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WWE SmackDown live results: WrestleMania 42 go-home show

Posted on April 17, 2026April 17, 2026 by Marc Quill

The final WWE show before this weekend’s two-night WrestleMania 42 drops tonight as SmackDown takes over the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, and it is set to be a stacked show.

Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes will have a “message” for his opponent Randy Orton on tonight’s show. Rhodes is set to defend his title against Orton in tomorrow night’s main event while also having to deal with the intrusion of one Pat McAfee in all of this.

The Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal makes its return tonight, with various superstars set to stake their claim to win the prestigious battle royal.

It’ll be an eight-man street fight when the Wyatt Sicks and the M.F.T.s look to finallly settle their score once and for all. The growing tensions between M.F.T. leader Solo Sikoa and Tama Tonga could make defeating the Wyatts a tall task for the group, however.

Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern.

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– Our show opened with a flyover of downtown Las Vegas as Joe Tessitore set the stage for tonight’s show. We then went to a video highlighting the history of WrestleMania.

– Shots of the various superstars arriving to the arena greeted us, followed by Pat McAfee and Randy Orton arriving in their Ram. Nick Aldis approached them and handed McAfee a contract to sign as Orton made his way to the ring to kick things off.

Randy Orton kicks off SmackDown

Even with everything that’s gone down in recent weeks, Orton still got a huge ovation from the Las Vegas crowd, who sang his theme song loudly as he walked to the ring. Once Orton was in the ring, he took the mic and began to address the crowd.

Orton said that he’d be the first to admit that he didn’t need Pat McAfee. The truth was that he wanted him, because he viewed McAfee as the only straight shooter. Orton claimed that McAfee told him what he needed to hear, which was to let him be himself. Orton recounted how he won the Elimination Chamber and was all set to face Drew McIntyre, but Cody Rhodes defeating McIntyre threw everything in a mess. That’s when Orton got upset about Rhodes giving him “permission” to be himself. Orton talked about how he gave everything to Rhodes, but all Rhodes did was take, take, take.

Orton took offense to how two years ago, Rhodes didn’t call him to help with Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40. He pointed out he helped Rhodes out against Solo Sikoa and got put through a table for his troubles, as well as Kevin Owens hitting a Package Piledriver to him. Orton said that helping Rhodes these past few years have hurt his legacy. He was ready to fix it tomorrow night at WrestleMania, to right all those wrong. He was going to do it with the most dangerous letters in sports entertainment: R… K… O.

Bless Orton for trying to salvage what has been a ridiculous mess of a main event feud, because this was honestly a really good promo from him. His justifications for betraying Cody Rhodes actually made sense, even putting into account the ridiiculous antics of DIet Dan Lambert at his side.

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– Backstage, McAfee and Orton made their exit from the building in their Ram truck, promising that “life” would change for the better.

Eight-Man Street Fight: The M.F.T.s (Solo Sikoa, J.C. Mateo, Tama Tonga, and Talla Tonga) (w/ Tanga Loa)vs. The Wyatt Sicks (Uncle Howdy, Erick Rowan, and Joe Gacy) (w/ Nikki Cross)

As the Wyatts made their entrance, they didn’t waste time and ran into the ring to start this fight. In the ring, Talla Tonga was being shelled by Dexter Lumis, Erick Rowan, and Joe Gacy. A big boot by Rowan sent Talla out of the ring. Gacy and Lumis hit J.C. Mateo and Tama Tonga with stereo suicide dives to the outside. Talla recovered and held the steel steps in his massive hands as he took out Rowan, Gacy, and Lumis with it. This took us to the break.

Our match continued from commercial as the battle raged on in the ring. Gacy and Lumis cleaned house with double team moves on the M.F.T.s Lumis monkey flipped Tama into a powerbomb from Gacy for the pin, but Mateo broke it up. With a barrage of suplexes and throws from Mateo, the M.F.T.s suddenly had the advantage. Uncle Howdy attacked Mateo from behind, but Talla emerged and entered the ring to hit a large Samoan Drop on Howdy. Gacy and Lumis also fell victim to Talla’s Samoan Drop. Talla tried to hit one on Rowan, but got sent out with a big boot. A suicide dive by Rowan took out Talla at ringside. Rowan brought out the goodies from underneath the ring to take this match to the extreme.

Howdy and Rowan bashed Sikoa with trashcans, as the M.F.T. leader soon found himself crushed by a splash with the trashcan right on top of him. This took us to another commercial break.

The match returned from break as Howdy dodged Sikoa’s running hip attack in the corner before he teed off on the M.F.T.s with steel chair shots. Howdy dropped Sikoa with the uranage on top of the chair. Nikki Cross hit a diving crossbody on Tanga Loa. In the ring, Howdy’s Sister Abigail was foiled by a big boot from Talla Tonga. Sikoa then hit a splash on Howdy, as he used Talla as a launch pad. Gacy and Lumis tried their hand on taking out Talla, but got taken out with a choke slam. Rowan took out Talla with a massive clothesline.

In the ring, Tama Tonga had Howdy set up for the Cuttthroat, but before he could be so elevated, Sikoa stole the win with a Samoan Spike on the fallen Howdy.

The M.F.T.s def. The Wyatt Sicks via pinfall

That was a decent street fight to presumably end a rather whatever feud that’s been ongoing for a good long while. So much so, i’ve lost count on how long it’s run for. You all probably know how much I don’t like this particular feud, so it pretty much colored how I felt about the street fight. While it was decent, it didn’t hit as hard as I had hoped. Hopefully, it’s done now, but i wouldn’t put it past WWE to have this feud inexplicably continue on even long past its expiry date.

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– We got a segment with Maryse, The Miz, and Kit Wilson having some sort of a wedding, but Danhausen showed up to make things wacky, as he cursed the happy couple. Maryse ended up getting a face full of cake.

– A video focused on Royce Keys was shown next. This video focused on how Keys’ mother died of a fatal overdose, as Keys stated that he had to try to push on for her memory.

– Outside the arena, a Las Vegas police car drove in as it then enterered the arena. As it arrived in the arena, out stepped a police officer, who opened the back seat to reveal Jacob Fatu.

Jacob Fatu addresses Drew McIntyre

Fatu stood on top of the police car and had a mic in hand. He began by talking about how Drew McIntyre wanted to tell the whole world that he was a criminal, but Fatu wasn’t afraid of it, especially as he didn’t live that life anymore. McIntyre putting Fatu in cuffs last week didn’t embarrass him, as even the police knew he wasn’t the same guy anymore. Fatu turned the attention to tomorrow night’s Unsanctioned Match, an environment where McIntyre won’t be saved by anyone. Fatu said that McIntyre tried to put him back into the jail cell, but the truth was, he already put that in the rear view.

When Fatu was done with McIntyre tomorrow night, he was going to put Drew in his rear view. Tomorrow night at WrestleMania, Fatu was going to dogwalk McIntyre’s ass.

This was, I felt, an actually good promo from Fatu. This feud between him and McIntyre has been one of the better ones that’s been built for WrestleMania 42, so the Unsanctioned Match should be entertaining tomorrow. It’s a match that’s just built on simple hatred between Fatu and McIntyre and it’s not bogged down by any sort of nonsense.

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WWE Tag Team Championship Match: Damian Priest & R-Truth (c) vs. Grayson Waller & Kofi Kingston

Waller tried to size up Priest to start off as he used his boxing prowess to strike his foe. Priest put a stop to that with a big boot as he then threw Waller into the corner to strike him with a big uppercut. Truth tagged in and hit Waller with his spinning body splash. Truth punched away at Waller but got sent face-first into the turnbuckle. Kingston tagged in as Priest was taken out of the apron by Waller. Truth tried to get ahead of the disadvantage, but was thrown astray out of the ring as Waller pulled down the rope.

Outside the ring, Kingston saved Waller from a South of Heaven chokeslam as he took out Priest. This took us to the commercial break.

We returned from break as a one-shoe Truth was being attacked by Kingston with a running kick to the chest. Kingston stomped on Truth as Waller blind tagged himself into the match, much to Kingston’s dismay. A miscommunication between Waller and Kingston allowed Truth to get the hot tag on Priest. The big man was a house of fire against Waller and Kingston. Priest hit the Old School Crossbody on Waller, followed by the fierce lariat. Kingston came in to break up the subsequent count. Trutth stood in the New Day corner and assumed he was ‘tagged in’ by Kingston. He then did the John Cena Five Moves of Doom. With both Kingston and Waller down, they fell victim to stereo Five Knuckle Shuffles from Truth and Priest. This match came to an end after Priest and Truth hit Waller with a double-team finish.

Damian Priest & R-Truth def. Grayson Waller & Kofi Kingston via pinfall

I have to admit that this Truth/Priest team has been really entertaining. It seems like these two are having a blast doing all this, so there’s that. Match itself was fine.

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– A recap of last week’s tomfoolery with Cody Rhodes, Pat McAfee, Randy Orton, and Jelly Roll was shown.

Jade Cargill prepares for WrestleMania 42

The WWE Women’s Champion made her way to the ring, accompanied by her allies B-Fab and Michin, as she got ready to talk about her WrestleMania 42 challenger, Rhea Ripley.

Before Cargill could even utter a word, Rhea Ripley herself interrupted proceedings to a huge ovation from the Las Vegas crowd. Ripley stood on the apron and said that there’s nothing more that she’d like to do than to knock Cargill out, but she didn’t want to give her an excuse when Cargill lost at WrestleMania. Ripley said Cargill was scared and that when it came to WrestleMania, she couldn’t wait to embarrass Cargill.

B-Fab said that the only one who should be embarrassed was Ripley, because she kept coming after Cargill, but kept on failing. Ripley said that ever since she won at Elimination Chamber, she’s done nothing but hide behind social media and her new buddies. Ripley said if Cargill had anything to say now, she could say it now to her face.

Cargill told B-Fab and Michin to stand down as she faced Ripley. Cargill said that she was going to put belt to ass on Sunday and she was going to make it quick. Ripley said she didn’t want to be like Cargill, in fact she was fighting people like her forever. Ripley declared that her insecurities made her who she was and she was proud to keep fighting. Ripley then called Cargill a “narcissistic, selfish fake-ass bitch” to end this segment.

This feud has been “mid”, to say the least, but this segment was fine enough, and credit has to go to Ripley for a good promo here. Rhea talking about how her insecurities helped defined who she was and that she was proud of them certainly helped.

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– The M.F.T.s discussed their victory over the Wyatt Sicks, as Solo Sikoa claimed they did it as a team, much to Tama Tonga’s chagrin. Sikoa said that Talla Tonga was going to enter the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal to win it for the M.F.T.s while he was going to talk to Nick Aldis about getting WWE Tag Team Title shots for himself and Tama Tonga.

WWE Women’s U.S. Championship No.1 Contender’s Match: Tiffany Stratton vs. Jordynne Grace

Women’s U.S. Champion Giulia & Kiana James were at ringside for this match.

Grace had Stratton in a headlock as she tried to lift her on her shoulders. Stratton escaped and went for a couple of early pinfall attempts. Stratton and Grace engaged in a chain wrestling battle as Stratton connected with a modified jawbreaker. Grace got back momentum with repeated clotheslines, followed by an electric chair drop throat-first to the top rope to Stratton as we took a commercial timeout.

Our match returned from the break as Grace had Stratton set up for the superplex. On the follow-through, Stratton countered with a spike DDT. As both women got up, they traded strikes until Grace tried for a piledriver. Stratton reversed with a back-elbow, followed by the dropkick to the chest. Near-fall. From the apron, Grace hit Stratton with a unique set of headbutts. Grace followed it up with the package powerbomb for the near-fall. Grace had Stratton set up for the Vertebreaker, but Stratton escaped and roared back with the stunner. The rolling senton followed by the Prettiest Moonsault Over, and that’s it, over.

Tiffany Stratton def. Jordynne Grace via pinfall to become No. 1 Contender for the Women’s U.S. Championship

This match was okay. I get the story is Stratton versus Giulia (and in fact, it was the match scheduled for tonight originally until the last-minute change), but I think Grace could’ve won here and given us an interesting match up between her and Giulia.

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Trick Williams gets ready for WrestleMania

Williams made his way down by his lonesome, with no Li’l Yachty at his side. The crowd was electric for his arrival.

Amidst “Whoop That Trick” chants from the fans, Williams began to talk, stating that he’s usually out here all smiles with games and jokes. Tonight, however, he had something to get off his chest, and he wanted to talk about it. Last week, Sami Zayn crossed the line by attacking his friend Li’l Yachty with a Helluva Kick.

After clips of Zayn’s deed was shown, Williams said that Zayn hurt his friend with the Helluva Kick. He said that he didn’t know when Yachty would be back, and that he hurt his entrance for WrestleMania tomorrow. Williams challenged Zayn to fight him right now.

Zayn’s theme hit, but instead of Sami, it was a guy in a Gingerbread Man costume who showed up. Once “Sami” entered the ring, Williams introduced Las Vegas to “Sami Zayn, The Gingerbread Man”. Williams said that maybe there’s die hard Sami Zayn fans here in Las Vegas, but there didn’t seem to be any present.

As the Gingerbread Man danced, the real Sami Zayn showed up and said that he wished he could be having as much fun as Williams was, but he hadn’t been having fun for quite a long time. Zayn said that he didn’t know what he did wrong, but he didn’t care. Zayn pointed out that he was doing this for the ride or die Sami Zayn fans watching, who would be in his corner and beyond.

Zayn didn’t like the Gingerbread Man invading his personal space as he tried to talk to Williams. The Gingerbread Man stood aside as Zayn said that Williams hasn’t shown anything where it counts in the ring and when it mattered. Zayn told Williams when he looked at him, he didn’t see the future of the business. All he saw was a little punk rookie. Zayn said that Williams was walking into WrestleMania against one of the best to do it without a plan.

Williams responded by saying that Zayn was crashing out because he didn’t know how to find Sami Zayn anymore. Williams pointed out that Zayn threw it all away because of a rookie like him, and that he was the one who would get the job done.

Zayn denied that William’s plan was working against him. Williams said that he was standing in the ring with “two gingerbread men”. The two brawled it out as Zayn got the better of Williams with a clothesline over the top rope. With Williams disposed, Zayn turned his attention to the Gingerbread Man and hit him with a Helluva Kick, which twisted the head completely. However, this opened Zayn up to a Trick Shot knee from Williams, who held the U.S. Title high above Zayn.

I thought this was a good back and forth between Williams and Zayn, Gingerbread Man silliness aside. This match on Sunday should be a good one.

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– We got a video package from the competitors of the women’s tag team fatal-four way match ahead of their match tomorrow night at WrestleMania 42.

Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss vs. Lyra Valkyria & Bayley

The two teams were arguing before all four women began brawling with one another as the bell rang. Valkyria and Flair fought it out in the ring as Nia Jax attacked in the ring. Lash Legend took out Bliss at ringside and it seemed that this match was thrown out as a result.

The Irresistable Forces looked dominant as they laid waste to Charlexa and Valkyria and Bayley.

Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss vs. Bayley & Lyra Valkyria went to a No Contest

Absolute waste of time. Complete pointlessness for a beatdown segment that we’ve probably seen more than once in the last few months or so. Either way, not good at all.

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Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal

The ring was already filled up with several superstars as Royce Keys got his own entrance. Joe Hendry also got his own entrance.

As everyone was fighting, Johnny Gargano was lying down. This led to Kit Wilson being eliminated because he tripped over Gargano. on the apron, Nathan Frazer and Chris Sabin were brawling until Gargano sprang to life and eliminated Frazer and Sabin. Meanwhile, Talla Tonga took out both El Grande Americanos. Ilja Dragunov eliminated Shiloh Hill with a hard kick. Los Garza used some nice teamwork to eliminate La Parka. Rey Fenix kicked Berto out, as Keyes eliminated Psycho Clown after removing his mask. Elsewhere, Gargano took out Axiom with a DDT. Alex Shelley was the next to go, as was Apollo Crews, courtesy of Shinsuke Nakamura. Hendry hit a fallaway slam on Gargano, but Aleister Black eliminated Hendry in the process. Talla Tonga took out LWO members. Talla eliminated Rey Fenix with a chokeslam to the outside. After Nakamura took down Talla with a Kinshasa, he was eliminated by Black afterwards. Black then took out Dragunov and Akira Tozawa. Otis went on a rampage as he ran over everyone before throwing out Angel.

With Gargano down, he got crushed by the Caterpillar of Otis. Gargano and Cardona were both eliminated by Otis. Our final four: Otis, Royce keys, Aleister Black, and Talla Tonga. Keys withstood a knee strike from black before eliminating Black with a clothesline. Otis ran over Keys and Talla with running splashes, but Talla got him with a big boot. Talla then eliminated Otis with a throw over the ring. Keys hit Talla with an impressive spinebuster before last eliminating Talla with a clothesline.

Royce Keys wins the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

These kind of battle royals have never been my cup of tea, but good for Royce Keys, who seems to finally have the rocket strapped to his back. That spinebuster from Keys on Talla Tonga was honestly a thing of beauty.

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Cody Rhodes’ last word on WrestleMania 42

The Undisputed WWE Champion finally arrived to the arena as he had quite a bit to get off his chest regarding his match against Randy Orton tomorrow night at WrestleMania 42.

“So, Las Vegas, Nevada…. what do we want to talk about?” started Rhodes. He said that we’re not going to talk about the last three WrestleManias and the conspiracy theories of whether someone was needling him. Whether it was The Rock two years ago, Travis Scott last year, or someone he wouldn’t name, but someone he thinks should go home (i.e. Pat McAfee).

Rhodes said that tomorrow night was simple, it was two men fighting for the richest, oldest prize in sports entertainment. He didn’t believe in the conspiracy theories as he said that Randy Orton doesn’t take responsibility. Rhodes talked about “2009 Randy Orton”, because he was there on the ground floor, as he burned it all down. Before Rhodes could continue, he was unexpectedly interrupted by the World Heavyweight Champion, CM Punk.

Punk entered the ring and took a microphone. Rhodes said that between friends, he had to ask Punk if they hugged, would he kick him in the balls and turn on him too? Punk responded by saying there’s a lot of people who deserved to be kicked in the balls, but Rhodes wasn’t one of them. Punk said he was here to maybe warn Rhodes of something as they don’t speak the name of a “tourist” running around here.

Punk said that he wanted to relish the moment that he and Rhodes were both Champions, and to be honest, they were past Punk giving Rhodes advice because Cody has done things he hasn’t. Punk said that he doesn’t know what happens tomorrow or Sunday, but win, lose, or draw… he and Rhodes will be here. Punk then invited everyone to be here with him and Rhodes on the next part of the journey, as he told him to have some fun.

Rhodes stopped Punk leaving as he talked about how Punk was going up against the most dominant main eventer in the game, “The O.T.C.”. Rhodes talked about how Punk was looked at by WWE, how he had captured the imaginations of fans 10 years even after he “went away”, as they chanted his name loudly. Rhodes discussed how Punk came back to WWE better than ever, comparing him to how Shawn Michaels returned in 2002. Rhodes pointed out that Punk was going to make the argument on Sunday that the new “Mr. WrestleMania” was CM Punk.

Rhodes thanked Punk for everything he taught him, for sharing the ring with the audience, and if it meant anything…. his dad would be proud of what Punk did.

Punk said he and Rhodes were going to celebrate with the people as the show faded to black.

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An… interesting promo that could very well set up the “next chapter” of whatever strange story is being told with this McAfee intrusion that’s also somehow stretched itself into the Punk/Reigns title match.

For a final send-off before WrestleMania 42, this felt very dull. Nothing really stood out to me, and it’s oddly fitting given the bumpy, bumpy road to this weekend we’ve taken.

Two years ago, WWE’s “hot period” culminated with WrestleMania 40, a show widely beloved for its main event title match. Two years onward, that magic seems to have disappeared, lost in a sea of worked shoots, poor ticket sales for Mania, and Triple H openly admitting that there’s no “backup stars”. And that’s just this week alone.

I’ve said my piece about how a simple mentor vs. student feud with Orton vs. Rhodes got turned into a cacaphony of Pat McAfee in the role of “Diet Dan Lambert” whining about ticket sales and the IWC like it’s 2005. That this stuff is what everyone’s talking about (and no, it doesn’t mean it was worth it, Triple H) means it’ll overshadow the good matches we’re likely getting tomorrow and Sunday.

Stars in the making like Trick Williams and Oba Femi will be making a name for themselves in a huge way. We’re gonna brutal battles between Jacob Fatu and Drew McIntyre, as well as Seth Rollins and GUNTHER. Yes, it’s all gonna happen this weekend, but thanks a mistake of WWE’s own doing, a lot of that will fly under the radar as we get set to enter a bizarre era of WCW 2000-esque worked shoot nonsense led by an obnoxious ESPN pundit and maybe some friends of his. It’s been a trainwreck in the making, and this weekend, we just might see it unfold in terrible, terrible fashion.

WWE NXT Revenge week one live results: Two championship matches

Posted on April 14, 2026April 14, 2026 by Marc Quill

In the aftermath of Stand & Deliver, WWE NXT begins a new special event tonight.

NXT’s two-week Revenge special kicks off with a pair of title matches on tonight’s episode. Lola Vice won the NXT Women’s Championship from Jacy Jayne at Stand & Deliver in a triple threat that also included Kendal Grey. Tonight, Jayne gets her one-on-one rematch for the belt.

The men’s NXT Championship will also be on the line as Tony D’Angelo defends against Ethan Page. Stand & Deliver saw D’Angelo become the new champ by winning a fatal four-way match.

Joe Hendry, the former NXT Champion, will perform a concert addressing his title loss.

A grudge match between Jaida Parker and Kelani Jordan is also part of tonight’s lineup. Plus, former Evolve Women’s Champion Kali Armstrong makes her official NXT debut.

We’ll also get EK Prosper vs. Dorian Van Dux as NXT’s tournament to crown a new men’s Speed Champion continues.

Join us for live coverage starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

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– Following the “Then, Now, Forever” signature intro, we opened on a hype package that set the stage for tonight’s show.

Jaida Parker vs. Kelani Jordan

Parker and Jordan kicked it off with a long collar-and-elbow tie-up sequence with neither woman getting the upper hand. Jordan got the advantage by sending Parker’s head against the top rope. However, Parker recovered and hit Jordan with a boot, followed by a sliding sleeper hold. Parker kept the hold on tight as she rolled around the rin g with Jordan still trapped. Jordan finally escaped and hit Parker with a boot to the gut, but she was taken down for an armdrag. Big back body drop by Parker sent Jordan out of the ring.

Jordan swept Parker’s leg as she reached the apron. With both women out of the ring, they took each other down with a double-down on the clothesline as we took a commercial break.

As we returned from commercial, Parker was in a bad way as Jordan targeted her legs with attacks during the break. Jordan dragged Parker into near the ring post and smashed the hurt knee against it to cause maximum pain. Parker stopped the onslaught with a nice German suplex. That opening was fleeting as the pain of the knee was too much as Jordan locked in a modified STF right in the middle of the ring. Parker struggled to get to the ropes, but was pulled away just as she was about to reach it. Jordan talked trash to Parker, which seemed to be a mistake as the injured Parker tried to fight back.

Jordan hit a spinning heel kick, but missed on the running splash. Parker took advantage with a Samoan Drop followed by a flurry of running shoulder blocks. Parker connected with the Backstabber to the back of Jordan. With her foe trapped in the corner, Parker clubbed Jordan before hitting a hip drop as she was stunned across the middle turnbuckle. Outside the ring, Jordan pushed Parker against the apron before the two found their way back into the ring. Jordan connected with a nice apron cutter on Parker for a close two-count. Jordan went for a crossbody, but Parker rolled through and caught her. Jordan reversed it into a Dragon Sleeper, but Parker turned that around into a Falcon Arrow for a near-fall. The match ended as Parker ran into an exposed turnbuckle when she tried to hit the Hipnotic , which opened her up to Jordan’s split-legged moonsault for the win.

Kelani Jordan def. Jaida Parker via pinfall

This was a good opener. Some nice stuff between Parker and Jordan here, and the sequence near the end where Jordan’s dragon sleeper got turned into a Falcon Arrow by Parker was unexpectedly smooth.

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– Earlier Today footage saw Shiloh Hill mulling over notes on building something when Ricky Saints confronted him. Ethan Page soon had a chat with Saints, wanting his help for his NXT Title match against Tony D’Angelo. Hill was just ruminating with himself in the background as Saints to agree with Page’s proposal of letting him have a NXT Title shot if he got help to defeat D’Angelo.

– The NXT Focus was on Sol Ruca discussing her deteriorating friendship with Zaria as she recounted the events over the last year that led to their falling out. Next week, the two will face off in a Last Woman Standing Match in Week 2 of NXT Revenge.

Joe Hendry in Concert

Once Hendry got in the ring, he started by saying that he lost the NXT Championship, and it meant that he had to ask a lot of difficult questions. Was it the end of the road? Should he just quit? That’s when Hendry looked in the mirror and said “Joe says no”. With that in mind, Hendry said that it was time to lift everyone’s spirits with a Joe Hendry concert.

Hendry then began to sing a song about his recent NXT Championship struggles. Before he could continue, Keanu Carver interrrupted, much to Hendry’s dismay. Hendry then began to brawl with Carver, who withstood a guitar shot from Hendry. Carver then took down Hendry with strikes as security tried to break everyone up. Outside the ring, the security was with Hendry, as Carver hit them with a spear through the barricade.

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– Tony D’Angelo talked about his match against Ethan Page for the NXT Title, as he promised to smash Page’s ego to keep the title around his waist.

– Lola Vice was in her locker room when Women’s World Champion Stephanie Vaquer dropped by for a visit. The two champions wished each other luck for their big matches this week.

Kali Armstrong vs. Skylar Raye

Raye offered a handshake, but Armstrong slapped the hand away and showed impressive strength as threw her around. Raye tried to fight back with a kick, followed by a version of the Dirty Diana. That didn’t last loong as Armstrong dropped Raye with a fierce spinebuster. Armstrong connected with a running powerslam, but Raye kicked out at two.

Raye tried to fight back again, but she got hit with a scintillating punch combo from Armstrong for another two-count. Armstrong had Raye trapped in a chinlock, but she missed with the elbow drop. Raye countered a Samoan Drop attempt from Armstrong and hit a running shoulder charge. Raye hit a tornado DDT on Armstrong, but couldn’t win it there and then. Raye headed to the top rope and looked for a high-risk maneuver. Armstrong intercepted with a punch as she then hit another running powerslam. Armstrong then finished it off with “The Kali Connection”, a move that resembled a cross between Bron Breakker’s Super Spear and The Pounce. The three and that’s this match done.

Kali Armstrong def. Skylar Raye via pinfall

An nice debut for Kali Armstrong here, and I appreciate that Skylar got her shots in and it wasn’t a complete and total squash.

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– Robert Stone was with Blake Monroe and The Vanity Project, as he said that Tatum Paxley agreed to defend her Women’s North American Title against Monroe, but only if she got to pick the stipuiation, much to Monroe’s dismay.

NXT Championship: Tony D’Angelo (c) vs. “All Ego” Ethan Page

Page talked smack to D’Angelo’s face as the bell rang, but the NXT Champion responded by battering him with strikes and smashing his head against the turnbuckle. D’Angelo scoop slammed Page in the middle of the ring. Page fought back with a kick to the gut as he attempted a suplex on the champion. D’Angelo tried to reverse, but he couldn’t counter the suplex from Page. Ricky Saints appeared at ringside, but he was pulled from underneath the ring. Moments later, we saw Shiloh Hill emerge under the ring, with Saints tied by the legs with a rope. Hill dragged Saints away from the ringside area.

Back to this match, Page dropped D’Angelo on with a kneebuster to the face. Outside the ring, Page hit a swinging neckbreakerr on D’Angelo as this match went to a commercial break.

