Tonight on ‘Raw,’ Enzo Amore and Big Cass fight Cesaro and Sheamus. (WWE.com)
A new episode of Monday Night Raw is currently airing live on the USA Network. Here’s what has happened so far:
10:55 – Stephanie McMahon welcomes Mick Foley out to the ring. Foley enters. Stephanie asks Foley who he decided to fire. He tells her that he decided to fire…Stephanie McMahon. She tells him that he does not have the authority to fire her, but Foley says that she is the only one who deserves to go. He says that Stephanie clearly was involved in Triple H handing the Universal Championship title to Kevin Owens back in August 2016. Stephanie says that Foley is pathetic and weak.
Triple H enters. He tells Foley to say what he has to say to his face. He threatens Foley and says the only reason he isn’t beating him up is because he doesn’t want a lawsuit three weeks before WrestleMania. The reason he works so hard at creating the future of the company is so that he doesn’t have to keep looking at pathetic has-beens like Foley, Triple H says. He continues to yell at Foley and tells him to leave.
Mick Foley starts to leave, but instead, he attacks Triple H with the Mandible Claw. Triple H is getting ready to attack Foley when Seth Rollins enters. He’s walking with a crutch, but as soon as he makes it to the ring, he drops the crutch to reveal that he can walk just fine. He jumps into the ring, and Rollins and Triple H fight. Rollins knocks Triple H out of the ring and stands victorious, pointing to the WrestleMania sign. But then Triple H grabs the crutch, jumps back into the ring, and attacks Seth Rollins’ injured knee with it. Triple H bends Rollins’ knee backwards as Rollins screams and the show closes.
10:38 – A match between Bayley and Nia Jax ends with Nia Jax getting herself disqualified after brutalizing Bayley. She continues to go after Bayley after the bell is rung.
10:36 – Backstage, Chris Jericho says that he’s going to get his revenge on Kevin Owens at WrestleMania, but until then, he wants to show the world the true Kevin Owens. And so next week on Raw, there will be a special edition of The Highlight Reel, with his guest being the real Kevin Owens.
10:28 – Backstage, Sasha Banks tells Bayley not to listen to the haters who say that she isn’t worthy of being Women’s Champion.
10:23 – Big Show defeats Titus O’Neil.
10:10 – Austin Aries defeats Ariya Daivari.
10:01 – In his office, Mick Foley tells Stephanie McMahon that he’s still hoping to talk her out of making him fire someone. She says she’s doing this for Foley’s own good. She tells Foley he has one hour left to decide, and if he doesn’t, she’ll make the decision for him.
9:50 – After the match ends, Roman Reigns calls The Undertaker out, demanding he come down to the ring. Instead, Shawn Michaels enters. Shawn tells Roman that he is distracted and unfocused, and if Roman keeps this up, The Undertaker will eat him alive. He says he knows what it’s like to walk around with the weight of the WWE on his shoulders. Roman says that he appreciates the advice, but with all due respect, “The Undertaker retired you, and I’m the guy that’s gonna retire him.”
With that, Roman Reigns begins to leave. But as he turns to look back at the ring, he’s suddenly blindsided by Braun Strowman, who slams into him and causes him to tumble down the ramp.
9:46 – Roman Reigns defeats Jinder Mahal. A few minutes into the match, The Undertaker’s gong is heard, but he does not appear; this gives Jinder the opportunity to gain the upper hand on a distracted Roman. But Roman quickly rebounds and pins Jinder.
9:44 – Backstage, Mick Foley confronts Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. He decides that because of what these two did, the Raw Tag Team Championship match at WrestleMania will be a triple threat.
9:22 – Enzo Amore and Big Cass fight Cesaro and Sheamus. The match ends in disqualification when Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson interfere, attacking all four men. This match was meant to determine who will be the number one contender for the Raw Tag Team Championship, but this segment ends with no winner having been decided.
9:15 – Backstage, The New Day promote the new movie The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania.
9:13 – Jinder Mahal approaches Mick Foley and demands that he not be the person who is fired tonight. Foley tells Jinder that if he wants a match so bad, he can face Roman Reigns in the ring tonight.
9:08 – Backstage, Stephanie McMahon pressures Mick Foley to make a decision about who to fire. Nia Jax then enters. She’s outraged that Sasha Banks got added to the Women’s Championship match at WrestleMania but not her. Stephanie tells Nia Jax that she’s right that she deserves more of a spotlight, and so Stephanie gives her a match against Bayley tonight.
9:00 – Sami Zayn and Chris Jericho defeat Kevin Owens and Samoa Joe by disqualification.
8:49 – Kevin Owens enters. He tells the WWE universe that he was never Chris Jericho’s best friend, but Chris Jericho never considered him to be his best friend either. All Chris was doing was trying to get close to the Universal Championship, Kevin Owens says. He goes on to say that Goldberg didn’t beat him at Fastlane; Chris Jericho did, but at WrestleMania, he’s going to take Jericho’s United States title. Owens concludes by asking who needs best friends when you have a destroyer? As soon as he says that, Samoa Joe enters.
8:44 – In a backstage interview, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson express anger that the spotlight has not been on them since they won the Tag Team Championship.
8:31 – Brian Kendrick and Tony Nese defeat Akira Tozawa and TJ Perkins.
8:21 – After Dana Brooke’s match ends, Charlotte grabs the mic and enters the ring. She tells Dana that she is a disgrace and that she doesn’t deserve to be by her side. Charlotte tells Dana that she’s finally done with her, and Dana loses it, attacking Charlotte. Dana stands in the ring victorious as Charlotte retreats.
8:20 – Sasha Banks defeats Dana Brooke in a match that only lasts about two minutes.
8:11 – Stephanie McMahon enters Mick Foley’s office. She tells Mick that she wants to teach him how to be a better general manager. With that in mind, she tells Foley that he has to choose someone from the roster to fire by the end of tonight.
8:00 – Brock Lesnar enters, accompanied by Paul Heyman. Heyman mocks Goldberg for getting F5’d by Brock Lesnar last week. He also says that WrestleMania 33 is the night that Brock Lesnar causes the WWE announcers to scream, “Down goes Goldberg!” Sure, Goldberg had been defeating Brock Lesnar every time they met in the ring, but that ended last week, Heyman says, and this is what will happen at WrestleMania as well.