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WWE RAW REPORT: NEW TALENT FROM NXT, A FORMER CHAMPION RETURNS, THE STATUS OF THE TAG TEAM TITLES, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2018-04-09 23:05:00

We are back and we are told that Brock Lesnar has signed a contract extension. 

Brock Lesnar will face Roman Reigns for the Universal Title in a steel cage in Jedda, Saudi Arabia.

Roman Reigns makes his way to the ring.

Roman says he got his ass kicked last night.  He says he is here tonight.  He says that Brock Lesnar isn't.  Roman says he doesn't know what happened yesterday.  Everything felt off yesterday.  What eats him up the most is that Vince McMahon couldn't even look him in the eye and smarten him up.  Brock is one hell of a businessman.  On Wednesday, he was going back to UFC and then today he signed a new WWE Contract.  Roman says he has a steel cage match against Brock he didn't know about until he saw it on the internet.  If they continue to put him in matches with Brock Lesnar, the story will end with him as Universal Champion.

Samoa Joe's music plays and he makes his way to the stage.  

Joe says it is time to bring out the tinfoil hats because Roman thinks there is a conspiracy.  Joe brings Roman back to reality.  Brock didn't just beat you, he exposed you.  For over a year, you came out and said you were the only one who could beat Brock Lesnar.  The reality is that no matter how many whispers you heard, you failed.  That makes you a failure.  Joe says it makes you a liar.  You lied to these fans.  You lied to your family.  You lied to yourself.  Every time you and Brock Lesnar get in the ring together, you get jacked up.  You get put through tables and carried out on stretchers.  You get broken while Brock gets richer.

No matter how many times we hear the story, when the Big Dog faces the Beast, he will conquer you and you will make excuses.  After Brock is done with you again and you fail, Joe says he will be waiting for Roman at Backlash.

We go to commercial.

We see Matt talking to the Andre trophy and he says they must commence on his premonition of gold.  

Match Number Six:  Titus O'Neil and Apollo (with Dana Brooke) versus Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt in a Tag Team Eliminator Match

Matt and Titus start things off and Matt has some words about Titus Worldwide.  Matt and Titus go back and forth with their gestures.  They lock up and Matt with a waist lock.  Bray tags in and Titus sends Matt into the corner.  Bray holds Titus and Matt punches him.  Bray with a bulldog into Matt's boots.  Bray with a clothesline.  Apollo tags in and they lock up.  Apollo with punches and Bray with an Irish whip.  Apollo flips over Bray and Matt and Bray proclaim it WONDERFUL. 

Bray with a boot and forearm while Sheamus and Cesaro watch in the back.  Bray with forearms to the back of the head.  Matt tags in and he connects with punches to the back of the head.  Apollo with forerms but Matt with a knee.  Apollo misses a drop kick and Matt sends Apollo into the turnbuckles.  Wyatt tags in and he sends Apollo into the turnbuckles.  Wyatt with an uppercut and Matt tags in.  Wyatt with a splash and Matt with a Side Effect for a near fall.  Wyatt comes off Matt's back and he clotheslines Titus to stop his interference.

Matt signals for Deletion and Matt tries for a Twist of Fate but Apollo with a drop kick.  Apollo with an enzuigiri to Bray.  Apollo goes to the turnbuckles and Bray catches Apollo and hits a uranage.  Bray leans back in the corner and then Bray with Sister Abigail set up into a pass for Matt to hit a Twist of Fate for the three count.

Winners:  Matt Hardy and Bray Wyatt

We see what happened when Stephanie and Ronda were in the ring at the start of Raw.

Match Number Seven:  Kevin Owens versus Sami Zayn in a Contract Match

Zayn goes for a Helluva kick when the bell rings but he misses.  Zayn apologizes.  Owens tries for a pop up power bomb but Zayn holds on to the ropes.  Owens with a back elbow and a kick to the back.  Owens with a punch and Zayn sends Owens to the floor.  Zayn with a plancha and both men are down.  Zayn sends Owens back into the ring and Owens with a punch to stop a slingshot move by Zayn.

Owens sets for a power bomb on the floor but Zayn drops down and Zayn sets for a catapult into the ring post and sends Owens into the post.  Zayn with a kick and then Zayn goes to the ropes for an arm drag but Owens crotches Zayn.  Owens with an elbow drop off the turnbuckles for a near fall.  Owens with another near fall.  We go to commercial.

