WWE RAW Results Coverage, Reactions & Highlights for April 3, 2023

It’s Monday night, and you know what that means! WWE RAW will go down tonight, and Ringside News has got you covered with live play-by-play results coverage.

WWE RAW will start this week at 8:00 PM EST, as always. Match-by-match highlights and results from the show will take place on this very page. Feel free to leave any reactions in the comment section below.

The “RAW after WrestleMania” is always a special one and tonight’s show will most certainly be no different from that. This week’s episode of the red brand will also create history as the first RAW to take place under a new leadership. For those who may have missed, WWE and UFC’s parent company Endeavor entered into an agreement a couple of hours ago to acquire the sports and entertainment juggernaut for $9.3 billion.

So, there are a lot of reasons to be excited about the upcoming episode of WWE RAW. As far as matches and segments for tonight’s show are concerned, WWE hasn’t advertised the card on their website and social media. Having said that, spoilers for the show are pointing towards a huge return sometime during the show.

Click here to check out the complete spoilers for the show.

WWE RAW Opener:

Our show begins with a recap of WWE WrestleMania 39. The highlight reel features some of the best moments from both night 1 and night 2. We see Rhea Ripley’s grand slam win over Charlotte Flair. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn’s emotion victory over The Usos is also shown. Finally, we have Cody Rhodes’ bitter loss to Roman Reigns.

Kevin Patrick welcomes us to the show. Patrick calls it a huge day for the fans. Triple H’s music hits. The Game arrives to a huge pop from the crowd. “Bow Down to the King” is being played behind. Triple H pauses briefly to look at the fans. He then enters the ring. The Game hypes the crow. He walks to the turnbuckle to make his iconic pose. The crowd is thrilled.

Chants of “Triple H” take over the arena. The Game grabs the mic. He says what a weekend in the arena, says a 161,000 fans jam packed the SoFi Stadium. He says WWE and its fans have come a long way from “one man’s vision to create WrestleMania to four decades later.” Triple H says the reason he’s come here is to thank the WWE superstars and the crew that “makes night like tonight possible.” Triple H puts over cameraman “Stu.” Fans chant “Stu.” Triple H asks him to say hi.

Triple H says the giant stage of WrestleMania 39 took his breath away when he first saw it. He says last but not the least, he’d like to thank the WWE Universe. He says WWE is dominating mainstream media. Triple H assures the fans that “WWE is going nowhere.” The same WWE that the fans love, the same company that sells out arenas all over the world is going nowhere. “Then, Now, Forever, Together.”

Triple H then introduces Roman Reigns to the ring. He asks the WWE Universe to help him welcome the man who’s stood on the top of the mountain for more than 900 days and is showing no signs of slowing down. Roman’s music hit and The Tribal Chief walks to the ring with Paul Heyman and Solo Sikoa by his side. As Roman is walking to the ring, he receives a hug from Triple H. The Game also interacts with the Wise Man and The Enforcer.

The broadcast team talks about Roman’s accomplishments. The Tribal Chief gets in the ring and lifts both of his titles as pyros go out on the ramp. Roman hands over the belts to Heyman. The crowd responds with a chorus of boos. Heyman has the mic. The fans in attendance chant “you suck.” Roman talks to Heyman who hands him the mic. The crowd fires back with “Roman sucks” chants.

Roman begins his promo but stops in the middle to acknowledge the heat from the fans. The Tribal Chief says after last night’s win it he should begin the show by telling Hollywood to acknowledge him. Cody Rhodes’ music hits and the American Nightmare gets a huge pop from the crowd. Roman isn’t amused. Cody greets fans on his way to the ring. Cody gets on the second rope turnbuckle. Pyros blast on the ramp.

Cody has a mic. The American Nightmare says he knows what he wants to talk about. He says today turned out to be a lot different than he imagined. Cody acknowledges that Roman was the better competitor last night at WrestleMania. He tells Roman last night he had him. Chants of “Cody” erupt. Cody says he knew what he had said earlier and looks at the crowd. Fans chant “rematch.” Cody says “rematch.” Heyman asks him when he would like to have this hypothetical rematch. Cody says tonight.” Heyman and Roman look at each other.

