WWE Monday Night Raw preview, April 1: Watch online

Here’s all the information you need for the April 1, 2019 edition of WWE Monday Night Raw.

Well folks, we’ve made it. The longest-anticipated week of the pro wrestling year is here: WrestleMania week. Kicking off the festivities is the go-home edition of this week’s WWE Monday Night Raw. And there are a couple of surprises in store as we head into the company’s biggest annual event.

We’ll start off with a huge eight-woman tag team match, featuring Superstars from Raw and SmackDown Live. Bayley and Sasha Banks have seen competition from both brands, since becoming the first WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions back at Fastlane last month. This week, we’ll get a taste of everything they’ve so far seen, as they will team up with Natayla and WWE Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix to take on The IIconics (Peyton Royce and Billie Kay), Tamina Snuka and Nia Jax.

The IIconics scored a major pinfall over the champions on SmackDown Live a week ago, and would love to carry that momentum into this week. On the champions side, they get to team with a woman who hasn’t been in the ring on Raw in six years, Phoenix. Can they coexist to deal with the IIconics, Tamina and Nia, or will recent problems with Natalya and Phoenix come back into the picture?

Speaking of the women, we will also see another clash, as we get a preview of this Sunday’s main event for the Raw Women’s Championship. As we know, Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair and Ronda Rousey will compete this weekend in a triple threat match for the title. But this week, they must work together in a six-woman tag match against The Riott Squad. Can they put their championship match to the side for one night, or will Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan and Sara Logan use their solidarity to put a bigger wedge between the three women?

It’s going to be a very busy week for Ricochet and Aleister Black. This Friday night at NXT Takeover: New York, they will face the War Raiders for the NXT Tag Team Championships. But before they get there, they have a chance to walk into that match as the reigning WWE Raw Tag team Champions. They will face off against champions The Revival, with the titles on the line. The last time these two teams clashed, former champions Bobby Roode and Chad Gable stormed the ring and caused a disqualification. Since titles can’t change hands that way, it set up for a rematch between the two. Can they strike gold and walk into WrestleMania weekend as champions, or will they fall victim to The Revival once again?

As we know by now, Batista and Triple H are on a collision course for WrestleMania in a no holds barred match. Batista has been making demands ever since crashing Ric Flair’s 70th birthday celebration several weeks back, and Triple H is giving The Animal what he wants. The Game has agreed to put his in-ring career on the line against his former Evolution teammate. Word is, Batista will be on Raw this week to address Triple H’s acceptance of the match and its stipulations. This should be get interesting.

Last week, Seth Rollins got in the face of Paul Heyman, and promised to not only take the Universal Championship from Brock Lesnar this Sunday but also warned he would burn “Suplex City” to the ground. How will Lesnar respond, six days before their championship match on the grandest stage in sports entertainment?

Date: Monday, April 1, 2019
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Location: Capital One Arena
Venue: Washington, D.C.
TV Info: USA Network
Live Stream: USA Live

As if all of that wasn’t enough, Kurt Angle will compete in his final Raw match this week against Rey Mysterio. It will all culminate in his farewell match this Sunday against Baron Corbin, so we’ll get a final Raw look this week at the Olympic gold medalist before he hangs up the boots.

This is always known as the biggest week of the year in sports entertainment. It will start with Raw, and all the fun and festivities will finally conclude next Tuesday night on SmackDown Live. It’s going to be a whirlwind of excitement over the next few days; sit back and enjoy the ride.