We return from commercial to see Kurt Angle on the phone backstage. Alexa Bliss runs in and tells Angle that he needs to do something because Nia needs to be suspended or arrested. Angle says he’s seen enough arrests tonight and nobody will be telling him what to do, especially not her. He says he saw what Nia did tonight but he also saw what she did last week, as did millions of girls around the world and she should be ashamed. So, he’s going to do something about Nia, he’s going to give her a match against Alexa. For the Raw Women’s Championship. At WrestleMania.
Braun Strowman makes his way to the ring and the announcers declare that for Strowman to face The Bar at WrestleMania, he must find a partner. Strowman says he carved a path of destruction last week and now he’s going to WrestleMania, but earlier tonight management informed him he’d have to have a partner. Now, he doesn’t think he needs a partner, and as a matter of fact he knows he can win the tag titles by himself.
The Bar have some words for Strowman. Standing on the stage, Sheamus says Braun he’s out of his mind if he thinks he can beat both of them by himself. He knows he won the battle royal by himself, but throwing opponents over the ring is completely different from defeating the greatest tag team in the history of WWE. But since tag teams are a little complicated for him, Cesaro will break it down. The Swiss Superman takes months and years to build chemistry and trust with your tag partner, you have to drive together, eat together, sleep together. The crowd and Strowman laugh but Sheamus tells them to grow-up and points out he meant room together and continues saying they optimize their sleep to optimize their training and he doesn’t care if his tag partner is Black Panther, Captain America, or Rick Sanchez, he doesn’t stand a chance against them, because they’ll still be tag champs when they leave.
They go to say their catchphrase when Braun tells them to shut up. Sheamus is apoplectic, asking if he thinks he’s funny or tough and pointing out they’ve beaten every tag team on Raw and he and his partner will be no different. The beating Brock Lesnar gave to Roman Reigns tonight was nothing compared to what they’re gonna do to his team at WrestleMania.
Braun says they don’t need to worry about Roman and Braun because they need to worry about his partner at WrestleMania and the fact that Kurt Angle told him he gets a match against one of them right now. He asks which of the Bar want to get these hands! The Bar go to get in at the same time but Sheamus backs off, leaving Cesaroto face the monster alone!
Braun Strowman vs. Cesaro
Braun immediately takes control and starts whipping him from corner to corner until Cesaro flies over one of them and lands on the floor.
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We return to see Cesaro jump on Braun’s back – master-blaster style. He kicks Strowman in the face a few times to take him down to his knees. Cesaro tries to catch Braun with a roll-up, but the big man is too powerful. Cesaro low-bridges him out of the ring and hits a dropkick through the ropes to send him into the barricade. Strowman grabs him and drops him across the barricade to put a stop to his momentum. Sheamus distracts the Monster Among Men, but it fails and Braun ends up slamming Cesaro into the barricade again before throwing him back into the ring.
Cesaro sidesteps him and Braun crashes into the ring post. The Swiss Superman hits a beautiful corkscrew uppercut for a one count. Braun punches him out of the air when he goes for the same move again. Another distraction from Sheamus allows Cesaro to roll out of the ring. Strowman runs over Sheamus and sends him flying into the barricade before he gets back in the ring. He catches Cesaro flying off the middle turnbuckle and powerslams him for the pin and the win.
Winner: Braun Strowman
Braun heads up the ramp and poses on the stage while Sheamus checks on his sleep partner.
Cole and the announce team talk about The Ultimate Deletion and we get a video package of Matt Hardy inviting the WWE Universe into his home to meet his platoon. His beautiful wife Queen Rebecca, son King Maxel, and son Lord Wolfgang, and says everything he does, he does for them. He addresses Vanguard-1 and tells him to scan the Hardy property non-stop for an invader, the consumer of terrestrial entities. He asks Senor Benjamin to prepare the battlefield for ANNIHILATION and we pan out and go to break.
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The Revival Vs. Titus Worldwide W/Dana Brooke
We return from the break as the bell rings for this match. Titus takes control early against Dawson, utilising some hard slaps to the chest in the corner. Dawson eventually makes the tag to Dash and they double team the big man to ground him.
