Category: WWE

On April 20th, 2026 WWE aired the 1,717th episode of Raw live in Las Vegas Nevada inside T Mobile Arena & can watch it on Netflix.

• -Kicking off this week’s Raw with a recap of WrestleMania 42.
• -Oba Femi comes to the ring & said the ruler as arrived then leaves.
• -A backstage segment featuring The Kabuki Warriors plays.
• -Asuka says she aims to remind Iyo Sky how her relationship with Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley is working out for her.
• -She says Sky not only made her own choice to turn her back on Asuka but tried to corrupt Kairi Sane against her too.
• -Now she & Sane will teach her to rue that choice.
• Tag Team Match
  Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley & Iyo Sky defeated The Kabuki Warriors (Kairi Sane & Asuka) via Over The Moonsault on Sane (11:37)
• -Adam Pearce congratulated Intercontinental Champion Penta on his win and calls the Ladder match incredible.
• -He wasn’t sure how Penta could possibly follow that performance.
• -Je Von Evans congratulated Penta but said he planned to become the Intercontinental Champion soon.
• -Penta said the title wasn’t leaving him any time soon then Penta left.
• Pearce introduced Ethan Page to Evans as the newest member of Raw.
• -Page mocks Evans for thinking he deserved another title shot.
• -Page said he always gets what he wants and he wants the Intercontinental Title.
• -Unlike Evans he wouldn’t need a 2nd shot at it.
• Evans got in his face so Pearce put them in a singles match tonight.
• -Evans told Page nobody was taking his spot especially not you.
• -CM Punk said he’s dealing with a lot of loss over the past few months, name-checking Duke Roufus & Larry among several other colleagues and dear friends to have passed away.
• -He uses that as a segue to his loss at WrestleMania on Sunday, although he admits the losses out of the ring stung him far more.
• -He says that the support the fans provide him day in and day out is why he doesn’t just break down from all his losses and he knows with their support he’ll find a way to deal with this one too.
• -He says he could have just stayed at home after losing the World Heavyweight Title the 1st time around but because he stayed ready he landed himself another opportunity and become the champion again.
• -He says that if he had just broken down and given up then the crowd would be listening to Jey Uso in his position right now.
• -The crowd boos and he says he doesn’t understand why, he likes to Yeet too.
• He says he will not be taking vacation after this, because he never knows when an opportunity is going to fall out of the sky.
• -Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes’ music hits & he comes to the ring.
• -Rhodes gets in the ring and Punk can’t help but have a look at the eye.
• -Punk offers to leave as to not step on his toes but Rhodes says this is Monday night Raw and this is his time.
• Rhodes says he’s the one that feels and looks like a loser, Punk jokes around as to whether that was intended to be a dig at him.
• -He continues to talk Rhodes and his victory up making the case that it was easier for him to beat Reigns than Rhodes beat Orton due to the nature of their relationships.
• -Punk admits he was a loser and Rhodes wasn’t but he will stay ready.
• -He turns his attention to the Undisputed WWE Title because you never know when an opportunity is going to fall out the sky.
• -Hey Punk Rhodes calls after him as he leaves & said You say when.
• -A vignette plays for Finn Balor after his victory over Dominik Mysterio on Night 1 of WrestleMania 42 .
• -He says that he expected the betrayal from Mysterio but it was JD McDonagh that surprised him.
• -He talks about their history together and how McDonagh had a choice and he chose Mysterio.
• -He says that tonight, he will take him out.
• Ethan Page defeated Je Von Evans via Twisting Grin (9:45)
• -After the match Rusev enters the ring and puts a beat down on Evans.
• -He cinches in The Accolade until Intercontinental Champion Penta’s music hits and he makes the save.
• -He almost fights Rusev off before Page returns to help Rusev take him out as well.
• -Page leaves Rusev to it as he cinches in The Accolade to Penta in the middle of the ring.
• -Rusev picks up the Intercontinental Title and poses with it.
• -New Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan says that is the smartest thing the Las Vegas crowd has said all day.
• -She thanks the entirety of the Judgment Day for helping her get here and then she thanks Stephanie Vaquer for their match.
• Sol Ruca’s music plays to cut Morgan off.
• -Ruca says she has been watching Morgan and she is an inspiration to her congratulating her on the title win.
• -Morgan says she has some nerve interrupting her championship celebration and says because she appreciates the comments she will give her some free advice: she is not Liv Morgan and she should get out of her ring.
