WWE Monday Night Raw 3/2/2026

WWE Monday Night Raw 3/2/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/02/wwe-monday-night-raw-2232026.html

We are in Indianapolis, IN. Michael Cole and Corey Graves are on commentary. 

We see various wrestlers arrive. 

The Vision come out. Heyman says they are here to talk about Seth Rollins. Paul says Seth stole credit for co-founding The Vision and The Shield. He says Seth stole The Elimination Chamber and stole the Wrestlemania main event from Logan. He says they will stomp Seth out the next time he's in a WWE ring. 

Theory says him and Seth go way back and Seth isn't going forward. Logan calls Seth a scumbag. Logan says the rest of the show won't happen until Seth comes out. 

Adam Pearce comes out with security and interrupts. Adam says they are holding the show hostage but says they were the ones who injured Jey Uso. Paul says they had nothing to do with Jey but will plead guilty in advance to what they will do to Seth. Paul then throws the mic at Adam. 

Adam says he needs to talk Seth but can't with them out here. Adam says Seth should be left to him as he is not medically cleared to compete. A masked man comes to ringside and security chases him. Another masked guy comes out and Logan chases that one to the back. A third masked guy comes out and Theory chases him. 

Paul then has another masked guy looking at him. Another masked guy, who is Seth, then appears on the apron with a chair. Seth then chairs Paul and curbstomps him. 

Paul Heyman is in an ambulance with fake blood coming out of his noise. Logan and Austin asks what is wrong and say to stop the bleeding. A car arrives, Theory thinks its Logan and it's Jimmy Uso. Jimmy beats up Austin, sending him into the ambulance and some boxes. Jimmy then sees LA Knight and he's driving the ambulance. He says Paul will get help he needs and he drives away.

Thoughts: This was a very entertaining segment and a good way to get things started.

Gunther vs Dragon Lee

Lee jumps Gun from behind as he enters and stomps on him. Lee dropkicks him through the ropes. Lee is back body dropped to the floor over the timekeeper's rail. We go to break and return.

Gun stomps on Lee then chops him down. Gun kicks him in the back.  Gun facekicks him. Gun drops him with chest kicks and pulls at the mask. Lee hits kicks on Gun then chops him. Gun hits a big lariat. Lee hurricanrana's him for 2. Gun chops him down on the apron. Lee kicks Gun's head in the corner. Gun misses a corner facekick. Lee hits dropkicks on Gun then dropkicks him out. Lee is thrown into the apron edge on a tope attempt then is chopped down. 

We go to break and return. Lee hits chops on Gun and Gun chops back. Lee hits running clotheslines. Gun back body drops him then grabs his mask. Lee enzugiri's him then corner dropkicks him. Gun hits an emerald flowsion for 2. Gun powerbombs him twice for 2. Gun apron edge powerbombs him then powerbombs him on the commentary table. 

Lee toyota rolls into a sunset bomb on the floor on Gun. Lee dropkicks Gun off the apron then ropes him into the commentary table. Lee hits destino on Gun on the floor. Lee lariats him and jumping kicks him. Lee lariats him. Gun sleepers him then grounds him with it. Gun rips the mask off and the ref calls it off quick.

Thoughts: It was a bit ripped up by breaks but what we got was good. Gun stiffed him and Lee was fine as fiery flying face. This was probably the best thing Lee has done yet in WWE and this helped Gun out. 

Asuka yells at Kairi Sane in the back for losing last week. Sane says Asuka told her she did good. Asuka pie faces her, shakes her head around and yells at her. AJ Lee walks past Sane and asks if she's good. Sane is in a daze and ignores her.

AJ Lee comes out. She says she came back purely to snatch the hair off Becky Lynch's head and snatched her title. She says she didn't know if she could still go. AJ said the fans thought she could still go and believed in her. She said they made her believe she could beat the best of the best. She says Becky gave the fight of her life and she proved to herself that she can still be championship material.

AJ says she's still who she thinks she is. She says now that Becky is behind her, Wrestlemania is ahead of her. She says she will be a fighting champ. She says it's been 12 years since she was a champ and she's not taking it for granted. She said she mentioned she wanted to get her hands on some women in the locker room and knows they want to get their hands on her. She tells the women who want a shot at her to come out. She says she will defend the IC Title the next time she's in the ring and tells the girls to show her what they've got. 

El Grande Americano Original goes up to Penta.  He says he's excited for his title match tonight. He says when he wins the title, he is first in line. Penta says he's zero fear. Los Americanos and Grande II (wearing black and gold) come up to Grande OG. They ask how long he will keep up the charade. Original says he's the only Grande. Grande II says they will see at Rey de Reyes. Grande OG says they don't have to wait and challenges either Bravo or Rayo to a match tonight.

