge
Undisputed WWE Universal Championship Match:
Cody Rhodes def. Roman Reigns (c) w/ Paul Heyman and Solo Sikoa
Raw Roster:
AJ Styles (Out, Broken Ankle)
Akira Tozawa
Alexa Bliss (Out, Pregnancy) Angel Garza
Angelo Dawkins Asuka
Austin Theory
Baron Corbin
Bayley
Becky Lynch
Bianca Belair
Bobby Lashley Brock Lesnar
Bronson Reed
Candice LeRae Carmella (Out, Pregnancy)
Cedric Alexander
Chad Gable Chelsea Green
Cody Rhodes Dakota Kai
Damian Priest
Dana Brooke
Dexter Lumis
Dolph Ziggler Dominik Mysterio
Edge
Elias Finn Balor
Humberto Carrillo
Iyo Sky
Johnny Gargano
Karl Anderson
Lita
Luke Gallows MVP
Mace
Matt Riddle
Maxxine Dupri
"Michin" Mia Yim
Montez Ford Mustafa Ali
Mansoor
Nikki Cross Omos
Otis Piper Niven
R-Truth (Out, Quad Tendon)
Randy Orton (Out, Neck Injury) Rhea Ripley
Rick Boogs
Seth Rollins
Shelton Benjamin The Miz
Tommaso Ciampa (Out, Hip Labrum)
Trish Stratus
Tag Teams and Stables: The Judgement Day (Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley)
The Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford)
The O.C. (AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, Luke Gallows and "Michin" Mia Yim) Los Lotharios (Angel Garza and Humberto Carrillo)
Damage CTRL (Bayley, Dakota Kai and Iyo Sky)
Becky Lynch and Lita Maximum Male Models (Mace and Mansoor)
Alpha Academy (Chad Gable, Otis and Maxxine Dupri) Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville
Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin
Other Personnel:
General Manager: Adam Pearce
Commentators: Kevin Patrick, Corey Graves and Byron Saxton
Ring Announcer: Mike Rome
Interviewer: Cathy Kelly
Champions:
Undisputed WWE Universal Champion: Cody Rhodes
Unified WWE Tag Team Champions: Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn
United States Champion: Austin Theory
Raw Women's Champion: Asuka
WWE Women's Tag Team Champions: Becky Lynch and Lita
NXT Roster: Alba Fyre
Amari Miller
Andre Chase
Apollo Crews Arianna Grace
Ava
Axiom Blair Davenport
Bron Breakker Bronco Nima
Brooks Jensen
Brutus Creed
Cameron Grimes Carmelo Hayes
Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo Charlie Dempsey
Cora Jade
Dabba-Kato
Damon Kemp
Dani Palmer
Dante Chen Dijak
Dragon Lee Drew Gulak
Duke Hudson
Edris Enofe Elektra Lopez
Elton Prince
Fallon Henley
Gigi Dolin Grayson Waller
Hank Walker
Ikemen Jiro
Ilja Dragunov
Indi Hartwell
Isla Dawn
Ivy Nile JD McDonagh
Jacy Jayne
Jagger Reid
Jakara Jackson
Javier Bernal
Jinder Mahal
Joe Coffey
Joe Gacy
Josh Briggs
Julius Creed
Katana Chance
Kayden Carter
Kiana James Kit Wilson
Lola Vice
Lucien Price
Lyra Valkyria
Malik Blade Mark Coffey
Meiko Satomura
Nathan Frazer
Nikkita Lyons
Oba Femi
Odyssey Jones
Oro Mensah Rip Fowler
Roxanne Perez Sanga
Scrypts
Sol Ruca Stevie Turner
Tank Ledger Tatum Paxley
Thea Hail Tiffany Stratton
Tony D'Angelo Trick Williams
Tyler Bate
Valentina Feroz Veer Mahaan
Von Wagner
Wendy Choo
Wes Lee Wolfgang
Xyon Quinn
Yulisa Leon Zoey Stark
Tag Teams and Stables: Pretty Deadly (Elton Prince and Kit Wilson)
Gallus (Joe Coffey, Mark Coffey and Wolfgang)
Life Of The Party (Katana Chance and Kayden Carter) Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams
Indus Sher (Jinder Mahal, Veer and Sanga)
Malik Blade and Edris Enofe
Chase U (Andre Chase, Duke Hudson and Thea Hail) The Unholy Union (Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn)
Diamond Mine (Brutus Creed, Julius Creed and Ivy Nile) The Schism (Joe Gacy, Ava, Jagger Reid and Rip Fowler)
Josh Briggs, Brooks Jensen and Fallon Henley
