[intro music playing]
[John Cena] Then.
-[glass shattering] -[The Rock] If you smell…
-[bell tolling] -[Cena] Now.
-[Triple H] The king of kings… -[Cena] You can't see me…
[Cena] Forever.
Together.
-[upbeat music playing] -[crowd cheering]
[Jimmy] Welcome to a special WrestleMania RAW
from the Steel City, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Our last stop before Dallas, Texas, where everything is on the line.
-[Brock Lesnar's music plays] -[crowd cheers]
[Jimmy] Here we go, gentlemen.
The WWE Champion is here.
The Beast Incarnate, a big smile on his face,
and that means trouble for everyone else,
especially Roman Reigns.
We found out last week that the WWE Champion,
The Beast Incarnate, is out for blood.
[male announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome
the WWE Champion,
Brock Lesnar.
[crowd cheering]
[Saxton] Lesnar is all smiles. That's always a comforting thing, right?
It's never comforting when you see Brock Lesnar smile.
Welcome to a very special WrestleMania RAW.
Jimmy Smith alongside Byron Saxton, Corey Graves,
and special guest from SmackDown, Michael Cole. Pleasure to have you.
[Cole] Isn't it comforting when I'm here at ringside with you guys?
I'm so excited to kick off WrestleMania Week
right here on Monday Night RAW.
Corey, as Brock Lesnar makes his way to the ring,
you guys got some issues to worry about with Seth Rollins.
We'll get to that in a moment.
[Corey] I know you don't pay attention to social media,
but we'll talk about Seth "Freakin" Rollins and WrestleMania.
[Jimmy] There's a reason, there is to know.
He was working and we found out last Friday that Brock Lesnar,
if you want to stay from him, it takes an army.
-Excuse me, Brock. -Well, good evening.
[woman] Have you thought about the consequences
of your actions from last week?
[man] Wise man, get out.
[Brock] I've had a little time to think about it,
and upper management had a little talking with me.
I'm not supposed to have any contact
with Roman Reigns unless I'm provoked.
Tonight, I'm just gonna hang out
in Roman's locker room and wait for a good provoking.
-Brock. -[Brock] This is nice.
[Roman] I'm gonna warn you once,
you better get your ass out of my locker room…
by the time I get to Barclays Center or I'm gonna bust up in there
and I'm gonna crack your head open and you're gonna bleed all over Brooklyn.
Do you understand me?
I told you idiots before, this ain't Suplex City,
this is the Island of Relevancy.
If you're still in my locker room, Brock,
I'm going to personally come back there and put your head through the wall.
It don't look like he's in the locker room anymore, so where is he now?
I don't know where he is.
Let's go. Please let's go.
My tribal chief, I counsel you right now,
it's time for us to leave.
-[Brock Lesnar's music plays] -[crowd cheering]
[male announcer] Here comes the WWE Champion,
"The Beast" Brock Lesnar.
[commentator] Brock Lesnar cannot wait to get his hands on Roman Reigns.
Security rushing out into the arena
and Brock Lesnar now with a steel chair in hand.
Now Brock is doing damage.
Reigns and the Bloodline retreating.
Hey, Brock.
At WrestleMania you will acknowledge me
as the Undisputed Universal Champion.
[Jimmy] Well, we all know what it leads to,
the biggest WrestleMania match of all time.
Winner take all championship unification.
WWE Champion, Brock Lesnar,
versus the Universal Champion, Roman Reigns,
streaming live this Sunday on WWE on Peacock.
[crowd cheering]
It doesn't look like the pressure is getting to Brock Lesnar.
Good evening, Pittsburgh.
[crowd cheers]
Your WWE Champion is in the house.
[crowd cheers]
I'm sorry, I got to do this.
You see, for the last 20 years,
that loudmouth Paul Heyman has been doing all the yapping for me,
but I got to do this for you tonight.
Ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to Monday Night RAW.
[crowd cheers]
That felt good but it felt like it sucked.
[laughs] I won't be doing that again,
but what I don't suck at is handing out country ass kickings.
You see, this Sunday at WrestleMania,
I'm gonna tell I'm gonna spoil my game plan to Roman here,
and I have a hard time doing it but I'm just gonna do it.
See, Roman, this Sunday,
this is a spoiler now,
we're gonna take a trip down memory lane.
Yes, you can play along like that if you want.
-[crowd chants "what?"] -[laughs]
We're gonna take a trip
down the streets of Suplex City
and then I'm gonna introduce you to the old beast of Broadway.
[crowd chants "what?"]
-After that… -[crowd chants "what?"]
Play along, that's all right.
We're going to hit the carnival.
[crowd chants "what?"]
We're gonna go for a ride on the f5.
[crowd chants "what?"]
Ain't nobody survives a ride on the f5.
-[crowd chants "what?"] -[laughs]
Yes, Steve will be there too.
-[crowd chants "what?"] -[laughs]
Steve Austin.
[crowd chants "what?"]
He's an ass kicker like me too.
-[crowd chants "what?"] -But he didn't kick my ass.
-[crowd chants "what?"] -[laughs]
All right, enough.
After our carnival ride now,
this is where the party really starts.
Roman, we're gonna hit a wedding.
We're gonna be wedding crashers.
My title is gonna marry your title,
and it's gonna have a baby,
the unified title.
-[crowd chants, "what?"] -[laughs]
And I get full custody.
Listen… yeah.
[crowd cheers]
I'm in a great mood tonight because you know why?
In six days, at WrestleMania,
I finally get my hands on Roman Reigns.
You see, there's no more running, Roman.
There is nowhere to hide this Sunday. Okay?
This Sunday, at WrestleMania,
I'm gonna stand above you
with two titles
and I'm gonna raise them to the sky
and they will chant,
"Ladies and gentlemen, your new,
"reigning, defending,
"Unified Heavyweight Champion of the World, Brock Lesnar."
[Cole] Statement made, gentlemen. Who's going to argue with Brock Lesnar?
Brock Lesnar has been in a zone
that we've never seen him in in his entire career.
[Jimmy] I completely agree with you, Michael Cole.
Unfortunately for Brock,
Roman Reigns is functioning in God mode these days.
It's gonna be the biggest challenge of Lesnar's career.
[Cole] It will be, and what a way to kick off tonight.
We have a star-studded WrestleMania RAW on the way.
We heard from "The Beast Incarnate"
but we'll also get a visit from his WrestleMania opponent.
[Jimmy] The head of the table, the universal champion, Roman Reigns,
makes his return to RAW for the first time in six months
ahead of his showdown with Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania,
and it will happen tonight.
[Cole] And the WWE women's tag team titles
will be on the line in a sudden death fatal 4-way this Sunday at WrestleMania.
But tonight, rival teams will join forces
in a star-studded 8-woman tag team match,
live on WrestleMania RAW.
[Corey] Check this out, the EST is back just two weeks
after suffering a fractured hyoid bone
after an attack by the RAW Women's Champion,
Becky Lynch, ahead of WrestleMania.
Bianca Belair says, "I will not be stopped.
"I will be here live tonight on WrestleMania RAW."
[Jimmy] How about the longest reigning Tag Team Champions in SmackDown history,
the Usos are here to take on the RAW Tag Team Champions, RK-Bro.
Both teams defend their titles this weekend at WrestleMania.
First, they'll face off to determine
who is the most dominant tag team in all of WWE.
[Cole] Well, it was a frightening scene last Monday after missing out
on his last chance to go to WrestleMania.
"The Visionary" Seth Rollins wreaked havoc at ringside last week,
then vowed this week's Monday Night RAW
would not happen unless he got what he deserves.
Well, Rollins was summoned to the WWE headquarters
for a meeting with Mr. McMahon.
The question was answered as to whether or not
Seth Rollins will be at WrestleMania.
We'll show you what happened tonight.
[The Miz's music plays]
[Cole] We said star-studded, didn't we, gentlemen?
[Saxton] Did we say conceited, self-absorbed, as well?
[Jimmy] No bigger star in his own mind.
[bell rings]
[male announcer] The following contest is scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, residing in Hollywood, California,
weighing in at 221 pounds, The Miz.
[Corey] Gentlemen, we often talk about the importance
of a psychological advantage going into a high profile match,
which is exactly what Miz was looking for last week here on RAW.
It was Rey Mysterio and his son, Dominik, in tag team action
versus The Dirty Dawgs, Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode.
Miz was kind enough to join us on commentary but wasted no time
trying to gain an advantage,
with a little help from an old friend, Dolph Ziggler.
[Saxton] This is typical Miz at ringside,
inserting himself where he doesn't belong.
But Corey, it's what happened after the skull-crushing finale
that was absolutely disgusting.
[Corey] It was downright heinous. The ultimate act of disrespect.
The Miz removing the sacred Lucha mask from the head of Rey Mysterio.
That is humiliation!
And Logan, this is all yours.
I'm gonna steam clean it,
and I dare you to wear it next week
on Monday Night RAW.
Booyaka, booyaka, 619.
[Cole] Corey, the question is,
will Logan Paul wear the mask here tonight?
[Corey] I hope so. If i were Logan Paul, I'd put it on the internet and sell it
-for millions of dollars. -[Saxton] Of course you would.
[Cole] He's an entrepreneur, Saxton.
[Jimmy] Well, the difference is they're going to have to settle it
it one-on-one tonight before their tag team match at WrestleMania.
After having his mask stolen, Rey will be looking to deliver
some payback when he faces The Miz on RAW next.
[Jimmy] There's the confident, mask-stealing, Miz.
This crowd in Pittsburgh letting him know how they feel.
He's done everything to make WrestleMania personal,
but will he pay this weekend, Byron?
[Saxton] I think it's a big mistake to make this matchup personal
because there's no mask-stealing, there's no trying to destroy legacies.
At WrestleMania Saturday, Rey and Dominik Mysterio
will take on The Miz and social media megastar, Logan Paul.
[crowd booing]
You know, I imagine Rey Mysterio
has an incredible outfit planned for WrestleMania.
Rey Mysterio has so many amazing outfits and masks.
You know, my personal favorite mask
of Rey Mysterio's is the one I took from him last week.
[crowd booing]
And I imagine he as well as you are livid.
And I imagine he wants it back, but I don't have it.
I gave it to the real greatest Luchador in history.
Ladies and gentlemen, get up out of your seats and help me welcome…
Lucha Logan.
-[Saxton] Oh, no. -[Logan Paul's music plays]
[Jimmy] This is unbelievable. How did we get Lucha Logan?
[Saxton] Please tell me this isn't happening.
[Jimmy] Oh, he has Rey Mysterio's mask on his face.
That's incredible disrespect.
[Corey] That's normally where you'd wear it.
Nonetheless, Lucha Logan and Nacho Libre.
[Jimmy] I called my little brother down in Mexico City and he told me that
all of Mexico is buzzing about Lucha Logan.
He could be the next El Santo.
[Corey] Oh, yeah, your brother, he's a reputable source.
[Saxton] No sense of decency, no sense of respect whatsoever.
We knew that from The Miz
but apparently Logan Paul falling right in line.
Ladies and gentlemen, the greatest Luchador in history,
Lucha Logan.
[Saxton] Lucha Logan.
[crowd booing]
Rey, unmasking you
was the most disrespectful thing I could do to you as a Luchador,
but when you don't get respect that you have earned, you take it.
And I'm gonna keep taking it
because I feel like I want a mask of my own for WrestleMania.
Could you imagine these two faces with Rey Mysterio's mask
on the grandest stage of them all?
[Saxton] Los Santos.
So tonight, whatever mask you are wearing during this match,
-I am going to take-- -[Rey Mysterio's music plays]
-[Saxton] Yes, thank you. -[Cole] Enough.
[Corey] Where is the disrespect now, Byron?
[Saxton] Are you joking right now?
How about all the disrespect we just saw from The Miz and Logan Paul?
It's about time we stop hearing from The Miz.
[Corey] Miz was in the midst of a very compelling monologue.
