It was previously reported that The WWE Network will be presenting a special called “The Shield’s Final Chapter” with Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose & WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins teaming up for the last time this coming Sunday at 9:30PM ET. It was announced that WWE Intercontinental Champion Finn Balor will also be in action with his title on the line.
There is no word yet on who the opponents will be for The Shield or Finn Balor, but The TaxSlayer Center in Moline, IL has The Shield vs. Baron Corbin, Drew McIntyre & Bobby Lashley advertised. The arena has also Sasha Banks & Bayley advertised, but the ad was issued before they dropped The WWE Women’s Tag Team Titles to The IIconics at WrestleMania 35. The WWE website has The Shield, Balor, Lashley, McIntyre, Corbin, Banks, Bayley, Elias & Braun Strowman all scheduled to appear at the special event.
There is also no word yet on if they will be airing the entire live event, or just parts of it. Dave Meltzer indicated on a recent edition of The Wrestling Observer Radio Program that the special would feature “live cut-ins” to the live event in Moline, IL, but that has not been confirmed yet. More details on the special event will be reported once it is made available.
As previously reported, Naomi came to RAW from SmackDown LIVE in The WWE Superstar Shakeup last Monday night. She teamed up with Bayley for a non-title win over WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions The IIconics. Below is a post-RAW video of Bayley & Naomi talking to Cathy Kelley. Naomi started her promo by saying that there is no replacement for Sasha Banks, who apparently was not at RAW as her WWE status is up in the air.
“I just want to get this off my chest,” Naomi said. “First of all, I just want to say that there is no replacement for The Boss, Ms. Sasha Banks. However, a friend in need is a friend indeed. I mean, look how precious and sweet this face is? Who does not like Bayley? So, anybody that’s got a problem with Bayley, got a problem with me. Sis knows she can always count on me and I got her back, period.”
Bayley then said that it was an honor to be a part of Naomi’s RAW return and she just wants to take the good win and the good vibes to move on.
WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon recently took to Twitter and said that she flew almost 40,000 miles during WrestleMania 35 season this year, going from Connecticut to Tampa to Austin to Abu Dhabi to Seattle to Pittsburgh to California to New Jersey for WrestleMania Week and then to Montreal for last Monday night’s RAW. You can check out her tweet below:
CT ?? Tampa ?? Austin ??Abu Dhabi ?? Seattle ?? Pittsburgh ?? CA ?? NJ ?? Montreal#WrestleMania season is always (the best kind of) busy for me, this year traveling almost 40K miles! Catching this sunrise from the plane was the perfect finish to a great month! #TravelTuesday pic.twitter.com/uZDMSKlBWM
— Stephanie McMahon (@StephMcMahon) April 16, 2019