Liv Morgan does a promo behind a cage. She says she's sure Vaquer has questions about last week. She says SV thought she knew all about her but doesn't know a thing. She says she is privileged. She talks about how she had it better than her and says it happened because she's the star. She says she sees a bit of herself in her. She says she a great champ. She says SV will get to learn everything she needs to know about her when she steps in the ring with her.

El Grande Americano Original vs Rayo Americano

Grande II and Bravo are at ringside. Rayo kips up out of a wristlock. Grande headflips out of one then trips him into an armlock. Rayo double throat thrusts Grande. Grande la magistral's him for 2. Grande spinning headscissors him out.

Bravo distracts Grande on the apron and Rayo hits Grande from behind. Rayo knee drops Grande. Rayo and Grande trade chops. Grande armdrags and hiptosses him. Grande cannonballs him off the apron. Grande then dances at Bravo outside. Bravo kicks the steps in anger and hits his foot. Grande II yells at Grande. Rayo then plancha's Grande and sends him into the post. 

We go to break and return. Rayo and Grande trade forearms. Grande hits belly to belly suplexes and a rolling koppo kick. Rayo gets his foot up on a top rope moonsault but Grande ankle locks him. Rayo corner meteora's him. Grande 2nd rope belly to belly overhead suplexes him for 2. 
 
Grande unties Rayo's mask. Bravo gets on the apron and Grande goes for his mask. Grande II headbutts Grande in the face. Rayo top rope flying headbutts Grande for 2. Rayo grabs Grande's mask. Grande grabs Grande II and is kicked by Bravo. Rayo is sent into Bravo and Grande hits a chaos theory on Rayo to win.

Thoughts: It was an entertaining match with a lot of outside shenanigans. Rayo plancha'd Grande and landed on his head here which had to hurt. Grande won as expected here as there was no reason to have him lose.

Penta does a promo on Dominik Mysterio. He says he will come out with all the energy and hearts of his people when he faces Dom. He says no one will save him and Penta says he will become the new IC champ tonight because he's Penta and has no fear.

Liv and Raquel play darts in the back. Liv says Raquel should challenge AJ Lee for the IC Title and go to Mania as champ. Dom, JD and Finn talk. Finn says he's not happy with what happened at Elimination Chamber but he's at peace. Dom asks if he can count on them to be there with him tonight. Finn says they spoke and Dom needs to do this by himself. Dom asks if they will be there to celebrate with him when he wins and Finn says of course.

Rusev comes out while an Oba Femi video plays and says that's enough. He says he's tired of listening about Oba and tired of waiting. He is on the commentary table. He says they both want this fight and says they should fight right now. Rusev says he's not leaving until Oba shows up. 

Oba Femi comes out. He gets in the ring. He asks Rusev to come in the ring and make something happen. Rusev gets in and they trade punches. Oba gets the edge and running back elbows him. Oba goes for the chokeslam. Rusev hits 2 high kicks. Oba hits a big spinebuster. Rusev is lariated over the top and screams outside. 

Lyra Valkyria and Bayley talk in the back. Bay says she feels stuck. Lyra agrees and says they have had no luck lately. Lyra says she can't watch her miss Mania and says Bay needs to get there. She says AJ is looking for a challenger and says why can't it be Bayley? Bay says she's right and Lyra tells her to go get her shot. Bay says she cost her a title match vs Becky and they should both go. They go to Adam's office and see Iyo Sky coming out. They then go in.

Austin Theory vs Jimmy Uso

Uso hits chops. AT hits knees to the gut. Uso boots him out of the corner and flying forearms him off the buckles. Uso misses a corner splash and AT spinning forearms him. AT bangs Uso's face off the mat. Uso uppercuts him then lariats him over the top. Uso topes him into the commentary table. AT's head is banged off the commentary table and the steps. Uso superkicks him. Uso superkicks him outside. Logan Paul gets in the ring and Uso jumps on him off the top. Uso wins via DQ.

Thoughts: We didn't get to see much of this before it ended but it was going okay.

Uso is double teamed after. Jey Uso comes out and hands Jimmy crutches. The Uso's hit The Vision with the crutches and lariat Logan over the top with one. AT takes a 3D.

Adam Pearce is talking to Nick Aldis on the phone. Danhausen shakes Adam's hand. He says he has a list of demands. Adam asks why the list is soggy and Dan says it fell in the toilet. Adam asks Judgment Day if they met Dan. Dan says hi to them and can't remember JD's name. Dan touches Dom's title and says it's nice. Dom says to beat it before something bad happens to him. Dan curses Dom and disappears.

