WWE Raw returns tonight from “The Lone Star State.”
As the road to WrestleMania 42 continues, WWE Monday Night Raw is live this evening at 8/7c on Netflix from the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, TX.
Featured below are WWE Raw results for Monday, March 16, written by PWMania.com’s Matt Boone (@MattBoone0709) as the show aired live on Netflix.
WWE RAW RESULTS – MARCH 16, 2026
‘WWE Then. Now. Forever. Together.’ kicks things off as always. We then see the usual show-opening Superstar arrival shots. The crowd went nuts in the background when CM Punk and AJ Lee were shown walking together. Michael Cole mentions having a Randy Orton interview later.
“F.A.F….5!”
The camera pans the Frost Bank Center and settles at ringside, where Michael Cole and Corey Graves welcome us to the show. They mention it being four weeks, or 33 days, until “The Showcase of The Immortals” at WrestleMania 42. As they continue talking, a bunch of masked men jump the guard rail.
In the ring, Seth Rollins removes his mask to reveal himself. He says he’s gonna make this short and sweet. He talks about being the man who created The Vision, and vows to be the one to end it. He says if you stand next to Paul Heyman, consider yourself marked for death.
He gloats about wrapping a steel chair around Paul Heyman’s back and stomping his face into the mat. We hear a bunch of boos. Out comes Paul Heyman, with his face so beat up it looks like he somehow lasted 12 rounds with Mike Tyson in his prime. Or fought Fedor Emelianenko in his prime — under UFC rules with elbows allowed.
Heyman looks scared, like an abuse victim, and is super hesitant to speak. Rollins smirks and insists he speaks. Heyman says he wasn’t going to come out here, but he wasn’t going to miss this. He tells Rollins he’s f’ing with him. Because Rollins f’d with him.
Heyman says by now everyone knows the rules. “F.A.F.O.” He says it four more times and then says, “F.A.F….5!” On cue, the familiar sounds of Brock Lesnar’s theme hits. Out comes “The Beast Incarnate” looking ready to kill. He begins taking out dozens of masked men at ringside.
Lesnar takes them out one-by-one until he is in the ring with Rollins and one other masked man. He hoists the masked man up and dumps him on his dome with a German suplex. He stands face-to-face with Rollins as fans loudly chant “Holy sh*t! Holy sh*t!”
The lights in the building go out. When they come back on, the theme for Oba Femi hits. The crowd does the war chant along with his entrance tune as fireworks explode and the former two-time NXT Champion emerges. Fans loudly chant “Oba! Oba!” in the old-school “Goldberg! Goldberg!” style.
Femi heads to the ring and he and Lesnar go face-to-face. Rollins exits the ring and Femi hoists Lesnar up, Undertaker Last Ride-style, and nearly powerbombs him through the ring. To make things even more crazy, he puts his foot on Lesnar’s chest as he’s laid out and stares at the WrestleMania sign in the rafters.
OG El Grande Americano vs. El Grande Americano
We head to a commercial break and when we return, we get ready for our first match of the evening. It’s a battle of Americano’s up first, as OG El Grande Americano goes one-on-one against El Grande Americano in singles action. The bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running.
OG kicks Americano off the bell and chops him. Americano is back body dropped by OG and OG gets kicked on the top rope. OG puts an arm submission on Americano using the ropes. OG gets distracted by Rayo and Bravo and Americano takes out OG.
Back in the ring, Americano hits a basement dropkick on OG and slams OG down and covers him for a near fall. Americano elbows OG in the corner and OG slams Americano down to the mat and then hits a dragon screw. OG catches Americano and hits a Northern Lights Suplex.
Americano is covered and he kicks out at two. OG and Americano trade punches and OG suplexes Americano over the ropes onto Rayo and Bravo and we cut to a commercial. When the show returns, we see the match still in progress, with things starting to pick up.
Americano suplexes OG and covers him for a near fall. Americano chops OG and OG throws Americano across the ring. They trade punches and kicks in the middle of the ring and OG knocks down Americano and suplexes Americano three times.