[Jimmy] Gentlemen, the look in the eyes of the Mysterios,
we don't see very often.
[Saxton] This is how serious, this is how deeply personal
The Miz and Logan Paul made this.
[Corey] Somebody get Dominik under control.
[Jimmy] Right into the vicious ground and pound.
[Corey] Dominik needs six to eight months in juvenile detention.
-[Saxton] Come on, Lucha Logan. -[Corey] That's assault.
That's mine, bro.
[Saxton] Rey Mysterio obviously taking great offense to Paul's--
Logan Paul trying to run for his life here.
[Corey] Which one's Rey and which one's Logan?
[Saxton] Okay, okay, Corey.
[Jimmy] Dominik has just been ejected.
-[Saxton] What? -[Corey] Good. Good.
Maybe Dominik will learn some respect.
[Saxton] For what?
[Corey] For the greatest living Luchador on God's green earth,
Lucha Logan and the A-lister, The Miz, respect for them.
[Jimmy] The problem here is now it's a desperate situation
for Rey Mysterio because he is outnumbered.
It's two on one out here at ringside.
[Cole] It's supposed to be a one-on-one match.
-[Jimmy] Supposed to be. -[Saxton] The Miz and Logan,
acting like clowns and Dominik Mysterio is the one
who gets ejected from the ringside area?
[Corey] Clowns? Lucha Logan is out here acting like Rey Mysterio.
Did you just call Rey Mysterio a clown, Byron?
[Jimmy] Oh, now Miz on the attack.
[Saxton] You can't blame Dominik for being upset.
There's a reason Dominik doesn't wear a Lucha mask to the ring
because Rey Mysterio believes that his son has to earn it.
Rey Mysterio was given his mask,
earning it, at 17 years old.
Dominik needs to do the same.
-[Corey] I think it-- -[Jimmy] Beautiful hurricanrana.
[Corey] If my kid was as ugly as Dominik, I wouldn't want to stare at him all day.
[Saxton] Things that come out of your mouth amaze me, Corey.
[Jimmy] Rey Mysterio taking all the time. Once again, going after Logan Paul.
[Saxton] Yes, run as much as you can, Logan.
[Jimmy] Look at the speed of Lucha Logan.
[Jimmy] Divided attention, never a good thing.
-[Cole] Especially in a match-- -[Jimmy] DDT on the outside.
And right now it is Lucha Logan laughing.
[Jimmy] Welcome back to what has been so far an attack by The Miz.
Once again, trying to remove the mask
from Rey Mysterio, just like he did last week.
[Saxton] Like it wasn't bad enough last week. The Miz has gotta try it again.
[Jimmy] Let's remind everyone, Dominik, Rey Mysterio's son has been ejected.
Sent back to the locker room after he got a bit hurt
before this matchup got underway.
[Cole] Rey came down awkwardly on his left leg.
Here's the other thing,
Rey Mysterio needs to keep his emotions in check.
I know he's upset that his mask was taken
and Logan Paul is using it here at ringside,
but Rey Mysterio has got to keep his emotions in check
or he's gonna be in trouble come WrestleMania.
[Corey] Let's take a look at Lucha Logan standing ringside out here,
providing moral support for the A-lister.
[Saxton] Yeah, you see Rey Mysterio delivering a warning to Lucha Logan
about what's to come at WrestleMania.
[Cole] Doesn't wanna burn up all his energy on emotions.
But Rey's at his best when he can move,
and so far Miz doing a good job of preventing that.
[Saxton] Bounced off the top rope. Mysterio.
[Cole] Beautiful move. Shoulders down.
[Saxton] Got him.
-[Cole] Oh, got him. -[bell rings]
[Rey Mysterio's music plays]
[male announcer] Here is your winner, Rey Mysterio.
[Jimmy] Little bit of payback for Rey Mysterio, glaring at The Miz.
[Saxton] There is a lot more to come at WrestleMania Saturday.
For Logan Paul, Paul's actually got to compete, guys.
[Jimmy] Whoa, here comes Dominik. He's back.
[Saxton laughs] Yes, good. Dominik.
-[Corey] No, no, no. -[Saxton] Yes, yes, yes.
-[Saxton] Dominik and Rey! -[Jimmy] Getting ready
for a Double 61…
-[Saxton] Thank goodness. -[Cole] Smart.
[Saxton] Lucha Logan.
[Corey] Hey.
[Saxton] Here we go.
Put the mask where it should be, back in Rey Mysterio's possession.
[Jimmy] Rey Mysterio snatched back his mask, his dignity.
-[Saxton] Uh-oh, Miz. -[Jimmy] Uh-oh.
[Saxton laughs]
[Corey] Oh, and this is fine? This is okay, two on one against The Miz?
[Saxton] Why isn't Logan helping his buddy?
Why doesn't Logan do something to help out Miz?
[Jimmy] Double 619, as Lucha Logan looks on.
[Saxton] Poor Lucha Logan is having an identity crisis right now.
Dominik Mysterio from the top.
[Jimmy] Beautiful splash, flattens The Miz.
Why not two?
[Saxton] They're going to be teammates at WrestleMania, Corey.
[Corey] Well, it's not WrestleMania yet. That doesn't start till Saturday.
[Jimmy] He says this is what's coming for you, Logan, a Double Splash.
[Rey Mysterio's music plays]
[Saxton] Can you see the panic in the eyes of Logan Paul?
The concern that he's actually got to find a way to compete.
-[Jimmy] I was lost in his handsome gaze. -[Cole] Byron, here's the question.
We don't know how well Logan can compete.
Maybe he's gonna surprise everyone at WrestleMania.
[Saxton] I personally think Logan Paul is getting over his head
against the Mysterios.
[Cole] Well, right now he is wisely staying out of the ring.
But earlier today,
Seth "Freakin" Rollins summoned
to the place that is probably the most intimidating place in the WWE.
[Jimmy] Of course, you're referencing the office of Mr. McMahon himself.
Last week, when we went off the air, we thought RAW wasn't going to go down
until Seth "Freakin" Rollins had a path to WrestleMania.
Well, we will fill you in on all the delicious details
that went down earlier today, next.
[narrator] You've been waiting and now, finally, your fate is sealed.
Your fear is certain.
Your fear is real.
Next week…
your fear is here.
[music playing]
I can't believe it. Next week, the biggest RAW of the year,
the RAW after WrestleMania, Veer is finally here.
Yeah, finally, but also the week of WrestleMania
brings the best out of everyone in the locker room.
But for Seth "Freakin" Rollins,
the road to WrestleMania so far is paved with disappointments.
-[Corey] The last remaining path… -[bell rings]
…to the Showcase of the Immortals just disintegrated.
[Saxton] Seth Rollins is not going to partake in WrestleMania.
It must be devastating, missing this opportunity
to be at WrestleMania.
So, what's going on in your mind right now?
You care to comment at all?
[Seth] Can you even imagine…
[Brock] Brock Lesnar's going to WrestleMania.
[Vince] I'd like to offer you an opportunity at WrestleMania.
WrestleMania? We accept.
I will see you at WrestleMania.
-WrestleMania. -WrestleMania.
-[Seth] …what WrestleMania
would look like…
[commentator 1] Seth Rollins wins the Intercontinental Title,
is the Universal Champion!
[commentator 2] Rollins with the heist of the century!
[Seth] …without Seth "Freakin" Rollins?
Desperate times, they call for desperate measures,
and I'm running out of options.
I need this.
[Corey] Seth Rollins' WrestleMania dreams
were once again dashed tonight.
[Seth] Not only do I need WrestleMania…
WrestleMania needs Seth "Freakin" Rollins.
This is bull--
Monday Night RAW will not happen
unless I get what I deserve,
unless I get my WrestleMania moment.
[Jimmy] Well, following that meltdown on Monday Night RAW,
Seth Rollins was summoned by none other than Mr. McMahon
for a 9:00 a.m. meeting.
Well, Rollins would make the decision that
he would actually show up early
before regular office hours at WWE headquarters.
[lounge music playing]
[laughing]
Seth "Freakin" Rollins has entered the building.
Hello, hello, hello.
Good morning, good morning, good morning.
Is he ready for me?
Probably just a few minutes.
[grunts] Right. Perfect.
I'll have a seat. [laughs]
[humming]
You can go in now, Mr. Rollins.
[laughs]
You're not Vince.
Moment of truth. [laughs]
Mr. McMahon.
Hey.
Earth to Vince.
[laughs]
Seth "Freakin" Rollins in the building.
Good to see you.
All right.
What do we got? What do we got?
Get your feet off my table.
Okay.
Look, I know what this is about.
I know why we're here, so let's just cut to the chase, all right?
Let's just get it over with. Is there going to be a fine?
Huh? Suspension?
You're going to ban me from RAW?
Ban me from WrestleMania? Oh, you know what?
It's none of those things.
I know what it is. I know what it is. You know what?
[laughs] I'll save you the trouble.
Let me do it for you.
Seth "Freakin" Rollins, you're fired.
You're fired. Is that how it is? Is that how it goes?
Just lay it up. Come on, just give it to me.
Just rip the band aid. Let's do it.
I didn't bring you in here to fire you.
-Huh? -No.
What did you bring me in here for?
You may be surprised about all this.
I'm surprised as well that you didn't win your way into WrestleMania.
Uh…
A lot of failures.
Well, this isn't all my fault, you know.
[stutters] Pearce and Sonya, it's a long story. It's a long story.
If you want to be in WrestleMania, why didn't you just ask me?
Why did you jump through all those hoops?
That's it? All I had to do was come to you?
I'm not saying that you're in or you're out,
but really, all you had to do was come to me
instead of jumping through all those hoops.
You see, this year's WrestleMania is different than all the others
because it's…
What is it?
Two nights.
The most stupendous WrestleMania
-of all time? -Stupendous?
-Stupendous. -So…
could I have a WrestleMania that's stupendous without
Seth "Freakin" Rollins?
[laughing]
Could I?
Of course not.
Of course I could but, um,
I think it might be a good idea if you're in it.
But if you were in it,
you'd have to have your own main event. Wouldn't work any other way.
-Your own main event. -I like where your head is at.
So…
Seth "Freakin" Rollins is going to WrestleMania.
Is this a trick?
-I'm busy. -It's a ruse?
I'm busy, thank you.
So, I'm going to WrestleMania.
I'm going to… Who is my opponent?
Your opponent will be someone of my choosing,
and you'll know your opponent when you're in the ring.
He's introduced.
Okay.
All right.
I'm going to WrestleMania.
[laughs]
I'm going to WrestleMania. Thank you.
I'll see myself out.
You better not disappoint.
I'm going to WrestleMania.
I'm going to WrestleMania!
[laughs]
Yes, WrestleMania coming my way.
WrestleMania coming my way.
Coming my way. [laughs]
I told you, baby.
I told you.
Seth "Freakin" Rollins at WrestleMania, baby.
We did it. [laughs]
Yeah, yeah.
[Cole] Well, it seems as though Seth "Freakin" Rollins
has had his prayers answered,
but Corey, he doesn't know his opponent till he's in the ring.
[Corey] It doesn't even matter, to be honest.
This is Seth "Freakin" Rollins at WrestleMania.
Yes, it would be an opponent of Mr. McMahon's choosing,
but Mr. McMahon could pluck somebody from obscurity,
dust him off, get the moss falls out.
It doesn't matter who is across the ring from Seth "Freakin" Rollins.
It matters that Rollins is where he belongs.
[Cole] Well, you say it doesn't matter,
but someone also looking for a WrestleMania opponent is this man.
[Jimmy] A man who has displayed unparalleled dominance on a weekly basis.
-[bell rings] -[male announcer] The following contest
is a two on one handicap match.
Introducing first,
weighing in at 400 pounds,
Omos.
[Cole] Remember at one point, Omos actually mistook you for me?
-[Corey] That did happen. -[Cole] Who is gonna argue with this man?
He is one of the most gigantic individuals I've ever seen.