The Wise Man says no rematch. Not tonight. Not in Puerto Rico, not at SummerSlam, not in Madison Square Garden.The crowd chants “bull sh*t.” Cody tells HeyMan he isn’t in the mood for his games. He tells Roman he knows how tough he is. Cody says he was essentially up against Roman and Siko last night so why don’t they go for a tag team match instead. Heyman asks for a moment to talk with Roman. He then consults with Roman and comes back to tell Cody that his challenge is accepted but on two conditions.

Heyman tells Cody he’ll get his match only if he gets a partner for himself in the locker room. Heyman also tells Cody if he loses he’ll never challenge for the Undisputed WWE Universal Championship as long as Roman is the champion. Brock Lesnar’s music hit and the crowd pops huge. Roman is shocked. The Beast walks out to the ring. He gets in there and stands side by side with Cody. Roman, Heyman and Sikoa slowly exit the ring. Cody lifts Brock’s hand and the two pose in victory for the fans.

We see several stills from WrestleMania 39. We come back to see Omos and MVP in the ring. Elias’ music hits and he comes to the ring all worried.

Omos w/ MVP versus Elias

Omos wastes no time in grabbing Elias by his face. The Nigerian Giant throws around The Drifter like a rag doll. Corey Graves puts over Omos’ huge stature. Omos throws Elias into the turnbuckle. He then follows it with a running big boot. Omos wins the match with his Omos bomb.

Winner: Omos

We see the Usos walk to Roman Reigns’ locker room. Heyman comes out and puts them over as the greatest tag team. He tells that Roman just left the locker room with Solo Sikoa because they’ve a match coming up against Cody Rhodes and Brock Lesnar. Heyman tells them they might not be needed for the match tonight so they better go and sit in the jet. Jimmy says “yeet” and they leave. Heyman re-enters the locker room.

We see the highlights from the Hall of Fame ceremony that place after SmackDown this past Friday. The video package shows the inductees of the Hall of Fame Class of 2023. We see the highlights from the career of Stacy Keibler, The Great Muta, the late Andy Koufman, the recipient of the Warrior Award, the late Tim White, and headliner Rey Mysterio.

Cathy Kelley is at ringside with the host of Backlash, Bad Bunny. She asks him how excited he is to host the event in Puerto Rico. Bunny says he’s glad that the WWE is coming back to Puerto Rico and he can’t wait. Rey Mysterio’s music hits and the legendary luchadore shares a moment with Bad Bunny. Rey enters the ring and does his signature pose on the turnbuckle.

Rey grabs the mic and looks at the crowd as they chant “619.” Rey tells them he just got inducted into the Hall of Fame. The crowd says “you deserve it.” Rey says he couldn’t have done it without the fans. He thanks the WWE Universe. He also thanks Bad Bunny. Austin Theory’s music hits and he tells Rey that both he and Rey deserves respect because they did exactly what they said they were gonna do.

Theory says Rey beat the product of his bad parenting while Theory beat a legend in John Cena. The crowd yells “you tapped out.” Theory says the fans tapped out because they stopped believing in him. The crowd chants Cena’s name. Theory says they can chant all they want because Cena isn’t here. He is a part time. Theory says he should beat Rey and add him to his collection. Rey says the only thing he’ll be collecting is his teeth after Rey hits him with a 619. A referee gets to the ring and the match is made official.

Rey Mysterio vs. Austin Theory

The match starts but immediately gets into a picture-and-picture break. Theory dominates Rey in the early moments of the moment. The United States Champion taunts the crowd before throwing Rey into the turnbuckle. Theory performs a pin but Rey kicks out. We get back to the match and Theory has a headlock applied on Rey. Theory sends Rey head-first into the second turnbuckle.

Theory sets up Rey for a back superplex. Rey counters with a couple of fists to the face. Theory gets down. Rey hits a dive from the rope and performs a pin. Theory kicks out. Rey goes for a running move but Theory reverses with a boulder elbow to the face. Theory applies an arm drag lock. Rey recovers and hits Theory with a rolling DDT on the champion rom the top rope. The two struggle but Rey takes out Theory with another dive from the rope.

