In Part 1 of WrestleMania, Johnny Gargano faces Seth Rollins in a battle of workhorses, and Samoa Joe looks to do what few man can, as he goes one on one with Brock Lesnar. Plus, Rusev Day gets their shot at the Woken Warriors, and in Part 1's main event, Becky Lynch and Ronda Rousey square off one more time for the Raw Women's Championship.
And now, Raw and SmackDown present......................WrestleMania III!
And now, Raw and SmackDown present......................WrestleMania III!
Universe Mode
WrestleMania III
March 31st, 2019
Location: New Orleans, LA
Official WrestleMania III Theme Song- "Legendary"- Welshly Arms
Johnny Gargano vs Seth Rollins
As you could expect, this was a highly energetic, fast paced match to open Part 1 of WrestleMania. It was Gargano's technical wrestling skills that proved to be his greatest weapon. After Rollins hit an incredibly impressive deadlift falcon arrow out of the corner, he looked to follow up with a springboard knee strike. But as Rollins came flying in, Gargano caught his leg, dropped Rollins to the mat and applied the Gargano Escape! With the crowd evenly split between both men, after a tense wait, Rollins passed out and Johnny Wrestling got his biggest win to date.
Winner: Johnny Gargano
The Woken Warriors(c) vs Rusev Day- SmackDown Tag Team Championship Match
To pull off the upset tonight, Rusev and Aiden English would need all the resilience they had and more. But the situation looked dire for the challengers, as Wyatt and Hardy would utilize their wide array of double team moves to pick English apart. With all the effort he could muster, English fought to get to his corner. He was denied twice, but finally, Rusev was tagged in! The Bulgarian Brute went wild, hitting both champions with one Machka Kick after another. With Matt Hardy down on the mat, Rusev lifted him up and planted him down with a huge powerbomb! 1.............2...............3! Rusev and Aiden English have done it, we've got new tag team champions!
Winners and the NEW SmackDown Tag Team Champions: Rusev Day
Brock Lesnar vs Samoa Joe
From the start, both men began trading haymakers in what was clearly not going to be a long battle. Much to the dismay of the crowd, Lesnar would hit an F-5 early on, but much to their delight, Samoa Joe kicked out! Lesnar stayed in control, powerbombing Joe into the mat over and over again. He lifted the Samoan Submission Machine up again, and hit another F-5, but Joe kicked out again! Lesnar now openly showed frustration, and looked to apply the Kimura Lock, but that was a big mistake. Joe punched Lesnar in the gut, then hit him with jabs to the face, one after another. A dazed Lesnar was planted with a uranage, and from the ground, Joe applied the Coquina Clutch! We saw a very rare sight, as Brock Lesnar was forced to tap out, proving the dominance of Samoa Joe.
Winner: Samoa Joe
Becky Lynch(c) vs Ronda Rousey- Raw Women's Championship Match
The story of this match was, of course, both women fighting to apply their signature armbar submissions. But after everything that has happened in this feud, they both were intent on truly humbling their opponent tonight. After Lynch hit the Bex-ploder, Rousey would quickly fight back to connect with Piper's Pit. After Rousey worked on Lynch's arm in the ropes, Lynch traded back by nearly dislocating Rousey's arm with a top rope DDT to the arm. Becky would look to take the game of upsmanship further, measuring from the top rope and hitting Ronda with a missile dropkick! But the challenger would trade back with a crossbody off the top, and both women were down. Finally, Rousey flipped Lynch onto the canvas, and locked in the armbar! It seemed like Lynch might be about to tap, but she had one trick left in the book. Lynch countered into a jacknife pin, grabbed the arm, and rolled through into the Dis-arm-her! And like the previous match, we saw a very rare sight, as a trapped Rousey had no choice but to tap out,
Winner and still Raw Women's Champion: Becky Lynch
Post-Match
As Becky Lynch celebrated, still the best on Raw, Ronda Rousey grabbed a mic. She admitted that Lynch was the better woman tonight, and the Man of Monday Nights. Rousey announced that she is taking an extended hiatus from Universe Mode to start a family, and has will be gone indefinitely. But when she will continue her quest for that championship. Rousey then raised Lynch's arm and left the ring, leaving the Irish Lasskicker to celebrate to end Part 1.
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