OG ends up on the apron and takes out Rayo, and then takes out Bravo and then slams down Americano and Americano kicks out at two. Americano kicks OG in the face and OG forearms Americano. Americano kicks OG on the top rope and slams down OG and OG kicks out at two.
OG throws Americano into the corner and then goes for a moonsault but lands and puts Americano in an ankle lock. Americano gets to the rope so the hold is broken. Rayo distracts the ref and OG has Americano pinned off of a suplex.
OG throws Rayo in the ring and knocks him out of the ring. OG rights Rayo outside the ring and Bravo runs in and puts a metal plate in Americano’s mask. OG gets back in the ring and hits a flying headbutt and connects with the steel plate in Americano’s mask for the victory.
Winner: El Grande Americano
Roman Reigns Arrives
A car pulls up in the parking lot and Roman Reigns gets out. As he walks out of the car, Jimmy and Jey Uso approach him. They smile and Reigns tells them they did the right thing.
Reigns tells his whole bloodline that they should be offended by CM Punk. Reigns says “Punk is mine” at WrestleMania. The Usos and Reigns shake hands and The Usos leave. The show moves on.
Danhausen Appears
The show heads to a commercial break. During the commercial break, Danhausen comes out with a Janet Jackson headset on and a giant t-shirt cannon. He begins shooting shirts out to the crowd as they kill time during the break.
The Judgment Day Update
A Judgement Day promo plays. Liv Morgan addresses Finn Balor and says having him out of The Judgement Day was her plan from the start. She says he thought he was the leader but she knows all he did was scheme and lie. She calls Balor pathetic and a loser and washed up and says it was sickening calling him part of her family.
She says they’re on to bigger and better things now that Balor is gone. She talks about JD McDonagh knows being able to fly, Dominik Mysterio will be able to get his Intercontinental Championship and that Raquel Rodriguez will help her become the women’s champion and that her family is now stronger and Stephanie Vaquer is next on her hit list.
Backstage With Roman Reigns & The Usos
The Usos talks with Roman Reigns backstage. The Usos says they’re ready to take out CM Punk. They talk about Punk saying Reigns is a part time wrestler and that’s all he basically has.
They talk about how their dads were never there growing up as they were on the road as wrestlers and he doesn’t want that for his kids and that’s why he’s here not as often. They talk about Punk needing to apologize. Reigns says he doesn’t need an apology but the family does.
WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship
AJ Lee (c) vs. Bayley
Now it’s time for the lone title tilt advertised for tonight’s show, as AJ Lee defends her WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship against fellow women’s wrestling legend Bayley. We get the ring entrances and the formal pre-match ring introductions.
Straight out of the gate we see Bayley and Lee lock up. The lock up is broken and they grapple again. Bayley gets taken down and Lee tries to pin her and Bayley kicks out. Lee rolls up Bayley again and Bayley kicks out. Lee tries again and Bayley kicks out.
Bayley gets Lee on the mat and she rolls up Lee and Lee kicks out. Lee trips Bayley and climbs the ropes. Lee cross body’s onto Bayley and dropkicks Bayley out of the ring. Lee tries to pin Bayley and she kicks out. Lee gets Bayley in a hammerlock submission and Bayley rolls out of the hold.
Lee goes back to the hammerlock and Bayley elbows Lee to the mat. Bayley sends Lee out for the ring and then guillotines Lee on the ropes. Bayley covers and Lee kicks out at two to keep things alive. On that note, the show shifts gears and heads into a mid-match commercial break.
When the show returns, we see this high stakes title tilt still in progress. Bayley has Lee in a headlock and then she kicks Lee. Lee comes at Bayley with a clothesline, knocking Bayley to the mat. Lee counters a suplex and tries for a cover.
Lee hits a bulldog on Bayley and both women are laid out. Lee clotheslines Bayley and then hits a spinning heel kick and covers Bayley for a near fall. Lee connects with Sliced Bread and covers Bayley and Bayley kicks out at two.
Lee goes for a Shining Wizard but Bayley counters and gets Lee in a half crab. Lee breaks free but Bayley knees her and covers Lee and Lee kicks out. Bayley tries for another pin and Lee kicks out. Bayley goes for Rose Plant and Lee counters and covers and Bayley kicks out.
