WWE Monday Night Raw opens with the General Manager Kurt Angle coming to the ring. Angle welcomes the fans to the show.
Angle says he has to start off with some bad news and that is that Roman Reigns’ suspension is still in effect and he won’t be here tonight – which receives cheers from the fans. He then says Brock Lesnar is not here yet but he has Vince’s reassurance that he will be here. Moving on, Angle says that he needs to address the tag team battle royale last week. He reminds us that Strowman entered that match and won, without a partner, so now he needs to figure out what to do. Just then, Kurt is interrupted by a familiar face…
The fans are surprised and so is Angle, as Roman saunters through the crowd and around ringside. Reigns gets into the ring with a mic. Kurt tells Reigns that he’s trespassing and Roman doesn’t care. Brock wasn’t here last week or the week before and somebody has to be here to represent the main event of WrestleMania. Angle says Lesnar will be here tonight, to which Reigns asks where he is, then. Kurt reiterates that he was told that Brock is running late and Roman laughs about the idea.
Angle tells him if he wants to talk about it he has to do so on his own time outside the arena and Roman asks why he’s suspended, for telling the truth? Kurt says he understands he’s upset and he gets it, he wants to get his hands on Lesnar, but he’ll tell him this– he’ll have him in three weeks at WrestleMania, and all he has to do is wait. Angle tells Reigns that he’s gonna have Lesnar in the palm of his hand at WrestleMania 34. The Big Dog says he does understand but he still doesn’t care. This is Dallas, Texas, and he’s made a whole bunch of memories here, and he’s not leaving the ring until he makes one more tonight – cheap pop.
He tell Kurt to go backstage and talk to whoever he has to because he’s not leaving until he faces Brock tonight. Angle leaves and Reigns grabs a steel chair and sets it up in the ring to have a seat and wait for Lesnar. Three US Marshals come down and get in the ring to escort Roman out. He stares them down and asks them a few questions the mics don’t quite pick up before they start reading him his rights.
Reigns says they’re wasting their time and holds his hands out, at which point he’s handcuffed and goes to leave but one of them grabs his arm and Roman stops short. They keep putting hands on him and the Big Dog is unleashed! He’s clubbing away on the one that started it when the other two come over and he sledges them aside! Reigns kicks on a guy in the corner when suddenly, Brock’s music hits and here he comes!
He runs down and Roman goes to swing the chair but he’s still cuffed and Brock German suplexes him! Lesnar throws a couple chairshots and referees come down to try and get Paul Heyman to call his client off to no avail. Another German suplex! And another chairshot! The Beast stands over Reigns as he writhes in pain and scoops him up for another German, which looks nasty cause Reigns can’t break fall.
To the chair again, he kicks Roman aside and wails on his back a few more times! Lesnar finally takes his leave as referees check on Reigns, Heyman draping the Universal Championship over his shoulder… but Brock takes his shirt off and goes back inside for three more chairshots and a German suplex! Again, Lesnar takes his leave and Paul E. gives him his belt back but again he returns to the ring and delivers an F-5!
This time, Brock actually leaves and EMTs hit the ring to load Roman Reigns onto a stretcher. They get him on the gurney and start to wheel him away when Brock comes running back down and tips over the stretcher – much to the delight of Dallas. He bends down and gets in Roman’s face before dragging the gurney across the floor! And again, Brock takes his leave as the EMTs get Reigns back upright and we go to break.
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Back from commercial and we get a recap of what we just saw, which pretty much showed the entire thing again. We go backstage where Roman is being wheeled out and into an ambulance.
We get a video package that recaps what has happened between Alexa Bliss and Nia Jax.
Alexa Bliss makes her entrance for a match and we go to break.
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We’re back and Alexa is in the ring with Mickie. Bliss says she gets it, last week she said some things about Nia Jax that were very hurtful and wrong. She didn’t know she had a worldwide audience listening, but that’s no excuse. She tries to claim that she and Mickie James were joking around and it was just girl talk, and she knows she got carried away in the moment and said things she shouldn’t have and there’s nothing else to say besides “I’m sorry.”
She’s really sorry…that she didn’t speak the truth sooner. Bliss says she didn’t lose one ounce of sleep or feel one bit of remorse. Nia was humiliated in front of the entire world and Alexa loved every second of it. She never liked Jax, she used her! She says it felt good and she repeats it a little slower so Nia can understand. How dumb do you have to be to believe that she’d be friends with someone like Nia. She feels so much better now that that’s off her chest, like a whole weight was lifted off her shoulders, three hundred pounds of sad, pathetic loser. Now that she doesn’t have Nia dragging her down she’s gonna do what no one else could and end Asuka’s undefeated streak.
Asuka makes her entrance and we head to commercial as the Empress of Tomorrow is perched atop the ropes.
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Alexa Bliss Vs. Asuka
We return from the break with the match already in progress. Bliss is in control as she chokes Asuka against the ropes. Alexa distracts the ref, allowing Mickie to get in a cheap shot on Asuka.
The Goddess keeps the momentum as they take the fight out of the ring. Back inside. Asuka fights out of a headlock, but Bliss jumps over a kick so she can nail Asuka with her own kick for a two count. The Empress of Tomorrow starts to build some momentum as she unloads with a series of strikes to score her own near fall. James provides a quick distraction so Bliss can hit Asuka in the throat and deck her in the face. Mickie takes another cheap shot behind the ref’s back. Bliss continues to dominate the action as we head to a break.
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We return to see Asuka cutting off Bliss on the top rope and attempting to hit her with a superplex. Bliss knocks her down and hits a snap sunset flip for a close two count. She has a hissy fit when the ref tells her it was only a near fall. Asuka uses her whole body to take down Bliss for a two count and give herself some time to recover.
Alexa counters the Asukalock, so Asuka puts her in an Ankle Lock instead. Alexa makes it to the ropes to force a break and James pulls her out of the ring to safety. Mickie grabs the title and walks around the ring with Bliss. Alexa wants nothing to do with Asuka and takes the loss. Asuka is declared the winner by count-out.
Winner Via Count-out: Asuka
Nia Jax’s music hits and she comes running down the ramp, full pelt. Alexa pushes James into her path so she can run away. Jax runs Mickie over and chases Bliss until she grabs her by the legs through the ringpost, however Alexa kicks her off and runs away again. Jax catches her by the hair as she tries to leap the barricade. Mickie saves her but gets thrown into the LED wall on the ring for her troubles. Alexa escapes through the crowd while Nia yells from ringside. Jax gives chase and they end up running backstage.
Later tonight, John Cena wants an answer from The Undertaker, however Braun Strowman is up next.
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