This NXT Championship match returned from commercial as D’Angelo fought his way out of an Ethan Page resthold. D’Angelo headed to the top rope, but Page reversed that into a powerslam for a two-count. D’Angelo hyped himself up as Page punched at him and he got a surge of adrenaline as a result. Belly-to-belly suplex was followed by a German suplex from D’Angelo. Page got flattened by a D’Angelo spear, but he managed to kick out. D’Angelo’s Forget About It attempt was countered by Page as the two began to hit each other with hard strikes.

D’Angelo hit the Throwback on Page before connecting with Forget About It. One, two….. 2.999999999!!!!!!!!!! D’Angelo sized up Page for a chokeslam, but Page countered with a thumb to the eyes. D’Angelo got thrown into the ringpost as Page set him up on the top rope. Page looked for an avalanche powerslam and made no mistake on it. D’Angelo kicked out at two, which led to Page hitting a body splash from the top rope. Again, D’Angelo kicked out. Page rolled out of the ring and grabbed the NXT Championship from the podium. The referee tried to grab it from him but D’Angelo rolled up him up for a close kickout. Page hit the Ego’s Edge and dropped D’Angelo right on the title belt. D’Angelo somehow kicked out of this.

Outside the ring, Page rearranged the furniture at the commentary table and looked like he was going to hit a Twisted Grin on the table. D’Angelo countered and dropped him face-first onto the barricade. D’Angelo stood on the barricade and hit a spear onto the commentary table. D’Angelo rolled Page back into the ring and connected with Dead To Rights. The three and that’s it, over. Tony D’Angelo remained the NXT Champion.

Tony D’Angelo def. Ethan Page to retain the NXT Championship via pinfall

A solid match for sure, but I gotta be honest, I’m not sure if I like Tony D’Angelo’s character basically turn into “generic tough guy”. His previous gimmick had a lot of personality and fit the wild and wacky world that NXT is trying to present. The match itself was enjoyable despite that.

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– Ricky Starks angrily confronted Shiloh Hill for what he did to him in the previous match, promising it wasn’t over.

Myles Borne addresses Dion Lennox & Darkstate

The NXT North American Champion talked about how he pulled the Black and Gold out of Johnny Gargano at Stand & Deliver. He was going to go celebrate, but Dion Lennox hit him with a chair, which Borne saw as his moment being stolen.

Borne said that Darkstate wasn’t safe, which cued the lights going out and the group appearing amongst the crowd. Dion Lennox spoke about Darkstate’s success, and how they were on a recent slump. But, it was going to be over, and because the key was Borne’s NXT North American Title. Lennox threatened Borne.

Saquon Shugars stated that Darkstate had no leader and seemed to be upset at Lennox challenging Borne for the North American Title, claiming that Lennox cared about his own future more than Darkstate’s. Shugars tried to rush the ring, but Borne got the best of him as the rest of Darkstate pulled Shugars out of the ring, seemingly not on the same page.

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– We got a video from Zaria’s perspective on how her friendship with Sol Ruca broke down. Zaria said that next week, Ruca would be burning alongside the world when she’s the Last Woman Standing

WWE Speed Championship Tournament: EK Prosper vs. Dorian Van Dux

This match was contested under Speed rules, which meant a three-minute time limit for this match. We got inset remarks from Van Dux, where he stated that he was here to change the definition of destruction.

We started off fast with Prosper using his speed to get ahead of Van Dux with acrobatic dodges. Van Dux countered by throwing Prosper out of the ring as he then soared over the top rope with a dive. Van Dux hit a diving splash from the top rope for the two-count. With Van Dux out of the ring, Prosper hit a diving moonsault from the apron to get ahead of it. The action was fast as Van Dux recovered with a dropkick from the middle turnbuckle. Fast clothesline by Van Dux couldn’t put Prosper away as this match entered sudden death. Shining Wizard by Prosper on Van Dux for a near-fall. Things quickened as Van Dux struck his target hard on the jumping cutter, but couldn’t achieve double impact with the splash. With ten seconds to go, Prosper connected with the high-arching moonsault to win a shot at Lexis King for the Speed Championship.

EK Prosper def. Dorian Van Dux via pinfall

I’ll admit that I’m seeing both these guys with fresh eyes and even with that in mind, I enjoyed how quick and high-stakes this match was. Of the two, D.V.D. looked the most impressive to me and he had a good first impression as a result. Good match here.

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– Keanu Carver was being chastised backstage by NXT GM Robert Stone for crashing Joe Hendry’s concert earlier. Carver promised he’d destroy Hendry some more next week.

– A “NXT Chronicle” package on Kendal Grey was shown.

– Elsewhere, Tatum Paxley was asked by Robert Stone about what the stipulation will be for her match against Blake Monroe will be. It turns out the two will face in a Casket Match, as Shiloh Hill rolled in a casket that he created for Paxley.

Next Week – NXT Revenge Week 2:

Last Woman Standing: Zaria vs. Sol Ruca
NXT North American Championship: Myles Borne (c) vs. Dion Lennox
Joe Hendry vs. Keanu Carver
NXT Women’s North American Championship Casket Match: Tatum Paxley (c) vs. Blake Monroe

– Things with Darkstate seemed rough right now as Dion Lennox argued with Saquon Shugars about what happened earlier. Shugars seemed upset at Lennox prioritizing his personal glory over the group, but Lennox justified it by stating that going after Myles Borne’s North American Title was perhaps the only chance at gold that the group would get.

NXT Women’s Championship: Lola Vice (c) vs. Jacy Jayne (w/ Fatal Influence)

Vice put her dukes up as the bell rang and things started off at a more methodical pace. Vice took down Jayne as neither woman was able to establish themselves in this early stage of the match. Vice and Jayne traded arm drags as the match took on a more technical pace. Jayne got caught in an armbar from Vice, who then hit her with a hard strike to the gut. Vice targeted Jayne’s gut with kicks to the area as the challenger rolled out of the ring. Vice launched herself from the apron, but Jayne avoided calamity as Lainey Reid took the bullet for her. This allowed Jayne to flatten Vice with a running boot as we took our final commercial break.

We returned to our main event as both Jayne and Vice were recovering in the middle of the ring. Once both women were on their feet, they exchanged strikes and kicks. Vice got the best of Jayne with a snap German suplex. With Jayne stirring to her feet, Vice unleashed a flurry of furious kicks to keep the challenger flatfooted. In the corner, Jayne fell victim to two consecutive running hip strikes. Jayne turned Vice’s submission into a pinning predicament for a near-fall.

Vice kicked Jayne in the head, which sent her foe out of the ring. As Vice rolled Jayne back to the ring, Fatal Influence provided a distraction, which gave Jayne enough time to hit the knee for the near-fall. Jayne maintained momentum as she put Vice on the top rope. However, Vice turned that into a choking submission. Lainey Reid provided a distraction as Fallon Henley hit Vice with a kick to the face. With the referee still distracted, Jayne hit Vice with the spinning punch. The NXT Womens’ Champ somehow kicked out at two here.

Vice used the ropes to assist her in locking Jayne into a sleeper submission. Vice was sent into the ropes by Jayne, as Lainey Reid struck herin the face. The spinning punch from Jayne was avoided, but Vice’s backfist found its target as this matcch came to an end.

After the match, Kali Armstrong literally bulldozed through Fatal Influenced and stared down Vice. Soon, Kendal Grey and Izzi Dame appeared. Just as Zaria headed down to the ring, Sol Ruca attacked her before she could reach the ring. The Triple H/Shawn Michaels producer credits popped up and NXT Revenge Week 1 ended with Vice raising her title high.

Lola Vice def. Jacy Jayne via pinfall to retain the NXT Women’s Championship

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Kind of a standard main event title bout here with the babyface champion overcoming heel interference to retain the gold. The post-match stuff with Vice’s upcoming challengers confronting her was fine and it does set up an interesting road map for her title reign.

Overall, week one of NXT Revenge was alright. The matches were entertaining enough (the Speed tournament match being my standout) and I didn’t feel like my time was wasted watching this show. The set up for week two next week was done well and nothing really stuck out as being overly “bad” at all. All in all, tonight was good.

WWE Raw live results: WrestleMania 42 go-home show

Posted on April 13, 2026April 13, 2026 by Steve Khan

Date: April 13, 2026
Location: Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA

The Big Takeaway —

WrestleMania 42 is this weekend.

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Show Recap —

Raw kicked off immediately with a pre-taped Roman Reigns promo. Reigns said that when he won the Royal Rumble, he told CM Punk to enjoy his time as the World Champion, but instead, he lied and exposed himself as a hypocrite.

The video cut to clips of Punk’s hypocritical statements. Punk claimed he brought in the Shield, even though when the angle first happened, he claimed he had nothing to do with it. Punk claimed the company treated him like garbage, even though he was champion for 400+ days. Punk claimed he didn’t surround himself with a wiseman or yes-men, even though he previously had Paul Heyman or the Straight Edge Society by his side.

They also showed Pat McAfee’s comments about Punk taking the money to go to Saudi Arabia. Reigns said he liked McAfee, but never has a punter run his mouth to him. Nobody believed in Punk anymore because it wasn’t 2012. Reigns didn’t lie. That’s why people liked him and trusted him. Either Punk would tell the truth tonight, or Reigns would.

(This was well done, and a good idea to start the show with this as a hook for their segment later tonight.)

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Wrestlers were shown arriving at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, and a video package for Brock Lesnar vs. Oba Femi aired.

Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman segment

Adam Pearce and Paul “Triple H” Lesvesque stood in the ring together. Pearce wanted to ensure the Lesnar-Femi match actually happened, so he decided they would sign their match contract separately.

Heyman marched out and agreed with Pearce’s sentiment. We were close to WrestleMania, and nobody should get close to Lesnar.

Lesnar entered and signed the contract. Heyman said it might as well be a Nigerian death warrant. Lesnar ripped the microphone away from Heyman and said we wouldn’t even know Femi’s name after Sunday. Heyman gave us a spoiler for the real WrestleMania main event—Lesnar would win, and Femi would lose.

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After all the talking to kick off the show, we were treated to a video involving the Vision. IShowSpeed was having doubts about his upcoming match. Logan Paul and Austin Theory tried to psych him up and did some in-ring training with him. Speed was full of confidence following this short training session.

During a break, Michael Cole said WrestleMania was all about the moments, and they aired a clip of Giannis Antetokounmpo saying his favourite Mania moment was Lesnar ending Undertaker’s streak.

There was footage of the Mania stage being built at the stadium in Las Vegas.

Charlotte Flair (w/ Alexa Bliss) vs. Lyra Valkyria (w/ Bayley)

Flair had control throughout a break after hitting a big boot, but Valkyria came back with a middle rope leg drop onto a hunched-over Flair for two. Flair responded with a moonsault for a nearfall before Valkyria hit a fisherman’s suplex for two.

Flair chucked Valkyria outside the ring, knocking over Bayley in the process. Back in the ring, Flair rolled up Valkyria, but Bayley tripped up Flair, and Valkyria managed to fall backward into a cover for the pinfall win.

Flair was pissed, and the two teams got into a shoving match until the referees backed them off.

Match result: Lyra Valkyria defeated Charlotte Flair (10:25)

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Cole let us know there were still tickets available for the SmackDown and Raw surrounding WrestleMania. (Both shows are also in Vegas.)

The MFTs confronted LA Knight and the Usos backstage. Solo Sikoa couldn’t believe Jimmy and Jey were hanging out with Knight every week. Knight challenged three of them to a six-man tag match tonight so he could smack them back to factory settings.

Penta cut a commercial break promo plugging the Intercontinental title ladder match at Mania. He planned on bringing pain, and the match would be a war.

They plugged the Hulk Hogan Netflix documentary. (The new one, not the one from 2017.) There was only a split-second crowd reaction to this because the video was followed by Stephanie Vaquer’s entrance, but it sounded like people were booing the Hogan plug. We’ll see what the live reports indicate.

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Stephanie Vaquer and Liv Morgan segment

Vaquer entered the ring for an interview with Cathy Kelley, but she was immediately attacked from behind by Liv Morgan. (Morgan still has a knot on her forehead.) Vaquer collided with Kelley, who was knocked down (perhaps Kelley’s first ever bump).

This led to our latest pull-apart brawl, as the two women brawled until officials broke things up. With Vaquer out of the ring, Morgan grabbed a mic and said, “I knew your mother was trash, but I didn’t know she raised a little bitch.” (Enlightening stuff.)

Vaquer stormed back into the ring to brawl again until officials broke it up again.

(Kelley was helped to the back, and later in the show, Cole said she was checked on by trainers and would be fine.)

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Jackie Redmond interviewed Iyo Sky backstage. Sky said she may have lost to Jade Cargill on SmackDown, but she did not regret fighting for her friend, Rhea Ripley. Sky would be rooting for Ripley at WrestleMania.

Asuka and Kairi Sane interrupted. Asuka said Sky went into Mania as the world champion last year, but this year, she was just Ripley’s sidekick.

Sky said she had enough of Asuka and told Sane she didn’t have to put up with this. Asuka put Sane in a match against Sky tonight (presumably because Pearce didn’t make any matches himself).

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Six-man tag team match: LA Knight, Jimmy Uso & Jey Uso vs. Solo Sikoa, JC Mateo & Tanga Loa (w/ Talla Tonga)

This was a short match with a commercial break, so not much happened.

Jey went for a suicide dive, but Sikoa caught him and drove him into the announce desk. Tama Tonga showed up behind the barricade and was confronted by Sikoa and Tonga. This distracted Loa, so Knight hit him with a BFT for the pinfall win.

Match result: KA Knight & The Usos defeated Tanga Loa, JC Mateo & Solo Sikoa (6:45)

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Jelly Roll’s favourite WrestleMania was The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania X8 in Toronto. There was one more of these segments later on, with a bunch of fans choosing Cody Rhodes’ win over Roman Reigns at WrestleMania 40 as their favourite.

Gunther and Seth Rollins segment

Gunther entered for a promo, but like the earlier segment with Vaquer and Morgan, he was immediately attacked from behind by Seth Rollins. Gunther bailed.

Rollins said Gunther jumped him two weeks in a row, so tonight was his receipt, and Rollins would finish the job at Mania. Rollins said if this really was personal for Gunther, like he claimed—and not just him seeking a favour from Heyman—he should return to the ring and tell him why he wanted this match at Mania.

Gunther grabbed a mic and got back into the ring and into Rollins’ face. Gunther said he was indeed solving Heyman’s problem, but he was also doing it with a smile on his face, because Rollins was pissing him off. Rollins strutted around like he was the best in the ring, but he wasn’t—Gunther was, and Rollins never wanted to find that out.

When he was the world champion, Rollins didn’t seek him out. Instead, Rollins became a useful idiot for Heyman. WrestleMania was personal for him because he wanted to expose that Rollins could not lace his boots.

They butted heads before exchanging blows. Rollins got the better of this brawl and tried to curb-stomp Gunther’s head onto the ring steps, but Gunther escaped through the crowd.

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Dominik Mysterio confronted Pearce backstage. Dom didn’t like that Rey Mysterio was getting an IC title shot, while he had to face the Demon Finn Bálor. Dom said Bálor told him the demon was dead. He also signed a contract to fight Bálor, not the demon, and wanted the match cancelled. Pearce said Rey was a Hall of Famer and was getting the IC title match he deserved—and Dom would get what he deserved, too.

Actor Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Sacramento Kings player Dylan Cardwell were in the crowd.

IYO SKY vs. Kairi Sane (w/ Asuka)

During a break, Asuka and Sky played tug-of-war with Sane until Asuka forcefully let go, and Sane collided with Sky as a result. Sane took over in the match, and Asuka took some cheap shots on Sky while the referee was distracted. Sky made her come back following the break with a missile dropkick and running corner meteora.

Sane distracted the referee after being knocked off the top rope, allowing Asuka to shove Sky into the ring post. This made a loud thud, but Jessika Carr had to play dumb like she didn’t hear anything, even though she turned around and Sky was dead.

Ripley ran out to her music and hit Asuka with a headbutt (which actually missed by a mile), but was attacked from behind by Jade Cargill. Sky wiped out Cargill in response.

Sky went to the top rope, but with the referee distracted for at least the third time in the match, Asuka tripped her off, and Sane applied a small package for the pinfall win.

Match result: Kairi Sane defeated IYO SKY (9:56)

That’s three straight singles losses for Sky, who does not have a singles win in 2026.

This match probably would’ve been pretty good without all the outside stuff, but the outside stuff is what we’re paying for.

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There was a video package for AJ Lee vs. Becky Lynch.

Triple H and Pearce entered to Triple H’s music during a break for the next segment.

Oba Femi segment

Pearce called out Femi to sign the WrestleMania contract. Femi entered to a strong reaction, and he quickly signed the contract. Triple H alerted Femi to Heyman, who was suddenly standing on the stage. The crowd chanted for Femi.

Heyman said he’s never seen someone come across as the biggest star in the industry as fast as Femi. Heyman knew when he was safe and knew when he was not, and knew Femi was a violent man. That was also the thing Heyman liked most about Femi. He was the most violent man to come to WWE since Lesnar. He was the fastest rising star since Lesnar. He was the most impressive athlete, fighter, and combat athlete—

Heyman’s sentence was cut off by the crowd, who continued to chant loudly for Femi. Heyman informed them that it would all come to an end on WrestleMania Sunday. It would all come crashing down in Suplex City with an F5 by Lesnar. Heyman said Femi would have to rebuild his career after WrestleMania and that his door would be open.

Femi said it was taking everything in his being not to beat Heyman pillar to post. The crowd chanted, “Beat his ass.” Femi wasn’t interested because Heyman’s physical scars would heal, but the emotional scars from his beast losing would last forever. Femi told Heyman to close his door, because the only door Femi needed was the door to WrestleMania.

Femi said Heyman thought no one could beat Lesnar because of the past 25 years, but over the past four weeks, Femi showed that he absolutely can be beaten. It wasn’t personal for Femi, it was business. But it wasn’t business as usual because this was different. He could feel it, Heyman could feel it, and the fans could feel it. This was the end for Lesnar.

Femi said Heyman has always been there with Lesnar as his mouthpiece, but he has never been an honest one. If Heyman were honest, he would have come out there and announced that his client was scared of him. He was the mountain that Lesnar could not climb, and he would win at WrestleMania. Femi was the one and always was. Everyone knew it, and at WrestleMania, Heyman would know it, too.

(This was a good final segment for this match. Femi had to fight through some overwritten dialogue, but he was really good here, particularly when he got more and more fired up.)

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They aired Liv Morgan’s ~~Terrible~~ Trouble music video.

Je’Von Evans & Dragon Lee vs. Rusev & JD McDonagh

There was an impressive spot during a break where Evans hit a frog splash with Rusev positioned more than halfway across the ring. The impressive spots continued when Dragon Lee made a hot tag. Lee leaped over the top rope and used a hurricanrana to yank McDonagh off the apron and into Rusev.

Lee hit a snap German suplex, but McDonagh responded with a Spanish fly. Evans broke up the cover and wiped out Rusev with a dive. Lee followed moments later with a Styles Clash on McDonagh for the pinfall win.

— Rusev attacked Lee and Evans after the match. Rey ran out to attack Rusev and went for a 619, but Rusev cut him off with a clothesline. Penta ran out next, but Rusev cut him off with a Machka Kick. Rusev laid out everyone (minus McDonagh) and put Lee in the Accolade. Rusev stood tall.

Match result: Dragon Lee & Je’Von Evans defeated JD McDonagh & Rusev (8:13)

Every Raw match is ten minutes or less with a commercial break in the middle, but at least the last 90 seconds of this was fun. And nobody interfered.

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Danhausen accosted Pearce backstage. Danhausen assumed Pearce was on the phone with John Cena and wanted to talk to him. Pearce said no. The comedy here was Danhausen saying, “You can’t see me,” while Pearce was on the phone, then disappearing when Pearce turned back around.

(Danhausen also came out in front of the live crowd during break earlier to do his usual bit.)

Somebody in the crowd had a “We want Naomi” sign. You know why she’s out of action, right?

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Roman Reigns and CM Punk — WrestleMania 42 go-home segment

Roman Reigns entered. He told Sacramento to acknowledge him. They did.

CM Punk’s music hit and entered through the crowd. He slapped hands with fans and really, really took his time to get to ringside. Punk stood atop the announce table and addressed Reigns’ cold-open promo.

It sounded like a political smear campaign to Punk, and he assumed Reigns put it together himself. Punk wanted to tell his truth. The fans could be witnesses, and Reigns could be the judge. Punk wanted Reigns to tell him when he was telling lies.

Punk made his way up the steps and started his promo while standing on the apron. Punk said he hated Reigns because he envied him. This was all he ever wanted. This was the only dream he wanted since he was a kid. He envied that it was handed to Reigns. He hated that Reigns was champion for 1,316 days because, after some self-reflection, Punk knew how hard he worked to be that great.

In the history books, when they talk about legacy, they wouldn’t ask how, they would ask how many. Punk hated the number 1,316. He hated how many times Reigns main-evented WrestleMania. He hated that he felt this way.

Sika was a great man, a great wrestler, a champion, and a Hall of Famer. Punk loved and respected the old-timers. He hated the fact that he invoked Reigns’ father’s name in vain, “and I sincerely apologize to you.” (Punk entered the ring and cut the rest of his promo face-to-face with Reigns.)

Punk said there was more than one royal family in professional wrestling. He hated that he envied that he wasn’t born into a dynasty. He didn’t know what it was like having that kind of family.

Punk was born in the backyard and back alleyways of Chicago. He was a misfit who had to find his own family. He found his own family in the streets of Sacramento. He found his family in the locker rooms of every VFW hall, dilapidated Midwest barns, bowling alleys, and abandoned churches.

Punk found his family on the indies, then he conquered Japan. He went to England and Puerto Rico. He went around the world twice. He wasn’t born on third base with a silver spoon. He busted his ass and made pro wrestling his home, and made them his family.

Punk hated that he felt this way, or that he had to share anything with Reigns, including his first singles match headlining WrestleMania. Just like he had gold on his shoes and around his waist tonight, on April 19th, there would be gold above his head with his blood-caked face when their match was over, and Las Vegas chanting his name.

Reigns responded. He said that was probably the truest stuff he’s heard Punk say—until the last part. Reigns wanted to say something true, too. He hated Punk. He hated him for a long time. But the main reason was his relationship with the fans.

Reigns hoped that when he left, the fans would miss him as much as they missed Punk for ten years. That was the truest thing Punk had, the relationship with their fanbase. No one could take that from him. On Sunday, that was Punk’s truth, but not the reality.

The reality was that Punk’s time was up. He had months to be relevant (as the world champion), but did nothing with it. This nostalgia experiment would be done, and we would fix the mess that Punk started. They would make this place where they had it (before Punk returned)—at the very top worth every single dollar.

On Sunday, the Tribal Chief would take over, and Punk, although with the rest of the world, would acknowledge him.

They stared down as the show ended.

WWE SmackDown live results: Pat McAfee speaks

Posted on April 10, 2026April 10, 2026 by Marc Quill

On last week’s SmackDown, Pat McAfee revealed himself as Randy Orton’s mystery caller as he aligned with Orton to attack Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. McAfee claimed that he wanted to restore the Attitude Era to its former glory as the reason why he chose to help Orton.

Tonight, McAfee has promised he has a “huge surprise,’ though Rhodes will certainly be looking for a bit of revenge against him as WrestleMania 42 looms closer with only a week to goo.

Also tonight, ahead of his unsanctioned match against Jacob Fatu, Drew McIntyre has promised to reveal to the world “the real” Fatu.

Royce Keys is set to officially make his debut on SmackDown tonight after last appearing in the 2026 Royal Rumble and a few Main Event matches.

On Friday afternoon, WWE also announced that Rhea Ripley will be on tonight’s show. She is set to address Jade Cargill’s attack on IYO SKY.

Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern.

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– Joe Tessitore welcomed us to tonight’s show as he set the stage for WrestleMania 42 next week. We then got a recap of last week’s series of events featuring Cody Rhodes, Randy Orton, and Pat McAfee. Following that, we saw Rhodes walking backstage and asking Nick Aldis where Pat McAfee is. Rhodes was told by Aldis to not go after Pat McAfee, under strict orders from above (i.e. TKO management). Jelly Roll showed up and was looking for Orton and McAfee, and was told the same thing by Aldis. Jelly then told Rhodes that this wasn’t about McAfee or himself, but twenty years of friendship between Orton and Rhodes being flushed down the toilet. Jelly encouraged Rhodes to keep his focus.

Rhea Ripley opens SmackDown

Ripley got right down to business and said that Cargill made things personal by attacking IYO SKY on Raw this past Monday. Ripley challenged Cargill to come down and fight her. Instead, IYO SKY made her way down to the ring to talk to her friend. SKY wanted to face Cargill, and said that she’d talk to Nick Aldis if she had to for this match to get made.

Mr. Aldis showed up afterwards and decided to make it official as our main event tonight.

Just a standard main event set-up segment, not really much else to say. As for the opening bits with Cody Rhodes and Jelly Roll… I get the feeling we’ll be in for a long night and road to WrestleMania soon. Stay tuned…

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Bayley (w/ Lyra Valkyria) vs. Alexa Bliss (w/ Charlotte Flair)

Hometown heroine Bayley got loud cheers from the San Jose crowd as the match got underway. Bayley got ahead on Bliss with a sliding elbow, as she reversed an early Sister Abigail DDT attempt from Bliss. Nobody had the upper hand early on. In the corner, Bayley missed with a running knee attack as Bliss dodged at the last second. Bliss tepped on Bayley and pounded on her head with her boot, much to the disdain of the crowd. Bliss got a little cocky and ate a clothesline from Bayley, followed by the sliding dropkick to the outside. This took us into the commercial break.

We returned from break as Bliss leveled Bayley with a dropkick, followed by the modified Natural Selection for a near-fall. Bayley recovered and connected with the sunset flip right into the middle turnbuckle on Bliss. One, two… not yet. Bliss had Bayley trapped in the corner in a tree-of-woe position, and made no mistake with the dropkick. As Bliss headed to the top rope, Bayley tried to intercept her, but to no avail. Bliss connected with the tornado DDT for another near-fall.

Bayley countered another Sister Abigail DDT attempt from Bliss with the Bayley-to-Belly. Both women recovered and hit each other with furious strikes before it turned into an exchange of pin attempts. Bliss tried to get a rope-assisted pinfall, but the referee saw it. Another sunset flip into the turnbuckle from Bayley to Bliss, as the hometown favorite headed to the top rope and connected with the diving elbow. One, two…. 2.99999999!!!!!!!!!

Bliss rolled out of the ring and tried to catch her breath with Charlotte Flair, but Bayley went right after Bliss. Lyra Valkyria got into Flair’s face and argued, this allowed Bliss to get the sneaky roll-up pin and win.

Alexa Bliss def. Bayley via pinfall

Well, it just wouldn’t be WWE if they didn’t have the hometown hero eat the pin, I suppose. Otherwise a good enough match to start us off.

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– Carmelo Hayes was in the medical room as Trick Williams and Li’l Yachty showed up to taunt him. Hayes promised to go after Williams if he got past Sami Zayn at WrestleMania. After Hayes left, Matt Cardona had some words for Williams, and that led to a match between the two made.

– We got a video package from Drew McIntyre where he was speaking behind bars, to talk trash about Jacob Fatu’s checkered past. McIntyre insulted Fatu for “choosing” a life of crime over providing for his family. He promised to be Fatu’s judge, jury, and executioner at WrestleMania.

– Backstage, we saw Fatu watching McIntyre’s promo as he was asked about it. Fatu said that McIntyre was going to find out something, but he was interrupted by Solo Sikoa and the M.F.T.s. Sikoa mocked Fatu for being in the same place that he got his teeth knocked out all those months ago. Sikoa said that Tama Tonga was going to step up to Fatu, though Tama seemed to not be happy about it.

– We got a video package introducing us to Royce Keys, as he talked about his own past before heading to WWE. Keys stated that he wanted to be defined by where he was going rather than where he started from. Keys’ debut was said to be coming up next.

