The Raw after WrestleMania has a reputation to freshen things up a bit. In years past, there have been call-ups from NXT, big returns, new debuts, and generally a sense that the roster could use a little shaking up to reset the field and allow room for some new matches to take place in what is effectively a new "season" of the show.
Tonight's edition of Monday Night Raw saw to it to keep up that tradition as several WWE Superstars were moved between the red and blue brands, as well as graduating from NXT.
The first of these was Ethan Page, announced by Raw General Manager Adam Pearce in a backstage segment to officially be the latest member of the roster. Page quickly found himself at odds with his former rival Je'Von Evans after inserting himself into the title hunt for the men's Intercontinental Championship. Page scored a win over Evans due in part to Rusev's interference, who also fought with Penta and is still going after the gold as well.
Sol Ruca was the next in line, stepping up to the new women's world champion Liv Morgan to nearly beat her in an impromptu match, if it wasn't for interference from The Judgment Day's Roxanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez, as well as ZARIA, who faces Ruca tomorrow night on NXT Revenge Week 2 in a Last Woman Standing match.
Joe Hendry was also advertised as being part of the Raw roster going forward and will be on next week's show to have one of his trademark concerts in the ring.
WWE also confirmed that Royce Keys is a member of the SmackDown roster going forward, as will be Rhea Ripley, who goes over to Friday nights now that she's holding the WWE Women's Championship, which is part of that brand.
It is implied that The Street Profits have been traded over to Raw as they went after The Vision's Logan Paul and Austin Theory in a brawl segment, likely setting them up for a future shot at the WWE World Tag Team Championship titles.
Jacob Fatu also appears to be on the Raw roster going forward, given how he challenged Roman Reigns to a match at WWE Backlash. Reigns told him to think about it over the week and that he would see him next Monday night.
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