Detailed Results
Before she defends the RAW Women’s Championship against Charlotte Flair, Sasha Banks, and Nia Jax in a Fatal 4-Way Elimination Match this Sunday at WrestleMania, RAW kicks off with RAW Women’s Champion Bayley. The champion says that WrestleMania is her favorite day of the year, saying her and her friends used to try and get money together so they could watch WrestleMania. Bayley then says that, in the Fatal 4-Way Elimination Match, the odds are stacked against her. Bayley is then interrupted by one of the three challengers for the RAW Women’s Championship this Sunday, Charlotte Flair. Charlotte calls Bayley a “paper champion”, saying that this is all an elaborate plan by Sasha Banks to get back into the title picture, calling Bayley “naïve”. Charlotte then says that, if it wasn’t for Sasha Banks, she would still be the RAW Women’s Champion and the friendship between Sasha and Bayley is not “legit”, vowing that she will be walking out of WrestleMania as the new RAW Women’s Champion. Charlotte continues, saying that Sasha only cares about championships and “The Boss” is just waiting to stab Bayley in the back.
This brings out Sasha Banks, who says that she knows that Charlotte is trying to “stir the pot” before saying that her and Bayley understand that “business is business”, saying she will take care of business at WrestleMania. Sasha then says that she beat Bayley to get into the match at WrestleMania and she will beat her again this Sunday before Nia Jax comes out. Nia says that they are “so pathetic” for how they trade the RAW Women’s Title back and forth before saying that she is going to eliminate each and every one of them and the RAW Women’s Title is going to have a “permanent home”. Charlotte then says that the only reason that Nia Jax is in this match is because Sasha didn’t have to “pretend” to care about Bayley anymore. This is when “The Boss” had heard enough from Charlotte as Sasha attacks Charlotte, sparking a brawl between the four women that is eventually broken up.
Before they square off in a Fatal 4-Way Elimination Match for the RAW Women’s Title at WrestleMania this Sunday, RAW Women’s Champion Bayley would team with “The Boss” Sasha Banks to face Charlotte Flair & Nia Jax in tag team action. During the match, Charlotte Flair would lock in the Figure-Four Leg Lock on Bayley but Sasha Banks would break it up before sending Nia Jax into the steel steps on the outside. Meanwhile, in the ring, Bayley would hit Charlotte with the Bayley-to-Belly as the champion picks up the win for herself and Sasha. After the match, Nia Jax would attack Bayley and Sasha from behind, squashing Sasha with a leg drop and hitting Bayley with the Samoan Drop. Nia then sizes Charlotte up before leveling Charlotte with a body splash before Nia admires the RAW Women’s Title in what could be a sign of things to come this Sunday at WrestleMania.
Backstage, Sami Zayn is being interviewed about Mick Foley being fired last week with Sami declaring that he will enter the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal at WrestleMania and he is dedicating his performance to Mick Foley. RAW Commissioner Stephanie McMahon then interrupts, saying that Sami will have to earn his way into the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal tonight and, to do so, he must beat Kevin Owens in a No DQ match! Stephanie then adds that, if Sami loses, then Sami Zayn will be fired!
With Cruiserweight Champion Neville a guest on commentary, the #1 Contender for the Cruiserweight Title this Sunday at WrestleMania was in action on RAW as Austin Aries would go one-on-one with Noam Dar, with Alicia Fox in his corner. In the end, it was Austin Aries hitting the Discus Fivearm on Noam Dar, but Austin would look right at Neville before Aries locks in the Last Chancery, making Dar tap out to pick up the win. After the match, Austin Aries would stare down Neville and point at the WrestleMania sign while Neville stands on the announce table, holding up the Cruiserweight Title.
After being challenged to an unsanctioned match at WrestleMania by Triple H last week, the injured Seth Rollins would make his way to the ring on a crutch with his knee heavily braced to sign the hold harmless agreement for the match. Seth would waste no time in calling out Triple H to face him in the ring, which “The Game” complies with, making his way to the ring with the hold harmless agreement in hand. Before getting into the ring, however, Triple H tells Rollins that, if Seth attacks him, he will defend himself and that won’t go well for Rollins and it will also mean that the match at WrestleMania will be off. Triple H then explains that Seth Rollins will sit down and listen to the terms of the agreement, he will sign it and only then will he get his match at WrestleMania.
Seth says that he’s listened to Triple H long enough, telling “The Game” to get in the ring with the contract. Triple H then gets into the ring before telling Rollins to sit down in the chair but when Seth doesn’t sit down, Triple H says that, if Rollins doesn’t want to listen to him, then the match at WrestleMania is off! Triple H then gets on the ring apron, but Seth Rollins begrudgingly sits down and Triple H comes back into the ring and sits down, telling Seth that signing the contract means that Rollins is giving up all of his “rights” come WrestleMania. Triple H continues, saying that he isn’t going to stop until he “destroys” what he “created” and, when Seth’s career is over, he cannot sue Triple H, his family, or WWE.