One of the most dominant superstars ever to step into a WWE ring.
[Jimmy] Just think about the destruction that Omos caused last week
when he took out both Apollo Crews and Commander Azeez all by himself.
[Cole] A 2-on-1 handicap match, I don't know exactly who is handicap.
"The Colossus" Omos has been undefeated
since his debut last year at WrestleMania.
He has laid waste to everyone.
Doesn't matter if it's 2-on-1 but tonight, from SmackDown,
it will be Erik and Ivar, The Viking Raiders.
Will they fare better? We'll find out on RAW, next.
[Jimmy] Well, ladies and gentlemen, WrestleMania is presented by Snickers,
Snickers satisfies, and by WWE 2K22.
The biggest video game in WWE history is available now,
featuring a redesigned gameplay engine,
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[Cole] There they are, Erik and Ivar, The Viking Raiders.
A little surprised to see them tonight.
They have a big challenge on Friday.
[Jimmy] Indeed. They're going to be part of the Andre the Giant Battle Royal
to kickoff WrestleMania weekend at a very special WrestleMania SmackDown.
Superstars from both brands, RAW and SmackDown,
competing for the prestigious Andre the Giant trophy.
[Corey] I think tonight may be Omos has bitten off more than he can chew.
We are talking about Erik and Ivar,
a dominant tag team who has held championships all over the globe.
-Ring the bell. -[Corey] Gonna be a tall task,
-even for Omos. -[bell rings]
[Saxton] You mentioned Viking Raiders being involved in the Battle Royal.
There's also the potential that Omos
could be involved in that same Battle Royal.
[Corey] Yeah, good luck.
-[Jimmy] That is a shot that would-- -[Corey] Oh, goodness.
Just decapitated Erik in the middle of the ring.
[Saxton] Omos is in there with the former
RAW tag team champions in The Viking Raiders.
[Cole] Certainly no absence of malice in the eyes of Omos,
Monday Night RAW's resident Colossus.
-[Saxton] Erik might be out for good. -[Corey] Yes…
Even Ivar is tentative to get in the ring.
[Saxton] Can you blame him?
[Cole] Ivar is gonna go check on his partner now.
[Jimmy] That's the message you send.
-Six. -[Jimmy] Already up to six.
Seven. Back it up. Let's go.
[Cole] I don't think he's gonna make it.
[Saxton] Erik not showing much movement.
-[referee] Nine. -[Jimmy] At nine. He's got one second.
-Ten. -[Jimmy] It's a count out victory.
-[bell rings] -[Jimmy] Another easy 2-on-1 win.
[male announcer] Here is your winner, as a result of a count out, Omos.
-[Cole] That wasn't even competitive. -[Jimmy] The hurt business,
Apollo Crews and Commander Azeez, and now The Viking Raiders.
-[Cole] Now Ivar is looking to get-- -[Saxton] Oh.
Omos made this look disturbingly easy.
Raise my hand up one more time. There you go. Right there.
[Jimmy] There's a better illustration of the power possessed by Omos
and the dominance he is capable of.
Erik and Ivar just experienced first-hand,
beginning with a downright hellacious clothesline.
[Cole] Oh, my goodness.
[Jimmy] Taking Erik out.
And Erik would never even recover.
Then after the match, Ivar looking to stand up for his partner,
met a similar fate via the colossal boot of Omos.
[Cole] Be careful in there, Kevin Patrick.
Omos, congratulations on another victory.
You still stand here undefeated.
In fact, nobody has even knocked you off your feet.
Now, we know you have been looking for an opponent at WrestleMania.
Is there any WWE superstar that you feel could threaten you?
[laughs] There's nobody.
I am undefeated and I will dominate everyone.
Omos, surely there must be someone that you respect that--
-[Bobby Lashley's music plays] -[Cole] Are you kidding me?
[Saxton] Pump the brakes, ladies and gentlemen.
[Corey] Oh, my…
[Saxton] Is he back?
Is he here?
[Corey] First time since elimination chamber.
[Saxton] Omos awaits, as we all do.
[crowd cheering]
[Saxton] "The All Mighty" Bobby Lashley is back.
[Cole] Corey, you said no mortal man could defeat Omos.
I'm not looking at a mortal man right now.
[Corey] You're absolutely right. There's nothing mortal about
the all mighty former WWE Champion, Bobby Lashley,
who is back here on Monday Night RAW
in the Steel City with no fear in his eyes.
[Cole] Bobby Lashley will not be intimidated by Omos, I guarantee you that.
[Saxton] Staring a hole through the human skyscraper
is "The All Mighty" Bobby Lashley.
[Cole] He said before, "I love a challenge.
I love fear. It gets me to the gym."
There's no greater fear than looking at Omos.
[Jimmy] Look at the size of Omos.
[Corey] Look at the size of The All Mighty.
[crowd chanting "Bobby"]
[all commentators exclaim]
[Cole] Just one-handing him.
[Saxton] Here comes Lashley.
No impact whatsoever on Omos.
You want this, huh? You don't want to see this.
You don't want this. Boy, get your ass out.
You don't want this, boy.
Huh? All Mighty, who?
[grunts]
What the hell are you talking about?
You don't want this, huh? You don't want this? Come on.
[Saxton] Oh, goodness.
[Cole] Incredible collision.
-Omos off his feet. -[Jimmy] Omos is down.
[Saxton] Now, that was a statement from Lashley.
You don't want this, huh.
You don't want this smoke. You don't want this smoke.
You don't want this, brother.
I'm going to kick your ass, all right?
You want it? You're gonna get this at WrestleMania.
You're going to get this at WrestleMania.
[crowd chanting "Bobby"]
-Let's go. -Let's go. Lets' freaking go.
[Cole] Has Omos ever been knocked off his feet in the ring?
-[Saxton] No. -[Jimmy] Never once. Not even close.
The All Mighty just proved it is possible.
[screaming]
[Jimmy] The first time ever we witnessed
Omos being knocked off of his feet
by another competitor.
It's still hard to fathom. Let's watch it once again.
The third time was the charm for The All Mighty.
Look at this impact.
[Saxton] Oh.
[Jimmy] It took as much out of Lashley as it did out of Omos.
But Omos has been taken off of his feet courtesy of The All Mighty
who appears to have plans for WrestleMania.
[Saxton] Challenge issued.
[Cole] Unbelievable.
[Jimmy] Coming up next on Monday Night RAW, guys,
finally some class on this program because the head of the table,
the tribal chief, the Universal Champion,
Roman Reigns, is here for the first time on Monday Night RAW in six months,
as he prepares for "The Beast" Brock Lesnar at WrestleMania.
Roman Reigns, he's here live, next on RAW.
Dana, look, I've been wanting to talk you about something
that's been on my chest ever since we met.
But it seems like whenever it's the perfect moment,
things go sideways and we just, we never have a time to ourselves.
But Reg, you know you can talk to me about anything.
You know that.
Okay.
Dana…
will you…
-will you-- -Reg, this is so sudden. I mean…
Look, Dana, we don't have to wait
until this weekend to have our WrestleMania moment.
We can have one right now
if you will have me.
[gasps]
What do you say?
Yes.
[chuckles softly]
-Oh, my God. -Perfect.
Come on.
-One, two-- -Dana, are you okay?
Let's get out of here.
Tozawa…
what are you wearing?
Oh, I heard Reggie saying,
uh, earlier he was going to propose to Dana.
Yeah, and?
-Tamina… -[crowd chanting "yes"]
You're my earth,
wind, and fire.
Will you do me the honor of…
What do you think?
Yes.
[crowd cheering]
[chuckling]
That gives me an idea.
By the power vested in me…
-[Roman Reigns' music plays] -[crowd cheering]
[Cole] Byron, Jimmy and Corey,
get ready to acknowledge
the longest reigning Universal Champion in WWE history.
God mode engage.
[Jimmy] We talked about class coming back to Monday Night RAW.
That is the man right now,
draped in gold, dressed for success.
[Cole] The Bloodline is draped in gold.
For 575 days, Roman Reigns has held the Universal Championship.
For 252 days,
The Usos are the longest-running SmackDown Tag Team Champions in history.
And The Bloodline is here, live.
[Corey] Take a look at it, commit it to memory, WWE Universe.
That is what greatness truly looks like.
[Cole] Success runs in the family, and right now it's hard to deny.
[Saxton] The tribal chief has made his mission statements clear
at WrestleMania Sunday, smash The Beast Incarnate,
but you do have to question
whether The Usos will actually have their Tag Team Championships in tow,
whether Roman Reigns will have
his Universal Championship in tow after this WrestleMania.
Will The Bloodline have any gold?
[Cole] Well, that's what we are going to find out.
The biggest WrestleMania match of all time,
the Universal Champion, Roman Reigns,
WWE Champion, Brock Lesnar, title unification, winner take all.
This is for everything, this Sunday, streaming live on Peacock.
[Jimmy] Gentlemen, WrestleMania is about legends.
It's about making your career, living forever.
And that's what Roman Reigns is trying to do.
Roman Reigns, holding the Universal Championship
for nearly 600 days.
There's only been four men in the history of WWE
that have held the championship longer.
Those men, Pedro Morales, Bob Backlund,
Hulk Hogan and Bruno Sammartino.
That is the rarefied air that this man, Roman Reigns, breathes.
[Cole] It is undeniable
that the head of the table exists living in God mode.
Unfortunately for Roman Reigns,
the WWE Champion, The Beast Incarnate,
looking to commit deicide at WrestleMania.
[Saxton] Think about this, gentleman.
Roman Reigns has not been pinned,
Roman Reigns has not been submitted
since December of 2019.
Over two years ago.
[Jimmy] Roman Reigns will enter his sixth main event at WrestleMania.
Only one man in history has been in more.
Sunday night, Reigns, Brock Lesnar,
the main event, the biggest WrestleMania match in history.
[Corey] Championship unification, winner take all.
[Cole] The biggest challenge of Roman Reigns' career.
Pittsburgh.
[crowd cheering]
Acknowledge me.
[crowd cheering]
You see, I was gonna come out here and I was gonna shine on you.
I was gonna talk about, you know, being the last needle mover.
We's going to talk about God mode.
We's going to talk about how I used to run Monday Night RAW
until Fox came begging for me to come save SmackDown.
And those are facts.
It's all true.
[crowd chanting, "what?"]
The tribal chief has done everything that you can do in this business, you see.
[crowd chanting, "what?"]
Except one thing.
[crowd chanting, "what?"]
If y'all keep "whatting" me,
I'm gonna smash all of y'all like I would smash Steve Austin.
[crowd cheering]
Just like I'm going to smash Brock Lesnar.
[crowd cheering]
So like I was saying, the tribal chief has done everything--
[crowd chanting, "what?"]
Except beat The Beast at WrestleMania.
[crowd chanting, "what?"]
And that pisses me off.
[crowd chanting, "what?"]
[crowd chanting, "Suplex City"]
Let's talk about Brock then. That's what y'all want to do.
Y'all want to talk about him, let's talk about Brock.
What really bothers me about Brock…
is just a couple of weeks ago he was out for blood.
It was personal to him.
But he's already spilled my blood.
[crowd chanting, "what?"]
In 2018, at WrestleMania 34,
he busted my head wide open right here.
Right here.
One right here on the hairline,
one across the top of my skull, and I bled all over New Orleans.
He smashed my face to the point
my children didn't even recognize me.
My wife didn't want me in this business anymore.
My father doubted me.
My family…
was disappointed in me,
and then he comes out here and it's just a game now.
Oh, we talking about Suplex City.
It's a carnival, it's a wedding now.
The titles are gonna have babies, it's just a game.
Okay, that's all good,
because the tribal chief changed the game.
We changed the game
and we're gonna take everything from him.
You see…
I already took his advocate and upgraded him to a wise man.
I took his claim
to being the longest-reigning champion in the past 35 years.
I got my receipt
and I took his blood at Madison Square Garden,
and this Sunday…
I make the final move
and I'm gonna take his title.
