WWE RAW After Mania Notes: Results, Undisputed WWE Universal Title Renamed, Rock Says He’s Cody’s New Story, Ilja Dragunov & Roxanne Perez Appears, Sheamus Video, Jey Uso Gets World Title Shot

WWE
Apr 8, 2024

WWE RAW Results – April 8, 2024

April 8, 2024
Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
Commentary – Michael Cole and Pat McAfee

Quick Match Results

  1. Ilja Dragunov defeated Shinsuke Nakamura via Torpedo Moscow (pinfall)
  2. Awesome Truth (The Miz & R-Truth) & John Cena defeated Judgement Day (JD McDonagh, Dominik Mysterio, & Finn Balor) via Attitude Adjustment (pinfall)
    • Prior to the start of the match, R-Truth interrupted Judgement Day’s WrestleMania 40 victory celebration party leading to Awesome Truth challenging Judgement Day to a 6-Man Tag Team match and R-Truth saying that their partner was someone that “you can’t see him.”
    • Near the end of the match, Cena’s music played and Cena ran out to the ring to join Awesome Truth’s team.
    • Cena pinned McDonagh after him, The Miz, and R-Truth hit a trio of AAs onto Judgement Day.
  3. Roxanne Perez defeated Indi Hartwell via Pop Rox (pinfall)
    • Near the end of the match, Candice LeRae got on the apron causing the referee and Hartwell to get distracted and leading to Perez attacking Hartwell and getting the pinfall victory after hitting Pop Rox.
  4. Sami Zayn & Chad Gable defeated Imperium (Giovanni Vinci & Ludwig Kaiser) via Chaos Theory (pinfall)
    • Gable pinned Vinci after hitting a Chaos Theory after Zayn hit a Helluva Kick to Kaiser to send him out of the ring.
  5. Jade Cargill defeated Chelsea Green via Jaded (pinfall)
  6. WWE World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender match – Jey Uso defeated Drew McIntyre, Bronson Reed, and Ricochet via Uso Splash (pinfall)
    • Near the end of the match, CM Punk made a surprise appearance coming out from under the ring and grabbed McIntyre’s foot as McIntyre was setting up a Claymore Kick to Uso. This led to Uso hitting a superkick to McIntyre and followed it with an Uso Splash for the victory.

WWE Drops “Universal” Name from Undisputed WWE Universal Title

Monday’s WWE RAW After Mania show in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania featured WWE officially dropping the “Universal” name for their Undisputed WWE Universal Championship.

This announcement was made by WWE CCO Paul “Triple H” Levesque during his show opening speech addressing the crowd and this past weekend’s WrestleMania 40 being the “best WrestleMania of all-time.” Levesque called out for Cody Rhodes to come out and addressed him as the new Undisputed Champion.

Following a tribute video airing and some words by Rhodes about his title victory and being on the top of the mountain, Rhodes asked WWE ring announcer Samantha Irvin to call out his title victory one more time. Irvin confirmed that the new name for the Undisputed title going forward is the “Undisputed WWE Championship.”

In a bit of a funny moment, Rhodes finished off his promo addressing his status as the new champion by fumbling the name of his title calling it the “Undisputed Universal Championship.”

The Rock Confronts Cody Rhodes & Says Cody’s Story with Roman Reigns is Over But Story with Rock Just Started on Monday’s RAW Show

Monday’s RAW show also featured The Rock teasing a future feud with Cody Rhodes.

During Rhodes’ promo celebrating his newly renamed Undisputed WWE Championship victory, The Rock’s music played interrupting Rhodes before he could finish.

The Rock came out to the ring carrying the People’s Championship that was given to him by Muhammad Ali’s widow at this past Friday’s WWE Hall of Fame 2024 ceremony. After a lengthy pause over the crowd constantly interrupting and booing The Rock when he tried to speak, The Rock responded saying that the Rock is a lot of things Philadelphia but “sucks” is not one of them. The Rock stated that he came out here to deliver flowers to Rhodes and also to say that Philadelphia broke another record for the “largest gathering of trailer park trash,” which led to a mixed loud reaction from the crowd booing and cheering in response.