Royce Keys vs. Berto (w/ Angel)

Berto hit Keys in the back, but it wasn’t very effective. Keys responded with a fierce clothesline that crushed Berto before he lifted him from the ground with a powerslam. With Berto stunned in the corner, Keys tried to run, but Berto made a quick escape. Outside the ring, Angel provided a distraction for Berto to push Keys into the ringpost. Back in the ring, Berto landed a nice dropkick to Keys. Berto attempted a diving crossbody, but he was caught by Keys for the fallaway slam. Keys hoisted Berto on his shoulders for the running powerslam. Angel tried to run at Keys, but got hit with a clothesline. Straps were down and Keys hit his spinebuster for the win on his SmackDown debut.

Royce Keys def. Berto via pinfall

How they’ve not really used Royce Keys (fka Powerhouse Hobbs) since his Royal Rumble debut has been baffling, to say the least. Hopefully with this official debut, they use him more moving forward because Keys is too good of a talent to be just left on the sidelines the way he’s been so far.

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– Pat McAfee arrived at the arena and was told by Nick Aldis about the directives of not being touched. Jelly Roll confronted McAfee and demanded to know if he told Randy Orton to RKO him. Jelly got into McAfee’s face but was told to back off by Aldis as McAfee was off to address the crowd.

– Backstage, Royce Keys was interviewed about his successful debut. Keys said he was glad to do it in front of his people. Before he could continue, Solo Sikoa confronted Keys, and said that his door was always open.

Pat McAfee addresses his actions

McAfee headed to the ring as the crowd booed him. Once McAfee entered the ring, he called San Jose a “shithole”, as he stated that he was the “hero” in this entire thing. McAfee called CM Punk a “spineless bum” that the crowd cheer for. Did we like it when Punk called McAfee “Pat MAGAFee” on Raw, he asked?

McAfee said that it was hard for him to get past that Punk was wearing WWE-licensed merchandise under his shirt, and it made him wonder that when the TKO cheque comes through, to the needy wrestling families, or the bank account titled “I’m sorry, Saudi Arabia”. McAfee called Punk a fraud, someone who was all talk, no action. McAfee put himself over as an agent of change, a man of action, someone who decided to be everyone’s hero.

McAfee said that he decided to call Ram Trucks to help fans get to WrestleMania, with 25% tickets off the Saturday show tickets from now until Monday’s Raw. This was supposedly because for us to see a once-in-a-lifetime event of Randy Orton saving this business by winning his 15th World Title. Before McAfee’s tirade could continue, the music of Cody Rhodes interrupted him, and out came the Undisputed WWE Champion.

Rhodes entered the ring and stood face-to-face with McAfee as he took a microphone to address the situation. Rhodes started by stating that he was going to go out on a limb and say that McAfee doesn’t belong here. He knows that he couldnt’ touch him, but they can get a Fanatics WWE Title and live out his WWE experience before McAfee got sent back to whoever put him here to say “thank yo, daddy.”

Rhodes pointed out that McAfee was a play wrestler because of how he didn’t know Orton wasn’t part of the Attitude Era, before talking about an old promoter by the name of Paul Boesch, who said that wrestling fans were “customers”, not marks. Rhodes talked about how the fans weren’t customers to him, but they were family. Rhodes said that McAfee had a gift, and that it was getting the entire wrestling fandom to agree on one thing: they wanted to see Randy Orton, and not Pat McAfee. “Go home, Pat,” said Rhodes.

McAfee said that he was home, as he was born to be in this business, and that Rhodes was the fakest dude on Earth. McAfee called Rhodes a cosplay champion, one that he was going to get rid of at WrestleMania, alongside with Randy Orton. He had a message for Rhodes: if Randy Orton didn’t walk out of WrestleMania as champion, we’d never see Pat McAfee ever again.

Rhodes called out McAfee for being too tired as he said that maybe we should get Gunther to put McAfee’s ass to sleep once again. As Rhodes tried to leave, McAfee talked trash to him, but before Rhodes could come to him, Randy Orton appeared on the TitanTron and said that Rhodes should come get his “boy” (i.e. Jelly Roll).

Orton dragged out Jelly Roll to the stage, as McAfee attempted a sneak attack. Rhodes turned to face McAfee, but got hit by Orton attacked him from behind. McAfee and Rhodes laid a two-on-one attack on Rhodes, but Jelly recovered and had McAfee by the throat. Orton punched Jelly Roll, as McAfee gave Orton the WWE Title. Orton struck Rhodes with the title. McAfee stole Rhodes WWE Title and had it on his shoulder.

I cannot list the many ways how much I hate this entire thing. From McAfee yelling about ticket prices and the fact that he doesn’t belong anywhere near this major main event angle being incorporated into the story, and all the worked shoot nonsense that I honestly despise. It’s getting ridiculous, and dragging Jelly Roll into this mess has turned what should’ve been a sure-fire angle with Orton and Rhodes’ sharewd history into celebrity-filled nonsense led by some schmuck on ESPN just because TKO executives are dead set on making WrestleMania 42 a must-miss event.

Then there’s the rumored direction where this is all going with a tag match with the featured players from this segment we just saw presumably happening at Backlash. It’s just leading into a ridiculous mess and I can’t think that this is going to draw new viewers to WWE as TKO might hope. Just nothing short of terrible and increasingly more embarrassing with each passing week.

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– Nick Aldis was chatting with a referee before The Miz and Kit Wilson showed up to complain about what happened with Dan Engler last week. There needed to be consequences for what happened with Engler. Aldis said that Kit Wilson will face Dan…. hausen in action tonight.

Jacob Fatu vs. Tama Tonga

Tama and Fatu locked up in the middle of the ring before the former was backed into a corner. Fatu withstood a shoulder block from Tama before he hit him with a throat strike. Tama tried to get ahead, but he was hit with more strikes from Fatu, as a headbutt punctuated that barrage. Fatu connected with a handstand moonsault on a downed Tama, before he launched himself through the middle ropes for a suicide dive, which took us to the commercial break.

Our match returned from commercial as Fatu and Tama traded strikes. Tama struck Fatu with two pump-up punches, but that only fired up Fatu. Tama was hit with the running splash in the corner by Fatu, followed by 10 headbutts. With Tama stunned, Fatu hit him with a running hip attack. A second hip attack was intercepted by a forearm from Tama. Underhook powerbomb by Tama got a near-fall. Pop-up Samoan Drop attempt by Fatu was countered into a sort-of rolling cutter by Tama for another near-fall.

Tama looked for the Cutthroat, but a kick from Fatu met him instead. Pop-up Samoan Drop, followed by the moonsault from the top, and Fatu got the win here.

After the match, Fatu got on the microphone until Drew McIntyre attacked him from behind. Fatu recovered with a superkick, but a Claymore Kick left him down and out. McIntyre threw Fatu out of the ring, as he then sent him head first into the steel steps. McIntyre grabbed a chair from the timekeeper as he hit Fatu across the back with it. McIntyre hoisted Fatu and planted him with the Future Shock DDT. McIntyre had handcuffs as he put them on Fatu’s left arm. He threw him into the ring post twice. McIntyre then locked had Fatu cuffed against the ring post, as he hit him with a boot against the post.

McIntyre again cuffed Fatu against the ringpost, as he pummeled him some more. Back in the ring, one final Claymore Kick from McIntyre was it.

Jacob Fatu def. Tama Tonga via pinfall

Pretty much a standard match, but the McIntyre beatdown segment afterwards was a decent way to get heat on him before next week, so there’s that.

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– We got another segment of R-Truth explaining how to work with the ESPN App to watch WrestleMania next week. Truth was telling this to Kit Wilson. Rhea Ripley threw B-Fab against a cargo case while this was happening, stating that she only had one more to take care of.

Sami Zayn addresses the crowd

The U.S. Champion made his way to the ring amidst a sea boos, which he stated was an “interesting reaction”. He said that maybe it was time to nip this in the bud. Zayn said that he had talked to close friends like Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton, who wanted to see some change from Zayn.

Zayn said that throughout his career, he had tried to give himself something more than just a catchphrase or a viral mment. Zayn said that the fans who cried for him, who bought his stuff, or had his back since day one, that’s who he cared about. Zayn declared that he’d never betray those people. As far as the people booing him, Zayn didn’t know why they were booing him, but he didn’t care. Zayn praised the ride or die fans who have been with him since day one, and that he’d walk out of WrestleMania as champion for them.

Trick Williams interrupted him to huge cheers from the San Jose crowd, as he was accompanied by hypeman Li’l Yachty. Once they got in the ring, Williams said that the people were tired of hearing Sami Zayn talk. Someone who was “whining like a donkey” and couldn’t get it done. Williams said that the truth was, Zayn just hated him. Williams said that whether Zayn liked it or hate it, he was going to whoop Zayn’s ass at WrestleMania, because everyone loves Trick Williams.

Zayn responded by saying that the crowd didn’t love Williams, but they did like him and had a crush on him. Here’s the thing, however, Williams could make all the jokes he could want, but he was going to be in the ring with a WrestleMania main eventer who would drag him in to deep waters. Zayn said that we’d find out at WrestleMania if Williams could walk the walk or just be nothing but talk.

Li’l Yachty hyped up Williams a bit more before Matt Cardona interrupted, as he was set to face Williams in singles action coming up next.

I think Zayn’s slow-burn heel turn is actually one of the better things of an otherwise dire SmackDown scene as of late, so his promo was good in that regard. On the other hand, I think Trick Williams can stand on his own, and that Li’l Yachty’s addition doesn’t really add to him.

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Trick Williams (w/ Li’l Yachty) vs. Matt Cardona

This match resumed from commercial as Williams avoided Cardona’s strikes in the corner and taunted him. Cardona got slammed on his back by Williams. With the ref’s back turned, Li’l Yachty grabbed at Cardona’s head.

Cardona avoided Williams’s jumping kick, as he then hit him with a clothesline. Cardona followed that with a missile dropkick to the jaw of Williams. With his foe out of the ring, Cardona hit the rope-assisted dropkick on Williams. Back in the ring, Cardona got tripped up by Williams while he was on the top rope, which took us to the break.

Our match continued from the break as Williams knocked Cardona down with a kick. Cardona recovered with a jawbreaker, followed by the back suplex. This gave Cardona the opportunity to mount a comeback, at least until he was floored by a punch from Williams. Cardona got back into it with a running facebuster as he lined Williams up for the Broski Boot. Cardona pulled from Chelsea Green’s playbook with an Unprettier for the two-count. Williams responded by sending Cardona’s face into the top turnbuckle, followed by a neckbreaker for the two.

Williams missed with a running splash, but Cardona failed to capitalize as he was sent over the top rope when he went for a running attack. At ringside, after he clotheslined Cardona, Zayn stared down Williams and got a shove for his troubles. As Williams got back in the ring, he challenged Zayn to fight him. When Zayn got on the apron, Li’l Yachty tripped him up. This led to Yachty eating a Helluva Kick from Zayn. In the ring, Williams avoided a roll-up pin from Cardona, as he then finished him off with the Trick Shot.

Trick Williams def. Matt Cardona via pinfall

Another match that just felt like it just happened without much purpose. I honestly couldn’t get into it much at all. Also, it’s hard to take Matt Cardona as much of a serious threat if he’s mostly just lost his matches since returning.

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Danhausen vs. Kit Wilson

Danhausen sized himself up to Wilson’s face, and got shoved. In response, Danhausen hit a dropkick, followed by a bridging suplex for a two-count. Wilson recovered with a kick to the gut, followed by a kick. Miz was playing to the crowd, as Danhausen slid out of the ring and posed beside him. This left Danhausen open to the flying elbow attack from Wilson. Back in the ring, Wilson battered Danhausen with repeated running elbows to the corner.

As Wilson got bounced with a jawbreaker, he rebounded and hit Danhausen with a lariat. Wilson headed up top for the elbow drop. Danhausen perked up and did the “You Are Cursed” poiint. This caused pyro to shoot out from the ringpost, which sent Wilson crashing to the ground. Miz got punched from the apron by Danhausen, who then finished Wilson off with a running kick.

After the match, Miz tried to sneak attack Danhausen, but the lights turned off. Once the lights turned back on, Danhausen ran away to the stage to escape Miz.

Danhausen def. Kit Wilson via pinfall

Well, Danhausen is probably a gimmick that isn’t to everyone’s tastes, but I kinda find him inoffensive and even entertaining at times. In this match, we did get to see some moves from Danhausen that showed that he’s more than just a meme character, so that was nice to see(hausen).

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– Backstage, Jade Cargill was looking for Michin to back her up against IYO SKY in her match coming up next. However, Michin was found laid out with a broken kendo stick over her. Rhea Ripley had gotten to Michin.

Next Week on SmackDown

Andre The Giant Battle Royal
Wyatt Sicks vs. M.F.T.s in a Street Fight

– IYO SKY requested that Rhea Ripley stay behind for her match with Jade Cargill now that the odds have been made even after B-Fab and Michin got taken out.

Jade Cargill vs. IYO SKY

SKY was hot to start with a dropkick to Cargill. She avoided a running splash from Cargill and hit her with a forearm. However, the WWE Women’s Champion quickly recovered with a shoulder block, as she then slammed SKY down to the ground. SKY answered with a pop-up dropkick on Cargill, but got hit with a right hand from her foe as she headed for a dive, as we took a commercial break with about seven minutes of show left.

We returned to our main event as both women were down following an armbreaker counter from SKY during the break. The former Womens’ World Heavyweight Champion connected with the dropkick from the top rope as Cargill suddenly found herself on the backfoot. SKY struck with the Bullet Train attack into the corner on Cargill. SKY tried to go up the top rope, but was caught by Cargill in an overhead press position. SKY reversed that into a sleeper that got broken out of. SKY avoided the pump kick from Cargill and turned it into a roll-up pin for the two. Blue Thunder Bomb by Cargill, but taht wasn’t enough for the win. Cargill had SKY in a chokeslam position, but that turned into a double stomp.

As Cargill rolled out of the ring, she was hit with a moonsault from the apron by SKY. With both women out of the ring, Cargill dropped SKY onto the steel steps with a wheelbarrow face slam. That was followed with the pump kick. One Jaded later, and that’s it, over.

After the match, Cargill got a chair, but Rhea Ripley ran in immediately before her WrestleMania opponent could do any damage.

Jade Cargill def. IYO SKY via pinfall

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An okay main event that ended a really baffling SmackDown overshadowed by the sad saga of Pat McAfee hijacking the WrestleMania main event. If Ari Emanuel, Nick Khan, and/or Paul Levesque’s idea of selling people to their biggest show of the year is having Pat McAfee trash one of the nights for being mediocre, other wrestler call McAfee’s involvement terrible, and things of that nature, then God help this company. It’s a lousy and pointless exercise and you don’t even have to be a “hater” of WWE to admit that they kinda screwed up here.

As far as the rest of the show is concerned outside of the McAfee/Rhodes/Orton/Jelly Roll stuff, everything just felt like they kinda happened. Nothing important, no big hook to get us to tune into next week. And when next week is literally the final go-home before WrestleMania 42, it’s really kind of sad. By the time April 18th and 19th roll around, it’ll be like that time The Simpsons took the “shortcut” to get to Itchy and Scratchy Land. That’s an apt descriptor for this Road to WrestleMania, at least from my view of it over these last few months.

WWE NXT live results: Stand & Deliver fallout

Posted on April 7, 2026April 7, 2026 by Chris Aiken

With new champions at the top of each division, WWE NXT presents its Stand & Deliver fallout episode tonight.

Tony D’Angelo and Lola Vice picked up the biggest victories of their respective careers on Saturday with D’Angelo winning the NXT Championship and Vice becoming NXT Women’s Champion.

An appearance by the new Women’s champ has been confirmed for tonight, with Vice set to speak after her victory over Jacy Jayne and Kendal Grey.

A tournament to crown the new men’s Speed Champion will begin after Elio LeFleur had to vacate the title due to torn labrum ligaments in his shoulder. LeFleur, who has now undergone surgery to repair the injury, is expected to be out of action for six months.

Sol Ruca defeated Zaria in a grudge match at Stand & Deliver, and she’ll now face off against Izzi Dame tonight.

A triple threat match is also set with Keanu Carver battling Jasper Troy and Josh Briggs.

Join us for live coverage starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

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NXT is back on the air in front of a live studio audience on a sound stage at the Performance Center in Orlando. Opening the show is the entrance of the new NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo.

Billed as the first “grand slam champion” in NXT history, D’Angelo gets into the ring for an opening monologue. The studio audience chants “you deserve it” before D’Angelo begins to speak.

Tony D says some people on the audience have seen him since day. Now is not just a man, but he is the man. He has finally become NXT Champion. D’Angelo goes on to say he is the first grand slam champion in history.

D’Angelo says along the way he made a lot of decisions. Some good and bad, but he would not change any of those decisions because they made him who he is now.

Tony D says his hands have an iron grip on the title. He says no one can take it from him, and he name drops Joe Hendry. Of course, when his name is said he appears as per his gimmick.

Out comes Joe Hendry and the studio audience that just gave D’Angelo a standing ovation is now gleefully clapping along to Hendry’s theme song.

Hendry says to say his name and he appears, but without the NXT title. Hendry congratulates D’Angelo on winning the title, and says he was the better man that night. But that is only one night, and they had to deal with “those two clowns.” If not for Ricky Saints and Ethan Page, would have D’Angelo still have won the title? Or would we still all be singing “we believe”?

Interrupting them is Ethan Page, who wants a one-on-one title match. Page uses air quotes when saying if he was not peroccupied by his “best friend”, then Page claims he would have beaten Hendry to become champion. Instead we have the “knockoff Punisher” as champ.

Ricky Saints enters to interrupt his so-called friend Page. Saints says that Page attacked him first, so do not blame his shortcomings on Saints. Had Page put his ego aside, Saints claims he would be the champ.

D’Angelo interjects to tell them all to get in line. The end result will still be D’Angelo winning. With that the lights go dark inside the sound stage and out comes Darkstate. They four members of Darkstate storm the ring under a strobe lights. A huge brawl breaks up as the show cuts to its first commercial break.

Security and wrestlers from the roster pour out to trying to separate the brawlers. After a commercial break, NXT General Manager Robert Stone is angry. Before screaming “that’ not how we start a show,” Stone orders D’Angelo, Hendry, Page and Saints to put their gear on because they are teaming up in an eight-man tag team match against Darkstate at the top of the hour.

Sol Ruca vs. Izzi Dame (with The Culling)

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Like Dennis Stamp, part of the story of the match is Dame was upset she did not get booked in a match at Stand & Deliver.

The match itself goes through a commercial break. Ruca springboards into a corkscrew tornillo splash on the outside just before the break. When the show returns from commercials, the match continues. Ruc a soon springboards into a Buckshot Lariat of sorts.

Ruca fires up before delivering a missile dropkick for a near fall. They would go on to trade near falls, with Dame leaping off the top rope for a super codebreaker.

Dame takes a spear (which is foreshadows the arrival of Zaria), and Dame powders. Ruca goes for a moonsault. She lands on her feet after Niko Vance pulls Dame to away to safety while Shawn Spears distracts the referee. Suddenly, Zaria runs in to spear Ruca on the floor. Dame rolls Ruca back into the ring. Dame then uses a Liger bomb as a finisher before pinning Ruca.

Match result: Izzi Dame defeated Sol Ruca via pinfall after outside interference by The Culling and Zaria.

After the match, Zaria yells at a fallen Dame. “I say when this is over!”

— Vanity Project is in Robert Stone’s office along with Blake Monroe. The faction presents Monroe with a replica of the Women’s North American Championship. Stone objects to this, and he books a mixed tag team match where Monroe can choose any member of The Vanity Project as her partner. Monroe picks Jackson Drake as her tag partner against Tatum Paxley and Shiloh Hill.

— Elio Lefleur, with his arm in sling, joins Dorian Van Dux and EK Prosper (formerly Eli Knight) in a locker room skit. Van Dux thanks Lefleur for the opportunity that he gave him. Prosper says not so fast, because Van Dux must first defeat him.

Keanu Carver vs. Josh Briggs vs. Jasper Troy in a triple threat match

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This is a three-way hoss fight, and the pummel each other like unstoppable forces meeting immovable objects. The match also goes through a commercial break.

Tandem offense at times, but each man for himself most of the time. Broken up pinning attempts and thunderous strikes throughout the match.

Troy gets a close near falls on Briggs after a chokeslam. He goes for another attempted chokeslam on Briggs, but Carver rushes in with a pounce that sends Troy crashing outside the ring. Another pounce by Carver, but this time the victim is Briggs. Carver follows up with a vertical suplex into a powerslam (which looks like a modified jackhammer), and Carver pins Briggs.

Match result: Keanu Carver defeated Josh Briggs and Jasper Troy when Carver pinned Briggs.

— NXT Women’s North American Champon Tatum Paxley is backstage talking with Shiloh Hill. There is some comedy until Ricky Saints walks up to chastise them for being weird. They make fun of him, and Saints calls them freaks.

— Saints was heading to the ring, but his ring entrance comes during a commercial break. Joe Hendry gets a full entrance before the show cuts to picture-in-picture. After the break, everyone is in the ring ready for the eight-man tag booked earlier tonight by Robert Stone.

Joe Hendry, Ricky Saints, Ethan Page and NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo vs. Darkstate (Dion Lennox, Cutler James, Saquon Shugars & Osiris Griffin) in an eight-man tag team match

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Playing on prior tension, Ricky Saints and Ethan Page bicker. They would argue a few times, which backfires for their team. Good thing the story of the match was it was thrown together impromptu, because it seems thrown together.

Both Hendry and D’Angelo get to clean house at different times during the match. Lennox cuts off D’Angelo with a spinebuster as the show cuts to a commercial break. D’Angelo has recent history with Darkstate in their recent feud, and they work him over during the break.

Hot tag during the break, and Hendry runs wild. When the show finally returns from picture-in-picture, Hendry is being worked over by Darkstate. He is fighting back when the show returns to full screen, but Hendry is soon cut off. More heat on Hendry as Darkstate work him over.

NXT Men’s North American Champion Myles Borne runs in at ringside at one point wearing a suit. Borne attacks Lennox and they brawl at ringside. The rest of Darkstate are distracted by the attack on Lennox. Hot tag to D’Angelo, the heels bump and feed for Tony D.

Parade of high spots that leads to Hendry doing a dive over the ropes to the floor onto a group. Back in the ring, D’Angelo spears Shugars. The spear is the frontrunner for most overused move of the night. Anyway, D’Angelo gives Shugars a spinebuster, but Page makes a bling tag. Page boots D’Angelo out of the way, and Page delivers a Twisted Grin (Twist of Fate) on Shugars. Page then covers Shugars for a three count.

Match result: Joe Hendry, Ricky Saints, Ethan Page and NXT Champion Tony D’Angelo defeated Darkstate when Page pinned Shugars.

After the match, D’Angelo gives Page a spinebuster to get a bit of comeuppance.

— Jaida Parker cuts a promo on Kelani Jordan. They meet next week in a match.

Lexis King (with Birthright) vs. Chazz “Starboy” Hall in a speed tournament match

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New to the NXT audience, Chazz Hall gets an inset promo during his entrance to introduce himself. Hall talks about tearing up the West Coast indie scene since he was 11 years old. In unrelated note, Hall looks like Spike Dudley with his gear.

Hall looks good in the match. He goes for a shooting star press, and King gets his knees up to block it. King then executes The Coronation, and King pins Hall.

Match result: Lexis King defeated Chazz Hall via pinfall to advance in the speed tournament.

Shiloh Hill & NXT Women’s North American Champion Tatum Paxley vs. Blake Monroe & Jackson Drake (with NXT Tag Team Champions The Vanity Project) in a mixed tag team match

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Paxley and Monroe have a pose-off and tug-o-war at the start over the North American belts. They are doing a take-off on the Razor Ramon-Shawn Michaels feud from 1994 with the two title belts. One being the real title and the other being a fake.

Tandem offense at times. Paxley & Hill do stereo surfboards at one point before the show cuts to a commercial break.

Heat on Hill as he is worked over until a hot tag to Paxley. She runs wild on both Monroe and Drake. Brad Baylor tries to interfere at ringside, but Paxley kicks him away. That led to Hill doing a flip dive over the ropes on Vanity Project at ringside. Meanwhile, Paxley for a 450 and rolls through when Monroe evades the splash. Paxley and Monroe each tease their finisher.

Drake jumps and gets kicked by Paxley. However, that distracts Paxley enough that Monroe ambushes her with headbutt. Monroe then executes her Glamour Shot DDT, and Monroe pins the North American champ.

Match result: Blake Monore & Jackson Drake defeated Tatum Paxley & Shiloh Hill when Monroe pinned Paxley.

— Sarah Schreiber interviews Robert Stone in his office. This led to Stone announces a two-week special called NXT Revenge. Next week it begins with a main event where Tony D’Angelo defends his NXT title against Ethan Page. Week two is headlined by Sol Ruca against Zaria in a last woman standing match. Joe Hendry will also be in concert, Kali Armstrong debuts, and a new Speed champion crowned in the next two weeks on NXT.

— Kali Armstrong (not relation to “Bullet” Bob and his sons) is featured in a personality profile.

Fatal Influence confronts Lola Vice

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NXT Women’s Champion Lola Vice enters the sound stage for an in-ring promo celebrating her title win. She also has her AAA Mixed Tag Team title belt with her.

Vice talks about winning the title until she is interrupted by former champion Jacy Jayne. Joining Jayne is her cohorts Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid. The studio audience boos Jayne unmercifully as she cut sa promo on Vice.

Out comes Robert Stone to book a title rematch for next week. The heels then jump Vice with Reid and Henley ambushing her, but Vice fights them off. Jayne barely escapes a spinning back fist from Vice as she flees the ring. The champion stands defiantly as the show goes off the air.

WWE Raw live results: CM Punk, Brock Lesnar, Oba Femi appear

Posted on April 6, 2026April 6, 2026 by Marc Quill

WWE Raw on Monday April 6, 2026 is set for the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.

Seven matches/segments are advertised for the show, including WrestleMania 42 opponents Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi being “in the same building.”

After he was attacked by Gunther last week, Seth Rollins will kick off this week’s Raw. Their match for WrestleMania has been made official as well.

CM Punk is also booked to appear, plus four matches are scheduled: Finn Balor vs. JD McDonagh, Austin Theory vs. LA Knight, Rhea Ripley & IYO SKY vs. B-Fab & Michin, and Penta, Dragon Lee & Je’Von Evans vs. El Grande Americano, Rayo Americano & Bravo Americano.

The full lineup for the show is as follows:

Seth Rollins to kick off the episode
We will hear from CM Punk
Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar will be in the same building
Finn Balor vs. JD McDonagh
Rhea Ripley & IYO SKY vs. B-Fab & Michin (w/ Jade Cargill)
Austin Theory (w/ Logan Paul) vs. LA Knight
Penta, Dragon Lee & Je’Von Evans vs. El Grande Americano, Rayo Americano & Bravo Americano

Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern.

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CM Punk opens Raw

The show opened with CM Punk addressing the crowd, as he put over Houston’s wrestling heritage. Punk pointed out that Roman Reigns was not in the building tonight, stating that he got some payback from being put through a table two weeks ago as he gave Reigns the same treatment last week in Madison Square Garden.

Punk said he hated Roman Reigns because he viewed him as a “store-bought and plastic” star manufactured by corporate. He pointed out that this wasn’t “cinema”, it was pro wrestling and that Reigns and his bloodline don’t run the place anymore. Punk took a shot at Reignsf or being a nepo baby who ate dog food for “a weird old man” (Vince McMahon), the same one who treated Punk like a dog, but he had dignity and left when he had the FU money.

Punk then turned his attention to Pat McAfee for his remarks on SmackDown last Friday. Punk challenged McAfee to call his ‘agent” to lower ticket prices and that he’s also got a receipt coming. He wrapped up by saying that the prices should be lowered so that families can see him step on Reigns’ neck at WrestleMania, as he stated that he approved this message.