And then Brock,
you're gonna know
what it's gonna be like to make it personal,
because I'm gonna make it personal,
because it's always been personal…
to me.
-[Roman Reigns' music plays] -[Cole] If there's such a thing
as a more motivated Roman Reigns,
I believe we just saw it.
[Jimmy] I cannot wait till Sunday night,
the main event of WrestleMania.
Universal Champion, Roman Reigns,
WWE Champion, Brock Lesnar,
in the epic clash,
the biggest WrestleMania match of all time.
Title versus title, championship unification.
[Cole] Well, we know WrestleMania is stressful,
it is tough on not just individuals but teams,
just ask our Women's Tag Team Champions
about the stress it brings.
Our titles are at stake at WrestleMania.
Blah, blah, blah. I get it. I know how it works.
[scoffs]
[yelling]
[Cole] Now, Corey, we know you didn't see any of this
because you were protecting Carmella, but this is what happened.
[Saxton] After the apparent implosion between Queen Zelina and Carmella,
it would be Liv Morgan and Rhea Ripley against Shayna Baszler and Natalya.
It would be Baszler and Natalya who would pick up momentum
heading to the Women's Tag Team Title fatal 4-way match at WrestleMania.
Jimmy, look what then happened. Look what we would find out.
Queen Zelina nailing Rhea Ripley with the scepter.
Carmella taking out Baszler and Natalya on the outside,
and apparently the implosion had been rectified
between the Women's Tag Team Champions.
[Corey] We always talk about tag teams being on the same page.
Trust me when I tell you,
Carmella and Queen Zelina are in the same sentence.
Okay, enough.
It's exhausting being so beautiful.
[chuckles] My dear Carmella,
I'm simply chuffed that we're on the same page
going into WrestleMania this Sunday.
I knew we'd make it work my Queen.
Plus we're gonna look so stunning when we leave that ring
with our Women's Tag Team titles.
[laughs] You know, I can't stop remembering that shock and awe
when we took out Rhea, Liv, Natalya and Shayna last week.
-Oh, my God. -Did you see--
Yeah, I remember that too, actually.
You really thought that you could get one over on us with those cheap shots?
Yeah, that's not happening this week, okay?
So, here's what's gonna happen, you two get in line behind us,
the Queen of Spades and the Queen of Harts,
and we'll make sure that we lead our team to victory.
And then at WrestleMania,
we will walk away as the new Women's Tag Team champions.
Yep.
So, as long as bootleg barbie
and her imposter Queen here have our backs…
I'm bridal barbie, hello.
…while we tear the other team apart,
limb by limb,
maybe we'll let you two live long enough to see WrestleMania.
Good?
Sounds great to me.
[Saxton] A simple instruction by Shayna Baszler and Natalya,
-just fall in line. -[Cole] Byron, please.
-It's boss time. -[Saxton] Oh, yes.
I missed that, Michael. Good job.
[Sasha Banks' music playing]
[bell rings]
[male announcer] The following contest is an 8-woman tag team match
scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, the team of Liv Morgan,
Rhea Ripley, Naomi, and Sasha Banks.
[Cole] I got to say, a lot of positive vibes
headed to the ring right now, Byron. I know you're dancing in your chair.
[Saxton] Indeed, it is about building momentum
for the upcoming fatal 4-way match at WrestleMania
for the Women's Tag Team Championship. Tonight, it's an 8-woman tag team match.
Which team can build momentum ahead of WrestleMania?
We're gonna find out live next on WrestleMania RAW.
[The Undertaker's music plays]
[Jimmy] When you think WrestleMania week, you have to think The Undertaker.
So many iconic WrestleMania moments.
Well, he'll be inducted into the Hall of Fame this Friday
by none other than Vince McMahon himself.
Much deserved.
Yeah, the Hall of Fame induction ceremony takes place this Friday
immediately following Friday Night SmackDown on Peacock.
The kick-off show and then, of course, Corey Graves, Kayla Braxton,
will be hosting the Hall of Fame ceremony itself this Friday,
immediately following SmackDown on Peacock.
[Saxton] We have a new addition to the Hall of Fame class of 2022.
The news was broken this morning exclusively by The Ringer,
Rick and Scott Steiner, the Steiner Brothers.
You're talking about two men
who were cornerstones of tag team division,
be it in WCW, Japan, and here in WWE.
Well-deserved honor, Corey.
[Corey] One of the most dominant and powerful tag teams to ever exist
in this industry finally taking their rightful place
as members of the WWE Hall of Fame.
Congratulations to Scott Steiner and "The Dog-Faced Gremlin" Rick.
What an honor for this year's Hall of Fame.
[Jimmy] We have a whole ring full of ladies
looking for their WrestleMania moment as well,
-but tonight it is an 8-woman tag. -[Cole] Carmella wear a mask at home?
[Corey] Cole, you keep my fiancee's name out your mouth.
-[Cole] Hey, stay away from me. -[Saxton] I was wondering the same thing.
[Jimmy] Yeah, but at WrestleMania,
it will be, that's right, a Women's Tag Team Championship fatal 4-way match.
The winner, of course, taking home the Tag Team Title
and it does not at all favor the Champion.
[Corey] Can I please draw attention to how unfair this scenario is
-to the reigning champions, Queen-- -[Jimmy] I just said it.
-Doesn't favor the champion. -[Corey] I'm reiterating it,
because it was the first valid point you've made since 8:00 p.m. Eastern.
Right now, Liv Morgan in control,
but the fact of the matter is, Carmella nor Queen Zelina
have to be defeated to lose the tag team championships
they have fought so hard for and so valiantly for week after week.
[Saxton] Listen Corey, I'm hearing the panic and concern in your voice.
Does Carmella share that same panic as Queen Zelina?
-[Corey] Saxton-- -[Saxton] That they're gonna not be able
to retain the Women's Tag Team Champions?
[Corey] I just want to make sure that my bride looks absolutely perfect
as she walks down the aisle for our big day,
and I think she's going to look wonderful with her Women's Tag Team Championship.
[Saxton] She'll look just as good without a championship.
[Jimmy] Naomi right now in the wrong corner.
[Cole] Nobody can get a word in edgewise out here.
[Jimmy] I know, it's tough. Welcome to my life on Mondays,
but as I said, Naomi in the wrong corner.
Now, Cole, you've watched the team of Naomi and Sasha Banks.
Have you been impressed with their chemistry?
Haven't been together that long but they've fought so well together, yes?
[Cole] Well, actually, the thing about Naomi and Sasha Banks, Jimmy,
is they've teamed together and they've known each other
since back in 2015.
They actually were teammates long ago in the past.
They're so excited to be back together again.
[Corey] I think Naomi may be the only tag team partner Sasha Banks
has not stabbed in the back.
-[Saxton] Here we go. -[Jimmy] Cover. Hooking the leg.
Oh, saved by Carmella.
[Cole] Again, this is a tag team matchup tonight.
Of course, it'll be a tag team fatal 4-way at WrestleMania,
which means the first team to gain pinfall or submission will become the champions.
[Saxton] Which means you could see a scenario where Liv Morgan, say,
defeats Natalya and Liv and Rhea would become Women's Tag Team Champions.
[Corey] What a superkick by the most beautiful woman in all of WWE.
[Saxton] It's horrifying with that mask on.
[Cole] Why would you call somebody's fiancee looking horrifying, Byron?
-[Saxton] It's the mask. -[Corey] Because he's 12 feet away
-from me on the other side of-- -[Cole] Sheesh.
[Jimmy] Oh, good teamwork by Queen Zelina.
Knee right to the jaw of Sasha Banks, and the boss laid out.
[Jimmy] It'll be a fatal 4-way tag team match at WrestleMania,
but now it is an 8-woman tag. Rivals together as teammates,
not an easy thing to do.
Sasha, what do you say?
[Saxton] Carmella, right now controlling Sasha Banks.
I know Carmella and Queen Zelina are saying they're united now,
they've quelled all their issues, but have they really?
[Cole] Byron, why don't you ask the expert at the table?
[Saxton] Corey, would you like to shed some light?
[Corey] I'm more thinking about rehearsing my consummation.
I don't know. Yeah, sure, great. Whatever you say, Saxton.
[Saxton] You just backed up my point, questioning whether or not Carmella
-is focused on WrestleMania. -[Cole] Here comes the boss.
[Corey] I didn't back up your point, I ignored your stupid question.
Of course, Carmella and Zelina are on the same page.
[Saxton] That's what I was looking for.
[Corey] I'm thinking about rehearsing
-the consummation. -[Cole] Beautiful backstabber.
[Jimmy] How does that change things in the ring?
You can't trust the person you're with. You can't trust the tag.
It's all about how you can survive as an individual.
-So far, that's what we're seeing. -[Saxton] If you're Sasha Banks
you'd have to trust your option to tag right now.
-Uh-oh, hold on. -[Corey] What options are those, Saxton?
[Jimmy] What did we say about trust? Got to watch your back.
[Cole] Spoke too soon.
[Jimmy] Naomi still there.
[Cole] Well, remember, it's every team for itself come Sunday
at WrestleMania, bottom line.
[Jimmy] That's what we're seeing here as well a little bit.
-Tag. -[Saxton] Tag made.
Here comes Shayna Baszler.
[Jimmy] Just in time to keep Sasha Banks from getting to her corner.
Cheap shot on Naomi.
-[Corey] You guys think Carmella is okay? -[Saxton] Why don't you go check on her?
[Corey] I'm going to make sure she's all right.
[Saxton] You don't have to come back either.
[Jimmy] Shayna Baszler so good with her submission game,
at slowing matches down,
but Sasha Banks right now not letting that happen.
[Cole] Once again, no stranger to high-profile WrestleMania moments.
[Jimmy] Oh, beautiful leg lock.
[Cole] Stretch muffler submission applied. The boss in all types of jeopardy.
Tag is made to Natalya.
Fantastic teamwork, looking for the Hart Attack.
[Saxton] Beautiful shot.
[Jimmy] This could be over with.
[Saxton] Queen Zelina running interference.
-[Cole] Brilliant. -Her own teammate!
Yeah, I mean, you guys are on the same team, hello.
-They're starting to break down now. -We're supposed to be on a…
Carmella on the outside going after Baszler.
Well, that's why she wears the mask, Corey.
I understand that, but she's still susceptible to bruising.
Gentlemen, these are all teammates now fighting one another to get the pin.
We still have a match going on.
It looks like Queen Zelina right now, ready to take out Sasha Banks.
Well, good luck with that.
She had her moment. That moment has passed.
Naomi is in.
This team, I think, just threw the victory away with their bickering.
Well, because NaomI's team's working as a team.
Liv made a tag. Now Rhea Ripley makes the tag.
And Corey's over here coddling his fiancée to make sure she's okay.
[Corey] It's a weekly occurrence, Michael.
-Oh, could be a riptide! -I don't understand.
-My Queen. -Rhea Ripley with the pin.
-[bell dinging] -Carmella, you lost.
-You lost. -Shut up, Cole.
[announcer] The team of Liv Foreman, Sasha Banks, Naomi, and Rhea Ripley.
-This is not gonna happen at WrestleMania. -Carmella, you lost.
If that happens Sunday, you're gonna lose your championship, Carmella.
We're gonna celebrate your win at WrestleMania.
Yeah, there is a high probability we are going to have
new women's tag teams.
Corey, explain to her that if that happens Sunday--
I'm trying to do important things here.
All right, anyway, aside from that, we have to say that WrestleMania week,
you want momentum, you want strength, but Kevin Owens has done everything
to get under the skin of the WWE Universe.
We thought we were going to witness the appearance of the Texas Rattlesnake
last week in Chicago, but Kevin Owens had other plans.
Are you all ready to see Kevin Owens open up a can of whoop-ass
on Stone Cold at WrestleMania?
Give me a hell yeah!
[crowd booing]
And that's the bottom line, because Stone Cold said so.