After some more words, The Rock stated that Rhodes completed his story and beat all of the odds and defeated Roman Reigns in the ring. After some more words about the special belt he had for Rhodes and Mama Rhodes being happy over her son’s victory, The Rock talked about how his late father and Rhodes’ father Dusty also had big smiles on their faces from heaven.

After some more words, The Rock stated that he is proud of his title and asked Rhodes if he can hold his WWE title for a moment since he has never held that version of the WWE title before. This led to a very awkwardly interaction between the two. The Rock and Rhodes proceeded to swap their belts and held each other’s belt for a little bit before handing it back to the other. This led to the crowd chanting “This is awkward” over what had went down in the ring between Rock and Rhodes.

The Rock then stated that he was going to go away for a little while leading to mixed reactions from the crowd. The Rock stated that he loved pro wrestling and claimed he made it cool again as did Rhodes. The crowd proceeded to sing the “nah nah nah, hey hey goodbye” song directed at The Rock. The Rock continued stating that he will go away but when he comes back, whether Rhodes is still the champion or not, he is coming back for him. Rhodes responded stating that he is looking forward to it and The Rock responded back saying the same. The Rock talked about how Rhodes beat Reigns in the middle of the ring last night but he did the same to Rhodes the night before. The Rock stated that Rhodes’ story with Reigns is over but their story has just begun.

Rhodes responded stating ” I believe that because you’re the boss, right? You are the Final Boss, but you’re also on the board with TKO. You’re my literal boss, right?” The Rock responded in agreement leading to Rhodes stating that he does not dispute that he does not think Rock will dispute what he has to say next, which was Rhodes saying that he is the champion and that means he is Rock’s champion as well.

After a staredown between the two, Rock stated that Rhodes is his champion and had something to give to him. The Rock reached into his pockets and grabbed something and placed it in Rhodes’ hands telling him he does not need to open his hands to know what it is. The Rock then stated “don’t you ever break my heart again” and gave his “if you smell” catchphrase being leaving.

Ilja Dragunov Makes Main Roster Debut at Monday’s RAW Show

Monday’s RAW show also featured current NXT Champion Ilja Dragunov making his surprise main roster debut.

Following Shinsuke Nakamura coming out for his match on the show, Dragunov’s music played making his surprise appearance and as Nakamura’s official opponent.

This was Dragunov’s official main roster debut in his WWE career.

Roxanne Perez Makes RAW Brand Debut

Monday’s RAW show also featured current NXT Women’s Champion Roxanne Perez making her surprise RAW brand debut.

Following Indi Hartwell and Candice LeRae being in the ring for Hartwell’s match on the show, Perez’s music played revealing her surprise appearance and as the official opponent for Hartwell.

This was Perez’s official debut for WWE’s RAW brand and her first appearance on WWE’s main roster since the October 14, 2022 SmackDown show, which was Perez’s official main roster debut.

WWE Airs Return Video for Sheamus

Monday’s RAW show also featured WWE airing a video hyping up Sheamus’ upcoming return to action.

Sheamus has been out of action for WWE since this past August due to a shoulder injury.

Jey Uso Gets Shot at WWE World Title at Monday’s RAW Show

Monday’s RAW show also featured Jey Uso defeating Drew McIntyre, Bronson Reed, and Ricochet in a #1 Contender Fatal Four-way match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

The finish to this match involved CM Punk making a surprise appearance from under the ring and grabbed onto McIntyre’s foot and preventing a Claymore Kick attempt to Uso. Punk laughed and smiled at McIntyre over what he did leading to Uso hitting a superkick to McIntyre and followed it with an Uso Splash for the pinfall victory.

As a result of his victory, Uso earned a future shot at Damian Priest’s WWE World Heavyweight title.

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