Raw Deal - Raw recap for March 19, 2018

General Manager Kurt Angle shows up to start tonight's show. Kurt Angle announces that Roman Reigns' suspension is still in effect, and that he will not make it here tonight. On the other, Brock Lesnar has not made it yet, but he will be here. Angle then addresses Braun Strowman's win in the tag team battle royal last week. Suddenly, Roman Reigns shows up through the crowd.Angle tells Roman he is trespassing, but he does not care, and says somebody needs to be here to represent the main event at WrestleMania. Angle tells him that Lesnar will be here tonight, but Roman wants to know where Lesnar is. Angle says he will be a little bit late, then Angle reminds Roman that he is suspended and that he will have to talk about it outside of the arena. Reigns asks if he is suspended for "telling the truth," and Angle tells Roman all he has to do is wait three weeks. He tells Roman he will have Lesnar in the palm of his hands at WrestleMania 34. Roman says he understands, but he still doesn't care, as this is Dallas, Texas, he has made a bunch of memories here, and he plans to make one more tonight. He then tells Angle to tell those in charge that he is not leaving until he faces Lesnar tonight. Angle leaves the ring and heads to the back, having had enough of Roman Reigns. Roman Reigns grabs a steel chair and sits down on it in the ring. Suddenly, three U.S. Marshals (portrayed by independent wrestlers Kristopher Haiden, Brad Sanders and Ricky Starks) show up and get in the ring. One of them pulls out a pair of cuffs, while another man pulls out a Miranda rights care to read Roman his rights. Roman allows himself to be cuffed as the fans boo. As they escort him out, one of the Marshals puts his hands on Roman, and Roman takes offense to that. When two of them do it, Roman fights all three of them off despite his hands being cuffed. Afterwards, Brock Lesnar shows up with Paul Heyman, and Lesnar runs into the ring. Roman grabs the steel chair and swings, but Lesnar hits the German suplex and smashes the chair into a defenseless Roman. Paul Heyman holds up the WWE Universal Championship as Lesnar continues to smash the chair into Roman Reigns before hitting another German suplex. Lesnar then grabs the chair again, and as a referee tells Lesnar that Roman is handcuffed, Lesnar hits Roman with the chair one more time before going for another German suplex. He kicks at Roman and continues to smash the chair into him, then tosses it down. Lesnar almost leaves with Paul Heyman, but Lesnar takes his shirt off, gets back in the ring and continues to assault Roman, who can do nothing. Lesnar then smiles as he leaves the ring, then gets back in to hit Roman with the F-5. EMTs show up with a stretcher to get Roman to a local medical facility, but Lesnar shows up to push the gurney holding Roman down and drag it.

Roman Reigns is placed in an ambulance backstage.

We see a video package chronicling the recent events leading up to tonight's match between Asuka and Alexa Bliss.

Before the next match, Alexa Bliss says that she said things about Nia Jax that were very hurtful and wrong, and had no idea that everyone in the world would be listening. She says that she and Mickie James were joking around and that it was "girl talk," and that she got carried away in the moment and said things she should not have. Alexa then sincerely apologizes...that she didn't speak the truth sooner. She then says that apologizing and the word "sorry" do not fit with her, and that she lost no sleep and felt no remorse after Nia Jax was humiliated in front of the world, which she loved every second of. She then says she never liked Nia and that she used her, and asks if Nia thinks she would really want to be friends with someone like her. Alexa then tells Mickie she feels better for getting that off her chest. Alexa says she dropped "300 pounds of sad, pathetic loser" as she says a weight fell off her shoulder, and now that Nia Jax is not dragging her down, she can end Asuka's undefeated streak.

Asuka beats Alexa Bliss by count-out as Mickie James helps Alexa to the back. Suddenly, Nia Jax runs out. She runs Mickie James over before going after Alexa Bliss, who tries to climb over the guardrail. Mickie James gets back up and punches Nia from behind, and Mickie gets sent into the steel steps as Alexa runs away through the crowd.

We look back on last Monday's tag team battle royal, courtesy of Progressive auto insurance.

Backstage, Alexa Bliss meets with General Manager Kurt Angle, telling him to deal with Nia Jax. Angle tells Alexa she should be a role model, not a bully, and give Nia a match against Alexa for the Raw Women's Championship at WrestleMania.

Braun Strowman shows up. Strowman talks about how he won last week's tag team battle royal by himself and carved a path of destruction that has led him to WrestleMania. He then announces that he has been informed by management that he must have a tag team partner, and says he does not need one and knows he can win the titles by himself. Suddenly, Sheamus and Cesaro show up. Sheamus tells Strowman he is out of his mind if he can beat him and Cesaro single-handedly, and that tossing people over the top ropes is different from beating the tag team champions. Cesaro tells Strowman that it takes years to build chemistry and trust with a tag team partner. When Cesaro says tag team partners have to everything together, including sleeping together, everyone has a laugh, including Strowman. Sheamus says that Strowman does not stand a chance against them regardless of who his tag team partner, but Strowman tells Sheamus to shut up before he finishes speaking. Sheamus takes exception to that, saying he and Cesaro have beaten every tag team on Raw and that Strowman and his partner will be no exception, but Strowman tells Sheamus he has a partner and that he gets to fight Sheamus or Cesaro tonight. Sheamus and Cesaro try to get in the ring at the same time, but Sheamus fakes it and Cesaro ends up in the ring with Strowman.

Braun Strowman beats Cesaro.

We see footage from the Hardy Compound from early tonight, where Matt Hardy invites the WWE Universe to The Ultimate Deletion. King Maxell and Lord Wolfgang are here, and Reby Hardy plays piano as Senor Benjamin watches. Vanguard-1 scans the property of the Hardy Compound, while Senor Benjamin prepares the battlefield for annihilation.

