Post by Steveweiser on Apr 8, 2019 4:15:26 GMT -5
It's the most anticipated episode of RAW of the year... RAW After WrestleMania! Following a very long, but largely satisfying WrestleMania 35, RAW comes to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn to experience the fallout, while also throwing more than a few surprises out there!
The Man is now the Champ Champ, but Becky Lynch's victory for the RAW and SmackDown Women's Championships came about in controversial circumstances, as it appeared as though Ronda Rousey got her shoulder up during the winning pinfall as Lynch countered Piper's Pit with a cradle. Becky won't care as she now holds both of the main women's titles in WWE, and made history as not only the first female competitor to win the WrestleMania main event, but also becoming the first non-North American to ever do so. You'd bet though that both Rousey and Charlotte Flair will take umbrage with the result, and will want to make Becky's first night as double champ as difficult as possible.
The Beast's stranglehold of the Universal Championship has been broken up, as Seth Rollins managed to slay Brock Lesnar to claim the title and restore it to full time status on RAW. Lesnar and Paul Heyman tried to throw Rollins off by moving their title match to the very start of the show, in protest at losing out on the main event slot, and even dominated for large periods, but a well timed spill out of ring by the referee allowed Rollins to land the low blow that changed things around, and three Blackout Curb Stomps gave Rollins the title. Will Lesnar and Heyman dispute Rollins' tactics tonight?
"The All Mighty" Bobby Lashley had no answer for The Demon last night, as Finn Bálor reclaimed the Intercontinental Championship in relatively short order, landing the Coup de Grace. Will Bálor, likely back to his normal self, be a fighting champion, and will the title be on the line tonight?
Not only did Bayley and Sasha Banks lose the Women's Tag Team Titles last night, they ended up losing the titles over to SmackDown, as The IIconics sneaked their way to the titles, besting the Boss N Hug Connection, Nia Jax and Tamina, and Beth Phoenix and Natalya in a chaotic Fatal Four Way Match. Bayley and Sasha had better hope that Billie Kay and Peyton Royce make a few trips over to the Red Side while they hold the gold...
The streak... is over. After 269 straight losses across RAW and WWE live events, Match Number 270 was the lucky charm for Curt Hawkins, as he and his broski Zack Ryder claimed the RAW Tag Team Titles from The Revival in their home territory of New York/New Jersey. But is this just a case of a blind squirrel eventually finding a nut, or will the former Edgeheads go on a run with the titles? And will they run into Dash Wilder's now infamous right hand?
Triple H will get his own say in how his in-ring career goes from here, as The Game outlasted Batista in what turned out to be The Animal's final match to keep his own career alive. Will the COO make his future intentions known tonight? Also, Roman Reigns made a triumphant return to singles competition, putting Drew McIntyre away, and proving that he is back to his pre-leukemia form. Now that his "brother" Seth Rollins is the Universal Champion, will Reigns go after him? Baron Corbin sent Kurt Angle away with a loss, and now the former Constable and Acting General Manager is claiming that he's now the Olympic Gold Medalist - will he be the one to go after Rollins?
The RAW After WrestleMania usually includes big debuts and returns, but since several of NXT's top stars have already made their way over, we may be looking more at Superstars coming back into the fold. What surprises will we see this year?
All this and much more tonight from 8/7c on USA - at least you'll be relieved it's only three hours long tonight!
The Man is now the Champ Champ, but Becky Lynch's victory for the RAW and SmackDown Women's Championships came about in controversial circumstances, as it appeared as though Ronda Rousey got her shoulder up during the winning pinfall as Lynch countered Piper's Pit with a cradle. Becky won't care as she now holds both of the main women's titles in WWE, and made history as not only the first female competitor to win the WrestleMania main event, but also becoming the first non-North American to ever do so. You'd bet though that both Rousey and Charlotte Flair will take umbrage with the result, and will want to make Becky's first night as double champ as difficult as possible.
The Beast's stranglehold of the Universal Championship has been broken up, as Seth Rollins managed to slay Brock Lesnar to claim the title and restore it to full time status on RAW. Lesnar and Paul Heyman tried to throw Rollins off by moving their title match to the very start of the show, in protest at losing out on the main event slot, and even dominated for large periods, but a well timed spill out of ring by the referee allowed Rollins to land the low blow that changed things around, and three Blackout Curb Stomps gave Rollins the title. Will Lesnar and Heyman dispute Rollins' tactics tonight?
"The All Mighty" Bobby Lashley had no answer for The Demon last night, as Finn Bálor reclaimed the Intercontinental Championship in relatively short order, landing the Coup de Grace. Will Bálor, likely back to his normal self, be a fighting champion, and will the title be on the line tonight?
Not only did Bayley and Sasha Banks lose the Women's Tag Team Titles last night, they ended up losing the titles over to SmackDown, as The IIconics sneaked their way to the titles, besting the Boss N Hug Connection, Nia Jax and Tamina, and Beth Phoenix and Natalya in a chaotic Fatal Four Way Match. Bayley and Sasha had better hope that Billie Kay and Peyton Royce make a few trips over to the Red Side while they hold the gold...
The streak... is over. After 269 straight losses across RAW and WWE live events, Match Number 270 was the lucky charm for Curt Hawkins, as he and his broski Zack Ryder claimed the RAW Tag Team Titles from The Revival in their home territory of New York/New Jersey. But is this just a case of a blind squirrel eventually finding a nut, or will the former Edgeheads go on a run with the titles? And will they run into Dash Wilder's now infamous right hand?
Triple H will get his own say in how his in-ring career goes from here, as The Game outlasted Batista in what turned out to be The Animal's final match to keep his own career alive. Will the COO make his future intentions known tonight? Also, Roman Reigns made a triumphant return to singles competition, putting Drew McIntyre away, and proving that he is back to his pre-leukemia form. Now that his "brother" Seth Rollins is the Universal Champion, will Reigns go after him? Baron Corbin sent Kurt Angle away with a loss, and now the former Constable and Acting General Manager is claiming that he's now the Olympic Gold Medalist - will he be the one to go after Rollins?
The RAW After WrestleMania usually includes big debuts and returns, but since several of NXT's top stars have already made their way over, we may be looking more at Superstars coming back into the fold. What surprises will we see this year?
All this and much more tonight from 8/7c on USA - at least you'll be relieved it's only three hours long tonight!
