WWE Raw Results
April 7, 2025
Minneapolis, Minnesota (Target Center)
Commentary: Michael Cole and Pat McAfee
Results by: Mike Tedesco of Wrestleview.com
“Then. Now. Forever. Together.” The WWE video leads us into the show.
We see a shot of Allegiant Stadium, which will host WrestleMania 41 in twelve days.
Pre-Show Arrivals
World Heavyweight Champion Gunther walks into the Target Center smiling after his vicious beating of Jimmy Uso last week. The New Day is in attendance. They will be looking for their twelfth Tag Team Championship. World Tag Team Champions The Viking Raiders are shown arriving. The Judgment Day is shown walking together. “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio will battle Penta. Paul Heyman is shown talking on his phone.
Video: Last week on Raw, Bianca Belair was the Special Guest Referee in the Women’s World Championship match with Rhea Ripley against the champion IYO SKY. Belair got hit a few times. Ripley had Sky pinned for a long time, but Belair was down. After being continually hit, Belair called the match off. Ripley left Sky and Belair down in the ring. Sky and Belair are currently set to battle at WrestleMania 41.
Raw General Manager Adam Pearce addresses the Women’s World Championship situation heading into WrestleMania
Raw General Manager Adam Pearce is in the ring with the Women’s World Championship on a podium. Pearce welcomes everyone to Monday Night Raw. It’s time to get down to business. We all saw what happened last week revolving around the Women’s World Championship. The situation at WrestleMania needs to be addressed.
Pearce introduces Women’s World Champion IYO SKY. Sky makes her entrance and shakes hands with Pearce. Pearce then introduces Sky’s WrestleMania opponent, Bianca Belair. Belair makes her entrance and gets in the ring. Pearce then introduces Rhea Ripley and incorrectly says she is “representing Judgment Day.” Ripley has not been part of Judgment Day since “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio turned on her last year at SummerSlam. Ripley makes her entrance and gets in the ring.
Pearce thanks the three women for joining him. Pearce takes responsibility for what happened last week. He was wrong to put Bianca Belair in the position as referee because he assumed the three of them could handle this like professionals. There is a way to right this wrong. At WrestleMania, IYO SKY will defend the Women’s World Championship against Bianca Belair and Rhea Ripley in a Triple Threat Match! Pearce produces a contract and asks for three signatures.
Belair says a few weeks ago, this would have pissed her off because she earned her way to WrestleMania. They told her to win the Elimination Chamber, and she did that. They told her to be a Special Guest Referee, and she did that. She did it all through blood, sweat, and tears. Ripley thinks she can just walk in, do whatever she wants, and get added to the match. Belair doesn’t care because she knows Ripley isn’t going anywhere. She’s happy Ripley is being added to the match. She’s not afraid of Ripley. She went through the Elimination Chamber and watched two of her closest friends tear each other apart, and she still overcame. A “Rhea” chant picks up. Belair says she’s going to win the Women’s World Championship at WrestleMania and will go through Ripley to get it. Belair signs the contract.
Ripley begins to talk, but Belair tells her to shut up. Belair shoves the contract into Ripley and says she already got what she wants. Ripley picks up the contract and signs it. Ripley throws the contract at Belair, but she catches it. Sky starts to talk, but Ripley shoves her out of the way. Sky throws the microphone down and angrily goes to leave the ring. Pearce stops her and steps between Belair and Ripley. Sky then hits a springboard missile dropkick on Ripley, knocking her into Belair. That was STIFF! Sky signs the contract, grabs her title, and leaves the ring.
Video: Last Monday on Raw, Finn Bálor and “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio defeated WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker and Penta. Breakker accidentally speared Penta, leading to the loss.
It is official: Bron Breakker will defend the WWE Intercontinental Championship against Finn Bálor, Penta, and “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio.