Thoughts: This was a much better segment than Danhausen's debut and it's too bad they didn't debut him this way.

Jackie Redmond interviews Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky on the stage. RR says losing their Women's Tag Titles sucked. RR says Iyo has been her opponent, partner and best friend. RR thanks her for supporting her and being by her. She thanks her for pulling her out of a very dark situation. Iyo says RR would do the same for her but showed everyone why she is always awesome. Iyo says she will be okay on Raw and tells her to win the title at Mania. RR says she will win it for her. She tells her to hold down Raw for her. RR says she will see Jade face to face on SD and will be leaving the new Women's champ.

Thoughts: It feels like Rhea and Iyo are done and kind of confirms Rhea is winning the title at Mania.

WWE Intercontinental Title - Dominik Mysterio (c) vs Penta

They trade waistlocks. Dom back elbows him. They superkick each other. Penta flying headscissors him. Dom superkicks him. Dom goes for a dive and is kicked. Penta dropkicks him out then tope con hilos him. We go to break and return. 

Dom misses a slingshot swanton and takes lariats. Penta slingblade facebusters him then kicks him in the back of the head. Dom headbusters him for 2. Dom hits 2 suplexes then Penta hits one on him. They fight on the buckles. Dom boots him hard and ddt's him on the apron.

They trade shots. Penta superkicks him and gets hit as he springboards. Dom triangle springboard plancha's Penta outside. Dom crossbodies Penta over the timekeeper's rail. We go to break and return.

Penta top rope crossbodies him and flying headscissors him. Penta enzugiri's him in the corner and handstand double pendulum boots him in the corner for 2. Dom hits shots on Penta in the corner and is superkicked into the buckles. Penta up and over backcrackers him for 2. Dom michinoku drivers him for 2. Dom 619's Penta. Penta armcranks Dom. Penta hits a made in Japan for 2. Penta stomps Dom in the corner. The ref pulls him off. Penta corner spears Dom then misses a corner spear. 

Dom asks JD McDonaugh to get the hammer. Finn stops JD when he tries and says no as he says Dom wanted to do this by himself. Penta tope con hilos Finn and JD. Penta canadian destroyers Dom and pins him.

Thoughts: Dom had to lose eventually I suppose but it's risky to mess with things that are working. Dom's probably going to be feuding with Finn though. I don't think Dom and Penta had the best match they could have and it was a little slow between the various spots. I thought it was just average.

Penta holds the title up as fireworks shoot off.

Roman Reigns comes out. CM Punk comes out right after. Punk asks why he looks so angry and says he's giving Roman what he wants. H says he's acknowledging him. They talk about some tweet that Roman made at Punk and Punk says it didn't bother him. Punk says the bags under his eyes are so big as he has to carry Roman's BS for 7 weeks til Mania. He says they have history in the WWE as The Shield debuted here and he brought him to the dance. Roman says he brought the other two, not him. 

Punk says he feels like he won Mania already judging by the crowd. He says he's in his head and is under his skin. He says he can see right through him. Roman says he does hate him. He says he'd be indifferent to him if he didn't have the title and he wouldn't exist to him.

Roman keeps calling him Phil and says they brought him back to please the 30-40 year old virgins and to pop a Chicago crowd. He says they didn't bring him back to be champ as it's too much above him. Roman says Punk is a liar and they can't trust him. Roman says Punk is complaining in the back and isn't CM Punk, but a punk @ss b!tch to him. He says when he gets the title, he will put him a Cena retirement tour. He says he will send him to NXT where he can teach the next gen. He says Punk can send them up to NXT where he can snatch every one of them. 

Roman walks away and Punk asks if he thinks he can get away with him. Punk says Roman is all alone. He says Roman is chasing him. Punk says he's the champ. Punk says he runs things here and this is his show. He says Roman can hate him but he won't let him disrespect him. He says Roman made the list and he will now bury him instead of beating him at Mania. He says Roman won't be alone as he will bury him next to his father. 

Thoughts: This was designed to make us think they were shooting on each other here. Roman got the best of Punk in this one and Punk had a weird line at the end where he said he would bury him next to his father. This was not as good as their last mic battle.

Overall thoughts: Things started off hot and they had a strong first hour. It was still okay after but cooled off a bit. Dom list his IC Title in a surprise. Gunther and Dragon Lee had a good match. The Grande's continued their feud. The women weren't super active on this show and the Punk/Roman segment wasn't as good as the first one. We also got our second look at Danhausen, who did much better this time around. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 overall and they definitely upped things a bit as the build to Mania heats up. I liked it overall and thought it was good.