SmackDown

Daniel Bryan opens the show. to talk about what it meant to him to win the men's Royal Rumble. He wanted to change his life one more time by main eventing WrestleMania one last time. He was not certain of how many more WrestleMania moments he had left.

He put over Chad Gable and Otis with the Alpha Academy getting him in shape for a long difficult climb to the top. AJ Styles interrupted as part of the quarterly Brand-to-Brand Invitational, setting up e challenge by The Planet's Champion for later in the night.

Styles pushed Bryan to the mat, and Omos got in the way of The Planet's Champion seeking retribution. Bryan called out Styles for standing behind the big man too much.

Bianca Belair vs. Bayley

Bianca Beliar won

Baron Corbin vs. Dominik Mysterio

Baron Corbin won

WWE showed a video package for the whole history of Kevin Owens and Roman Reigns. Michael Cole led a final interview between The Head of the Table and KO. Owens explained that he would never stop getting back up on Sunday until he won.

Paul Heyman refused to let Reigns waste his words on KO, but The Head of the Tables heard Owens speak for too long. He blamed Owens' father for raising him the wrong way to believe he could beat a better man. He called him and his whole family fools.

With each painful word, Owens lost his cool more and more, calling him a fake mob boss. Reigns turned off the camera for his side of the interview as KO yelled at the screen with fire. Owens looked ready to find Reigns and start the fight early.

 

 

Daniel Bryan vs. AJ Styles

 

DNF

 

Zayn attacked Bryan in the ring, calling off the match before Cesaro wiped out Big E and Nakamura came in to take out AJ and then attack Sami.

 

Daniel Bryan, Big E and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. AJ Styles, Sami Zayn and Cesaro

 

DNF

 

 

Shinsuke Nakamura, Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, Otis & Big E vs. Sami Zayn, Cesaro, AJ Styles, Miz & Morrison 

 

Shinsuke Nakamura, Daniel Bryan, Sheamus, Otis & Big E won

 

 

 

Miz and Morrison attacked Sheamus after the match 

 

Braun Strowman showed up for the first time since being suspended after Survivor Series and destroyed everything in his path.

 

 

Rating: 70/70

 

Great show and matches 

 

WWE RAW

Raw opens with Drew McIntyre.

McIntyre discussed his recovery from COVID-19  and put over Goldberg, noting that Goldberg has defeated every challenger he has come back and challenged. He vowed to put an end to the WCW icon’s newest streak.

The Miz and John Morrison come out to interrupt.

They teased Miz cashing in Money in the Bank Sunday night. 

Goldberg entered the ThunderDome and came face-to-face with McIntyre. “You. Me. Sunday. You’re next.”

They wiped out Miz and Morrison with a spear and a Claymore before coming face-to-face once more ending the segment.

 

 

Charlotte Flair and Dana Brooke and Mandy Rose vs. Lacey Evans and Shayna Baszler and Nia  Jax

 

Flair, Rose and Brooke defeated Baszler, Jax and Evans

 

WWE official Adam Pearce restarted the match during the break.

 

Lacey Evans and Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax won

 

 

 

 

 Xavier Woods vs. Slapjack

 

Xavier Woods won

 

 

Retribution attack Woods after the match.

 

 

 

 

Sheamus vs. John Morrison 

 

Sheamus won 

 

 

The Miz challenges Sheamus to an 2 on 1 Handicap Match

 

 

 

Sheamus vs Miz and John Morrison in an 2 on 1 Handicap Match

 

The Miz and John Morrison won

 

 

 

AJ Styles vs. R-Truth

 

AJ Styles won

 

 

 

Alexa’s Playground 

 

Ahead of her Raw women’s title match against Asuka later in the show, Alexa Bliss joined us for a remote edition of Alexa’s Playground and recapped the last few weeks in her feud with Randy Orton. She said she could not wait to see “him” again, a reference to The Fiend, before revealing that she doesn’t feel like playing this week.

The camera shot a close up and, with the magic of pre-production, flashed bits and pieces of the Fiend’s face with a voice-over of “let me in” while Bliss stared menacingly into the camera.

 

 

 

Gauntlet Match for a WWE United States Title Shot: Riddle vs. The Hurt Business

The Hurt Business won 

 

Asuka vs. Alexis Bliss

 

Asuka approaches the corner but Bliss’ music plays, stopping her in her tracks. Bliss has transformed back into her usual look, with her normal attire and everything. Asuka is stunned.

Bliss is crying as she gets up from the corner. She looks terrified now, and disoriented. Asuka charges and Bliss sends her face-first into the turnbuckle after side-stepping. Bliss looks to be in some sort of trance now. Bliss walks into the corner and faces the turnbuckle as the lights start going down in the ThunderDome. A nursery rhyme tune plays. The lights come up and the darker version of Bliss is back, turned upside down in the corner like Bray Wyatt would.

Bliss approaches Asuka. Asuka swings but Bliss keeps blocking her strikes with ease. Asuka with a big knee to the face to stagger Bliss, but that’s it. Asuka takes Bliss down for the Asuka Lock but Bliss resists on the mat. Bliss rips Asuka’s grip away, then applies the Mandible Claw out of nowhere. Randy Orton suddenly appears behind Bliss in the middle of the ring as the crowd boos. Bliss slowly turns around and Orton drops her with the RKO. The boos get louder as Orton slowly gets back to his feet. Bliss is laid out in the middle of the ring now. The final RAW before the Royal Rumble goes off the air with Orton standing over Bliss.

 

Rating: 50/50

 

Decent show and matches