Here is what’s in store for tonight:
* Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman return
* Asuka vs. Alexa Bliss
* The Ultimate Deletion
We go right to the ring and out comes RAW General Manager Kurt Angle as JoJo does the introduction.
Angle welcomes us and says he has some bad news to start – Roman Reigns is still suspended and he will not be here tonight. Fans cheer. Angle adds that WWE Universal Champion Brock Lesnar has not made it to the arena yet but Vince McMahon has assured him that The Beast will be here. Angle brings up Braun Strowman winning last week’s tag team battle royal without a partner. Angle goes on about Braun but Reigns comes walking through the crowd, staring Angle down. Some fans boo as Reigns walks into the ring.
Angle asks what Reigns is doing here and says he’s trespassing, adding that security is ready for him. Reigns asks who cares as Lesnar hasn’t been here week after week, and someone has to be here to represent the WrestleMania 34 main event. Reigns asks where Lesnar is. Angle was told he was running a little late. Angle tells Reigns to be patient as he will get his hands on Lesnar in a few weeks but Reigns doesn’t care. Reigns says this is Dallas, he’s made a lot of memories here and he’s not leaving until he makes another tonight. Reigns grabs a steel chair and takes a seat in the ring, telling Angle to go in the back and do whatever he has to do to make it right. Angle walks to the back and Reigns takes his seat. We see men dressed in US Marshalls gear uniforms walking out now.
– Back from the break and we see what just happened with Lesnar destroying Reigns. We see Reigns being stretchered into an ambulance in the backstage area. The announcers play up the seriousness of the situation.
– We get a video package showing the events leading to tonight’s Asuka vs. Alexa Bliss match along with other recent happenings with Bliss and Nia Jax.
Asuka vs. Alexa Bliss
We go to the ring and out comes RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss with Mickie James for this non-title match. We go to commercial.
Back from the break and Bliss is in the ring with Mickie. Bliss gets heat from the crowd but finally speaks. She admits what she said about Nia Jax was wrong last week. She didn’t know everyone would be listening but it was just girl talk with Mickie.
Bliss says she got carried away in the moment and said some things she shouldn’t have and there’s nothing else to say but… she’s sorry. Bliss says she sincerely apologizes but the boos continues. She sincerely apologizes… that she didn’t speak the truth sooner. Let’s be honest, Bliss doesn’t apologize and the word sorry isn’t in her vocabulary. She has no remorse. She says Jax was humiliated in front of the entire world and Bliss loved every second of it. Mickie laughs it up. Bliss says she never liked Nia, she used Nia. She likes that line and repeats it. Bliss goes on dissing Jax and thanks Mickie for letting her vent because she feels much better. Bliss says she feels like dead weight has been lifted off her, like she just dropped 300 pounds of pathetic loser. Fans boo. Bliss tells them to save their boos for someone continues. Bliss says now that she’s done with Jax, she can now do what she’s meant to do – end Asuka’s undefeated streak. The music hits and out comes The Empress of Tomorrow. Back to commercial.
Back from the break and the match is underway. Back and forth to start. Bliss takes control and Asuka ends up out on the floor. Bliss follows and works Asuka around. Bliss brings it back into the ring for a 2 count. Bliss keeps Asuka down. Asuka fights back but Bliss dropkicks her and turns it back around. Asuka mounts some offense and hits a Hip Attack. Asuka with more offense and a knee to the face. Asuka drops Bliss again for a 2 count.
Asuka goes to the top but Mickie provides a distraction. Bliss takes advantage and drops Asuka with a right hand. Bliss kicks Asuka out of the ring. Mickie attacks Asuka as Bliss has the referee distracted. Bliss brings it back in for a 2 count. Bliss keeps Asuka grounded again but fans are rallying for her. Bliss shows frustration after more offense and another kick out by Asuka. Bliss sends Asuka back to the floor as we return to commercial.