The Family (Tony D'Angelo and Channing "Stacks" Lorenzo) Drew Gulak and Charlie Dempsey
Hank and Tank (Hank Walker and Tank Ledger)
Other Personnel:
Commentators: Vic Joseph and Booker T
Ring Announcer: Alicia Taylor
Backstage Interviewers: Kelly Kincaid and McKenzie Mitchell
Manager for Von Wagner: Mr. Stone
Manager for Kiana James: The Secretary
Champions:
NXT Champion: Carmelo Hayes
NXT Women's Champion: Roxanne Perez
NXT North American Champion: Wes Lee
NXT Tag Team Champions: Gallus
NXT Women's Tag Team Champions: The Unholy Union
Smackdown Roster:
Aliyah Ashante Adonis
B-Fab
Big E (out injured)
Braun Strowman
Bray Wyatt
Butch
Charlotte Flair
Cruz Del Toro
Drew McIntyre
Emma
Erik Giovanni Vinci
Gunther
Ivar
Jey Uso
Jimmy Uso
Joaquin Wilde Karrion Kross
Kevin Owens
Kofi Kingston
LA Knight
Liv Morgan Ludwig Kaiser
Madcap Moss
Natalya
Raquel Rodriguez
Rey Mysterio
Ricochet
Ridge Holland Roman Reigns
Ronda Rousey (injured, fractured elbow)
Sami Zayn
Santos Escobar Scarlett
Shayna Baszler
Sheamus
Shinsuke Nakamura
Shotzi Blackheart Solo Sikoa
Sonya Deville
Tegan Nox Top Dolla
Uncle Howdy Valhalla
Xavier Woods Xia Li
Zelina Vega
Tag Teams and Stables:
The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Big E and Xavier Woods) The Bloodline (Roman Reigns, Solo Sikoa, Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso)
Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn
The LWO (Rey Mysterio, Santos Escobar, Joaquin Wilde, Cruz Del Toro and Zelina Vega) The Viking Raiders (Erik, Ivar and Valhalla)
Imperium (Gunther, Giovanni Vinci and Ludwig Kaiser)
Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler
Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville
The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Butch and Ridge Holland) Hit Row (Top Dolla, Ashante Adonis and B-Fab)
Other Personnel:
General Manager: Adam Pearce
Commentators: Michael Cole and Wade Barrett
Ring Announcer: Samantha Irvin
Backstage Interviewer: Kayla Braxton
Manager for Karrion Kross: Scarlett
Wiseman for The Bloodline: Paul Heyman
Manager for The Viking Raiders: Valhalla
Champions:
Undisputed WWE Universal Champion: Cody Rhodes
Unified WWE Tag Team Champions: Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn
Intercontinental Champion: Gunther
Smackdown Women's Champion: Rhea Ripley
WWE Women's Tag Team Champions: Becky Lynch and Lita
- After a very successful WrestleMania weekend for WWE, Vince McMahon has officially sold all of his shares in the company to his children Stephanie McMahon and Shane McMahon, as well as his son in law Paul Levesque, making Stephanie the majority owner of the company in the process. Amid his scandal he has once again left the company, this time for good as he passes it down to his family. Stephanie McMahon has been named Chairwoman and CEO. Shane McMahon has also been added to the board of the company. Triple H will remain Chief Content Officer and head of creative.
- There is rumors WWE will continue to look to bring back some familiar faces to the WWE in an effort to "beef up" the rosters. It's not known yet who that might be.
- WWE has also reportedly released some names from the company as well. Those names are Shanky, Boa, Brooklyn Barlow, Bryson Montana, Guru Raaj, Kale Dixon, Lash Legend, Quincy Elliot, Eddy Thorpe and Lacey Evans. The thought is most of them have not developed the way WWE has hoped and in the case of Lacey Evans, she requested her release and was granted it. It's unknown if WWE will do any other releases, but it's not expected they will go back to doing regular releases.
