WWE WrestleMania Raw Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction, Highlights from Mar. 28

Welcome to Bleacher Report's coverage and recap of WWE Raw on March 28. This is the final episode before Sunday's pay-per-view, so WWE has dubbed this episode WrestleMania Raw. 

To hype the weekend's festivities, several Superstars made the trip from SmackDown to Raw to make the show feel as big as possible.

The Usos took on RK-Bro in a non-title battle of the tag team champions, Brock Lesnar and Roman Reigns made appearances, an eight-woman tag match involving all four women's tag teams took place, The Street Profits faced Alpha Academy, and The Miz took on Rey Mysterio.

We also heard from Seth Rollins one more time as he attempted to earn a spot on the WrestleMania 38 card. 

Let's look at everything that happened on the WrestleMania week edition of WWE Raw. 

Opening Segment

Raw opened with Lesnar coming out in his now-trademark cowboy hat to a warm welcome from the WWE Universe. The announcers noted how uncomfortable it was to see The Beast with a smile on his face. 

He welcomed everyone to Raw and talked about his upcoming match with Reigns at WrestleMania. He joked a bit before he got serious and claimed he would leave Dallas with the WWE and Universal Championships.

The Beast looked like he was enjoying himself, especially when he was joking around with the audience and having some fun. This wasn't what you would call a proper go-home segment for the main event of WrestleMania, but it was a solid promo nonetheless. 

Grade: B-

                                    

Notable Moments and Observations

• Having four guys at the announcer's table is a new level of overkill. Just because it's the week of WrestleMania does not mean you need announcers from both brands, especially if you aren't bringing Pat McAfee along for the ride. 
• The way Lesnar played into the "What" chants and then got the crowd to stop when he wanted it to was pretty impressive. 

• Lesnar's voice cracked a bit right at the end of his promo, but nobody will joke about him going through puberty to his face. 

The Miz vs. Rey Mysterio

Before The Miz and Mysterio had their match, The A-Lister brought out Logan Paul in the mask he stole from Rey last week. As expected, Dominik accompanied his father to the ring for this match. 

Dom tackled The Miz and beat him down while Rey talked some trash to Paul. The ref ejected Dom, but Paul was allowed to stay.

Rey gained the upper hand early, but a distraction from Paul allowed The Miz to hit a DDT at ringside. Shortly after we returned from the break, Rey scored the win with a sunset flip. 

Not only was the majority of the action confined to the break, but Rey won in a very anticlimactic way. At least Rey stole his mask back from Paul after the match. 

Grade: C-

                                    

Notable Moments and Observations

• The Miz mocking anyone's attire while wearing that red jacket he had on is hilariously ironic.
• A DDT on the floor should lead to a near fall, not a high five and a commercial break. 
• Rey and Dom have gotten good at timing the double 619 so they hit at the exact same time. 

Omos vs. Viking Raiders

WWE partially reignited a feud from last year when it had Omos take on Erik and Ivar in a handicap match. When Omos was still teaming with AJ Styles, they battled The Viking Raiders multiple times. 

Erik was taken out with a vicious clothesline and rolled out of the ring. The referee counted him out to give Omos the easiest handicap victory ever. Ivar tried to get in the ring but was kicked off the apron to the floor. 

This was a strange way to book this. If they planned to have Omos win this way, it should have been two local talents. This just makes The Viking Raiders look weak. 

Bobby Lashley came out to confront Omos after the giant gave a brief promo about nobody being up to the challenge of facing him. The All Mighty stared him down until Omos pushed him away with one hand. An irate Lashley knocked him down with a running shoulder tackle to send him out of the ring. 

Grade: C-

                                   

Notable Moments and Observations

• Before this match took place, we got a video showing Vince McMahon telling Seth Rollins he had a mystery opponent at WrestleMania. WWE is really stretching this Cody Rhodes reveal as far as it can.
• The match was nothing, but the tease for Omos vs. Lashley at WrestleMania was done well. 
• For a moment, it seemed like Erik might have actually been hurt, but the ref and Ivar proceeded as if everything was fine, so it must have been part of the plan. 

Morgan, Ripley, Banks and Naomi vs. Baszler, Natalya Carmella and Zelina

We got a backstage segment with Reggie trying to propose to Dana Brooke, but Tamina attacked them to break up the moment. Akira Tozawa then proposed to Tamina, and she said yes. It looks like a double wedding is in our future.

Back in the arena, Reigns, Paul Heyman and The Usos made their way out to respond to what Lesnar had to say earlier in the show. He did not seem to be in as good of a mood as Lesnar. 

