WWE Monday Night Raw Full Results (April 4th, 2022)

– The Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns addresses WWE Universe after the huge win at WrestleMania 37

– The American Nightmare Cody Rhodes returns to Raw

– Veer makes his Raw debut and more.

– Tonight’s WWE Raw after WrestleMania opened with Cody Rhodes making his way to the ring and fans chant “welcome back!. Rhodes asks the crowd what they want to talk about and they pop. Rhodes says it’s been 47 days since the abrupt news came out that he was a free agent. He heard all the theories. Everyone thinks the decision to return to WWE was difficult but it was not, it was simple really. 

The “star” that left them in the “dust” and the man that has signed a multi-year agreement, standing here now, and if there was… fans starts “you deserve it!” chant. If there was a glimmer of doubt, then the moment he rose up in front of 70,000+ fans, the moment he made the WrestleMania walk and beat a top Superstar in Seth Rollins, that doubt was eradicated. Rhodes recalls a quote he found, about how a man finds his destiny on the path he takes to avoid it.

Cody shows us a photo of his father, WWE Hall of Famer Dusty Rhodes, on the big screen. It’s so easy to say that’s his father, yeah he’s a legend, a common man, the son of a plumber, but to Cody he was his hero. Fans chant “Dusty!” now. Rhodes says the photo on the screen was taken in 1977 at Madison Square Garden, showing Dusty holding the title that WWE Hall of Famers like Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels and Triple H would get their hands on, and many other greats. 

Cody says this photo was on the mantel in his parent’s bedroom until his father’s last day. Cody gets a bit emotional and says as he got hip to the industry, he found the courage to say to his dad, he didn’t know he was champion like Hogan was. His dad looked at him with the same eyes his daughter Liberty does, and explained how it was champion’s advantage and he won by count out but didn’t take the title home.

Cody was just 8 years old and he knew then that he would win this title one day, he would place it and bestow it into the hands of The American Dream, telling him no one can take it from you now. Rhodes says for those who are new to his journey, unfortunately that Dream died, it died right in front of him, the opportunity passed.

Cody is getting emotional as he continues with this story. He says that opportunity passed, or did it? He says he cannot physically put that title into his father’s hands, he can’t physically bestow it onto The American Dream, but he can certainly put it around the waist of The American Nightmare. Fans chant “Cody!” and “you can do it!” now. 

Cody says his intentions are clear, he’s made it clear, he stands in front of us ready, finally ready, and he’s going to do it, he’s going to give the distinction that his family has long since been denied, he’s doing it for the fans, for himself, for his family, and he’s going to do it for The American Dream, Dusty Rhodes. Now, music interrupts and here comes Seth Rollins.

Rollins enters the ring and stares Rhodes down. Rhodes stares back and drops the mic, then extends his hand for a shake. Rollins just looks at him as they stand in the middle of the ring. Fans chant “yes!” now. Rollins finally shakes Cody’s hand while smiling and mouthing something to him that we can’t hear. Cody’s back up as Rollins exits the ring. Graves says Rollins said “welcome home” to Cody.

– WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Sasha Banks and Naomi defeated Liv Morgan and Rhea Ripley via pinfall. After the match, Banks and Naomi stood tall and celebrates before exiting the ring. Ripley comes back in and she’s disappointed with Liv. Liv tries to talk to her but Ripley walks off. Liv is confused. Ripley walks off and here comes Kevin Owens.

– Kevin Owens in the ringa and says he may have made a mistake at WrestleMania Saturday when he had WWE Hall of Famer Steve Austin on The KO Show. Owens admits he underestimated The Texas Rattlesnake a little bit because Stone Cold is still great, but you’d have to be great to step in the ring with the greatest of all-time, Kevin Owens. Owens yells at the crowd about how great he is. 

Owens then says he went into the match with a bad back injury. He goes on about how he probably should’ve taken time off to heal up. Owens says as great as the win was for Austin, it should be listed in the record books as being over someone who wasn’t 100%, actually it should be stricken from the record books altogether. Owens goes on ranting about his back and Austin. But music interrupts and here comes Elias with a totally new look. 