- It's also being reported the stipulation to Logan Paul vs Seth Rollins at WrestleMania was legit and Logan Paul has parted ways with the WWE and will not be returning. Logan has interest in returning to boxing with his brother while WWE always designed the signing of Paul to be a short term signing.
- Bobby Roode and Tamina have both retired from wrestling. Roode has moved into a producer role with the WWE and Tamina has been moved onto a legends contract.
Monday Night Raw Live From the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California
Monday Night Raw comes on the air and we get welcomed to the show by Kevin Patrick and Corey Graves, who hype up how this is one of the biggest Raws of the year every year and how you never know who might show up tonight. We go into a quick highlights package of what happened this past weekend including Finn Balor defeating Edge in Hell In A Cell, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn becoming tag champs, Rhea Ripley and Asuka both becoming champs and the biggest moment, Cody Rhodes finishing the story to defeat Roman Reigns.
Kevin Patrick says it was an incredible weekend but promises a great show tonight, and says later tonight Triple H will be here with a huge announcement for everybody. Corey says that'll be good but first we're gonna hear from the new Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, Cody Rhodes! And on cue, the new champ's music hits and he gets introduced to a loud ovation of cheers! Cody poses on stage with both titles as pyro goes off around him before he heads down to the ring. Cody enters the ring and shakes hands with Mike Rome before taking the mic from him.
Cody says normally this would be where he asks the fans what they wanna talk about, but tonight he knows what he wants to talk about because last night was the greatest moment of his career. He finished the story and became the Undisputed WWE Universal Champion! The fans cheer loudly and chant YOU DESERVE IT! as Cody smiles at the chants before saying he's honored to hold the championship his father once held. He says Roman gave him a hell of a fight, and pulled out every trick in the book to try and beat him, but he prevailed just like he said he would. He says he doesn't know when Roman is going to come back for his rematch, but whenever he wants one, he has one.
Cody then moves on and says while he respects what Roman did as champion, he plans to be a fighting champion and that starts at Backlash because he talked to Adam Pearce and Triple H and both tonight and on Smackdown, there will be a triple threat #1 contenders match to see who faces him at Backlash where he defends in a triple threat match! He mentions tonight's match will be Damian Priest vs Seth Rollins vs Bobby Lashley, and wishes them all luck and says he'll be on commentary for it. Raw now goes to break.
Raw comes back from commercial, and we go to the ring where the Maximum Male Models are in the ring and ready to compete as they take off their shirts and strike a pose center ring. After a couple moments they and the fans get a big surprise as the music of Diamond Mine hits! The fans give a nice pop for this as Julius Creed, Brutus Creed and Ivy Nile walk out onto the stage and head down the ramp, ready to compete in their Raw debut!
Match #1: Tag Team Match Maximum Male Models vs. Diamond Mine w/ Ivy Nile
A quick match here with the former NXT Tag Champs having an impressive debut on the main roster by making quick work of The Models despite them getting the jump before the bell to attack them. After the match officially starts, Mace hits a big boot on Julius and tags in Mansoor, who goes up top and hits a big splash! Mansoor covers but only gets a 2. Shortly after this, Julius snaps off a couple belly to belly suplexs, sending Mansoor flying around the ring! Mace tries to enter the ring illegally, but Brutus comes in and hits him with a pounce that sends him flying and takes him out! Shortly after, Julius tags in Brutus, who goes up top...and Julius lifts up Mansoor for an electric chair drop, and Brutus comes off the top with the Brutus Ball! Brutus covers as Julius tackles Mace and gets the win!
