{"id":123903,"date":"2024-04-08T12:17:09","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T16:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=123903"},"modified":"2024-04-08T12:17:09","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T16:17:09","slug":"preview-wwe-raw-4-8-24-raw-after-wrestlemania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/08\/preview-wwe-raw-4-8-24-raw-after-wrestlemania\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE Raw (4\/8\/24) \u2013 Raw After WrestleMania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0after WrestleMania is one of the most anticipated shows of the year. After a\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania 40<\/span><\/em><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> two-night extravaganza that gave fans a lot to enjoy, they can expect <em>WWE<\/em> <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Raw<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0to deliver as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> airs live from the Wells Fargo Center, in Philadelphia at 7CT\/8ET on the USA Network. More than <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/event\/raw-after-wrestlemania-0\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">18,000 fans are expected at the Wells Fargo<\/a>, making it the highest attended <em>WWE Raw\u00a0<\/em>since 2012.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Here, we preview\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0after\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WrestleMania.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>WWE Raw After WrestleMania Match Card<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">There are no matches announced for\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">yet. We can expect to find out the match card at the top of the show. But a lot of time will need to be saved for new champions to cut celebratory promos.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">New Era, New Story<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE mentioned a \u2018new era\u2019 a lot across <em>WrestleMania 40<\/em> weekend. It backed up this claim of a fresh era by giving fans a slew of new champions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Cody Rhodes<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/07\/andnew-cody-rhodes-finishes-story-wwe-wrestlemania-40\/\" target=\"_self\">finished his story and the reign of <strong>Roman Reigns<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong> The new Undisputed WWE Champion will appear and set out what his story as champion will look like. He&#8217;s been undesirable, then undeniable but now he&#8217;s undisputed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This could be Rhodes&#8217;s last appearance on <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">for a while. WWE <\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">SmackDown<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0is where he should focus his time to allow another new champion to succeed at the top of\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FINISHED. THE. STORY. \u2764\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CodyRhodes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#CodyRhodes<\/a> earned that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WrestleMania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WrestleMania<\/a> moment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U5IAnBimgv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/U5IAnBimgv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1777164484240376140?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 8, 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><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">New World Heavyweight Champion\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If Rhodes was the shock most fans wanted, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/07\/andnew-damian-priest-cashes-money-in-the-bank-wrestlemania-xl\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Damian Priest<\/strong> cashing in his Money in the Bank briefcase<\/a> to win the World Heavyweight Championship was the shock nobody saw coming. What made it more shocking was the cash in came seconds after <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/07\/andnew-drew-mcintyre-defeats-seth-rollins-wwe-wrestlemania-40\/\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Drew McIntyre<\/strong> had won the championship<\/a> from <strong>Seth Rollins.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Judgement Day\u00a0<\/strong>now hold both the men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s World Heavyweight championships. So a dominant celebration by the faction is likely inside the Wells Fargo Center.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> We can expect these three to feud over the championship as the top storyline on\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">moving forward<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0\u00a0Perhaps with <strong>CM Punk<\/strong> in the mix. If Priest is to succeed as champion it needs to be treated as the top title on\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Priest reflects on Se\u00f1or Money in the Bank: WrestleMania XL Sunday Press Conference highlights\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IN303PnVWAM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Two More New Champions on WWE Raw After WrestleMania<\/h3>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Gunther<\/span><\/strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0lost his Intercontinental Championship after a record 666 days. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/08\/predicting-sami-zayns-first-opponent-for-the-wwe-intercontinental-championship\/\" target=\"_self\">Sami Zayn is the man who now carries the gold<\/a>. He\u2019s the most likely of our new champs to be in action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Miz and R-Truth are now the Raw WWE Tag Teams Champions. Having the experienced duo hold the gold should help develop some younger teams on the Raw roster and help them develop. It is likely that we could see a few of these teams emerge as immediate contenders to The Miz &amp; R-Truth.<\/span><\/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 Apr 08, 2024 \u2022 7:30 PM<br \/>Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia, PA<\/p>\n<p>Available Tickets: 177<br \/>Current Setup: 18,336<br \/>Tickets Distributed: 18,159<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf05 | Morning update<br \/>\ud83d\udcc8 | +951 since the last update (4 days ago)<br \/>\u23ee | 1\/23\/2023 Raw: 14,451 (SOLD OUT) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1FZvA9FBpU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/1FZvA9FBpU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WrestleTix (@WrestleTix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WrestleTix\/status\/1777301637935054881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 8, 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. 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>WWE Raw\u00a0after WrestleMania is one of the most anticipated shows of the year. After a\u00a0WrestleMania 40 two-night extravaganza that gave fans a lot to enjoy, they can expect WWE Raw\u00a0to deliver as well. WWE Raw airs live from the Wells Fargo Center, in Philadelphia at 7CT\/8ET on the USA Network. More than 18,000 fans are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3852,"featured_media":123913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2192,25,4,3],"tags":[98,6558,686,77,106,76],"class_list":["post-123903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-america","category-wrestling","category-raw","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-cody-rhodes","tag-damian-priest","tag-drew-mcintyre","tag-roman-reigns","tag-sami-zayn","tag-seth-rollins"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3852"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}