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WWE RAW RESULTS
APRIL 13, 2026
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. AT GOLDEN 1 CENTER
STREAMED LIVE ON NETFLIX
REPORT BY WADE KELLER, PWTORCH EDITOR
Commentators: Michael Cole, Corey Graves
Ring Announcer: Alicia Taylor
Attendance: WrestleTix reported 11,279 were distributed as of showtime; arena set up for 11,548. The arena has a capacity of 19,000 spectators when configured for concerts. The last time they were there, on Oct. 20 last fall, they drew 10,106.
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[HOUR ONE]
-They opened with Roman Reigns speaking about C.M. Punk. He said he told him to cherish is relevancy while he could but since then he’s lied. He said he did what he thought he would, trying to revise the Tribal Chief’s history. He said the fans lived through it all, so he exposed himself as a hypocrite. Clips aired of Punk’s promo directed at Reigns. Then they played Pat McAfee’s promo from Smackdown where he called Punk a fraud, saying he has 283 things for sale and when the TKO merch check comes through, he doesn’t use it to buy tickets to needy families for WrestleMania, plus the Saudi Arabia dig. Reigns said he likes Pat, but never in the world has a punter run his mouth to him. He said nobody believes in him. “It’s not 2012 anymore,” he said. He said the fans trust him and believe in him. He said he’d give him one chance in the last segment to tell the truth “or I will.” The segment closed with: “This message has been approved by The Tribal Chief.”
-They cut backstage to a nodding and smiling Punk as Michael Cole introduced the show. They showed Stephanie Vaquer, Chaerlotte & Alexa Bliss, and Gunther backstage. Then they went to an aerial shot of Sacramento, Calif. and cheering fans outside the arena earlier.
-A recap aired of the Brock Lesnar-Oba Femi contract signing.
-Raw G.M. Adam Pearce stood mid-ring with Paul Levesque. He said to ensure the Oba vs. Lesnar match takes place as scheduled, he is having them sign the contract for the match individually. Paul Heyman interrupted and he said it’s WrestleMania fight week, meaning no one needs to even get close to The Beast. Lesnar then came out to his music. Cole noted Lesnar showed fear and retreated last week. He said Oba might have his number. Corey Graves said it’s not fight night yet. He said Lesnar excels and makes his money in the ring in a sanctioned match. Cole noted it will happen on “ESPN proper.” (He should really explicitly explain that means the traditional cable channel.)
After Lesnar entered the ring, he signed the contract. Heyman said history was made and it might as well be a Nigerian Death Warrant. Lesnar yanked the mic away from Heyman said, “You won’t even know his name after this weekend!” Heyman said Oba-Lesnar is “the real main event of WrestleMania.” He said there is going to be a winner and a loser. He said the loser’s name is Oba Femi. He said Lesnar is “the greatest combat sports athlete in history.” Lesnar left the ring and walked to the back. Heyman caught up to him.
-They cut to Cole and Graves at ringside. Graves said it was a brilliant decision by Pearce to have them sign separately. They shifted to footage of Logan Paul shoving IShowSpeed into L.A. Knight at ringside last week, followed by Knight and the Usos going after IShowSpeed and then The Vision helping protect IShowSpeed followed by Pearce making the six-man match official.
-They showed emoty arena footage of IShowSpeed telling Logan and Theory that he’s not actually a wrestle. Logan said that doesn’t matter and “doubt looks disgusting on you, brother.” He told him to lock in. Theory told him things are going to be worse for him without them watching his back. It shifted to a vignette with music and slo-mo footage of IShowSpeed beginning to train in the ring.
-Charlotte made her way to the ring, accompanied by Bliss. [c]
-They showed ongoing construction of the WrestleMania set at the stadium in Las Vegas.
(1) CHARLOTTE FLAIR (w/Bayley) vs. LYRA VALKYRIA (w/Bayley)
Lyra was already in the ring. The bell rang 21 minutes into the hour. Cole noted Nikki Bella was still recovering from an ankle injury and was hoping to be ready by Sunday. He said this was the first one-on-one match with Lyra and Charlotte. Lyra scored an early two count after a leaping spin wheel kick. She leg swept Charlotte to the ring apron and then wrecking ball kicked her to the floor. She played to the crowd and then flung herself toward Charlotte at ringside. Charlotte stepped aside and kicked her. Charlotte celebrated as they cut to a break at 3:00. [c]
Lyra landed a top rope legdrop to the back of Charlotte’s neck for a two count. She went for a second rope moonsault, but Charlotte lifted her knees. When Charlotte went for a figure-four, Lyra turned it into a small package for a two count. They exchanged kicks. Charlotte then landed a top rope moonsault for a near fall at 8:00. Charlotte looked shocked. Lyra leveraged Charlotte’s shoulders down for a near fall. Lyra went on the attack with rapid-fire strikes. Charlotte fired back with a chop to the chest. Lyra caught Charlotte with a fisherman’s suplex for a near fall.
Charlotte ducked a Lyra kick and rolled her up. Bayley tripped up Charlotte’s balance and then Lyra leveraged Charlotte’s shoulders down for three. Cole called it “a massive win for Lyra.”
