WWE Raw live results: CM Punk, Brock Lesnar, Oba Femi appear
WWE Raw on Monday April 6, 2026 is set for the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas.
Seven matches/segments are advertised for the show, including WrestleMania 42 opponents Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi being “in the same building.”
After he was attacked by Gunther last week, Seth Rollins will kick off this week’s Raw. Their match for WrestleMania has been made official as well.
CM Punk is also booked to appear, plus four matches are scheduled: Finn Balor vs. JD McDonagh, Austin Theory vs. LA Knight, Rhea Ripley & IYO SKY vs. B-Fab & Michin, and Penta, Dragon Lee & Je’Von Evans vs. El Grande Americano, Rayo Americano & Bravo Americano.
The full lineup for the show is as follows:
- Seth Rollins to kick off the episode
- We will hear from CM Punk
- Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar will be in the same building
- Finn Balor vs. JD McDonagh
- Rhea Ripley & IYO SKY vs. B-Fab & Michin (w/ Jade Cargill)
- Austin Theory (w/ Logan Paul) vs. LA Knight
- Penta, Dragon Lee & Je’Von Evans vs. El Grande Americano, Rayo Americano & Bravo Americano
Our live coverage begins at 8 p.m. Eastern.
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CM Punk opens Raw
The show opened with CM Punk addressing the crowd, as he put over Houston’s wrestling heritage. Punk pointed out that Roman Reigns was not in the building tonight, stating that he got some payback from being put through a table two weeks ago as he gave Reigns the same treatment last week in Madison Square Garden.
Punk said he hated Roman Reigns because he viewed him as a “store-bought and plastic” star manufactured by corporate. He pointed out that this wasn’t “cinema”, it was pro wrestling and that Reigns and his bloodline don’t run the place anymore. Punk took a shot at Reignsf or being a nepo baby who ate dog food for “a weird old man” (Vince McMahon), the same one who treated Punk like a dog, but he had dignity and left when he had the FU money.
Punk then turned his attention to Pat McAfee for his remarks on SmackDown last Friday. Punk challenged McAfee to call his ‘agent” to lower ticket prices and that he’s also got a receipt coming. He wrapped up by saying that the prices should be lowered so that families can see him step on Reigns’ neck at WrestleMania, as he stated that he approved this message.
Effective opening salvo from Punk, but as I noted on the SmackDown recap, I’m really not a fan of the Pat McAfee stuff being brought up. Punk also bringing up Vince McMahon but not alluding to him by name also didn’t sit right with me.
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– After a recap of LA Knight’s invasion of IShowSpeed’s stream, we got Speed himself running into Danhausen. He asked Danhausen to lift the curse that was put on him, but Danhausen only agreed to do it if he got a mention on his streams. Speed didn’t agree as Danhausen vanished.
The Vision’s Austin Theory and Logan Paul grabbed Speed and said that they were safe with him.
LA Knight vs. Austin Theory
We started off with some chain wrestling, but Knight pushed back and tossed Theory across the ring. As Theory rolled out of the ring, he re-entered and instantly got met with a Knight clothesline. After being deposited out of the ring, Knight dropped him with a dropkick to the outside. We took a break as Knight had the upper hand on Theory at the timekeeper’s area.
Our opener returned from the break as Knight went for a neckbreaker, but Theory rcountered with the Blockbuster for a close near-fall. The action spilled outside as Knight bashed Theory’s head across the commentary table. Logan Paul tried to get involved, but got taken out by Knight for his troubles.
IShowSpeed found himself caught in the fray as Logan pushed him into Knight’s path. Speed ran as fast as he could up the ramp until The Usos’ music played. As Speed was caught between a rock and a hard place, he leapt over Knight in a great show of agility and paced back into the ring. Knight gave chase, but this allowed Theory to pick up a tainted win with a roll-up pin.
Austin Theory def. LA Knight via pinfall
After the match, IShowSpeed tried to beg the Usos and Knight for forgiveness. Before the Usos could do anything to Speed, Logan Paul pulled him out of the ring.
This led to Knight asking for a six-man tag between him and the Usos against Theory, Paul, and IShowSpeed to be made for WrestleMania, as Adam Pierce made it official soon after.
