On April 27th, 2026 WWE aired the 1,718th episode of Raw live in Laredo Texas inside Sames Auto Arena & can watch it on Netflix.
-Kicking off this week’s Raw with a video recapping Jacob Fatu’s challenge to World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns at Backlash.
-Roman Reigns appears in another video and says The Usos are the only ones he can trust.
-He says he doesn’t understand where Fatu is coming from and Jimmy Uso admits that he gets where Fatu is coming from but says that he shouldn’t have done what he did last Monday.
-Jey Uso adds that if Fatu beats Reigns, he takes everything from him including the Ula Fala.
-He says that there has to be consequences and puts his hands in the middle with Reigns & Jimmy as Reigns says that they’re the First Family.
-Seth Rollins welcomes fans to Monday Night Rollins and introduces himself then says there’s a reason that he lost to Gunther at Night 1 of WrestleMania 42.
-He says it wasn’t because Gunther was the better man then says Roman Reigns is walking around with his World Heavyweight Title and it’s not because Reigns pinned him.
-He says Bron Breakker was the cause for both of those things and demands that he come to the ring.
-Breakker’s music hits and he makes his way out.
-Rollins tells Breakker that he gave him everything and says he handed him the world on a silver platter but Breakker repaid him by taking away everything from him.
-He says Breakker was the reason that he had to relinquish the World Heavyweight Title and didn’t win at WrestleMania 42 then asks Breakker what he got out of coming for him and how it benefitted him in any way.
-Paul Heyman joins Breakker in the ring as Breakker tells Rollins that The Vision fought all of his battles for him.
-He recalls having to stand in the back with Bronson Reed and listen to Rollins say the same thing over and over again then says he never needed Rollins or his vision.
-Rollins says he wanted to fight the best in the world as World Heavyweight Champion a couple of years ago then recalls talking to Shawn Michaels to determine who the best in NXT was.
-He says Michaels told him that it was Breakker then says he believed that Breakker is a main eventer and the next big money maker in the professional wrestling business.
-He says other athletes are big, strong, and fast but Breakker is unique and the most versatile performer he has ever seen during his entire WWE career.
-He says Breakker has everything except for the mental fortitude then says he know what it’s like to be 28 and think that the professional wrestling business owes one something.
-He says he knows what it like to make the hard decisions then says while Breakker tries, he succeeds.
-He says Breakker betting on himself got him Logan Paul, Austin Theory, private jets and steak dinners but tells Breakker that he isn’t ready.
-Breakker says he was on his way to being a main eventer with or without Rollins then says Rollins’ mind and body are brittle and his should can’t handle the weight of a championship anymore.
-He says he came up short trying to win the World Heavyweight Title but can go to bed having known it was against someone who is the Best In The World.
-He says Rollins is a future WWE Hall of Famer and says Rollins is the best professional wrestler in the entire world but he’s the second best.
-Rollins says if Breakker thinks that he’s ready, Backlash is 2 weeks away and he’s willing to give Breakker the opportunity to prove he’s ready then says Breakker isn’t even the 2nd best in his family.
-We then head backstage and see Raquel Rodriguez blindside Stephanie Vaquer as Vaquer walks around.
-Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan & Roxanne Perez join Rodriguez & Perez hits Vaquer with a nearby road case.
Non Title Match
Intercontinental Champion Penta defeated Rusev via Roll Up (7:31)
-Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch says The Man and the new Women’s Intercontinental Champion has come around to Laredo.
-She says a new era of her career has begun now that she’s won back the Women’s Intercontinental Title then gloats about putting an end to AJ Lee’s reign at WrestleMania 42 and says she became both the 1st WWE Superstar to win 4 separate titles at WrestleMania and the 1st ever 3x Women’s Intercontinental Champion.
-She notes that she’s also had the most WrestleMania matches of any woman in WWE then says while she indulges in private jets and tour buses, it’s all about showing up in towns like Laredo to show up and show out for common folk.
-She says the fans want her to defend the title against the best of the best instead of nostalgia acts then issues an Open Challenge for the Women’s Intercontinental Title to anyone who wishes to answer.
-Iyo Sky’s music hits and she makes her way out & she accept Lynch’s Open Challenge but Lynch asks what Sky accepts because she said that she wanted the best of the best.
-She says she wanted to fight Rhea Ripley over Sky but Sky clocks Lynch and fires off stomps on her.
-Lynch then looks to retreat through the crowd but Adam Pearce appears to tell Lynch that she will be defending the Women’s Intercontinental Title tonight.
Women’s Intercontinental Title Match
Becky Lynch (c) defeated Iyo Sky via Manhandle Slam (13:11) (STILL CHAMPION!!!!)
-Joe Hendry has his concert before World Tag Team Champions The Vision interrupted him & they beat him down unit Street Profits makes the save & takes out The Vision.
Rey Mysterio defeated El Grande Americano via 619 (8:35)
Oba Femi defeated Grayson Waller via Fall From Grace (1:05)
-After the match Femi grabs a microphone and says that he took it upon himself to find a solution to his problem of not having anyone worthy on the roster to face him.
-He announces that he’s issuing an Open Challenge to anyone who wishes to prove themself against him but warns them that he will be merciless and relentless and says they will be stepping into the ring with The Ruler.
-We then head over to Judgment Day’s club house where Liv Morgan tells Roxanne Perez that Finn Balor always put himself above Judgment Day and informs her that she plans on being in her & Raquel Rodriguez’s corner tonight.
-After Morgan leaves Finn Balor sneaks into the club house and tells Perez that she can’t trust Morgan.
-Perez responds by telling Balor that she’s in with Judgment Day and chooses not to listen to his advice.
Tag Team Match
Judgement Day (Raquel Rodriguez & Roxanne Perez) defeated Lyra Valkyria & Bayley via Pop Rox on Bayley (9:19)
-World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns accepts Jacob Fatu’s challenge for Backlash after Fatu locks in the Tongan Death Grip on Reigns.
