Tonight’s episode of WWE Raw from Hartford, CT, at the XL Center will be a noteworthy edition for a few reasons.
First, it will serve as the fallout edition of Raw from last Saturday’s Backlash France premium live event that was headlined by Cody Rhodes retaining the Undisputed WWE Title over AJ Styles in the main event. It also saw the continuation in the tease of a babyface Damian Priest as he retained the World Title with unwanted help from The Judgment Day over Jey Uso.
Raw will also feature the build to the King & Queen of the Ring tournaments, which will have their finals held at the themed PLE later this month. WWE has announced several first-round matches for the tournaments for tonight’s Raw. Those bouts include the following:
– WWE Queen of the Ring First-Round Match: Zoey Stark vs. Ivy Nile
– WWE Queen of the Ring First-Round Match: Shayna Baszler vs. Zelina Vega
– WWE Queen of the Ring First-Round Match: Lyra Valkyria vs. Asuka
– WWE Queen of the Ring First-Round Match: IYO SKY vs. Natalya
– WWE King of the Ring First-Round Match: Drew McIntyre vs. Finn Balor
– WWE King of the Ring First-Round Match: Kofi Kingston vs. Rey Mysterio
– WWE King of the Ring First-Round Match: Ricochet vs. Ilja Dragunov
– WWE King of the Ring First-Round Match: Gunther vs. Sheamus
WrestleVotes noted that Raw is believed to have the most advertised lineups in the history of the show:
Tonight’s RAW is intriguing on several levels, with the ‘new’ rosters locked in as well as the start of the King/Queen of the Ring tournaments.
Also, a trivia note for this evenings RAW: It’s believed that with 8 announced matches, tonight’s show is featuring one of the largest…
— WrestleVotes (@WrestleVotes) May 6, 2024
