Welcome to another edition of WWE Recap Report — a breakdown of the biggest takeaways of the week from WWE for those who may have missed out.
Whether you need to catch up on a show, had too busy of a week to stay on top of the news or just skipped out on WWE as a whole, I’ve got you covered.
Obviously, not every single thing will be recapped here in detail. But this is your TL;DR of the week to be caught up to speed before the next Monday Night Raw so you’re not left in the dark.
With that being said, here is a quick rundown of this week in WWE.
WWE MAIN EVENT
- Ricochet defeated Eric Young
- Humberto Carrillo defeated Shelton Benjamin
WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW
- Becky Lynch acknowledged Shayna Baszler’s win at Elimination Chamber and cut a promo about how she’ll beat her at WrestleMania.
- Rey Mysterio defeated Angel Garza by pinfall.
- After a video package about Rhea Ripley, Charlotte Flair cut a promo on her. Ripley came out and eventually knocked Flair down with a punch.
- Bobby Lashley beat Zack Ryder by pinfall.
- Drew McIntyre smashed Erick Rowan’s cage with the steel steps and then beat him by pinfall.
- The Kabuki Warriors beat Natalya and Liv Morgan by pinfall. Morgan was distracted during the match by brawling with Ruby Riott and Sarah Logan ringside.
- AJ Styles said Michelle McCool is conniving and the reason The Undertaker keeps wrestling, even though he’ll get hurt, and he’s going to put the final nail in Taker’s coffin at WrestleMania. There will be a contract signing next week.
- Riddick Moss retained the 24/7 Championship over Cedric Alexander by pinfall.
- MVP spoke about wanting to give guidance to Edge, who was only interested in bringing out Randy Orton. After giving Orton an RKO of his own, Edge took out MVP with two Con-Chair-Tos.
- Aleister Black beat Seth Rollins by disqualification after Murphy got involved. The Street Profits and The Viking Raiders made the save and challenged them to an eight-man tag team match. Seth Rollins, Murphy and AOP then beat The Viking Raiders and The Street Profits by pinfall and when Kevin Owens tried to come out to attack, Rollins gave him a stomp and stood tall.
NXT
- Keith Lee defeated Cameron Grimes by pinfall to retain the North American Championship. Damian Priest attacked Lee after the match until Dominik Dijakovic ran him off. However, Lee then powerbombed Dijakovic as he didn’t know it was Priest who had attacked him.
- Mia Yim defeated Dakota Kai by pinfall to qualify for the TakeOver: Tampa NXT Women’s Championship No. 1 contender’s ladder match. Raquel Gonzalez laid out Yim after the match.
- Kushida defeated Raul Mendoza by submission.
- Austin Theory interrupted an interview with Tyler Breeze to point out that Breeze hasn’t become as big of a star as some others who have come through the Performance Center. Breeze took a picture of him on his phone and told him he looks great for a flash in the pan.
- Rhea Ripley cut a promo on Charlotte Flair, who came out to say the pressure is going to be too much for her. They came to blows and Flair stood tall.
- Two masked men came out of an SUV backstage, grabbed Raul Mendoza, put him into the car and sped off.
- TakeOver Ladder Match Qualifier: Tegan Nox defeated Deonna Purrazzo by pinfall to qualify for the TakeOver: Tampa NXT Women’s Championship No. 1 contender’s ladder match
- Velveteen Dream said this was always about Adam Cole and not Roderick Strong, who he doesn’t care about. Next week, Cole will celebrate being the longest reigning NXT champion in history.
- The BroserWeights (Matt Riddle and Pete Dunne) defeated The Undisputed ERA (Bobby Fish and Kyle O’Reilly) by pinfall to retain NXT Tag Team Championship titles.
- Tommaso Ciampa came out to the ring and said the time was up for Johnny Gargano to explain himself. Gargano mentioned how he didn’t apologize and that he’s the worst person in NXT. They then brawled through the Performance Center.
NXT UK
- Finn Balor started the show by calling out WALTER. Imperium attacked, but Balor escaped.
- Pretty Deadly defeated Dereiss Gordon and Dan Moloney by pinfall.
- Noam Dar defeated Ligero by pinfall.
- Amale vs. Dani Luna ended in a double disqualification as Kay Lee Ray attacked both of them and then cut a promo about her dominance in the division. She then took out Luna again with a Gory Bomb.
- Finn Balor defeated Alexander Wolfe by pinfall.
WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
- Bayley and Sasha Banks defeated Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross by submission. Asuka interfered and attacked Bliss.
- Promo: Roman Reigns thinks he deserves to just say he’s fighting Goldberg. He’s going to win the title.
- Backstage: Daniel Bryan wants some tips from Drew Gulak on how to improve his game. An alliance has been forged. Sami Zayn, Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura talked some trash, which led to Bryan challenging Cesaro.
- A rerun aired of the Elimination Chamber match for the SmackDown Tag Team Championship.
- Promo: John Morrison and The Miz said if anyone in attendance thinks they’re not the best, they should speak up.
- Daniel Bryan defeated Cesaro by pinfall.
- Jeff Hardy defeated King Corbin by pinfall.
- Promo: John Cena is used to people blaming him for their failures. Bray Wyatt interrupted to talk about how he’s thought about his loss to Cena at WrestleMania so much that he couldn’t silence the voices in his head. At WrestleMania, it’s going to be a slaughter.
WWE 205 LIVE
- Team NXT (Isaiah “Swerve” Scott, Kushida, Oney Lorcan, Danny Burch and Tyler Breeze) defeated Team 205 Live Originals (Tony Nese, The Brian Kendrick, Ariya Daivari, Mike Kanellis and Gentleman Jack Gallagher) in a 10-man elimination tag team match.
NEWS, RUMORS AND MISCELLANEOUS OTHER INFORMATION
- Everything this week was dedicated to the constant news cycle of the coronavirus. The long story short of the situation is that everything seems to be cancelled entirely or moved to the Performance Center in front of no audience. There is still no official guarantee that WrestleMania will go on as scheduled, nor has it been officially cancelled, moved, or anything else. We’re just going to have to wait.
- Rob Gronkowski will be signing with WWE to become a superstar and will be on SmackDown next week.
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