Effective opening salvo from Punk, but as I noted on the SmackDown recap, I’m really not a fan of the Pat McAfee stuff being brought up. Punk also bringing up Vince McMahon but not alluding to him by name also didn’t sit right with me.

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– After a recap of LA Knight’s invasion of IShowSpeed’s stream, we got Speed himself running into Danhausen. He asked Danhausen to lift the curse that was put on him, but Danhausen only agreed to do it if he got a mention on his streams. Speed didn’t agree as Danhausen vanished.

The Vision’s Austin Theory and Logan Paul grabbed Speed and said that they were safe with him.

LA Knight vs. Austin Theory

We started off with some chain wrestling, but Knight pushed back and tossed Theory across the ring. As Theory rolled out of the ring, he re-entered and instantly got met with a Knight clothesline. After being deposited out of the ring, Knight dropped him with a dropkick to the outside. We took a break as Knight had the upper hand on Theory at the timekeeper’s area.

Our opener returned from the break as Knight went for a neckbreaker, but Theory rcountered with the Blockbuster for a close near-fall. The action spilled outside as Knight bashed Theory’s head across the commentary table. Logan Paul tried to get involved, but got taken out by Knight for his troubles.

IShowSpeed found himself caught in the fray as Logan pushed him into Knight’s path. Speed ran as fast as he could up the ramp until The Usos’ music played. As Speed was caught between a rock and a hard place, he leapt over Knight in a great show of agility and paced back into the ring. Knight gave chase, but this allowed Theory to pick up a tainted win with a roll-up pin.

Austin Theory def. LA Knight via pinfall

After the match, IShowSpeed tried to beg the Usos and Knight for forgiveness. Before the Usos could do anything to Speed, Logan Paul pulled him out of the ring.

This led to Knight asking for a six-man tag between him and the Usos against Theory, Paul, and IShowSpeed to be made for WrestleMania, as Adam Pierce made it official soon after.

I’m not too hot on this match being made, and it’s easy to see why, given the sorry state of The Vision, which was once heralded as a dangerous heel stable on Raw.

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– A recap of Pat McAfee’s aligning with Randy Orton from SmackDown aired.

– Finn Balor tried to make his way for a match, but he was ambushed from behind by “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio. Balor did try to fight back, but Dom and JD McDonagh used the Judgment Day numbers game to their advantage to leave Balor laying.

– AJ Lee’s interview with Michael Cole was rudely interrupted by Becky Lynch. The challenger to Lee’s Women’s Intercontinental Title dissed the champion’s last WrestleMania appearance and how she quit the day after. Lynch put over her WrestleMania acumen stating that it was “her home”.

Lee fired back by saying that people kept underestimating her and that the fans never forgot who she was even after all the years away from WWE. She closed off by telling Lynch that she should ask who Roux Lynch’s favorite wrestler his when she Becky tucked her daughter to bed, because it was AJ Lee.

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Bayley vs. Lash Legend

The match opned with Legend at the advantage early, but Bayley attempted to fight back. Big boot by Legend took us to the commercial break.

We returned as Legend hit Bayley with a backbreaker for a near-fall. Bayley tried to fight back as she avoided a pump-kick. The elbow drop from the heavens missed its target. In the end, Lyra Valkyria held down Legend’s leg as Bayley got the pin with a diving crossbody after countering a superplex.

Bayley def. Lash Legend via pinfall

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Seth Rollins addresses GUNTHER

Seth Rollins made his way down to the ring, with the Houston crowd loudly singing his song. He was addressed as “Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins” in his entrance

As Rollins took the mic, he showed excitement and gratefulness to the Houston crowd for singing his entrance them as he had been waiting for it after six long months away from the ring.

Rollins took in the crowd singing before he declared that he was back. He talked about how in less than two weeks at WrestleMania, he was going one on one against GUNTHER. He was trying to figure out how we all got here, mainly because he and GUNTHER had no personal issues with one another. Rollins suggested that GUNTHER had a business relationship with Paul Heyman.

Rollins stated that he had two missions: to take the World Heavyweight Title he never loss, and to kill The Vision. He talked about how Logan Paul and Austin Theory had issues with The Usos, Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed were on the shelf, and that Brock Lesnar was put on a silver platter by Rollins for Oba Femi.

As Rollins addressed GUNTHER, the Ring General tried to ambush him, but Rollins got ahead of it and avoided a sleeper. The brawl spilled to the outside, as Adam Pearce and officials tried to break things up.

This Rollins/GUNTHER feud is somehow the one feud that hasn’t been a total wash in terms of the Road to WrestleMania. I’m surprised at how much I’m enjoying it.

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Penta, Je’von Evans, Dragon Lee vs. El Grande Americano & Los Americanos

El Grande dropped Evans with a knee as he and Los Americanos did a dance in the middle the ring. Evans headed to the top and took everyone out. The action spilled to the outside as Lee, Evans, and Penta took out everyone with massive dives as we took a commercial break.

The match resumed from the break as Penta and Rayo Americano were the legal men. Penta connected with an amazing rolling double DDT on Los Americanos. Meanwhole in the ring, Lee hit Rayo with a basement dropkick. Lee attempted a Styles Clash, but Bravo pulled at his leg, which allowed Dragon to be hit with repeated headbutts by El Grande and Los Americanos. Evans entered and tried for the Springboard Cutter, but got hit with a forearm.

Things hit a quickening pace as Dragon Lee connected with the Styles Clash. El Grande broke up the pin as all six men were now in the ring. Dragon Lee dropped El Grande with a hurricanrana from the apron, while Penta hit the Mexican Destroyer on Rayo on the apron. Evans finished things off with the O.G. Cutter on Bravo to pick up the pin and win.

After the match Rey Mysterio showed uip to a huge ovation from the Houston crowd as he embraced Evans, Dragon, and Penta.

– Rey Mysterio talked about how cool it was for Penta’s journey to take off with him becoming the Intercontinental Champion. Mysterio said that he missed WrestleMania last year due to injury, but as for this year, he spoke with Adam Pearce. Mysterio said it was missing him . Penta agreed and seemed to welcome Rey into the Intercontinental Championship ladder match.

Je’von Evans, Dragon Lee, & Penta def. El Grande Americano & Los Americanos viua pinfall.

A heck of a tag match. I might be generally down on WWE as a whole, especially as far as the Road to WrestleMania goes. But, I find myself enjoying Je’von Evans and Penta. Seeing these two succeeding as they are always puts a smile to my face.

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– Cody Rhodes’ response to Pat McAfee’s actions from SmackDown last Friday later that evening was shown.

– A recap of Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi’s Madison Square Garden showdown was shown.

RHIYO (Rhea Ripley & IYO SKY) vs. B-Fab & Michin (w/ Jade Cargill)

Ripley slammed B-Fab down and punched away at her. She then took her out with a fierce clothesline. Ripley threw Michin into the ring and laid her out with a kick before tossing her to the ringside area. B-Fab took advantage and hit Ripley with a strike before she worked her over in the coner. B-Fab than hit a DDT on RIpley for a two-count.

B-Fab locked in a chinlock on Ripley for a good while before it was broken up with a snapmare. Ripley tagged in SKY while Michin entered for her team. Double stomp to Michin by SKY, who dropped B-Fab by the neck across the ropes. This left B-Fab and Michin at the mercy of a double dropkick from SKY. B-Fab and Michin were then rattled by a suicide dive by SKY as we took a break in the action.

Raw returned from commercial with SKY at the mercy of a two-on-one attack from B-Fab and Michin as they took control during the break. While the referee was distracted, Jade Cargill tripped up Ripley at the apron to prevent her from tagging SKY. Back in the ring, SKY rolled up B-Fab with a flash pin for the win.

After the match, Cargill laid out SKY, as Michin grabbed a kendo stick, looking to do damage, Ripley entered the ring and tried to even the odds, but a pump kick from Cargill put her out for the count. With Ripley held against the ropes by B-Fab and Michin, Cargill took the kendo stick and turned her attention to SKY. Cargill then finished her off with Jaded.

RHIYO def. B-Fab & Michin via pinfall

I can’t tell you how this feud is leaving me cold. Cargill is just not a good heel, and the inexplicable alliance between her, B-Fab, and Michin does not interest me as a heel faction.

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– Finn Balor addressed Dominik Mysterio and stated that a side he had buried a long time ago as he said that it was coming back at WrestleMania, hinting that he was bringing The Demon back to deal with Dom.

– Stephanie Vaquer attacked Liv Morgan in the Judgment Day clubhouse, throwing her right into the TV.

Oba Femi/Brock Lesnar WrestleMania contract signing

During the commercial break, Paul “Triple H” Levesque was shown entering the ring and confiding with Adam Pearce as they’ll oversee the Femi/Lesnar contract signing.

Pearce addressed the crowd, and stated that over the last couple of weeks, we’ve seen the birth of a true clash of heavyweight titans at WrestleMania between Oba Femi & Brock Lesnar. Before Pearce could continue, Paul Heyman butted in as only he could. Heyman talked about this match being the most anticipated match in WrestleMania history and how Oba Femi couldn’t measure up to Brock Lesnar.

At that moment, Lesnar made his entrance. Soon after, Pearce introduced Femi, as “The Ruler” made his way down to the ring to a loud ovation.

As Femi entered, Lesnar went on the attack before Femi fought back as security ran down post-haste to break everyone up… or at least try to. Even with everyone attempting to separate Femi and Lesnar, the brawl continued on. Lesnar and Femi tossed a chair at one another as the show ended rather abruptly.

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As with most overused Triple H booking tropes, the pull apart brawl is one that’s gotten a bit too much use over the past couple of weeks, between Femi/Lesnar, Punk/Reigns, and Rhodes/Orton. This final segment didn’t exactly feel that exciting and enticing me to watch WrestleMania for the Femi vs. Lesnar match. The rather abrupt ending before anything truly could break down didn’t help matters either.

All in all, this was kind of an okay Raw. Maybe my lack of excitement for WrestleMania season kind of colored how I reacted to the show tonight, but nothing really grabbed my interest. That said, the six-man tag match was a highlight and the actual matches themselves tend to be enjoyable. It’s just the overall storytelling in WWE that’s been failing for the most part.

WWE NXT live results: Stand & Deliver go-home show

Posted on March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 by Chris Aiken

WWE extends its stay in New York City tonight with The Theater at Madison Square Garden hosting tonight’s episode of NXT.

Tonight is the go-home show for Stand & Deliver — and there will be a pair of number one contender’s matches to determine title bouts for the April 4 PLE. Kendal Grey and Lola Vice are facing off to determine Jacy Jayne’s NXT Women’s Championship challenger. Along with that, Los Americanos and Birth Right will meet with a Stand & Deliver Tag Team title shot against Vanity Project on the line.

TNA World Champion Mike Santana will be in the building, teaming with OTM against DarkState.

Jasper Troy and Keanu Carver will continue their rivalry in a match where Josh Briggs serves as the special guest referee.

Jaida Parker vs. Kelani Jordan is also set for the show. Plus, Women’s North American Champion Tatum Paxley will have a confrontation with Blake Monroe.

We’ll also get a follow-up on the Sol Ruca and Zaria rivalry after they were spotted brawling in NYC earlier today.

Join us for live coverage starting at 8 p.m. Eastern time.

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NXT is on the air from The Theater at MSG. The brand’s champions and their next challengers arrive to the building in footage from earlier today.

Live in the arena is the entrance of DarkState for the opening tag match, and their opponents — OTM — entered next. Following them was OTM’s partner, who gets a hometown reaction. Billed from The Bronx in NYC, TNA World Champion Mike Santana has a superstar entrance.

DarkState (Dion Lennox, Osiris Griffin & Saquon Shugars) vs. TNA World Champion Mike Santana & OTM (Lucien Price & Bronco Nima)

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Santana was clearly the star of the match, and the match itself is a really good opener. The crowd was hot as well. They loved Santana.

Heat on Price as the show goes through a commercial break, which led into a hot tag where Nima ran wild after the show returns from the break. Nima gets a near fall on Griffin after a uranage slam. Santana then came in to clean house, and he was over big with the crowd.

Santana with a great sequence that included a pop-up cutter, a suicide dive sailing through the ropes on OTM at ringside. Santana follows up with a frog splash for a near fall. Santana is soon cut off until OTM jumps back into the ring for a save. Griffin and Shugars double team powerbomb gets a two count on Santana. Shugars goes on to have a great closing sequence with Santana before they all go home.

Santana catches Shugars with a DVD, and he follows with a lariat. Shugars sells big as he turns inside out taking a bump. Santana then leaps over the ropes to the floor with a swan dive on OTM. In the ring, Shugars takes OTM’s finisher. Price covers Shugars for a three count.

Match result: OTM & Mike Santana defeated Darkstate when Price. pinned Shugars

— Vic Joseph sits down with NXT North American Champion Myles Borne for an interview ahead of Stand & Deliver. This led to Johnny Gargano interrupting and cutting a helluva promo on how he has to win the title from Borne at the PLE this Saturday.

Gargano with his charisma and deliver sort of stole the segment, but Borne did very well for himself before Gargano runs in. Borne once again thanks No Quarter Catch Crew for helping him, and Borne also thanks Ethan Page for giving bringing out the edge in Borne that he needed to become champion.

Borne puts over Gargano and his achievements, and Borne really hopes that “Johnny Wrestling” shows up in the ring at Stand & Deliver.

In comes Gargano, and he sits down with a mean look on his face. Gargano cautions Borne. Careful what you ask for. Before there was Stand & Deliver, there was NXT Takeover. They called him “Johnny Takeover”, and Gargano says if that man is still inside him then Borne better pray. Gargano warns Borne he will eat him alive. But this is not personal. What is personal is the North American title.

If Gargano wins, he returns to Smackdown and gets his life back. If he loses, Gargano is unsure what happens. One thing Gargano does know is he will take Borne “into deeper waters” than Borne has seen, and Gargano will show him what it means to be a champion. For the first time in two months, Gargano will not lay down and die.

“I will stand and deliver like only I can, because I have to,” Gargano says in conclusion. “More than you know.”

— Wren Sinclair has some encouraging words for Kendal Grey

Los Americanos (Bravo Americano & Rayo Americano) vs. Birthright (Uriah Connors & Stacks with Arianna Grace, Lexis King & Charlie Dempsey) in a number contender’s tag team match

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The match goes through a commercial break. Grace gets involved in the match, which also involves some comedy spots. The match also has some intensity and plenty of action. El Grande Americano appears just before the finish to play a part in the outcome.

During the match, Shiloh Hill storms to ringside with a metal folding chair. Hill stalks Lexis King, who flees with Hill on his trail.

El Grande Americano distracts the refereee so that Bravo & Rayo came load their mask with gimmicks. Rayo headbutts Stacks off the apron, and Bravo hits Connors with a flying headbutt with the loaded mask. Bravo then covers Connors for a pinfall.

Match result: Los Americanos defeated Birthright when Bravo Americano pinned Connors to become number one contenders for the NXT Tag Team Championship

In winning, Los Americanos earns a title shot against champions Vanity Project for the NXT tag titles at Stand & Delver on Saturday. Vanity Project look on from a box seats overlooking the ring. They have a staredown with Los Americanos.

Jaida Parker vs. Kelani Jordan

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Parker shines early on until Jordan traps her in the ring skirt. Parker then takes a bump into the ring steps, and she sells her arm as the show cuts to a commercial break. Jordan is working over Parker as the show returns from the break.

Jordan continues to target the arm. She goes to springboard into a split-legged moonsault, Parker blocks her. That leads to a spot on the top rope where Jordan takes an avalanche suplex from Parker. Sit-out tree slam by Parker, and Parker cradles Jordan for a pin. Really good bout.

Match result: Jaida Parker defeated Kelani Jordan via pinfall.

— Vanity Project tries to flirt with Blake Monroe, and they offer to protect her from Tatum Paxley. Monroe recently stole the Women’s North American Championship belt from Paxley.

Contract Signing for the NXT Championship Fatal Four Way

Seating behind two tables in the ring are NXT Champion Joe Hendry, and his three challengers — Ethan Page, Ricky Saints and Tony D’Angelo. NXT General Manager Robert Stone is hosting the segment.

D’Angelo steals the show with a great promo on all three of his opponents. There is plenty of bickering, as usual with contract signing segments in WWE. Joe Hendry with a good babyface promo, but D’Angelo still outdoes them all on the microphone. D’Angelo talks about NXT being in his blood. Tony D vows to run all three over like a freight train. This leads to a wild brawl and the breaking of two tables.

D’Angelo chokeslams Saints through a table, while Page drops Hendry with a Razor’s Edge through the other table. Fisticuffs between Page and D’Angelo in a pull-apart brawl.

Jasper Troy vs. Keanu Carver with Josh Briggs as special referee

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Booked like a hoss fight, this is what Gorilla Monsoon might have dubbed as the unstoppable force meeting the immovable object. They brawl around ringside before the bell, and they tussle over Troy’s chain he brings to the ring.

Briggs lets things slide as ref, but he also gets in Carver’s face early on to threaten him as the referee in charge. Carver shoves a planted fan at ringside, and Briggs intervenes to shove Carver back. Carver then stalks Vic Joseph at the commentary booth before pointing his finger and issues a warning to Booker T. All of that walking and talking allows Troy to recover, and he gives Carver a chokeslam on the announce desk. The booth implodes. Troy follows up with a Bossman slam on Carver for a two count.

Upset over the two count, Troy shoves Briggs. He as referee responds by booting Troy with a high kick. Troy takes a Monty Brown Pounce from Carver, before Carver hoists him up to deliver a running powerslam. Carver then covers Troy, and Briggs counts the pinfall.

Match result: Keanu Carver defeated Jasper Troy via pinfall.

After the match, Carver insists that Briggs raise Carver’s arm as the winner. Briggs at first agrees, but is a swerve. Briggs instead hits Carver with a short-arm clothesline. Still wearing the zebra stripes, Briggs then exits the ring with Carver down selling in the ring.

Following a commercial break, Tatum Paxley enters the ring for a confrontation with Blake Monroe.

NXT North American Champion Tatum Paxley challenges Blake Monroe

Paxley cuts a promo that ultimately leads to her issuing an ultimatum to Monroe. Paxley wants Monroe to bring her the title in NYC, which Monroe recently stole from Paxley. Out comes Monroe holding the title belt. Monroe is soon challenged for a title match at Stand & Deliver by rightful champion, who plays on Monroe’s ego to convince her to accept the match.

Paxley warns Monroe her bad side will come out. Paxley says she can be the “goth to your glamour” or “the fire to your hell.” Paxley will allow Monroe time to think on the offer, but Paxley demands the title belt from Monroe.

They fight over the belt itself in a tug-o-war. Paxley then elbows Monroe and the fight is on. Monroe powders, and she snatches the title belt again as she flees the ring.

— Sarah Schreiber interviews Robert Stone, and they hype the card for Stand & Deliver. Stone announces that a ten-person mixed tag team match for the pre-show on Saturday. All of the members of Birthright against Eli Knight, Shiloh Hill, Wren Sinclair, and Hank & Tank. This was also set up earlier in a locker room skit with the babyfaces.

Keanu Carver storms into interrupt the interview. Carver demands a match against Josh Briggs. Stone remarks that he also spoke to Jasper Troy, and Carver screams he does not give a damn about Troy. Stone instead books a triple threat match with Carver vs. Troy vs. Briggs. Stone then hears a loud commotion off camera. Stone rushes to find Kelani Jordan was ambushing Jaida Parker. That would seem to set up a return match between the two.

— Sol Ruca and Zaria are the focus of a video package that highlights their backstory as teammates turned rivals. This hypes their match at Stand & Deliver.

— NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne is backstage with talking with her Fatal Influence cohorts — WWE Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid. Izzi Dame was eavesdropping and she interrupts to tell Jayne that she will tell her exactly what she wants. Sure. Okay.

— Hard sell for Stand & Deliver as the Vic Joseph voices over a rundown of the NXT card on Saturday.

AAA Mixed Tag Team Champion Lola Vice vs. Kendal Grey (with WWE Women’s Speed Champion Wren Sinclair) in a NXT Women’s Championship number one contender’s match

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Chain wrestling at the start, and this is good from the start. They wrestle through a commercial break. Vice delivers a hip attack in a corner, but misses a follow-up attempt. She is still able to kick Grey off the apron, and a seated senton off the apron by Vice just before the show cuts to a split-screen commercial break. Near falls during the break during picture-in-picture.

Grey fires up after the show returns from the break, and Grey goes to bar an arm for a submission hold. Vice fights to block the hold, and Vice counters to apply a sleeper. Grey escapes only to walk into a spinning back fist. Grey takes a bump out of the ring selling the back fist. On cue, out comes the Fatal Influence trio.

Jacy Jayne enters ringside flanked by Fallon Henley and Lainey Reid. The heel trio distracts Vice, which allows Grey to recover enough to fight back. Vice goes for a hip attack, but Grey moves out of the way. Vice crashes into the ring steps, and Grey rolls Vice back into the ring.

Grey climbs the turnbuckles, and she leaps off the top rope. Vice cuts her off with a superkick for a near fall. In closing moments, Grey lands a roaring elbow for a close near fall. They struggle to their feet as they rise and trade strikes. Punches and kicks. Vice does her signature series of kicks, but Grey counters by trapping Vice’s leg in an ankle lock. They go on to trade near falls.

For the finish, Vice locks in a guillotine chokehold. She cranks on it as Grey tries to roll free. Grey with a Northern Lights suplex while Vice has the guillotine locked on. The referee counts a pinfall while a ref on the floor sees Grey tap out to the submission hold.

Disputed finish as Shawn Michaels comes to help sort things out. Cliffhanger ending as the show goes off the air with no announced winner.

WWE Raw live results: Punk, Reigns, Lesnar appear at Madison Square Garden

Posted on March 30, 2026March 30, 2026 by Steve Khan

Date: March 30, 2026
Location: Madison Square Garden in New York City

The Big Takeaway —

If you thought WWE would put together a big Madison Square Garden show with WrestleMania around the corner, you’d be wrong. This was a weak show that concluded with a Punk-Reigns angle for the fifth straight week, and it was not worth the wait.

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Show Recap —

CM Punk, Oba Femi, Nia Jax and Lash Legend arrived at Madison Square Garden.

Cody Rhodes kicks off Monday Night Raw in MSG

Rhodes entered and was almost universally cheered. He said MSG was the home of the WWE Championship and the WWE Champion would always be present at the world’s most famous arena. He asked what they wanted to talk about.

Stephanie McMahon interrupted. Rhodes was surprised to see her. She wasn’t sure why, because her last name was “McMahon,” and this was the place her grandfather built. He asked her what she wanted to talk about.

Stephanie said she wanted to talk about him, Randy Orton and WrestleMania—but Rhodes wouldn’t like what she had to say. She said the three of them were multigenerational talents and knew what it was like to be at the top.

They all took different paths to get to where they were. Rhodes took the golden path, and that was wonderful. He was true to himself, and he believed he could bring out the best in his opponents. But he couldn’t do that this time against this version of Orton.

This Orton was diabolical. Rhodes didn’t have to be diabolical, but he had to be able to think like Orton. Dusty Rhodes knew that. Dusty could get down and dirty, but Cody was not his father. This Cody could not beat this Orton.

Rhodes said the last thing he wanted to do was be rude to Stephanie. He knew all about Orton. He knew Orton punted people’s heads off—his father included. Orton did stuff so vile they couldn’t show it today, including things he did to Stephanie.

Fans wanted the student-teacher dynamic from them, but he ceased to be the student a long time ago. He wasn’t the student when he was Orton’s babysitter, making sure Orton was still breathing in the car they rode together.

Rhodes was not the student, and he was not afraid. Rhodes said he was not his father and added, “You wanna bring up fathers? I’m not mine, you’re right. Stephanie McMahon, with all due respect, you’re not yours either.”

The crowd popped, and Stephanie smacked him in the face. Stephanie said she was out there because she cared about him. She was there because no one else was giving him guidance. Rhodes didn’t understand what Orton was capable of. Orton wasn’t just listening to the voices in his head—he beckoned them. And it appeared he was listening to someone else as well. Unless Rhodes learned to think like Orton, he would lose the title.

Stephanie was about to leave, but Rhodes grabbed her by the arm and turned her around. Rhodes said he had two words for her: “Thank you.” He left.

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IShowSpeed and Adam Pearce were interrupted by Danhausen. Speed told Danhausen he’s had a terrible week and wanted to be uncursed, but Danhausen had a list of crazy demands to make that happen. Pearce tried to cheer up Speed by telling him he had front row seats for the men’s tag team title match. LA Knight, guest announcer for the match, appeared and left with Speed.

Street Fight for the World Tag Team Championships: Jimmy & Jey Uso (c) vs. Logan Paul & Austin Theory

They can go 17 minutes uninterrupted for a talking segment, but this supposedly important tag team title match couldn’t go 50 seconds without going to commercial break.

The Usos hit a dive ahead of a break, but it didn’t matter because the Vision took control with weapons immediately after. The Usos came back with ugly-looking superkicks and weapon shots. They placed a trash can over Paul and obliterated it with kendo stick shots. They also gave Theory a double superplex off the middle rope through a table.

Paul approached his mother in the front row, and she handed him brass knuckles while IShowSpeed tried reasoning with him. Knight left the announce table and went after Paul. Paul grabbed onto Speed for leverage to save himself, but he pulled Speed over the barricade in the process.

Knight chucked Paul into the ring post as Speed put the knux on. Speed felt something behind him, turned around and knocked down Knight with the knux before realizing who it was. Speed was filled with regret.

Paul tried to use the knux on Jimmy, but he ducked, and the Usos handed out superkicks to both Vision members. Jey speared Theory and went to the top as Jimmy went for a dive, but Paul decked Jimmy with the knux. Jey went after Paul, but Theory rolled over onto the unconscious Jimmy for the pinfall win. That’s how they changed the tag titles.

— Paul and Theory celebrated with IShowSpeed as fireworks went off, although Speed wasn’t sure how to react.

Match result: Austin Theory & Logan Paul defeated Jimmy & Jey Uso to win the World Tag Team Championships (8:48)

This was not a particularly entertaining street fight. The stip was an excuse to do all the outside nonsense, and the finish sucked.

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Jeff Ross and Lin-Manuel Miranda were in the crowd.

Liv Morgan and Stephanie Vaquer segment

Morgan entered. She told Stephanie Vaquer, “You’re done for, bitch.” She said it was one thing to attack her, but it was another thing to attack her family, Daddy Dom. She wasn’t surprised because Vaquer didn’t have any family there. Vaquer claimed Morgan hid behind her family, but Vaquer sneak-attacked her anytime she got.

Morgan wondered if Vaquer was scared to confront her face-to-face. Morgan’s mother taught her not to let anyone get the better of her, but as for Vaquer’s mother: “tu madre es basure, puta.”

Vaquer stormed out (to her music) and dropped Morgan with a thrust kick. Vaquer grabbed a steel chair, but it was a trap, because the returning Roxanne Perez decked her from behind. The two heels hammered away on Vaquer until Morgan laid her out with Oblivion.

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Theory and Paul celebrated with the tag titles backstage. IShowSpeed wanted to make it clear that he didn’t want to get involved earlier. Paul wasn’t hearing it. He laughed and said Speed had enemies now. Speed tried pleading with them until Paul Heyman interjected.

Heyman said Speed was in good hands. He told the Vision to take Speed with them to dinner so they could celebrate. After they left, Heyman bluntly said, “The Usos are going to kill him.” The crowd laughed.

Pearce approached Heyman and asked if he had checked his email. Heyman brushed this off as nonsense and left. (This was weird. Heyman was oddly dismissive of the idea that he would correspond via email. I’m also not sure why Pearce didn’t just explain it to him here.)

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Michael Cole said this was the first time since 1987 that women’s tag team titles were defended in MSG. That match was between The Glamour Girls and The Jumping Bomb Angels.

Women’s Tag Team Championship match: Nia Jax & Lash Legend (c) vs. Bayley & Lyra Valkyria

They got a full three minutes before the babyfaces wiped out the heels with dives ahead of a break. Like the previous match, it didn’t matter because the heels took control as soon as they were in commercials.

