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.