I’m not too hot on this match being made, and it’s easy to see why, given the sorry state of The Vision, which was once heralded as a dangerous heel stable on Raw.
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– A recap of Pat McAfee’s aligning with Randy Orton from SmackDown aired.
– Finn Balor tried to make his way for a match, but he was ambushed from behind by “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio. Balor did try to fight back, but Dom and JD McDonagh used the Judgment Day numbers game to their advantage to leave Balor laying.
– AJ Lee’s interview with Michael Cole was rudely interrupted by Becky Lynch. The challenger to Lee’s Women’s Intercontinental Title dissed the champion’s last WrestleMania appearance and how she quit the day after. Lynch put over her WrestleMania acumen stating that it was “her home”.
Lee fired back by saying that people kept underestimating her and that the fans never forgot who she was even after all the years away from WWE. She closed off by telling Lynch that she should ask who Roux Lynch’s favorite wrestler his when she Becky tucked her daughter to bed, because it was AJ Lee.
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Bayley vs. Lash Legend
The match opned with Legend at the advantage early, but Bayley attempted to fight back. Big boot by Legend took us to the commercial break.
We returned as Legend hit Bayley with a backbreaker for a near-fall. Bayley tried to fight back as she avoided a pump-kick. The elbow drop from the heavens missed its target. In the end, Lyra Valkyria held down Legend’s leg as Bayley got the pin with a diving crossbody after countering a superplex.
Bayley def. Lash Legend via pinfall
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Seth Rollins addresses GUNTHER
Seth Rollins made his way down to the ring, with the Houston crowd loudly singing his song. He was addressed as “Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins” in his entrance
As Rollins took the mic, he showed excitement and gratefulness to the Houston crowd for singing his entrance them as he had been waiting for it after six long months away from the ring.
Rollins took in the crowd singing before he declared that he was back. He talked about how in less than two weeks at WrestleMania, he was going one on one against GUNTHER. He was trying to figure out how we all got here, mainly because he and GUNTHER had no personal issues with one another. Rollins suggested that GUNTHER had a business relationship with Paul Heyman.
Rollins stated that he had two missions: to take the World Heavyweight Title he never loss, and to kill The Vision. He talked about how Logan Paul and Austin Theory had issues with The Usos, Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed were on the shelf, and that Brock Lesnar was put on a silver platter by Rollins for Oba Femi.
As Rollins addressed GUNTHER, the Ring General tried to ambush him, but Rollins got ahead of it and avoided a sleeper. The brawl spilled to the outside, as Adam Pearce and officials tried to break things up.
This Rollins/GUNTHER feud is somehow the one feud that hasn’t been a total wash in terms of the Road to WrestleMania. I’m surprised at how much I’m enjoying it.
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Penta, Je’von Evans, Dragon Lee vs. El Grande Americano & Los Americanos
El Grande dropped Evans with a knee as he and Los Americanos did a dance in the middle the ring. Evans headed to the top and took everyone out. The action spilled to the outside as Lee, Evans, and Penta took out everyone with massive dives as we took a commercial break.
The match resumed from the break as Penta and Rayo Americano were the legal men. Penta connected with an amazing rolling double DDT on Los Americanos. Meanwhole in the ring, Lee hit Rayo with a basement dropkick. Lee attempted a Styles Clash, but Bravo pulled at his leg, which allowed Dragon to be hit with repeated headbutts by El Grande and Los Americanos. Evans entered and tried for the Springboard Cutter, but got hit with a forearm.
Things hit a quickening pace as Dragon Lee connected with the Styles Clash. El Grande broke up the pin as all six men were now in the ring. Dragon Lee dropped El Grande with a hurricanrana from the apron, while Penta hit the Mexican Destroyer on Rayo on the apron. Evans finished things off with the O.G. Cutter on Bravo to pick up the pin and win.
After the match Rey Mysterio showed uip to a huge ovation from the Houston crowd as he embraced Evans, Dragon, and Penta.
– Rey Mysterio talked about how cool it was for Penta’s journey to take off with him becoming the Intercontinental Champion. Mysterio said that he missed WrestleMania last year due to injury, but as for this year, he spoke with Adam Pearce. Mysterio said it was missing him . Penta agreed and seemed to welcome Rey into the Intercontinental Championship ladder match.