The Judgment Day Clubhouse
Finn Bálor is shocked that “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio was added to the Intercontinental Championship match at WrestleMania. Mysterio is excited. WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Liv Morgan says she got Mysterio added to the match. Either way, they win the title if one of them wins. Bálor says it’ll be time for Mysterio to prove he has what it takes to win at WrestleMania. People say Mysterio isn’t tough enough and doesn’t have the killer instinct. They say Mysterio is a loser. Bálor says Mysterio can prove them wrong by beating Penta all by himself. Mysterio looks a little worried. Carlito says he has Mysterio’s back. Carlito then says he went to the Mall of America.
Backstage Segment
Bayley is walking backstage. She’ll battle Lyra Valkyria for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship next.
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Women’s Intercontinental Championship
Bayley vs. Lyra Valkyria (c)
Referee: Danilo Anfibio
The bell rings, and they go for a lock-up but can’t grab each other. They do a little chain wrestling before Valkyria hits a snapmare. The crowd starts dueling chants for the women. Bayley hooks a side headlock. Valkyria whips her off and goes for a monkey flip, but Bayley puts the brakes on. Bayley rolls her up for a two-count. They circle the ring, and Valkyria takes her down with a drop-toe hold. Bayley quickly rebounds and rolls her up for another two-count. Bayley taunts her. Bayley blocks a kick and knees Valkyria in the face. Bayley goes for a sunset flip bomb into the corner, but Valkyria stays standing. Valkyria rolls her up for a two-count.
Valkyria hits some strikes, followed by a northern lights suplex for a two-count. Bayley reverses a whip to the corner, but Valkyria slingshots over her. Valkyria takes her down and applies a pendulum submission. Valkyria drops her and pins her for a two-count. Valkyria soon sends her into the ropes for a spin kick, but Bayley avoids it. Valkyria manages to send her out of the ring and hits a wrecking ball dropkick. Valkyria sends her back into the ring and heads to the top rope for a flying cross-body block for a two-count.
-Commercial Break-
We return from the break to see Bayley applying a single-leg crab. Valkyria turns over and kicks Bayley away. They trade forearm shots before Bayley sends her to the apron and snaps her off the middle rope. Valkyria falls to the floor. Bayley exits the ring and charges, sliding through the turnbuckles to hit a knee to the face. Bayley gets in the ring and charges for a suicide dive, but she crashes and burns when Valkyria moves! Valkyria gets in the ring and charges for a suicide dive, but Bayley catches her and hits Bayley-to-Belly on the floor! 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6… 7… 8… 9… both women barely beat the count.
Bayley lifts Valkyria and goes for a slam, but Valkyria counters with an arm drag. Valkyria hits an enzuigiri, followed by a gutwrench sit-out powerbomb for a two-count. Valkyria goes to lift her, but Bayley fights out. Valkyria cuts her off with a knee and goes for Nightwing, but Bayley slides off. Bayley knees her in the face for a near fall. Bayley gets up and places Valkyria on the top rope. The crowd is starting to buzz for the match. Valkyria fights out of a superplex and drops down for a powerbomb attempt. Valkyria’s back gives out, so she drops Bayley. Bayley takes advantage of the situation to hit a sunset flip bomb into the turnbuckles. Bayley kicks Valkyria back, but Valkyria fights back and hits a tornado DDT. Valkyria then rolls through and hits a fisherman’s suplex! 1… 2… Bayley kicks out.
Valkyria goes to the top rope for a missile dropkick, but Bayley picks her out of mid-air and applies a Boston Crab! Valkyria screams in pain and claws to the bottom rope, but Bayley pulls her into the center of the ring. The crowd is cheering. Valkyria grabs the ankle, so Bayley lets the hold go and attempts a Rose Plant. Valkyria rolls out of it and hits Bayley with a jackknife pin for the win!
