WWE Monday Night Raw 4/13/2026

WWE Monday Night Raw 4/13/2026

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/wwe-monday-night-raw-462026.html

We are in Sacramento, CA. Corey Graves and Michael Cole are on commentary.

Roman Reigns does a taped video. He says he told Punk to take advantage of his time and the relevancy he had left. He says Punk lied and tried to revise history. He says the fans lived through it all and Punk exposed himself as a hyprocite. We see clips of Punk double talking himself. 

He says he likes Pat McAfee but never has a punter ran his mouth to him. He says nobody believes in Punk and it's not 2012. He says either Punk will tell the truth or he will.

We see various wrestlers arrive and hang out.

Adam Pearce and Triple H are in the ring. Adam says Oba and Brock will sign their contract tonight seperately.

Paul Heyman comes out. Paul says Adam is correct and says it no one needs to even get close to Brock Lesnar. Brock Lesnar comes out, walks with Paul to the ring and signs his contract. Paul says the contract might as well be a Nigerian death warrant. Brock says we won't know Oba's name after this weekend.

Paul says there will be a winner and a loser at Mania. He says the loser's name is Oba Femi. He then says Brock Lesnar will be the winner. 

We see a video of iShowSpeed working out with Logan Paul and Austin Theory. Speed says he's not a wrestler and says his first match is at Mania. Logan says he's a phenom and is in this whether he wants it or not. He says LA and The Uso's have it out for him. Logan says everyone but them hates him and they got his back. 

We then see Speed training in the ring and doing some holds. He says he's ready and says let's go. 

Lyra Valkyria vs Charlotte Flair

They lock up. Lyra side headlock takeovers her twice. Lyra handstands out of a headscissors and CF kips up. CF waistlock takedowns her then shoulders her over. Lyra piefaces her and CF chops her. Lyra crossbodies her and spinning heel kicks her for 2. 

CF enzugiri's Lyra in the corner. Lyra sweeps her on the apron then dropkicks her through the ropes. CF superkicks her outside. We go to break and return. CF is pulled off the buckles. Lyra top rope guillotine legdrops her for 2. Lyra moonsaults her but CF gets her knees up. Lyra cradles her for 2.

Lyra step up enzugiri's her. CF top rope moonsaults Lyra for 2. Lya gets a 2 count on her. Lyra hits shots to the gut and forearms her. CF chops her. Lyra fisherman suplexes her for 2. CF throws Lyra out onto Bayley outside. CF backrolls Lyra but Bayley trips CF. Lyra then pins CF.

Thoughts: It was alright. Lyra was showing off her agility here and was doing some athletic stuff. The finish was clever with Lyra getting thrown onto Bayley then Bayley getting her revenge on CF.

The Uso's and LA Knight talk in the back. They talk about beating up iShowSpeed. The MFT's walk in. Solo says his family is one big mess. He says The Uso's make the family look bad by hanging out with LA Knight. Jimmy says Solo has a big problem. LA challenges them to a trios match tonight and says they should get some practice.

Stephanie Vaquer comes out and is interviewed by Cathy Kelly. Liv Morgan immediately runs over SV and sends her into Cathy, knocking both down. They fight on the mat and officials come to break it up. Liv gets on the mic and says let's go right here. Liv says she knew her mom was trash but didn't know she raised a little b!tch. SV gets back in and they fight more before it is broken up. Cathy Kelly has to be helped to the back.

Iyo Sky is interviewed. She says she lost to Jade but says she doesn't like losing for her friends. Asuka and Kairi Sane come in. Asuka says Rhea is not Iyo's family. Asuka says Iyo went to Wrestlemania as women's champ last year but is just Rhea's sidekick. Iyo tries to turn Sane against Asuka and Asuka says it'll be Iyo vs Sane tonight.

The Uso's (Jimmy and Jey Uso) and LA Knight vs The MFT's (Solo Sikoa, JC Mateo and Tonga Loa)

JC hits punches on Jey. Jey superkicks him in the gut then uppercuts him. Jey hits a corner splash then lariats JC over the top. Jey suicide dives JC. 

We go to break and return. Solo does a trapezius hold on Jey. Jey punches the heels. Solo back elbows Jey. Jey spinning enzugiri's Solo. LA and Loa get in. LA backdrops him then sends JC out. LA reverse ddt's Loa. LA double jump elbow drops Loa. JC splashes LA.

Solo samoan spikes Jimmy. Jey is caught on a tope and his head is banged off the commentary table. Tama Tonga arrives at ringside. Solo asks where he was. Talla stares down Tama. LA hits a BFT on Loa and wins.

Thoughts: It was short and kind of a waste of time. We didn't get much at all here before the faces won.

Gunther is in the ring to talk. Seth Rollins takes him down and beats him up before he says anything. Seth gets on the mic. He says that was Gunther's receipt for jumping him 2 weeks in a row. He says he will finish the job at Mania. He says if it is personal, Gunther should come down and tell him why he wants to fight him at Mania.

Gunther says he is solving Heyman's problem with a smile on his face. He says Seth is p!ssing him off. He says Seth strutted like he's the best for years around here. Gunther says he is. He says Seth was a useful idiot for Heyman when he was champ. He says it's personal to expose that Seth can't lace his boots. They shove each other and trade punches. 

Seth knees him out of the ring. Gun runs to avoid a curbstomp. 

Thoughts: They tried. It's a little too late though and there's only so much that could be done with this.

We get a Demon Balor tease.

