Here are your quick and dirty, editorial-free WWE Raw results for April 23, 2018. The show featured the debut of the Sami and Kevin Show, lots of hype for Friday’s Greatest Royal Rumble, and a 10-woman tag team main event. Be sure to check back tomorrow for the full Best and Worst of Raw column.
WWE Raw Results:
– The show opened with a 10-bell salute and video tribute to the late Bruno Sammartino.
– Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman came to the ring. Heyman said Roman Reigns won’t stand a chance in a steel cage against Lesnar at the Greatest Royal Rumble. Reigns came to the ring and promised Lesnar that he will return from Saudi Arabia as the new Universal Champion.
1. Elias defeated Bobby Roode. Elias snapped Roode’s face into the top rope as Roode was re-entering the ring, then rolled him up for the pin.
2. Bray Wyatt and Matt Hardy defeated The Ascension. Wyatt pinned Viktor after he and Hardy hit a double-team Twist of Fate.
– Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn were in the ring for the first Sami and Kevin Show. They said that they will will the Greatest Royal Rumble and will prove why Stephanie McMahon hand-picked the two of them to be the crown jewels of Raw. They welcomed their guest, Kurt Angle, and taunted him. Angle reminded them that he will be in the Greatest Royal Rumble, as will Daniel Bryan and Chris Jericho. He then placed Owens and Zayn in a tag team match against Bobby Lashley and Braun Strowman tonight.
3. Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre defeated Apollo Crews and Titus O’Neil. McIntyre pinned Apollo after a Claymore/Zig-Zag double team. After the match, Ziggler said he brought McIntyre to Raw with him because McIntyre is dangerous. McIntyre said he’s the wake-up call and reality check that WWE needs.
4. Chad Gable defeated Jinder Mahal. Mahal jumped Gable before the bell, but Gable insisted on going ahead with the match. Mahal went for Khallas, but Gable kicked off the turnbuckle and rolled Mahal up for the pin.
5. Braun Strowman and Bobby Lashley defeated Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn. Strowman pinned Zayn after a running powerslam.
– No Way Jose was supposed to have a match against Baron Corbin, but Corbin refused to wrestle Jose until he starts getting serious. Jose said even though there’s no match, that doesn’t mean the party has to stop, and he led his conga line around the ring again. Corbin reappeared to attack Jose and gave him a chokeslam backbreaker on the stage.
6. Finn Bálor and Seth Rollins defeated Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas. Rollins hit a stomp and then Bálor hit the Coup de Grace and pinned Axel.
7. Mickie James, Alexa Bliss, Sarah Logan, Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan defeated Nia Jax, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Ember Moon and Natalya. The heels injured Natalya’s knee during the match until Ronda Rousey came to her aid. Mickie James gave Ronda a baseball slide, so Rousey got in the ring and locked in an armbar on James, resulting in a disqualification victory for James’ team.
