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April 6, 2020
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“Then. Now. Forever.” The WWE video leads us into the show.
A video kicks off the show that highlights Drew McIntyre overcoming
multiple F-5s from Brock Lesnar to defeat him for the WWE
Championship.
The Raw video plays. WWE Champion Drew McIntyre will make an
appearance tonight. We’ll also see a WrestleMania rematch with The
Street Profits defending the Raw Tag Team Championship against
Austin Theory and Angel Garza.
Asuka vs. Liv Morgan
Asuka talks trash and yells at her before blocking a takedown.
Morgan attacks her, but Asuka follows her into the ropes for a hip
attack. Morgan shoves her and bends under a kick before rolling her
up for a two count. Morgan connects with a hurricanrana and charges,
but Asuka hits a drop-toe-hold into the turnbuckle. Morgan elbows
her and connects with a springboard dropkick to knock her out of the
ring. Morgan follows her out of the ring, but Asuka bounces her off
the apron. Asuka puts her in the ring, but Morgan rolls back and
hits a head-scissor takeover on the floor. Asuka quickly comes back
with a kick to the head.
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break to Asuka stomping Morgan’s arm and
throwing her down. Asuka attacks her in the corner, but Morgan soon
gets away. Asuka quickly knees her in the face for a two count.
Asuka angrily peppers her with kicks before Morgan rolls her up for
a two count. Morgan uses the ropes to hit a double knee facebuster.
Morgan recovers and hits a pair of clotheslines and a bulldog.
Morgan hits a step-up enzuigiri before hitting a double stomp to the
back for a near fall.
Morgan grabs Asuka, but Asuka counters into an arm bar. Morgan
screams in pain and manages to turn Asuka over for a pin to pick up
a two count. Morgan goes for a kick, but Asuka spins her and hits a
German Suplex. Asuka follows up with a shining wizard and covers,
but Morgan gets a foot on the bottom rope. Asuka grabs the hair and
screams at her. Morgan reverses a whip into the ropes, but Asuka
holds on. Asuka sidesteps her and goes for an Asuka Lock. Morgan
pushes back and pins her for a two count. Asuka keeps trying for the
Asuka Lock before finally taking her down. Morgan has no choice but
to tap out.
Winner by Submission: Asuka
Video Package: Becky Lynch def. Shayna Baszler to retain the Raw
Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 36
A YouTube interview is shown with Becky Lynch after the match at
WrestleMania. Lynch says Shayna Baszler underestimated here.
Baszler’s skillset is unmatched, but tonight was a test of skill
over heart. She’s got the heart. If Baszler is mad, she can try her
again.
Shayna Baszler is then shown after WrestleMania. She repeats over
and over, “The thrill of victory. The agony of defeat.” Baszler
promises the agony of her defeat will be given to Lynch.
Later tonight, the Street Profits will defend the Raw Tag Team
Championship against Austin Theory and Angel Garza in a WrestleMania
rematch. We’ll also take a look at the Boneyard Match with The
Undertaker and AJ Styles.
-Commercial Break-
Still photos are shown of Bianca Belair taking out Zelina Vega last
night at WrestleMania 36.
Raw Tag Team Championships
The Street Profits (c’s) vs. Angel Garza and Austin Theory w/ Zelina
Vega
It’ll be Angelo Dawkins starting against Angel Garza. Garza backs up
and talks trash before tagging Austin Theory in. They lock up, and
Dawkins applies a side headlock. Theory whips him off, but Dawkins
shoulder blocks him down. They hit the ropes and each one does a
leapfrog before Dawkins takes him down with another shoulder block.
Montez Ford tags in and dropkicks Theory. They then give Garza a
flapjack onto Theory before hitting stereo dropkicks to knock them
out of the ring.
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break to see Theory get out of a chin lock
from Dawkins. Theory avoids a spinning avalanche in the corner.
Dawkins drops him on the apron, but Theory snaps him off the ropes
before hitting a rolling thunder dropkick. Theory applies a front
facelock. Garza tags in and kicks Dawkins in the ribs. Garza applies
a modified surfboard stretch, but Dawkins fights it. Garza knees him
in the face and tags Theory in. Theory knees Dawkins down and stomps
the chest. Theory kicks Dawkins in the back before applying another
front facelock. Dawkins tries to fight back, but Theory knees him.
Garza tags in and attacks the leg before bending the knee. Theory
tags back in and stomps Dawkins. Theory punches away at him before
stomping the chest. Theory kicks Dawkins in the ribs before applying
a rear chin lock. Dawkins fights up, blocks a superkick, and
connects with an exploder suplex.
Ford and Garza tag in. Ford hits a springboard cross-body block
before hitting a pair of clotheslines and a dropkick. Garza ducks
another clothesline, but Ford connects with a DDT and kips up. Ford
goes to the top rope as Theory distracts the referee. The referee
still catches her and throws the match out.