Back from the break and they tangle in the corner. Bliss counters and brings Asuka to the mat for a 2 count. Bliss with more offense. Asuka looks to make a comeback and rolls Bliss up for 2. Asuka with an ankle lock now. Bliss grabs for the bottom rope but Asuka pulls her back. Mickie tries to assist Bliss but the referee sees her. Bliss finally gets the bottom rope and the hold is broken. Mickie checks on Bliss on the floor now.
Back from the break and Bliss ends up selling the ankle injury on the floor. Mickie grabs the title and checks on her. Mickie helps Bliss to the back as the referee counts her out.
Winner by Count Out: Asuka
– After the match, Nia Jax ends up running down and taking out Mickie at ringside. Jax chases Bliss now. Bliss goes over the barrier into the crowd but Jax grabs her by her hair. Bliss nails her and eventually breaks free. Jax goes back to the ringside area and floors Mickie again. Bliss looks to be free in the crowd but Jax chases her again as they disappear to the back.
– Still to come, John Cena wants an answer from The Undertaker. Braun Strowman is up next. Back to commercial.
– Back from the break and we get a look at Braun Strowman’s battle royal win last week.
– Kurt Angle is on the phone when Alexa Bliss storms in. She wants Nia Jax suspended, no – she wants Jax arrested. Angle has had enough arrests tonight and is tired of people telling him what to do. He’s also not happy about Alexa’s insults at Jax because his daughter and other girls around the world heard her. Angle says the RAW Women’s Champion should be a role model. He makes Jax vs. Bliss at WrestleMania 34.
– We go to the ring and out comes Braun Strowman to a pop.
Braun brags on his tag team battle royal last week and says he’s going to WrestleMania 34. Braun says management informed him earlier tonight that he has to have a partner for the RAW Tag Team Title shot but he doesn’t think he needs a partner. He knows he can win the tag titles by himself because he is The Monster Among… the music interrupts and out come RAW Tag Team Champions The Bar.
Sheamus says Braun is out of his mind if he thinks he can beat both of them by himself. Sheamussays last week’s battle royal win is different than beating the greatest tag team in WWE. Sheamus has Cesaro school Braun on what it takes to become a successful tag team. He mentions sleeping together and the crowd doesn’t agree. They tell the crowd to grow up because Cesaro meant room together. They go on until Braun tells them to shut the hell up.
Sheamus says they have defeated every team on RAW and it will be no different with Braun and his partner. Sheamus says Brock’s beating on Reigns from earlier will be nothing compared to what they do to Braun’s team at WrestleMania. Braun says they shouldn’t be worried about Reigns or Lesnar, they should be worried about the WrestleMania title shot and the fact that Kurt Angle told him he can wrestle one of them right now. Braun asks which one of them wants to get these hands. A “get these hands” chant starts as The Bar gets ready.
Cesaro vs. Braun Strowman
The bell rings as Braun launches Cesaro across the ring into a corner. Braun keeps control and Cesaro gets tossed out to the floor as we return to commercial.
Back from the break and Cesaro is mounting offense, trying to bring Braun down. Braun overpowers and charges but Cesaro sends him over the top rope to the floor. Cesaro with a kick through the ropes. Cesaro sends Braun back into the barrier and follows. Sheamus approaches and Braun follows him. Cesaro takes advantage and comes from behind but it backfires. Braun brings it back into the ring but Cesaro attacks him.
Cesaro dropkicks Braun into the ring post and goes to work in the corner. Braun turns it around and sends Cesaro to the floor. Cesaro comes back in and hits the corkscrew uppercut. More back and forth. Sheamus tries getting involved again. Braun ends up flooring Sheamus at ringside. Braun goes back into the ring and focuses on Cesaro now. The finish sees Cesaro come off the turnbuckles but Braun catches him in mid-air for a big powerslam and the pin.
Winner: Braun Strowman
– After the match, Braun marches up the ramp as his music hits. Sheamus checks on Cesaro and looks up at Braun from the ring. Braun stands tall on the stage and yells out before going to the back.
– Still to come, John Cena is here. Also, The Ultimate Deletion. We get a video of Matt Hardy and his platoon at The Hardy Compound. Matt tells Senor Benjamin to prepare the battlefield for annihilation. Back to commercial.
