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Trust and loyalty were two of the biggest themes on “Monday Night Raw.”
No one on the WWE Raw roster has any confidence in Seth Rollins, while Liv Morgan questioned Roxanne Perez’s loyalty after her impromptu encounter with Finn Balor last week.
Let’s get to Rollins first.
“The Visionary” broke the trust of many when he teamed up with Paul Heyman to take down Roman Reigns and CM Punk in the main event of WrestleMania 41 Night 1 last year. He took the World Heavyweight Championship and brought Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed to his group, The Vision, which later disbanded under his watch. Breakker and Reed turned on him as he watched Austin Theory and Logan Paul join the faction before WrestleMania 42 rolled around.
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Bron Breaker attacks Seth Rollins during Monday Night RAW at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Neb., on May 4, 2026. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE)
After Rollins lost to Gunther at WrestleMania 42, he has turned his sights back on Breaker. And while Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins (The Street Profits) seemed to have his back, they’ve made it clear they don’t trust him. The trust issues became apparent again after Breaker brutalized Rollins at the start of the show and then took care of Ford and Dawkins later in the night.
Ford and Dawkins jumped Theory and Paul when Theory took on Joe Hendry in a singles match. Breaker handled Ford and Dawkins with relative ease. Rollins came out to save the Street Profits. But when Ford eliminated Theory and Paul on the outside, Rollins was distracted for a split second. That allowed Breakker to hit another spear on Rollins.
“Tez, thanks for getting me that other spear out there, buddy,” Rollins said to Ford in the back.
“Well, Seth, thanks to your past antics with The Vision, nobody, nobody, trusts you,” Ford shot back.
“No one trusts me. You don’t trust me. I don’t even know you (points to Hendry), you probably don’t trust me,” Rollins responded. “Guess what? I don’t even trust myself. Who cares? We’re in the same fight. You fight The Vision, I fight the Vision. Sometimes those fights come together. Here’s the deal, you stay out of the way, I stay out of the way.”
Rollins walked away and got the last word. He will face Bron Breaker at Backlash on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Morgan put Perez to the test. She wanted to make it clear that “The Prodigy” was not going to side with Balor and destroy the group even more.
“What the hell was Finn doing in the clubhouse last week? You see, I’m not worried about Finn, Roxanne, because JD is going to take care of Finn tonight,” Morgan told Perez. “I’m worried about you. Why did Finn think it was okay to talk to you and why didn’t you tell me and why do I have to watch Netflix to find out what’s going on at doomsday?”
Perez said she didn’t say anything because she “made it very clear” to Balor to remove himself from the clubhouse and not come back.
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“You’re right though, I should have said something. But Liv, you know I’m loyal to doomsday,” Perez replied.
Morgan made Perez promise that she would not keep “any more secrets from the family.” Perez agreed and repeated what Morgan told her.
Perez later helped Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez and Dominik Mysterio distract Balor in his match against McDonagh. Perez seemed to make it clear where her loyalties lie.
Later, Morgan said Rodriguez and Perez were going after tag team champions Brie Bella and Paige next.
Roman Reigns, Jacob Fatu contract signing
Jacob Fatu attacks Roman Reigns on Monday Night RAW at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Neb., on May 4, 2026. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE)
Roman Reigns was hot coming into “Monday Night Raw” after receiving a Tongan Death Grip from Jacob Fatu to end the show last week.
He didn’t want to hear anything Raw general manager Adam Pearce had to say. But after Pearce told him Fatu wasn’t in the building yet, Reigns waited his turn to address the “Samoan Werewolf” until later in the night.
The two met in the ring to sign the contract for their World Heavyweight Championship match at Backlash. Reigns made it clear to Fatu that he was always watching him from afar as Fatu worked his way up to WWE and became a main event player.
“I was the one in this company that held the door open for Solo (Sikoa),” he said after Fatu mentioned that it was Sikoa who got him into WWE in the first place. “Solo was the one who brought you in, huh? Well, guess what, I brought Solo in, and that’s why I brought you in. And I’ll be damned if there wasn’t respect to be had in this business from me.”
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Reigns questioned Fatu’s use of the Tongan Death Grip, which he said Fatu used as a “desperate” measure.
“You don’t do that to family,” Reigns explained. “You don’t do that to your own. You don’t do that to your ‘Tribal Chief.’
Fatu stared down Reigns before answering.
“Yeah, I’m desperate. Yeah, it feels like it’s just me against the world. Yeah, my back’s against the wall. So I had no choice but to take you out, take this title and everything that comes with it,” Fatu explained. “And to keep it 100, I’m going to put a stranglehold on this game and I’m going to squeeze every dollar and every cent out, just like this company has done to our family for decades.”
Fatu said he had no intention of going back to where he came from and was as “desperate” as ever to win the World Heavyweight Championship.
Reigns replied that he was not only worried about Fatu’s “seven children”, but the generations of their family that came before them and those that are next.
When Reigns said that Fatu was “beneath” him, Fatu got up and tried to put the Tongan death grip on Reigns again. Reigns threw a desk chair at Fatu. When Fatu tried to go for the death grip again, Reigns broke out of it. Fatu ended up getting the advantage in the end, eventually getting the Tongan Death Grip on Reigns.
Fatu signed the contract and the match was made “official”.
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Sol Ruca goes up in “The Man”
There were a few moments of celebration on “Monday Night Raw” when newcomer Sol Ruca “officially” signed his contract with the Raw brand.
Pearce said he missed the days when he was on NXT and a “blue-chip” prospect was able to sign a contract with one of the main brands. He said “today was one of those days” when he introduced Ruca to the crowd in Omaha, Nebraska.
Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch interrupted the ordeal. She argued that Ruca’s time should have been given to her to celebrate her own greatness and was upset that Pearce scheduled Iyo Sky in a match against her last week.
Women’s Intercontinental Champion Becky Lynch faces Sol Ruca on Monday Night RAW at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Neb., on May 4, 2026. (Georgiana Dallas/WWE)
“Becky, not everything is about you,” Ruca declared. “Everyone knows who you are. I know who you are. I know what you’ve done and I know everything you’ve accomplished. But the thing is, I didn’t expect to find out when I met you that you’re exactly what everyone says you are…a rude, big-headed, b—h.”
Lynch was stunned and asked if the crowd would let her speak to her like that. The crowd apparently backed Ruca in the exchange.
“I’m Sol Ruca, and if you ever interrupt me again, I won’t just kick your a–, I’ll steal your soul,” she added.
Lynch went to strike out Ruca, replacing Pearce. Ruca hit Lynch with a Sol Snatcher to end the segment. Lynch appears to have a new challenger for his title.
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Crude summary
Asuka hit Iyo Sky with a mist in a confrontation before their Backlash match.
JD McDonagh def. Finn Balor.
Ethan Page and Rusev def. Penta and Je’Von Evans.
Joe Hendry def. Austin Theory via DQ.
Oba Femi def. Otis in Oba Femi’s Open Challenge.
Original El Grande Americano, Julis Creed and Brutus Creed def. El Grande Americo, Rayo and Bravo.
