The April 4th edition of WWE RAW is the first show after WrestleMania 32, and airs live on the USA Network from the American Airlines Center in Dallas, TX.
– RAW opens up with Michael Cole, JBL and Byron Saxton at their announce table talking about the crowd there being die-hard fans and they cheer and boo who they please.
– Vince McMahon comes out to the stage to cut a promo gloating about his son’s loss at WrestleMania last night. Vince says he took care of some business, and has secured the secret that Shane was holding over his head. Vince says the post-WrestleMania crowd is always crazy and they say and do nutty things. Vince promises tonight will be a RAW no one will ever forget. He’s about to walk to the back when he’s interrupted by Shane McMahon! Shane says he came to shake Vince’s hand like a man since Vince won, and also to thanks all the fans. The crowd chants “You’ve still got it” to Shane, and Vince yells at the crowd not to encourage him. Shane’s about to leave, but Vince stops him and says “no one upstages me.” Vince says to prove his point that it would be nonsensical for Shane to run RAW, he’s going to let Shane run the show tonight.
– The New Day def. King Barrett & Sheamus: Before the match, they cut a promo recapping their night at WrestleMania 32. Kofi sends Sheamus to the outside and uses Big E and a human springboard to jump down onto Sheamus on the ringside floor. Back in the ring, Sheamus and Barrett work on Kofi and prevent him from tagging in Big E. Big E finally gets the hot tag and clears the ring. He hits a series of belly to belly suplexes on Barrett before hitting a big splash. Big E tags back in Kofi and they hit a double team Big Ending on Barrett for the pinfall victory.
– After the match, Sheamus gets on the mic and says there’s something wrong with the League of Nations. They all jump Wade Barrett and kick him out of the group. After they throw Barrett out of the ring, The Wyatt Family hits the ring and they jump the remaining members of the League. They clear the ring and Bray hits the Sister Abigail on Sheamus to end the segment.
– Vince McMahon is in the back getting in his limo to leave. He says he’s leaving because he doesn’t want to have to watch RAW be a disaster with Shane in charge.
– Sasha Banks def. Summer Rae: Summer hits a spinning heel kick for an early 2 count. Sasha comes back with a flying knee for a 2 count of her own. Sasha misses a Codebreaker and Summer rolls her up, but Sasha reverses the pin into a Banks Statement for the win.
– Apollo Crews def. Tyler Breeze: Shane McMahon is shown in the back talking to Apollo before the match. Crews hits some big offense on Breeze early on, but Breeze stops his momentum with a superkick. Crews comes back with a gorilla press slam followed up by a standing moonsault and a spin out powerbomb for the pinfall victory.
– Roman Reigns is out to the ring next to cut a promo. The crowd is booing Reigns, and JBL says its a post-WrestleMania crowd who “boos people they usually cheer” and vice versa. Reigns acknowledges the cheers by saying “I’m not a bad guy, I’m not a good guy, I’m the guy.” Reigns gives an open challenge to anyone in the back to try to take his WWE World Heavyweight Title. Jericho’s music hits and Y2J makes his way out, but he’s not in his wrestling gear. Jericho tells Reigns he’s not “the guy,” he’s just “a guy, who is an idiot like everyone else here tonight.” Jericho cuts a promo about how great he is, as the crowd chants “we are idiots.” Jericho tells Reigns he wants a title shot, but before Reigns can answer, AJ Styles comes out to interrupt and is quickly followed by Kevin Owens. Sami Zayn is out to the ring next. Owens and Zayn start brawling as soon as Zayn hits the ring, which prompts Styles and Jericho to start brawling. Zayn hits a suicide dive on Oens to the outside. Jericho throws Styles to the outside then turns around and walks into a spear from Roman Reigns.
– In the back, Shane books a Fatal 4 match tonight for #1 contendership for Reigns’ title. The match will be Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens vs. AJ Styles vs. Chris Jericho.
– Baron Corbin vs. Dolph Ziggler – Double count out: They go back and forth in the opening moments with Corbin eventually getting control. Ziggler builds some momentum with a couple splashes on Corbin in the corner and a facebuster for a 2 count. Ziggler misses a superkick but hits a Fameasser for another 2 count. Corbin comes back with a spinning side slam for a 2 count, then beats Ziggler down at ringside. They brawl into the crowd and both get counted out. Corbin hits the End of Days on Ziggler on the floor.
– Zack Ryder comes out and cuts a promo about winning the Intercontinental Title last night at WrestleMania. He’s interrupted by The Miz and we’ve got a match.