Winner by Pinfall and still Women’s Intercontinental Champion: Lyra Valkyria
Lyra Valkyria celebrates with the Women’s Intercontinental Championship. She goes to shake Bayley’s hand, but Bayley slaps her hand away and goes to leave. Bayley then stops and gets back in the ring to hug Valkyria. Bayley holds Valkyria’s arm up. They will team together on SmackDown for a shot at the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania 41.
Backstage Interview
Cathy Kelley is backstage with Bert Kreischer, but Chad Gable and American Made interrupt. Gable says he’s a fan of Kreischer. Kreischer must be a fan of his because he’s here to see Minnesota’s only shining star. Still, he’ll get to see his boys, The Creed Brothers, team with El Grande Americano to take on the LWO. Kreischer says he’s not here for American Made. Alpha Academy walks in, and Otis and Kreischer both rip their shirts off. Gable and American Made walk off in disgust.
Backstage Segment
Rey Mysterio is walking with the LWO backstage. They’ll battle American Made and El Grande Americano next.
-Commercial Break-
AJ Styles will battle Logan Paul at WrestleMania 41.
Backstage Interview
Jackie Redmond is backstage with AJ Styles. She said Logan Paul had a lot of audacity last week. Where’s his head at? Styles says he’s in a good headspace right now. He can embarrass Logan Paul on the Grandest Stage of them all because you cannot beat experience. Karrion Kross walks up to him with Scarlett. Kross asks where experience got him last week. They can’t have this AJ Styles. Styles asks him what his obsession is with the old AJ Styles. Styles will talk to Adam Pearce and give Kross a taste next week. Styles walks off. Scarlett says they got Styles again. Kross agrees.
Replay: Two weeks ago on Raw, El Grande Americano defeated Dragon Lee by ripping his mask off.
6-Man Tag Team Match
The LWO (Dragon Lee, Joaquin Wilde, and Cruz Del Toro) w/ Rey Mysterio vs. American Made (Brutus and Julius Creed) and El Grande Americano w/ Ivy Nile
Referee: Rod Zapata
Brutus Creed will start against Cruz Del Toro. Dragon Lee yells at Brutus. Brutus takes Del Toro down and applies a hammerlock. Del Toro gets out with a snapmare, but Brutus soon runs him over with a shoulder tackle. Julius Creed tags in, but Del Toro hits an arm drag. Joaquin Wilde tags in. Wilde and Del Toro take Julius down before Del Toro helps Wilde splash Julius for a two-count. Wilde hits a spinning head-scissor takeover, followed by an armbar attempt. American Made runs in, but the LWO cuts them off. The LWO goes back and forth with splashes on all three men. The LWO stands tall in the ring. They then hit American Made and El Grande Americano with stereo triple somersault sentons!
Dragon Lee gets them in the ring. The LWO heads to the top rope, but American Made cuts them off. They hit the LWO with three (almost stereo) superplexes!
-Commercial Break-
Back from the break, Julius takes Lee down and attacks his partners. Julius climbs to the top rope, but Lee knocks him into the tree of woe and hits a double stomp.
Brutus and Del Toro tag in. Del Toro hits a springboard cross-body block before knocking Americano off the apron. Del Toro takes Brutus down before hitting Julius with a hurricanrana. Del Toro kicks Brutus in the face and hits a twisting slam. Del Toro rips his shirt off and hits Brutus with a rolling senton, followed by a suicide dive on Julius. Americano tags in and rolls Del Toro up with a handful of tights for a two-count.
Dragon Lee tags in. Lee gets Americano (Chad Gable) in a powerbomb position. Del Toro dives, but Americano counters (sort of) into a Spanish Fly out of mid-air. That was a NASTY landing. Lee yells at Americano for ripping off his mask. Lee kicks Americano in the face and hits a sit-out powerbomb. Julius then crushes Lee with a Shooting Star Press! Julius landed on Lee’s knees. Lee holds his legs in pain. Wilde then uses the backs of Del Toro and Julius as steps to hit Brutus with a WILD somersault senton to the floor! Del Toro clotheslines Julius over the top rope and hits him with a corkscrew plancha to the floor!