Winners by Disqualification: The Street Profits
Garza kicks Ford down and holds him up for Zelina Vega to kick him.
Bianca Belair comes out and slams Vega. The Street Profits clear the
ring of Theory and Garza. Belair gets on the microphone and says she
goes here now. She’s the EST of WWE. Vega can’t outrun her. Belair
challenges her to a match.
-Commercial Break-
Zelina Vega w/ Angel Garza and Austin Theory vs. Bianca Belair w/
The Street Profits
The bell rings, and Vega talks a little trash. They lock up, and
Belair shoves her down before taunting her. They lock up again, and
Belair throws her down. Vega quickly scurries away, and the referee
keeps Belair back. Vega applies a side headlock, but Belair shoves
her off and hits a shoulder block. Belair does a cartwheel and
clotheslines her. Vega kicks her back and slaps her in the face.
Belair looks flabbergasted. Belair grabs her by the hair and beats
her down. Belair throws Vega across the ring twice before
shouldering her in the corner. Vega goes for a roll-up, but Belair
backflips out. Vega quickly sidesteps her to send her shoulder-first
into the ring post. Vega then applies a stretch on the ropes. Vega
rolls her up for a pin.
Vega stomps the back and hits a DDT for a near fall. Vega talks
trash and applies a modified chin lock. Belair fights up with Vega
on her back. Belair then counters into a suplex. Montez Ford goes
absolutely wild at ringside. Vega boots Belair back and comes off
the second rope, but Belair catches her and hits a military press
drop. Belair goes to hit the ropes, but Theory gets in her way. Ford
pulls him out of the ring and brawls with him. Dawkins chases Garza
into the stands. Ford and Theory brawl in the ring, and the referee
throws the match out.
No Contest
Montez Ford says we’re only one day removed from the prestigious
WrestleMania. How about they make it a family affair? He’s got his
brother and wife here. How about 3-on-3? Garza, Theory, and Vega
look like they agree.
-Commercial Break-
The Street Profits and Bianca Belair vs. Angel Garza, Austin Theory,
and Zelina Vega
Montez Ford starts against Austin Theory and takes him down. Ford
chops the chest. Theory reverses a whip to the corner, but Ford
slingshots over him, does a few handsprings, and dropkicks him.
Theory quickly attacks Ford from behind and knocks him out of the
ring. Theory grabs Ford and throws him into the barricade. Theory
gets Ford in the ring and attacks him. Theory stomps Ford down and
distracts the referee while Garza chokes Ford. Theory hits a
snapmare and applies a chin lock. Theory grounds him and applies an
arm bar. Ford fights up, but Theory clotheslines him for a two
count. Theory then goes to a front facelock. Ford fights up, but
Theory clubs him and throws him out of the ring. Theory attacks him
outside the ring and puts him back in. Theory quickly stops him from
tagging his partners and applies a chin lock. Ford fights up, so
Theory knocks Dawkins off the apron. Ford then hits Theory with a
step-up enzuigiri.
Belair tags in, so Vega is obligated to come in. Vega avoids her,
but Belair counters a tilt-a-whirl into a backbreaker. Belair then
slams her before hitting a handspring back kick on Theory. Belair
then splashes Vega. Garza pulls Belair off. Ford chases Garza before
running into a superkick from Theory. Dawkins then shoulder blocks
Theory down and chases Garza. In the ring, Belair hits a double
chickenwing slam into the turnbuckles before hitting the KOD for the
win.
Winners by Pinfall: The Street Profits and Bianca Belair
We’ll take a look at the Boneyard Match later tonight. We’ll also
see the aftermath of Drew McIntyre’s WWE Championship win.
Still photos are shown of Aleister Black defeating Bobby Lashley
last night at WrestleMania. Lana gave Lashley bad advice, leading to
his loss. Charly Caruso interviewed Lashley after the match. Lashley
says he either needs new management or a new wife. Lana comes up and
wonders what they’re talking about. Lashley walks off.
Aleister Black will be in action, next.
-Commercial Break-
Aleister Black vs. Apollo Crews
Apollo Crews is moving to Raw from SmackDown with no real
explanation given. They lock up, and Crews soon applies a side
headlock. Black takes him down for a two count. Black applies a chin
lock, but Crews powers out. Black takes him down and applies an arm
bar. Black hits a rough takedown and covers for a two count. Crews
gets up and applies a hammerlock. Black hits a fireman’s carry
takedown and applies a chin lock. Crews fights out and applies a
front facelock. Black fights out, but Crews applies a side headlock.
They go back and forth before Black sits crosslegged in the ring.
