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<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Triple H/Cody Rhodes Promo, The Rock Interrupts</h2>



<p>Triple H kicked off the WWE Raw After WrestleMania on April 8 and announced that WrestleMania 40 was now considered to be the greatest of all time. The Game then called out the new Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Cody Rhodes, who was happy to bask in the applause of the WWE Universe.</p>



<p>Triple H then announced that he would be sharing a video made by some guys in the studio, leaving Rhodes in tears. Rhodes then talked about his reason for winning the Championship, before he was interrupted by The Rock. </p>



<p>The Rock was belittled by the crowd but noted that he was there to give Rhodes his flowers for finishing his story. The Rock then brought up Dusty Rhodes and noted that he was his hero.</p>



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<p>The Rock then pushed to hold the title, noting that he had never held that title. The two men then swapped belts and The Great One claimed that the WWE title seemed right on his shoulder. </p>



<p>The Rock announced that he was going away but he was coming back for Cody whether he had the title or not. The Final Boss ended the segment by handing Cody Rhodes something that seemed to upset him before he made his exit.  </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Ilja Dragunov def. Shinsuke Nakamura</h2>



<p>Ilja Dragunov was the first NXT star to appear on this year&#8217;s Raw After WrestleMania and was able to show Shinksuke Nakamura that he has his own strong style. After a kick and elbow to the face, he picked up a quick win following his Torpedo Moscow finisher. </p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">The Judgment Day Promo</h2>



<p>Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley basked in the fact that they were World Champions together. R-Truth made his way into the ring and wanted to hold his title at the same time too. The Miz interrupted and Finn Balor laid down the challenge for a Tag Team Championship match. </p>



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<p>Truth declined and instead pitched a six-man tag match but failed to reveal the third man and Judgment Day accepted.</p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Awesome Truth (The Miz &amp; R-Truth) &amp; John Cena def. The Judgment Day (JD McDonagh, Dominik Mysterio &amp; Finn Balor)</h2>



<p>The match started as a handicap and, as expected, The Judgment Day was able to dominate the match. Awesome Truth looked as though they were going to lose the match until their partner finally showed up, and it was John Cena. </p>



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<p>Cena came out and was tagged in the match by Miz before he cleared the ring and all three men were able to deliver a Knuckle Shuffle and an AA to the members of The Judgment Day. </p>



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<p><strong>Backstage:</strong> Rhea Ripley told Dominik to deal with Andrade before Liv Morgan attacked Ripley from behind with a chair. </p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Roxanne Perez def. Indi Hartwell</h2>



<p>The NXT Women&#8217;s Champion was the second star to be called up from the developmental brand to make an appearance on Raw and was able to take out her bad attitude on Indi Hartwell. </p>



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<p>Perez got a near fall off a Russian Leg Sweep before Hartwell was able to dominate the match and Candice LeRae targeted Perez&#8217;s legs. Roxanne raked Hartwell&#8217;s eyes while she was distracted and hit Pop Rocks for the win. </p>



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<p><strong>Backstage: </strong>Sami Zayn and Jey Uso had a heartfelt moment where they were able to perform their old handshake.</p>



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<p><strong>Backstage:</strong> Natalya told Roxanne she would see her this week on NXT. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Sami Zayn Promo</h2>



<p>The new Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn had a lot of praise for Gunther for his lengthy reign, before noting that a lot of people helped him to win the title. Imperium (Giovanni Vinci &amp; Ludwig Kaiser) interrupted and told Sami that they were there to make it right before circling the ring and Chad Gable made the save. </p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Chad Gable &amp; Sami Zayn def. Imperium (Giovanni Vinci &amp; Ludwig Kaiser)</h2>



<p>Imperium was able to dominate the mismatched team in the opening exchanges, but Chad Gable turned the tide and was able to get the better of Vinci before Zayn and Gable delivered triple German Suplexes in unison. </p>



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<p>Kaiser and Gable brawled while Zayn took care of Vinci in the ring, delivering an Exploder Suplex into the corner. Zayn hit the Helluva Kick followed by Chaos Theory from Gable for the win.</p>



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<p><strong>Backstage:</strong> The General Managers of Raw, SmackDown, and NXT were all discussing the upcoming WWE Draft when Chelsea Green interrupted wanting a match, so Adam Pearce gave her one. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Jade Cargill def. Chelsea Green</h2>



<p>Jade Cargill wrestled her first match on WWE Raw when she took on Chelsea Green and it was over in seconds when she kicked Green before delivering her Chicken Wing Facebuster. </p>



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<p><strong>Backstage:</strong> Sami Zayn told Chad Gable that he would defend his Intercontinental Championship against him next week on Raw. </p>



<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Drew McIntyre Promo</h2>



<p>Drew McIntyre was clearly angry and had a lot to say about Damian Priest, whom he called a bondage Undertaker. He then praised Seth Rollins, before talking about getting revenge on CM Punk.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading has-text-align-center">Fatal Four-Way &#8211; #1 Contenders Match for the World Heavyweight Championship<br>Jey Uso def. Drew McIntyre, Bronson Reed, and Ricochet</h2>



<p>Drew McIntyre was clearly annoyed and took it out on his opponents before Bronson Reed put Jey Uso through a table in the corner. McIntyre and Reed threw Ricochet around before exchanging chops.</p>



<p>Reed almost got the win off a Powerbomb to Ricochet, before he went for a Tsunami. Ricochet launched himself off the top rope and put Bronson Reed through the announce table before McIntyre went for the Claymore on Uso.</p>



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<p>CM Punk appeared and held McIntyre&#8217;s leg, which allowed Jey Uso to hit a Superkick and a Spear to win the match. </p>


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