Back from break, Valkyria planted Legend with a DDT and made the hot tag to Bayley, who landed a diving elbow drop for two. Legend cut her off with a big boot, and Jax followed with a leg drop for two. Jax set up for the Annihilator, but Bayley got underneath, walked with Jax toward the middle of the ring and hit a powerbomb. The crowd cheered the impressive spot.

They all traded moves when Nikki and Brie Bella marched to ringside. They were quickly joined by Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss. Valkyria left the ring to talk to them for some reason, so Jax attacked her from behind.

Some other stuff happened before Flair entered the ring and chop-blocked Jax for the DQ. Fans groaned.

Jax and Legend were attacked by everyone else and knocked out of the ring as the energy evaporated from the crowd.

Match result: Nia Jax & Lash Legend defeated Bayley & Lyra Valkyria via disqualification (10:44)

Another subpar match with an even worse finish.

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Danhausen announced during a break that Saturday Night’s Main Event would return to MSG on July 18th. He did some goofy comedy before scampering backstage.

Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi segment

Brock Lesnar, wearing his gear, entered with Heyman. Heyman repeated what he said about what happened two weeks ago, that Lesnar was distracted and caught off guard by Oba Femi. Last week, Lesnar was not there for a fight—he simply wanted a conversation with Femi. This week, however, Lesnar was dressed to fight.

Heyman has seen this before in WWE and UFC. When a man locks eyes with Lesnar, they piss themselves and leave a puddle of piss in the ring. They might as well wipe up Femi along with the puddle of piss.

Lesnar was tired of hearing about piss (interesting) and grabbed the mic from Heyman. He angrily called out Femi.

Pearce entered with security guards because he wanted to preserve one of his WrestleMania main events. (I don’t think this is actually the main event of either night, that’s just how big they see the match.)

Oba Femi entered anyway. Security ran after Femi, but he easily chucked them all aside—killing one guy in particular by launching him way up in the air and dropping him on the floor. Pearce got in Femi’s face, but Femi shoved him aside into the barricade.

The crowd chanted for Femi as he sauntered around the ring. Femi entered the ring and faced off with Lesnar as the crowd chanted, “Holy shit.” Triple H slipped in the ring to get between them, and people booed.

The crowd chanted for a fight, but Lesnar smirked and backed out of the ring. Triple H told them it would happen at WrestleMania. Before he left, Lesnar grabbed a security guard and gave him an F5 onto the floor.

(This was well done. They can probably hold off on any further interaction because the crowd is begging for them to go at it now.)

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Finn Bálor pre-taped promo

Bálor said Judgment Day were a family, and they ran Raw for four years. Bálor did things he wasn’t proud of during that time. Perhaps the worst decision he made was thinking he could make a man out of Dominik Mysterio.

Bálor gave credit to Dom for running his playbook against him. But Dom should remember that when he turned on his father and felt lost, it was Bálor he turned to. Bálor stepped in and stepped up for him.

Dom didn’t lose the Intercontinental Championship because of him—he lost because he was a self-entitled jackass. Bálor was guilty of creating that jackass. He was responsible for creating Dom, so he would be responsible for destroying him at Mania.

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Cole gave Carmelo Hayes a shout-out for his United States title reign and his run of open challenges, which came to an end against Sami Zayn on Friday.

Intercontinental Championship match: Penta vs. Kofi Kingston (w/ Grayson Waller)

Kingston took control after giving Penta a back body drop onto the apron. Waller was about to go after Penta, but Kingston stopped him because he wanted to do this on his own. Following a boring heat segment during a break, Penta mounted a brief comeback until Kingston cut him off with an SOS for two, followed by a Fameasser for two.

With Penta outside the ring, Waller was about to chuck him over the announce table, but thought better of it and placed him on the apron. Kingston called Waller a dummy and told him to leave it alone. Kingston tried a leaping backward dive, but Penta caught him and suplexed him onto the announce table. Waller told Kingston that maybe he did need him. Penta flew in at that moment and laid out Waller with a Canadian Destroyer.

Back in the ring, Penta came off the top, but Kingston met him mid-air with a Trouble in Paradise for a nearfall. Kingston set up for a superplex, but Penta dropped him and spiked him with a Canadian Destroyer for the pinfall win.

— Jackie Redmond interviewed Penta and asked him about his plans for WrestleMania. Penta said he spoke to Pearce, and the IC title would be defended in a ladder match. He issued a warning to anyone in the match and warned them that it wasn’t just the title hanging about the ring, it was his kingdom.

Match result: Penta defeated Kofi Kingston to retain the Intercontinental Championship (9:57)

This was ok. I feel like Kingston only got this IC title match because of that one big spot he did in MSG with Randy Orton many, many years ago.

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Pearce approached Heyman backstage and asked where Lesnar was. Heyman assured him that Lesnar had left the arena. Pearce again asked if Heyman checked his emails. Heyman was again dismissive of this. Heyman instead wanted Pearce to hear what he had to say in the ring.

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Dom entered during a break and cut a basic promo saying he would beat Bálor at Mania.

Paul Heyman segment, WrestleMania angle

Heyman entered. He gave Howard Finkel a mention before announcing that the Vision were the new world tag team champions. He said he tried to give the fans Lesnar vs. Femi tonight, but that wannabe mid-level suck-up middle-management pseudo-general manager Pearce got in the way.

Pearce interrupted. He asked again if Heyman checked his emails. Heyman said there was nothing Pearce could tell him that he didn’t already know. Pearce informed him that the Boston police department dropped all charges against Seth Rollins.

Heyman claimed he knew that already. Heyman continued by putting himself over as the last remaining manager from the 1980s and the last promoter standing from the 1990s. Some fans chanted for ECW.

Pearce said if Heyman checked his email, he’d also know that Seth Rollins was medically cleared to compete. Heyman was shocked as Rollins’ music hit.

The babyface Rollins attacked Heyman from behind with a steel chair. Rollins set up for a curb stomp but was suddenly yanked out of the ring by Gunther.

Gunther put Rollins in a sleeper hold and put him to sleep. He grabbed Rollins by the head, pointed at the sign, and told him WrestleMania was in their future.

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IYO SKY vs. Raquel Rodriguez

For the third time tonight, the babyface hit a dive ahead of a break, only for the heel to take control immediately during commercials. In this case, Sky hit an Asai moonsault. Penta was somehow the only babyface to not follow suit.

Sky made her comeback when they returned, but Rodriguez got her feet up on a moonsault attempt. Sky responded with a hurricanrana and double foot stomp for two.

Asuka and Kairi Sane ran out as Asuka urged Sane to get involved. Sane leaped on the apron, and Sky confronted her. Rodriguez tried to take advantage with a big boot, but Sky moved out of the way, and Rodriguez booted Sane off the apron.

Sky hit Rodriguez with a running meteora before turning her attention to the outside as Asuka was yelling at Sane.

A frustrated Sky decided to wipe out Asuka with a suicide dive, but she slipped as she went through the ropes and landed right on her head. Sky popped up, fortunately, and seemed ok.

Sky said something to Sane before making her way back into the ring, but Rodriguez simply grabbed her and hit a Tejana Bomb for the pinfall win.

Match result: Raquel Rodriguez defeated IYO SKY (10:26)

Yet another match that felt secondary to all the other stuff happening around it. Not good.

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Cole spoke about Penta’s IC title ladder match at WrestleMania. He claimed Pearce already set the field because qualifying matches had been happening on WWE Main Event, which airs on YouTube. Joining Penta in the ladder match will be Dragon Lee, Je’Von Evans, Rusev, and JD McDonagh.

(This is absurd. Rusev, for example, last wrestled on Main Event nearly two months ago, while McDonagh last wrestled on the show in January.)

They ran down a few other matches before showing John Cena’s announcement on social media that he would be hosting WrestleMania. (I believe this was the only time this was mentioned on the show.)

Backstage, Redmond asked Pearce for an update on Rollins. Pearce said Rollins would be looking for a receipt at Mania and made the match official for the show: Rollins vs. Gunther.

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CM Punk and Roman Reigns main event segment

Reigns entered first and asked New York to acknowledge him. After they did, Punk marched out to his music, and he immediately attacked Reigns. They brawled back and forth as officials tried breaking things up. Reigns tossed one guy aside before spearing Petey Williams.

Reigns was about to powerbomb Punk through the announce table, but Punk slipped out and gave him a GTS. Punk acted like he was done, but he grabbed Reigns and powerbombed him through the table. Punk screamed, “Who’s f—cking old now?!”

Punk sat down next to Reigns and punched him in the head a few more times before being pulled off by Pearce. Punk posed atop the barricade as officials checked on Reigns, and the show ended.

WWE SmackDown live results: Jelly Roll vs. Kit Wilson

Posted on March 27, 2026March 27, 2026 by Marc Quill

Last week’s SmackDown ended on a chaotic note with Randy Orton laying waste to Matt Cardona after an apology gone wrong, as well as Drew McIntyre and Jacob Fatu’s all-night brawl ending with the two taking a fall off a high ledge.

Tonight, the challenger to Cody Rhodes’ Undisputed WWE Championship at WrestleMania 42 will be on the prowl for his next target. Meanwhile, SmackDown GM Nick Aldis has promised an update on McIntyre and Fatu’s conditions following the end of last week’s show.

In the ring, Jelly Roll will face off against Kit Wilson after their slam poetry battle last week ended with Wilson attacking Jelly Roll and taking him out with a diving elbow from the top.

Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair take on the Bella Twins as the two teams finally get a chance to settle thier scores following two weeks of their respective Women’s Tag Team Title matches against The Irresistable Forces being disrupted by one another.

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– After the introduction to the stars competing tonight on SmackDown, we went to a live shot of the arena before Joe Tessitore tossed to a recap of last week, particularly as it related to Randy Orton’s recent actions.

Randy Orton kicks off SmackDown

Speaking of Orton, he emerged from the back to kick off tonight’s show, with the fans still cheering as loud as ever for him despite what he’s done as of late.

Orton started by talking about how two weeks ago, Cody Rhodes asked him to be the best version of Randy Orton that he could be. Orton said that Rhodes told him he wanted him to be The Viper again, to listen to the voices as he thought about his legacy and his 15th World Title. And then, Rhodes gave him his blessing out of nowhere. Now, that he’s listening to the voices to his head, he can’t be held responsible for what happens next. However, there is one person outside of Orton’s head that he was supposedly listening to. Before he could go on, Matt Cardona interrupted, looking like he was ready for a fight.

Orton protested loudly at Cardona’s arrival, as he found himself bopped with the microphone to the head. Orton was left to stew in anger outside the ring after eating a hard shot to the head.

An interesting start to the night, with the fans cheering for Orton more than ever, and it’s only piquing how they’ll be when Cody Rhodes returns for his part of the WrestleMania match build.

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– As Nick Aldis was chatting with a referee, Trick Williams wanted to talk business with him. Aldis said that Williams has been on the upswing as of late, and it’s earned him a spot at WrestleMania. Sami Zayn showed up and wondered what his place at WrestleMania would be. Aldis spelled out the reality for Zayn, stating that due to his recent struggles, there was no spot for Zayn at WrestleMania. As Zayn walked off sullenly, he seemed to have enough of Williams’ taunting, as he punched him out. “I’m going to have a match at WestleMania, just you watch,” Zayn said as he left.

– Randy Orton angrily stormed backstage, looking for Nick Aldis and wanting a piece of Matt Cardona for what he did to him just now. Aldis made the match official.

The Bella Twins (Nikki & Brie Bella) vs. Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair

The reigning WWE Women’s Tag Champions, The Irresistable Forces, appeared before the match and talked about how they were facing Lyra Valkyrie and Bayley for their titles on Raw this Monday. Nia Jax and Lash Legend talked trash about the Bellas and Charlexa as they made their way to ringside.

Flair and Nikki kicked off the match as the latter held her own against both Bellas early. Nikki managed to take Flair down with a knee to the face as Brie tagged in. Brie hit an elbow to the arm of Flair from the top rope, but found herself hit with a hard chop to the chest. Bliss tagged in and hit an assisted dropkick on Brie as Flair lifted her up.

Brie’s sunset flip was turned into a dropkick by Bliss. As she went for her baseball slide attack, Brie used the apron to trap her to avoid the attack. The Bellas took advantage as they attacked Bliss while she was trapped behind the apron as we took a commercial break.

We returned from the break as Bliss fought out of the corner briefly, before Brie took her back to her corner to tag Nikki in. Bliss rolled out of the way to try and tag Flair, but she got dropped by a spinebuster. After a struggle, Flair entered the match on a hot tag and took down both Bellas with a diving crossbody. She then hit both Nikki and Brie with chops a-plenty before the walkover clothesline on Nikki.

Flair took time to taunt Nia Jax and Lash Legend on the apron before she tagged Bliss in. The Bellas regained advantage as they isolated Bliss with a variation of the Hart Attack. Flair broke up the count before Nikki threw her out of the ring. In the ring, Lash Legend punched Bliss, which allowed Brie to roll her up for the pin and win.

After the match, tensions intensified as The Irresistable Forces proceeded to yet again lay waste to everyone in the ring. That was before Bayley and Lyra Valkyria ran in to fight their opponents for Raw this Monday at MSG. Bayley and Valkyria threw the Irresistable Forces out of the ring, with the help of the Bellas and Charlexa.

The Bella Twins def. Alexa Bliss & Charlotte Flair

This was rough, not going to lie. I’ve got no interest in seeing the Bella Twins in the women’s tag title picture, and this match just felt average to me as a result.

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– Damian Priest found R-Truth wearing a vest and talking with a construction worker. Truth thought The Judgement Day was back as Jelly Roll showed up and was immediately called him “Dominik Mysterio”. Not helping Truth’s assumptions was Rhea Ripley showing up, which led Truth to assume that Dom and “Mami” were back. Jelly motivated Ripley about her chances against Jade Cargill at WrestleMania. As Jelly and Truth left, Ripley congratulated Priest on his WWE Tag Team Title win before heading her way to take care of Jade Cargill.

– Backstage, Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss argued with the Bella Twins after the furor in the opening match. The Bellas stated that they’d do whatever they took to become Women’s Tag Champs, much to the chagrin of Charlexa.

Rhea Ripley goes after Jade Cargill

The challenger to the WWE Women’s Championship made her way to the ring, looking for a little payback after last week’s run-in with Cargill and her new allies Michin and B-Fab.

Ripley said that she didn’t expect any integrity from Jade Cargill, that she knew how Cargill would do anything to get her hands dirty. However, Ripley wasn’t expecting B-Fab and Michin to stoop down to Cargill’s level, but she didn’t care because Ripley was ready to go through anyone she pleased on her way to WrestleMania. Ripley threw out the challenge, as Jade Cargill’s music hit.

The WWE Women’s Champion made her way to the stage, flanked by her new allies in Michin and B-Fab. Cargill said that Ripley sounded real slick for someone who got dropped last week. Cargill talked about how Michin and B-Fab enjoyed being in a position of power standing side-by-side with her. As B-Fab talked trash about Ripley, the crowd booed very loudly.

Michin talked about how she and B-Fab have been working as hard and as long as Ripley has been, but never got any recognition. Cargill said that B-Fab would step up to Ripley tonight.

Ripley said that she was going to teach B-Fab that actions have consequences, and that she was someone that Cargill couldn’t protect as a referee went down to get this match started after the break.

Gotta say, I’ve never been a fan of “wrestlers join hated rival who’s been beating them up for months”, and this B-Fab/Michin/Cargill alliance checks that box, unfortunately. It’s making the build to Cargill vs. Ripley a bit shaky as a result.

Rhea Ripley vs. B-Fab

This match began after the break with Ripley in firm control, even with Michin and Cargill trying to get involved. Ripley kicked Michin in the face, and headbutted B-Fab. Cargill retaliated by throwing Ripley into the stairs to force a DQ.

After the match, Ripley found herself falling victim to another three-on-one beatdown from Cargill and company.

Rhea Ripley def. B-Fab via disqualification

I can’t even comment on this as a match, and the segment ending with the same angle of the WWE version of Cargill’s Baddies stable laying Ripley out didn’t help matters. Copy+Paste booking continues to be a plague for WWE Creative.

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– As the Miz continued to deny to Kit Wilson that he was cursed by Danhausen, Wilson found himself met by Danhausen himself. Wilson tried to call Danhausen “toxic”, but he was instead cursed.

– We got a recap of the chaos that unfolded last week between Drew McIntyre and Jacob Fatu. After the recap, McIntyre walked backstage, with bandages on his arms and wrist. He was asked about how he felt after last week. McIntyre said he was in no condition to fight, but if Fatu wanted to start something, he was here to finish something. McIntyre noted how Fatu took everything from him, and when a man has nothing to lose that’s when he was his most dangerous.

Jelly Roll vs. Kit Wilson

Before the match, Wilson said that Jelly crossed a line last week, so he had to defend his mother. Wilson then partook in some more “slam poetry” before Jelly shouted that it was time to go. Jelly took a cheapshot from Wilson before the bell rang.

Wilson missed a dropkick, which allowed Jelly to drop a leg between Wilson’s leg. He then attempted his own take on the Dusty Rhodes bionic elbows, but Wilson stopped him. As Wilson tried to skim the cat, Jelly clotheslined him out of the ring, as Wilson threw a tantrum in the ring.

Wilson took advantage by using his poetry book as a distraction, which allowed to hit his running uppercut to Jelly in the corner. Wilson had control of the match as he stomped away on Jelly and taunted him. Wilson threw Jelly into the corner and looked like he was going for his runnng uppercut again. Jelly dodged and got Wilson with a belly-to-belly suplex. The two men recovered and began trading blows, with Jelly finally hitting the Dusty elbow.

Jelly attempted the chokeslam, but was countered. Wilson tried to jump from the top rope, but was caught into a powerslam by Jelly. With the ref focused on Wilson, Jelly tried to hit Wilson with the poetry book, but he missed. Wilson got him with the Tourniquet for the near-fall.

Wilson went for another Tourniquet, but Jelly reversed it with an Irish Whip, followed by the chokeslam for the win. After the match, Jelly celebrated his win with his son in the crowd.

Jelly Roll def. Kit Wilson via pinfall

To quote Good ‘Ol J.R.: this match was bowling shoe ugly, but the crowd seemed to get into it regardless. As someone who is very much not a Jelly Roll fan, the most generous thing I can say that while he wasn’t the best here, he did not look terrible. And at the very least, Wilson is the perfect guy to be eating losses to celebrity non-wrestlers like Jelly.

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– We got a recap of the latest in the saga between CM Punk and Roman Reigns from Raw this past Monday.

– Solo Sikoa was giving a “pep talk” of sorts to the M.F.T.s as he wanted to apologized for how he acted last week towards them, as he talked about how Roman Reigns would never apologize. Carmelo Hayes offered an opportunity to Tama Tonga as he headed out for the U.S. Title Open Challenge. Shinsuke Nakamura once again appeared next to Tama, asking him if he was “good”.

U.S. Title Open Challenge: Carmelo Hayes (c) vs. Sami Zayn

A former U.S. Champion himself, Zayn was revealed as Hayes’ Open Challenge challenger.

As Zayn got into the ring, Trick Williams made his entrance to a massive ovation from the crowd. He was here to have a closer look at this U.S. Title match.

In the ring, things started out fast with Zayn on the attack against Hayes, as he hit a hard clothesline on his foe. Zayn maintained the attack in the corner with chops to Hayes’ chest, but the U.S. Champion fought back with some strikes of his own. Hayes got the momentum back with his springboard clothesline, followed by the springboard leg drop. This took us to the break.

This U.S. Title match returned from commercial as Hayes tried to keep control of the match, but Zayn clotheslined him out of the ring. Zayn hit a dive over the top rope on Hayes at ringside as he then stared down Williams briefly. Zayn turned his focus back to the match and leapt from the top rope. Hayes, interecepted Zayn’s dive with a dropkick that hit him flush for a near-fall. Hayes connected with the Dirty Diana as he had Zayn his sights for First 48. Zayn caught Hayes and slammed him for the sitdown powerbomb for another near-fall.

With Hayes in the corner, Zayn was looking for the Helluva Kick, but the U.S. Champion avoided calamity. However, Hayes found himself in a compromising situation on the top rope, as Zayn hit an incredible superplex, which took us to the second commercial break of this match.

We returned from commercial as Zayn hit a sunset flip powerbomb on Hayes, but that wasn’t enough for the win just yet. Hayes fought back with elbows to Zayn’s face, followed by the superkick. As Hayes ran at Zayn in the corner, he was caught for the patented exploder suplex in the corner. Zayn had Hayes lined up for the Helluva Kick, but he got hit with First 48 instead! One, two….. 2.999999999!!!!!!!!!!

Hayes headed up the top rope and looked for Nothin’ But Net, but Zayn reversed it into a Blue Thunder Bomb! One, two…. Hayes kicked out once more! Outside the ring, Trick Williams took a hold of the U.S. Title and gave it to Sami Zayn. With the referee distracted, Williams kocked Hayes out cold, which led to Zayn taking advantage with a Helluva Kick and that’s it over. Sami Zayn is your new U.S. Champion.

Sami Zayn def. Carmelo Hayes via pinfall to win the United States Championship

This was a solid match once again, and Zayn winning through dubious means will likely continue his descent to darkness, so to speak. I liked this one, and it’s probably the best match of the night so far.

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– Sami Zayn was all smiles backstage as he approached Nick Aldis about having earned that spot at WrestleMania, which he has done so. However, he’s facing Trick Williams in Las Vegas.

Jacob Fatu calls out Drew McIntyre

With a “Yaddiahmean” to start, Fatu said that even with busted ribs and all that happened to him, he said something was wrong with Drew McIntyre. Everything that McIntyre did was not going to be enough to keep him down, whether it was kicking his teeth down his throat or being thrown off a side of the building. McIntyre did everything in his power, but Fatu was still standing and he was going to stay standing every week to dogwalk McIntyre’s ass.

And speaking of McIntyre, the surly Scotsman made his way from the back, with mic in hand. McIntyre said that Fatu was playing victim, as he declared himself to be the victim instead. He was accused of a crime of he didn’t commit, but in McIntyre’s eyes, Fatu was nothing but a criminal who stole everything from him. McIntyre said that he meant it from the bottom of the heart when he told Fatu to “screw your damn kids”.

Before Fatu could go after McIntyre, Nick Aldis stopped him before anything could happen. The two were not in any condition tonight, but maybe they’d be ready for WrestleMania. On April 18th, these two would face off in a match that was officially “unsanctioned” by WWE.

The Fatu/McIntyre feud hitting its climax at WrestleMania should make for a heck of a blowoff. The unsanctioned stipulation should make for a very fun match with all the plunder.

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– Matt Cardona was told by Jelly Roll that Cody Rhodes was on his way, but Cardona wanted Rhodes to not get involved in his match against Randy Orton.

Giulia (w/ Kiana James) vs. Tiffany Stratton

Stratton was caught in a standing headlock by Giulia, but she reversed out of it. Chain wrestling action between Stratton and Giulia to get us going here in the early stages of the match. Giulia threw Stratton across opposite corners before doing so across the ring. When Giulia tried it again, Stratton did a somersault flip to get out of it, which allowed her to hit Giulia with a dropkick to the corner. Stratton returned the favor and slammed Giulia across the four corners. She then connected with an unusual looking springboard stunner-like maneuver, which took us to the break.

We returned from break as Giulia had Stratton in a headlock, but not for long, as the former WWE Women’s Champion reversed with a spinebuster. As the two recovered, Stratton had all the momentum with the gymnastic-style splash, then the cartwheel Alabama Slam on Giulia. One, two… not quite! Stratton put Giulia on her shoulders, but couldn’t capitalized, as the Women’s U.S. Champion briefly escaped. Giulia hit a nice back suplex on Stratton, followed by the Arrivederci Knee for the near-fall.

Giulia kicked at Stratton’s head and put her on the top rope, looking for some high-impact damage. Giulia had Stratton in position for a superplex, but she was tossed aside and fell victim to the Swanton Bomb. Somehow, Giulia kicked out just in the nick of time. Giulia tried to lift Stratton, but she was instead taken for a ride with the rolling Senton. Kiana James got on the apron to stare down Stratton, which caused a bit of a delay on the Prettiest Moonsault Ever, as Giulia took advantage with the knees up to the ribs, and the pinfall win.

Giulia def. Tiffany Stratton via pinfall

This was a great little match, as Giulia and Stratton had some great chemistry here. I liked this more than i expeceted to, and it was a nice surprise, for sure.

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– Bayley and Lyra Valkyria were interviewed just as they were headed out of the arena. The two said that they put the women’s tag division on notice and come Monday on Raw, they were ready to show Nia Jax and Lash Legend who the dominant women’s team was when they become the new WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions.

– Randy Orton was shown talking on the phone with the mysterious person on the other line, promising that he’d see them soon.

– A recap of Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar’s encounter from this past Monday’s Raw was shown.

Randy Orton vs. Matt Cardona

Cardona rushed the ring, but found himself stomped by Orton early on, but he used his cast as a weapon to fight back. Outside the ring, Orton cracked Cardona’s arm across the commentary table before hitting his signature back suplex onto the commentary table. Orton continued the assault on Cardona’s wrist as he the n dropped him across the top of the barrier. Orton trapped Cardona’s wrist between the commentary table cover and the table itself as he then stomped on the wrist for maximum damage.

Cardona tried to create some separation against Orton, as he connected with the Rough Ryder for a near-fall. Orton rolled out of the ring and walked his way back to the ramp, as Cardona tried to go after him. Bad mistake, however, as Orton caught him and pushed him into the ringpost. Orton smashed Cardona’s wrist across the steel steps, as he then threw him shoulder-first into the ringpost. Orton ripped off the protective cover on Cardona’s left wrist, leaving it exposed to even more damage from an uncaring Orton. Cardona’s wrist was pinned by Orton’s foot in the middle of the ring, as it was stomped on repeatedly.

Orton threw Cardona into another ringpost shoulder-first and stretched the wrist once more. This was followed by an RKO from Orton. After a long wait, Orton eventually pinned Cardona for the win.

Randy Orton def. Matt Cardona

Not really much of an actual match as it was to establish this new heel Orton, so not really a lot for me to say about it on a technical standpoint.

As Orton was celebrating, Cody Rhodes arrived on his bus, as he stepped out ready to confront his former friend.

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Cody Rhodes confronts Randy Orton

The Undisputed WWE Champion arrived, all business as Nick Aldis and a gaggle of security tried to stop Rhodes from entering the ring. Despite Aldis’ best efforts, Rhodes said that he just wanted to talk to Orton as he stormed forward to the ring. Rhodes got on the apron and stared down Orton and immediately got into it with his former friend.

Rhodes went after Orton as security tried and failed to separate everyone. Rhodes blocked an attempted steel chair strike from Orton and kept hammering away at him. Rhodes gouged Orton’s eyes before the security seemed to keep him at bay. Orton attempted to retreat, but found himself once again on the receiving end of Rhodes’ assault. As this brawl entered the ring, the security and referees finally managed to separate Rhodes and Orton on opposite corners.

Rhodes broke free and got in some shots at Orton, who returned that in kind with a leaping strike of his own. Outside the ring, Orton took out some security personnel, but found himself taken down by Rhodes yet again. This fight yet again broke into the ring with the security trying their best to keep the peace. Jelly Roll got into the ring and attempted to calm Orton and Rhodes down while the two were being separated. Meanwhile Orton broke free and punched security before he hit an RKO on Jelly Roll! The fans were once again chanting “Randy” at this latest move as the Levesque & Fitting credits saw us off for tonight.

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As far as pull-apart brawls are concerned — and given it’s a very popular Triple H booking trope — that one seemed a bit lifeless. Jelly Roll getting dropped with the RKO was the only notable highlight of it all, mainly for the continuing trend of Orton being cheered for doing heelish things despite the WWE “narrative” being that he’s supposed to be a scumbag we should hate for his betrayal of his best friend Cody Rhodes. That recurring element of Orton seemingly being heel heat-proof because of his status as a legend and everyone wanting him to win his 15th title at WrestleMania is making this feud with Rhodes an interesting one, just not in the way WWE is intending.

