Goldberg will respond to Brock Lesnar’s challenge on ‘Raw’ tonight. (WWE.com)
A new episode of Monday Night Raw is currently airing live on the USA Network. Here’s what has happened so far:
10:51 – Roman Reigns fights Samoa Joe. Joe attacks Roman from behind before the match can even begin, but Roman just barely makes his way into the ring so that the match can officially start. Roman comes back from this and towards the end of the show is getting ready to pin Samoa Joe, but suddenly, Braun Strowman enters. Roman Reigns becomes distracted, which allows Samoa Joe to attack Roman and score the victory. After the match is called, Braun Strowman attacks Roman Reigns in the ring and finally throws him into the barricade.
10:39 – Backstage, Chris Jericho tells Kevin Owens that they should hold “The Festival of Friendship” on next week’s Raw celebrating their friendship. Kevin Owens says he can’t wait.
10:33 – Cedric Alexander, Jack Gallagher and T.J. Perkins defeat Neville, Noam Dar and Tony Nese.
10:22 – Austin Aries interviews Neville in the ring. Aries announces a fatal five-way elimination match to take place on 205 Live tomorrow night to determine the number one contender for Neville’s title. Neville is asked which one of those competitors scares him the most, and he says that Aries must be delusional to think that anyone in the division scares him. Neville says tomorrow night is irrelevant because no matter who is the next number one contender, they will be forced to bend the knee and pay respect to the king.
Cedric Alexander enters, followed shortly by Noam Dar, Jack Gallagher, Tony Nese and T.J. Perkins. Perkins throws a punch at Tony Nese, and a massive brawl breaks out between everyone in the ring. At the conclusion of the brawl, Neville stands in the ring holding up his championship.
10:21 – Backstage, Charlotte mocks Sasha Banks, who is having her injured leg looked at. She tells Sasha that Roadblock: End of the Line will be remembered as the end of her career.
10:02 – Chris Jericho defeats Sami Zayn. He is assisted by Kevin Owens, who kicks Sami Zayn in the face when the referee isn’t looking.
9:53 – Backstage, Chris Jericho tells Kevin Owens that he always has his best intentions. Owens says that he’s going to beat Goldberg at Fastlase because his best friend has his back.
9:38 – The New Day defeat The Shining Stars.
9:18 – Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson defeat Cesaro and Sheamus by disqualification, retaining the WWE Tag Team Championship. Gallows and Anderson are disqualified when Luke Gallows kicks Enzo Amore and then Big Cass kicks Luke Gallows.
9:15 – Backstage, Kevin Owens freaks out at Chris Jericho for accepting the match with Goldberg on his behalf.
8:56 – Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho enter. Owens says that nobody gave him a chance against a monster like Braun Strowman last week, yet he still remains the WWE Universal Champion. Jericho says that he will remain the United States Champion after he defeats Sami Zayn. Jericho is also really upset that everyone is calling Tom Brady the “greatest of all time,” and so he adds Brady’s name to the list.
Jericho also declares that the main event of WrestleMania will be best friends Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho fighting for the title, and it will be the biggest main event in WrestleMania history. Kevin Owens says he’s not sure he can fight his best friend.
Goldberg enters. He tells them to either step aside or try to take him on two-on-one. They step aside. Goldberg says he’s never been one to turn down a fight, and so he accepts Brock Lesnar’s challenge to a match at WrestleMania. Kevin Owens mocks Goldberg and says that Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar will be a great undercard match. Goldberg challenges Owens to a match at Fastlane for the Universal Championship. Chris Jericho accepts on Kevin Owens’ behalf, and Owens doesn’t seem too happy about that.
8:46 – Akira Tozawa defeats Drew Gulak.
8:40 – Braun Strowman confronts Mick Foley backstage, angry that he’s not being given proper competition. Foley decides to book a match between Braun Strowman and Roman Reigns at Fastlane.
8:36 – Braun Strowman defeats four local jobbers in a handicap match. After the match, he takes the microphone says, “Foley, this is what you call competition? I warned you, and now I’m coming to find you.” He walks backstage in search of Mick Foley.
8:19 – Nia Jax defeats Bayley. Nia wins when Bayley becomes distracted by Charlotte, who attempts to interfere in the match.
8:04 – Mick Foley and Stephanie McMahon stand in the ring with a contract, and they introduce Samoa Joe. Mick Foley seems pretty depressed about the whole thing, while Stephanie is quite excited. Stephanie speculates that Foley’s ego is getting in the way and clouding his judgement. Foley says he doesn’t care for the way that Joe came to get himself a WWE contract or for the people’s he’s associating himself with.
Samoa Joe takes the mic. He says it took him 18 years to be standing in the ring right now, and in those 18 years, one man opened the door and gave him an opportunity: Triple H, and if loyalty to Triple H means beating up Seth Rollins and putting him out of action, so be it. In fact, Samoa Joe adds that he’s putting the entire locker room on notice. With that, he signs the contract.
Roman Reigns enters. He tells Samoa Joe that the moment he signed that contract, he entered Roman’s yard. Mick Foley steps in and books a match between Roman Reigns and Samoa Joe for later tonight.
8:00 – The show opens with a recap of the Seth Rollins vs. Triple H feud.