Rey performs another spinning aerial assault. He sends Theory to the turnbuckle. Rey gets up and hits Theory with a couple of rights. Theory recovers and takes Rey out with a modified fireman’s carry slam. Rey puts Theory into a 619 but Theory reverses with a huge clothesline. Rey recovers and performs another hurricanrana into a 619 attempt. Dominik Mysterio tires to intervene and gets taken out with the finisher. Rey runs for the 619 on Theory but Theory grabs him for the A-Town Down. Theory grabs the win and leaves the ring.

Winner: Austin Theory

Dominik and Damian Priest attack Rey inside the ring. Dominik goes to the ringside and has a tense exchange with Bad Bunny, who takes him out with a punch. Priest grabs Bunny and throws him out. Priest tells Bunny this doesn’t concern him and he shouldn’t get involved. Dominik tries another sneak attack but gets taken out this time too. Priest takes out Bunny with a clothesline. He then sets up the announcer’s table and puts Bunny through it with a huge chokeslam.

The medics come out to check on Bunny. Dominik and Priest walk on the ramp and Priest tells Dominik that Bunny shouldn’t have gotten involved. We see another WrestleMania highlight reel showcasing KO and Sami’s win over The Usos.

*Commercial Break*

We see another set of stills from WrestleMania 39. We see the replay of Dominik and Priest’s assault on Bad Bunny. Kevin Patrick notes that millions of Bad Bunny’s fans will are extremely angry to see what happened to see their favorite star. Adam Pearce is backstage arguing with Priest. Pearce tells Priest he shouldn’t have taken out Bunny. Priest defends his action by saying Bunny punched Dominik. He goes on to add that Bunny would’ve suffered an entirely different fate had Priest not liked him.

Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn come out to the ring. They have their Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships with them. The music stops and the crowd pops for the new champions. Chants of “you deserve it” echo through the arena. Owens says they do deserve it but the fans deserve it too. Fans respond with chants of “ole.” Sami smiles as sees thousands of fans pop huge for them. Sami says he came a long way from last year’s fight against Johnny Knoxville to the main event of WrestleMania 39. Sami says it wouldn’t have been possible without the fans.

Sami says enough of “mushy gushy” because it’s time for a huge celebration in LA. Owens throws an open challenge for any team in the locker room because. The Street Profits show up to a huge pop from the fans at the Crypto Arena. Montez Ford puts up a toast for the champions because they deserve it. The Profits enter the ring. Angelo Dawkins says they got a win at WrestleMania too. Dawkins says he took out Braun Strowman with his own move as well. Profits deliver their catchphrase and the match is made official for RAW after WrestleMania.

*Commercial Break*

We get back to Kevin Patrick hyping the tag team main event tonight. A referee is already inside the ring for the tag team title match that’s about to begin.

Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn vs. The Street Profits – Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship Match

The referee calls for the bell. Sami and Dawkins start first. It’s an exchange of arm drag and submission. Sami tags Kevin in and KO delivers two sentons on Dawkins. KO attempts a pinfall but Dawkins kicks out. Another pinfall and another kick out. Sami gets tagged in but is immediately taken out by Dawkins, who finally makes the tag to Ford. It’s Sami and Ford in the ring now. Ford sends Sami to a turnbuckle. Sami reverses by sending Ford flying over his shoulders.

Sami tags in KO. Owens performs another pinfall. Kick out. Owens goes for a chin lock. Owens tries to hit a stunner but Ford gets out of the ring. Ford takes out KO with a kick. A tag is made to Dawkins and the two take out Ford with an assisted drop kick. Dawkins once again takes Ford in. Ford applies an arm drag lock on Owens.

*Picture-in-picture break*

The match continues with Ford and KO in action. Owens avoids a spinning tackle by Ford on the turnbuckle and makes the tag to Sami, who immediately gets to work on Ford. Sami goes old school on the ring ropes for a spinning DDT on Ford. He avoids a attack from Dawkins and sends him to the outside. He follows with a suicide dive on both the Profits.

Sami and Ford re-enter the ring. Sami hits a sunset flip on Ford from the second turnbuckle. Ford hits and enziguri on Sami and makes the tag to Dawkins. Dawkins clears the ring and makes the tag to Ford for a huge blockbuster on Sami. Dawkins goes for the pin but Owens break it in the nick of time. Sami takes out Ford with an exploder. He makes the tag to Owens, who takes out Dawkins before going all out on Ford. KO hits a swanton on Ford. Another near fall.