A better way to celebrate an epic troll job
than with a couple of cold ones.
Where did you stagehands learn to throw beer?
You suck. Get in the ring and give me the beer.
Come on. There you go. Put it in my hand.
Now get your sorry ass out of my ring.
Oh, wait.
Taking a page out of Stone Cold Steve Austin's playbook,
delivering a stunner.
And you know the Texas Rattlesnake is going to unleash on Owens of WrestleMania.
Well, we saw Kevin Owens' irreverent impersonation
of his guest on the KO show at WrestleMania Saturday.
WWE Hall of Famer Stone Cold Steve Austin now will look back on the legendary career
of one of the greatest of all time, the Texas Rattlesnake.
Can I get a hell yeah, on WrestleMania Raw next.
-Please don't do that again. -I just did.
Ah, it's the home of the greatest team in NFL history.
The Pittsburgh Steelers. Six rings. Count them up.
But also there's a man when it comes to the WWE as strong as the Steel City.
It's the Rattlesnake himself.
[Stone Cold Steve Austin] Talk about your psalms.
["Bawitdaba" by Kid Rock playing]
Talk about John 3:16.
Austin 3:16 says, I just whipped your ass.
[all cheering]
Steve Austin does what he wants.
[commentator] Austin raising hell!
[Stone Cold Steve Austin] When he wants. And that's the bottom line.
Because Stone Cold said so.
[commentator] Austin is the champion. The Austin era has begun!
♪ For the time bombs ticking and the heads they hang ♪
♪ All the gangs gettin' money and the heads they bang-bang ♪
♪ Wild mustangs, the porno flicks ♪
♪ All my homies in the county in cell block six ♪
♪ The grits when there ain't enough eggs to cook ♪
♪ And to D.B. Cooper and the money he took You can look for answers ♪
♪ But that ain't fun Now get in the pit ♪
♪ And try to love someone! ♪
Everybody wanted to be Stone Cold Steve Austin.
It captured everybody's feelings perfectly.
What?
He had that brash, tough, rough, redneck attitude.
You got me a good fall! Do you have any grapefruit buns?
All right, Shane. Okay, next.
Beating his boss up and drinking beer and flipping off people.
[commentator] Tyson and Austin! Tyson and Austin!
It invigorated a generation of people.
You can kiss my ass!
And Vince McMahon is out.
That's the DX Express part!
Austin drives a beer truck! He kicked his ass!
Stone Cold with a beer mask! Whoo!
Stone Cold Steve Austin knew how to kick ass.
One of the biggest draws of all time. One of the best of all time.
Every now and then someone very special will come along.
Please welcome Stone Cold Steve Austin!
Man, it's good to be here.
No one will come close to that.
[commentator] Stone Cold! Stone Cold!
Has got McMahon!
[The Rock] He was solely responsible
for a seismic shift in the world of wrestling.
Truly iconic.
[Steve Austin] There's only a few things in this life that make me happy.
That's drinking beer. Four letter words.
Middle fingers. Drinking more beer. Oh, hell yeah!
["Bawitdaba" continues playing]
Now this is a man who doesn't take disrespect lightly.
-KO just might find that out. -Think about this, 19 years, Jimmy,
19 years of pent-up aggression that Stone Cold Steve Austin
is bringing to WrestleMania Saturday and delivering to Kevin Owens.
We wanna thank Kid Rock for his hit song, "Bawitdaba."
And the WWE Hall of Famer just released a brand new album titled Bad Reputation.
It's available right now on Apple Music and Spotify.
Please welcome Kevin Owens.
Man.
Wasn't that an incredible tribute to Stone Cold Steve Austin, huh?
Nobody does these video packages better than the WWE production team.
True angels of video editing back there in that truck.
But you know what?
As great as that was, it was nothing compared
to my tribute to Stone Cold Steve Austin last week, okay?
You all saw it, that was amazing.
And you know, I heard people saying that somehow I was mocking Stone Cold.
And you know what? Those are lies.
What? I said those are lies. What?
I said people saying that are lying.
[crowd chanting]
No, that was me paying homage to the great Stone Cold we all love and remember.
And you know, I know everyone is absolutely ecstatic
that Stone Cold Steve Austin
is my guest on the KO show in the main event
of WrestleMania Saturday.
And so am I, okay, I am.
But look, last week, that wasn't just me.
Paying tribute to Stone Cold.
That was also me doing everybody watching a favor.
Because you see, that last Monday night,
me dressed up as Stone Cold Steve Austin,
that is the closest we will ever get
to the old Stone Cold we used to admire, okay?
Because that Stone Cold,
he's gone. He's been gone for 19 years.
What? He's been gone for 19 years.
-What? 19 years. -[crowd] What?
And he ain't ever coming back.
[crowd chanting indistinctly]
See, at WrestleMania on the KO show, it's not gonna be Stone Cold.
It's gonna be Steve.
It's not Stone Cold anymore. It's Steve, okay? And that's cool.
It's cool.
It's Steve, the same Steve that's been drinking himself
into oblivion for 19 years now.
The same Steve who's so bored to tears on his stupid rants
that he's begging, "Everybody, please,
can you come on my little podcast so we can talk about the old days
and make me feel good again?"
[crowd booing]
Hey, but look, no, no, hey, that's Steve.
He still sounds like Stone Cold. He still looks like Stone Cold.
We saw that video, right, of him in front of his little golf cart.
It was heavily edited, I'm sure, but he still look and sounds like Stone Cold.
He even, Steve, he even still talks a big game
like Stone Cold because he knows he has to.
But let me tell you all something.
Steve is not coming to the KO show to pick a fight with me
because he knows damn well what would happen if he picked a fight
with Kevin Owens.
He's coming to the KO show to have another nice little conversation about his career.
He wants to have a nice little chat. And you know what, Steve?
I'm so honored and happy that you accepted my invitation that I will do that for you.
I'm a good person.
I will give you the biggest platform you've ever had in your career
on the WrestleMania main event edition of the KO show.
So we can talk about you, make you feel good,
and give you the little send-off you think you deserve.
You know what? I'm even gonna do something very special for you.
See, because I… I hate beer. It's disgusting.
[crowd booing]
But I'm going to drink one with you, okay?
We're going to sit down together in the middle of the ring
at AT&T Stadium and drink.
We're going to drink together, right? We can even toast.
You know what? That's perfect. We will toast.
We will toast to you, Steve Austin, finally,
officially passing the torch to me,
not only as the new Stone Cold…
but the one true master of the stunner because
Owens 3:16 says my stunner is better than yours.
[crowd booing]
If you think my stunner is better than Stone Cold, give me a hell yeah!
[crowd chanting] Hell yeah!
And then once that's done, Steve, you can be on your way.
Doesn't that sound perfect?
It does, but Steve, just one little friendly warning.
If you try to get funny with me, there's gonna be a stunner,
but you will be on the receiving end of it.
Oh, hell yeah.
[crowd booing]
Let me repeat that to make sure you heard me loud and clear.
Steve.
If you try to pick a fight with me on the KO show,
I will end up pouring one of your very own beers
onto your lifeless carcass after I open up a can of whoop-ass on you.
And that's the bottom line, because KO said so.
[Jimmy] Man, he's gotten delusional.
["Bawitdaba" by Kid Rock playing]
He says it might just be beer drinking or it might be stunners.
No, no, no. Okay, let's not be ridiculous, Jimmy.
Stone Cold Steve Austin is not coming to the KO show on WrestleMania Saturday
to share a beer, to talk about his career,
or to pass the torch to Kevin Owens.
Earlier tonight, the question was, who would
answer the challenge at WrestleMania of Omos?
Only one person could say yes.
And that one person would be The All Mighty Bobby Lashley.
For the first time since the Elimination Chamber
back in February, Bobby Lashley has appeared on WWE programming.
And he went into the ring and he challenged
the seven foot tall Omos.
And it looked like Omos was gonna eat him alive.
And Omos was unfazed by the threat presented by The All Mighty Bobby Lashley.
But then we would see something, gentlemen,
that we've never, ever seen before.
Omos has been undefeated since WrestleMania of last year.
And over that year-long span,
Omos had never been taken off his feet until then.
Because Bobby Lashley, quite simply, is no mortal man.
Bobby Lashley is The All Mighty.
And it's gonna happen.
It's going to happen at WrestleMania, 'cause gentlemen, it is now official.
Bobby Lashley against Omos, The All Mighty and the Colossus One
will clash at WrestleMania.
This has got to be the stiffest challenge
in the career of the Colossus, known as Omos.
♪ One and only ♪
Michael Cole, not our only visitor from SmackDown tonight.
The new Intercontinental Champion is here.
He is exciting. He is dynamic.
And tonight, he will take on Mr. McMahon's protege, Austin Theory,
on WrestleMania Raw next.
If there's anyone who is a human video game, it is this man,
Ricochet, creative, aggressive, athletic, unbelievable in the ring.
He's also the brand new Intercontinental Champion
and this Friday on WrestleMania SmackDown on Fox,
Ricochet defends the Intercontinental Championship
against both members of Los Lotharios,
Angel and Humberto in a triple threat match Friday
on SmackDown.
Certainly does not bode well for the current champion,
nor does Ricochet's opponent tonight.
[entrance theme playing]
[bell dinging]
The following match is scheduled for one fall.
Making his way to the ring from Atlanta, Georgia weighing 220 pounds,
Austin Theory.
[Saxton] Taking on Ricochet tonight,
but he is already looking to send a message
to Pat McAfee about WrestleMania.
♪ A-Town Down! My style, hostile ♪
♪ Watch the crowd get loud ♪
I'm going to give Pat McAfee and his meathead fans
a taste of what's to come this Sunday at WrestleMania.
And Ricochet's the Intercontinental Champion,
but he still isn't going to have what it takes to beat Austin Theory.
And Pat McAfee, you're going to wish that you stayed in
your goofy studio after I put you down on the grandest stage of them all
to take the most stupendous selfie of my career.
[laughs]
That takes place on WrestleMania Sunday.
Austin Theory versus Pat McAfee making his WrestleMania debut.
A lot of interest in this matchup.
Hashtag PMS WrestleMania Monday.
Pat McAfee's show, WrestleMania Monday,
was the number one trend in the United States
for most of the day today.
A lot of people talking about this match, Corey, heading into Sunday.
[Corey] Well, the only reason Pat McAfee was trending was Austin Theory
hadn't posted today's selfie just yet.
-[bell dinging] -Trust me, that'll all change by
-the end of the night. -Hey, don't be upset because Pat's
just down the road from here.
Allegedly, allegedly McAfee's from Pittsburgh,
but I asked everybody in the front row behind me.
They don't know who he is.
An aggressive start from Austin Theory.
He has the power advantage in this matchup,
and right now he's using it.
Yeah, but Austin Theory is nothing but a punk.
Bottom line.
Bite your tongue, Corey.
You can't just show up on Mondays and start talking smack
about Mr. McMahon's protege.
Oh, that's what you face when you face Ricochet.
Corey, the bottom line is that he's tried to punk out McAfee
every week for a month now.
And succeeded most of the time.
Embarrassing him from behind, and he understands that McAfee
can't touch him until WrestleMania, the orders of the boss.
That's because McAfee's got a temper, and that's a liability.
McAfee needs to be professional.
Dude, forget about that time that McAfee beat the you-know-what
out of Austin Theory.
-Oh, just like Ricochet's doing now. -Shoulders down.
-One, two… -Kick out just in time by Austin Theory.
Do you guys realize by the time WrestleMania Saturday kicks off,
one of Los Liferos might be the Intercontinental Champion?
Could be.
-One, two… -Great athleticism of Ricochet.
Remember, triple threat rules on Friday.
Champ doesn't have to be pinned or submitted to lose the title.
But you think Angel will actually try to, well, pin…
-his partner? -Hopefully, but I mean, imagine this.
Imagine Humberto riding into Dallas on a horse
-with his Intercontinental Championship. -What's this?
