{"id":134253,"date":"2025-04-21T15:06:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T19:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=134253"},"modified":"2025-04-21T16:38:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-21T20:38:37","slug":"preview-wwe-raw-4-21-25-new-champions-appear-on-raw-after-wrestlemania-41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/04\/21\/preview-wwe-raw-4-21-25-new-champions-appear-on-raw-after-wrestlemania-41\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE Raw (4\/21\/25) New Champions Appear on Raw After WrestleMania 41"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WWE Raw after WrestleMania will be an unpredictable show following a shock-filled WrestleMania 41.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s our full preview for WWE Raw after WrestleMania. WWE Raw airs live on Netflix at 8 ET \/ 5 PT from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<h3>WWE Raw Preview: New Champions Galore!<\/h3>\n<p>New Undisputed WWE Champion John Cena will<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/04\/21\/john-cena-tells-fans-to-tune-in-on-monday-to-see-how-i-ruin-wrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"> &#8216;ruin wrestling&#8217;<\/a> tonight on WWE Raw. After an extremely high-quality match card on night two of WrestleMania 41, Cena did his best to ruin wrestling in the main event.<\/p>\n<p>Cena used very sparse moves during the match drawing &#8216;you can&#8217;t wrestle&#8217; chants throughout the Allegiant Stadium, which was largely in support for him.<\/p>\n<p>Cena won the championship thanks to interference from Travis Scott followed by Cena using the championship title as a weapon.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/04\/20\/wwe-wrestlemania-41-john-cena-wins-17th-record-title-controversial\/\" target=\"_self\">now-record 17-time world champion<\/a> will look to create something for the fans to hate on WWE Raw.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THE 1\ufe0f\u20e37\ufe0f\u20e3 TIME CHAMP IS HERE!<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\/WCvyixE512\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/WCvyixE512<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1914149074627858447?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Meantime, Jey Uso will celebrate winning his first World Heavyweight Championship. Yeet!<\/p>\n<p>Becky Lynch and Lyra Valkyria will also be able to lay down their plans for their newly won Women&#8217;s Tag Team Championship.<\/p>\n<h3>Biggest Crowd Reactions Continue on WWE Raw<\/h3>\n<p>There was some massive pops on WrestleMania Sunday &#8211; from &#8220;Stone Cold&#8221; Steve Austin&#8217;s earth-shattering appearance, to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/04\/20\/wwe-wrestlemania-41-becky-lynch-lyra-valkyria\/\" target=\"_self\">Lynch&#8217;s return<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/04\/20\/wwe-wrestlemania-41-randy-orton\/\" target=\"_self\">Joe Hendry<\/a> answering Randy Orton&#8217;s open challenge. But <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/04\/21\/dominik-mysterio-is-the-greatest-intercontinental-champion-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_self\">Dom Mysterio winning the Intercontinental Championship<\/a> garnered the largest reaction to a match outcome.<\/p>\n<p>Expect the often &#8216;bizarre&#8217; WWE Raw after WrestleMania crowd to continue to treat &#8220;Dirty&#8221; Dom as the biggest hero in WWE.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, Seth Rollins and Paul Heyman will tell us all why they created the most shocking moment of WrestleMania Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Doesn&#8217;t leave much room for matches. But we will get some even though nothing has been announced. We will update this WWE Raw preview with the match card as it&#8217;s announced.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u201cDirty\u201d Dominik Mysterio WrestleMania 41 highlights | AND NEW Intercontinental Champion\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/picZuVmUelw?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<h5><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the Last Word on Pro Wrestling for more on WWE 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 WWE programming on Netflix (Raw), USA Network (SmackDown), The CW (NXT), Tubi (WWE Evolve), A&amp;E (WWE Superstar Sunday \u2013 Rivals, WWE LFG, and Greatest Moments) and Peacock (WWE Main Event as well as archives and premium live event streaming). Follow WWE on social media to relive top moments and matches on YouTube, and catch fast-paced action on X (WWE Speed).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE Raw after WrestleMania will be an unpredictable show following a shock-filled WrestleMania 41. Here&#8217;s our full preview for WWE Raw after WrestleMania. WWE Raw airs live on Netflix at 8 ET \/ 5 PT from the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. WWE Raw Preview: New Champions Galore! 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