Dominik Mysterio complains to Adam Pearce about having to face the demon at Mania. Dom says to cancel the match. Adam puts over Dom's dad and says Dom is getting what he deserves at Wrestlemania.

Iyo Sky vs Kairi Sane

Sane and Iyo hit mounted shots on each other. Sane flying battering rams her in the gut. Sane flying forearms her in the corner. Sane top rope diving forearms Iyo. Sane snapmares her and sleepers her. 

Iyo rolls her. Iyo headflips out of a headscissors. Iyo flips over Sane's back and basement dropkicks her. Iyo is pulled down off the apron. Iyo superkicks her outside then moonsaults her off the apron. 

We go to break and return. Iyo drops Sane with shots and mule kicks her in the face. Iyo kicks Sane over the 2nd rope. Iyo top rope dropkicks her. Iyo corner meteora's her. Iyo is pushed into the post. They fight on the buckles. Iyo hangs from there and Asuka bangs Iyo's head off the post. 

Rhea Ripley comes out and goes after Asuka. Jade Cargill nails Rhea from behind. They beat up on Rhea and Iyo topes Jade. Sane grab Iyo by the hair. Iyo is then swept up top onto the buckles by Asuka. Sane rolls up Iyo and pins her.

Thoughts: It was fine but had a bunch of run-in's here with 4 people getting involved. It wasn't their best work or anything. Iyo took some rough bumps in this.

Adam Pearce and Triple H are in the ring to have Oba Femi sign his contract for Mania. I think Oba has a new intro for his music. Oba Femi comes out. Paul Heyman comes out and says he's never seen anyone come out like the newest biggest star as fast Oba Femi. He says Oba is a violent man. Heyman says he's the most impressive fighter and athlete since Brock. 

Paul says it all comes to an end on Sunday and will come crashing down. He says Oba will be conquered by Brock. Paul says his door will always be open to him when he rebuilds his career.

Oba says it's taking a lot not to come down there and beat him up. He says if he beats him up, his wounds will heal but when he beats Brock, his emotional scars will be there forever. He says it's not just business, it's different. He says it's time to put an end to the beast. He says if Paul was honest, he would say Brock is afraid of Oba. Oba says he's the one and Paul will know it at Mania.

We see a Liv Morgan music video called "Bite Me".

JD McDonaugh and Rusev vs Dragon Lee and Je'Von Evans

JD nails Lee from behind and hits shots. JD chops and stomps him. JD suplexes him for 2. Rusev suplexes Lee around. Rusev elbow drops him and kicks him in the back. JD backdrops Lee. Rusev stomps Lee then knees him in the gut. Lee hurricanrana's Rusev.

Evans comes in and flying knees Rusev. Evans suicide dives JD. Evans springboard diving lariats Rusev. Rusev is pulled over the top. Rusev stops Evans' dive. JD asai moonsaults Lee outside. Rusev catches Evans' dive and fallaway slams him over the commentary table.

We go to break and return. Lee flying headscissors JD off the apron to the floor. Lee rebound germans JD then superkicks him. JD standing spanish flies Lee. Evans corkscrew kicks Rusev off the ropes. Evans suicide dives him. Lee hits a styles clash on JD and wins.

Thoughts: It was a fun little throwaway match. The faces did lots of flying here and Rusev threw them around something. It didn't get a chance to be great but what we got was okay.

Rusev beats up the faces after. Rey Mysterio comes out to stop him. Penta comes down and Rusev takes him out. Rusev uranage's Evans. JD tries to make friends with Rusev and is dropped. Rusev drops all of his opponents. Rusve does the camel clutch to Lee. 

Adam Pearce is on the phone. Danhausen pops up behind him and asks if he's talking to John Cena. Dan says he wants to talk John Cena. Dan then disappears. 

Roman Reigns comes out. CM Punk then comes out before he says much. Punk says he saw Roman's smear campaign video. Punk says he hates him because he envy's him. Punk says all this is all he ever wanted and says it was just handed to Roman. He says he hates how many times Roman has main evented Mania. He says he hates that he feels this way. 

He says Sika was a great man and a hall of famer. He apologizes for using his name in vain. Punk says he hates that's there's more than one royal family in wrestling and he hates that he wasn't born into a dynasty. Punk says he was born in the alley's of Chicago. He said he had to find his own family in the streets of Sacramento, in bingo halls, bowling alley's, VFW's and found his people in the indies. He says he conquered the indies and went to Japan and Puerto Rico. He says he busted his @ss and made wrestling his family. He says he will have gold above his head after Mania and says the ring announcer will say his name while the crowd chants it.

Roman says it's true until the end. He says he hates him and hated him for a long time. He says it's because of his relationship with the fans. He says he hopes the fans miss him like they did with Punk and chant for him for 10 years straight like with Punk. He says the reality is the time is up at Mania. He says it's not "and still" on Sunday, it's "and new". Roman says they will fix the mess he started on Sunday and says he will take back over on Sunday. He says Punk will acknowledge him on Sunday. He says Punk will acknowledge him.

Thoughts: The segment kind of ended quickly with Roman saying his line and the show ending a second later. It was a decent segment but they continue to make it seem like Roman is better than Punk in every way and sadly when it comes to kayfabe stats, he is. 

Overall thoughts: It's the Mania go home show. They didn't want to give too much away here and the stars weren't in action. There wasn't a lot of news or developments and it didn't feel that special. It was okay enough but not much more. It was basically a throwaway show here. I'd give it a 5 out of 10. It was acceptable and maybe okay but that's it.