Monday Night Raw was LIVE from the Performance
Center in Orlando , Florida
Edge started off the show and we went straight to a video
package from last weeks raw involving Edge and Randy Orton. You'll know what
happened last week if you watched Raw. He continued with the promo talking
about his history with Orton. Edge revealed his match with Orton will be a last
man standing match at WrestleMania.
They showed footage of Becky Lynch arriving to the venue in
a truck. The vehicle looked nice to be honest.
After the commercial break they showed the whole of the
Men's Royal Rumble match (for time filling purposes) which was, as we know, won
by Drew McIntyre. We saw a recap of what happened between McIntyre and Brock
Lesnar two weeks ago on RAW.
It was contract signing time for the Undertaker vs.AJ Styles
match at WrestleMania.
Undertaker made his entrance, looking like biker/American Badass 'Taker. There was no contract on the table which 'Taker flipped over. He
stood in the ring when AJ's music hit repeatedly. AJ didn't walk out to the
ring. He was backstage, holding the contract, with Gallows and Anderson cutting a promo about the Phenom. He
signed the contract and then Gallows and Anderson walked out to give the
contract to Undertaker, the lights went out and when they came back on, 'Taker
was stood behind the two members of OC (not the tv show) 'Taker beat the two
guys up. Signed the contract, put the document in Anderson 's mouth, walked up to the ramp and looked at AJ's face on the screen.
Up next was a match: Asuka joined the commentary team for
this one.
Rey Mysterio vs. Andrade w/ Zelina Vega
Winner: Rey Mysterio.
"The Man" Becky Lynch walked out the ring to talk
about her match vs. Shayna Baszler (who was watching backstage) at
WrestleMania. It was time for another recap recent events involving Rhea
Ripley and Charlotte Flair as build up to their match continues.
Backstage, Kevin Owens challenged Seth Rollins to a match at
WrestleMania.
It was main event.....segment time. The return of Stone Cold
Steve Austin. Austin
declared March 16th 3:16 Day. He spoke about the rules of what that day
involves. commentator Byron Saxton was giving a rating from 1-10 when a rule was mentioned. Austin invited him to the ring to celebrate 3:16 Day. Austin
then stunned Saxton after the beer toast.
While he was celebrating, Becky Lynch walked out a cooler and
the two drank beer to celebrate 3:16 Day. Austin
poured beer on Saxton and gave him another stunner to end the show.
This show felt like it was a rehearsal before the crowd comes in to watch the live show, if you know what I mean. It had the Tough Enough vibe to it also, very surreal to watch. Prior to this show, It was announced that WrestleMania will take place on April 5 at the Performance Center without any fans in attendance. You can't have a spectacle like Mania without a crowd. The crowd makes a show better, you can include Raw, Smackdown and NXT in that aspect. They should've postponed it and merge this event with Summerslam in August and called it SummerMania. (I'm claiming copyright right now for SummerMania)
The recap is complete, I hope you enjoyed the read. I'll be back for the NXT review on Thursday. Until then, be well and stay safe. Thanks for reading.