As for the rest of the show, this was kind of a weak edition of the show, with the U.S. Title Match and Giulia vs. Stratton being the standouts. This Road to WrestleMania has just been dull, and with the event in just three short weeks, it’s unclear if the show as a whole will be enticing for fans to tune in. The dull-as-dishwater booking for most of the feuds isn’t helping matters either.

WWE Raw live results: CM Punk, Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar appear

Posted on March 23, 2026March 23, 2026 by Steve Khan

Date: March 23, 2026
Location: TD Garden in Boston, MA

The Big Takeaway —

For the fourth straight week, Raw ended with a talking segment featuring CM Punk and some combination of the original Bloodline. This week, it was all three Bloodline members. The segment ended with Roman Reigns laying out CM Punk at the behest of Jey Uso. It was a more interesting segment than last week, fortunately.

On the flip side, Raw featured about 33 minutes of wrestling (even fewer when counting commercials) over 2 and a half hours. I know it’s WrestleMania season, but it’s been weeks of the same pattern, with weeks to go.

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Show Recap —

Judgment Day, Bayley and Lyra Valkyria, The Usos, and Je’Von Evans (greeted by IShowSpeed) were shown arriving at TD Garden in Boston.

There was a very dramatic recap of Oba Femi laying out Brock Lesnar.

Brock Lesnar opens Monday Night Raw

Lesnar entered with Paul Heyman. (Lesnar wore a new “FAF5” shirt, a reference to Heyman’s promo last week. Heyman was well dressed and is no longer dishevelled.)

Lesnar was greeted with chants of “Oba.” Heyman ran down his resume, which just received more chants for Oba. Heyman said the fans were pissing off Lesnar. If we were being honest about last week, Lesnar beat up 20 masked men, got distracted by Seth Rollins, and only then did the overhyped Femi take advantage.

Heyman said we’ve heard this narrative many times. This new opponent of Lesnar would be the next big thing, the conqueror’s conqueror, etc. Lesnar conquered Undertaker’s streak, but Undertaker never got revenge. (Except that Undertaker did beat Lesnar that following SummerSlam.)

There was a line of guys who were supposed to beat the ‘one’ in ‘21-and-one’ after that: Goldberg, Braun Strowman, Dean Ambrose (whose name got a pop), Bobby Lashley, AJ Styles, and John Cena. None of them could do it. And Oba Femi wouldn’t either. Femi already had his moment when he put his foot on Lesnar and pointed at the sign. That would be the biggest moment of Femi’s career, because he would be victimized and conquered by Lesnar at WrestleMania.

The lights dimmed, and Femi entered. Heyman bailed before Femi faced off with Lesnar in the ring. Lesnar kicked Femi in the gut and went for an F5, but Femi slipped out and clotheslined Lesnar over the top and to the outside. Lesnar looked stunned, and the crowd chanted for Oba again.

Lesnar backed away as Femi stared him down. Lesnar yelled, “You ain’t that lucky, boy!” and he smiled as he backed up the aisle.

(This was a perfectly good follow-up to last week.)

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Dominik Mysterio cut a pre-taped promo on his IC title match tonight.

There were clips of Logan Paul at the recent flag football event. He “sacked” Jalen Hurts and got into it with Tom Brady.

World Tag Team Championship match: Jimmy & Jey Uso vs. Logan Paul & Austin Theory

The opening match started at 8:25 pm, and they still went to a break less than 90 seconds into it. And nothing had even happened since the last break besides the Vision entering the ring.

They returned from break, and Michael Cole gave a quick mention of the recently passed Dennis Condrey. Then Jey Uso made a hot tag.

The top turnbuckle came off during Jey’s comeback. Theory cut him off for a moment, but Jey came right back with a spear. Jey went to the top, but Paul crotched him on the exposed buckle. Jimmy went after Paul, but Paul chucked him into the ring post.

Paul grabbed the brass knuckles, but LA Knight’s music hit. Knight attacked Paul from behind and shoved him into the ring steps. Knight slid the knux into the ring, and Jey used them to knock out Theory. The referee saw that part, so he called for a DQ.

— After the Vision were announced as the winners by DQ, Jey popped back into the ring and punched Paul with the knux, too.

Match result: Logan Paul & Austin Theory defeated Jimmy & Jey Uso via disqualification — The Usos retain the tag team titles (7:26)

So, 40 minutes into the show, we’ve got one match that went 7 minutes and ended in a DQ, and half of it happened during commercials.

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El Grande Americano, Bravo and Rayo were interviewed by Byron Saxton during commercials. El Grande wants to take Original’s mask.

Becky Lynch and AJ Lee segment

Lynch entered. She questioned the fans booing her while they cheered AJ Lee, who abandoned them for a decade. She understood taking breaks. She took 10 months off, but not 10 years. She took time off because the fans got tired of seeing her succeed. She went home to her family, to people who appreciate her. Her daughter and the love of her life.

When she came back, she didn’t go after the world title. She instead went after the Intercontinental title and turned it into the most important and most interesting women’s title in all of wrestling. She was damn proud of that title and what it represented. (Maxxine Dupri was recently the champion.)

Now, AJ Lee pranced around like she deserved the title. Lynch tried to go home and take a break with the people she loved, but when she went home, her daughter—her greatest accomplishment—was singing Lee’s stupid “Light It Up” song, skipping around the house and flipping her hair like that Jersey scum. It’s almost like her daughter didn’t realize her mom was the greatest women’s wrestler of all time.

Meanwhile, Lee’s greatest claim to fame was that she mastered the Diva’s era. “Well, I murdered the Diva’s era.” She put a stake through its heart and ripped the wings off the butterfly belt.

Lee entered to her music, but Lynch bailed into the crowd. Lee said Lynch liked to fight dirty because Lee walked her like a dog every time they entered the ring together. Lee figured Lynch wanted to get embarrassed again. She was ok with that because maybe that would finally get Lynch out of her life. Maybe she would make Lynch tap out on the biggest stage of them all.

Lee wanted to show why she was the best wrestler of her generation, Lynch’s generation, and maybe next. She was your favourite wrestler’s favourite wrestler—and Lynch’s daughter’s favourite wrestler. Lee gave Lynch an IC title match at WrestleMania.

Lynch said Lee fell right into her trap. WrestleMania was her domain. Lynch recalled the last time Lee competed at WrestleMania. Eleven years ago, Lee walked into the office the next day and handed in her resignation. Lynch would save her the trouble this time by ending her at WrestleMania.

(Lynch was better than she’s been in a while here, and I liked her line about killing the Diva’s division. Lee’s delivery was fine, but her dialogue does not align with reality.)

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Backstage, Jimmy thanked Knight for the help earlier. Knight told Jey he could’ve tried to hide the knux. Jey wasn’t about to hide because everyone had to get got. Knight understood how he felt, but he was starting to sound like Roman Reigns. Jey was tired of hearing this, so he left. Jimmy politely warned Knight to watch his mouth when he spoke about their family.

(This interaction happened in front of a production truck with a big picture of The Rock on it.)

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Derrick White and Joe Mazzulla of the Boston Celtics received a big ovation from the crowd.

Je’Von Evans vs. Grayson Waller (w/ Kofi Kingston)

This also went to break about 90 seconds in. Waller used to wrestle in boxing shorts, but he’s traded those in for long tights. Waller tried enlisting Kingston’s help early in the match, but Kingston declined.

Evans was in complete control outside of Waller briefly taking control during a break. Waller had some offence after the break, but Evans came back with a German suplex out of the ropes and a leaping knee strike. Waller knocked him off the top and hit some sort of Unprettier variation.

Waller went to the top, so Evans scaled the ropes, leaped up off the top rope and brought Waller down with an impressive super hurricanrana. Evans followed with an OG Cutter for the pinfall win. (Kingston seemed amused by the result.)

— After the match, Kingston told Waller he didn’t get involved because he’d rather Waller try to win than get DQ’d.

Match result: Je’Von Evans defeated Grayson Waller (8:56)

This was a good showcase for Evans, and Waller provided a good base.

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Heyman approached Adam Pearce backstage. Heyman wanted him to schedule a match at Madison Square Garden next week for the tag titles, with the Usos defending against the Vision in a street fight. Pearce said he liked the idea and he’d think about it. Heyman was about to flip his wig because Pearce didn’t immediately agree, but he calmed down, realizing it was not a good idea to upset Pearce.

Heyman was about to leave, but Pearce told Heyman to go to the ring. Heyman didn’t know why, so Pearce reminded him that he wanted to address Seth Rollins. Heyman didn’t want to anymore, but Pearce told him he had to do it and do it now. After Heyman left, Pearce said he won’t miss Heyman when he’s gone.

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Original El Grande spoke to Saxton during a break. He said there was only room for one Americano in this town. (It’s beyond time to get Chad Gable out of this gimmick.)

They announced Dennis Rodman for the WWE Hall of Fame.

Paul Heyman and Seth Rollins segment

Heyman entered the ring again, this time on his own. He was having a bad night. Not just because he had to appear in Boston, but because there was no one left for him to hide behind. Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker would not be back any time soon. Lesnar had already left. Paul and Theory were half-conscious. Heyman was alone.

Heyman had a stalker. A psychopath who calls himself a visionary. Despite the character Heyman portrayed on TV, he said, “I’m a man. A man who’s been pushed too far.”

Heyman knew Rollins felt the same way, which meant WWE wasn’t big enough for the two of them. That wasn’t a challenge for a match, because he obviously didn’t stand a chance, but he wondered what choice he had left. Heyman invited Rollins to the ring to finally put him out of his misery.

A masked man entered through the crowd and hopped on the announce table. The masked man revealed himself to be Rollins, of course. Four police officers confronted Rollins as Heyman smiled. Rollins smiled too, realizing this was Heyman’s doing.

Heyman announced he had a restraining order placed on Rollins, and Rollins was in violation. (If that were true, Rollins would have been made aware of the order and not been caught off guard.)

As police escorted Rollins away through the crowd, Heyman said Rollins would be fired and go to jail. His wife would leave him and marry half of the locker room. Someone would call Child Protective Services, and Heyman would adopt his daughter.

Rollins ran away from the police, sprinted to the ring and decked Heyman with a single punch. Police ran in and handcuffed Rollins. Pearce joined the police as they marched Rollins to the back. Heyman looked on with his evil grin.

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Cole announced a crowd of 13,340.

Asuka & Kairi Sane vs. Bayley & Lyra Valkyria

This also went to break just after 90 seconds had elapsed. The babyfaces (Bayley and Valkyria) made their comeback after a break. Valkyria hit Asuka with a fisherman’s suplex before Bayley hit a flying elbow drop for two. Bayley was frustrated and tagged out, but Asuka first planted Bayley with a German suplex. Asuka and Sane double-teamed Valkyria before Sane hit a double foot stomp off the top, but Bayley broke up the cover.

Bayley suplexed Asuka onto the announce table and went for a flying elbow drop off the barricade, but Sane pulled Asuka to safety, and Bayley crashed onto the table. Valkyria dropkicked Sane, who knocked over Asuka in the process. Valkyria then hit Sane with Nightwing for the pinfall win.

— Jackie Redmond interviewed the winners in the ring. Bayley said they were feeling pretty damn good after beating one of the best teams in the world. Valkyria said Nia Jax and Lash Legends knew that they could beat them. Bayley challenged the champions to a tag title match next week at MSG. (The fans booed when she called it the world’s most famous arena.)

Match result: Lyra Valkyria defeated Kairi Sane & Asuka (8:58)

There were some good spots, but this match was just ok, and the crowd didn’t really care. The basic story was Valkyria pulling out the victory despite Bayley’s efforts coming up short. Bayley didn’t explicitly mess anything up, but Valkyria was the one who earned the win.

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IShowSpeed met with Penta and Dragon Lee. He was a fan of Penta and wanted Penta to show him how to do his little strut. After Speed left, Penta told Dragon Lee he could have a rematch whenever he was ready. They shook hands.

Saxton interviewed Evans during a break and asked why he hadn’t accepted Kingston’s offer. Evans respected Kingston but wasn’t interested in being the next Kofi Kingston. He wanted to be the real OG and the first Je’Von Evans. He had dreams and goals of his own. He wanted to be a champion and had his eyes on tonight’s IC title match.

IShowSpeed met with Pearce backstage. He was excited to see CM Punk, Roman Reigns, and Brock Lesnar. Danhausen showed up. (He put his ear out so he could hear the crowd cheering.) Danhausen was impressed with IShowSpeed’s social media follower count. Danhausen wanted a piece, but Speed said no. Danhausen cursed him and vanished. Speed was concerned.

Cody Rhodes’ first interview since being attacked by Randy Orton will happen… this Wednesday on Pat McAfee’s show.

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An emotional Asuka told Sane that they had lost because of her and that if she cared about their team, she would make it up to her. Asuka left, and Iyo Sky (who got a nice pop) approached Sane. Sky told Sane she deserved better. Asuka called Sane away.

Raquel Rodriguez confronted Sky. Rodriguez wasn’t happy about Sky getting involved in her match last week. Sky said she’d do it again. Rodriguez challenged her to a match, and Sky accepted (for next week).

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Dom and Liv Morgan entered for his match, but Stephanie Vaquer attacked Morgan from behind. Officials pulled Vaquer away, so Morgan took advantage and attacked Vaquer, tossing her into the stage. The fight spilled to the back, and they brawled in Gorilla as officials tried to break it up.

Intercontinental Championship match: Penta (c) vs. Dominik Mysterio (w/ JD McDonagh)

They were about to do the usual title match in-ring introductions with Alicia Taylor, but Dom attacked Penta as she got started. The ref checked with Penta before starting the match. Dom’s idea didn’t work because Penta immediately cut him off and went on offence.

Dom came back with a dropkick and hit a suicide dive into a DDT (sort of) as they went to break 75 seconds into this title match. Penta mounted his comeback after the break and hit a flip dive, and he hit a Penta Driver moments later for two. He set up for a Destroyer, but Dom hit a Michinoku Driver for two. Dom set up for a 619, but Penta hit a superkick. Penta distracted himself by going after McDonagh, so Dom dropkicked him and hit a 619.

Dom went to the top, but Finn Bálor’s music hit. McDonagh ran after Bálor, but Bálor launched him into the stage and over some equipment. Dom took too long to go for the frog splash, so when he did, Penta countered into a small package for the pinfall win.

— Bálor attacked Dom and hammered away at him. McDonagh pulled Dom to safety, so Bálor wiped them both out with a dive. Bálor went after Dom again, but McDonagh saved him again.

Dom was able to escape through the crowd while Bálor laid out McDonagh with a dropkick and Coup de Grace as Dom watched from the stands. Bálor stared him down as his music played. (Bálor could’ve just gone after him again now that JD was laid out, but Dom was out of the ring, so you’re not allowed to.)

Match result: Penta defeated Dominik Mysterio to retain the Intercontinental Championship (7:45)

This wasn’t much of a match, and the finish wasn’t great either. I suppose I don’t blame them too much, given the lack of time and the finish. These two have also wrestled each other way too much since Penta’s debut, so hopefully, this will be it for a while.

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There was a tale of the tape for Femi and Lesnar, and Femi’s height was listed as 6’4”. (Femi is both taller and heavier than Lesnar.)

Next week on Raw at Madison Square Garden in New York:

Brock Lesnar appears
Nia Jax & Lash Legend (c) vs. Lyra Valkyria & Bayley for the tag titles
Raquel Rodriguez vs. IYO SKY
The Usos (c) vs. The Vision for the tag titles in a street fight

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Punk made his way through Gorilla, but was met first by Jimmy Uso. Jimmy warned Punk that his brother was on a warpath.

CM Punk and Roman Reigns main event segment

Punk entered first. He mentioned Jimmy’s words of warning, but he wasn’t about to watch his words. It also showed, once again, that Roman Reigns couldn’t do anything without his cousins.

What he didn’t know was that his cousins couldn’t do anything without Reigns. Nobody in that entire family could do anything by themselves. Nobody in that family could be the heavyweight champion. He had them all shook. Reigns gave the entire family permission to go after him, but none of them had.

This was the shit-talk business. They said awful things to each other to sell the big fight. That was his job. But these were just words, and he was tired of talking. Reigns did say one thing last week that pissed him off. (Fans yelled, “Old.”)

Punk said Reigns called him old. It’s not what he said, but who said it. “My young boy does not get to disrespect me and call me old.” He asked the Boston fans if he was old. They actually cheered, and some chanted, “Yes.”

Punk said if he told them he wasn’t old, he’d be a liar. He was old. He was proud of it. If he were ashamed of it, he would be covering up his grey whiskers with Just For Men, just like Reigns did.

He was middle-aged and crazy like Terry Funk. He’s the same age as Nolan Ryan was when he beat up Robin Ventura. Gordie Howe played pro hockey until he was 52, and they called him Mr. Hockey. Punk was Mr. Game Seven. The older he got, the more pressure he felt, and the more pressure he felt, the better he was. Age was just a number.

He was old but not insecure. He would never ask the fans to acknowledge him. Reigns has underestimated him. He dropped Reigns with one punch last week. This old man would tie him up in knots at WrestleMania.

Twenty minutes into their match, when Reigns was grasping for air and all the oil and “jizz” he covered himself in dried up, Punk would hit him with a GTS and put him to sleep. Reigns would wake up and realize Punk was the best in the world, and he just got beat by an old man. Gunther didn’t underestimate him and still couldn’t get the job done. The same could be said about Jey Uso.

Jey entered. Jey told Punk he was old and had been hit in the head too many times because he was still running his mouth about their family—and about him. Jey threatened to fight him right now. Punk said Jey never did get his title rematch, so he offered a world title match right now. (The fans didn’t react because they knew that was not happening now.)

Jimmy entered. He told Jey that he didn’t think when he got emotional. He only saw red, and that’s why they got disqualified earlier. They had to focus on their title match next week. Jey said he didn’t care about that right now. Jimmy told him to let Reigns handle it. Jey was pissed about Punk talking shit and wondered why Reigns wasn’t out there.

Reigns entered. Reigns stared at Punk before turning his attention to the Usos. He said they already had their tag match and told them, respectfully, to get out of his ring. Punk advised them to stay because Reigns would need their help.

Jey shoved Jimmy aside and went after Punk, but Punk dropped him with the microphone. Jimmy and Punk got tangled up before Reigns dropped Punk with a Superman punch.

Officials ran down to settle things down, and the Usos left the ring. Reigns was about to leave, too, but Jey told “Joe” that he knew what he needed to do. Jey told Reigns to get Punk. After hearing Jey’s words, Reigns turned back toward the ring and speared Punk.

Reigns didn’t stop there. He drove Punk twice into the ring post and powerbombed him through the announce table. Reigns grabbed Punk by the sweater and screamed in his face as Pearce yelled at him to stop.

Reigns walked toward the back. As Punk was still down, he looked up, laughed, and told the officials, “I don’t need any help. I’m not the one that needs help.”

WWE NXT live results: Booker T Appreciation Night, three title matches

Posted on March 17, 2026March 17, 2026 by Chris Aiken

WWE NXT is live tonight from Houston, Texas — with see three title matches and Booker T honored in his hometown.

NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne will defend against former partners and current rivals Sol Ruca and Zaria after defending against both of them recently.

In a rare steel cage match in NXT, Women’s North American Champion Tatum Paxley will defend against former champion Izzi Dame. Paxley defeated Dame for the title at the recent Vengeance Day and their feud continued last week.

The Women’s Speed title will also be on the line as Fallon Henley defends against Wren Sinclair. The Texas native earned her opportunity by winning a tournament.

The rest of the card will feature Hank & Tank facing off against Birth Right’s Lexis King & Uriah Connors in the first round of NXT’s Tag Team title number one contender’s tournament, and six-man tag action with Los Americanos taking on Vanity Project.

Our live coverage kicks off at 8 p.m. Eastern.

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NXT is live from the 713 Music Hall in Houston in front of a hot crowd. Opening the show is a triple threat title match.

Jacy Jayne (with Fatal Influence) vs. Sol Ruca vs. Zaria in a triple threat match for the NXT Women’s Championship

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NXT Women’s Speed Champion Fallon Henley & Lainey Reid are ringside in Jayne’s corner. So far, Henley has the best St. Patrick’s Day gear on the show.

Lots of nifty spots, leading to near falls where Hayne delivers a codebreaker. Ruca breaks the count by springboarding into a Superfly splash, and Ruca gets a two count on Jayne. Vic Joseph and Booker T on commentary played up the champ being at a disadvantage not having to drop the fall to lose her title.

Ruca barely cleared the ropes on a Space Flying Tiger Drop, and the audience collectively held their breath for a moment. Outside the ring, Lainey Reid interferes to give Jayne an underhanded advantage. While Zaria and Ruca sell, Fatal Influence taunts and poses as the show goes into a commercial break. The match continues in a split-screen.

In the middle of the match, Los Americanos are shown preparing for their match tonight when the show returns. Teammates turned rivals, Sol Ruca and Zaria finally square off. They trade strikes until Jayne bursts into the ring with a senton. Jayne is thwarted as Ruca leapfrogs a spear from Zaria, and Jayne takes the spear. Ruca then spears Zaria, and the live audience comes unglued.

In their take on a Tower of Doom, Zaria leaps on the ropes for a German suplex on Jayne while Ruca flips over taking a back suplex. Zaria tries to cover the other two, but both kick out. Zaria looks to pummel Ruca, but Jayne land a missile dropkick and a cannonball. Zaria cuts off Jayne to deliver the F-5 to the champ, but Ruca breaks up the pinning attempt. Zaria goes for the F-5 on Ruca, only to get an X-factor from Ruca. Really good sequence.

Zaria take a bump out for the ring as they go home, and Ruca crushes Jayne with a Sol Snatcher. Ruca goes for a sure pin, and Zaria pulls Zaria out of the ring to break the count. Zaria then executes the F-5 on the outside, and Ruca takes a bump on the floor. Fatal Influence’s Henley and Reid interfere by keeping Zaria from getting back into the ring. Zaria drops Reid with a headbutt, and Henley takes the F-5 on the floor. Meanwhile, Jayne crawls over to steal the win by pinning Ruca. Great opener. And still…

Match result: NXT Women’s Champion Jacy Jayne defeated Sol Ruca and Zaria in a triple threat match when Jayne pinned Ruca to retain her title.

— Ricky Saints is supposed to “call someone out” in the next segment on the show. He is heading to the ring as the show cuts to a commercial break. Saints gets a full entrance after the break. With RodeoHouston taking place head-to-head tonight with NXT, Saints is dressed for the rodeo complete with cowboy boots, leather vest and a bolo tie. A talking segment leads to dissension between Saints and his cohort, Ethan Page. NXT Champion Joe Hendry then confronts both of them. Tony D’Angelo then lays out everyone

NXT Champ Joe Hendry plays challengers against each other, and Tony D’Angelo strikes

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Saints first delivers a monologue saying the main event (himself) is standing before you. He boasts about himself while talking about driving three hours from Austin to Houston. He pivots to talking about his tag team with Ethan Page. He brags about how they can pivot, mentioning there win last week against the team of Joe Hendry and Myles Borne.

Saints dubs himself and Page as “The Slump Busters” for their team name. If their other cohorts in Vanity Project were not in the title mix, Saints and Page would go for the tag titles. Out comes Ethan Page to join alongside Saints. Page likes the name, but he was thinking “Bounce-Back Boys” instead. Saints tells Page he can call out NXT North American Champion Myles Borne to issue a challenge. Page informs Saints that Page does not want to be North American Champion anymore. Rather, Page wants to be a two-time champion.

Saints is at a lose for words as he processes the intentions of Page. The tension is broken by the entrance of Joe Hendry, who enters holding the NXT title belt.

Hendry cuts a promo that pits Saints against Page. Hendry claims Saints uses Page to cover for his own loses. Hendry points out Saints cannot regain the title. Saints cannot play guitar, and he cannot sing. Henry then mentions that Saints and Page once wrestled each other at Stand & Deliver.

Page and Saints then get into an argument and they exchange barbs. They look ready to fight each other when they instead attack Hendry. He fights then off and give each a fallaway slam.

Suddenly, Tony D’Angelo runs in to attack all three. D’Angelo wrecks shop and lays everyone out, and he stands menacingly over all.

Birthright is backstage along with Fit Finlay and William Regal. As Regal tells Birthright they must win the tag team tournament, up walks Robert Stone. Regal talks Stone aside trying to gain favor with the new general manager of NXT, and Regal offers to put in a word with Shawn Michaels on making it a permanent role as GM.

Los Americanos (El Grande Americano Nuevo, Rayo Americano & Bravo Americano) vs. Vanity Project (Brad Baylor, Ricky Smokes & WWE Evolve Champion Jackson Drake)

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The heel trio takes over before the match goes through a commercial break. Heat on Rayo Americano when the show returns from the break, leading to El Grande Americano running wild after a hot tag.

Americanos with a stereo dives while wearing cowboy hats, and Grande gets a near fall in the ring. He then trades near falls with the heel trio, and Grande kicks out after taking a Burner Hammer and a 450 splash from Drake.

The crowd is clearly behind El Grande Americano as he hulks up. In the closing moments, Drake rolls up El Grande Americano and uses the ropes for illegal leverage. Brad Baylor also helps with an assist, and the referee catches the heels in the act. Meanwhile behind the ref’s back, El Grande is handed a gimmick and he loads his mask.

Grande Americano knocks Baylor off the apron with the shot from the loaded mask, but Drake dodges the loaded mask to deliver a running knee strike. Rayo with a blind tag, followed by another blind tag by Bravo. Russian leg sweep, flying headbutt combo by Rayo and Bravo, followed by a flying headbutt with the loaded mask by El Grande Americano. He then covers Smokes for a pinfall.

Match result: Los Americanos defeated Vanity Project when El Grando Americano pinned Ricky Smokes.

— In a backstage skit, Sean Legacy is on crutches and says he cannot wrestle. Robert Stone rules that Eli Knight must find a replacement to team with him or forfeit their spot in the tag team tournament. That led to WWE Speed Champion Elio LeFleur offering to team with Knight, and Stone okays the new team.

Keanu Carver crashes Booker T Appreciation Night

Vic Joseph hosts a segment for Booker T Appreciation Night ceremony, and Joseph introduces Booker T to the crowd. Booker T is the focus of a great video package honoring his career in wrestling as both a performer and mentor.

Booker T is in tears while surrounded by his wife and kids and two students from his Reality of Wrestling school. Joseph presents Booker with a plaque commemorating Booker T Appreciation Night. The crowd chants “you deserve it” as Booker T displays the plaque.

Booker gets the house microphone and says he has been doing this for 35 years. Booker thanks the fans for making it all possible. Keanu Carver suddenly interrupts the ceremony. Carver yells for everyone to shut up, and he shoves aside a referee on his way to the ring.

Several students try to intervene, but Carver tosses them aside with ease on his way into the ring to confront Booker. Carver is squaring off with Booker when in runs Jasper Troy to brawl with Carver. They briefly fight before Troy clotheslines Carver out of the ring. Referees pour out to keep Carver separated from Troy.

Carves exits and out comes the NXT roster to honor Booker. The roster is joined by Robert Stone. Booker says to cut the music. Booker cuts a promo saying someone needs to take control, and Booker yells at Stone that kind of stuff should not happen in Booker’s hometown city. Booker’s theme music then awkwardly blares over the house speakers, and the show cuts to commercial while Booker is still cutting a promo. The segment inexplicably ends without sound during a split-screen break.

Fallon Henley (with Fatal Influence) vs. Wren Sinclair (with Kendak Grey) for the WWE Speed Championship

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Five-minute time limit for this title bout. Sinclair is billed from Texas, which got a decent enough pop from the crowd. The home state aspect might have popped the crowd more at first if the match had not followed a segment already playing on hometown vibes. However, the crowd still popped big for the title change, as Sinclair won the title in her home state.