Ford recovers and takes out both Sami and Zayn with a huge dive over the top rope onto the outside. Ford sends KO back inside the ring and attempts a frog splash, but Owens avoids. KO hits a stunner and tags in Sami, who takes out Ford with a helluva kick for the win. The champions retain.

Winners & still Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions: Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens

The broadcast team once again prepares the fans for the main event. They also talk about Logan Paul and Seth Rollins’ epic match this past Saturday at WrestleMania. Cathy Kelley is backstage with Rollins. The Visionary says he’s on cloud nine, but something’s not right. Rollins asks the DJ to play his song. Rollins walks to the stage and hypes up the fans. The crowd sings along his entrance theme song. Kevin Patrick says we’re in La La Land and the Seth Rollins musical continues.

*Commercial Break*

We’re back and the fans are still singing Rollins’ theme song. The Visionary stands in the middle of the ring like the Drip God he is. Rollins pumps up the crowd once more as they serenade him with his song. Rollins then exit the ring to walk to the back. Cathy Kelley is backstage with Bobby Lashley. The Almighty says it’s an honor to win the Andre the Giant Battle Royal but he’s disappointed because he didn’t get to compete at WrestleMania 39.

Bronson Reed interrupts the interview. Reed says he thinks of Bobby like his uncle because Bobby taught him how to lose at the Andre the Giant Battle Royal. Lashley tightens his muscle but Reed says they’ll get to that someday. We also notice a creepy figure standing dark behind Lashley. Perhaps Uncle Howdy? Bronson Reed leaves and Mustafa Ali shows up. Ali says Bobby has to be positive. Bobby says he shouldn’t complain and take out his frustrations inside the ring. Ali says Yes. Bobby tells him that since there’s no one except Ali, he’ll take it out on him. Ali says no but Lashley drags him the ring. The Almighty makes quick work of Ali and takes him out with the Hurt Lock. There’s no referee because the match isn’t official.

*Commercial Break*

We see Roman Reigns, Paul Heyman Solo Sikoa in the locker room. Roman asks the Wise Man if the Usos are gone. Heyman tells him they are. Roman asks him did he know Brock was gonna be here. Heyman says it’s the Raw after Mania and Brock usually leaves people hanging by taking six to nine months off. Roman says how could this happen. He then tells himself that beating Brock is one of his biggest accomplishment. Roman tells Solo that they will show Cody that he’s ready to be destroyed tonight.

Bianca Belair’s segment is up next. The E.S.T. comes to the ring and says she’s still the RAW Women’s Champion. Bianca puts over Asuka huge. She says Asuka pushed her to the limit at WrestleMania 39. Rhea Ripley’s music hits and the Eradicator arrives on the ramp with her newly-won SmackDown Women’s Championship. Rhea says Bianca calls herself the E.S.T. but she’s just the luckiest woman on RAW because Rhea challenged Charlotte after her win in the Women’s Royal Rumble match. That being said, Rhea will get back to Bianca.

Bianca says Rhea made her decision for a reason. Bianca says she’ always up to take on the best and Rhea can come back when she’s ready. Rhea drops the mic and exits the ring. Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez’s arrive. Raquel stops in the middle of her walk to the ring to take a closer look at Rhea and her title. The two women stare a hole through each other before Raquel enters the ring for a tag team match. Kevin Patrick says the winner of the match will earn a future shot at the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship.

*Commercial Break*

We see Cody Rhodes in his ring gear backstage as he prepares for the upcoming tag team match with Brock Lesnar against Roman Reigns and Solo Sikoa. The cameras get to the ring where Dakota Kai and IYO SKY are making their entrance for the tag team titles number one contenders match-up.

Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez vs. Dakota Kai & IYO SKY – No.1 Contenders match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship

The referee calls for the bell. Liv Morgan and Dakota Kai start the action. Kai makes a quick tag after some offense. IYO takes out Liv Morgan with a drop kick, but she recovers and sends both members of Damage CTRL to the outside. Liv tags in Raquel who throws her on their opponents outside like they did at WrestleMania last night.

