Roman Reigns and Braun Strowman will fight on ‘Raw’ this evening. (WWE.com)
A new episode of Monday Night Raw is currently airing live on the USA Network. Here’s what’s happened so far:
11:00 – Roman Reigns fights Braun Strowman. At the end of the match, The Undertaker suddenly appears. He attacks Braun Strowman and then gets speared by Roman Reigns. Roman leaves victorious.
10:52 – Backstage, Braun Strowman says he’s gong to destroy Roman Reigns.
10:29 – Austin Aries defeats Tony Nese.
10:15 – Cesaro and Sheamus defeat Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson and Enzo Amore and Big Cass. This means they will keep their match at WrestleMania.
9:58 – Michael Cole interviews Triple H. Triple H says that he’s disappointed he can’t fight Seth Rollins at WrestleMania. He says that Seth Rollins became consumed with the crowd’s affection, and for that reason, the crowd is to blame for all of Rollins’ injuries.
Triple H then gives Michael Cole WrestleMania tickets for Seth Rollins to have, so that Rollins can still go to WrestleMania. But then Triple H seems to change his tune, suggesting that maybe there’s still a way for him and Rollins to have a match. Triple H says that if Seth Rollins really wants to have a match, they can have a match, because that’s what the crowd wants, even if he’s not medically cleared to compete. Triple H says that if Rollins wants this, he should accept his challenge on next week’s Raw.
9:40 – Nia Jax defeats Bayley. This means she will be added to the WrestleMania Women’s Championship match.
9:37 – Backstage, Stephanie McMahon tells Cesaro and Sheamus that they have to earn their spot at WrestleMania again by facing Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson and Enzo Amore and Big Cass. If they lose, they lose their WrestleMania match.
9:27 – Backstage, Roman Reigns again says that this is his yard now.
9:21 – After the match, Brian Kendrick asks where Akira Tozawa is. That’s a rhetorical question, because he reveals that he stole Akira Tozawa’s passport after finding it in the locker room.
9:18 – Brian Kendrick defeats TJ Perkins.
9:01 – Chris Jericho hosts an episode of The Highlight Reel. He shows the audience the “real” Kevin Owens: he puts up a photo on the TitanTron of Kevin Owens at 16 in his parents’ basement wearing a Y2J shirt. He also shows a Twitter DM conversation he had with Owens in 2014 in which Owens asked Jericho for advice on how to succeed in the WWE. Jericho says that he was never Kevin Owens’ friend: he’s his idol.
Jericho is about to add Kevin Owens’ name to the list when Samoa Joe enters. Jericho is distracted, and suddenly, Kevin Owens attacks him from behind. Owens then tears up the list and throws it at Jericho.
8:58 – Bayley expresses disappointment with Stephanie McMahon over how she treated Mick Foley. Stephanie books her in a match with Nia Jax. If Nia wins, she will be added into the Women’s Championship match at WrestleMania.
8:49 – Charlotte defeats Dana Brooke.
8:41 – A video package shows Seth Rollins in rehab. A doctor joins the commentators on satellite and says that Seth Rollins is doing well but that he won’t be ready for WrestleMania. In fact, Rollins won’t be back in the ring for several months, he says.
8:37 – Backstage, Mick Foley thanks Sami Zayn for standing up for him. Zayn says he can’t believe Foley is leaving, and he says that everyone on Raw needs him. Foley gives him a hug.
Foley starts to leave, and he runs into Cesaro and Sheamus. They thank Foley for believing in them. Foley continues on, and he runs into Bayley, who gives him a hug.
Finally, Foley encounters Triple H, who stares him down and tells him to have a nice day.
8:19 – Samoa Joe defeats Sami Zayn by submission.
8:00 – Mick Foley enters. He pulls out a piece of paper and starts reading from it. It’s a statement in which he apologizes to Triple H and Stephanie McMahon and says that for the good of the WWE, he is taking a leave of absence.
He then rips up the cards and starts yelling, implying that he was forced to read this statement. His mic is cut off, though.
Stephanie McMahon enters. She says that she had to give him index cards because he can’t get anything right and she wanted to give him a chance to say goodbye. She also says that Foley doesn’t care about the company, he only cares about being liked. Finally, she tells Foley’s he’s fired. Foley starts to leave, when…
Sami Zayn enters. He tells Stephanie McMahon that what she’s doing to Foley is wrong, but nobody has the guts to tell her she’s wrong to her face. Stephanie encourages him to leave, but he refuses.
Samoa Joe enters. Stephanie McMahon books a match between Samoa Joe and Stephanie McMahon right now.