Showing very little patience for his former mentor, Seth Rollins tells Triple H to sign the contract and hand it over. However, Triple H continues his speech, saying that he doesn’t understand why “success” is a “bad thing”. Triple H then says that, if everyone doesn’t hate you, you aren’t living up to your full potential, saying that you have to take life by the throat and “screw everybody else”. Triple H continues, saying that he’s sure that Seth’s family will forgive him for giving up his career before Triple H signs the contract. Triple H then tells Rollins that he’s a “one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest” and there has never been a “one-legged man” who has won an “ass-kicking contest”, saying that he gets what’s at stake for Seth Rollins. Triple H then says that Seth can sign the contract to ensure that he walks into WrestleMania but he he’s not “walking out”.
Seth tells Triple H that’s the same line of “bull crap” that heard three years ago before saying that, while rehabbing, he learned that he liked himself before he met Triple H. Rollins then says that he didn’t mind wrestling for a “hot dog and a handshake” because he loves this business before saying that this isn’t about “fame and fortune” and it’s not even about a match at WrestleMania, it’s about “redemption”. Seth continues, saying that he gave up who he was to stand next to Triple H and “for what” before saying that there is nothing that is going to stop him from tearing Triple H apart and taking back what matters the most to him in his life and that’s becoming who he was before he met Triple H; getting back to being “Seth freakin’ Rollins”! Seth then signs the contract before emphatically shoving the contract in the chest of Triple H.
Triple H then acts like he’s going to leave with the signed contract in hand but “The Game” turns around and kicks the table into the bad knee of Seth Rollins before delivering a kick to the injured knee. Then, much like he did a couple of weeks ago, Triple H would grab the crutch of Seth Rollins with the intent of ending Seth’s career right then and there. However, this time, Seth fights back with a kick to the head of “The Game” before going for the Pedigree, but Triple H delivers a kick to the knee. Triple H then goes for the Pedigree but Seth lifts Triple H up and over the top rope! Triple H then rushes the ring, but Rollins grabs the crutch and catches “The Game” with a shot to the back with the crutch before Triple H escapes the ring, creating distance between himself and Seth Rollins, having gotten a taste of what Seth Rollins is capable of, injured or not.
RAW would then host a special over-the-top rope challenge featuring some of the participants in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal this Sunday at WrestleMania as Big Show would face Jinder Mahal first in the Gauntlet-style match. Naturally, Big Show would make quick work of Jinder Mahal, sending Jinder over the top rope to the floor before Bo Dallas makes his way to the ring to try his hand at eliminating Big Show. Bo Dallas would not fare much better, getting tossed over before The Shining Stars come out. This trend would continue with Big Show tossing out both Primo & Epico before Curtis Axel and The Golden Truth come out as, working together, all seven Superstars would manage to hoist Big Show over the top rope to the floor!
An angry Big Show then comes back into the ring, drilling Jinder Mahal with a chokeslam, leveling Bo Dallas with the Knockout Punch, chokeslamming Curtis Axel as well as The Shining Stars. The Golden Truth then decides to leave the ring instead of fighting Big Show and, just as Big Show is about to leave the ring, Braun Strowman comes out to the stage. “The Monster Among Men” says that, if he wanted to, he’d come down there and kick Big Show’s ass right now but that’s what everyone wants him to do and they will just have to wait until WrestleMania. Braun then points at the WrestleMania sign before heading to the back, leaving an angry Big Show in the ring.
Backstage, Cesaro & Sheamus are being interviewed about the Triple Threat Tag Match for the RAW Tag Team Titles this Sunday at WrestleMania when they are ambushed by Gallows & Anderson as Karl Anderson uses a two-by-four to take Sheamus down before the RAW Tag Team Champions use a ladder to the mid-section of Sheamus. Gallows & Anderson then use the ladder on Cesaro, sending Cesaro into some nearby crates.
Before he defends the Cruiserweight Title against Austin Aries this Sunday at WrestleMania, the Cruiserweight Champion was in action on RAW as Neville would go one-on-one with “Gentleman” Jack Gallagher in a non-title match. In the end, it was Neville hitting Jack Gallagher with a superplex before locking in the Rings of Saturn, making Gallagher tap out to pick up the win.