After a commercial break, we go backstage where US Champion Austin Theory is walking down a hallway admiring his championship, when he bumps into Johnny Gargano. Theory yells at him and tells him to watch where he's going, and Johnny asks what happened to Austin? He reminds him how close they were in The Way a couple of years ago, and tells him he knows they've had their differences since then, but if Theory wanted to, they could reunite. Theory laughs at this and shakes his head. He reminds Johnny he just beat John Cena at WrestleMania, more than Johnny has accomplished since he left NXT. He says if anything, he'd be mentoring Johnny now and he has no time to play mentor. Gargano points out he didn't teach Theory everything he knows and suggests they face each other tonight for that title. Theory again denies him and says he's beaten Gargano already and Gargano has to earn a shot if he wants to earn the right to lose to him again. Theory now walks off as Dexter Lumis walks up, and pulls out an axe. Johnny quickly says no, there's no need for that. We now cut to the ring.
In the arena, Judgement Day get introduced with a special introduction for new Smackdown Women's Champion Rhea Ripley. There's a loud reaction of mostly boos for the quartet, but a small amount of cheers for Rhea at least as they head down to the ring and stand together as they get mics.
As the music cuts, Rhea speaks first and talks about getting revenge on Charlotte for defeating her a couple of years ago at WrestleMania. She says she dominated Charlotte and proved that this is HER division now. She says whenever Charlotte wants a rematch, she'll be happy to destroy her again and put her down for good.
Finn now speaks up and mentions the war he went through with Edge last night, including having to get fourteen staples in his head, but brags that he still managed to win. He says he's not cleared tonight or else he'd be making sure he was in that #1 contenders match, but he trusts Damian to bring more gold to Judgement Day at Backlash.
Damian thanks Finn for the trust, and promises victory tonight. He says Seth might have won last night against a YouTuber-turned-wannabe boxer, but he's better than him. And as for Bobby? Sure he won the impromptu match against LA Knight last night, but he's not a flash in the pan like Knight, he's a monster who's going to show Bobby who the true powerhouse of Raw really is.
Dom now goes to speak, much to the displeasure of the fans. Dom manages to say his deadbeat dad beat him last night but that was a fluke! He says he should have hurt his father more, and now he's cut off by The LWO coming out led by Rey Mysterio! Rey says he thought Dominik would have learned his lesson last night when he whipped him with his belt and beat him. Rey says he's not giving Dominik another match just because he lost, but when Dom goes to respond, Santos cuts him off. Santos says he's tired of them disrespecting Rey, a true legend of the business, and he wants to fight. Santos, Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro head down the ring with Rey and Zelina reluctantly following... but Judgement Day bails from the ring not liking the numbers advantage! The fans boo as LWO offers them a chance to get back in, but they walk off up the ramp and Raw goes to commercial.
As Raw returns from break, we go backstage to the interview area where Cathy Kelly stands with Bobby Lashley. Cathy asks him about tonight's #1 contenders match and how he plans to win. Bobby says he heard Damian talk earlier about how he's the biggest and baddest guy on Raw, he'll prove that's a lie when he mauls him tonight just like he did to LA Knight last night and breaks him in half with a Spear. As for Seth? They've done battle many times and he knows how to beat him and he'll do it again tonight. Cathy now asks Bobby about who he thinks would be his biggest challenge from Smackdown if he does win tonight? Bobby chuckles and says nobody is a bigger threat to those titles on Cody's shoulders than him in the entire company. He promises to become world champion again at Backlash, and Cathy thanks him for his time as he walks off and we go back to the ring for the next match.
Match #2: Tag Team Match Cedric Alexander & Shelton Benjamin vs. Los Lotharios
A solid tag team match here with both teams having a good showing as they try to build some momentum. Early on, Benjamin and Alexander gain the advantage after a double dropkick on Humberto and isolate him for a couple of minutes. At one point Alexander whips Humberto into the corner and charges in for a clothesline, but Humberto moves out of the way and Alexander crashes into the turnbuckles and is rolled up for a close 2 count.
Humberto gets up and hits a quick superkick on Cedric to drop him, then tags in Garza! Angel enters the ring with a flash, springboarding off the top rope and hitting an elbow drop on Cedric! He gets right back to his feet and runs over to dropkick Shelton off the ring apron! Garza now turns his focus back to Alexander, who's getting to his feet, and he hits him with a back elbow to daze him, followed by a ddt! Garza covers...but Benjamin breaks up the pin at 2! Benjamin pulls Garza up and hits a jumping kick! Humberto now comes in and charges Benjamin, clotheslining him over the top rope and to the floor! Benjamin stumbles up quickly and Humberto hits a baseball slide dropkick to wipe him out!
