RAW Tag Team Champions Matt Hardy and Jeff Hardy will make their first pay-per-view title defense at the April 30th WWE Payback pay-per-view from San Jose. They will face #1 contenders Cesaro and Sheamus.
House of Horrors Match for the WWE Title
Bray Wyatt vs. Randy Orton
WWE United States Title Match
Chris Jericho vs. Kevin Owens
WWE Cruiserweight Title Match
Austin Aries vs. Neville
RAW Tag Team Title Match
Cesaro and Sheamus vs. The Hardys
Braun Strowman vs. Roman Reigns is expected to be announced soon for Payback.
- It appears former WWE NXT Superstar Elias Samson is joining the RAW brand after recently losing the "Loser Leaves NXT" match to Kassius Ohno. Samson briefly appeared on tonight's "Superstar Shakeup" edition of RAW but was not announced as a new roster member. He simply walked out on the stage with his guitar before Cesaro, Sheamus and RAW Tag Team Champions The Hardys defeated Luke Gallows, Karl Anderson and The Shining Stars in eight-man action. That was the only time we saw him. Below is video of the main roster debut:
Finn Balor suffered a concussion on last night's "Superstar Shakeup" edition of WWE RAW from Long Island.
The injury came when he took the stiff forearm shot from Jinder Mahal during their match, as seen below. Fans have been tweeting negative comments to Mahal since the match happened last night. It was Balor's first singles match on WWE television, although he worked singles matches against Mahal at live events last month.
David Otunga cast as lead in new action franchise, Raw debut delayed
SmackDown LIVE's David Otunga moved to the Raw announce desk in the Superstar Shake-up Monday night — swapping places with Team Red's Byron Saxton — but the former WWE Tag Team Champion's debut alongside Michael Cole and Corey Graves will be delayed for six weeks, as he has been cast in the lead role of a new action franchise, WWE.com has confirmed.
Otunga's latest film endeavor leaves a temporary vacancy on the Raw commentary team. Who will serve as his replacement?
Stay with WWE.com as more information becomes available on both David's new movie role and the immediate future of the Raw announce team.
Although the graphic on RAW for the Randy Orton vs. Bray Wyatt "House of Horrors" match at WWE Payback stated that it was for the WWE Championship, the updated listing for the match at WWE.com has no mention of the title being on the line, although they do for the other title matches on the show. Also, the announcers on RAW and SmackDown haven't made mention of the title being on the line, so it appears that it is now a non-title match.
MUMBAI: Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) and WWE are hosting the WWE Tag Team, ‘The New Day’ in India, this week to meet WWE’s Indian fans and take part in an exclusive local sport event.
The New Day comprises WWE Superstars Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods. They now perform as part of the SmackDown® brand.
Fans can tune in to SmackDown locally every Wednesday at 5:30 am on Ten 2, with additional airings later in the day at 5 pm on Ten 1 channel.