{"id":123699,"date":"2024-04-01T08:06:30","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T12:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=123699"},"modified":"2024-04-01T08:06:30","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T12:06:30","slug":"preview-wwe-raw-4-1-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/01\/preview-wwe-raw-4-1-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE Raw (4\/1\/24) \u2013 The Rock, Roman &#038;, Match Card For WrestleMania Go-Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Rock<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0will come back to &#8230; Brooklyn for this week&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. WWE is advertising his appearance as &#8216;cataclysmic&#8217;. This means there will either be a large-scale and violent, upheaval; or the WWE copywriter doesn&#8217;t understand what cataclysmic means.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Here&#8217;s the match card and our full preview for the final cataclysmic\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0before\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania 40.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> airs live at 7CT\/8ET on the USA Network. The Final\u00a0<em>WWE Raw\u00a0<\/em>before\u00a0<em>Wrestlemania 40\u00a0<\/em>is sold out at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn, NY.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Full WWE Raw Match Card:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sami Zayn vs. &#8220;Big&#8221; Bronson Reed<\/li>\n<li>Tommaso Ciampa &amp; Johnny Gargano &#8220;#DIY&#8221; &amp; Kofi Kingston &amp; Xavier Woods &#8220;The New Day&#8221; vs. Finn Balor, Damian Priest, Dominik Mysterio &amp; JD McDonagh &#8220;The Judgement Day&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Candice LaRae &amp; Indi Hartwell vs. Maxxine Dupri &amp; Ivy Nile<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Rock Comes Back To &#8230; WWE Raw\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">January 1, 2024. Wrestling fans were nursing headaches from New Year\u2019s Eve, unprepared that what was left of their minds was about to be blown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Rock returned at\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Raw WWE Day 1.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0&#8220;The Great One&#8221; dropped a not-so-subtle hint that he wanted a match with his cousin\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Roman Reigns<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0when he asked if he should sit at \u2018the head of the table\u2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Rock&#8217;s surprise return was a signal of things to come. WWE would hit form. A conspiracy between Roman Reigns and The Rock to headline\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania 40<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0was derailed by\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Cody Rhodes<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. There\u2019s been a couple of slaps exchanged between Rock and Rhodes. A Rock concert, epic and explicit social media promos, and even a rendition of You&#8217;re Welcome from Moana.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Rock and Reigns will make a final stop to hype \u2018The Biggest Tag Team match in WrestleMania history\u2019 against Rhodes and\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Seth Rollins.<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Anything could happen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Final Boss creates the road we are all on. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RoadToWrestleMania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#RoadToWrestleMania<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Part1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Part1<\/a><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:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Philadelphia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Philadelphia<\/a> <br \/>April 6th + April 7th<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@WWE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TKOGrp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@TKOGrp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PXb7pg3SBe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/PXb7pg3SBe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRock\/status\/1774577694799176140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 31, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw Match Card<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The final\u00a0<em>WWE Raw\u00a0<\/em>before\u00a0<em>WrestleMania 40\u00a0<\/em>features multiple superstars looking to gain momentum to ride into the weekend.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Sami Zayn\u2019s<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0attempt to silence those who think he can\u2019t beat\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gunther<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0at\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania 40<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0fell on deaf ears when he lost to\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bronson Reed<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0last week. Zayn will attempt to block out the noise and avenge that loss in a rematch this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The New Day<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">#DIY<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0were putting on an enjoyable tag match last week before\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Judgement Day<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> turned it into a beatdown. This week, the two teams will combine to face the entire The Judgement Day in an 8-man tag match.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But with three of the six teams set to compete in the\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania 40<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a06-team WWE Undisputed Tag Team Championship ladder match, perhaps we should expect to see interference from\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Miz<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">R-Truth<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">,\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">New Catch Republic<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Grayson Waller<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Austin Theory<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Candice LaRae<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Indi Hartwell<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0will battle\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Maxxine Du Pri<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Ivy Nile<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">. LaRae is the odd one out here as her nefarious ways have been irritating both her opponents and her tag team partner. Could it all come to a head tonight?\u00a0<\/span><\/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. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out an almost unlimited array of WWE content on the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/watch.wwe.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Network<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Peacock<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rock\u00a0will come back to &#8230; Brooklyn for this week&#8217;s\u00a0WWE Raw. WWE is advertising his appearance as &#8216;cataclysmic&#8217;. This means there will either be a large-scale and violent, upheaval; or the WWE copywriter doesn&#8217;t understand what cataclysmic means. 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