Garza now recovers and tells Humberto to go top, and he drags Alexander up...and hits the Wing Clipper! Humberto now comes off the top...Moonsault! Humberto rolls out of the ring and Angel Garza covers Cedric, and gets the pin!
We go backstage to Becky Lynch and Lita, who are chatting when Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville come up to confront them. Sonya says since they won the Women's WrestleMania Showcase, they are the #1 contenders to those tag team titles. Chelsea says since it's the Raw After WrestleMania, a night of big things happening, why don't Becky and Lita give them the shot they deserve tonight? Becky and Lita exchange a look and Becky's about to answer...when Damage CTRL comes up with Bayley saying hell no! Bayley reminds Becky that her and her has been teammates lost to them at WrestleMania AND Dakota and Iyo never got a rematch after getting robbed of the titles so nobody is getting a shot before them!
Becky says there's a simple solution: instead of them all whining and complaining about what they deserve, why don't they EARN it? She suggests Chelsea and Sonya fight Damage CTRL tonight to defend their contenders spot. Neither team seems overly happy with the idea, but Lita says that sounds good to her, she'll go talk to Adam Pearce about it to get it made official since they're both a pain in everyone's ass. The two other teams look annoyed but Chelsea tells Damage CTRL after tonight they'll be called Loser Control! Iyo threatens to kick Chelsea's teeth down her throat, and Chelsea walks off with Sonya as we go to commercial.
In the ring after the break,, we see Dolph Ziggler standing with a mic and dressed to compete as his music cuts. Ziggler says tonight is the night after WrestleMania, it wasn't long ago he created one of the best Raw after WrestleMania moments by cashing in his Money In The Bank briefcase to become World Heavyweight Champion, a moment he'll never forget. But tonight, he wants to make another moment. He was going to challenge Cody Rhodes to a match for the titles, but then he found out he wasn't cleared for tonight. So instead, he's issuing an open challenge to anybody not currently on the Raw or Smackdown roster because win or lose, he's making a big moment tonight! He waits for a few moments...and then his challenge gets answered by Apollo Crews! Apollo is back from a run in NXT!
Match #3: Singles Match Dolph Ziggler vs. Apollo Crews
A quick match here with Ziggler charging Crews at the bell, and hitting a corner splash! Ziggler pounds on Crews with punches, but Crews fights back and shoves him away. Crews gets up and ducks a clothesline, then hits a dropkick! Crews hits two more dropkicks, leaving the former world champ reeling as he stumbles back up...only to walk into a jumping clothesline!
Apollo is playing it up to the fans, getting them to cheer as he waits for Dolph to get up, then lifts him up, but Ziggler backflips out of trouble and lands behind Apollo! Ziggler now goes for the ZigZag, but Apollo grabs the ropes to block it and stay on his feet! Ziggler lands hard but gets back up as Apollo turns around right into a Superkick attempt, but Crews catches his foot! Ziggler is begging for mercy, but Apollo spins him around, lifts him up and drops him with a Spin Out Powerbomb! Apollo covers and gets the win!
After the break, we go back to the interview area where Cathy Kelly is with Seth Rollins. Seth says the air is lighter and the sun is brighter today just knowing he's banished that idiot Logan Paul from the WWE. Cathy congratulates him on his win at Mania and asks him about the contenders match tonight as well as the potential of facing Cody Rhodes again at Backlash. Seth says his history with Bobby is well documented and they've had their back and forth but he's better than Bobby and he'll prove it tonight. As for Damian, he doesn't care if he brings all of Judgement Day out, or how hungry he is to get to the top, tonight is his night and he's getting his hands on the gold again. As for Cody? He's well aware he's never beat him but it'll be a triple threat at Backlash and he doesn't need to beat Cody to take those titles does he? But he still intends to beat Cody at Backlash because he handles the pressure of big matches better than anybody. Cathy wishes him luck and he walks off. We head to the ring for our first of two #1 contenders matches.