Lee counters a Bayley to Belly and climbs the ropes. Bayley catches Lee and hits a Bayley to Belly and Bayley covers Lee for a near fall. Bayley and Lee slap and punch each other in the middle of the ring. Lee kicks Bayley and connects with Shining Wizard.
Bayley counters Black Widow and slams Lee down. Bayley climbs the ropes and misses a flying elbow. Lee locks Bayley in The Black Widow and Bayley taps out. AJ Lee gets the submission victory. With the win, she successfully retains her WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship.
Winner and STILL WWE Women’s Intercontinental Champion: AJ Lee
Backstage With Adam Pearce, JD McDonagh & Penta
After the match wraps up, we shoot backstage, where we see The Judgment Day’s JD McDonagh arguing with WWE Raw General Manager Adam Pearce. Penta walks by and McDonagh continues to argue with Pearce about Dominik Mysterio’s Intercontinental title match being given away since Mysterio isn’t cleared to wrestle. We head to a break.
Becky Lynch Attacks AJ Lee
When the show returns, we see Becky Lynch is beating up AJ Lee as she was leaving the ring after her match. Lee is slammed into the steel barricades along the entryway. Officials come out and pull Lynch off Lee. Lynch runs at Lee with Lee’s Intercontinental title and clobbers Lee with it.
WWE Intercontinental Championship
Penta (c) vs. Dragon Lee
From one WWE Intercontinental Championship defense to another. After AJ Lee’s successful defense of the women’s version and subsequent attack at the hands of Becky Lynch, we move on to Penta defending the men’s version against Dragon Lee. But first, footage of Randy Orton’s heel turn from SmackDown is shown.
Penta makes his way to the ring and he has something to say before his match. Penta says last week, he told the world that he wants to be a fighting champion. He told Adam Pearce to pick anyone because he is always ready. He says he is the champion of all of his people.
Penta says whoever comes to the ring tonight, be ready because he is Penta and he has cero miedo. With that said, out comes fellow masked-high-flyer, Dragon Lee. The bell sounds to get things officially off-and-running with our second title tilt of the evening.
Lee and Penta shake hands and then lock up and it’s broken. They lock up again and the lock up is broken again. Third time, but Lee and Penta gets on the ground and roll and flip around and try to cover each other.
Both men end up on their feet and they both do the Penta strut. Another lock up, and Lee gets Penta in a headlock. Penta kicks Lee and flattens him. Penta runs into a kick and Lee takes Penta down with a headscissors. Lee kicks Penta and then hits a pendulum dropkick on Penta.
Lee is kicked in the face and Penta kicks Lee with the handstand double kick in the corner. Lee is knocked over the top rope and Lee kicks Penta as he tries for a suicide dive. Penta ends up out of the ring, and Lee hits swanton onto Penta.
Lee sends Penta back in the ring, and Penta now jumps out on Lee taking him out. Back in the ring, Penta hits a crossbody and covers Lee for a near fall. On that note, the show shifts gears and settles into a mid-match commercial break as this title tilt continues.
When the show returns, we see Lee and Penta trade punches and chops. Lee kicks Penta and Penta kicks Lee and they go back and forth. Lee superkicks Penta and Lee hits The Styles Clash on Penta and covers him for a near fall.
Penta hits The Penta Driver and covers Lee and Lee kicks out at two. Lee rolls out to the apron and Penta tries to suplex Lee back into the ring. Lee reverses and kicks Penta and tries to jump back in the ring and Penta kicks him down back onto the apron.
Lee kicks Penta off the apron and Penta ends up near the announce desk. Lee flips hits a corkscrew suicide dive and both men fly over the announce desk. Lee throws Penta back in the ring and Lee hits Operation Dragon and covers Penta who kicks out at two. Penta slams down Lee with The Mexican Destroyer to retain.
Winner and STILL WWE Men’s Intercontinental Champion: Penta
Backstage With The Vision
Paul Heyman is backstage. Austin Theory and Logan Paul come by and tells Heyman they’ll take care of Rollins. Heyman says it’s a bad idea because that’s what Rollins wants to take them apart one by one. Heyman says they’ve lost their leverage because Rollins got away from attacking Heyman.
