Hall of Famer Kurt Angle comes to the ring for his final Monday Night Raw appearance.
The fans chant “thank you Kurt” and he says they’re making it really hard. He says he’s had a lot of good times and heard a lot of boos but mostly cheers. From the bottom of his heart he wants to say “thank you”. The fans respond in kind with a chant. We turn to the Titantron for an incredible video of Kurt’s career.
Back in the ring and Kurt is crying as the fans give a loud “Thank You Kurt” chant. Baron Corbin then comes out to the stage and mocks Kurt. Corbin says that video is ancient history because the man in the ring is a far cry from the one in the video. He says Angle can’t go more than two minutes in the ring without huffing and puffing, and that Angle can’t hang with today’s stars. Corbin says he is tired of everyone telling him on social media that Angle deserves better for his last match. The fans chant “Cena”. Corbin tells them to forget it and forget the footage and that video, because the last thing they’re going to see of Kurt Angle is him lying down, a broken old man. Angle asks Corbin why he doesn’t just come down to the ring and have a match right now?
Corbin comes down to the ring but then stops. He says that’s the old Angle intensity, but where’s the intelligence? He says if he got into the ring now Angle wouldn’t make it to WrestleMania. Corbin turns to leave but then out comes Rey Mysterio. Corbin dodges Mysterio and gets back into the ring. Mysterio says we get it, he doesn’t want to face Kurt tonight, but he’d sure like to teach Corbin a lesson in respect. Corbin refuses but then attacks Mysterio from behind. Angle grabs Corbin, who turns the tables, but then Rey comes off the ropes with a springboard senton to Corbin. Baron leaves the ring and retreats while Angle and Mysterio hug in the ring.
We’re backstage with Charly Caruso and Charlotte Flair. Caruso asks Charlotte if she’s concerned that she has to put her title on the line. Charlotte says Asuka was blindsided last week when she took her title. Well, the whole world is going to be blindsided on Sunday when she breaks Becky’s leg and takes Ronda’s title. Caruso asks if Charlotte will lose her cool in the match tonight and risk her participation on Sunday. Flair rhetorically asks if she looks worried. She says she isn’t a hot-head and that she will be fine tagging with Lynch and Rousey, but afterwards they had better stay out of her way.
Ricochet makes his way to the ring, followed by Aleister Black. They will face The Revival for the Raw Tag Team Championships next!
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Raw Tag Team Championship Match
(C) The Revival Vs. Aleister Black & Ricochet
The match begins with Black and Scott Dawson. They lock-up and Black takes a headlock. Black dodges Dawson with a leapfrog but eats a punch. Dash tags in and chops Black in the corner, followed by an Irish whip but Black kicks him. Black connects with a rolling trip, followed by a deep arm drag. Ricochet tags in and takes a wrist-lock on Dash.
Dawson is tagged again and he stomps Ricochet’s hand and chops him hard. After a choke from Dawson, he and Dash make quick tags to keep Ricochet down. It doesn’t last for long though, because Ricochet takes them both down with a double hurricanrana. Black tags in and they perform rapid-fired strikes to both Dash and Dawson. Black attempted going to the top rope but Dash distracted him, allowing Dawson to wrap his arm around the ropes. Black fell to the floor as we head to the break.
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We’re back and Dawson is attacking the left arm of Aleister Black. He wrenches the arm with an armlock, while also twisting the fingers. Dash tags in and continues working on the arm. Black makes the tag to Ricochet, who comes in with fast forearms to dash and a neckbreaker to Dawson. Ricochet rolls-up Dash for a two-count.
Ricochet dropkicks Dash into Dawson, then rolls him up again for another near-fall. Ricochet is hit with a cheap shot from Dawson, followed by a Gory Special from Wilder for a very near-fall. The action spills out of the ring and Black floors Dawson with a flying knee. Dash then takes out Black with a tornado DDT off of the barricade. Ricochet then leaps from inside the ring, over the ring post, onto both Dash and Dawson! All four men are down on the floor.
The referee counts and Wilder makes it back into the ring, but Dawson holds onto Ricochet’s foot from under the ring to prevent him from getting in before 10.