The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) beat Titus Worldwide (Titus O'Neil and Apollo) with the blind tag followed by the Shatter Machine to Apollo. After the match, Charly Caruso interviews The Revival. Dash Wilder says there is no tag team on earth more qualified than them to challenge for the Raw tag team titles. Dawson says that if Strowman wants to step into their world, so will he, and Dawson says that he and Wilder will be the first to enter the Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal.

It is announced that "The World's Strongest Man" Mark Henry is the newest inductee in the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2018.

Before the next match, Sasha Banks addresses Bayley, saying that when you have a problem, you don't run away from it or talk about people behind their backs; you confront it head on. She says they are best friends, and she wants to fix what is going on. She admits Elimination Chamber was every woman for herself, and that she was not trying to betray their friendship. She then tells Bayley she was not being her friend when she left her high and dry twice, but since she is the bigger person and considers Bayley her sister, she forgives her. Bayley says that night after Elimination Chamber, she was angry and acted impulsively. She refused to cost Sasha the match, but afterwards, she took off because she cannot get over what Sasha did to her that night. She says it is not what Sasha did, but how she did it. She knows that Sasha does what he has to do to win, but the look on her face afterwards ate at her core and she cannot get that picture out of her head. She then asks why knocking her down was so easy if Sasha was her best friend. Suddenly, Absolution (Paige, Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville) shows up. Paige says that Absolution will show "the whiny little girls" Sasha and Bayley how real women settle the score. The next match begins.

Absolution (Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville) beat Sasha Banks and Bayley after Bayley and Sasha argue again when Sasha distracts the referee by attacking Mandy as Bayley has Deville in a backslide pin.

We look back on John Cena's 1st WWE Championship win at WrestleMania 21, courtesy of Snickers.

John Cena shows up. Cena talks about how he laid out a WrestleMania challenge to The Undertaker last week, and says that tonight, we will learn The Undertaker's response. He says he finds it amazing that The Undertaker has been hiding in embarrassment for so long, and says that The Undertaker still belongs in the WWE, as his name has meaning for as long as WWE exists. Cena talks about how the mere mentioning of The Undertaker's name brought everyone together, and wants to know how the Dallas, Texas crowd feels about it. The crowd is very enthusiastic. He asks the crowd to be louder, and the crowd becomes louder. He then says that The Undertaker's response to his challenge is nothing but silence, and that this is the biggest mistake The Undertaker has ever made. Cena says he does not mind going to WrestleMania as a fan, but considers it disrespectful to him and the fans that The Undertaker has not responded to his challenge. He says that without the fans, there is no streak, no "Rest in Peace" and no Undertaker, and is amazed that The Undertaker still has not responded. He then says that if The Undertaker is retired, then he should say no so everyone understands, and if he is not, then all he has to do is say yes and give the people what they want to see. He then says The Undertaker sits in his insecurity, and has gone from being the god the people have made him into being a coward. He asks The Undertaker to prove him wrong with a yes, a no or a signature entrance. John Cena yells "Do something!," which the crowd immediately chants. When nothing is done, Cena says The Undertaker let everyone who believed in him down, and says he is not a god and definitely not a man. Suddenly, Kane shows up. Cena believes that Kane has been sent by The Undertaker to give The Undertaker's response. Kane grabs Cena by the throat and choke slams him.

It is reported that Roman Reigns is under observation at a local medical facility and will not be released from the facility tonight.

Members of the Dallas Cowboys are seen in the crowd.

We see footage from earlier today at the Hardy Compound where Matt Hardy talks to "George Washingon," a giraffe.

The Miztourage are in the ring. The Miz says he gets no respect, and he is not on all the promotional material for WrestleMania, especially the official magazine. He also complains about being in a Triple Threat Match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship instead of a one-on-one match, and asks if he is the bad guy. The Miz says that Seth Rollins and Finn Balor are not heroes and that he exposed them as the liars they really are, and says it took a nudge for them to go at each other. He says "Tyler Black" and "Prince Nevitt" will be knocked back down to the indies and forces the respect out of the fans as he walks out of WrestleMania as WWE Intercontinental Champion. Gallows & Anderson and Finn Balor then show up for the next match, then guests on commentary for the match.

Gallows & Anderson (Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson) and Finn Balor beat The Miztourage (The Miz, Bo Dallas, Curtis Axel). After the match, The Miztourage attack Gallows, Anderson and Balor. Seth Rollins runs into the ring to fight off The Miztourage, and curb stomps Miz in the middle of the ring.

We see footage from earlier today of Matt Hardy riding Skaarsgard on the Lake of Reincarnation.

Next week: John Cena vs. Kane!

We see a video package of Ronda Rousey's time in WWE.

Bray Wyatt shows up at the front gate to the Hardy Compound. The gate mysteriously opens. Bray Wyatt is welcomed to the compound by Vanguard-1, which plays a hologram of Matt Hardy telling him to follow the music. Reby Hardy's piano playing is heard as Matt Hardy waits in a wrestling ring. Reby is playing Bray Wyatt's theme song as Bray approaches the ring, and Matt Hardy tells Bray that he knew he would come.

Matt Hardy beats Bray Wyatt in The Ultimate Deletion after Bray Wyatt looks under Skaarsgard only to find Senor Benjamin underneath and to be confronted by Brother Nero. After the match, Matt Hardy pushes Bray into the Lake of Reincarnation, and Senor Benjamin finds no trace of Bray Wyatt when asked by Matt Hardy to procure him from the lake. Matt Hardy declares The Great War over and Bray Wyatt deleted.

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