Tonight’s WWE RAW on the USA Network will be the go-home show for next Sunday’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view.
WWE has announced a non-title Gauntlet Match main event for tonight’s show, featuring WWE Champion Drew McIntyre, Randy Orton, Sheamus, AJ Styles, Jeff Hardy and The Miz. The winner will get to enter next Sunday’s WWE Title Elimination Chamber last.
Tonight’s RAW will also feature McIntyre on MizTV with The Miz and John Morrison.
WWE has not announced any other matches or segments for tonight’s RAW. It’s possible that more matches for the Chamber pay-per-view will be confirmed tonight.
NXT CHAMPIONSHIP Finn Balor (c) defeated Pete Dunne
After the match, Balor recovers as the music hits. We go to replays. We come back to Balor standing tall with the title. He poses in the corner as the crowd cheers him on. Dunne is down but recovering. Balor poses on the stage with the title around his waist until NXT Tag Team Champions Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch run out, dropping Balor from behind. The boos get louder as Burch and Lorcan bring Balor into the ring for the double team. The referee tries to stop the attack but he gets knocked down, possibly by a recovering Dunne. Dunne joins in for the triple team until The Undisputed Era’s music hits for a big pop. Adam Cole, Kyle O’Reilly and Roderick Strong run down and hit the ring as Dunne, Burch and Lorcan retreat to the stage. O’Reilly checks on Balor and offers his hand. O’Reilly helps Balor to his feet and they shake as fans cheer them on. The Undisputed Era stands in the middle of the ring and does their pose as Balor stands with them, doing his own pose. Cole suddenly superkicks Balor out of nowhere. O’Reilly and Strong, especially O’Reilly, aren’t happy with this. O’Reilly has words with Cole while we hear Strong say he understands what Cole did. Cole superkicks O’Reilly out of nowhere and lays him out next to Balor on the mat. Strong looks a bit unsure about everything but he’s with Cole. The boos get louder now as Cole looks down at O’Reilly, who is barely moving. Cole made his exit from the ring while Balor and O’Reilly are still down. Strong acted conflicted between the two.
NXT WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP Io Shirai (c) defeated Toni Storm and Mercedes Martinez
MEN’S DUSTY RHODES CLASSIC FINALS MSK defeated The Grizzled Young Veterans
NXT NORTH AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP Johnny Gargano (c) defeated Kushida
WOMEN’S DUSTY RHODES CLASSIC FINALS Dakota Kai and Raquel Gonzalez defeated Shotzi Blackheart and Ember Moon
Pre-show: The panel is interrupted by the former Eli Drake from Impact Wrestling and the NWA. He is now known as LA Knight. He puts the locker room on notice and warns that he has his eyes on any Superstar who is currently holding a title.
Tonight’s WWE SmackDown on FOX will feature more build for the upcoming Elimination Chamber pay-per-view.
No matches have been announced for tonight’s show but Seth Rollins will be making his return to the blue brand.
Rollins took some time off back in November to be with fiancee Becky Lynch as they welcomed their first child together. He then returned to the ring during the WWE Royal Rumble in late January, but this will be his return to Friday night action. There is no word yet on what WWE has planned for Rollins.
It’s likely that tonight’s SmackDown will see more matches announced for the upcoming Elimination Chamber pay-per-view. An appearance by WWE Hall of Famer Edge is also possible, but he indicated earlier this week that he was back at home in North Carolina.
Braun Strowman has revealed details about the the blood infection which has kept him off WWE television over the last few weeks.
“The Monster Among Men” took to Instagram to provide his fans with an update on his well-being.
“I got really sick over the weekend and got an infection that got into my blood system and had to be put on antibiotics for that,” Strowman explained. “It was awful, I dropped like 15 pounds in five days. Couldn’t eat. It looks like 50 pounds of water weight, all my joints are swollen and inflamed. The antibiotics are working and I’m feeling better. We’re gonna get back to training and I’ll see you guys very soon,” he continued.
Braun had been off WWE television since November while he reportedly recovered from a knee injury. He returned to Raw shortly before the 2021 Royal Rumble. He entered the Royal Rumble math at number 30 but hasn’t been seen on WWE programming since.
Check out Braun’s health update below.
Braun Strowman gives an update on why he’s been off TV again.
Says he recently got an infection that went into his bloodstream and it caused him to drop like 15 pounds in 5 days.
It’s now been announced that WWE NXT North American Champion Johnny Gargano is out of action.
Austin Theory took to Twitter last night and revealed that Gargano won’t be facing Kushida at Sunday’s NXT “Takeover: Vengeance Day” event. He then challenged Kushida to a match on tonight’s NXT go-home show.
WWE has just confirmed Theory vs. Kushida for tonight’s show. They also noted that Gargano is out of action, but did not provide any further details.
They wrote, “With Gargano out of action, what will this mean for NXT Takeover and the future of the North American Championship?”
There’s no word yet on if a new match will be announced for Takeover. Below is the updated listing for tonight’s show:
Tonight’s WWE RAW will feature more build on The Road to WrestleMania 37.
WWE has announced one match for tonight’s RAW and that’s Randy Orton vs. WWE Champion Drew McIntyre in a non-title bout.
WWE is teasing that McIntyre will issue a response to last week’s Brogue Kick by Sheamus on tonight’s show. It’s believed that WWE will announce an upcoming title match between the former best friends.
There will also be a face-off between Charlotte Flair and Lacey Evans on tonight’s show. WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair will be at Lacey’s side.
WWE is reportedly open to using the fan cutouts that were used at Raymond James Stadium for the NFL’s Super Bowl LV on Sunday.
It was reported on Sunday that WWE officials had been against the idea of filling empty WrestleMania 37 seats with fan cutouts that the NFL was using. Now WWE officials are reportedly open to using the cutouts for The Grandest Stage of Them All.
It was reported today by @Wrestlevotes that WWE officials “will 100% discuss” the use of the cutouts for WrestleMania 37. A source reportedly said that it’s “beyond dumb to not” discuss the use of the cutouts because Raymond James Stadium “looked wonderful for what it was” last night at the big game.
The NFL reportedly sold the cutouts used at Super Bowl LV for $100 each.
It’s been reported that WWE will have some real fans at Raymond James Stadium for WrestleMania 37, but there obviously will not be 100% capacity. WWE is expected to announce full details on WrestleMania tickets shortly.
WrestleMania 37 is scheduled for Saturday, April 10 and Sunday, April 11 from Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.
Tonight’s WWE SmackDown on FOX will feature fallout from Sunday’s Royal Rumble pay-per-view.
WWE has not announced any matches for tonight’s show as of this writing.
WWE Hall of Famer Edge is scheduled to make his return to SmackDown tonight. It’s rumored that he will challenge WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns for WrestleMania 37, but that has not been confirmed.
Women’s Royal Rumble winner Bianca Belair will also be on tonight’s show to celebrate her big win from Sunday’s pay-per-view.
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