For the finish, Sinclair counters an O’Connor Roll with about a minute-and-a-half remaining in the bout. Sinclair then catches Henley with “The Final Wrench” (cattle mutilation hold), and Henley submits. And new…

Match result: Wren Sinclair defeated WWE Women’s Speed Champion Fallon Henley via submission to win the title.

— Ethan Page and Ricky Saints have stormed into Robert Stone’s office, and they are angry about Tony D’Angelo ambushing them earlier tonight. They demand that Stone take action. Page then says Saints wants D’Angelo in a singles match next week. Saints is taken aback at first, but Page talks him into it so long as Page is in his corner. Saints against D’Angelo is set for next Tuesday.

— A commercial for NXT Stand & Deliver announces the show is April 4 at The Factory in St. Louis.

Hank Walker & Tank Ledger vs. Birthright (Uriah Connors & Stacks with Arianna Grace, Charlie Dempsey & Lexis King) in a number one contender’s tag team tournament quarterfinal match

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Heat on Hank, until a hot tag to Tank. The babyface duo then a superplex/swanton bomb combination. Reception issues while trying to watch on my local CW affiliate, so my feed is choppy for a bit. Reception clears up in time for Hank to plant Stacks with a Bossman slam. Lexis King jumps into the ring and takes a bullet for Stack.

Somehow the interference by King does not qualify as a disqualification, and King is sandwiched with a stereo splash by Hank & Tank. Stacks then makes Hank & Tank’s combo finisher, but Connors already made a bling tag. Connors rushes in to roll up Hank for a three count. Birthright wins to advance in the tournament.

Match result: Birthright defeated Hank & Tank when Uriah Connors pinned Hank.

— NXT Champ Joe Hendry demands Robert Stone book a match with the champ against Tony D’Angelo. Stone could like to oblige, but he already booked Saints against D’Angelo for next week.

— Timing was tight as the show crept closer to the top of the hour, and they rush into the main event.

Tatum Paxley vs. Izzi Dame in a steel cage match for the NXT Women’s North American Championship

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Winner by pinfall or submission, no climbing out to win. They still tried to climb out, and the fight began before they ever got in the cage. This was a wild brawl with Paxley retaining her title. The reception on my CW broadcast was in and out at times. They used weapons like chairs, along with using the cage itself as a weapon at time. They looked to have a gritty cage match without blood.

They build to a superplex, and then they build to a powerbomb spot on a metal folding chair. Paxley counters with a code red on the chair, and Paxley follows up with Cemetery Drive on Dame. Paxley covers Dame for a pinfall.

Match result: NXT Women’s North American Champion Tatum Paxley defeated Izzi Dame via pinfall to retain her title.

— In a cliffhanger ending, Paxley was celebrating and posing with the title belt the ramp. Blake Monroe popped out of a trap door like The Undertaker. She pulls Paxley down through the trap door, and Monroe poses as the show goes off the air.

WWE Raw live results: Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar appear

Posted on March 16, 2026March 16, 2026 by Steve Khan

Date: March 16, 2026
Location: Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, TX

The Big Takeaway —

For the third straight week, Raw concluded with a talking segment to build the CM Punk vs. Roman Reigns match. Feuds are meant to build as they go, but this was the least interesting segment so far.

On the positive side, Oba Femi laid out Brock Lesnar, and the two men will face off at WrestleMania.

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Show Recap —

CM Punk and AJ Lee, Maxxine Dupri (with Alpha Academy), Judgment Day, and Stephanie Vaquer were shown at the arena earlier today.

Lucky us, over a dozen masked men swarmed ringside, led by Seth Rollins, who entered the ring. (Even Michael Cole stated, “Not this again.”) Rollins initially wore a mask, but removed it once he entered.

Rollins said he created the Vision, and he would be the one to kill it. He didn’t care if you were on the shelf like Bron Breakker, or a hanger-on like Austin Theory and Logan Paul—if you stood next to Paul Heyman, you should consider yourself marked for death. (That was a hint for what was coming.)

Rollins mentioned that he had the satisfaction of wrapping a chair around Heyman and stomping his fat head on the mat. At that point, a very dishevelled Heyman walked on to the stage.

The San Antonio crowd chanted, “F—k you, Heyman.” Rollins said he made a lot of mistakes in his life, but letting Heyman into his inner circle was the worst one. Rollins would make Heyman pay for his betrayal every day until he was gone from the business. Rollins would cut him out like the cancer he was.

Heyman said Rollins F’d with him, so he would F with Rollins. He repeated, “F.A.F.O.” until he ended with “F5.”

Brock Lesnar entered. Five masked men entered the ring to protect the babyface Rollins, while the others guarded ringside. Lesnar suplexed a bunch of them and shrieked at a handful of others who all ran to safety. Lesnar suplexed and F5’d the remaining masked men who greeted him in the ring. After Lesnar disposed of them, he faced off with Rollins.

However, the lights went out, and Oba Femi entered. Lesnar backed into a corner with his guard up as Rollins gleefully watched on. After Femi entered the ring, Rollins slowly walked up beside Lesnar, but he bailed from the ring when Lesnar turned his attention to him.

With Rollins out of the ring, Lesnar turned to Femi, but Femi hoisted him up and nailed him with a sit-out powerbomb. The crowd went nuts for this spot, and Cole yelled, “Holy sh-t!” (which was censored). Femi put his boot on Lesnar’s chest and pointed at the sign.

(Femi came across great here. He was cheered in his entrance, when he laid out Lesnar, and when he pointed at the sign. Veteran viewers would know that Lesnar is more than happy to sell for people when necessary, and he sold big time here for Femi.

However, everything else with Rollins was so stupid. I don’t know why he’s hiding in the shadows if he isn’t fired or suspended. He could just come out to his music like a normal person. He also hid behind all the masked men and bailed from the ring when confronted by Lesnar. Maybe we’ll find out Femi’s involvement here was all part of Rollins’ master plan, but he still comes across like a coward.)

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There was a replay of El Grande Americano (Ludwig Kaiser) winning the Rey del Reyes fatal four-way match, thanks in part to interference by Rayo and Bravo, who handcuffed Original Americano (Chad Gable) to a railing in the crowd. Kaiser was wildly cheered when he won. They would not get that kind of reaction tonight.

El Grande Americano (w/ Bravo & Rayo Americano) vs. Original El Grande Americano

Cole said this was their first singles match, which isn’t true when you consider their actual identities.

This followed the usual pattern. After a break, Gable had the match won, but Bravo and Rayo distracted the referee. As Gable dealt with Rayo outside the ring, Bravo placed a metal plate in Kaiser’s mask while the ref was distracted. Gable hit a diving headbutt, but he hit Kaiser’s loaded mask and was knocked out, so Kaiser rolled into a cover for the win.

They used a close-up angle when Gable executed the headbutt, and it showed that he completely missed, so the finish stunk. This whole thing stinks.

Match result: El Grande Americano (Ludwig Kaiser) defeated Original El Grande Americano (Chad Gable) (9:55)

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Today is 3:16 Day, so Cole announced that WrestleMania tickets are 31.6% off today.

Roman Reigns arrived, and he was approached by Jimmy and Jey Uso. Reigns was happy about how they handled Punk last week. Reigns looked into the camera and told his whole family that they all should be offended by what Punk said about his father. He invited the family and cousins to deal with Punk before and after Mania, but on that weekend, Punk belonged to him.

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Danhausen handed out t-shirts during a break. Cole announced a sold-out crowd of 15,236.

Liv Morgan promo

There was a video package of Judgment Day turning on Finn Bálor. They censored the word “prick” again.

Liv Morgan cut a pre-taped promo on Bálor. She said this was her plan since she joined Judgment Day. Bálor was never in charge. He was on borrowed time and just didn’t know it. Morgan knew when Bálor was lying and scheming, and it was a pleasure watching him fall from grace.

Bálor couldn’t hang with them anymore because he got soft. He was a pathetic, washed-up loser. They took a page right out of his playbook when they laid him out. JD McDonagh was finally free from Bálor holding him back. Daddy Dom was still AAA Mega Champion and would regain his Intercontinental Championship.

Raquel Rodriguez was a future champion, and at WrestleMania, Morgan would be the new Women’s World Champion. Morgan didn’t hide behind her family’s back like Vaquer claimed—they had her back. Without Finn, they were better than ever.

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The Usos were with Reigns in the locker room. Jey was surprised that Reigns didn’t drop Punk after he said what he said. Jimmy brought up Punk’s comment about Reigns being a part-timer.

Reigns said that none of them saw their fathers much when they were kids. But with his kids, it would be different. The whole world could call him a part-timer if they wanted, he didn’t care. As long as his wife and kids knew he was a full-time father. That was his legacy. That was the biggest flex any superstar could ever say.

Jimmy was happy to hear this, but Jey still wanted an apology from Punk. Reigns said he didn’t need an apology, but thought the Usos did, so he said he would go get them one. Reigns said, “I mean, what’s the worst that can happen, CM Punk beat me up?” They all laughed at this, and Reigns left.

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Women’s Intercontinental Championship: AJ Lee (c) vs. Bayley

After a break, Lee hit a bulldog counter and a standing sliced bread, but Bayley responded with a single leg crab and knee strike. Bayley yanked Lee off the top rope and hit a Bayley-to-belly for a nearfall. They traded strikes until Lee hit a shining wizard. Bayley countered a Black Widow with a side slam and went for a flying elbow drop, but Lee moved out of the way. Lee applied the Black Widow, and Bayley tapped out.

— Bayley hugged Lee during commercials.

Match result: AJ Lee defeated Bayley to retain the Women’s Intercontinental Championship (10:40)

This was ok. It was laid out well enough, and the crowd got into Lee prevailing in the end.

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In the back, McDonagh yelled at Adam Pearce for giving away Dom’s IC title match. Pearce said he didn’t give it away—Dom wasn’t cleared. As they argued, Penta appeared, and the production team suddenly cut the background crowd noise. Penta did his pose in McDonagh’s face and thanked Pearce. Penta walked away, and they turned the crowd noise back on. That was weird.

Becky Lynch attacks AJ Lee

AJ Lee continued to celebrate during commercials. As they returned from break, Becky Lynch attacked her from behind. Lynch tossed her into the barricades and booted her repeatedly. The highlight of this was a young fan trying to reason with Lynch, and Lynch screaming at her in response. The little girl held her hand up as if to tell Lynch to calm down. As officials checked on Lee, Lynch decked her with the IC title belt.

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Penta entered to a good response. He wanted to be a fighting champion and told Pearce to pick anyone, because he would always be ready. Penta continued in Spanish, and fans chanted his name. He advised his opponent to be ready.

Intercontinental Championship: Penta (c) vs. Dragon Lee

They started with a handshake. They went back-and-forth early on until Dragon Lee hit a flip dive, but Penta came right back with one of his own. After a break, they traded chops and strikes until Penta planted Dragon with a superkick. Dragon hit a superkick of his own and a Styles Clash for a two count. Penta followed with a Penta Driver for two.

With Dragon on the apron, Penta tried a leaping spearingboard move, but Dragon caught him with a mid-air superkick. With Penta seated on the announce table, Dragon hit an awesome-looking suicide flip dive, knocking them both over the table. Dragon followed with Operation Dragon in the ring for a nearfall.

Dragon went for a hidden blade, but Penta ducked and hit a crazy Canadian Destroyer for the pinfall win. (They went so fast on the Destroyer, Dragon popped to his feet, bounced off the ropes and collapsed.)

Match result: Penta defeated Dragon Lee to retain the Intercontinental Championship (12:40)

This was fun, and the last few minutes were particularly great.

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Theory and Paul approached Heyman backstage. Theory said Lesnar would take care of Femi, while they would take care of Rollins. Heyman said that was the worst thing they could do. Rollins’ game plan was divide and conquer. It was the art of distraction.

Heyman said Rollins hit him with a chair and curb-stomped him, but Rollins received no punishment because the Vision had no more power. They needed titles (championships). He said they needed to win the tag titles from The Usos, and then he could position them to get singles titles. Their focus should be The Usos.

Theory and Paul were on board with this. Paul also planned on getting LA Knight.

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Maxxine Dupri vs. Nattie

Dupri hit a fireman’s suplex and showed aggression by dropping her straps and hitting an elevated leg drop. Nattie kicked out, and Dupri acted shocked that a leg drop would only yield a two count. Nattie came back with a discus clothesline and a Sharpshooter for the submission win.

Match result: Nattie defeated Maxxine Dupri (4:17)

This was nothing, and the fans did not care.

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Randy Orton interview

They advertised throughout the night that Cole would interview Randy Orton. They cut to the announcers, and Cole introduced Orton, who appeared on the screen via a very grainy, low-quality video.

Orton was on the phone with someone, so Cole and the audience had to wait. Orton told this mystery person he was happy to see them a couple of weeks ago, and agreed with them that it was about time for him to do what he did (turn heel). He told the person he appreciated what they were doing, but told them he had to get to the interview.

Orton told Cole that he had changed his mind. He wasn’t doing an interview tonight. Orton said he had a conversation with someone who had a brain. They said something profound to him. Something that made him think about his life. Something that made him think about who he was and what he was. They made him understand why he did what he did to Cody Rhodes.

Orton told Cole, “I’m a killer,” and “wrestling has more than one royal family.” The feed cut.

Orton will be on Friday’s SmackDown.

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Je’Von Evan approached Dragon Lee backstage. Evans was excited about Dragon’s performance earlier, but they were interrupted by Kofi Kingston. Kingston was less friendly than he was last week. He said there were people on this roster who could lift Evans up, while others were “Dragon” (dragging) him down. Evans gave Kingston an answer: “No.” Evans left.

Grayson Waller told Kingston he didn’t know what he saw in Evans. Kingston heard people say that about Waller.

Kingston and Waller were accosted by Danhausen, who proposed the idea of him replacing Xavier Woods. Danhausen mentioned Booty O’s, and they reminded him that Booty O’s were from ten years ago. They declined.

Danhausen didn’t appreciate being turned down, so he put his curse. He was about to point at Kingston, but Kingston quickly dodged behind Waller, so Waller wound up cursed. Danhausen vanished.

(Evans, by the way, has not wrestled since Elimination Chamber last month. That’s if you exclude one Main Event match against Dragon Lee. Incidentally, they hinted at Evans and Lee becoming a team.)

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Non-title match: Women’s World Champion Stephanie Vaquer vs. Raquel Rodriguez (w/ Liv Morgan)

Vaquer went on offence, but distracted herself by peering at Morgan, who was just standing there. That allowed Rodriguez to grab her and lawn-dart her into the ring post. Vaquer fought back after a break and hit Devil’s Kiss.

Morgan leaped onto the apron, so Iyo Sky ran out to her music to chase away Morgan. Sky’s help went for naught as Rodriguez tackled her over the announce table. (That was all for Sky tonight.) Vaquer dove off the apron to wipe out Rodriguez before chucking Morgan into the timekeeper’s area.

Back in the ring, Rodriguez went for a Tejana Bomb, but Vaquer countered into a cradle for the pinfall win.

Match result: Stephanie Vaquer defeated Raquel Rodriguez (10:10)

I would have liked to see a more decisive win from Vaquer here. Rodriguez has improved a lot, and they clearly want to protect her, but that wasn’t necessary here against the world champion.

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Bayley loudly complained to Lyra Valkyria backstage, so Valkyria loudly told her to stop yelling at her. Valkyria said she wanted to see Bayley get to WrestleMania more than anything, and that they would do it together. They were approached by Asuka and Kairi Sane. Asuka blamed them for costing her a shot at the IC title, and she would never forget. She left.

(Theory checked on Dupri in the background of this segment.)

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Official for WrestleMania: Oba Femi vs. Brock Lesnar.

Next week on Raw in Boston:

Brock Lesnar appears
The Usos vs. Austin Theory & Logan Paul

(I don’t think they said if next week’s match would be for the tag titles or not.)

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LA Knight approached Jimmy and Jey backstage. Knight asked about them getting cozy with Roman Reigns again. Jimmy said it was family business. Jey told him to mind his business.

Knight said no. He could appreciate family business, but he could not appreciate the Bloodline coming back. The three of them were on the same page regarding the Vision, but he could not be on the same page if that meant the return of the Bloodline. Knight bumped fists with Jimmy, but Jey did not return the favour.

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Roman Reigns and CM Punk main event segment

Reigns told San Antonio to acknowledge him. They did. They chanted “OTC,” and Reigns said “they” could hear that backstage. They (Punk) knew whose show this was. Reigns was in the beginning, the middle, and the end. Reigns said the fans should forgive Phil for getting confused and thinking this was his show.

Reigns invited Phil to the ring. Punk entered. Reigns greeted him by saying, “Welcome to my ring. Welcome to my main event.”

Punk said Reigns kept using his government name like it was meant to be an insult. His friends and family were allowed to Phil. Maybe Punk would call Reigns ‘Titty Tiaki’ or whatever his real name was, but Punk didn’t obsess over him or read his Wikipedia page. Punk certainly wouldn’t call him “Joe” because that would be insulting to a real Samoan, whom he loved very much. Reigns suggested he call Joe, who would remind him who his Tribal Chief was.

Punk heard Reigns earlier say he was sending all the Samoans after him. Reigns said he was only telling them to do what they gotta do. Punk said the only thing they would do is high-five him. Just like everyone in San Antonio was. Punk said it felt great to be alive on a Monday Night in San Antonio, and the fans chanted his name, but they followed soon after by signing Reigns’ name.

Punk was surprised that Reigns hadn’t taken a swing at him yet. Reigns said he wasn’t surprised to hear that, because he was on everyone’s mind all the time. They were in the main event, but the truth was, Punk on his own hasn’t main evented anything all year, not even the European tour.

Punk said he called for Reigns last week, but he was too chickenshit to show up, so he sent his cousins instead. Punk was a habitual line stepper, which is why the fans loved him, and Reigns didn’t. Jimmy and Jey handled their business last week. Punk admitted he deserved it. It was the right message, but the wrong messenger. Punk wondered who the real Tribal Chief was.

Reigns wasn’t impressed and asked the fans if this (Punk’s promo) was really what they cheer for. Reigns has heard these Tribal Chief accusations for five years. Reigns called Punk trite and redundant. He mentioned Punk calling him a part-timer, but Reigns advised him to talk to the real top players about that, including his wife. Reigns told him to stop wasting his time until he came up with something that actually fazed him.

Reigns went to leave the ring, but Punk blocked him. Reigns tried to go around him, so Punk left the ring to cut him off. Punk said it was his show, and it wasn’t time to go yet. Punk said WrestleMania would be Reigns’ last main event. Punk would hoist him up over his beautiful head of hair, bring him crashing back down to earth, drop him on his knee and split his ego in two on the grandest stage of them all.

Reigns called him delusional. Punk was great on the mic and at the mental games, but he couldn’t faze him. Reigns was the most successful superstar Punk has ever faced. When the talking was done, Punk couldn’t do the walking. Punk wasn’t stronger than him or faster than him. The title around Punk’s waist was an embarrassment. Punk was a try-hard who made the rest of them look terrible, “because at the end of the day, you’re old.”

That was enough to set off Punk, who dropped Reigns with a right hand. Officials ran down to settle down Punk, as Reigns looked up and laughed at him. They got Punk out of the ring as the show ended.

(As mentioned above, this wasn’t terribly interesting. Not all of these segments need to be home runs, but they kind of do when they insist on main-eventing the show with it. Reigns went on about Punk being trite and redundant, but Reigns himself repeatedly said the same stuff about being the real reason they were in the main event, and used the trite “your wife” remark.)

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[The show was dedicated to the memory of Davey Coates.]

AAA Rey de Reyes live results: Dominik Mysterio vs. El Hijo del Vikingo

Posted on March 14, 2026March 14, 2026 by Jeff Moss

AAA Rey de Reyes kicks off tonight, live on Fox in Latin America and on YouTube and Facebook elsewhere.

The three matches scheduled to air tonight include the AAA Mega Championship match, where Dominik Mysterio will defend against El Hijo del Vikingo. The stipulation states that if Mysterio successfully retains his title, Vikingo will not be able to challenge for it again while Dominik is champion. However, if Mysterio loses, he will be forced to leave AAA forever.

The Rey de Reyes tournament final is also set to air tonight, with La Parka vs. the original El Grande Americano vs. Santos Escobar vs. Alberto El Patrón. The winner will be presented with the ceremonial sword by Penta and receive a future shot at the AAA Mega Championship.

The third match listed for tonight’s broadcast is Reina de Reinas champion Flammer issuing an open challenge for her title.

Our live coverage begins at 10 p.m. Eastern.

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And begin it has! An hour late, but it’s Rey De Reyes, so it’s gonna be great! My only question about tonight is how much clown drama will be involved? Last week’s incident with Murder Clown is still on my mind.

Anyway, I am confident in saying that Rey de Reyes is the premier sword-based match in wrestling and I’m stoked to get it going!

After a special intro package, Rey Fenix came out to the ring to a big ovation. Fenix grabbed the mic and said it was a beautiful blessing for him to be back in Pueblo. Fenix bigged up his brother and then introduced WWE Intercontinental Champion, Penta.

After a hug, Penta got on the mic and told Fenix to stick around. Penta told his brother that he was so happy to finally get to WWE with him, but then got hurt. He thanked Rey Mysterio for filling in for him, and ran down Dom some, before Fenix asked the crowd if they wanted to see the Lucha Brothers together again?

He asked if the crowd would like to see them at Triplemania and they responded in the affirmative. Penta said that he could make it happen and Fenix reminded everyone that they were made in AAA. Penta said that it was time for the world to see the Lucha Brothers.

Penta then moved on to Rey de Reyes, noting it was the 29th year of the event and so many legends had competed at it. He talked about how awesome it will be for one person to win the sword, and then said that his Intercontinental Title was for everyone in Mexico and Lucha Libre. He promised to put the title on the line in WWE and AAA. He then said whoever steps up in the back, he’ll be ready and he’s waiting for a challenger.

AAA Reina de Reinas Championship Open Challenge: Flammer (c) vs ????

So, Flammer issued an open challenge and if she wins here, she becomes one of the longest-reigning Reina de Reinas Champions in history. So all we needed was her opponent.

And who should step out?

AAA Reina de Reinas Championship Open Challenge: Flammer (c) vs Bayley

That was a genuine and welcome surprise! Bayley coming to AAA and having a chance to really let loose is a great idea!

The bell rang and the two locked up, Flammer grabbed the first wristlock and twisted Bayley to the mat. She twisted her arm behind her back until Bayley worked out of it and used a headlock takedown. Bayley rolled Flammer into a pin, but Flammer kicked out.

Bayley came off the rope with an armdrag, but Flammer got free. The two took a second to reset and Flammer started throwing elbows and kicks. Bayley came back with a snapmare and clothesline, causing Flammer to go to the outside.

Bayley joined her with a dropkick before tossing her back into the ring. Bayley charged into the corner, but Flammer flipped her over the top rope and hit a high knee. Bayley staggered back and Flammer caught her with a suicide dive.

Flammer threw Bayley back in and kicked her in the face. She choked her on the ropes and jammed Bayley tailbone first into the ringpost. She put on a rear chinlock and Bayley strugged in the middle of the ring.

Bayley got out and hit a neckbreaker on Flammer. She hit her with a couple of shoulder blocks and then. a side suplex. Bayley hung Flammer across the middle rope with a DDT, but Flammer kicked out of the cover.

Bayley hit a high knee and then a sunset flip, tossing Flammer into the corner. Bayley hit a Bayley to Belly, but Flammer kicked out at 2.5. Flammer rolled through and hit a double stomp, knocking the wind out of Bayley. They got to their feet and started trading strikes.

Flammer kicked Bayley in the gut and then executed a guillotine leg drop on Bayley hung up in the ropes. Bayley recovered and dropped an elbow from the second rope. Bayley went for the cover, but only got two.

Flammer hit a codebreaker out of the corner, but it wasn’t enough and Bayley kicked out of the cover. Flammer put Bayley up on the turnbuckle, setting her up for a superplex. Bayley countered it though and shoved her off. Then Bayley dropped a top rope elbow.

Suddenly, they other two members of Los Toxicas arrived and distracted the ref and attacked Bayley. Flammer capitalized and hit Bayley’s head against and exposed turnbuckle. She planted her and then made the cover, 1-2-3 to retain the title.

Match Result: Flammer defeated Bayley

Rey de Reyes Final: La Parka vs. “Original” El Grande Americano vs. Santos Escobar vs. El Grande Americano

Just to keep everyone on the same page before the match starts here, for sake of speed and sanity, I refer to the Original El Grande Americano as ‘OG’ and the other El Grande Americano, as “Grande.” I was going with Greende, but his outfit tonight threw that off. Also, as we all know, the best jokes are the ones that you have to explain beforehand.

After a recap of the tournament to get to these finals, including the fun fact that La Parka has been in 17 Rey de Reyes matches and if he wins tonight, it would be his sixth, giving him the most Rey de Reyes wins ever. Yes, THAT La Parka.

Entrances were made, cheers and boo’s rained down and it was time for Rey de Reyes!

Immediately, Escobar and La Parka were tossed out leaving the Americanos to face off. Before it could get too exciting though, Escobar was back, followed by La Parka. OG threw La Parka into the corner for some chops. La Parka dodged the next attack, hitting a backbreaker. He then hit a crossbody on OG, but then Escobar threw La Parka out of the ring.

Grande came back in and hit a spinning kick on Escobar, sending him to the corner for some strikes. Grande went up top, but OG made him pay for it, dragging him down to the outside. Escobar got back in the ring with the Americanos in time to be dropkicked out by La Parka.

The Americano’s bailed and La Parka went up and hit a moonsault on all three outside of the ring. Back in the ring, La Parka got OG up in an airplane spin powerbomb, but only got a two count. OG dropped him across the top rope and then dragged him to the center of the ring for some strikes.

OG started working the arm of La Parka, twisting and stomping it. He put La Parka into an arm stretch. La Parka got out of it, but, OG Lured him into a hanging Armbar over the ropes. OG went up and nailed La Parka with a flying clothesline, but only got a two count.

Escobar returned with a northern lights suplex, but OG countered it and chopped him back out of the ring. OG turned his attention back to La Parka, punching him in the corner until Grande arrived and threw some of his own at OG. Ecobar returned with a huge knee to OG and then took out Grande and La Parka.

Everyone was in separate corners and Escobar hit each one with a meteora. He tried to cover Grande, but only got a two. Escobar shoved Grande down, but Grande kept getting back up. Eventually, Grande connected with a high knee.

Grande clotheslined La Parka and Escobar to the outside. OG and Grande faced off in the ring, throwing punches. Grande got a backdrop in before Escobar came back in to get put in a reverse chinlock by Grande. Escobar flipped out of it, into an ankle lock from OG. Grande grabbed La Parka, but Escobar hip tossed OG onto Grande.

The Americanos got sent out and La Parka and Escobar traded shots on the top turnbuckle. Escobar hit a superplex, but La Parka kicked out of the cover. They got up and Escobar went for a Suplex. Suddenly OG grabbed them both and hit a double German suplex! He went for the cover, but Grande broke it up and started punching him.

OG went got Grande’s mask and then hit a fisherman buster before scrambling up to the top rope. La Parka grabbed him and hit a Spanish fly at the same time Escobar hit a superkick. Escobar and La Parka started brawling and the Americano’s took them out with stereo offense. They then both loaded up their masks.

They ran at La Parka, who ducked and the Americanos managed to head butt each other. La Parka went for a cover, but it got broken up. Escobar and La Parka then took each other out with a double clothesline.

OG and Grande started to brawl up into the crowd, fighting all the way to the exit, leaving Escobar and La Parka in the ring. Escobar grabbed a chair, looking to end things. La Parka dodged it and then hit a spinning suplex for a two count.

La Parka went to the second rope for a moonsault, but Escobar moved. Escobar grabbed La Parka and the chair and hit a facebuster onto it. Grande returned from the crowd. He pointed up to the balcony where Los Americanos had OG! They handcuffed him to the railing up there and Grande leapt back into the match.

