WWE Monday Night Raw preview, April 8: Watch online

Here’s everything you need to watch this week’s WWE Monday Night Raw”via an online stream.

Happy New Year, sports entertainment fans. The night after WrestleMania is widely viewed as a complete fresh start for WWE, and there is a lot to catch up with after an explosive WrestleMania 35 at MetLife Stadium (MetLife Center, if you’re Hulk Hogan) ahead of this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw.

WrestleMania kicked off by crowning a new mayor of Suplex City. After Paul Heyman stormed to the ring and declared that he and Universal Champion Brock Lesnar wouldn’t hang around if they weren’t on last, he brought The Beast to the ring and kissed his coveted championship goodbye. Seth Rollins would connect with three consecutive big Stomps, and recaptured the gold. With  Lesnar seemingly out of the picture, the man now known as “The BeastSlayer” can focus on giving Monday night’s a fighting champion that will be seen reguarly.

Speaking of new champions, how’s this for an upset: The new Raw Tag Team Champions are Curt Hawkins and Zack Ryder. During the WWE WrestleMania Kickoff Show, The Revival defended the titles against the former Edgeheads, and were upset by the unlikely challengers. The emphasis was on Hawkins, who was on the sour end of a 269-match losing streak. It’s been a frustrating couple of years for Hawkins, but he survived the streak and is now one half of the WWE Raw Tag Team Champions. How will they pull together after their epic win, and face a new set of challenges that lie ahead?

Date: Monday, April 8, 2019
Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Venue: Barclays Center
TV Info: USA Network
Live Stream: USA Live

Also at WrestleMania, the doors closed on another legendary career. Batista and Triple H wore each other out with every possible item they could get their hands on in a no holds barred match. But at the end of the night, it was Triple H that survived a war with Batista. Will The Game be on hand in Brooklyn to address the State of WWE, or his victory over his former Evolution teammate?

We have a new Intercontinental Champion, as “The Demon” Finn Balor defeated Bobby Lashley to claim the title for a second time. Now that Balor has brought the title back to his collection, who will step up and dethrone the Irish superstar?

Finally, the women of WWE took center stage in Sunday night’s main event at WrestleMania. Ronda Rousey put the Raw Women’s Championship on the line against Becky Lynch and SmackDown Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair. The winner-takes-all match had been brewing for over a year, and it resulted in Becky Lynch pulling off the upset and walking out with both championships. What happens now, that “The Man” holds the top women’s prize of both shows?

WrestleMania is now a thing of the past. We start looking ahead to the future, and a new look of the WWE Universe. This week’s Monday Night Raw and SmackDown Live will be catching up on the biggest event of the year, and setting the stage for the next couple of months. Catch your breath, because now the road to next year’s WrestleMania has officially started.