We are back and Zayn knocks Owens off the turnbuckles.  Zayn with a Blue Thunder Bomb for a near fall.  We see Owens dropping Zayn on the top rope and hitting a back senton for a near fall from the commercial break.  Owens goes to the floor when he sees Zayn setting for the Helluva Kick.  Owens with a super kick when Zayn tries to dive through the turnbuckles.  Owens with a cannonball and then he goes up top for a frog splash and he hits it.  Owens gets a near fall.

Owens with a running clothesline into the corner and then he hits a second one.  Zayn with a Helluva Kick and Owens falls to the apron.  Zayn with a waist lock but Owens holds on to the ropes.  Owens with a pop up power bomb and Owens falls to the floor again.  Owens gets to the apron and he goes up top again.  Zayn with a Helluva Kick with Owens on the turnbuckles.  Zayn sets for a superplex but Owens counters with a super fisherman's buster.  Both men try to get to their feet as the referee makes his count.

Double Count Out

Finn Balor, Jeff Hardy, and Seth Rollins walk in the back and Matt Hardy is standing in the hall.  Matt says he is happy to see that Jeff has gotten over his broken condition.  Jeff says he left a message but it must have been deleted.  Bray shows up and he hugs Brother Nero.  Jeff says that he is happy that his brother made Sister Abigail OBSOLETE.  Jeff asks Bray how he is doing and Bray says he is doing wonderful.

Finn asks what was that all about and Jeff has no idea.

Match Number Eight:  Miz, Curtis Axel, and Bo Dallas versus Jeff Hardy, Finn Balor, and Seth Rollins

Rollins and Miz start things off and Miz backs into the corner.  Miz tags Axel in to start things off.  They lock up and Axel with a side head lock and shoulder tackle.  Axel with a side head lock and Rollins with an arm drag into an arm bar.  Bo tags in and Rolins kicks Bo and hits an elbow on Axel before hitting a clothesline on Dallas.  Balor tags in and so does Jeff.  Jeff with a forearm to Bo followed by Poetry in Motion on Axel and then Dallas as we go to commercial.

We are back and Balor tags in and he connects with forearms to Bo and Miz.  Balor chops Axel and then hits a double stomp on Bo.  Balor with a chop and elevated elbow to the chest for a near fall.  Balor is distracted by Miz and Dallas hits Balor from behind.  Miz kicks Balor and then hits a running boot to the head for a near fall.  Miz with a reverse chin lock.  Balor with a punch and Miz with Reality Check for a near fall.  

Miz sends Balor into the turnbuckles.  Axel tags in and Miz with a snap mare and Axel with a leap frog neck snap.  Axel with a rear chin lock.  Axel keeps Balor from making the tag.  Axel with a drop kick.  Bo tags in and Axel with a slam and then Bo with a series of knee drops for a near fall.  Bo with a reverse chin lock.  Balor with a jaw breaker and he connects with forearms and then Balor with a belly-to-back suplex.  Both men are down.  Miz tags in and he knocks Rollins off the apron.  Miz goes for a sunset flip but Balor rolls through and hits a drop kick.  Jeff tags in and he punches Axel.  Jeff with a running forearm.

Jeff with a reverse atomic drop and a leg drop to the midsection.  Jeff with a kick and he tries for a Twist of Fate but Axel escapes.  Bo tags in and they Irish whip Jeff.  Jeff with punches and he goes up top and hits Whisper in the Wind.  Rollins and MIz tag in and Rollins with a springboard clothesline and boot.  Rollins with a blockbuster to Miz and a suicide dive to Axel.  Rollins sends Miz to the floor and Rollins with a suicide dive onto all three men.

Rollins misses a splash in the corner and hits the turnbuckles.  Miz goes up top but Rollins leaps to the turnbuckles and hits a superplex followed by a Falcon Arrow for a near fall.  Balor with Slingblade to Dallas and he clotheslines Axel over the top rope.  Balor with a plancha.  Miz goes for an O'Connor Roll but he can only get a near fall.  Rollins with Black Out for the three count.

Winners:  Seth Rollins, Finn Balor, and Jeff Hardy

After the match, Jeff hits a Twist of Fate on Dallas and Balor with a Coup De Grace.  Jeff with a Swanton.  Rollins with Black Out.  Rollins with a super kick to Axel.  Balor with Coup de Grace to Axel and then Hardy with a swanton.  Rollins with Black Out to Axel.

We go to credits.


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