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break to see Crews try to power Black, but
Black takes him down with an arm drag. Black applies an arm bar, but
Crews fights up. Crews clubs him and punches him in the face. Black
boots him back and hits the ropes for a dropkick. Black gets out of
the ring to recover. Crews soon follows him out, but Black punches
him back. Black charges, but Crews hits him with an overhead
belly-to-belly suplex on the floor.
Crews gets him in the ring, and Black fights back. Black takes him
down and viciously kicks him in the chest for a near fall. Black
approaches him, but Crews drops him out of the ring. Crews kicks him
back and hits a moonsault block off the apron.
-Commercial Break-
We come back from the break to see Crews clothesline Black down for
a two count. Crews applies a chin lock, but Black gets out and
starts kicking him. Black charges, but Crews hits a snap powerslam
for a near fall. Crews goes for a standing moonsault, but Black
kicks the leg. Crews quickly comes back with a Blue Thunder Bomb for
a near fall. Black soon fights back and kicks him, but Crews hits a
clothesline. Crews goes to the top rope for a splash, but Black
moves. Black quickly takes him down and applies a knee bar. Crews
screams in pain, but he gets to the bottom rope.
Crews is having a hard time getting to his feet. He’s clutching his
knee. Black is wobbling on his feet. Crews goes down and can’t put
pressure on the knee. Black pulls him up by the foot and tries for
Black Mass, but Crews ducks and hits a pump kick. Crews then hits a
step-up enzuigiri.
-Commercial Break-
We come back from another break to see Black leap off the top rope,
but Crews moves. Black quickly sweeps the feet and hits a low
dropkick to the head. Black follows up with a springboard moonsault
for a near fall. Crews kicks him back, but Black kicks him down for
a two count. Black grabs the legs, but Crews throws him off. Crews
then connects with a dropkick. Crews pulls him up and powers him to
the corner. Black quickly kicks the knee and goes to the second
rope, but Crews kicks him in the face. Crews hits a superplex from
the middle rope for a near fall.
Crews military presses him, but his knee buckles. Black strikes away
at him, but Crews hits a sit-out powerbomb for a near fall. Crews
hits a military press slam followed by a standing moonsault. Crews
quickly hits a standing shooting star press for a near fall. Both
men are down. Crews soon gets up and goes to the top rope. Black
quickly kicks him in the face and climbs the ropes, but Crews sends
him down with a front suplex. Crews leaps, but Black hits a vicious
knee to the face. Black pulls Crews up by the foot, but Crews gets
out and goes for a powerbomb. Black gets out of the and hits the
Black Mass for the win.
Winner by Pinfall: Aleister Black
Video Package: Edge def. Randy Orton in a Last Man Standing Match at
WrestleMania 36
Ricochet and Cedric Alexander will be in action, next. Later
tonight, we’ll see a look at the Boneyard Match.
-Commercial Break-
Cedric Alexander and Ricochet vs. Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch
Cedric Alexander will start against Danny Burch. Burch takes him
down and tags in Oney Lorcan. Lorcan and Burch chop Alexander down.
Lorcan applies a front facelock before uppercutting him. Burch tags
in and forearms away at Alexander. Burch chops him down for a two
count. Burch quickly goes to a chin lock. Alexander soon fights up
and takes him down.
Ricochet and Lorcan are tagged in. Ricochet kicks him back, but
Lorcan big boots him. Ricochet quickly hits him with a hurricanrana
for a two count. Burch breaks up the pin. Burch sends Alexander out
of the ring. Ricochet hits Burch with a springboard dropkick to the
floor. Alexander tags in and hits an inverted atomic drop followed
by an enzuigiri from Ricochet. Alexander hits a front suplex
followed by a standing shooting star press from Ricochet. Ricochet
tags back in. Alexander hits the Neuralyzer in Lorcan before hitting
Burch with a suicide dive. Ricochet hits Lorcan with the Recoil for
the win.
Winners by Pinfall: Cedric Alexander and Ricochet
We’ll take a look at Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins from WrestleMania
36.
-Commercial Break-
Video Package: Kevin Owens def. Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 36
Kevin Owens was interviewed earlier today. Owens says he took so
much for months with so many blindsides. Was it all worth it? When
he came off that sign and stunned Rollins, he got his WrestleMania
moment. It was all worth it. No matter what he does next, he is here
to stay and will keep fighting because this is the Kevin Owens Show.
Seth Rollins makes his way to the ring looking completely
despondent.
Seth Rollins vs. Denzel DeJournette
The bell rings, and Rollins clotheslines him down. Rollins shoves
him to the corner and stomps away at him. DeJournette gets out of
the ring to recover. Rollins follows him out and sends him into the
barricade twice before putting him in the ring. Rollins gets in the
ring and hits a Stomp for the win.
Winner by Pinfall: Seth Rollins
Nia Jax will return, next.
