On May 4th, 2026 WWE aired the 1,719th episode of Raw live in Omaha Nebraska inside CHI Health Center Omaha & can watch it on Netflix.
-Kicking off this week’s Raw with we head backstage and see Adam Pearce approach World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns in an effort to calm him down.
-Reigns then looks to make his way to the ring but Pearce stops him and tells him that Jacob Fatu has not arrived at the CHI Health Center Omaha just yet.
-Seth Rollins stares down Reigns and tells him that he’s in his way then makes his way to the ring.
-Bron Breakker attacks Rollins at the bottom of the entrance ramp and lifts him above his head.
-He sends Rollins crashing into the barricade with a Gorilla press but security and Adam Pearce hold back Breakker.
-Breakker fights through them and sends Rollins crashing into the ring steps then dumps him into the ring.
-Officials check on Rollins and escort Breakker to the back.
-We then head over to Judgment Day’s club house where Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan questions what Finn Balor was doing in there last Monday.
-She asks Roxanne Perez why Balor was talking to her and why she had to find out on the Netflix stream and Perez says she made it clear that she wanted nothing to do with Balor.
-She promises that she’s loyal to Morgan & Morgan responds by telling Perez that she believes in her.
-She makes Perez promise she won’t keep any more secrets from the rest of Judgment Day.
JD McDonagh defeated Finn Balor via Headbutt (11:44)
-We then head backstage where Jackie Redmond catches up with Seth Rollins to ask him if he’s still good to compete against Bron Breakker at Backlash. Rollins responds by telling her that he isn’t dead yet.
Tag Team Match
Ethan Page & Rusev defeated Intercontinental Champion Penta & Je Von Evans via Fisherman’s Buster on Penta (10:43)
-Adam Pearce says his favorite days are when sure fire, can’t miss talent see their dreams come true by joining Raw or Smackdown.
-He says today is one of those days and throws it to a video highlighting some in ring moments from Sol Ruca’s career thus far before he introduces Ruca and she makes her way to the ring.
-Pearce congratulates Ruca and hands her the contract.
-Ruca looks at it and says it’s going to feel good when she signs the contract to officially become a member of the Raw roster.
-Before she can put pen to paper, Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch’s music hits and she makes her way out.
-Lynch claims that she was told this was supposed to be her time and says Pearce illegally sanctioned a Women’s Intercontinental Title against Iyo Sky that she claims went against the parameters she set in her Open Challenge.
-Ruca cuts off Lynch by asking if she’s done but Lynch says she isn’t done.
-Ruca says not everything is about Lynch & Lynch says Ruca has to learn that everything is about her.
-Ruca says this isn’t about her and says she knows everything about Lynch’s career but she didn’t expect to find out that Lynch is exactly what everyone says she is when she met her: a rude, big headed bitch.
-She says it’s not just her saying it, but the New York Times & Sports Illustrated.
Lynch asks Pearce and the live crowd if they’re going to let Ruca talk to her like this then mockingly asks Ruca who she is.
-Ruca says if Lynch ever interrupts her, she’ll take her out and snatch her soul.
-She hands Pearce the contract she has signed and an angry Lynch clocks Pearce.
-Lynch swears it was an accident when Pearce yells at her and Ruca hits Lynch with a Sol Snatcher.
-Joe Hendry then makes his way to the ring and sings a song about Logan Paul.
-World Tag Team Champions The Vision interrupts Hendry with Logan Paul saying he can’t be fired because he’s the heart and soul of WWE.
-Hendry then continues on with his song and asks if Paul can be fired, prompting Austin Theory slides into the ring.
Joe Hendry defeated World Tag Team Champion Austin Theory via DQ (3:19)
-After the match The Vision fire off stomps on Hendry until Street Profits run out to the ring to fire off right hands on them and come to Hendry’s aid.
-Bron Breakker runs out to send Montez Ford crashing over the top rope and hits a spear and a German suplex to Angelo Dawkins.
-Seth Rollins pulls Breakker out of the ring and sends him crashing into the ring steps then fires off stomps on him and dumps him into the ring. He rains down right hands on Breakker and hits him with a Spear.
-We then head backstage where Raquel Rodriguez calls Women’s Tag Team Champions Brie Bella & Paige to Raw to face herself & Roxanne Perez while Judgment Day catches up with Jackie Redmond.
-Lyra Valkyria & Bayley interrupt & they are argue.
Oba Femi defeated Otis via Fall From Grace (1:49)
-We then head over to Iyo Sky & Asuka meeting ahead of their Backlash match in a tense verbal confrontation that ends with Asuka telling Sky she’s going to cut her out of her life this coming Saturday.
-Sky responds by telling Asuka she’s ready for her but Asuka spits blue mist in SKY’s eyes.
-This prompts Adam Pearce to run in and call for medical officials to check on Sky.
6 Man Tag Team Match
Los Americanos Hermanos (Original El Grande, Julio & Bruto) defeated Los Americanos (El Grande, Bravo & Rayo) via Flying Headbutt on Bravo (8:36)
-World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns & Jacob Fatu signs the contract for their World Heavyweight Title match at Backlash.