Je’von Evans, Dragon Lee, & Penta def. El Grande Americano & Los Americanos viua pinfall.
A heck of a tag match. I might be generally down on WWE as a whole, especially as far as the Road to WrestleMania goes. But, I find myself enjoying Je’von Evans and Penta. Seeing these two succeeding as they are always puts a smile to my face.
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– Cody Rhodes’ response to Pat McAfee’s actions from SmackDown last Friday later that evening was shown.
– A recap of Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi’s Madison Square Garden showdown was shown.
RHIYO (Rhea Ripley & IYO SKY) vs. B-Fab & Michin (w/ Jade Cargill)
Ripley slammed B-Fab down and punched away at her. She then took her out with a fierce clothesline. Ripley threw Michin into the ring and laid her out with a kick before tossing her to the ringside area. B-Fab took advantage and hit Ripley with a strike before she worked her over in the coner. B-Fab than hit a DDT on RIpley for a two-count.
B-Fab locked in a chinlock on Ripley for a good while before it was broken up with a snapmare. Ripley tagged in SKY while Michin entered for her team. Double stomp to Michin by SKY, who dropped B-Fab by the neck across the ropes. This left B-Fab and Michin at the mercy of a double dropkick from SKY. B-Fab and Michin were then rattled by a suicide dive by SKY as we took a break in the action.
Raw returned from commercial with SKY at the mercy of a two-on-one attack from B-Fab and Michin as they took control during the break. While the referee was distracted, Jade Cargill tripped up Ripley at the apron to prevent her from tagging SKY. Back in the ring, SKY rolled up B-Fab with a flash pin for the win.
After the match, Cargill laid out SKY, as Michin grabbed a kendo stick, looking to do damage, Ripley entered the ring and tried to even the odds, but a pump kick from Cargill put her out for the count. With Ripley held against the ropes by B-Fab and Michin, Cargill took the kendo stick and turned her attention to SKY. Cargill then finished her off with Jaded.
RHIYO def. B-Fab & Michin via pinfall
I can’t tell you how this feud is leaving me cold. Cargill is just not a good heel, and the inexplicable alliance between her, B-Fab, and Michin does not interest me as a heel faction.
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– Finn Balor addressed Dominik Mysterio and stated that a side he had buried a long time ago as he said that it was coming back at WrestleMania, hinting that he was bringing The Demon back to deal with Dom.
– Stephanie Vaquer attacked Liv Morgan in the Judgment Day clubhouse, throwing her right into the TV.
Oba Femi/Brock Lesnar WrestleMania contract signing
During the commercial break, Paul “Triple H” Levesque was shown entering the ring and confiding with Adam Pearce as they’ll oversee the Femi/Lesnar contract signing.
Pearce addressed the crowd, and stated that over the last couple of weeks, we’ve seen the birth of a true clash of heavyweight titans at WrestleMania between Oba Femi & Brock Lesnar. Before Pearce could continue, Paul Heyman butted in as only he could. Heyman talked about this match being the most anticipated match in WrestleMania history and how Oba Femi couldn’t measure up to Brock Lesnar.
At that moment, Lesnar made his entrance. Soon after, Pearce introduced Femi, as “The Ruler” made his way down to the ring to a loud ovation.
As Femi entered, Lesnar went on the attack before Femi fought back as security ran down post-haste to break everyone up… or at least try to. Even with everyone attempting to separate Femi and Lesnar, the brawl continued on. Lesnar and Femi tossed a chair at one another as the show ended rather abruptly.
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As with most overused Triple H booking tropes, the pull apart brawl is one that’s gotten a bit too much use over the past couple of weeks, between Femi/Lesnar, Punk/Reigns, and Rhodes/Orton. This final segment didn’t exactly feel that exciting and enticing me to watch WrestleMania for the Femi vs. Lesnar match. The rather abrupt ending before anything truly could break down didn’t help matters either.
All in all, this was kind of an okay Raw. Maybe my lack of excitement for WrestleMania season kind of colored how I reacted to the show tonight, but nothing really grabbed my interest. That said, the six-man tag match was a highlight and the actual matches themselves tend to be enjoyable. It’s just the overall storytelling in WWE that’s been failing for the most part.
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