Ivy Nile hands Americano an object that he puts under his mask. Rey Mysterio appears to have seen this and yells at Americano. Americano head-butts the legendary luchador in the face. Lee attacks Americano and rips at his mask, but Americano head-butts him with the loaded mask, knocking him to the canvas. Americano follows up with a flying head-butt for the win!
Winners by Pinfall: American Made and El Grande Americano
Rey Mysterio looks on in disgust as American Made celebrates with Chad Gable… I mean El Grande Americano.
Video: Last week on Raw, World Heavyweight Champion Gunther beat Jimmy Uso into a bloody pulp as his brother, “Main Event” Jey Uso, was zip-tied to the middle rope.
Backstage Segment
A smiling Gunther is walking around backstage. We’ll hear from him next.
-Commercial Break-
Video: Triple H’s contributions to D-Generation X. Paul “Triple H” Levesque will headline the WWE Hall of Fame: Class of 2025.
World Heavyweight Champion Gunther addresses his bloody beating of Jimmy Uso
World Heavyweight Champion “The Ring General” Gunther makes his way to the ring smiling. He is wearing a red tie in honor of the bloody beating he delivered to Jimmy Uso in front of his brother, Gunther’s WrestleMania opponent “Main Event” Jey Uso. Gunther stands on the commentary table and poses with the World Heavyweight Championship. Gunther gets in the ring and prepares to speak, but he’s interrupted by Jey Uso’s music.
“Main Event” Jey Uso comes out and is not in a celebratory mood. Uso does not YEET as he heads to the ring dressed in black. Gunther removes his jacket and starts to roll up his sleeves. Gunther smiles and mocks Uso. Uso stoically makes his way to the ring and never YEETs once.
Uso gets in the ring and rips the microphone out of Gunther’s hand. Uso appears to be tearing up. Gunther is laughing at him. Uso removes his glasses and stares deep into Gunther’s eyes. The crowd is buzzing in anticipation. Uso lifts the microphone and calmly asks, “Gunther… you have a mother?” Gunther looks confused. Uso asks if Gunther talks to his mother. Gunther says he does. What do they talk about? Does she ask about the wife and grandson? What did he eat? That’s regular family stuff. Uso says he has a mother, too. Does Gunther want to know what they talked about this week? Uso had to tell her that her oldest son was laid up in a hospital bed. Her oldest son got fifteen stitches across his forehead. She asked him, “Why didn’t you protect him, Joshua?” Uso said he never lies to his mother. He told her he was afraid of Gunther. Gunther had the drop on him and was three steps ahead of him. It wasn’t enough. Gunther got his family involved. Gunther knows how he feels about his family, especially Jimmy. Jey is pacing in the ring. Jey violated his brother and left him a bloody pulp. Jimmy’s blood was all over Gunther’s body. Jimmy’s blood is on Jey’s hands, too. Jey never felt more hopeless, helpless, pissed off, and damn near scared. Gunther made the whole world stop by violating his twin in front of him. It made Jey’s heart stop.
The crazy thing is that in his darkest moment and time in front of the world, a lightbulb went off. Jey realized he’s not afraid of Gunther anymore. The crowd loudly cheers. The crowd chants, “YEET!” Gunther looks down and then at Jey. Jey says that before WrestleMania, Gunther can hug and kiss his family. Before WrestleMania, Jey will lay his head down and say a prayer. He’ll pray for Gunther, but more so for himself. He’ll ask the Lord to forgive him for the man he’s about to become. At WrestleMania, he’ll get Gunther for himself, Jimmy, and his whole family. Jey will take the World Heavyweight Championship! Jey throws the microphone at Gunther. Gunther looks worried.
SmackDown Recap: Last Friday on SmackDown, CM Punk revealed the favor he wants from Paul Heyman. Paul Heyman will be in CM Punk’s corner for the Triple Threat match against Roman Reigns and Seth “Freakin” Rollins. Reigns will not have his Wise Man on his side.