Hey, shh, guys, guys, enough.
Can you guys listen to the "We want Pat" chant?
That's McAfee here in Pittsburgh, Corey.
Oh! Beautiful counter to the top rope maneuver of Ricochet.
That's also my uncle's name. There's a lot of Pats in Pittsburgh.
That's mighty presumptive of you, Cole.
Our bomb position thinking ATL.
-Oh! -He nails it.
-Shoulders down. -One, two,
three.
-[bell dinging] -[announcer] A huge win for Austin Theory
over the Intercontinental Champion.
Austin Theory!
Oh, that could be the fate of Pat.
Hashtag, "McAfee fears Theory."
Look, we know Pat McAfee's putting in the work,
he's training multiple times a day, but we all…
He's trying to get in the selfie in the background.
-Sit down, Corey. -Just got 66 new followers.
-You're an absolute loser, you know that? -Why am I a loser, Cole?
Because you're photobombing Austin Theory so you get on social media.
Because when Theory picks up a big win on the grandest stage of them all,
it's probably going to benefit me somehow.
Because let's be honest, I'm not coming to SmackDown to cover for McAfee.
You're going to be on your own, like me on my island unto myself tonight.
Did you just tell us that McAfee is more popular in Pittsburgh than you are?
That hurt. That was mean. Why do you got to…
Well, guys, this was two weeks ago when Bianca Belair
would suffer a fractured hyoid bone
courtesy of her WrestleMania Sunday opponent,
the Raw Women's Champion, Becky Lynch.
Well, Bianca Belair, undaunted, says, I would not lose my opportunity
at WrestleMania.
The EST returns next on WrestleMania Raw.
When it comes to WrestleMania moments, you have to think about Triple H
and all the amazing moments he gave us.
Yeah, indeed.
And we learned last August that Triple H had suffered some sort of cardiac moment,
and we weren't quite sure what his future was going to be.
Well, last week we found out that the game is over.
for Triple H's game.
The Cerebral Assassin announcing that he was retiring from in-ring competition.
One of the greatest performers in sports entertainment history.
A 14-time world champion.
And not just what he accomplished inside the ring,
but what he accomplished outside the ring.
And what he meant for a whole
litany of superstars and their futures here in WWE.
I, for one, can say that Triple H meant so much to me in my career
over my 25 years here.
And Corey, I know how important the game was to you as well.
I echo those exact same sentiments.
Triple H has played an integral role in my career,
quite likely the reason I'm sitting out here on Monday Night Raw.
Much to the chagrin of many, but Triple H was a guy
who believes in so many superstars,
men and women, up and down the roster, and has left his mark
and legacy on this industry.
It's unfortunate we won't get to enjoy the game in the ring from here on out.
However, Triple H's contributions to this business will last forever.
And so many superstars impacted, influenced by Triple H.
I certainly echo their sentiment.
Thank you, Triple H.
♪ And now I see that I'm way better than before ♪
Well, he certainly played a role in the career of this young lady.
[announcer] Please welcome, Bianca Belair!
That's right, the modern-day superstar skipping her way to the ring, as always.
And she has recovered well from the savage attack
she suffered at the hands of Becky Lynch.
Two weeks ago, Jimmy, Bianca Belair just earned a victory over Doudrop.
When shockingly, the Raw Women's Champion would emerge from under the ring
to the surprise of the WWE Universe and Bianca Belair herself.
And Big Time Becks was looking for an upper hand,
any sort of advantage before their clash for the Raw Women's Championship
at WrestleMania.
Becky Lynch was fuming, enraged, coming off her own personal throat injury,
courtesy of Bianca Belair.
And as a result, Becky Lynch wanted to return the favor
in the most sinister way possible.
Sinister was an understatement, but Becky Lynch would achieve the goal
she set out to two weeks ago with this.
Crushing impact to the throat of Bianca Belair.
Bianca is suffering fractured hyoid bone.
Well, the attack took place outside the ring, but vengeance will take place in
the ring at WrestleMania, the Raw Women's Championship
on the line this Saturday.
Big Time Becks versus the EST, Bianca Belair.
Becky Lynch said, I'm gonna break my record,
the one I set on you at SummerSlam.
You know what, I shouldn't even be talking right now,
but I really have to address this.
[crowd cheering in support]
[crowd cheering]
[man whistling and clapping]
[crowd chanting indistinctly]
[clears throat]
Becky, you came out here last week, and you talked about all the things
that you was gonna do to make sure that that title never left your waist.
But two weeks ago, I found out just exactly how low you would stoop.
I mean, let's be real.
I threatened your whole existence. My confidence threatens you.
The way I hold my head high, even when I get knocked down,
that threatens you, and that's why you act the way that you do.
I mean, not only did you try to injure me and take me out of WrestleMania,
but you come out here week after week and you run your mouth
and you constantly bash my name.
You play the victim and you try to ruin my reputation.
But girl, uh-uh.
See, they don't call me the EST for no reason.
So, congratulations, Becky.
You took me out for a week, but now I am right back here tonight
on Monday Night Raw like I never even left.
[crowd cheering]
And Becky, even after everything that you have tried, I am still standing here.
So enough is enough. This has been going on for far too long.
I mean, this started all back at SummerSlam.
And ever since SummerSlam, you have tried to use every trick
in the book so that you can escape with that title.
I mean, you have tried everything.
You attacked me and you deliberately tried to end my career, but that didn't work.
You tried to break my throat and break my spirit, but that didn't work.
So what else you got, huh?
I mean, you done showed me all your tricks in a book, so what else you got, Becky?
I'll tell you.
Absolutely nothing, because there is nothing that you can do that
can stop me from coming for that title.
So Becky, come Saturday at WrestleMania, I'm coming for you.
And I'm gonna take your title, and I'm gonna walk out
as the new Raw Women's Champion.
And it ain't a damn thing that you can do about it.
[Jimmy] Whoa.
[rock music playing]
Just got a whole lot more interesting
with the entrance of the Raw Women's--
-Wait a second. -Oh…
Becky, Becky came, I believe, from under the ring again.
Out of nowhere.
This time Bianca Belair was ready for Big Time Becks.
Got a scrap here in Pittsburgh.
Bianca putting it on the Raw Women's Champion right now.
EST fighting back, remembering the assault of last week.
Look at Bianca go. Hellacious attack on Lynch.
Belair understands this is the kind of aggression
you're going to need against Becky Lynch.
The crafty champion once again reminding Bianca why Becky is champion
-and Bianca's not. -Oh!
There are no lengths to which Becky Lynch will not go.
-Whoa! -No depth to which she will not stoop
to remain Raw Women's Champion.
She said she sold her soul for that title.
I'm threatened by you.
There's nothing else I can do.
[Jimmy] Now what is this?
I said I was coming for your hair, Bianca.
Oh, no.
No, no, no, no.
[grunts]
-Come on, Becky. Come on, Becky. -Oh, my God.
[screaming]
She's gonna cut it off.
Becky Lynch is gonna cut off Bianca Belair.
Whoa, whoa. Wow, the KOD,
face down goes Big Time Becks!
Just in time.
Bianca just avoided complete disaster.
Bianca Belair is not done yet.
Another one locked and loaded!
KOD number two!
[crowd cheering]
Oh.
Staring at the scissors.
Don't you dare do this, Bianca.
-Don't-- She's thinking about it. -It's completely unnecessary.
Unnecessary.
-Becky brought the scissors to the ring. -But Becky didn't do it.
Becky wasn't really going to do it. Becky was playing mind games.
Bianca's going to finish with Becky Lynch. Try to start.
No, no, please.
Bianca's not playing.
-[all exclaiming] -She did it!
Bianca Belair.
-Cutting the hair off Becky. -Going after all of it.
[all clamoring]
-Stop this. -Becky's getting a complete makeover.
Officials coming in to try to prevent more hair is flying.
-This is like defacing a work of art. -I can't believe what I'm seeing.
She's not even slowing down. Belair is defacing the Van Gogh of WWE.
She is humiliating Big Time Becks.
Becky Lynch out cold after the two KODs.
Sonya Deville, Adam Pearce, the WWE officials coming out here
to finally separate Bianca Belair.
You can understand the anger. You can understand the emotion.
Becky Lynch tried to end Bianca Belair's career,
and Bianca felt she fought back tonight.
Becky Lynch was simply trying to protect that which she values the most
in the world.
The Raw Women's Championship.
What Bianca just did was petty and uncalled for.
Bianca Belair proved, Corey, that she is willing to go to any length
to win the Raw Women's Championship at WrestleMania.
[screams]
Becky Lynch is livid, she's irate, Bianca is all smiles.
And Bianca Belair…
[screams]
…may have sent Becky off the deep end.
She realizes what she has lost right before WrestleMania.
[screaming]
Think about what this is going to do to Becky mentally
-as we head into WrestleMania Saturday. -You need to think about it, Cole.
Open your eyes.
Look at what it's doing to the Raw Women's Champion.
Big Time Becks is beside herself, with good reason.
I am going to end her. I am going to end her.
I am going to end her. I am going to…
[crowd chanting] You deserve it! You deserve it! You deserve it!
[Saxton] Listen to the opinion of the crowd.
[Jimmy] Well, many believe that Becky Lynch did indeed deserve it
after her actions toward Bianca Belair over the past number of months.
But dating all the way back to SummerSlam.
Yeah, but those are the emotions of WrestleMania.
And these are the emotions that Big Time Becks and the EST,
Bianca Belair, are going to carry into their match this Saturday.
And then it's gonna be a showdown, but this time
with the Raw Women's Championship on the line.
That's right. They'll settle it once and for all.
Big Time Becks
and Bianca Belair will face one another this Saturday live on Peacock.
But this time, it's not about hair. It's about the title.
I am looking forward to a civil discussion over a few enjoyable cold beverages
as Stone Cold Steve Austin--
-Did you say civil? -Of course I said civil.
Kevin Owens said civil earlier tonight.
A civil discussion between Stone Cold and KO.
I look forward to what's going to become a very physical, impeded rivalry between
The New Day and Sheamus and Ridge Holland on WrestleMania Saturday.
Don't forget, all these matches on WrestleMania Saturday.
We know Seth Rollins, after months of fighting and lobbying,
finally gets his WrestleMania match.
Who is he going to face?
It's an opponent of Mr. McMahon's choosing.
We have no idea.
What we do know is that the Bloodline is in full effect.
That's right. The Usos defending their SmackDown Tag Team Championship
against Shinsuke Nakamura and Rick Boogs.
-The Usos looking to retain. -It's a family affair as Rey Mysterio
and his son Dominik joins forces to battle the most must-see superstar in WWE,
the A-lister, The Miz and Lucha Logan Paul.
The Smackdown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair has done everything
she can to drive home the message that Ronda Rousey
is not on her level.
Can Rousey prove Charlotte Flair wrong
and win the SmackDown Women's Championship?
It may be hard to believe, but Happy Corbin is undefeated
ever since he hit the jackpot back last summer.
Drew McIntyre hopes to end the streak.
It happens on WrestleMania Saturday, live on Peacock.
-[laughs] -It's about ending somebody's luck.
I think that is exactly what's on the mind of this particular Scottish warrior.
-[bagpipes playing] -How many Scottish Warriors do we have?
That's what Cole was talking about, Jimmy.
[bell dinging]
[announcer] The following contest
is a two-on-one handicap match scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, from Scotland weighing in at 265 pounds,
Drew McIntyre!
And of course, with a sword, Angela, named after Drew's late mother.
Well, this heated rivalry from Friday Night SmackDown
makes its way to Raw when Happy Corbin and his associate, Madcap Moss,
join forces to take out Drew McIntyre in a handicap match next.
[Jimmy] You know, it's a tradition every year
for a megastar to perform "America the Beautiful"
at WrestleMania. Well, people.com broke the news earlier on.