*Picture-in-picture break*

The match continues between Liv and IYO. Liv picks up the offense but IYO counters. Liv somehow makes the tag to Raquel, who immediately takes out IYO. The powerhouse makes easy work of both Dakota and IYO. Raquel picks up Dakota and throws her on IYO who falls to the outside. Raquel once again lifts Dakota for Liv to make the tag. The powerhouse slams Dakota and Liv follows with her finisher for the win. It will be Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez vs. Becky Lynch and Lita for the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship next week on RAW.

Winners: Raquel Rodriguez & Liv Morgan

We see The Miz walking to the stage after his humiliation at the hands of Snoop Dogg last night at WrestleMania.

*Commercial Break*

The show returns to the sight of The Miz inside the ring. The A-lister says he didn’t think he’d wrestle on the show because he was the host. Miz says he had to go up against not one, not two, but four opponents: Pat McAfee, George Kittle, Shane McMahon, and Snoop Dogg. Miz says he beat Shane so bad he couldn’t finish the match. That being said, Snoop Dogg sucker punched him and delivered one of the worst People’s Elbows that business has ever seen. Miz says the time for surprises his over and it is time to move on. Matt Riddle’s music hit and the Original Bro comes out to a huge pop from the crowd.

Riddle enters the ring and says, “Surprise! Did you miss me?” Miz immediately takes out Riddle with a sneak attack. Riddle recovers and hits back with a series of moves. Riddle delivers a rip cord, a knee strike and a Bro Derek to take out the host of WrestleMania 39. Riddle goes to the turnbuckle to celebrate his return as the show once again goes to a commercial break.

*Commercial Break*

We return to another replay of Dominik and Damian Priest’s attack on Bad Bunny earlier during the show. Corey Graves says Bad Bunny was taken to a local medical facility. Graves notes that there are varying reports that Bunny may have suffered a separated shoulder as a result of the attack. The broadcast team then wishes the Grammy-winning artist a speedy recovery.

Byron Saxton is backstage with Trish Stratus and the WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions, Lita and Becky Lynch. Trish talk about their huge win against Damage CTRL at WrestleMania. Becky Lynch says she feels her life has been on repeat for the last nine months. That being said, Becky says with confidence that they’ll retain the titles against the challengers, Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez, next Monday on RAW.

Roman Reigns & Solo Sikoa vs. Brock Lesnar & Cody Rhodes

It’s time for the main event. Roman Reigns, Solo Sikoa and Paul Heyman make it first to the ring. The broadcast team hypes the upcoming bout as “the biggest tag team match in Monday Night RAW history.”

*Picture-in-picture break”

We get back to full screen and it’s Cody Rhodes time to make his entrance. The American Nightmare hypes the crowd as he walks to the ring. Cody takes off his weight belt and hands it over to a young fan in attendance. Cody enters the ring and stares a hole through his opponents.

Brock Lesnar’s next. It’s his first match on the red brand in years. Cody claps as he waits for his tag team partner to enter the ring. The ring announcer goes forward with the introductions. The match is about to start but Brock takes out Cody with an F5, much to the shock of pretty much everyone inside the arena. Lesnar picks up Cody and hits another F5. The Bloodline exits the ring. Lesnar mocks Cody with some kicks to the face.

The beatdown goes to the outside. Lesnar delivers a huge suplex onto Cody that sends him inside the time keeper’s area. Brock grabs the bell and rings it. He then hits Cody with a steel chair to the back and tosses the chair inside the ring. Brock picks up the steel steps and hits Cody with them. Corey Graves brings up Cody’s injured ribs from last night’s WrestleMania. Brock picks up Cody once again and plans him on the announcer’s table with a huge F5.

Adam Pearce rushes to the ring but stops to see the sight of Lesnar. The Beast sends Cody Back to the ring. He picks him up for another F5 but this time, it’s on the steel steps inside the ring. Brock looks at Cody before he exits the ring. The American Nightmare struggles to get up. The crowd chants “one more time.” Lesnar grabs the steel chair and re-enters the ring. He shatters Cody’s back with the chair. Cody is unable to get up. Lesnar exits the ring. The crowd is shocked. Lesnar goes to the back, but it appears he isn’t done. Lesnar arrives on the ramp and flips off Cody and the officials inside the ring as the show comes to a close.

That concludes our coverage of WWE RAW for tonight.

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