With the biggest match of his career coming up this Sunday at WrestleMania against The Undertaker, Roman Reigns would make an appearance on RAW to address “The Deadman”. Roman says that, “with all due respect”, it’s his time now and the arena is his “house” because this is his “yard”. Reigns is then interrupted by the gong of The Undertaker as a video on the Tron shows a graveyard as The Undertaker says that the ring is his “yard” before showing an empty grave, saying that the grave is Roman’s yard. The Undertaker then says that he’s dug a special grave for Roman Reigns before saying that, at WrestleMania, the Roman Empire will “fall” and “The Ultimate Thrill Ride” will be Roman’s “last ride” before The Undertaker shows a tombstone with Roman’s name on it! The Undertaker then tells Roman Reigns to live each day as if it’s his last because it soon will be. The lights then go out in the arena and, when they come back on, The Undertaker is standing in the ring across from Roman Reigns! The Undertaker then tells Roman Reigns that, at WrestleMania, Roman will “rest in peace”! The Undertaker then raises his arms and, as he lowers his arms, the lights slowly fade to black in the arena.
Before they defend the RAW Tag Team Titles in a Triple Threat Tag Match against Enzo & Big Cass and Cesaro & Sheamus at WrestleMania this Sunday, RAW Tag Team Champions Gallows & Anderson were set to take on Enzo & Big Cass in a non-title match on RAW. However, the champions would get blasted from behind with a ladder by Cesaro & Sheamus on the stage. After taking out the champions, Cesaro & Sheamus would set their sights on Enzo & Big Cass, isolating Big Cass and using the ladder to aid them. However, Big Cass would battle back, using the ladder to take out Cesaro & Sheamus before Gallows & Anderson take Big Cass down, using the ladder to send Cass out of the ring. The champions then knock Cesaro off of the ring apron with the ladder before using the ladder to knock Enzo off of the top rope to the floor! This leaves Gallows & Anderson standing tall in the ring, having taken out their competition ahead of WrestleMania.
Six nights before he challenges his former best friend Chris Jericho for the United States Championship at WrestleMania, Kevin Owens would go one-on-one with another former best friend in Sami Zayn in a No DQ Match where, if Sami wins, he will gain entry into the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal but, if Sami loses, then he will be fired! It wouldn’t take long for the action to spill out of the ring as Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn would battle their way up near the staging area as Owens sends Sami’s head into the front of the announce table. Sami then gets on the stage before diving off of the stage to take Owens out. The fight would then return to ringside where Kevin Owens would spike Sami with a DDT on the steel steps! Back in the ring, Sami Zayn would fight back with a suplex in the corner before connecting with his tornado DDT on the floor. Sami then goes for the Helluva Kick in the ring, but Owens counters with a super kick but Zayn kicks out.
Owens then connects with the frog splash before going for the Pop-Up Powerbomb, but Sami counters, hitting the Blue Thunder Bomb but Owens kicks out. Samoa Joe then makes his way down to the ring, grabbing a steel chair before Chris Jericho intervenes, using the chair to take Samoa Joe out. Owens then takes Jericho down with a right hand but the temporary distraction is enough for Sami Zayn to take advantage, rolling Owens up to pick up the win to keep his job and qualify for the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal! After the match, Kevin Owens would attack Sami Zayn, but the chair-wielding Chris Jericho would catch Owens with a trio of chair shots to the back as Owens retreats up the ramp. Jericho then picks up the List of Jericho before saying that, “you know what happens when you betray Chris Jericho”, before Jericho puts Owens’ name on the List of Jericho!
Then it was time for two behemoths to come face-to-face one last time before WrestleMania as Universal Champion Goldberg and “The Beast” Brock Lesnar would be in the same ring at the same time just six nights before their match for the Universal Championship on “The Grandest Stage of Them All”. Brock Lesnar and his advocate Paul Heyman would make their way to the ring first as Heyman first introduces his client before saying that the Universal Title is the “holy grail” of RAW. Heyman then says that Brock Lesnar “needs” the Universal Title and Brock “lusts” after the Universal Title. The advocate continues, saying that Goldberg is a “real life superhero” but Brock Lesnar is going to chew Goldberg up and spit him out. Heyman then says that, this Sunday at WrestleMania, Goldberg is going to “Suplex City” where Goldberg will “check in” but he won’t “check out”. Heyman then says that WrestleMania will be the “death of a superhero”, saying that Goldberg cannot “survive the F-5”.
This brings out the other half of the equation in the Universal Title match at WrestleMania as Universal Champion Goldberg comes out to the stage. Goldberg says that the fans didn’t come there to hear them talk and, since he can’t take everyone in the crowd to WrestleMania, then they should bring WrestleMania to them. With that, Goldberg marches towards the ring and Brock hops out of the ring only to get taken down with a Spear from the Universal Champion! Goldberg then gets into the ring, holding up the Universal Title high above his head, having shown the fate that could await Brock Lesnar this Sunday at WrestleMania.
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