They keep O’Neil isolated with quick tags and vicious strikes, classic Revival. Apollo gets the hot tag and takes out both members of The Revival with his trademark quick offense, including the standing moonsault for a near-fall. Dawson kicks out of an inside cradle and Wilder takes out Titus at ringside to prevent a tag. Crews leaps over the top rope and onto Wilder, then back inside.
Apollo maintains the upper hand and hits a flying cross body. Dash makes the blind tag and they hit Apollo with the Shatter Machine for the pin and the win.
Winner: The Revival
The Revival really needed a win and deserve lots of momentum. Charly Caruso enters the ring to interview the duo. She asks about the path to WrestleMania after last week. Wilder says there’s no tag team on earth more qualified than they are, and Dawson adds that if Braun decided to step into their world, they’re gonna compete in his, so they declare their intent to be the first tag team to ever win the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal!
We get a video package for the latest 2018 Hall of Fame package, the World’s Strongest Man, Mark Henry. Great video and a great inductee.
Up next, Sasha Banks and Bayley need to get on the same page to face Absolution.
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Back from commercial, we get a video package celebrating Women’s History Month by way of the female superstars of WWE, past and present. Tonight, after Raw, there will be a new episode of WWE 24 that showcases the night of the Women’s Chamber match.
Bayley makes her entrance for her tag team match and is followed after by her partner, Sasha Banks. Sasha is on the mic as she walks to the ring andsays she was raised to talk things out face to face, that’s what friends do, and whatever is going on between them, she genuinely she wants to fix it. She understands that she hurt Bayley’s feelings at Elimination Chamber but she has to understand that was every woman for herself and she wasn’t trying to betray their friendship, just win the Raw Women’s Championship, just as she’s going to win the battle royal at WrestleMania. Last week Bayley left her high and dry, and that makes twice that Bayley left her, but since she’s the bigger person and considers her like a sister. Sasha says she forgives her. Sasha extends a hand but Bayley turns and gets a microphone of her own.
Bayley says the night after Elimination Chamber and their tag, she was angry and acted impulsively. She could have cost her the match but she didn’t, and the next week she helped her win but took off when the match was over because she can’t get over what Sasha did to her at Elimination Chamber. It’s not even about what she did, it’s how she did it. She gets it, Banks knows her better than anyone and she knows Sasha does what she has to to win but the look on her face after she did it, the glare in her eyes and the smirk on her face ate at Bayley’s core. She literally grabbed her hand, kicked her down the pod, and watched her fall, smiling. She can’t get the picture out of her head, and Banks is supposed to be her best friend, so why was knocking her down so easy, like it meant nothing?
Sasha doesn’t have time to respond because Absolution make their entrance. Paige has a mic and says she is sorry if they’re trying to find some resolution but it’s time for a match and her ladies are gonna show these little girls how real women settle a score.
Sasha Banks & Bayley Vs. Absolution W/Paige
Banks and Deville start the match. Banks forces her to the corner and lays-in some shoulder thrusts. Sasha ducks a clothesline and the action goes back to the corner. Sonya ducks Banks and knocks Bayley from the apron before dumping Sasha to the floor with her. Absolution pose in the ring as we go to break.
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We return to see Rose holding Bayley in a headlock. The Hugger counters and slams her face into the top turnbuckle multiple times. Banks makes the blind tag and shoves Bayley off of Mandy so she can make the cover. Rose slams Banks into the mat when she avoids a running double knee.
Sonya tags in and they stomp Sasha in their corner together. Banks takes a lot of punishment from Absolution before she finally breaks free. Bayley makes a delayed tag before she unloads on Deville. Rose breaks up a pin and Banks starts fighting her. Bayley has Sonya pinned, but the ref is distracted with Banks. An argument breaks out between Banks and Bayley, which leads to Deville shoving Bayley into Banks and both fall. Deville then kicks Banks in the face for the win.
Winners: Absolution
After the break, John Cena will be out demanding answers from The Deadman!
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