We also got a backstage segment with Carmella and Zelina taking part in a photoshoot. Natalya and Baszler showed up to talk some trash, leading to the eight-woman tag team match with Naomi, Sasha Banks, Liv Morgan and Rhea Ripley joining them.

After a semi-entertaining back and forth contest, Ripley scored the win for her team. While we didn't quite get to see everybody have a moment to themselves, this was not as much of a mess as it could have been.

Grade: C-

                                

Notable Moments and Observations

• The stuff with Tamina attacking Brooke and then accepting Tozawa's proposal was legitimately funny. R-Truth watching it all go down from 10 feet away with a pair of binoculars was the icing on the cake.
• Reigns' promo was decent, but it didn't do anything new to build up his match with Lesnar. 
• Corey Graves made a joke at the expense of Will Smith and his Oscars' moment with Chris Rock. It would have been funny if everybody on social media didn't already beat the joke to death on Monday. 
• When Banks gets thrown into the barricade, she throws her whole body into that thing. It always looks and sounds painful. 
• Baszler taking Naomi from a stretch muffler submission and holding her up for Natalya to hit the Hart Attack was impressive. 

Austin Theory vs. Ricochet

Kevin Owens came to the ring to deliver a promo about his upcoming talk show segment with Steve Austin. He said Stone Cold wants to have a nice little chat, and because KO considers himself a good person, he is willing to do that for him.

The next match saw Ricochet battle Austin Theory, but the Intercontinental Championship was not on the line. This was simply an exhibition before Theory takes on Pat McAfee this weekend. 

Theory was easily distracted when the crowd chanted for McAfee, allowing Ricochet to take control. Theory was able to turn the tables and hit his finisher for the win.

This match was short but had some decent spots. The problem is that WWE just booked the IC champion to lose clean to a guy he isn't even feuding with at the moment. Not only does Ricochet not have a spot at WrestleMania, but he is putting over a guy who does. It doesn't seem right. 

Grade: C

                                

Notable Moments and Observations

• KO has singlehandedly built up his KO Show with Austin into a segment people are actually looking forward to seeing. That would make him a legend if he wasn't one already. 
• Ricochet nonchalantly hitting a standing shooting star press is one of the most impressive things you will see all day. 
• McAfee not showing up despite the show being near his hometown was a weird decision. 

Drew McIntyre vs. Happy Corbin and Madcap Moss

Becky Lynch attacked Bianca Belair during a promo and tried to cut off her braid, but The EST was able to thwart her and ended up cutting off quite a bit of Big Time Beck's hair instead. 

The second handicap match of the night saw Drew McIntyre take on Madcap Moss and Happy Corbin. After the Scottish Warrior beat up Moss, he threw him toward Corbin for the tag. Corbin decided to leave instead, so McIntyre easily defeated Moss with a Claymore Kick. 

Corbin came back after the match was over and attacked McIntyre until he was left lying in the middle of the ring. He took McIntyre's sword before leaving. 

Grade: D

                            

Notable Moments and Observations

• Becky's hair still looked fine for the most part. She probably needs to have it evened out a bit, but Belair didn't do too much damage.
• If McIntyre has a singles match with Corbin this weekend, why is he facing Corbin and Madcap on Raw? Shouldn't it be the other way around?
• Also, why is Corbin only afraid of McIntyre between bells, but once the match is over, he can take out the former WWE champion without any issues? It might have been a sneak attack, but that just means McIntyre is dumb for not seeing that coming after everything he has been through with them. 

The Usos vs. RK-Bro

Another feud from last year was revisited when The Usos took on RK-Bro in the main event of the evening. Shinsuke Nakamura and Rick Boogs watched from ringside to get a preview of their opponents for Sunday. 

RK-Bro dominated most of the first half of the match, but The Usos didn't let them sit in the driver's seat the entire time. The longer that match went on, the more competitive it became. 

WWE gave this bout a long time, so it easily ended up being Match of the Night. Even with that distinction, it still ended up being a relatively average match, especially for these two teams. 

The Street Profits attacked RK-Bro to cause a DQ, so Nakamura and Boogs came in to attack The Usos. Riddle and Orton ultimately took out Angelo Dawkins and Montez Ford with some RKOs to end the show.

Grade: B

                               

Notable Moments and Observations

• The spot when The Usos went for superkicks and then had to counter dual RKOs was good. They timed it well, so everyone was in sync. 
• The older they get, the easier it is to tell the difference between Jimmy and Jey. And it's not just because they have different haircuts. 
• Riddle popping Ford up so Orton could hit the RKO was a cool spot.