The New Day makes their entrance. They’ll battle for the World Tag Team Championship next.
-Commercial Break-
Video: Rhea Ripley will appear on “Stephanie’s Places,” hosted by Stephanie McMahon.
Raw General Manager’s Office
Natalya and Maxxine Dupri are talking with Raw General Manager Adam Pearce. Pearce tells them to jump into the deep end. Rey Mysterio walks in and says he wants to face the idiot who mocks everything he stands for. Mysterio wants to expose him for the fraud El Grande Americano really is. Mysterio wants to pick the place: WrestleMania. Pearce makes the match official.
Tony Hinchcliffe, the host of the Roast of WrestleMania, will be on commentary for this match.
World Tag Team Championship
The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) vs. The War Raiders (Erik and Ivar) (c’s)
Referee: Shawn Bennett
Kofi Kingston will start against Ivar. Ivar quickly takes Kingston down. Kingston quickly retreats from the ring. Kingston regroups and tags in Xavier Woods. Erik also tags in. Kingston distracts Erik, and Woods attacks him from behind. The New Day does the Unicorn Stomp, but they don’t want it called that anymore. Erik fights back with a double clothesline. Ivar tags in and hits Kingston with a sidewalk slam, followed by a basement cross-body block. Erik tags back in and sends Kingston to the corner, but he slingshots over him. Erik grabs Kingston and slams him. Woods runs in and meets the same result. Ivar tags in. Kingston is slammed again, and Erik slams Ivar onto Kingston. Erik then sends Woods over the top rope. Woods attacks Erik as he approaches him and grabs a steel chair. Erik rocks Woods with a forearm smash. Ivar sends Kingston into the barricade on the other side of the ringside area. Ivar charges, and Erik uses his momentum to send him harder into Woods against the barricade.
-Commercial Break-
Back from the break, Ivar flattens Woods with a seated senton.
Erik and Kingston tag in, and Erik runs wild on him. Erik hits Woods with a gutwrench rib-breaker and a knee to the face. Erik then slams Kingston down. Ivar tags in and crushes Woods. They take Kingston out with the War Machine! 1… 2… Woods breaks it up. Woods is sent out of the ring. Woods grabs a steel chair, but Ivar rips it out of his hands and hits him in the ribs with the chair. The referee sees it and calls for the bell.
Winners by Disqualification: The New Day
The War Raiders retain the World Tag Team Championship
Kingston rocks Ivar with a chair shot to the back of the neck! Erik angrily attacks Kingston, but Woods helps to overcome him. Kingston wedges the chair in the corner. They drive Erik headfirst into the chair. The New Day sends Ivar into the timekeeper’s area before getting in the ring to concentrate on Erik. Woods grabs Erik by the beard and places his head into the chair. Erik fought through a terrible neck injury to get back to action. WWE officials and referees run down to prevent Woods from doing anything crazy.
Video: A hype video for Undisputed WWE Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes plays. The song “The Last of My Kind” plays.
“The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes will defend the Undisputed WWE Championship against John Cena at WrestleMania 41.
Penta makes his entrance. He’ll face “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio next.
-Commercial Break-
Adi Shankar, the creator of “Devil May Cry” on Netflix, is at ringside. Taylor and Daniel of “Love is Blind” are also at ringside. Finally, Bert Kreischer is at ringside, downing a beer and showing off his physique.
Penta vs. “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio w/ Carlito
Referee: Eddie Orengo
The bell rings, and they lock up. The crowd chants, “Dom, you suck!” Mysterio gets to the corner and shoves Penta back. Penta grabs a waistlock. They do some standing switches before trading chops. Mysterio takes Penta down and punches away at him before stomping him. Mysterio sends him to the corner and hits a corner clothesline. Mysterio covers his ears to avoid the crowd’s jeers. Mysterio punches Penta down and backs him to the corner. Mysterio hits a shoulder thrust and taunts the crowd. Mysterio sends him into the ropes, but Penta ducks a clothesline and hits a hurricanrana. Penta follows up with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker and a reverse sling blade. Mysterio rolls out of the ring, and Carlito checks on him. Penta wipes them both out with a dive off the top rope to the floor.