Wrestlemania Saturday, country music badass Bradley Gilbert
will perform "America the Beautiful." Then on Sunday,
Country music megastar Jesse James Decker will perform "America the Beautiful"
at AT&T Stadium right before WrestleMania Sunday.
It is a WrestleMania tradition.
Brantley Gilbert, Jesse James Decker.
Join the many who performed "America the Beautiful" at WrestleMania.
[interviewer] Excuse me, Becky.
We are just five days away from WrestleMania Saturday where
you will have your match against Bianca Belair
after what we just witnessed out there.
[mic drops]
Bianca, you bitch.
[crowd cheering]
[Jimmy] I guess that about sums it up.
[Saxton] Understandably.
Big Time Becky Lynch furious, just days before WrestleMania.
Fired up, motivated, much like this man Drew McIntyre, Angela in hand.
McIntyre knows he's got an opportunity for a bit of
a WrestleMania preview here tonight on Raw.
Byron, Happy Corbin's like you.
-He is? -Rags to riches,
although you're just the rags part of the story.
We really missed you a lot, Michael.
Getting back to the actual match.
Remember, it's not one-on-one, this is a handicap match.
[announcer] The team of Madcap Moss and Happy Corbin!
[Saxton] I don't understand why all of you,
plus Pat McAfee seem to have this issue with Happy Corbin.
Corbin is good for morale, Corbin makes everybody feel good.
We went to the casino last night, right across the river on the north side,
and I won like 25 bucks thanks to Happy Corbin.
Well, he is seeing tonight,
definitely Happy Corbin is seeing this as a teaching moment for WrestleMania.
That was good.
But listen, tonight I'm gonna take care of things myself.
Just hang out on the apron and you can learn a thing or two.
[scoffs] Okay, sure.
But let me ask you this, what are you gonna say
after you get a Claymore?
It kilt.
[laughs] Get it? Kilt. [laughs]
Come on.
Madcap's got to get better jokes because over the past few weeks,
he hasn't been humoring Happy Corbin all that much.
-[bell dinging] -I thought it was pretty funny.
It kilt. [laughs] Get it?
All right, until you take a boot in the face from Drew McIntyre.
That's considerably less funny so far.
Well, finally, Corbin and McIntyre locking up.
It's been weeks and weeks and weeks.
McIntyre's been trying to get his hands on Corbin.
[indistinct conversation]
-Yeah, of course, of course. -And Corbin able to avoid it.
-I thought you were gonna show me. -Team, we're a team.
-I thought Madcap Moss was-- -You saying something?
Happy Corbin trusts Madcap Moss.
Plus Corbin knows that Madcap may use a little seasoning inside the ring.
This is a trial by fire situation.
I think Happy Corbin thought this was gonna happen to him, Corey.
That's why he made the tag to Madcap Moss.
Right now he's getting tenderized and launched across the ring.
This is what he's so good at, the power moves.
Two-time WWE Champion, powerful, athletic, agile.
Look at the discomfort that Happy Corbin is feeling right now,
just watching what Drew McIntyre is doing to McIntyre.
What's Corbin supposed to do, stand by idly,
-watch his-- -He was in the match,
he had a chance.
Is he gonna… is he gonna tag?
Oh, and right now, taking the opportunity to take a walk.
As you said, Cole, he's done a great job avoiding Drew McIntyre.
-It's continuing. -He has McIntyre at WrestleMania.
So in Happy Corbin's mind, why get beat up tonight, right?
-'Cause all Happy Corbin does is win. -Oh!
And he's gonna get a chance to do it over a former WWE Champion
at the Showcase of the Immortal.
And right now it is McIntyre looking to send a message.
You know what the countdown means?
-[Saxton] He's looking right at Corbin. -[crowd] Three, two, one!
Boom!
Message sent and I think it kilt, one, two, three,
-another victory for Drew McIntyre. -[bell dinging]
-Oh! From behind. -Happy Corbin taking advantage.
How convenient, now Happy Corbin wants to get involved.
After the match is officially over.
The match was over, McIntyre's back was turned, and here comes Happy Corbin.
This is how you stay undefeated, Cole, by not getting in an actual fight.
Looks to me like Corbin's in a fight, a one-sided fight.
-Oh! -Oh, my days!
Coming up happy.
The difference is, come WrestleMania, it's going to be face-to-face, Corey.
Drew McIntyre is a two-time WWE champion.
He's one of the best in sports entertainment, Byron.
No, no, no.
Corbin has McIntyre's sword. He's leaving with Angela.
This is a big mistake.
-This is a big mistake for Happy Corbin. -It's not a mistake.
Corbin happens to be good friends with the guys from the pawn shop on that show.
They text him all the time.
Look, following an assault, he then takes his sword after the match is over.
Inexcusable.
Hey, he's taken McIntyre's sword before. We know where that got McIntyre.
WrestleMania, Corbin gets to take McIntyre's heart.
Yeah, but AJ Styles, however, took the last opportunity away
from Seth Freakin' Rollins last week.
It was last Monday.
If Rollins was able to defeat Styles, Rollins would face Edge at WrestleMania.
-[bell dinging] -But the rated-R superstar,
the pinnacle of the mountain of omnipotence, would rear his head.
[announcer] Here's your winner, as a result of a disqualification,
the phenomenal AJ Styles!
Last week on Raw, I had a choice to make.
Do I blast Seth Rollins with a chair and give him another beating
this Sunday at WrestleMania?
One that he deserves, and it's very tempting.
Or do I let fate take its course?
But like I've talked about recently, I've decided to take fate
into my own hands.
And that made me realize, AJ, it's serendipity.
It needed to be you.
AJ, we need each other.
You needed me to pull off the veil of mediocrity that you placed on
your own head to remind you that you were an era-defining superstar
in this industry.
You're welcome, by the way.
I, on the other hand, I needed you to become what I've become.
I am a wild light blinding bright. I am the benchmark of the WWE.
We've already pushed each other to better places, AJ.
Only I will keep soaring and you will stay where you are.
This Sunday at WrestleMania, finally, after over 20 years of running parallel,
collecting championships wherever we've gone,
blowing the roofs off of arenas worldwide.
You and I will face off on the grandest stage of them all
for the first time ever in a match for the ages.
But AJ, I saw the look in your eyes Monday, and I realized that
I am already roaming inside your head.
This Sunday at WrestleMania, AJ, it's your judgment day.
And your judgment…
is sealed.
[laughs]
[exhales]
Excuse me, AJ, can I get your reaction on Edge's comments just moments ago?
My reaction?
Edge used a lot of words to justify another cheap shot.
That's my reaction.
You know, it was a month ago where Edge grabbed a steel chair
and cracked me in the back of the head, not once because that wasn't good enough,
but twice.
And since then,
his music's changed. He's changed.
As if he were trying to get inside my head.
Mission accomplished.
All I have thought about is what I will do to Edge once I get him in that ring.
He wants to pit. Boy, he's going to get something a lot worse.
A lot worse than that.
He wants to destroy me.
Well, the feeling is mutual.
He says, my judgment's coming.
Verdict's already in.
The phenomenal AJ Styles is going to deliver at beating the Edge,
nor the WWE Universe will never forget this Sunday at WrestleMania.
[Rick Boogs playing guitar]
Oh, that's the Edge that he said he'd bring out of AJ Styles.
Jimmy, shh, I know you're not used to this.
-No, just sit back and please relax. -My name's Rick.
-[crowd] Boogs! -Boogs!
And I came to rock with one half
of the future SmackDown Tag Team Champions.
Of course, I'm talking about Shinsuke Nakamura!
Yeah!
Yeah, here we go.
Cole, would it make you feel more comfortable if I stood up on the desk
-and started dancing like a buffoon? -You should.
Play the air guitar.
I'm not even close enough to the desk to dance on it.
Probably fall anyway, Corey.
I know why you can't hear anything, Cole, from dealing with that every week.
Shinsuke Nakamura, Rick Boogs are going to be very, very interested in this match.
But it all leads to this weekend where they will take on
the SmackDown Tag Team Champions.
But first, Edge versus AJ Styles, two generational talents.
That's what they have said about one another.
But AJ Styles, unafraid, unintimidated of the new Edge.
Pat McAfee will be jamming out in the booths right now,
but WrestleMania Sunday,
he makes his WrestleMania in-ring debut against
Mr. McMahon's protégé, Austin Theory.
How about this?
Sudden death, fatal four-way match for the women's tag team title.
Please believe that Carmella defending it.
Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan, Naomi and Sasha Banks,
and Shayna Baszler and Natalya.
will reinforce the ring.
Bobby Lashley, the All Mighty taking on the Colossus, Omos.
Who would answer his challenge? Only Bobby Lashley could do it
and it's going down this Sunday live.
How about Sami Zayn?
And Johnny Maxwell of Jackass fame
in an Anything Goes match on WrestleMania Sunday.
It's all about tag team superiority on Monday Night Raw
as RK-Bro defends against both the Alpha Academy
and the Street Profits in a triple threat match
for the Raw Tag Team Championship.
Well, we've seen both of them tonight,
but they'll square off on Sunday, the biggest WrestleMania match
of all time, winner take all, championship unification,
Brock Lesnar versus Roman Reigns.
Epic, the greatest of all time.
And guys, I'm being told, guess what?
Boogs and Nakamura are actually going to be joining us on commentary
for our main event match tonight.
-Right? -Exactly.
That's great news, Michael.
-But Corey, stay over there in the stands. -No, this makes a lot of sense.
I'm not even sure if Boogs knows how to speak English.
Come on over here, guys.
-Always welcome at our table. -How did I end up back here?
God.
Well, that's where you're staying right now.
But right now, it's time for the Bloodline to make an appearance.
[hip-hop music playing]
[bell dinging]
[announcer] The following contest is a tag team match scheduled for one fall.
Introducing first, they are the SmackDown Tag Team Champions,
Jimmy and Jey, the Usos!
And the Usos defend against Nakamura and Boogs on WrestleMania Saturday
for the tag titles.
And what they are bringing tonight against RK-Bro is an unprecedented
level of confidence.
♪ It's not paranoia, it's the Usos! ♪
-Hey, Us. -Yeah?
Who's leaving WrestleMania this Saturday at the SmackDown Tag Team Championship?
-You're looking at it. -It's about to go down, Us.
Those fools just stepped up, but they about to get sat down.
Tonight, we running it back with RK-Bro.
-Hey, they been ducking and dodging. -And dodging and judging.
-But it's Monday night. -Ain't no more running.
Because we the ones.
[both] Uso!
[Jimmy] No doubt they've been the ones for 252 days,
a record for SmackDown Tag Titles.
And they are drawn with their WrestleMania opponents,
but that is not who's in front of them tonight.
It's RK-Bro.
One of these teams is the dominant tag team champion
of their brand. The Raw Tag Team Champions,
RK-Bro, against the SmackDown Tag Team Champions, the Usos,
next live on WrestleMania Raw.
Saturday, you, Saturday, you can do it.
[announcer] The most stupendous two-night WrestleMania in history.
♪ I sacrificed Your love for more of the night ♪
♪ I try to put up a fight ♪
♪ Can't tie me down, down, down ♪
♪ I don't wanna sacrifice ♪
♪ For your love, I try ♪
♪ I don't wanna sacrifice ♪
♪ But I love my time ♪
♪ My, ooh ♪
[announcer] Stupendous!
♪ I sacrificed Your love for more of the night ♪
[Jimmy] They're the SmackDown Tag Team Champions,
and they have been the ones for a long, long time.
But right now, they're being eyed by their WrestleMania opponents,
Shinsuke Nakamura and Rick Boogs.
Let me explain to you how it goes here on Raw, Cole.
-Yeah. -This is the tag team right now
that runs things. Am I wrong, Byron?
[announcer] And their opponents.
They are the Raw Tag Team Champions, Riddle and Randy Orton,
RK-Bro!
[Corey] Good timing, Jimmy.
[Jimmy] Not only are they the tag team that run things here on Raw, guys,
if you go back to last year at Survivor Series,
this was the team that bested the Usos,
your current SmackDown Tag Team Champions.