Winners: The Revival
After the match Wilder lifts both titles at ringside and talks trash. Aleister clocks him with Black Mass before getting into the ring and doing the same to Dawson. Ricochet then hits Dawson with the 630.
Still to come, six-woman tag team action, Bobby Lashley, and Rey Mysterio will in fact face Baron Corbin. We see Rousey warming-up backstage. Charly Caruso walks up and starts to ask a question but Ronda says she doesn’t feel like answering any. Ronda keeps shadow boxing and says she will win the match tonight before beating both Charlotte and Becky on Sunday. Unless of course, they want Judgement Day to come tonight.
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Alexa Bliss is backstage with Tyler Breeze and EC3. She rhymes off the WrestleMania card and mentions the SNL guys that will be in the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royale, Breeze and EC3 begin laughing and saying the guys are hilarious. Braun Strowman then walks up and stares at them. Breeze points to two random guys in the hallway and says they were watching SNL. Braun walks up to them and tells them he’s going to see them as the SNL guys and he’ll see them later tonight.
Dasha Fuentes is backstage with Roman Reigns, and she asks him about rumours saying he isn’t 100%. Reigns says let’s puts rumours aside because he is cleared to compete. Drew then attacks Roman from behind and unloads on him on the ground. Officials try to stop McIntyre, but he lifts Roman and throws him into some production equipment. He gets down beside Roman and screams “six days! I want you to see my face when you sleep at night!”
The Riott Squad make their way to the ring for a pounding. They’ll be facing the WrestleMania main event after the break.
*Commercial Break*
The Riott Squad Vs. Ronda Rousey, Becky Lynch, & Charlotte Flair
If Charlotte, Ronda, or Becky attack one another, the instigator will lose her place in the WrestleMania main event!
The match begins with Charlotte and Ruby Riott. Flair chops the chest of Riott and does the Flair walk. Lynch tags herself in and does the Flair walk, then begs Charlotte to attach her but the Champion doesn’t take the bait. Lynch then gets shoulder tackled by Ruby Riott. Lynch fires back with a dropkick that sends Ruby from the ring.
*Commercial Break*
We’re back live and Sarah Logan has Lynch grounded with a headlock. She whips Becky to the corner but eats a kick, followed by a flying forearm from the middle rope. Lynch dropkicks Logan from the ring but then Ruby tags in. Logan tags right back in after a dropkick from Lynch to Ruby. Logan knees Becky, then applies a modified cloverleaf.
Becky fights back and hits more dropkicks, followed by a Bexploder to Logan, followed by one to the now-legal Liv Morgan. Lynch won’t make the tag but Charlotte tags herself, but then Ronda tags in. The three of them stand and argue. Ronda Judo throws Liv Morgan and makes her tap.
Winners: Ronda Rousey, Becky Lynch, & Charlotte Flair
As soon as the bell rings and it’s legal, Ronda attacks Charlotte. She takes the SmackDown Women’s Champion down and beats her until Lynch attacks her. Officials come running own and start pulling them apart but the three of them fight them off and go back to brawling. Police them come down and separate the three of them. Rousey shoves them away and attacks Becky again. The police pull Ronda away from Lynch and handcuff her, but then Lynch attacks Ronda and she gets arrested as well. As the cops are escorting Ronda up the ramp, Charlotte comes running back down and clobbers Rousey with a forearm. She kicks Lynch before the police cuff her as well. All three women are escorted up the ramp in cuffs.
All three women are reluctantly led to the back area, then we see the cops trying to force them into squad cars. Lynch and Rousey are forced into the backseat together and comically begin swinging legs at one and other until Ronda breaks the window with her foot. The cops pull Becky out and take her to the other car but then Charlotte kicks the door open and kicks Becky. While the cops are pulling them apart one of the cars begins moving and it’s Rousey driving and she crashes into the back of a cruiser! The cops turn to her and pull her out of the drivers seat and back into the backseat. She hangs out the window yelling and Charlotte runs up and knees her in the head. Finally the cops get Lynch and Rousey in cars and drive off, while they’re still detaining Charlotte. That was simultaneously awesome and hilarious.
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