These are the final WWE Raw results before WrestleMania 42 this weekend. Could they find a way to ramp up the heat, or was it more of a stereotypical go-home show?
After a lengthy period of WrestleMania hype videos, Lyra Valkyria, accompanied by Bayley, and Charlotte Flair, accompanied by Alexa Bliss, eventually kicked off the show in singles action. That match was relatively short and soft. Valkyria picked up the win, with the outside assistance from her partner.
WWE Women’s World Champion Stephanie Vaquer came to the ring for an interview, but was blindsided by her WrestleMania opponent, Liv Morgan, during the first question. Morgan did well to appear legitimately unhinged, but they were quickly separated. The segment did nothing for either star.
The Usos (“Main Event” Jey and “Big” Jim Uso) and LA Knight teamed up in a six-man tag match against the MFTs (Solo Sikoa, Tonga Loa, and JC Mateo). This was largely hot tags and superkicks, leading up to Tama Tonga showing up ringside. Tonga’s been hinting at a split lately. This distraction led to Knight getting the pin for his team.
“The Ring General” Gunther was about to cut an in-ring promo when blindsided by Seth Rollins. It’d go back and forth as they both missed hitting their finisher in the brawl. Raw felt like they mailed it in to this point.
Iyo Sky versus Kairi Sane was next, and it was another WrestleMania fluff piece. Rhea Ripley came to Sky’s aid when Asuka got involved. Ripley’s WrestleMania opponent, WWE Women’s Champion Jade Cargill, rushed her from behind. Everyone split before much happened.
Paul “HHH” Levesque and Raw general manager Adam Pearce called “The Ruler” Oba Femi to the ring to sign a contract for his WrestleMania match against “The Beast Incarnate” Brock Lesnar. It felt anti-climactic not to have Lesnar appear, because he already signed it. No one added anything significant to the storyline, just more attempts at convincing the WWE Universe that Femi, a man with no main roster experience, is a bigger star than The Beast.
Je’Von Evans and Dragon Lee teamed up to take on JD McDonagh and Rusev in the next match. Along with Rey Mysterio and current champion Penta, these men will have a ladder match at WrestleMania this weekend for the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
Lee picked up the victory after hitting a Styles Clash, which just made Rusev upset. He took out everyone, including Mysterio, who ran down to the ring with the best of intentions. Penta then tried, but nobody was a match for the physicality.
Roman Reigns was immediately interrupted by WWE World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk. This was one of the worst WrestleMania go-home segments in history. In short, they complimented each other before claiming they’ll win. There was no personal jabs, no physicality, nothing but compliments and a face-to-face.
These WWE Raw results were from a lackluster WrestleMania go-home show. Credit to Rusev for being the lone star to gain some shine. Stay tuned to Stadium Rant for the latest.
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