-Commercial Break-
Nia Jax vs. Deonna Purrazzo
This is Nia Jax’s first match in almost a full calendar year. Jax
shoves her to the corner and dares Purrazzo to fight her. Jax
clotheslines her down and rips at the hair. Jax throws her down and
boots her in the head. Jax connects with a short-arm clothesline.
Jax hits a second short-arm clothesline before ripping at the hair.
Jax hits a third short-arm clothesline followed by a Samoan Drop.
Jax follows up with a Cradle DDT for the win.
Winner by Pinfall: Nia Jax
Video Package: The Boneyard Match
-Commercial Break-
Humberto Carrillo vs. Brendan Vink
Vink knees Carrillo and goes for a suplex, but Carrillo counters
into a jawbreaker. Carrillo hits a springboard arm drag before
kicking him in the face. Carrillo hits a missile dropkick before
hitting the ropes, but Vink big boots him. Vink hits a scoop slam
for a two count. Vink connects with a back elbow followed by a kick.
Vink talks trash before hitting a snapmare and applying a chin lock.
Carrillo fights up and flips through a back suplex. Carrillo boots
him back and hits a springboard cross-body block for a two count.
Carrillo hits a mule kick followed by a standing moonsault. Carrillo
goes to the top rope and hits another moonsault for the win.
Winner by Pinfall: Humberto Carrillo
Coming up next, we’ll hear from new NXT Women’s Champion Charlotte
Flair.
-Commercial Break-
Video Package: NXT Women’s Championship at WrestleMania 36
Charly Caruso interviewed Charlotte Flair after her match. Flair
says she doesn’t need to be congratulated. When she was a kid, her
dad had custom cars, suits, robes. Her father told her the man makes
the suit. The person makes the title. Flair runs over her
accomplishments before saying Rhea Ripley put up a good fight, but
did what every woman in WWE does: bows down to the queen.
Video Package: Drew McIntyre def. Brock Lesnar for the WWE
Championship
We’ll take a look at what happened after WrestleMania 36.
-Commercial Break-
Footage is shown of Drew McIntyre celebrating with the WWE
Championship after WrestleMania 36. McIntyre shows off his new
plates on the title. McIntyre thanks Paul Heyman. During the match,
he was ready. Brock Lesnar was ready to go to war. So was he. Heyman
told Lesnar to keep giving him the F-5 because he couldn’t get back
up. Heyman doesn’t know McIntyre very well. His life flashed before
his eyes in that moment. In his professional and personal life, he’s
never surrendered. McIntyre scratched and clawed his way to the main
event. Every F-5 just made him angrier. McIntyre was going to
Claymore him as many times as it took. Now he’s the new WWE
Champion.
Big Show‘s music hits, and he comes out dragging a referee along
with him. Big Show gets in the ring with McIntyre. Big Show
sarcastically congratulates him on winning the WWE Championship. Now
he has an entire locker room eyeing him up. This is a big man’s
world, but McIntyre is no giant. McIntyre says he knows where this
is going. Big Show says McIntyre doesn’t know shit. Big Show isn’t
challenging McIntyre for the title now or later. There’s a referee.
They should just go. Big Show calls him a “bitch.” McIntyre says
he’s not fighting right now. Big Show says after all that talk,
McIntyre is just a punk. Big Show says he doesn’t see someone who is
angry. He sees someone who is afraid. McIntyre says this isn’t his
first day. McIntyre isn’t afraid of him or anyone. McIntyre says
he’ll put it simply and slowly so Big Show can understand. There is
nothing Big Show can say that will convince him to fight him
tonight. Big Show slaps him in the face. McIntyre is infuriated.
WWE Championship
Drew McIntyre (c) vs. Big Show
McIntyre unloads on Big Show with punches and kicks. Big Show
reverses a whip, but McIntyre boots him back. McIntyre hits the
ropes, but Big Show takes him down. Big Show punches him in the ribs
and clubs him down. Big Show talks trash and chokes him on the
ropes. Big Show stretches him on the ropes. Big Show says he’s
fought four decades and faced the best. Big Show head-butts him and
clubs him down. Big Show hits a Vader Bomb for a near fall. Big Show
laughs and says McIntyre has some fight. Big Show viciously chops
the chest a few times. McIntyre tries to fight back, but Big Show
cuts him off and hits a big scoop slam. Big Show chokes him on the
ropes and goes for a chop, but McIntyre moves. McIntyre has a whip
reversed, but Big Show grabs him by the throat. McIntyre gets out of
a Showstopper. McIntyre hits a scoop slam on the giant for a near
fall!
McIntyre goes to the top rope and jumps off, but Big Show grabs him
and hits a Showstopper for a near fall. Big Show is stunned.
McIntyre ducks a Knockout Punch and hits the Claymore Kick for the
win.
Winner by Pinfall and still WWE Champion: Drew McIntyre