WWE Monday Night RAW took place from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Here’s all the action that went down as the Superstar Shake-Up began.
The Miz confronted Shane McMahon
With Wrestlemania in the rearview mirror, the road ahead is one where Smackdown LIVE and Monday Night RAW begins to trade superstars in an attempt to shake the scene up. The first reveal of the night? That The Miz would be back on team red, as the A-Lister followed Shane McMahon to RAW and unleashed a beatdown on the Smackdown top brass.
NXT Tag Team Champions The Viking Experience and The Revival def. Raw Tag Team Champions Zack Ryder and Curt Hawkins and Aleister Black and Ricochet
Andrade def. Intercontinental Champion Finn Bálor
In a non-title match, Andrade made his presence felt when he took on Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor. The latest draft from Smackdown LIVE, Andrade made good use of his partner Zelina Vega to run interference and target Balor’s knee. One Hammerlock DDT later, and Andrade had made his move to RAW in grand fashion.
Lars Sullivan attacked Rey Mysterio
Elias may have been thrown out of the ring by a returning Rey Mysterio, but the master of the 619 soon found himself in the clutches of a giant by the name of Lars Sullivan. NXT’s latest call-up quickly ended Mysterio’s night, delivering a a running gut-wrench sit-out powerbomb that put the masked wonder down for the count.
The Usos def. Bobby Roode and Chad Gable
Sami Zayn appeared on “A Moment of Bliss”
Bayley and Naomi def. WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions The IIconics
Braun Strowman chokeslammed EC3 through the stage
Raw and SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch def. Ruby Riott; Natalya and Lacey Evans challenged Lynch to a Raw Women’s Title match
Lacey Evans def. Natalya to earn a Raw Women’s Championship opportunity against Becky Lynch
Universal Champion Seth Rollins, Roman Reigns and AJ Styles def. Drew McIntyre, Baron Corbin and Bobby Lashley
After establishing Smackdown LIVE as a house that he built with his own two hands, AJ Styles made his debut on the flagship WWE show when he joined forces with Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns. A slobber-knocker of a tag team main event, the night belonged to Styles as he added the finishing touch to a weakened Bobby Lashley who had been softened up with a Stomp and a Spear. One Phenomenal finisher later, and RAW was ready to be rebuilt in the aftermath of the superstar shake-up.
Last Updated: April 16, 2019