Owens asks if this is Elias, and where the hell has he been? Owens asks why Elias is interrupting him. Elias says he is not Elias, he is the younger brother to Elias. The name is Ezekiel. Owens says no, he recognizes those eyes, this is Elias. He insists he’s the younger brother to Elias, named Ezekiel. Owens hates liars. Ezekiel says he must hate himself then, because he lied to Stone Cold on Saturday and because of that he got Stunned. 

Fans chant “you got Stunned!” as Owens says he doesn’t like Elias. Owens gives Ezekiel 10 seconds to get out of his ring or else. Fans count down with Owens. Owens counts down but he leaves the ring to boos instead of doing anything about it. Owens marches to the backstage while Ezekiel looks on with a smirk on his face.

– The Miz defeated Dominik Mysterio in squash match. After the match, The Miz stood tall and Rey comes in to check on his son. Miz poses in the corner but the music interrupts and here comes Veer Mahaan for his re-debut. Miz leaves as Veer hits the ring and poses. 

Veer suddenly attacks Dominik. Rey attacks Veer but Veer drops him with a big clothesline, then smashes him into the mat. Veer smashes Dominik next and applies a modified Camel Clutch submission. Dominik taps and yells out but Veer isn’t letting go. Fans boo Veer as he finally lets go and stands tall over Dominik.

– The new Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair makes her way to the ring. She thanks everyone for never giving up on her until she got back what is her own. Belair is sporting a bad shiner from a kick she took from Becky Lynch at WrestleMania, and she acknowledges the black eye, but says it all goes back to SummerSlam. Belair learned not to take any of this for granted because it can be taken away so quick and that hurt.

Belair goes on about being a fighting champion and ready to face anyone in the back. After Saturday she is different, she is better. She says the fans deserve better than Lynch, so she became better. Belair hypes herself up some more and poses as the pyro explodes. Belair raises the title in the air to end the segment.

– Bron Breakker defeated Dolph Ziggler via pinfall and became the new NXT Champion.

– MVP is in the ring and says actions speak louder than words, and it’s his pleasure to introduce a man who spoke volumes with his actions at WrestleMania. MVP says Bobby Lashley, without an ounce of help, triumphed over the Goliath that has been terrorizing Raw as of late, and he didn’t even need MVP’s help.

MVP goes on hyping Lashley up some more until the music hits and here comes Bobby Lashley do. Lashley says he couldn’t resist the WrestleMania challenge for Omos, he had to see how big and tough he was. Lashley knew when he knocked Omos on his ass last week, he knew it could be done. Lashley admits Omos beat the hell out of him at WrestleMania as the strongest, most powerful and meanest man he’s ever faced. 

Lashley knew the only way he could win was for Omos to make a mistake and then it would be 1-2-3, and that’s exactly what happened. But music interrupts and here comes Omos. He says he wants his rematch because that was a fluke. MVP takes the mic and announces that Omos wants his rematch. Omos and Lashley face off in the middle of the ring. 

MVP suddenly drops Lashley from behind by taking his knee out. Omos decks Lashley and now MVP mounts Lashley with punches and trash talking. MVP is yelling about how Lashley doesn’t need him anymore. Omos holds Lashley and MVP decks him. MVP orders while Omos destroys Lashley some more. MVP delivers his Yakuza Kick in the corner. Omos drives Lashley into the mat one more time and poses over Lashley. MVP points his cane at Omos and shakes his hand with Omos.

– Liv Morgan is looking for Rhea Ripley at backstage and she finds her. Ripley reveals that Adam Pearce has granted her request for a shot at the WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles for next week. Liv thanks her and says let’s go get the gold. The segment ends with Liv and Ripley on the same page.

– Zelina Vega and Carmella makers their way to the ring for match against Natalya and Shayna Baszler. Vega interrupts as Mike Rome is about to announce their opponents. Vega says before that she has one thing she has to get off her chest. Vega says Carmella is the reason they lost their titles and she’s too pre-occupied with herself. Vega also mentions how Carmella is too obsessed with her man, Corey Graves, but he sure is a good looking man.

Carmella grabs the mic and they have some words. Carmella thought Vega would be one of her bridesmaids, but now all she can be is a flower girl. Vega decks Carmella with a big forearm and attacks, sending her to the floor. Carmella is down at the announce table as Graves gets up to check on her. Carmella grabs Graves and they start kissing.