Match #4: Women's Tag Team Championship #1 Contenders Match Chelsea Green and Sonya Deville vs. Damage CTRL (Iyo Sky & Dakota Kai) w/ Bayley
A good match here as both teams vie for the chance to challenge the champs. Sonya and Iyo have a striking battle at one point that Sonya gets the better of after a stiff kick in the ribs knocks Iyo down and lets Sonya hit a running kick to the face. Shortly after, Iyo has regained control after shoving Sonya into Chelsea and hits a dropkick to knock her into the turnbuckles, and she falls into a sitting position. Iyo now backs up, and charges in with running knees to the face!
Later on, Chelsea and Dakota are now legal, and Chelsea ducks a roundhouse kick and rolls up Kai for 2, then picks her up and throws her out of the ring. Chelsea takes time to taunt Iyo, who tries to enter the ring but the ref stops her and Chelsea laughs at her...but this makes her miss Dakota sliding in behind her and hitting a backstabber! Dakota covers...but Green kicks out at 2. Dakota now brings Chelsea to the corner and tags in Iyo. Dakota now hits another backstabber but keeps her in position so Iyo can springboard in and hit a double stomp onto the ribs! Chelsea yells out in pain as Iyo covers her, but Sonya quickly breaks up the pin attempt.
The finish comes a couple of minutes later after Dakota tags back in and she charges into the corner looking to hit a big kick on Chelsea...but Chelsea dodges it and Kai gets hung up on the turnbuckles! Chelsea now goes over and makes the tag to Sonya! Sonya enters the ring and quickly hits a corkscrew on Dakota's leg that just got hung up. Dakota holds her leg in pain and Sonya tries to lock in a single-leg boston crab, but Dakota uses the good leg to kick her away, and she stumbles back into the Damage CTRL corner. Dakota gets up, and sees this but before she can take advantage, Chelsea grabs her leg and trips her! Iyo gets annoyed now and hops off the apron and chases Chelsea around ringside...but Chelsea slides back into the ring and Sonya drops Iyo with a kick in the head! Iyo falls out of the ring and Sonya tells Chelsea to end it.
Chelsea pulls Dakota up...I'm Prettier! Dakota drops, but Chelsea pulls her up to a kneeling position and holds her up so Deville can hit a running knee strike! Deville covers as Chelsea stands guard…they get the win!
Winners via pinfall and #1 Contenders to the Women's Tag Team Titles: Sonya Deville and Chelsea Green!
After the match, Chelsea hugs Sonya as they celebrate the win, and now the champs walk out onto the stage. Becky and Lita hold up the titles while Chelsea and Sonya motion that they're taking the titles, and the stare down takes us to commercial.
As we return, we go to a hallway backstage where we see The Street Profits. Dawkins talks about their win in the showcase at WrestleMania and how good it felt to get back on the right track with a win like that. He says it's even sweeter getting it on the grandest stage of them all. Tez says they're feeling so good that they might just take a visit over to Smackdown and pay Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn a little visit because they want the smoke and they want those tag team titles.
We now cut away to Lashley's locker room where he's doing last-minute stretching before the main event. Suddenly, MVP walks into the room which causes Lashley to stop what he's doing and stand ready to fight. MVP holds up his hands and tells him to relax, he comes in peace and Omos isn't even in the building tonight. Lashley does calm down but asks MVP what he wants. MVP says he just wanted to wish Lashley luck tonight...and to apologize. He's realized he was out of line the way he treated Lashley last year. He says he got jealous of Bobby's growing popularity and wanted to crush that, and that's his mistake. But he just wanted Bobby to know he doesn't feel the way he did a year ago.
Bobby seems surprised by this and takes a minute to process it, then says he accepts MVP's apology. After all, he already beat the hell out of him and Omos last year and he's moved on past all that drama. The two men fist bump and MVP says maybe one day they can... but Lashley cuts him off and says just because he forgave him doesn't mean he forgot about what MVP did. He still doesn't trust him. MVP sighs and says he understands and walks out. Lashley goes back to his prep as we go to the ring.
