The final Monday Night Raw before Wrestlemania 35 has arrived! Tonight Raw comes to us live from inside the Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C.! Tonight, WWE wraps up every story line and feud before the Showcase of the Immortals!
‘Mania Main Event Is Now ‘Winner Take All’
Stephanie McMahon kicked off Raw tonight to make an announcement. That announcement was that every title will be on the line. Not only will Ronda Rousey defend her Raw Woman’s championship on Sunday, Charlotte Flair will also defend her SmackDown Woman’s championship.
Winner take all.
Rollins Stands Tall Over the Beast
Brock Lesnar was with Paul Heyman tonight to hype up their match against Seth Rollins for the Universal title at Wrestlemania. Heyman does his usual shtick, putting over Brock’s past Wrestlemania accomplishments.
Rollins cut Heyman off and marched towards the ring. He calls this the biggest match of Lesnar’s career. Seth put Lesnar over by calling him the most decorated combat fighter of all time but despite that, Rollins will take his title and there’s nothing he can do about it.
Rollins hit Lesnar with a low blow but Lesnar suplexed him anyway. A second low blow followed by a super kick to a curb stomp. Seth stood tall over the beast as he held up the Universal championship to end the segment.
THIS was what this rivalry needed. Seth looks great going into ‘Mania and this match could go either way on Sunday!
Batista
Batista returned to his hometown tonight just days before he squares of 1 on 1 with Triple H at Wrestlemania. WWE played a promo package hyping up their match. After the package, they cut to Batista, who simply said, “Hunter, kiss my ass”.
I’m not going to lie, that was bad ass. These two are going to war this Sunday, I can’t wait.
Raw Tag Team Championship Match
Aleister Black & Ricochet faced The Revival for the Raw Tag Team championships tonight.
Of course these two teams had a good match. Dash Wilder had a great near fall at one point by a Gory Special. The finish came when Ricochet got counted out via Revival shenanigans.
The Revival retained the gold but Black & Ricochet stand tall as the segment ends.
Black & Ricochet will look to this Friday at NXT TakeOver and the Revival will probably be in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal.
Wrestlemania Main Event in Handcuffs
Tonight, the woman in the main event of Wrestlemania have one final stop before they headline the show of shows. Becky Lynch, SmackDown Woman’s champion, Charlotte Flair, and Raw Woman’s champion, Ronda Rousey will take on the Riott Squad. First one to turn on their teammate, loses their spot at Wrestlemania.
The trio spent a lot of the match getting in one another during the match. Ronda tapped out Liv Morgan quickly.
Soon after, everything broke down. Rousey ended up getting handcuffed, which led to Lynch beating her down and handcuffs put on her. Charlotte hit Ronda with a huge forearm and that also led to Charlotte being put in cuffs as well.
The three woman struggled with the officers and were eventually put into police cars. They managed to get out of the police cars, breaking parts of the cars windows out and at one point, Ronda was behind the wheel and crashed into a police car.
This was insane. I can’t imagine a better way for this to be the go home segment fot this rivalry. The tensions flared and these three will tear each other apart at Wrestlemania!
Overall, this was a hell of a go home show for Wrestlemania. This big matches were built the way they needed to be and the show flew by.
What a week we have ahead of us in the wrestling world. Dozens of shows and events over ‘Mania weekend and it looks to be a good one! First, we have to get to SmackDown first so here’s to a great episode of SmackDown Live tomorrow night!