Heyman tells them to get the tag titles so they get their spot back and Heyman can have pull again. Theory leaves and Paul tells Heyman that they’ll be the tag champions and they’ll get LA Knight too.
Maxxine Dupri vs. Nattie
Back inside the arena, we head to ringside for a women’s grudge match. Nattie gets in Dupri’s face when she gets in the ring and the ref pulls Nattie back. We get the bell and Nattie attacks Dupri.
Dupri is slammed down to the mat and Nattie knocks Dupri down with a spinebuster. Dupri is choked on the bottom rope and then kicked into the ropes. Nattie hangs Dupri in a Tree of Woe.
She chokes her out. Nattie slaps Dupri in a rear naked choke hold and Dupri elbows out of the hold and gets Nattie in an ankle lock. Nattie gets to the ropes and rolls up Dupri.
Dupri reverses and Nattie kicks out. Dupri kicks Nattie down and clotheslines Nattie a couple times. Dupri hammers down on Nattie and slams into Nattie in the corner.
Dupri slams Nattie down with a fisherman’s suplex and hits a jumping leg drop and covers Nattie for a two count. Dupri misses a kick and Nattie chops at Dupri’s leg.
Dupri rolls through and gets Nattie in an ankle lock. Nattie breaks the hold and Dupri kicks Nattie. Dupri comes off the top rope and misses Nattie. Nattie hits a discus lariat and then gets Dupri in a Sharpshooter for the win.
Winner: Nattie
Randy Orton Addresses Cody Rhodes Attack
We get a satellite live video of Randy Orton on the phone before Michael Cole can get an interview with him. Orton says he’s changed his mind about the interview. Orton says everyone has been asking Orton questions after SmackDown.
Orton says he spoke with someone who made him who he is and what he is and why he did what he did to Cody Rhodes. Orton says he’s a killer and wrestling has more than one Royal Family and the video cuts out.
Danhausen’s Latest Curse
Backstage we see a dejected Dragon Lee. Je’Von Evans comes by and tells Lee he did a great job. Kofi Kingston comes by and asks Evans if he can talk to him.
Kingston says he knows Evans wants to be the next face of the WWE and tells Evans he is a former champ and Evans needs to surround himself with the right people and not Dragon Lee.
Evans gets annoyed and leaves. Grayson Waller comes by and asks what they see in Evans. Kingston says people said that about Waller when he joined the New Day.
Danhausen comes by and says he can be the newest member and replace Xavier Woods. Kingston says they don’t need Danhausen and Danhausen curses Kingston and Kingston pulls Waller in front him. Waller and Kingston argue as Danhausen disappears.
Stephanie Vaquer vs. Raquel Rodriguez
It’s main event (match) time!
We head back to the ring for non title action. We get the bell, Rodriguez and Vaquer lock up. Rodriguez slams into Vaquer in the corner and hits several shoulder checks.
Rodriguez knocks Vaquer to the mat and Vaquer rolls through and tries to pin Rodriguez. Rodriguez smokes Vaquer with a clothesline and puts her in an arm bar.
Vaquer is slammed down and again and Rodriguez misses an elbow. Vaquer hits a leg drop and tries for a pin and Rodriguez kicks out. Vaquer kicks Rodriguez out of the ring and then chokes Rodriguez on the apron.
She then stomps on Rodriguez. Vaquer and Morgan trade words, Rodriguez capitalizes and sends Vaquer face first into the ring post. We head to a mid-match commercial break on that note.
When the show returns, we see Rodriguez has Vaquer in a headlock and Vaquer punches out and gets on Rodriguez’s back. Rodriguez breaks the hold by slamming into the corner and then hits Vaquer with some elbows.
Morgan taunts Vaquer and Vaquer kicks Rodriguez and comes off the top rope and hits a cross body on Rodriguez. Vaquer punches Rodriguez and kicks her to the corner. Rodriguez misses a kick and Vaquer hits a dragon screw on Rodriguez.
Vaquer hits a meteora on Rodriguez and then goes for Devil’s Kiss. Rodriguez throws Vaquer stopping Devil’s Kiss and then slams down Vaquer face first. Rodriguez goes for the corkscrew splash but Vaquer moves out of the way.
