Welcome back to the blog, this is WrestleMania week, there is so much excitement and anticipation around in the run up to the Grandest Stage Of Them All. Let's take a look at the events that took place on the go home show LIVE from Phoenix, Arizona.
We began with the Miz TV segment, the special guests were Women's Tag Team Champions Becky Lynch and Hall of Famer Lita and fellow Hall of Famer Trish Stratus, they were joined in the ring by Bayley, Dakota Kai & Iyo Sky to exchange words, Becky was great in this segment, she cut an outstanding promo which led to her defeating Iyo minutes later.
There was a video package about Asuka's career starting from NXT to this day on the main roster, including the thoughts of current superstars and Hall of Famers, there was a similar version for Bianca Belair later on in the show ahead of their RAW Women's Championship Match, who are currently scheduled for night one, subject to change of course.
Seth Rollins backstage interview was interrupted by Mustafa Ali, this was a set up to their match, the crowd sang Seth's song, which is always awesome to hear, he went on to defeat Mustafa surprisingly quickly.
Adam Pearce put Sonya Deville & Chelsea Green against Mia Yim and Candice LeRae to decide who got the last spot in the Women's Showcase Match.
The weigh-in between Omos and Brock Lesnar ended abruptly, these segments never go to plan, a lot of people have been criticising why this is even happening at WrestleMania, the belief on this blog is this is an opportunity for Omos to prove the doubters wrong and see how good he is, hopefully they will change their views.
We saw another video package, this time it was about Charlotte Flair which shifted to Rhea Ripley's backstage interview with Byron Saxton.
The Street Profits & Braun Strowman & Ricochet defeated Viking Raiders & Alpha Academy, a preview to the Men's Showcase.
Finn Balor responded to Edge's vignette prior to Hell in a Cell, it will be the Rated R Superstar versus The Demon. Cody Rhodes spoke to Cathy Kelley prior to the main event against Solo Sikoa.
The Bloodline's parody of The Goodfellas was incredible, check it out on YouTube if you haven't already along with the others.
The United States Champion Austin Theory cut a promo in an empty arena, saying he doesn't do this for the fans, or Cena, he does it for himself. Theory more or less guaranteed a victory on Saturday, this was eerie to watch as it brought back memories of the Performance Center Era.
Sonya Deville & Chelsea Green defeated Mia Yim & Candice LeRae to qualify for the Women's Showcase to face Liv Morgan & Raquel Gonzalez, Natalya & Shotzi and Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler.
Paul Heyman responded to Cody Rhodes by suggesting The American Nightmare wasn't ready for this show's main event or Sunday Night.
Dominik Mysterio spoke about Rey finally snapping and accepting the challenge on Friday Night SmackDown. Rey versus Damian Priest ended in disqualification, Legado Del Fantasma ran down to save Rey.
There were more packages than Amazon on this show, this time about the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal, including a segment involving some of the participants such as: Elias, Rick Boogs and Bobby Lashley.
Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn talked about possibly winning the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships and ending The Usos reign.
The Intercontinental Champion Gunther defeated Dolph Ziggler.
It was time for the talking to stop on this particular occasion as Cody Rhodes took on Solo Sikoa. The Usos attempted to help Solo, however, they were chased off by Kevin and Sami moments later, Cody countered Solo's Samoan Spike with the Cross Rhodes to pick the win and continue his momentum as he looks to finish the story at WrestleMania.
That is it for the RAW before WrestleMania, there was a lot to unpack here, hope you enjoyed the read, very much looking forward to seeing who wins the Battle Royal and what happens between Cody and Roman before Sunday on SmackDown and more.
The content will continue after WrestleMania with a Champions Roll Call, be sure to check that out as well as the archives on this website.