Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s live coverage for "WWE Raw" on April 27, 2026, coming to you live from the Sames Auto Arena in Laredo, Texas!Roxanne Perez will be competing in her hometown as she joins forces with her Judgment Day stablemate Raquel Rodriguez to take on Bayley and Lyra Valkyria. Perez and Rodriguez's stablemate and Women's World Champion Liv Morgan emerged victorious against new "Raw" star Sol Ruca thanks to some aid from Perez, Rodriguez, and Ruca's former best friend turned bitter rival Zaria.Rusev interfered in the match between new "Raw" star Ethan Page and Je'Von Evans last Monday to help the former score a win against the latter. In the moments that followed the match, Rusev looked to lock in The Accolade on Evans until Penta came to Evans' aid. With Rusev keeping his eye on Penta's Intercontinental Championship, the two men will square off in the ring tonight in a non-title match.After he dethroned CM Punk as World Heavyweight Champion at Night Two of WrestleMania 42 on April 19, Roman Reigns was confronted by his family member Jacob Fatu last Monday who subsequently challenged him to a World Heavyweight Championship Match at WWE Backlash on May 9. Tonight, Reigns will reveal whether or not he's chosen to accept Fatu's challenge and make his first defense of his freshly won title.Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford of The Street Profits made their return to "Raw" last Monday when they came to Seth Rollins' aid to save him from an attack at the hands of World Tag Team Champions Logan Paul and Austin Theory, and their Vision stablemate Bron Breakker. While Breakker may have stood tall over Rollins after landing a spear on him, Rollins will be appearing in the opening moments of tonight's show with something on his mind to share while The Street Profits are also advertised to be featured as well.Additionally, former "NXT" star Joe Hendry will be holding a concert for the WWE Universe. Women's Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch will also be making an appearance on tonight's show after dethroning AJ Lee as titleholder at Night One of WWE WrestleMania 42 on April 18.We are live! The show kicks off with a video recapping Jacob Fatu's Backlash challenge to Roman Reigns last Monday.Flanked by Jey Uso and Jimmy Uso, Reigns appears in another video and says The Usos are the only ones he can trust. He says he doesn't understand where Fatu is coming from, and Jimmy admits that he gets where Fatu is coming from but says that he shouldn't have done what he did last Monday. Jey adds that if Fatu beats Reigns, he takes everything from him including the Ula Fala. He says that there has to be consequences and puts his hands in the middle with Reigns and Jimmy as Reigns says that they're the First Family.Michael Cole and Corey Graves then greet audiences at home as Seth Rollins makes his way to the ring.
Rollins welcomes fans to Monday Night Rollins and introduces himself, then says there's a reason that he lost to GUNTHER at Night One of WrestleMania 42. He says it wasn't because GUNTHER was the better man, then says Roman Reigns is walking around with his World Heavyweight Championship and it's not because Reigns pinned him. He says Bron Breakker was the cause for both of those things and demands that he come to the ring.Breakker's music hits and he makes his way out. Rollins tells Breakker that he gave him everything and says he handed him the world on a silver platter, but Breakker repaid him by taking away everything from him. He says Breakker was the reason that he had to relinquish the World Heavyweight Championship and didn't win at WrestleMania 42, then asks Breakker what he got out of coming for him and how it benefitted him in any way.Paul Heyman joins Breakker in the ring as Breakker tells Rollins that The Vision fought all of his battles for him. He recalls having to stand in the back with Bronson Reed and listen to Rollins say the same thing over and over again, then says he never needed Rollins or his vision.Rollins says he wanted to fight the best in the world as World Heavyweight Champion a couple of years ago, then recalls talking to Shawn Michaels to determine who the best in "NXT" was. He says Michaels told him that it was Breakker, then says he believed that Breakker is a main eventer and the next big money maker in the professional wrestling business. He says other athletes are big, strong, and fast, but Breakker is unique and the most versatile performer he has ever seen during his entire WWE career. He says Breakker has everything except for the mental fortitude, then says he know what it's like to be 28 and think that the professional wrestling business owes one something. He says he knows what it like to make the hard decisions, then says while Breakker tries, he succeeds. He says Breakker betting on himself got him Logan Paul, Austin Theory, private jets, and steak dinners, but tells Breakker that he isn't ready.Breakker says he was on his way to being a main eventer with or without Rollins, then says Rollins' mind and body are brittle and his should can't handle the weight of a championship anymore. He says he came up short trying to win the World Heavyweight Championship, but can go to bed having known it was against someone who is the "Best In The World". He says Rollins is a future WWE Hall of Famer and says Rollins is the best professional wrestler in the entire world, but he's the second best.Rollins says if Breakker thinks that he's ready, Backlash is two weeks away and he's willing to give Breakker the opportunity to prove he's ready. He says Breakker isn't even the second best in his family.We then head backstage and see Raquel Rodriguez blindside Stephanie Vaquer as Vaquer walks around. Roxanne Perez and Liv Morgan join Rodriguez, and Perez hits Vaquer with a nearby roadcase.Back at ringside, Penta makes his way out. Rusev follows, and Ethan Page makes his way out to watch the upcoming match.
The bell rings and Rusev delivers a boot to Penta's face. He steps on top of Penta as Page applauds Rusev from the outside, but Penta flies over the top rope to level Rusev on the outside.Penta and Rusev return to the ring, but Rusev sends Penta crashing into the mat spine first. The action spills back out of the ring during the commercial break, and Rusev sends Penta crashing into the announce desk face first. He dumps him back inside the ring and follows him, but Rusev delivers a knee to Penta's head and fires off right hands on him as Penta sits on the top rope.Rusev joins Penta on the ropes, but Penta levels Rusev with a crossbody off the ropes back from the break. He rocks Rusev with an enzuigiri in the corner and follows it up with a modified Bronco Buster, then goes for a pin but Rusev kicks out.Penta connects with a backstabber on Rusev, but Rusev responds with an uranage to Penta. Penta then rolls up Rusev for the win.Winner: PentaAfter the match, an angry Rusev blindsides Penta from behind and fires off stomps on him. Page slides into the ring and clocks Penta from behind, then fires off stomps on Penta with Rusev. Je'Von Evans' music hits and he runs out to the ring. He takes out Page and delivers an OG Cutter to Rusev.Hard refresh this page for updates ctrl + F5 on Windows; Cmnd + shift + R on Mac