Vaquer then hits Devil’s Kiss on Rodriguez and Morgan gets on the apron. Vaquer gets distracted and Rodriguez kicks Vaquer down to the mat. Iyo Sky’s music hits and Sky makes her way out to the ring. Sky goes after Morgan and chases her around the ring.
Rodriguez throws Sky into the announce desk and Vaquer jumps off the apron and takes out Rodriguez. Vaquer tosses Morgan into the time keeper’s area and then goes back to the ring and climbs the ropes and jumps onto Rodriguez. Rodriguez catches Vaquer and hits a spinning slam and then tries for a Tejana Bomb but Vaquer reverses for the roll-up victory.
Winner: Stephanie Vaquer
Backstage With Bayley, Lyra Valkyria & The Kabuki Warriors
Bayley and Lyra Valkyria talk backstage. Valkyria tells Bayley she did a good job and Bayley yells at Valkyria. Valkyria tells Bayley to stop yelling and says they’ll get on top together. Asuka and Kairi Sane come by and Asuka says if she won last week she would have beaten AJ Lee tonight.
She says Bayley and Valkyria cost her the match and that they’re not ready for Asuka and Asuka leaves. Sane tells them to stay away from them and Asuka yells for Sane to join her. Valkyria says they should go talk to Adam Pearce and put their names in the tag division.
Backstage With The Usos & LA Knight
The Usos walk backstage. LA Knight approaches them. Knight tells Jimmy and Jey that The Vision is out to get them, but he’s noticed The Usos are getting cozy with Roman Reigns. The Usos says it’s family business and for Knight to mind his business.
Knight says if The Bloodline comes back, Knight will not be on the same page as them. He asks them if they’re good and Jimmy pounds fists with Knight and Jey doesn’t. Knight laughs and leaves. The show moves on.
Roman Reigns Addresses CM Punk
It’s main event (segment) time!
Back inside the Frost Bank Center in San Antonio, TX., we hear the familiar sounds of the entrance tune for Roman Reigns. With that said, “The OTC” himself emerges to a big crowd reaction. As he makes his way to the ring for our final segment of the evening, the show heads into a quick commercial break.
The show returns and it’s time to finish up this week’s show. Reigns asks to be acknowledged, and Reigns says this is his show. Reigns asks CM Punk to come out so they can handle some business. CM Punk comes out and Reigns welcomes Punk to his ring and to Reigns’ main event.
Punk says Reigns keeps using Punk’s government name as if it’s an insult. Punk makes fun of Reigns’ name and says he won’t call Reigns “Joe” as it’ll insult a Samoan he loves very much. Reigns tells Punk he’s Punk’s Tribal Chief. Punk asks why Reigns’ is getting the Samoans after him.
Reigns says he’s just told them to do whatever they need to, to Punk, for what Punk said about Reigns’ dad. Punk says he’s in Reigns’ head and Reigns says he’s actually on everyone’s mind and that Punk just likes to talk garbage and talks about how Punk hasn’t main evented anything this year.
Punk calls Reigns a chicken shit for having The Usos fight his fight last week but says he deserved what he got last week. He asks who the real Tribal Chief is? Reigns says he’s heard this garbage for five years and asks the fans why they cheer for Punk when all he does is repeat stuff over and over again.
Reigns talks about being a top dollar star and that’s why he’s part time and maybe Punk should talk to his wife about being a top dollar player. Reigns goes to leave and Punk doesn’t let him. Reigns gets back in the ring and Punk again says he’s in Reigns’ head.
Punk tells Reigns it’ll be the last time Reigns main events anything ever again because he’ll split Reigns’ ego in two and beat Reigns. Reigns says enough is enough and tells Punk he’s delusional and tells Punk that at the end of the day, Punk isn’t faster, stronger nor can Punk do anything better than Reigns.
He calls Punk a try hard and says Punk is old and Punk strikes Reigns. Officials come out and pull Punk back and Reigns taunts and laughs at Punk from the ground. Adam Pearce is in the ring and he talks to Punk as the show wraps up on that note. Thanks for joining us!
