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- Raw from last week opened with the Bloodline coming out from a limo. Solo Sikoa took on Kevin Owens in the first match of the night. Jimmy Uso interfered, and that led to a DQ win for KO. Bianca Belair then faced Carmella, with Chelsea Green in the latter's corner. "The EST" won after throwing Green and pinning Belair with a KOD. Logan Paul appeared on MIzTV, but Seth "Freakin'" Rollins quickly appeared. Rolliins and the Miz fought. Omos squashed Dolph Ziggler. Finn Balor then faced Johnny Gragano. As Balor had the upper hand, Edge's music played. "THe Rated-R Superstar" threw Balor off the top rope, and that led Gargano to pin "The Prince." Piper Niven faced Nikki Cross; the former Doudrop won. John Cena made his return in front of his hometown Boston audience. Austin Theory showed up and after he made fun of the 16-time World champion, he made a challenge for the US title at WrestleMania. Chad Gable then went up against Baron Corbin. Gable won with the Ankle Lock. Becky Lynch, Lita and Trish Stratus accepted q challenge from Damage CTRL for a six-woman team match at "The Showcase of the Immortals." The main event saw Jimmy Uso take on Sami Zayn. Jey showed up and went atop the announcer's table. After Zayn pinned Jummy, Jey and Zayn hugged. Then out of nowhere, Jey superkicked Zayn. Cody Rhodes came to make the save. In the ratings, Raw drew 1.705 million viewers.

- NXT Roadblock from last week opened with a Jailhouse Street Fight between Tony D'Angelo and Dijak. To win, someone had to be locked up inside a cell. That was the former RETRIBUTION member, as D'Angelo won. Gallus and Pretty Deadly had a confrontation, leading to a brawl. The Creed Brothers teamed up with NXT Champion Bron Breakker to take on Jinder Mahal, Veer and Sanga. Brutus Creed pinned Veer for the win. Shawn Michaels was a guest on The Grayson Waller Experience. HBK introduced Waller's opponent for NXT Stand and Deliver on WrestleMania weekend: Johnny Gargano, who attacked the arrogant Aussie. In a battle of former Toxic Attraction wrestlers, Gigi Dolin defeated Jaci Jayne , who then attacked Dolin. The NXT title match between Breakker and Carmelo Hayes was made official for Stand and Deliver. Joe Gacy defeated Andre Chase; afterwards, Chase was then attacked by Duke Hudson. n the main event, Roxanne Perez defended the NXT Women's title against Meiko Satomura. Perez hit a rollup for the pin to retain, but collapsed after the bell. An ambulance picked up Perez to close the show. In the ratings, Roadblock averaged 624,000 viewers.

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