One of the biggest episodes of WWE Raw of the year, the all-important Raw after Mania took place on April 20.
Focusing on the fallout from WrestleMania 42, the show also featured surprises from the NXT roster and the new champions appear live. New World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns appeared live, along with new Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan.
Michael Cole and Corey Graves were on commentary for the show, which aired live from Las Vegas to round out the long weekend of action.
WWE Raw After WrestleMania Results April 20
- Following a lengthy recap of WrestleMania, Oba Femi officially kicked off the show. Femi took in the crowd cheers, stated that The Ruler has arrived, and left.
- Rhea Ripley and IYO SKY defeated The Kabuki Warriors.
- CM Punk made his entrance wth no music and no graphics. Punk then said “It’s clobbering time” and his music hit. Punk spoke about the losses he had been through over the past 6 months. Punkk thanked the fans for helping him through his grief, which led to Cody Rhodes interrupting. Rhodes said that he expected a different reaction from Punk to losing his World Heavyweight Championship, and told Punk he had a WWE title shot whenever he wanted it.
- Ethan Page was introduced as the newest member of the WWE Raw roster.
- Ethan Page defeated Je’Von Evans when Rusev distracted Evans.
- New Women’s Champion Liv Morgan looked to celebrate her victory, but was interrupted by Sol Ruca. An impromptu singles match was made between the 2.
- Liv Morgan defeated Sol Ruca after ZARIA attacked Ruca.
- Following a video package of Brock lesnar retiring, The Vision made their entrance. Seth Rollins interrupted accompanied by The Street Profits, but Breakker hit Rollins with another spear.
- Finn Balor defeated JD McDonagh.
- Roman Reigns and The Usos celebrated Reigns’ WrestleMania win, but Jacob Fatu interrupted and challenged Reigns to a match at Backlash. Reigns said he would see Fatu next week.
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