-Commercial Break-
Back from the break, Mysterio kicks Penta as he attempts a diving attack and hits the Three Amigos. Mysterio covers Penta for a two-count. Penta soon hits the ropes, but Mysterio dropkicks him in the knees. Mysterio sets up for a 619, but Penta superkicks him down. Penta kicks Mysterio down and hits a handstand slingshot corner dropkick for a two-count.
Mysterio gets out of a Penta Driver and whiffs on a superkick. Mysterio hits the ropes and hits Penta with a Mexican Destroyer! Mysterio knocks him into the ropes and hits a 619. Mysterio quickly goes to the top rope for a Frog Splash, but Penta gets the knees up and rolls him up! 1… 2… Mysterio kicks out! After taking a few moments to recover, Mysterio lifts Penta. Penta elbows out and takes Mysterio down. Penta snaps the arm with a Sacrifice! Penta follows up with a Penta Driver for the win.
Winner by Pinfall: Penta
Carlito quickly attacks Penta from behind. Carlito drops him with a Backstabber. Carlito and Mysterio begin to double-team Penta until WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker comes out to the stage. Carlito goes to meet him on the aisleway, but Breakker splits him in two with an INSANE Spear on the floor! Breakker gets in the ring and crushes Mysterio with a Spear! Breakker is fired up. Breakker goes to the corner and charges to hit Penta with a Spear.
Breakker goes to pose with the Intercontinental Championship, but Finn Bálor attacks him from behind and hits a falling elbow drop. Bálor holds up the Intercontinental Championship and taunts Penta before holding it up. Bálor turns and sees Breakker charging, so he retreats from the ring.
We see a drone shot of the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, California, the site of the final Raw before WrestleMania.
Next week on Raw
— AJ Styles vs. Karrion Kross
— “The OTC” Roman Reigns will appear
Roman Reigns will participate in his eleventh WrestleMania Main Event, the most of all time.
Backstage Segment
Paul Heyman is shown backstage. We’ll hear from him next.
-Commercial Break-
Paul Heyman addresses being in CM Punk’s corner at WrestleMania
Paul Heyman is in the ring. Heyman says, “Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Paul Heyman. I want to state a couple of things for the record so we can just get it out of the way and we can move on to WrestleMania.” The first item is that he will always be loyal to his Tribal Chief, Roman Reigns. The second item is that he will always be loyal to his best friend in the world, CM Punk. Just because he is loyal to both of them does not mean he will ever in his life be disloyal to either of them. When it comes to WrestleMania, Heyman wants to get one thing perfectly clear…
Before we find out what Heyman wants to make clear…
“BURN IT DOWN!”
Seth “Freakin” Rollins makes his entrance. Heyman looks disgusted to see Rollins out there. Rollins looks into Heyman’s face before greeting Minneapolis and welcoming them to Monday Night Rollins. In case they don’t know, he is a visionary and a revolutionary. He is Seth “Freakin” Rollins. Tonight is not about Rollins. It’s about Paul Heyman. Heyman is out here talking about loyalty, which is the reason Rollins wants to say hi to him. Rollins asks, “Paul Heyman, whose side are you on?” Will he be the very best friend to CM Punk? Heyman rolls his eyes. A “CM Punk” chant picks up. Rollins then asks if he will be the Wise Man to Roman Reigns? An “OTC” chant picks up as the crowd puts the ones in the air.