– The Usos approach Austin Theory backstage, and Theory is seething. The Usos point out how mad Theory looks, and say they’re not unhappy like he is because they got the W at WrestleMania. They go on and say tonight they will show RK-Bro why The Bloodline controls all of WWE. The Usos say they almost believed the hype on Theory from WWE Chairman & CEO Vince McMahon but then he got beat by a retired NFL player and a retired Stone Cold. 

They go on taunting Theory and he’s heard enough. He says McAfee got lucky and he’s not even going to talk about Austin. Theory says Mr. McMahon never makes a mistake and he is the best investment Vince has ever made. As far as tonight, Theory says Finn Balor might as well be Theory because he’s going to catch a beating. Theory says “A-Town down!” as he walks off and The Usos smile.

– The Usos and Autin Theory defeated RK-Bro and Finn Balor via pinfall.

– Edge makes his way to the ring. He says he is honest man. He said AJ would meet his end at WrestleMania, and he did, but Edge didn’t count on Priest showing up. Edge goes on and says for too long Priest fought his inner-self, just like Edge, he tried to be a good role model for all you sheep, just like Edge. Some fans chant “we are sheep!” now and Edge says that’s very telling, calling them idiots. Edge says without further ado, he demands everyone rise for the man who will be Edge’s punishment for the guilty – Damian Priest.

The music hits and here comes Priest, who is also wearing a black suit. Priest enters the ring and they shake hands. Edge asks what it was about his words that caused Priest to take back his career. Priest says it goes without saying how much Edge has meant to him for a very long time. Weeks leading into WrestleMania, Priest was lost… fans interrupt with a “we don’t care!” chant. Priest says there was a time that would’ve bothered him… Edge says not anymore, losers. 

Priest says he once tried to please everyone, but himself. Fans chant “we are losers!” now. Priest agrees and goes on about how it felt like Edge’s message was speaking directly to him, which is why it was so easy to make the decision to pledge his loyalty to Edge. Now, says this was the best decision of Priest’s life. Edge goes on and says they judged AJ at WrestleMania, and now they will pass judgement on anyone who challenges Edge’s message… their message. 

Edge knows AJ is going to keep coming. He wanted the Pitbull version of AJ and he got it. He goes on and says AJ’s best option is to fight, but he has to think of his family and his children, they need a father… music interrupts and here comes AJ ready to fight. Priest tries to attack AJ on the ramp but he ducks a swing and unloads on Priest, fighting him to the ringside area and tossing him over the barrier. 

AJ hits the ring and goes to work on Edge. AJ launches Edge into the ring post a few times. AJ goes to the timekeeper’s area and brings two steel chairs into the ring. AJ wants payback for the Con-Chair-To from weeks ago, but Priest rushes the ring and beats AJ down. Priest stomps away in the corner now. Edge recovers and they hit a double team assisted Spear to lay AJ out. They grab the chairs for another Con-Chair-To but WWE officials hit the ring to make the save. Edge and Priest look down at AJ and smirk, then drop the chairs and exit the ring.

– The Street Profits defeated Alpha Academy via pinfall.

–  The Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns, SmackDown Tag Team Champions The Usos, and Paul Heyman makes their way to the ring. Heyman hands Reigns the mic and he says he knows what we want, why fans are here, but they’re going to switch things up tonight. Reigns calls on Heyman to explain The Bloodline’s success. 

Heyman puts over The Usos’ title reigns and Reigns’ various successes and milestones as champion. Heyman goes on and says Reigns is the single-handed biggest star in sports entertainment, he is Undisputed Roman Reigns. Fans chant “Roman!” now. He takes the mic and brings up the saying that says what’s good for Reigns is good for WWE. Reigns brags about the billion dollar deals coming in with him at The Head of The Table.

Reigns further says he is the last real needle-mover because he is operating at God Mode. Reigns says he’s so much more than that – he’s a man of his word and he delivered. He said he would smash Brock Lesnar and what did he do? He smashed him. Reigns says other men would hang their hat on this weekend but not him because he’s never content. 

Reigns continued that he’s a progressive Tribal Chief and constantly on the move. Reigns reveals that they will let fans know what the next move is on this Friday’s SmackDown. But until then, Reigns calls on Dallas to acknowledge him. Many fans pop and raise their fingers in the air while Reigns is all smiles, looking out at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. The post-WrestleMania 38 edition of WWE Monday Night Raw goes off the air.