{"id":123325,"date":"2024-03-17T08:00:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T12:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=123325"},"modified":"2024-03-14T23:06:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T03:06:19","slug":"preview-wwe-raw-3-18-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/03\/17\/preview-wwe-raw-3-18-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE Raw (3\/18\/24) \u2013 Last Woman Standing Match; WrestleMania Tag Ladder Match Qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our <em><strong>WWE Raw<\/strong><\/em> preview. Every tag team worth its salt will be in action on <em>WWE Raw<\/em> as they seek a place in the Six-Pack Ladder match for the <strong>WWE<\/strong> Unified Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Becky Lynch<\/strong> will also continue her strategy of fighting every woman on the <em>Raw<\/em> roster.<\/p>\n<p>WWE Raw takes place in Raleigh, NC, and airs live at 7CT\/8ET on the USA Network. Get the full lowdown in our WWE Raw preview.<\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Full WWE Raw Match Card:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Woman Standing:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Becky Lynch vs. Nia Jax<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania WWE Tag Team Championship Ladder Match Qualifier:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0The Miz &amp; R-Truth vs. &#8220;Indus Sher&#8221; Sanga &amp; Veer<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania WWE Tag Team Championship Ladder Match Qualifier:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0&#8220;Alpha Academy&#8221; Otis &amp; Akira Tozawa vs. &#8220;The New Day&#8221; Kofi Kingston &amp; Xavier Woods\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania WWE Tag Team Championship Ladder Match Qualifier:<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> The Creed Brothers vs. &#8220;DIY&#8221; Tommaso Ciampa &amp; Johnny Gargano\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Lynch Hopes To Be Still Standing For WrestleMania<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Becky Lynch<\/strong> and <strong>Rhea Ripley<\/strong> have taken very different approaches to preparing for their <em><strong>WrestleMania<\/strong><\/em> match. Lynch has been running into challenges from <strong>Liv Morgan<\/strong> and <strong>Nia Jax<\/strong> to prove she&#8217;s still at the level to challenge for Raw&#8217;s top women&#8217;s title.<\/p>\n<p>Ripley has been running her fingers through <strong>Dominik Mysterio&#8217;s<\/strong> mullet. She&#8217;s been the WWE Women&#8217;s World Champion for 352 days, and she has nothing to prove.<\/p>\n<p>Lynch will take on her next challenge on <em>WWE Raw<\/em> this week when she faces Jax in a Last Woman Standing match. This was set after Lynch and Morgan buried the hatchet following their impressive match on last week&#8217;s show. This sickening display of sportsmanship was too much for Jax to handle. So, she promptly put Lynch through the merchandise table.<\/p>\n<p>On that note, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/shop.wwe.com\/en\/sale-items\/os-12+z-9084900924-2894528295\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">WWE Shop.com<\/a> because there are probably some shirts covered in Lynch&#8217;s blood, sweat, and tears at a discount rate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nia Jax just picked her moment to attack!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWERaw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cneYmGT2tr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/cneYmGT2tr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1767361503378710539?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania WWE Tag Team Championship Ladder Match Qualifying Matches\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Six teams will compete across three matches for a place in the <em>WrestleMania<\/em> Six-Pack WWE Tag Team Championship ladder match.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indus Sher<\/strong> will almost certainly lose their match to <strong>R-Truth<\/strong> and <strong>The Miz<\/strong> largely because R-Truth has been embroiled in a storyline with the WWE Tag Team Champions <strong>The Judgement Day<\/strong> all year, whereas Indus Sher hasn&#8217;t had a match on <em>Raw<\/em> since November.<\/p>\n<p>However, R-Truth has some diary management issues, so he might not even show up.<\/p>\n<p>The other two qualifying matches are a tad more challenging to predict. <strong>The New Day<\/strong> should beat the<strong> Otis<\/strong> and <strong>Akira Tozawa<\/strong> from <strong>Alpha Academy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>But after the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/03\/13\/chad-gable-vs-gunther-should-not-happen-at-wrestlemania\/\" target=\"_self\">crippling loss for Alpha Academy&#8217;s Chad Gable<\/a> on last week&#8217;s <em>Raw<\/em>, it wouldn&#8217;t be too shocking if he decides to take Tozawa&#8217;s place. It would make sense for Gable to use his new catchphrase &#8211; &#8216;To me &#8230; It just means more&#8217; to cast Tozawa aside. If he does, the odds are on Gable and his <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2023\/12\/13\/gimmick-changes-2023\/\" target=\"_self\">&#8220;Number 1 Guy,&#8221; Otis,<\/a> winning this one.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, <strong>The Creed Brothers<\/strong> vs. <strong>DIY<\/strong> could go either way. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2023\/11\/07\/the-creed-brothers-wwe-raw\/\" target=\"_self\">The Creed Brothers<\/a> would be a great addition to the ladder match, and a win here would give the young team their first <em>WrestleMania<\/em> moment. But DIY would also be a good fit for the match. DIY is involved in the R-Truth and Judgement Day feud, so perhaps Judgement Day will look to cost them this match.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: As announced by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWERaw<\/a> General Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScrapDaddyAP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@ScrapDaddyAP<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#SmackDown<\/a> General Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealNickAldis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@RealNickAldis<\/a>, there will be a historic 6-Pack Tag Team Ladder Match for the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championship at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WrestleMania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WrestleMania<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CZWckAQqT1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/CZWckAQqT1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1767352904858382343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 12, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Anything Else?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Woman Standing and three epic tag team matches, how dare you expect more? You&#8217;ll get it, though.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Andrade<\/strong> might continue his business negotiations with The Judgement Day. <strong>Drew McIntyre<\/strong> will continue to tell <strong>Seth Rollins<\/strong> how disappointed he is in him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Cody Rhodes<\/strong> gave us an intensity that&#8217;s felt missing recently during his interview with <strong>Michael Cole<\/strong> last week. Hopefully, there will be more of this.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Also, could you take a look at the crowd at the PNC Arena because <em>WWE Raw<\/em> is set for a sellout? This will be the 9th consecutive sellout of the <em>WWE Raw<\/em> TV show.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WWE Monday Night RAW<br \/>Mon \u2022 Mar 18, 2024 \u2022 7:30 PM<br \/>PNC Arena, Raleigh, NC<\/p>\n<p>Available Tickets: 947<br \/>Current Setup: 12,770<br \/>Tickets Distributed: 11,823<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcc8 | +342 since the last update (6 days ago)<br \/>\ud83d\udcc5 | Days until show: 5<br \/>\u23ee | Last visit: 7\/14\/2023 Smackdown: 11,803<br \/>\ud83d\uddd2\ufe0f | This could\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DADUJZ2fT6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/DADUJZ2fT6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WrestleTix (@WrestleTix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WrestleTix\/status\/1768000623130157078?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 13, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013\u00a0<span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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Every tag team worth its salt will be in action on WWE Raw as they seek a place in the Six-Pack Ladder match for the WWE Unified Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania. Becky Lynch will also continue her strategy of fighting every woman on the Raw roster. 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