Smark Out Moment

Tonight's episode of WWE Monday Night Raw for March 5, 2018 is coming to you live from the BMO Harris Bradley Center in Milwaukee, WI. Follow along here for ongoing coverage of the results of the show to find out what happens as things occur and chat with fellow WWE fans in the comments below!

• Kurt Angle kicks off the show and calls out Triple H for the sucker punch last week. Stephanie McMahon comes out instead to say she pays Angle's bills. Ronda Rousey comes out to say her contract allows her to pick her WrestleMania opponent and she picks Stephanie. Triple H says that's not going to happen, but Angle says he makes the matches and it will be a mixed tag team match between Angle/Rousey and HHH/Stephanie. They all come to blows, Stephanie runs off scared and helps Triple H escape an ankle lock. Rousey VERY awkwardly gives Stephanie a Samoan Drop. Yeeeeesh, it was bad. At least they went ahead and booked the match and aren't dragging this out.
• Asuka defeats Nia Jax by submission
• The Bar defeated The Revival by pinfall
• John Cena cuts a promo on how he'll win his 17th world title at Fastlane and he wants AJ Styles to use his rematch clause to set up a triple threat for WrestleMania between themselves and Shinsuke Nakamura. Goldust interrupts (did not see that one coming) to say he's always dreamed of sharing that spotlight with someone like Cena and he wants to be his director. Tonight, Cena's dreams will be shattered. He nails Cena with a punch and we cut to commercial while we set up the match.
• John Cena defeated Goldust by pinfall
• Elias interrupts Kurt Angle backstage to ask him to cancel the upcoming Symphony of Destruction match with Braun Strowman. Angle says no and makes it a Falls Count Anywhere match to prevent Elias from being able to run off.
• Hillbilly Jim is the next inductee to be announced for the 2018 class of the WWE Hall of Fame
• Bayley defeated Mandy Rose by pinfall. After the match, Absolution gang up on Bayley, but Sasha Banks makes the save. Sasha goes for a hug, but Bayley doesn't want to and leaves.
• Alexa Bliss doesn't want Nia Jax to feel like a failure for coming up short at Elimination Chamber and tonight and even though she's not on the WrestleMania card this year, she knows she will be next year. She talks about how Nia's always been bullied for her size, but she can't let this get her down or everyone will lose all respect for her. Jax cries.
• Elias performs on a piano, set of drums and his guitar, then tries to run away before the match with Braun Strowman starts, but Strowman is waiting for him at his car and forces him back to the ring.
• Symphony of Destruction Falls Count Anywhere Match: Braun Strowman defeats Elias by pinfall
• Bray Wyatt defeated Rhyno by pinfall. After the match, Wyatt calls out Woken Matt Hardy, who pops up on the TitanTron and says their Great War is too big to be contained in a WWE ring. Only one place can handle their fight: the Hardy Compound.
• It's time for the 3rd annual Mizzie Awards! I hope The Miz wins. Seth Rollins and Finn Balor both tie for the award of the person who pats themselves on the back the best. For "worst decision by a Raw general manager", the winner is Kurt Angle. Rollins interrupts and is immediately interrupted by Balor, and after the two of them and The Miz trade verbal shots, The Miz challenges them to a 3-on-2 handicap match against The Miztourage.
• 3-on-2 Handicap Match: Seth Rollins and Finn Balor defeated The Miztourage by pinfall. After the match, Kurt Angle comes out to announce a Triple Threat match at WrestleMania between Miz, Balor and Rollins.
• Paul Heyman comes to the ring to talk on behalf of Brock Lesnar. He says it's bullshit (legit says it) if someone were to say The Undertaker's loss to Roman Reigns last year didn't mean anything just because Taker only wrestles once a year, and the same thing applies to Lesnar not having to show up all the time without losing any steam. Next week, Lesnar will be on Raw. Lesnar's Universal Championship isn't a belt, a prop, a strap, it's a statement that The Beast Incarnate is the best. There's a lot more for this passionate speech, and I suggest you check it out. Roman Reigns comes out to say Lesnar really is a bitch if he isn't there.