Rollins says Heyman is trying to convince everyone and himself that he can do both at the same time. It occurred to Rollins over the past week that Heyman is neither. Rollins knows Heyman will give him the schpiel about how Roman Reigns did so much, but Reigns doesn’t give a damn about Heyman. Reigns likes Heyman to shine his shoes, book his private jets, order his steaks, and hand him his Ula Fala. Reigns doesn’t respect Heyman. Rollins takes Heyman back to the Main Event of last year’s WrestleMania when he lost the title thanks to some well-dressed visionary. Reigns disappeared into the ether and left Heyman in the hands of his “loving” family with Solo Sikoa. Did they treat him well? Were they loving? They treated Heyman like he was the scum of the earth. Everyone wondered when Reigns would save Heyman. Rollins asks if Reigns rescued Heyman. Heyman shakes his head. Rollins says Reigns left Heyman to be massacred in his hometown in front of his children. Jacob and Azalia had to watch their father be put through a table because Roman Reigns doesn’t care about him.
CM Punk also wasn’t there to rescue him. Best friends love each other and are there for each other. They don’t use each other when it’s convenient. Ten years ago, Punk walked out of here on everyone and Heyman. Did he take Heyman with him? No, he tried to tear down everything Heyman was building here. Did Punk come back and embrace Heyman? No. Punk and Heyman love to reminisce about WarGames, but Punk wasn’t the first choice to be on Team Roman. Rollins was. Heyman acknowledges that. Rollins tells him to stop him when he’s telling lies. Rollins declined. Punk wasn’t the first choice. He was the last and only choice. Did he join Team Roman out of the goodness of his heart because he loved his best friend, Paul Heyman? No. Punk knew he could use it to get a favor out of Heyman. Rollins says Punk is not Heyman’s best friend. Punk doesn’t love anyone but himself.
Rollins will be honest with everyone… he feels bad for Paul Heyman. Heyman has tears in his eyes. Heyman is in an unenviable position. The easiest solution would be for him to remove himself entirely from the situation. Let Rollins, Reigns, and Punk battle it out at WrestleMania for the soul of this industry. Heyman shakes his head. Rollins understands he won’t betray his best friend and Tribal Chief. If only there were a way to remove him from the situation. Heyman realizes what is going on. Rollins says he would take it as a privilege to remove him from the situation right here and now. It would be quick and easy. A boot to the back of the head. One quick Stomp, and it’s all over. No one is here to save him. Roman Reigns isn’t here to save him. CM Punk isn’t here to make friends. He’s here to make money. Heyman sneers at Rollins. Rollins asks how much money Heyman is worth. Is he worth this much? Rollins shoves him lightly. Is he worth this much? Rollins lightly slaps Heyman in the face. Rollins continues to shove him, so Heyman grabs his arm. Heyman shouts, “Don’t put your damn hands on hme again!”
Heyman is irate, so Rollins shoves him to the corner. CM Punk’s music hits, and the Second City Saint runs down to save Paul Heyman. Punk punches away at Rollins. The fight spills to ringside, and Punk sends Rollins over the commentary table. They knock over the Prime Energy station before Punk sends Rollins into the steel steps. Punk punches Rollins in the head and presses his head on the bottom half of the steel steps. Punk backs up and charges for a Stomp on the steps, but Rollins avoids it and gets in the ring. Rollins hits Punk with a Stomp as he gets in the ring! Heyman checks on Punk. Rollins sizes Heyman up and charges. Rollins stomps the mat near Heyman’s head. Heyman is stunned that Rollins didn’t deliver a Stomp to him. Rollins says, “Now you owe me a favor.”
Quick Match Results
— Lyra Valkyria (c) def. Bayley to retain the Women’s Intercontinental Championship
— American Made (Brutus and Julius Creed) and El Grande Americano def. The LWO (Dragon Lee, Joaquin Wilde, and Cruz Del Toro) in a 6-Man Tag Team Match
— The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) def. The War Raiders (Erik and Ivar) (c’s) via DQ in a World Tag Team Championship match; The War Raiders retain the titles
— Penta def. “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio
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