Triple H gets introduced by Mike Rome and he heads to the ring to cheers from the fans. After getting in the ring and soaking in a bit of cheers, he starts by talking about the huge success of WrestleMania, the huge crowd and how great the show was, and thanks the fans for that, which causes some cheering and clapping. Triple H now says he didn't come here just to thank them, he came here because he has a big announcement, but he needs Adam Pearce out here before he can announce it because it directly involves him.
Adam Pearce comes out onto the stage and quickly heads to the ring. Triple H tells the fans to give it up for Adam Pearce, and tells him he's impressed with how well he's handled the roster the last couple of years, and for that, he's giving Adam a promotion. Starting next week, Adam Pearce will OFFICIALLY be the Raw General Manager! Adam Pearce shakes hands with Triple H and thanks him for that, and Triple H tells him he knows he'll do a good job, but he's going to have a tough task in front of him in a couple weeks, because it's time to shake things up again! The night after Backlash, the WWE Draft is back, and EVERYBODY is eligible to be drafted!
The fans cheer loudly for this and Triple H tells Pearce he wants him to build the best Raw roster he possibly can. And as for who will be drafting for Smackdown and become their GM? Well, everyone will have to tune into Smackdown on Friday to find out, along with more details on the draft. We now go to break with a graphic telling us the main event is up next.
Match #5: Triple Threat Undisputed WWE Universal Championship #1 Contenders Match Seth Rollins vs. Bobby Lashley vs. Damian Priest
A great match here with Cody sitting on commentary watching. Early on, Judgement Day starts getting involved, but this leads to Seth and Bobby banding together to attack Finn and Dom, and this makes the ref eject Judgement Day from ringside. They argue but do end up leaving, and with the playing field leveled, Seth and Bobby stay working together for a couple minutes to beat down Priest and throw him out of the ring after laying him out.
A few minutes later, Bobby has Seth on the top turnbuckle and hits a superplex! Seth rolls around in pain as Bobby gets up...and walks right into a big boot from Priest! Priest now throws Bobby out of the ring and stalks Seth as he gets up and grabs him by the throat, but Seth blocks the chokeslam attempt and hits a spin kick into the ribs! Seth now bounces off the ropes looking for an early Stomp, but Priest moves out of the way and hits a back elbow to drop Rollins!
Priest now turns his attention to Lashley, who slides back into the ring and hits a spin kick to wipe him out! Priest now brings Lashley into the nearest corner, then grabs Seth and whips him into Bobby...then splashes both of them! Damian tries to pin Seth, but he kicks out at 2 so Priest covers Lashley, but he kicks out at 2 as well. Later on, Priest is looking to take Lashley out as he grabs the steel steps and slams them into him! Lashley drops on the floor and Priest throws the steps on top of him! Priest now climbs back into the ring...but as he does, Seth quickly grabs him and hits the pedigree! Seth rolls Priest over and covers him...but Priest kicks out at 2!
The finish comes a couple of minutes later with Lashley in control after hitting both men with the steps. He now backs into the corner, waiting for the first man to get up. He sees Seth rising, and as he gets up and turns around, Lashley drops him with a huge Spear! Lashley sees Priest stirring now and stalks him, looking for another Spear...but Brock Lesnar's music hits!? Lashley looks shocked as Brock Lesnar walks out onto the stage and points at him! Lesnar throws his cowboy hat to the ground and heads down the ramp...but Lashley dives over the top rope and wipes out Lesnar at ringside! It appears these two have unfinished business! Lashley hits Brock with punches before getting to his feet and pulling out a chair from under the ring, but Brock is back up and punches the chair into his face! Lashley stumbles, but Brock picks him up, F5! Lashley drops, but Lesnar isn't done yet, pulling him back up and carrying him up the ramp...F5 on the stage! Lashley is knocked out and Brock laughs before leaving!
Back in the ring, Priest just watched Lashley get destroyed and smiles, realizing it's now a singles match! He sees Seth stumbling to his feet and quickly grabs him by the throat, looking for the South of Heaven Chokeslam... but Seth counters with a jumping knee to the face to knock Priest down to all fours! Seth now has a golden opportunity and strikes quickly with the Stomp! He covers Priest and gets the big win to send him to Backlash!
Winner via pinfall and NEW #1 Contender: Seth Rollins!