They always bring up old stuff, Zax, but I mean, I've got pride
in my brand being on Monday Night Raw, but But RK-Bro are about to face the Usos,
who are functioning on a completely different level than six months ago,
three months ago, two weeks ago.
The Usos get better and better each and every time they step in the ring.
Can't you say the same thing about Riddle and Randy Orton, Corey?
You've seen their chemistry grow. You've seen their…
friendship becomes solidified here on Raw.
It's one thing to use the dreaded F-word when you're Randy Orton
to become friends with Riddle, but they're not blood.
-They're not twins since day one. -They don't have this.
Oh, the flops are flying and the doves are soaring.
Trust me, if Jimmy or Jey tried that, Kishi would kick someone's ass.
Such a hater.
[crowd cheering]
They've got their titles back from the Alpha Academy.
Yeah, but how long will they have the titles?
What I want to know is what the hell Rick Boogs and Shinsuke Nakamura
are doing out here other than causing a distraction for the Usos.
They're providing great company for us.
Well, speaking of distractions at WrestleMania,
a triple threat match between the Street Profits, the Alpha Academy,
and RK-Bro.
That's what they have to look forward to.
I… I get to look forward to staring over the massive shoulders of Rick Boogs
and Shinsuke Nakamura 'cause somehow I can't get any respect,
even though I hold this show together every week.
-Well, I was hoping that-- -You're in the corner
just kind of hanging out.
-No one puts baby in a corner. -[bell dinging]
-Okay. -I was hoping that Shin and Nakamura,
I mean, Shin and Boogs would actually join us on commentary
because they would have some insightful comments about this match.
-Corey. Get him a headset or something. -I'd rather not.
Well, right now, though, it is Randy Orton.
-And Jimmy Uso. -Making the chops from Jimmy.
I'm gonna creep out of No Man's Land over here and head back towards civilization.
Tag is made, here comes Riddle.
This is the teamwork of RK-Bro that's been on display recently.
Jimmy and Jey and Jimmy united with their Super Texan.
Almost ate some RK-Bros, I guess?
No, no.
-Oh! -[all clamoring]
-Taking that-- Oh! -RK-Bro! Oh!
Oh! Right through the table goes Jimmy.
-I don't miss this at all. -Make it two.
-And the Bloodline laid out on our table. -Oh!
Guys, look, Jimmy Uso is just stopping Randy Orton.
That's what Randy Orton does is stop their opponents,
but the Usos are doing it to Randy.
Michael Cole from SmackDown loving it as the SmackDown Tag Team Champions
right now all over RK-Bro.
Obviously, the Usos, they would collect themselves.
Oh, well.
-Let's take that back. -Well, look who's at ringside with us,
the team that takes on the Usos at WrestleMania, Saturday,
Boogs and Nakamura for the tag titles.
Well, you could argue RK-Bro has an even tougher challenge,
a triple threat match against the Street Profits and the Alpha Academy.
-Those never favor the champions. -Although, I believe Randy Orton
may be doing this top a bit better than Jimmy was now.
That made a little illegal competitor.
A shin right across the chest. Beautiful Thai kick.
Going to Karelin lock, look at that.
-Come on. -Tremendous power by Riddle.
Beautiful stuff.
Jimmy Uso goes down in a heap.
Imagine the confidence if you're RK-Bro and you head into WrestleMania
after having earned a victory over the SmackDown Tag Team Champions.
-And the Usos looking for revenge. -Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
Byron, imagine the other side of that coin.
Imagine being RK-Bro knowing that you just got beat down.
You got that work from Jimmy and Jey Uso.
And then you have to defend against two elite tag teams.
This could be catastrophic for the Raw champs.
Both teams taking a serious risk, that is true.
Let me ask you another question as it comes to the Usos.
Cover, hook on the leg, quick hook out.
If the Usos lose on WrestleMania Saturday and they lose the tag team titles
to Nakamura and Boogs, what does that do for the mindset
for the head of the table, the head of the bloodline?
Roman Reigns heading into his matchup against Lesnar on Sunday.
He is used to being very emotional when his cousins lose a match.
-You know that all too well, Cole. -Yep.
-Cover, trying to get Riddle out of there. -One, two…
Kick out.
But you see Riddle wearing down a bit.
He always starts out with a lot of energy. He's not good at conserving his gas.
And good teamwork right now, keeping him isolated by the Usos.
I disagree with you, Jimmy.
We've seen for months the incredible motor that Riddle has.
Just when you think he's down and out, he always seems to be able to take it.
I can't believe we've clearly reached the parallel universe
where I'm agreeing with Byron Saxton.
If there's one part of Riddle's game that is not weak,
it is certainly Riddle's gas tank.
Riddle can go. Riddle hits incredibly hard.
Riddle can withstand an outrageous amount of punishment.
But these moments right here, he takes so much damage,
especially against a team that's working well together like the Usos.
He always try to work Riddle when he's at his worst.
You're not gonna find a team with better chemistry than Jimmy and Jey Uso.
Quite literally a tag team since birth, day one-ish, that's what it's all about.
Jimmy and Jey are on another level when it comes to tag team work.
-Seven time tag team champions. -Oh! Cheap shot.
In SmackDown history.
Not the legal man, but a forearm across the face of Riddle.
Yeah, but that right there is textbook tag team style wrestling.
That's what the Usos are all about.
Randy Orton doing his best to keep his emotions in check as he realizes
the desperation that Riddle's reaching right now in need of making a tag.
Jimmy and Jay have been around this game long enough to realize you don't have
to play by the rules, you make the rules work for you.
And Corey, that's the problem that Nakamura and Boogs
have going into WrestleMania Saturday.
They have not been a team for very long at all.
That's the uphill climb against the Usos.
Well, that and Boogs thinks the Earth's flat.
Beautiful aggression now from Riddle, but great job by Jey Uso
at stopping that right here in the corner.
Again, you talk about tag team tactics, always keeping Riddle in the corner,
-always keeping him vulnerable. -Isolated him from Randy Orton.
I mean, it's classic tag team wrestling by the Usos.
-No other way to describe it. -Let me ask you this, Cole.
We know how well-versed the Usos are.
Could there be a benefit to Nakamura and Boogs being relatively unknown
-as a cohesive unit? -And it could be.
And the thing is, they've become great friends over the past couple of months.
Nakamura and Boogs do everything together. They know each other so well.
They travel together.
They develop this really unique relationship
is probably the best way to describe it.
And they have an opportunity to knock the Usos off,
'cause the Usos could be napping on Nakamura and Boogs.
Both simultaneously moved me further away from my commentary desk.
Great combinations from Riddle.
You can get his offense going, get the tag,
and look at the teamwork again.
It's not just the teamwork, but the viciousness of the Usos.
-Oh, man. -They know when to take advantage.
This is becoming a dire situation right now for Riddle.
And no, over the barricade into Time Keepers.
Can RK-Bro come back or the Ones reign supreme?
Welcome back to champion versus champion, RK-Bro versus the Usos.
Whoa!
Versus Raw, and right now, it's the Usos taking over RK-Bro.
Oh, the Usos are putting on a clinic as their opponents,
WrestleMania Saturday, Boogs and Nakamura look on.
Think about the frustration Randy Orton is feeling right now,
seeing all the damage that Riddle has taken,
and unable to do anything about it.
They've done a fantastic job of isolating Riddle.
So far, Randy Orton's a non-factor in this match.
Yeah, it's because the Usos have made it that way.
They're not seven-time tag team champions for nothing.
-They've isolated-- -Riddle's back up.
-Oh, the celebration of it. -Great move!
Kick by Riddle, right to the jaw of Jey Uso.
That's what I was talking about earlier.
Just when you think Riddle is done, he's got that little extra something left
in the tank.
Referee trying to keep Randy Orton in his corner.
He is desperate to tag in.
A long ways away from his corner is Riddle, but Riddle's crawling.
Riddle's reaching.
And so is Jey Uso trying to get Jimmy in and he does.
Here we go. Randy Orton versus Jimmy.
Oh!
A Viper unloading on Jimmy Uso.
-Great awareness by Jimmy Uso. -Oh!
Snap body slam by Randy Orton just in time.
Look at Randy Orton go.
I love this, I love this.
-And from behind, Jey Uso. -Jey Uso is legal. He's the legal man.
And Orton's gotta kick out.
Now Orton setting his sights on Jey.
Snap body slam again.
Randy Orton absolutely on fire.
A temporary hiccup, but Randy Orton right back in control.
Jey Uso still working together.
Oh, it's been a long time since I've been able to see.
-Oh, Reno. Yikes. -Oh, man.
It's been a long time since I've been able to see this.
-Thinking Jordan! -Beautiful.
[crowd cheering]
Well, we know what the Viper's thinking now.
Randy Orton looking to put this one away.
The Viper coiled, ready to strike.
Jey Uso.
-Look out! The Street Profits! -[bell dinging]
One of the teams that RK-Bro will defend against at WrestleMania.
Saw the profits pull this last week, trying to make another statement
ahead of WrestleMania.
We've seen a heightened sense of aggression from Montez Ford
and Angelo Dawkins over the past several weeks, forcing RK-Bro's hand.
And now look who's getting involved.
Shinsuke Nakamura and Rick Boogs.
Boogs and Nakamura, what a part of the party here.
-Oh, it's an absolute riot in the ring. -Wow.
Look at the power of Boogs.
Oh, Jimmy Uso laid out off the top rope, but the Street Profits
all alone with Randy Orton.
Boogs, is it done?
Mow it through. Jimmy Uso.
Everybody's sending their message to WrestleMania.
They go back in.
-Oh! -To Dawkins!
Just saving Randy Orton just in time.
RKO!
-[laughs] -Montez Ford!
It only takes one.
The three most destructive letters in WWE.
And if Randy or Riddle strikes at WrestleMania,
your result will be, and still…
They just sent a resounding message to the Street Profits and the Alpha Academy.
We might get surprised for a minute, but we're coming back.
You got to feel right now, the confidence level is off the charts
for the Raw Tag Team Champions, RK-Bro.
And the Street Profits, they had every advantage tonight.
Every opportunity to wipe out RK-Bro.
Didn't see them coming at all, and they are laid out.
It is full-on WrestleMania mode.
[all clamoring]
They want more.
I don't think Randy and Riddle are done yet.
[crowd chanting] One more time! One more time! One more time!
Randy might be reconnecting with his intermittent explosive disorder.
Oh! RK-Bro listening to the crowd in Pittsburgh.
One more.
-How about my boy? -He wants it.
…WrestleMania.
[crowd cheering]
The Steel City behind them.
Well, Dawkins, you're up.
Teamwork and an RKO.
That would earn a double yoink.
[rock music playing]
Take advantage of us, and we're going to send you a message.
The Raw Tag Team Championship triple threat match this Sunday live.
It is Alpha Academy, RK-Bro, and the Street Profits
usually doesn't favor the champion RK-Bro, but I think it does now.
Well, WrestleMania, of course, Saturday and Sunday,
the most stupendous two-night WrestleMania in history,
where Charlotte Flair defends a SmackDown Women's title
against Ronda Rousey at WrestleMania Saturday.
That's not all.
Of course, we're all looking forward to it.
It is the KO show.
Kevin Owens has done everything to antagonize the Texas Rattlesnake.
He might pay for it.
It's just got heated over the last couple weeks.
The Raw Women's Champion Becky Lynch will defend against the EST of WWE,
Bianca Belair, WrestleMania Saturday.
It simply doesn't get any bigger than this.
The biggest match in WWE WrestleMania history.
As the WWE Champion, the Beast Incarnate Brock Lesnar
defends against the Universal Champion, Roman Reigns.
Winner take all, championship unification, WrestleMania Sunday.
And don't forget guys, it's WrestleMania SmackDown Friday night.
And RK-Bro right now heading in with confidence.
We will see you in Dallas. Get ready. onfidence.