He grabbed Escobar and dropped him on his head. He went for the headbutt, but Escobar dodged and he hit the turnbuckle. Escobar went back to the chair, but when he grabbed it someone in his old mask was holding it. The masked man took the chair away just as Grande connected with the headbutt and got the pin on Escobar to win Rey De Reyes!

Match Result: El Grande Americano defeated La Parka, “Original” El Grande Americano and Santos Escobar

After announcing that next week there will be a Tag Title Match between The War Raiders and The AAA Tag Champions, Pagano and Psycho clown, as well as mixed Six Person tag and a Sword presentation to Grande, it was main event time!

AAA Mega Championship Match: Dominik Mysterio (c) vs. El Hijo del Vikingo

Dorian and Vikingo came to the ring sans-Omos, which was interesting. Mysterio got a massive ovation as he sauntered out wearing multiple shirts and coasts adorned with ribcages. If Mysterio doesn’t win tonight, he has to leave AAA and Mexico forever (though I still don’t think they have the authority to ban him from the country. But I could be wrong).

The bell rang and Vikingo stepped out of the ring and grabbed a kendo stick (this is a no DQ match after all, I was just reminded by Corey Graves). Dominick got one of his own and the had a little sword fight before abandoning the sticks and fighting.

Mysterio got the first dropkick in, but Vikingo came back and the two traded armdrags. Vikingo sent Mysterio to the corner and threw some chops. He set him up and landed a dropkick right to his midsection.

Mysterio dodged the next attack but not the one after. He rolled out of the ring and grabbed a couple of chairs. He threw one at Mysterio, bouncing it off his forehead. The ref checked him and Vikingo hit a baseball slide on him. He then sent Mysterio into the steps and set up a chair.

Vikingo sat Mysterio in the chair and hit a suicide dove on him, knocking him out of the chair. They both rolled back into the ring where Vikingo make the first cover, with Mysterio kicking out a two. V

Vikingo went back under the ring and pulled out a garbage can. He stuck it on Mysterio’s head and smacked it with a kendo stick. He dropkicked the can and went for a cover, but only got a two count.

Mysterio got out of the can, and Vikingo bit him. You could see a big gash in Mysterio’s head from the chair throw and Vikingo wiped some of the blood over his mouth.

Mysterio began a come back with a sunset flip over the ropes onto Vikingo. He grabbed a kendo stick and smaked Vikingo around before hitting the three amigos suplexes. Vikingo escaped before the third, but Mysterio countered with a michinoku driver.

Dorian threw himself into the ring, breaking up the cover. Mysterio got to his feet and stalked him intot he corner. That brought Omos sauntering down to this, once again, no DQ match. Vikingo looked to steal one and rolled up Mysterio, but he kicked out and hit a clothesling on Vikingo.

Mysterio went to hit Vikingo with the garbage can, but Omos caught it and thew it at Mysterio. Vikingo picked it up and did the same before delivering a double stomp from the top rope. Mysterio kicked out of the cover though.

Dorian grabbed the title belt and shot it to Vikingo. He strapped it on and went to the top rope. He went for a frog splash wearing the belt, but Mysterio moved and set him up for a 619. As he executed it though, Omos caught him and slammed him onto the ring apron (the moustachiest part of the ring!).

Omos choke slammed Mysterio in the ring and then put Vikingo on the top rope. He dragged Mysterio into position and Vikingo stood up, but the wrestler formerly known as Mini Vikingo showed up and pulled him off the turnbuckle!

Omos began manhandling Mini, but Mysterio hit him with a chair. Mini grabbed one too and then beat down the giant. That allowed Mysterio to hit full-sized Vikingo with a chair and set him up for a 619. Mysterio nailed it and the frog splash and made the pin to win the match and retain the AAA Mega Championship!

Match Result: Dominik Mysterio defeated El Hijo del Vikingo

WWE Raw live results: Intercontinental title defense, Oba Femi vs. Rusev

Posted on March 9, 2026March 9, 2026 by Steve Khan

Date: March 9, 2026
Location: Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, WA

The Big Takeaway —

Raw concluded with another heated exchange, this time between CM Punk and The Usos.

Also, Judgment Day turned on Finn Bálor and laid him out. Notably, JD McDonagh aligned himself with Dom and the rest of Judgment Day.

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Show Recap —

Penta (wearing no makeup under his mask), Asuka and Kairi Sane (with Iyo Sky looking on from the hallway), Oba Femi, Rusev, and CM Punk were shown arriving at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.

There was a long recap video of Seth Rollins attacking Paul Heyman last week.

Adam Pearce was in the ring to start the show. Pearce said he had some unfortunate business to attend to, and he called out Seth Rollins. He figured Rollins was in the building because he knew The Vision was.

At least a dozen masked men appeared ringside (and the crowd chanted, “Holy shit” for some reason). They scampered around the ring to cause confusion and, as Michael Cole stated, played some sort of shell game. This was pointless. They all left the ring to leave one man standing—Seth Rollins, of course. Rollins works there, so I’m not sure why he went through all this trouble. Even Pearce questioned why he did this.

Pearce also questioned Rollins’ recent attacks on the Vision, wondering what would happen once Rollins’ plan didn’t work. Pearce reiterated that Rollins was not cleared, and if the Vision got their hands on him, it would be the end of Seth Rollins.

Logan Paul and Austin Theory, the remaining members of the Vision, interrupted. They wanted to be the ones responsible for Rollins’ end. They hit the apron, but the many masked men entered the ring to guard Rollins. Rollins put his mask back on as the others played their distraction game again, allowing Rollins to escape. (This looked so silly.)

With Rollins gone, LA Knight marched out to attack Theory and Paul. He was overwhelmed, so The Usos ran out to help him out and clear the ring. The three babyfaces posed together as the heels left.

(This was a nonsense segment. I understand Rollins being elusive to escape The Vision at full strength, but they’re down to their two least intimidating members.)

Cole announced there was no timetable for Heyman’s return.

Jackie Redmon caught up to the Usos, who seemed like they were about to leave the arena already. They said they had receipts for the Vision. Jey was red-hot, but Jimmy was more even-keeled. Redmond asked about CM Punk’s comments to Roman Reigns. Jey didn’t want to comment, and he was ready to go, but Jimmy did have something he wanted to say. They made their way back in the direction they came from.

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Women’s Intercontinental Championship #1 Contender’s Gauntlet Match

– Lyra Valkyria vs. IYO SKY

Valkyria dropped Sky off the top rope to take control ahead of a break. Sky hit a flapjack as they returned and continued with strikes, a butterfly backbreaker, and a corner meteora. Valkyria came back with an enziguri, a tornado DDT, and a high-angle fisherman’s suplex for two. Sky countered a Nightwing with a double foot stomp, buzzsaw kick to the head, and a moonsault for the pinfall win.

Match result: IYO SKY eliminated Lyra Valkyria (9:21)

– IYO SKY vs. Raquel Rodriguez

Rodriguez had control from the onset and hit a shoulder tackle, which saw Sky take a great-looking bump. As in the previous match, Sky was worked over throughout the entirety of a commercial break. When they returned, Sky hit a hurricanrana off the top and followed with a missile dropkick.

Sky woke up the crowd by doing her pose. She hit the meteora and went for a moonsault, but Liv Morgan appeared at ringside to distract her, and Rodriguez knocked her off the top.

Stephanie Vaquer ran out to attack Morgan all the way to the back. Sky flew off the top and captured Rodriguez in a small package for the pinfall win.

— Rodriguez was pissed, so she booted Sky out of the ring, lawn-darted her into the ring post, and hit a Tejana Bomb onto the edge of the ring.

Match result: IYO SKY eliminated Raquel Rodriguez (6:18)

– Ivy Nile vs. IYO SKY

Ivy Nile sprinted out and immediately covered Sky for the surprise elimination.

The crowd liked Sky, so the Rodriguez post-match beat-down and this elimination got a lot of heat.

Match result: Ivy Nile eliminated IYO SKY (0:05)

– Ivy Nile vs. Bayley

Bayley made the mistake of checking on Sky as she entered, so Nile attacked her from behind and held control throughout an early commercial break. Bayley fought back when they returned with suplexes and a diving elbow drop for two. Nile responded with a German suplex for two. With Nile seated on the middle turnbuckle, Bayley ran up from behind and hit her own German suplex for two.

Nile followed with an impressive delayed vertical suplex (which got a round of applause) for two. Nile then hit a superplex and a spinning Uranage, but Bayley fell out of the ring. Nile went after her, so Bayley drove her into the ring steps.

Bayley hit an elbow drop on the apron and followed with Bayley-to-belly for the pinfall elimination.

Match result: Bayley eliminated Ivy Nile (9:10)

– Bayley vs. Asuka (w/ Kairi Sane)

This was the final match in the gauntlet.

As Asuka entered with Sane, Bayley immediately nailed her with a suicide dive. (There was a great slow-motion replay of this. Sane was posing for the camera as her friend got wiped out behind her.) Despite the dive, they had to follow their usual pattern. Sane distracted Bayley, and Asuka kicked her in the head to take control ahead of an early break.

Asuka had control through the break, but when they returned, Bayley hit a sunset flip powerbomb into the bottom turnbuckle for two. Asuka applied an ankle lock, but as Bayley got close to the rope, Asuka dropped into a cradle for two. Bayley applied an ankle lock/leg lock of her own, but Asuka got a rope break. Asuka hit an elevated knee, but Bayley fought back with a running knee strike for two. Asuka hit a series of strikes, which led to a two count. They traded counters until Bayley hit a Bayley-to-belly for a nearfall.

Asuka distracted the referee so that Sane could attack Bayley outside the ring, but Valkyria flew in and dropkicked Sane into the side of the ring. Bayley tried a diving elbow, but Asuka countered into an Asuka Lock. Bayley countered into a cover, but Asuka’s shoulders were up, so Bayley picked her up and hit Rose Plant for the pinfall win.

Bayley is now the number one contender for AJ Lee’s IC title. Bayley posed with Valkyria in the ring, while Asuka confronted Sane outside of it.

Match result: Bayley eliminated Asuka to win the gauntlet match (8:48)

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There was a video package of Punk’s encounter with Reigns last week.

Nattie cut a promo on the stage on Maxxine Dupri during a break until she was attacked from behind by Dupri. Officials pulled Dupri away, so Nattie popped up and decked her.

Danhausen approached Original Grande Americano (Chad Gable) backstage. Danhausen was cheered. He tried to take Americano’s mask to try it on, but Americano told him never to touch a luchador’s mask. Americano wanted him to leave so he could focus on his upcoming IC title match. Danhausen didn’t appreciate being shooed away, so he cursed Gable (and the crowd sang along). Gable was unconcerned with being cursed.

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Penta entered with his new IC title belt, and he cut a strong promo. He thanked his family, his friends, the company, and the fans. He thanked anyone who believed in him. He also thanked himself because he believed he could achieve the IC title. The title was not just for him; it was for everyone who did not give up. He represented all of them. He was their new IC champion, ready to make history. He fired up and cut the rest of his promo in Spanish, and the fans were into him.

El Grande Americano (Ludwig Kaiser) entered, but of course, he is not Penta’s opponent. Penta was hot over this, but he invited El Grande into the ring anyway.

Cole wasn’t sure what was going on because Penta was supposed to face Gable Americano, but Corey Graves said this could be because of Danhausen’s curse.

Intercontinental Championship: Penta (c) vs. El Grande Americano (Ludwig Kaiser)

This started during a break, and they went to another break minutes later. So the first 9 minutes or so included about 5 minutes of commercials.

I mentioned last week that Dominik Mysterio tied Penta’s mask to the bottom rope, a spot they always seem to do exclusively during commercial breaks. Well, sure enough, Americano did the spot during a break again.

Penta fought back after the break, hitting a flip dive and flying crossbody for two. Americano responded with a spinebuster for two. Penta hit a superkick, but Americano countered a Destroyer attempt into a Finlay roll for two.

Americano came off the middle rope, but Penta caught him with a Codebreaker and followed with a Canadian Destroyer for the decisive pinfall win.

Match result: Penta defeated El Grande Americano to retain the Intercontinental Championship (12:10)

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Stephanie Vaquer cut a pre-taped promo on Liv Morgan (which included subtitles, as she went back and forth between English and Spanish). Vaquer said she knew how good Morgan was and how hard she had trained since being signed at 20. But she hated Morgan’s stupid laugh and that she was too ignorant to use her skills. Morgan hid behind a trashy man and sent her friends to do her dirty work. Morgan claimed Vaquer came from “mud huts,” but she was proud of where she came from.

Vaquer was forged from her experiences. They took different roads to get there, but both had the skill to be there. The difference was that Morgan became lazy. Morgan saw herself as a cheap blonde and always took the easy way to win championships. She would need to bring every trick to WrestleMania because Vaquer would bring blood, sweat, and her experience. Vaquer would continue to make history as world champion.

They cut to Morgan backstage, pissed at Vaquer for saying she hid behind her friends. She was with JD McDonagh and Rodriguez, and she told Rodriguez she would help her get back in the title picture. Dom stormed in and asked if they’d seen Finn Bálor. They said no, but McDonagh went to look for him.

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Danhausen entered during a break. He was universally cheered. (Doing this during a break was likely a test to see how the fans would react.) Danhausen handed out t-shirts and did his catchphrase. (The t-shirts were probably also a backup plan in case he got booed. I think they’re in the clear now.)

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José Valenzuela was in the front row, as were Mike Morris and Ernest Jones of the Super Bowl Champion Seattle Seahawks.

Dominik Mysterio and Finn Bálor segment

Dom entered with Morgan and Rodriguez. He was upset about losing the IC title. He wanted a rematch and thought he should still be champion, but he wasn’t because of Finn Bálor. Dom didn’t want to do this in public, but Bálor was making him.

Bálor entered with McDonagh. Dom asked where the hell he’s been. Dom hoped Bálor was there to tell him that he got him an IC title rematch.

Bálor said Dom was right. If it weren’t for him, Dom would still be IC champion. For that, Bálor was sorry. Bálor was just trying to help and teach him a lesson. Judgment Day was a family, and they’d always have Dom’s back.

Bálor knew Dom wanted to be the greatest Mysterio of all-time, but he had to learn to fight his own battles. Bálor has been trying to guide him for two years, but the more he did that, the more he realized Dom’s dad was right. “Maybe you are just a spoiled little prick.” (I think he said “prick” anyway. They censored it. Since when is “prick” a swear?)

Dom shoved Bálor, so Bálor dropped him with a Pelé Kick. Bálor was about to pummel Dom, but McDonagh pulled him off to calm him down. Dom tried to sneak attack, so Bálor hit him with a slingblade.

Bálor set up for a running dropkick, but McDonagh levelled him with a clothesline. (This was meant to be a shocking moment with JD turning on his long-time friend, and the crowd reacted as such, but Cole sure didn’t.)

The entire Judgment Day (Dom, Morgan, Rodriguez and JD) put the boots to Bálor before Dom grabbed the bell hammer. Bálor tried to fight back, but Dom clocked him with the hammer.

McDonagh held Bálor down against the rope allowing Dom to hit a 619, as the crowd told Dom that he sucked. Dom hit a frog splash. McDonagh placed a steel chair on Bálor, and Dom hit another frog splash.

(This was a good, simple angle. Bálor is finally a babyface and finally out of Judgment Day.)

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Backstage, Pearce put over Je’Von Evans’ performance in the Elimination Chamber and saw big things for him in 2026. Evans said he wouldn’t let him down. Pearce told him to enjoy the week, and Evans was pleasantly surprised to hear he had the whole week off.

Evans was approached by Kofi Kingston and Grayson Waller. Waller tried confronting him, but Kingston told Waller to leave.

Kingston told Evans that they got off on the wrong foot. Xavier Woods got injured, and Offset was out of line. Kinston got offended and took it out on Evans. But the truth was, Evans reminded him of himself.

Kingston became WWE Champion and thought Evans could do the same. Evans just needed the right team behind him. Evans was about to turn him down, but Kingston told him to think about it. Kingston offered a handshake. Evans didn’t shake his hand, but did say he’d think about it.

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Redmond interviewed Bayley about her IC title match next week. Bayley thanked Valkyria for having her back earlier. She called AJ Lee a legend, and if it wasn’t for her, a lot of them wouldn’t be there now. The IC title was one she’s wanted to win since it was created. Bayley also offered Valkyria a shot if she won.

Oba Femi vs. Rusev

Femi was in control until Rusev kicked him off the apron, drove him into the ring post, and hit a spinning heel kick that sent Femi into the announce table. Rusev hit a Machka kick in the ring, but Femi exploded out of the corner with an uppercut. Femi followed with a biel and Fall from Grace for the pinfall win.

This was all this needed to be.

Match result: Oba Femi defeated Rusev (3:07)

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Next week on Raw in San Antonio:

Brock Lesnar appears (presumably without Paul Heyman)
AJ Lee (c) vs. Bayley for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship
Original El Grande Americano vs. El Grande Americano
Roman Reigns appears

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Main event segment with CM Punk and The Usos

Punk entered to a big reaction. He signed autographs and shook hands with fans during a break. He gave a shout-out to the Seahawks.

Punk admitted he wasn’t sure how the fans would react to him. He thought some of them would be mad at him. Some people were upset about things he said last week. One thing in particular was categorized as disrespectful.

He knew Roman Reigns never respected him. But Punk would force him to respect the position he held. Championships were made to find out who the best were. The best go on to defend their championships. This title, in particular, was created because Reigns shunned his championship responsibilities and refused to defend his title.

Punk defended his title because he was proud of it, and the fans deserved a fighting champion. When Punk defended the title, he levelled up the competition. If you faced him, you had to level up physically and verbally. Otherwise, he would leave you dumbfounded and slack-jawed like Reigns was last week. Unfortunately, Punk lowered himself to Reigns’ level, and it’s been on his mind all week.

The Usos entered. Jey was red hot and told Punk to apologize right now. Punk asked why Reigns was still sending his cousins to do his heavy-lifting. Jey said they came out there on their own and told him again to apologize.

Jimmy said this had nothing to do with Reigns and everything to do with respect. Jimmy told “Phil” that he respected him because he spoke from his mind and ran right through his obstacles. Jimmy said Punk called himself the voice of the voiceless, and he could talk trash about Reigns all he wanted, but he disrespected their late uncle, who had no voice. Jimmy told Punk to apologize.

Punk said Jimmy was right. Sika didn’t have a voice. Punk wasn’t spiritual, but he knew the Usos were. He asked if they believed Sika could hear them now. Jimmy said yes. Punk hoped he could hear this.

Punk said he was friends with the Usos, and he went back a long way with their family. He respected Sika, but didn’t know him as well as he knew Afa. When he lived in Philadelphia, he would drive to Allentown, Pennsylvania, to wrestle. He wouldn’t say he wrestled for free. Afa was generous enough to give him gas money, food or a roof over his head if needed. But Punk was really paid in knowledge, sitting under the Wild Samoan’s learning tree. It was a thrill to sit in the back of a pick-up truck with Samu and have him drop knowledge.

Everyone in their family showed him respect—except for that one son of a bitch. If the Usos believed that Sika could hear and see this, then Sika could also see what a lying, conniving, backstabbing, manipulative, gaslighting, egotistical, narcissistic, plastic, politician his son Roman is.

Jey got in Punk’s face and reminded him that this wasn’t about Reigns. He told Punk to apologize. (Some fans chanted, “Say ‘you’re sorry.’”)

Punk shook each of their hands and said, “I’m sorry. I’m sorry Roman Reigns treated the two of you and the rest of his family in the Bloodline like garbage for years and never once came out here publicly to apologize for the way he treated his ‘family’ that he loves.”

Punk was sorry that Reigns disrespected one of his mentors, Dusty Rhodes, when he called him irrelevant and was somehow not on the hook for apologizing, but Punk somehow was. He was sorry that Reigns had tricked everyone into thinking that he gave a single damn about any of them or any of this. Because if Reigns did care about them or the people or him or the business, Punk would be talking to him right now instead of his young boys.

Punk shoved the mic into Jey’s chest, so Jey shoved him back. Punk was about to return the favour, but Jimmy dropped him with a right hand. Punk sat up and watched as Jimmy and Jey left the ring.

AAA on Fox live results: Rey de Reyes go-home show

Posted on March 7, 2026March 7, 2026 by Jeff Moss

AAA on Fox tonight is the go-home show for next week’s Rey de Reyes in Puebla, Mexico.

Three matches are scheduled to air on tonight’s show. The episode was taped last week from the Showcenter Complex in Monterrey, Mexico.

Tonight’s episode will feature the final Rey de Reyes qualifying four-way match with Santos Escobar vs. Mr. Iguana vs. Psycho Clown vs. Abismo Negro.

There will also be a singles match between two wrestlers who have already qualified for the Rey de Reyes finals, as La Parka will face The Original El Grande Americano. The Ludwig Kaiser-version of Americano has also qualified for the Rey de Reyes final.

Also set for tonight, El Hijo del Vikingo will be in action as he prepares to challenge Dominik Mysterio for the AAA Mega Championship at Rey de Reyes. Vikingo will face Dinámico on tonight’s show.

Our live coverage of AAA on Fox on Saturday, March 7, 2026, will begin immediately following NXT Vengeance Day.

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Fresh off of Vengeance Day, we head to Mexico for the last AAA show before Rey De Reyes! Before we get into the action though, I want to send genuine best wishes to AAA, WCW and WWE Legend Konnan, who’s facing some serious health problems. Que se mejore, señor!

The show started with a recap of last week’s business with the duelling Grande Americanos that led to Greende Americano qualifying for Rey De Reyes next week.

Dinámico vs. El Hijo del Vikingo

This match was made last week as a “warm up” match for Vikingo before his match next week with Dominick Mysterio for the AAA Mega Championship.

The match was pretty much all Vikingo. Dinamico was able to hold his own in the first part, but soon Vikingo took over, hitting lots of power moves and a double knee from the top rope.

Vikingo started taking his time, setting Dinamico on the middle rope to kick him in the back of the neck, then hit a double stomp from the top rope. He covered him, but Dinamico kicked out at two.

Dinamico came back with some big kicks that allowed him to hit a cutter on Vikingo. Vikingo rolled to the outside, but Dinamico leapt form the top rope onto him. He threw Vikingo back into the ring and tried a springboard sunset flip, but Vikingo countered it into a spiked slam.

Vikingo started throwing fists and got Dinamico into an electric chair position that he moved into a modified suplex for a two count. Dinamico blocked an arm drag, but Vikingo threw a lariat that knocked him to the mat.

Vikingo picked up Dinamico and threw him into the turnbuckles. He hit a 630 splash and made the pin, picking up the victory on his way to Rey De Reyes.

Match Result: El Hijo del Vikingo defeated Dinámico

-Suddenly, AAA Mega Champion Dominick Mysterio appeared on the screen. He congratulated Vikingo on his victory tonight, but he will show him what it means to be a real champion at Rey De Reyes. As the segment ended, Vikingo looked a little worried.

-AAA Women’s Champion Flammer appeared on screen next, issuing an open challenge for her title to not the women of AAA, but the women of WWE at Rey De Reyes.

Rey de Reyes Tournament Qualifying Match: Mr. Iguana vs. Santos Escobar vs. Psycho Clown vs. Abismo Negro

Off of the bell, Iguana and Escobar let Psycho and Negro take each other own. Negro turned his attention to Iguana, until Psycho clown took him out. Clown hit a hurricanrana, and Iguana came back with a dive over the ropes to take out Escobar.

Iguana and Clown faced off in the ring, but Escobar put a stop to it, sending Iguana out of the ring. Escobar went for a cover, but Negro broke it up and the two slugged it out in the middle of the ring. Negro sent Escobar to the floor with a clothesline and Iguana took him out with an Iguanarana.

Iguana grabbed his puppet and Clown gave her a gentle pat. He then dragged Iguana to the corner where ht leapt off the ring post onto Negro on the outside. Clown followed with a leap of his own.

Clown and Iguana got back in the ring and Iguana hit an insiguri. He went for a diving headbutt, but Clown caught him and deposited him in the corner. Iguana jumped, but Clown caught him in a powerslam. Negro broke up the subsequent pin.

Negro hit a gutbuster on Clown, but couldn’t get a three count. Negro went for a piledriver, but El Fiscal showed up and jumped in the ring to fight Negro. He clotheslined him over the ropes and they fought to the barricades and up into the crowd.

With the 4-way now a 3-way, Escobar hit a meteora on Clown in the corner. Clown came back with a superkick and then a Psycho Driver. He dropped the straps and went up to the top turnbuckle. Suddenly, The War Raiders (#1 Contenders to Clown and Pagano’s tag titles) showed up and pulled him off the ropes.

They laid a beating into him until Clown’s partner Pagano arrived with a Kendo stick and drive them off. Iguana took advantage of the chaos and hit a hurricanrana on Escobar. Escobar raked the eyes of Iguana and dropped him with a Hands of Destiny. Escobar pinned Iguana and solidified his spot in the Rey De Reyes finals!

Match Result: Santos Escobar defeated Mr. Iguana, Psycho Clown and Abismo Negro

-After the match, Psycho Clown and Pagano walked to the back, but noticed that Murder Clown was missing! First Dave, then Panic Clown, now Murder Clown! Something is up! The sound of someone in the next room was heard, and they kicked in the door, only to find Murder Clown! Dropping a deuce! Whew. And Ew.

La Parka vs. The “Original” El Grande Americano

So, just to remind everyone, to keep things straight, I refer to the “Original” El Grande Americano as “OG” and the other El Grande Americano as ‘Greende Americano.’ Not that it’s likely that will come up in this match or anything.

La Parka is crazy popular and I am so happy to be able to say that. He got a huge ovation as he entered the match.

They locked up off the top, with OG sending La Parka into the corner. He went for a chop, but La Parka danced out of it. They locked up again with la Parka landing a shoulder tackle. OG took La Parka to the mat and they rolled through some pinning combinations.

La Parka started pulling OG around with arm drags, leading to a reset. OG rolled out of the ring, giving La Parka some room to dance. The crowd HATED OG and screamed at him over the barricade. OG got back into the ring and sent La Parka to the corner, chopping and stomping him.

La Parka found himself in an ankle lock in the middle of the ring, but managed to counter it into a pin attempt. La Parka scooped up OG for a backbreaker and sent him to the outside. OG got back in, but fell victim to an insiguri off the apron. He dodged La Parka jumping at him and then dropped La Parka on a table in a shinbreaker.

OG threw La Parka into the ring steps then back into the ring ring. He hit a dragon screw takedown and wrapped La Parka’s leg around the ring post, smashing his knee. OG dragged La Parka to the middle of the ring and continued working the knee.

OG grapevined La Parka’s leg, bending it horribly. La Parka managed a sunset flip, but OG still had ahold of things and sent him to the corner. He tried a chop, but La Parka dodged. He came back with another Dragon screw take down though.

La Parka went to the outside to regroup, but his attempt to jump back in turned into a northern lights suplex instead. OG started messing with La Parka’s mask, but the Ref put a stop to it. OG went for a suplex, but La Parka countered it and whipped him into the corner.

They two traded blows until La Parka hit a drop kick and facebuster. He hit a second one, but clearly La Parka’s knee was not at 100%. He tried a bridge suplex, but OG kicked out at two.

OG slid over into a backslide, but La Parka kicked out at two. OG hit a liger kick and then a fisherman brainbuster, but La Parka just wouldn’t give in. OG went up to the top turnbuckle, but La Parka joined him and nailed a Spanish Fly. He went for the cover, but OG kicked out.

The two exchanged rolling pin attempts until OG got the ankle lock on. La Parka kicked out and went for a bone breaker, but OG turned his mask backwards and hit a bridging German suplex to pick up the victory.

Match Result: The “Original” El Grande Americano defeated La Parka

After the match, Santos Escobar came out, as did Greende Americano and that meant all four competitors in the Rey de Reyes finals were on the stage. Rey de Reyes starts next week! Be there, or be, well, somewhere else. I’m not a cop.