After the match, Seth gets his arm raised in victory and he looks over at Cody, who stands up and claps for him. Seth tells him he's coming for him and those titles, and Cody tells him he's looking forward to it as he holds up the titles and Raw goes off the air.
Excited to officially get things rolling with my first show now posted! I figured I should mention that I'm only doing Raw and Smackdown, I will try to do a monthly recap of NXT post, but it might only be anything important that happened if so. I haven't done a BTB in forever but I've been working on this for over a year and I have everything through Backlash done and in my back log ready to post whenever. Hopefully everything looks good, I tried to make it look nice with formatting but I'm open to changing things for the next show if need be. I do plan to have a nice show banner once I get past the draft after Backlash. Thank you for anybody who takes the time to read this!
Alright bud, first I wanna say I'm glad you finally got the thread up and your first show posted! You've been talking about this for a while so it's cool to finally check out your hard work.
Having your start point be the night after WrestleMania can be tricky, because you want to be fresh and different, but also have Mania fallout to consider and address. I thought as far as a RAW after Mania episode is concerned, this was fairly tame. Again, you're working off WrestleMania results and have to color inside SOME lines, but I also think a RAW after Mania starting point could have been a good excuse to do something MAJOR to really make a mark with your debut show. It's not a big deal, just maybe my own expectations biting me. Obviously you're laying out some ground work for the future, and it's easy to follow the bread crumbs and see some of the big matches that are to come. After a dozen years of talking about wrestling together, I have a pretty good idea how you think about this stuff, so I know the big matches will be unique and some of the winners will surprise me in fun ways. You really believe in the people you like, so I'm down to see how you build those stars up to where you want them to be. But I will say that the summarized promos could make it hard for me to get invested. Without being able to watch actual wrestling matches, it's the characters and stories that really latch me onto a BTB. Hopefully your superstars get to flourish a little more in that regard going forward.
Things I really liked: Most of RAW's champions were featured in the episode and many already have clear directions forward. Two solid NXT call ups, a squash win for Diamond Mine and a very credible win over Ziggler for Apollo's re-introduction. The youth movement in general on RAW is very apparent, with so many fresh or underutilized talents, and several getting victories. I also feel like importance is being put on the tag division right away. Diamond Mine and Los Lotharios made an impact, Judgement Day are talking about "more gold", the Street Profits are callin their shot... and I'm keeping my eyes on Shelton and Cedric. Not so sure it's a coincidence they have a match on the same RAW where Lashley and MVP start mending fences. Good choices for the RAW Triple Threat. All 3 guys offer something totally different as a challenger for Cody, and while I hope we get around to seeing Cody cross paths with Priest and Lashley... I'm a big fan of the Cody/Rollins pairing and think there's a lot more than can be done with it now that a championship is involved. And if you're going to use Brock Lesnar, I think it's a good idea to revisit the feud with Lashley and do it proper! Feels like backstage politics killed every match they ever had. With that aspect removed here in BTB land, I hope to see one (or more?) proper beefy hoss fights.
Something I'm a little uneasy about is the direction for most of your altered WrestleMania winners. DMG CTRL were outsmarted by Chelsea and Sonya, who themselves had to win a 2nd straight #1 contenders match. Asuka wasn't seen or mentioned on the show. Balor was selling the damage from his Hell in a Cell match which is fair enough. But Cody's presence felt really muted for how massive his victory was. A short "Hey I did it, let's crown a new #1 contender!" and then not much else. And did Ziggler say Cody wasn't cleared to wrestle? Was that explained anywhere? Is Ziggler going to challenge Cody when he is cleared? I also question why Cody, fighting champion or not, would ask for his first defense to be a triple threat match. Doesn't seem very smart. I hope giving all these people big WrestleMania wins they didn't originally have was for a greater purpose other than you just preferring them more. I said it at the top, I know you like your people and wanna push them lol. I feel like ultimately they will get there, but right out of the gate these superstars felt underwhelming coming off the biggest wins of their careers.
Looking forward to see how you do things on the SmackDown side. There's juicy stories to track with Roman's run ending a whole year early, Steenerico as tag champs, Usos future after a historic reign, and Gunther's IC title dominance!