– The Miz def. Zack Ryder: Ryder hits a big dropkick for a 2 count early on in his first Intercontinental Title defense. He hits a hurricanrana on The Miz off the top rope, sending Miz to the outside. Back in the ring, Ryder misses a missile dropkick and Miz hits a DDT for a 2 count. Ryder reverses a vertical suplex into a neckbreaker for a 2 count of his own. Ryder hits an elbow off the top and pins, but The Miz gets his foot on the rope to break the count. At ringside, The Miz gets in Ryder’s dads face and Ryder’s dad pushes The Miz down. Maryse comes out of nowhere and gets in Ryder’s dad’s face, distracting Ryder in the ring long enough for The Miz to roll up Ryder for the 3 count. Miz is the new Intercontinental Champion.
– Zack Ryder comes out and cuts a promo about winning the Intercontinental Title last night at WrestleMania. He’s interrupted by The Miz and we’ve got a match.
– The Miz def. Zack Ryder: Ryder hits a big dropkick for a 2 count early on in his first Intercontinental Title defense. He hits a hurricanrana on The Miz off the top rope, sending Miz to the outside. Back in the ring, Ryder misses a missile dropkick and Miz hits a DDT for a 2 count. Ryder reverses a vertical suplex into a neckbreaker for a 2 count of his own. Ryder hits an elbow off the top and pins, but The Miz gets his foot on the rope to break the count. At ringside, The Miz gets in Ryder’s dads face and Ryder’s dad pushes The Miz down. Maryse comes out of nowhere and gets in Ryder’s dad’s face, distracting Ryder in the ring long enough for The Miz to roll up Ryder for the 3 count. Miz is the new Intercontinental Champion.
– In the back, Kevin Owens says he’s going to destroy the Roman Empire and take the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, and Sami Zayn won’t cost him his match tonight like he did last night.
– Lita and all of the female members of the WWE roster are in the ring for the official unveiling of the new Women’s Championship. Lita introduces the current champion Charlotte who comes down and cuts a promo about the new belt. She thanks her father Ric Flair and the fans for inspiring her to win. Eventually all the other women leave the ring and leave Charlotte and Ric Flair in the ring with Natalya at ringside. Natalya grabs a mic and says she’s going to teach Charlotte a lesson and puts her in the Sharpshooter. Flair pulls Charlotte out of the ring and they head to the back.
– The Dudleys def. The Usos: There are tables set up surrounding the ring. The action goes to the outside early on with The Dudley Boyz beating down The Usos around ringside. Back in the ring they hit the Wassup diving headbutt on Jimmy. Bubba and D-Von go to the outside to get the tables, but The Usos come flying over the top rope down ontop of them. Back in the ring, The Usos superkick both Dudleys then lay them on a couple tables. They go to the top ropes to splash through them in stereo, but The Dudleys roll out of the way and The Usos put themselves through the tables. D-Von then throws Jey through a table set up in the corner for the win.
– Sami Zayn is cutting a promo in the back when he gets jumped by Kevin Owens. Owens powerbombs Zayn through a table.
– Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady are out to the ring to cut a promo and The Dudleys look on from the ramp in disapproval. They call out the Dudleyz and D-Von gets fired up but Bubba holds him back. They talk some more trash but The Dudleys eventually decide to head to the back.
– The Miz & Zack Ryder will have a rematch on SmackDown this week.
– Dr Phil will be a special guest star on RAW next week.
– AJ Styles def. Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho, Cesaro: Sami Zayn is unable to compete after being jumped by Owens in the back, so the returning Cesaro is filling in for him. Jericho hits a springboard dropkick that sends Owens o the outside early on. Styles throws Jericho to the outside, leaving just him and Cesaro in the ring to exchange offensive maneuvers. Jericho gets back in and sends Cesaro to the outside where Cesaro brawls with Owens. Jericho drops AJ with a dropkick then takes him up to the top rope. Owens climbs up to help Jericho for a double superplex, then Cesaro comes in and throws them all off the turnbuckle by himself. Cesaro hits a big uppercut on Styles for a 2 count. Owens powerbombs Jericho for another 2 count, he goes to follow up with a cannonball in the corner but Jericho moves. Y2J goes for the Lionsault but Owens gets his knees up. AJ hits a 450 spingboard splash off the top rope onto Jericho for a 2 count. Cesaro hits a series of running uppercuts on all three of his opponents in different corners of the ring. Cesaro swings Jericho for 10 rotations before Owens breaks it up with a superkick. Cesaro gets Jericho in the Sharpshooter but AJ breaks it up with a Phenomenal Forearm. He hits a Pele kick on Owens, but then walks into a Codebreaker from Jericho for a 2 count. AJ hits the Styles Clash on Jericho for the 1-2-3 to become the new #1 contender for Roman Reigns’ World Heavyweight Title. AJ celebrates in the ring as RAW goes off the air.
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