WINNER: Lyra in 11:00.
(Keller’s Analysis: Why is Lyra winning there “a massive win”? Everyone saw she didn’t win fairly, so she technically won, but what does that actually mean given the nature of the win? How is it massive rather than tainted?)
-Backstage, Knight and the Usos laughed about IShowSpeed when Solo Sikoa and his MFTs walked up to them. Solo said he’s dealing with a lot on Smackdown, and now Tama Tonga is supposed to be there, but isn’t. He asked the Usos why they’re hanging around “with this clown,” Knight. Knight suggested they have a six-man tag tonight. Fans cheered.
-They showed Vaquer walking backstage. [c]
-A commercial aired hyping the Hulk Hogan documentary coming to Netflix.
-Vaquer made her ring entrance. Cathy Kelley began to ask Vaquer about how things have escalated and gotten more personal with her Liv Morgan when Liv jumped Vaquer, knocking her into Kelley. Producers ran in and separated them. Liv screamed, “Let’s go! I knew your mom was trash, but I didn’t know she was raised a little bitch!” Fans oooh’d. Liv threw the mic and screeched. Vaquer said she didn’t want to wait until WrestleMania. She charged into the ring. Producers separated them again.
(Keller’s Analysis: Do they think fans don’t catch onto the strategy of pretending Vaquer’s going to talk but having her interrupted because her promos are weak? And it seemed really silly to have Kelley obviously with a clear view of Liv coming at Vaquer from behind even if the camera was pointed to not show viewers, yet Kelley didn’t react at all to either warn Vaquer or move out of the way. The announcers also had to play dumb, too. WWE thinks they’re being clever, but it just makes everything feel so contrived.)
-Graves commented on the Smackdown match with Iyo Sky vs. Jade Cargill and then Rhea Ripley facing off against her and Jade retreating.
-Kelley asked Sky if she had anything to say about what happened on Friday on Smackdown. Sky said at WrestleMania, no one will be rooting for Ripley more than her. Asuka and Kairi Sane walked up to her. Sky looked startled. Kelley walked away with the mic, but we could still her the wrestlers get into an argument. Asuka told Sky that Ripley is not her family. She said she went into WrestleMania last year as champion, but this year she is just Ripley’s sidekick. Sky told Kairi she didn’t have to stay loyal to Asuka. Asuka then said Kairi will prove herself against Sky tonight. Kairi tried to look brave. Asuka called her a good girl.
-The Usos were in the concourse surrounded by fans and security guys. Their music played and they made their way to the ring. [c]
-Cole said the clip of Logan shoving IShowSpeed into Knight last week has over 428 million views, the most viewed social media highlight in the history of Raw, Smackdown, or NXT. He said it received 268 million viewers on TikTok, the most in WWE history.
(Keller’s Analysis: There are around 342 million people in the U.S. and over 4 billion have access to smart phones and the internet. So that number means if everyone who saw the clip only saw it once, it was the equivalent of 100 million more people than the entire U.S. population, including babies and 90 years olds, and that 1-in-10 people worldwide watched it. Certainly relative to other social media clips, it was massive, but that number is more silly than impressive when you figure what must qualify as a view to get to that total.)
(2) THE USOS & L.A. KNIGHT vs. SOLO SIKOA & TONGA LOA & J.C. MATEO (w/Talla Tonga)
Cole talked about dissension with Tama Tonga and Solo’s crew. He said Tama is the only one who has seemed to push back on Solo’s authority. The bell rang 54 minutes into the hour. Jimmy dove over the top rope and grazed Mateo at ringside, overshooting him mostly. They cut to a very early break. [c]
Back from the break, Solo was in control against Jey. He took a cheap shot at Jimmy, knocking him off the ring apron. C0oe plugged the Andre the Giant battle royal Friday on Smackdown. Knight got the hot-tag and went after Mateo and Loa. Knight landed a top rope elbowdrop on Loa. Mateo broke up the cover by splashing Knight.
[HOUR TWO]
Solo gave Knight a Samoan spike. When Jey dove at Solo at ringside, Solo caught him and threw him onto the announce desk. Tama Tonga then showed up. Solo asked him where he was. Knight then caught a distracted Loa with a BFT for the win. Cole wondered why Tama decided to show up when he did. Cole said they better get their issues worked out before they face The Wyatt Sicks on Smackdown on Friday.
WINNERS: Knight & The Usos in 7:00.
-They went to Cole and Graves at ringside. He said Kelley is being tended to backstage, but it appears she’ll be okay. Cole threw to a video package on McAfee’s promo on Smackdown on Friday. Then Graves and Cole plugged the WrestleMania Saturday main event between Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton. McAfee is standing behind Orton in the graphic.
-Gunther made his entrance. Cole said McAfee knows Gunther extremely well.
Advertised Matches & Appearances
- C.M. Punk and Roman Reigns to appear
- Brock Lesnar and Oba Femi to appear
- Gunther and Seth Rollins to appear
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