– Triple H kicked off tonight’s RAW and revealed that Brock Lesnar renegotiated his contract with WWE earlier today, and he will be a Free Agent.
He then revealed the Round 1 Draft picks for tonight:
Pick 1 (RAW): SmackDown Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley
Pick 2 (SmackDown): United States Champion Austin Theory
Pick 3 (RAW): Seth Rollins
Pick 4 (SmackDown): Charlotte Flair
Triple H also noted that the new World Heavyweight Champion will be crowned on the RAW brand, since Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns was drafted to SmackDown on Friday.
– Paul Heyman said the World Heavyweight Championship would look so good and relevant around the waist of “The Tribal Chief” Roman Reigns, but sadly it’s not possible since Reigns is on SmackDown.
Heyman then took a shot at the jokers in the back on the RAW roster that are running their mouths about Roman. This led to Seth Rollins coming out and the fans in attendance singing his theme song.
Rollins said Heyman must be really happy since Roman was drafted to SmackDown, now Heyman doesn’t have to pull strings backstage to keep him away from Roman.
Seth said he’s going to become the World Heavyweight Champion at Night Of Champions and will show the people what a real World Champion is.
Heyman called Roman on the phone and Seth threatened to stomp Heyman. This led to Solo Sikoa coming out. Seth vs. Sikoa will take place tonight.
– Damage CTRL (Bayley & Dakota Kai) def. WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez
– It was shown that Adam Pearce met Brock Lesnar earlier today. Pearce said Cody Rhodes is going to be here tonight and Pearce would like peace. Lesnar said ‘good luck with that’.
– WWE Hall of Fame couple Booker T & Queen Sharmell came out to announce the Round 2 Draft picks:
Pick 5 (RAW): Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions Sami Zayn & Kevin Owens
Pick 6 (SmackDown): The Usos
Pick 7 (RAW): Judgment Day (Finn Balor, Dominik Mysterio & Damian Priest)
Pick 8 (SmackDown): LWO (Rey Mysterio, Santos Escobar, Zelina Vega, Cruz Del Toro & Joaquin Wilde)
– Braun Strowman & Ricochet def. Chad Gable & Otis (with Maxxine Dupri)
– Shawn Michaels & Adam Pearce came out to announce the Round 3 Draft picks, but Brock Lesnar interrupted. Pearce said to Brock that this is a big deal, he can’t interrupt, but Brock doesn’t care.
Lesnar asked Texas fans how does it feel to see the only real Cowboy here tonight. Pearce then called out Security. Lesnar said it’s going to take a lot more men to make him leave. Pearce then called out more security.
Cody Rhodes then came out from behind and knocked down Lesnar with a punch. Lesnar rolled out of the ring, while the security stopped Cody. Cody busted open Lesnar’s nose with the punch.
.@CodyRhodes just ambushed @BrockLesnar days before #WWEBacklash!
Who will be victorious when these two go one-on-one for the very first time this Saturday?#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/K97VzTnlm6
— WWE (@WWE) May 2, 2023
– Shawn Michaels then announced the Round 3 Draft picks all by himself:
Pick 9 (RAW): WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez
Pick 10 (SmackDown): Asuka
Pick 11 (RAW): The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods)
Pick 12 (SmackDown): The Brawling Brutes (Sheamus, Butch & Ridge Holland)
– Matt Riddle def. Jimmy Uso
– Jey Uso questioned Paul Heyman why Solo Sikoa wasn’t at ringside for Jimmy’s match. Heyman said Roman Reigns has given Solo’s another job tonight.
– Eric Bischoff and Rob Van Dam announced the Round 4 Draft picks:
Pick 13 (RAW): Trish Stratus
Pick 14 (SmackDown): Karrion Kross & Scarlett
Pick 15 (RAW): Ronda Rousey & Shayna Baszler
Pick 16 (SmackDown): LA Knight
– Shinsuke Nakamura appeared on Miz TV and mocked The Miz for having tiny balls. Miz tried to attack him, but Nakamura laid him out with a Kinshasa.
– Omos def. Anthony Alanis
– Molly Holly & Road Dogg announced the Round 5 Draft picks:
Pick 17 (RAW): Braun Strowman & Ricochet
Pick 18 (SmackDown): Shotzi
Pick 19 (RAW): Bronson Reed
Pick 20 (SmackDown): Former NXT Tag Team Champions Pretty Deadly
– Judgment Day def. LWO
– Cody Rhodes said he needs to defeat Brock Lesnar at Backlash, or his goal of ‘Finishing The Story’ ceases to exist and he goes to the back of the line, and he will never go to the back of the line ever again.
– Teddy Long & JBL announced the Round 6 Draft picks:
Pick 21 (RAW): Chad Gable & Otis
Pick 22 (SmackDown): Rick Boogs
Pick 23 (RAW): Katana Chance & Kayden Carter from NXT
Pick 24 (SmackDown): Cameron Grimes from NXT
– Seth Rollins def. Solo Sikoa via DQ after The Usos attacked Rollins
Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn & Matt Riddle then made the save for Rollins.
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