WWE Raw Results, Winners, Live Grades, Reaction, Highlights After Backlash 2026

On the heels of an explosive Backlash premium live event in which Roman Reigns survived Jacob Fatu to retain the World Heavyweight Champion, WWE Raw emanated from the Food City Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Would Fatu do as expected and fall in line behind the Tribal Chief as part of a special Acknowledgement Ceremony, or did he raise hell and leave Reigns lying once again?

Find out with this recap of the May 11 show, including grades and analysis for each of the night's matches and segments.

Lineup

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Announced in advance of Monday's show were:

Acknowledgement Ceremony featuring Roman Reigns and Jacob Fatu

Oba Femi Open Challenge

Women's Tag Team Champions Brie Bella and Paige appear

Joe Hendry and The Street Profits vs. The Vision

The Vision Kicked Off Raw

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Fresh off a victory over Seth Rollins at Backlash, Bron Breakker led Paul Heyman and world tag team champions Logan Paul and Austin Theory to the squared circle to kick off Monday's broadcast.

The Wiseman took the mic and addressed the WWE Universe, claiming Rollins was not ready to combat Breakker and will never be ready to have a victory over The Vision.

Heyman turned the mic over to Theory, but before he could say much, the Street Profits interrupted. Montez Ford said he came to Raw to whoop up on The Vision because his wife, Bianca Belair is busy at home with the baby.

Paul cut a braggadocious promo, only to be interrupted by Joe Hendry and set up the first match of the night.

Grade

C

Top Takeaways

Breakker defeated Rollins and his contribution to this promo segment was...nothing. He did not utter a single word in what felt like a big missed opportunity for him to take his victory lap.

Considering how meaningless and one-dimensional the rest of the segment was, the lack of Breakker promo was even more glaring.

This felt like wasted television time to set up a six-man tag team match that was announced in advance anyway.

The Street Pofits and Joe Hendry vs. The Vision

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Last Time in Action: Joe Hendry defeated Austin Theory (Raw, May 4); Logan Paul, Theory, and IShowSpeed lost to LA Knight and The Usos (WrestleMania, April 18); Street Profits defeated Los Garzas (Main Event, October 27); Bron Breakker defeated Seth Rollins (Backlash, May 9)

Breakker, Paul, and Theory controlled the action coming back from the break, isolating Ford and cutting him off from partners Hendry and Angelo Dawkins.

The babyfaces fought their way back into the match, but another commercial break brought with it more heel dominance.

Late in the match, Rollins appeared and attacked Breakker. The distraction allowed Ford to roll Theory up and score the win for the babyfaces.

After the match, Rollins helped Dawkins to his feet, only for Breakker to flatten him with a spear. That the Street Profit was downed infuriated Ford, who confronted Rollins to close the segment.

Result

The Street Profits and Hendry defeated The Vision

Grade

C+

Top Takeaways

The match was fine but the Rollins interference was predictable. This felt like a wholly uninspired start to the show that spent 30 minutes accomplishing nothing new outside of highlighting the tension and distrust that exists between Rollins and, well, pretty much everyone else on the roster.

Breakker looked great, and the crowd was super into Hendry, so that was a positive.

Backstage, Dominik Mysterio and Liv Morgan interrupted Adam Pearce, conversing with the Original El Grande Americano and his two lackeys, Bruto and Julio. As a result, Pearce booked Dirty Dom to defend his AAA Mega Championship against definitely-not-Chad-Gable later tonight.