WRESTLEMANIA 34 NIGHT ONE
THEN
NOW
FOREVER
WWE
Byron Saxton and Tom Phillips from Friday Night Smackdown welcomed the WWE Universe to WrestleMania 34 Night One and said that Michael Cole & Corey Graves from Monday Night RAW would handle commentary duties on night two.
Inaugural Ninth Wonder Battle Royal - Winner earns a future Women’s Championship match
Alicia Fox V Aliyah V Billie Kay v Bianca Belair V Candice LeRae V Dakota Kay V Dana Brooke V Ember Moon V Jacqueline V Kairi Sane V Lacey Evans V Liv Morgan V Lita V Lana V
Maria Kanellis V Mandy Rose V Molly Holly V Mickie James V Michelle McCool V
Nia Jax V Naomi V Natalya Neidhart V Nikki Bella V Nikki Cross V Peyton Royce V Paige V
Rhea Ripley V Sonya Deville V Sarah Logan V Taynara Conti V Tamina Snuka V Trish Stratus V
Torrie Wilson V Vanessa Borne
WWE WrestleMania 34 Night One opened with the inaugural Ninth Wonder over the top rope battle royal where the winner would earn a shot at either the WWE RAW or WWE SD Women’s Championship at a time of their choosing. It featured 34 women from RAW, SD and NXT and some WWE Hall of Famers.
In the closing moments of the match the final four of Paige, Mickie James, Rhea Ripley and Kairi Sane, James got rid of Sane, Paige did the same to Ripley and finally Paige threw James out.
Winner: Paige
WWE RAW Tag Team Championship - TLC
The Revival(c) V The Hardy’s
Next the WWE RAW Tag Team Championships were on the line in a tables, ladders and chairs tag team match between the Revival(c) and the Hardy’s. It was a brutal match that saw all four men beat the hell out of each other and each of them go through tables and ladders and smashed with steel chairs. The conclusion saw Jeff Hardy and Dash Wilder on one ladder and Matt Hardy and Scott Dawson on the other.
In the end the ladder that had Matt and Dawson fell over sending both men flying out of the ring and crashing through several tables at ringside which left Jeff and Wilder brawling on their ladder. Jeff would knock Wilder down a few rungs and then reach for the titles, only for Wilder to reach between the rungs and hit a low blow on Hardy who fell to the mat below. This allowed Wilder the time to recover and climb up and retrieve the title belts.
Winners & Still WWE RAW Tag Team Champions: The Revival
When Worlds Collide
Becky Lynch, Bayley, Charlotte Flair & Sasha Banks
V
Jessamyn Duke, Marina Shafir, Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler
After that the Four Horsewomen of WWE aka Bayley, Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair and Sasha Banks teamed up to take on the Four Horsewomen of the MMA world aka Jessamyn Duke, Marina Shafir, Ronda Rousey and Shayna Baszler in an eight woman tag team match.
The final moments of the match saw Bayley who was the legal member for her team become distracted after Duke & Shafir took Banks out at ringside with a high low combo which allowed Baszler to come from behind and lock in the Kirifuda Clutch and Bayley tapped out.
Winners: Jessamyn Duke, Marina Shafir, Ronda Rousey, Shanya Baszler
WWE RAW Women’s Championship
Alexa Bliss(c) V Asuka
Following that Alexa Bliss defended the WWE RAW Women’s Championship against the Empress Asuka in a one on one match. Bliss would gain the advantage by laying the challenger out with a Snap DDT and then dragged Asuka over to one of the corners and climbed up to the top rope.
Bliss launched herself off of the top rope and attempted her Twisted Bliss finisher but Asuka moved out of the way and as a result Bliss crashed to the mat. Asuka waited until Bliss got onto her knees and then damn near took her head off with an Empress Kick for the pin.
Winner & New WWE RAW Women’s Champion: Asuka
WWE United States Championship
Chad Gable(c) V Daniel Bryan
In the penultimate match of Night One of WrestleMania 34, Chad Gable(c) defended the WWE United States Championship against the GM of Friday Night Smackdown Daniel Bryan in the latter’s return to the ring. The two men unsurprisingly tore the house down going back and forth, trading near falls for around twenty minutes.
The ending saw Bryan fight out of the Gable Lock and then hit a Running Knee Strike to his opponent’s skull as Gable attempted to get back to feet.
Winner & New WWE US Champion: Daniel Bryan
WWE Championship
AJ Styles(c) V Shinsuke Nakamura
The main event of the night saw AJ Styles(c) defend the WWE Championship against the 2018 Men’s Royal Rumble winner Shinsuke Nakamura in singles action. Styles got a near fall after hitting the Styles Clash only for Nakamura to kick out and hit a Kinshasa for a near fall of his own. The two superstars took things to the next level when AJ Styles hit his own Kinshasa on Nakamura and then Nakamura returned the favor by hitting a Styles Clash on Styles. The conclusion came about when Styles exited the ring onto the apron while Nakamura was face down on the mat, from here Styles taunted his opponent to get up and when he did the defending champion springboarded into the ring and attempted his Phenomenal Forearm only to be hit with a Kinshasa for the pin.
Winner & New WWE Champion: Shinsuke Nakamura
Post-Match
The lights went out in the arena and unfamiliar music played and when they came back on there were five men standing on the stage, those being Kenny Omega, Nick Jackson, Matt Jackson, Adam Page.
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