It’s the Monday Night Raw after this year’s Wrestlemania, so you know the energy in the Barclays Center is going to be electric. We have so many new champions, so expect all sorts of new challengers and matches.
Warning: Spoilers for Wrestlemania follow!
The two biggest winners on Raw are Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch. Rollins finally slayed the Beast, Brock Lesnar, to win the WWE Universal Championship. Lynch managed to steal a win from Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair, winning both the Raw and Smackdown Women’s Championships in the process.
Also newly crowned at Wrestlemania is Finn Balor, who defeated Bobby Lashley for the Intercontinental Championship. Balor used his Demon form last night, and picked up a pretty easy win. Will Lashley be back to continue the feud?
Perhaps the biggest surprise in terms of Raw Champions is in the tag team division. Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder stole a win from The Revival, capturing the Raw Tag Team Championships and finally ending Hawkins’ long, long losing streak.
Monday Night Raw 4/8 Results
Note: This article will update as Raw airs.
- Seth Rollins walks out first, to deafening cheers
- Seth says he's waited a long time to be Universal Champion
- Rollins insults Brock Lesnar, and vows to fight for the Universal Championship
- The New Day walks to the ring
- The New Day says it's time to celebrate, and also insult Brock Lesnar
- Kofi Kingston proposes a winner-take-all match for the Universal Championship and WWE Championship
- Rollins accepts the challenge
Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins vs The Revival - Tag Team Championship Match
- The new Raw tag team champs walk out
- Back from commercial, and the match has started
- Hawkins wins with a roll-up pin
Baron Corbin Segment
- Corbin lists his accomplishments and is drowned in boos
- Kurt Angle comes out and hits Corbin with the Angle Slam and the Ankle Lock
- Lars Sullivan debuts and walks into the ring with Angle
- Sullivan hits Angle with a big slam, climbs to the top turnbuckle and does a diving headbutt
- Sullivan leaves, also showered in boos
Alexa Bliss vs Bayley
- Alexa enters the ring and calls for an opponent
- Bayley walks out
- Alexa Bliss wins with the DDT
Becky Lynch Segment
- Becky walks to the ring with both her Championship belts
- The crowd rains down 'You Deserve It!' chants
- Becky says she walked into Mania with nothing, but left with everything
- Lynch calls out Ronda Rousey and says she's ready for more
- Becky understands there's a target on her back, but is ready to defend her belts against anyone
- Lacey Evans makes her way toward the ring
- Evans punches Becky in the face
- Lynch beats Evans down
- The two brawl at the top of the entrance ramp
- Becky stands tall after the fight
Backstage
- Seth Rollins is interviewed backstage, and says he lives for challenges
- Rollins says he's insulted, because The New Day got in his face on his show
Ricochet and Aleister Black vs Bobby Roode and Chad Gable
- Ricochet walks to the ring, then Black makes his entrance
- Roode and Gable say they'll do anything to get back to being Tag Team Champions
- The match starts as Raw rolls into a commercial
- Ricochet pins Gable for the win
- Roode attacks Ricochet from behind after the match ended
Backstage
- Elias mentions John Cena ruined his Wrestlemania performance
- He promises if anyone interrupts him tonight, there will be hell to pay
Dean Ambrose vs Bobby Lashley - Dean's Last Match
- This match is advertised as Dean Ambrose's last match
- Before the match, a very strange video package with a laughing vulture head aired
- Lashley says he'll look after Ambrose's wife after Dean leaves
- The two brawl outside the ring before the bell rings
- Ambrose clears off the announce table
- Lashley slams Dean through the announce table instead
- Sami Zayn returns to Raw after the commercial break
Backstage
- Mojo complains to a broken mirror that he wasn't on Wrestlemania
Sami Zayn Segment
- Sami Zayn makes his way to the ring
- Zayn calls for a match and nobody comes out
- Eventually, Finn Balor makes his way to the ring
Sami Zayn vs Finn Balor - Intercontinental Championship Match
- The match is on, Renee returns to the commentary table and says she will not talk about Ambrose
- Zayn and Balor continue fighting as Raw rolls into a commercial break
- Balor wins via the Coup de Grace
- Zayn gets on the microphone and says it seems like the WWE Universe has missed him
- After the cheers, Zayn says he didn't miss anyone in the crowd, and that everyone is ugly
Backstage Segment
- Dana Brooke says she isn't in the front of the line to face Becky Lynch, but she is in line to get a shot
Elias Segment
- Elias blames John Cena for ruining his performance last night
- Elias starts rapping to try and show Cena up at his own game
- The Undertaker shows up
- Elias tries to beat up The Undertaker, but takes a Chokeslam instead
- Undertaker hits a Tombstone Piledriver
Kofi Kingston vs Seth Rollins - WWE/Universal Championship Match, Winner Takes All
- The match is on, will someone be crowned the top champion of WWE?
- The Bar beats up Kofi, forcing a DQ finish
- The Bar moves on to beating up Rollins
- Rollins makes a tag match with Kofi against The Bar
The Bar vs Kofi Kingston and Seth Rollins
- The crowd is not happy with these turn of events
- Rollins pins Cesaro after hitting a Stomp
That's the show folks! What do you think? Did you enjoy this episode of Monday Night Raw? Are you looking forward to the Superstar Shakeup next week? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.
