Raw opens with a look at last night’s main event, with a slow acoustic song. We cut to the arena and a loud “Undertaker” chants echoes throughout. The commentators don’t speak, no pyro, they let it ring out and rightfully so. The thunderous chant lasts a long time before being slowly replaced with “Roman sucks!”
The big dog answers the call and comes to the arena and the fans love him…not. Michael Cole says the fans are booing Reigns because rumours are that last night was Undertaker’s last match, then Cole calls Undertaker the greatest of all-time and says it was an honour to witness his career.
The thoughts that must be going through #TheBigDog‘s head right now… #RAW #RAWafterMania @WWERomanReigns pic.twitter.com/Izhj195VBp
— WWE Universe (@WWEUniverse) April 4, 2017
Before Roman can speak, the fans start chanting “DELETE” and then “ASSHOLE”, interspersed with boo’s. Roman stands and waits a long time for them to quiet down. We’re fourteen minutes into the show and the fans are firmly in control. He finally lifts the microphone and says “this is my yard now” and leaves. The boo’s are deafening.
Michael Cole, Byron Saxton and Corey Graves explain that the fans tonight are “irregular” and so they might cheer the bad guys and say outlandish things. Yeah “irregular”. Anderson and Gallows make their way to the ring for a rematch.
*Commercial Break*
WWE Tag Tag Team Championship Match
(C) The Hardy Boyz Vs. The Club
The match starts with a chorus of ‘Delete’. Jeff and Anderson kick things off fast as Jeff has Anderson in an arm lock. He tags his brother in and the two slam Anderson to the mat with their shoulders.
Anderson is planted to the mat with the Side Effect and they then clothesline the former champions over the top rope, one after the other. The crowd rewards their efforts with loud chants of delete as we head to the break.
THIS IS REAL LIFE! @JEFFHARDYBRAND and @MATTHARDYBRAND are HERE and READY to defend their #RAW #TagTeamTitles! #RAWAfterMania pic.twitter.com/UjHFtz3JEb
— WWE (@WWE) April 4, 2017
*Commercial Break*
As we return from the break we see Gallows beating mat up in his team’s corner. He then capitalises by tagging Anderson in. The two then hit Matt with the Double Team.
The former Champs cut the ring in half and keep Matt away from his brother. Anderson has Matt in a headlock and finishes it with a jumping knee in the corner. The crowd chants “Obsolete” as Gallows is tagged in. Hardy tries to fight back but eats a boot. Matt finally creates space and tags Jeff in.
Jeff clears house with an Inverted Atomic Drop and a drop kick. Gallows rolls out of the ring and Jeff follows him, set up the steps and hit Gallows with the Poetry in Motion against the barricade. He then goes to the top rope but is stopped by Anderson. The former champs then hit Jeff with the Boot of Doom but he kicks out!
Anderson and Gallows look for the boot again but Matt pulls Anderson out of the ring. Meanwhile Jeff hits Gallows with a Twist of Fate. Matt is tagged and he too hits the Twist of Fate, then Jeff hits the Swanton Bomb and that’s all she wrote!
Winners: The Hardy boyz
THIS is why @JEFFHARDYBRAND is an INNOVATOR!#PoetryInMotion #RAWAfterMania #RAW @LukeGallowsWWE pic.twitter.com/iXQOoLDElJ
— WWE (@WWE) April 4, 2017
Later tonight, Brock Lesnar will be on Raw, Seth Rollins will team with Chris Jericho to take on Kevin Owens and Samoa Joe, but up next is the King of the cruiserweights, Neville!
*Commercial Break*
Neville is out after the break to brag about beating Austin Aries last night. He says his tactics may not be popular, but they get results. There will be a proper celebration tomorrow on 205 Live, but for tonight, he is going to remind us all why we are wrong. Mustafa Ali comes out to face him.
Neville Vs. Mustafa Ali
Neville pushes Ali to the corner, but Ali fights out with an elbow. He knocks Neville down with a shoulder, but the champ kips up right away. Ali takes him down with a hurricanrana before knocking him off the apron with a spin kick. He goes to the second rope and hits Neville with a moonsault on the floor. Neville propels him into the air and lets him drop to the mat to take back control.
Neville is still in control as we return. Ali catches Neville with a big dropkick to regain some composure, meanwhile the fans are distracted by something happening outside of the ring – a beach ball. They literally aren’t watching the match at all.
We return to see Neville grounding Ali with a headlock. Mustafa hits a dropkick to stun the champ. He rolls through the ropes for a neckbreaker, but Neville kicks out. Neville takes control again as the crowd pays attention to something off screen. He turns Ali inside out with a clothesline, but only gets a two count. Ali hits a beautiful Spanish fly from the top rope. Ali hits a reverse hurricanrana and a beautiful DDT, but Neville gets his foot on the ropes.
AMAZING Springboard Spanish Fly from the top rope!!!! @MustafaAliWWE is pulling out all the stops against @WWENeville! #RAW #RAWAfterMania pic.twitter.com/662JBMnnGo
— WWE (@WWE) April 4, 2017
Ali takes to the top rope but Neville avoids the reverse 450 and climbs to the top. Neville stands on the top rope, readying for the Red Arrow and the fans “ooohh” in anticipation. Neville then jumps down and applies the Rings of Saturn instead, forcing Ali to tap out. Fantastic heel move from Neville.
Winner: Neville
After the match a limousine is shown pulling into the arena and out steps Vince McMahon! The fans erupt as Vinnie starts walking.
*Commercial Break*