• Pearce comes out before things can boil over bringing Jessika Carr out to book a match between them right away.
• Non Title Match
  Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan defeated Sol Ruca via ObLIVion (11:54)
• -A package plays celebrating Brock Lesnar’s career after his seeming retirement at WrestleMania 42.
• -It features old footage of his collegiate wrestling days, his UFC run complete with an old interview from Dana White and his return to WWE.
• -Paul Heyman says his name is Paul Heyman.
• -He says his favorite part about WrestleMania is that he should expect the unexpected and he did not expect what happened to Lesnar at WrestleMania and it will live in his heart forever.
• -Heyman takes umbrage with the production team for having Lesnar in the Now section of the opening intro demanding that they change it and put him in the Forever section.
• -Heyman says he wants to talk about the now, the resurgence in the tag team division thanks to Austin Theory & Logan Paul.
• -Heyman hands the mic over to Paul for a personal message.
• -Paul goes to speak but he stops as the boos louder when he starts again.
• -He talks about IShowSpeed being a backstabber is the sole reason they lost at WrestleMania.
• Heyman saids that he hates these outsiders.
• -He says nothing that happened matters because IShowSpeed left with a piece of Paul’s fist in his face and he & Theory still left the World Tag Team Champions.
• -Heyman then resumes and thanks Gunther for what he did at WrestleMania saying that his repayment is ready whenever and wherever he chooses to accept it. But the man he mostly credits is then introduced Bron Breakker making his entrance.
• -Breakker says it is one year since he became the leader of The Vision, saying Seth Rollins was too weak and adds that his favorite part of WrestleMania was ripping away victory from beneath him.
• -Rollins’ music hits and The Vision turn their attention to the ramp but he appears in the ring behind them and drops Breakker with a chair to the back.
• -He falls prey to the numbers game of Theory & Paul before the Street Profits’ theme plays.
• -They come down to the ring and make the save by taking out Theory & Paul taking them for a brawl into the crowd.
• -Back in the ring and Breakker has Rollins lined up for a spear.
• -Rollins catches him mid run with a superkick then sets up for the Curb Stomp but Breakker avoids it and cuts him in half with a spear at last.
• -Breakker dials up with multiple rope rebounds and drops Rollins with another spear.
• Finn Balor defeated JD McDonagh via Coup De Grace (6:15)
• -After the match Dominik Mysterio emerges and attacks Balor from behind but Balor gets the better of Mysterio before McDonagh rescues him.
• -A backstage segment airs with Gunther being interviewed by Jackie Redmond.
• -He refuses to answer as to what the favor is he wants from Paul Heyman.
• -He says people should get used to idea of the World Heavyweight Title around his waist.
• LA Knight comes into frame and said he would also be pursuing the World Heavyweight Title too.
• -We cut to Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley & Iyo Sky crying.
• -Ripley makes it clear she is leaving for Smackdown but before she does, Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan is there to say I guess I’ll be seeing you around before Ripley turns to her and says I’m looking forward to it.
• -New World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns says he was going to talk about the future but then he ran into his cousins and it just made sense that he would discuss some family business first.
• -He says he misses this. He misses being The Usos.
• -He says that separated and scattered they’re weak and they have people disrespecting them.
• He says when they were together, they ran the business for 4 years straight.
• -And he’s not asking them to serve him, he’s asking them to be his blood and stand with him.
• -Jimmy says he speaks for his brother when he says it, Reigns is the OTC. The Usos stand by Reigns and put their ones up.
• Then Jacob Fatu’s music hits & Reigns says it’s been a while since the last time he saw him.
• -There can only be a couple of reasons he would come out here, and he assumes it is to acknowledge him.
• -Nah, that ain’t it Fatu says.
• -Reigns says he guesses it’s because he wants the title.
• -Fatu says he doesn’t want it, he needs it And to be clear, I’m not here to be the Tribal Chief but I need everything the Tribal Chief has.
• -He needs it, even if he has to go through him before he makes the challenge for Backlash.
• -Reigns says he wants all those things for him too and maybe he can beat him.
• -But can he handle the burden of the title. And if he loses, can he handle the burden of having to acknowledge him.
• -He says he isn’t yes and he’s not saying no. He is giving Fatu until next week to come to a final decision, and he will see him then, little cousin.
• -As the show goes off air, Reigns can be heard telling Jimmy to talk some sense into Fatu.