My WWE 2K18 Results: WWE RAW IS WAR (Apr.W4.17)

WWE RAW IS WAR

April.Week 4.2017

Oklahoma City, OK

WWE ATTITUDE CHAMPIONS

WWE CHAMPION (Brahma Bull): The Rock '01

WWE INTERCONTINENTAL CHAMPION '98-'11: Faarooq

WWE EUROPEAN CHAMPION: Owen Hart

WWE WOMEN'S CHAMPION '98-'10: Trish Stratus

WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS '97-'02: The Rock 'n' Sock Connection (The Rock '01 & Mankind)

WWE HARDCORE CHAMPION: Albert

WWE CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPION '91-'07: Scotty 2 Hotty

WWE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: Brian Pillman

THIS SUNDAY AT WWE BACKLASH: The Rock '01 defends the WWE Championship against Goldberg '04!

TONIGHT ON RAW IS WAR: Six days away from their World Tag Team Championship match against the champs, The Rock 'N' Sock Connection, The Nation of Domination have an invitation for The Rock to return to The Nation! Will The Rock even entertain this offer?

LAST WEEK ON SMACKDOWN '00: Shawn Michaels '97 submitted Kurt Angle '01 to the sharpshooter in tag team action.

KICKING OFF RAW IS WAR: A furious and humiliated Kurt Angle '01 demands a submission match against Shawn Michaels '97 just six days away from Baclash as “The Olympic Hero” looks to save face by retaliating against “The Heartbreak Kid” and tapping him out.

MATCH #1

Submission Match

Kurt Angle '01 vs Shawn Michaels '97

WINNER: Shawn Michaels '97

Finish: Knee-to-back Camel Clutch

THIS SUNDAY AT WWE BACKLASH: The WWE European Champion Owen Hart will go one on one with “The Human Suplex Machine” Tazz for the European Championship!

MATCH #2

WWE HARDCORE CHAMPIONSHIP

CHAMPIONSHIP REMATCH

Falls Count Anywhere Match

Albert (c) vs The Undertaker '00

WINNER and NEW WWE HARDCORE CHAMPION: The Undertaker '00

Method: Pinfall

Finish: The Last Ride

MATCH #3

Tag Team Match

D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels '98 & Triple H '98) vs The Headbangers (Mosh & Thrasher)

WINNERS: D-Generation X (Shawn Michaels '98 & Triple H '98)

Method: Pinfall from HBK on Mosh

Finish: Sweet Chin Music

LAST WEEK ON RAW IS WAR: The Nation of Domination defeated The Rock 'N' Sock Connection and Hardcore Holly in six-man tag team action when Kama Mustafa pinned Mankind.

LAST WEEK ON SMACKDOWN '00: Kama Mustafa followed up last Tuesday's win by scoring a big victory over the former WWE Champion Mankind.

UP NEXT: Inspired by Kama's recent success, a fired-up D'Lo Brown has challenged Mankind to a one on one match tonight! D'Lo dedicates his impending victory to the soon-to-be newest member of The Nation, The Rock!

IN THE BACKSTAGE AREA: Hardcore Holly tells Mankind that once again he's not surprised to see The Rock nowhere in sight for Mankind's singles match tonight and reiterates to Mankind that The Rock doesn't give a damn about him. Mankind mockingly thanks Holly for his gentle caring when Holly clears up that he also doesn't give a damn about Mankind but at least he's backing him up tonight. Mankind points out that Holly's only going to be out there because his Backlash opponent, Faarooq, will be out there to which Holly frustratingly asks Mankind if he wants his help tonight or not.

MATCH #4

Normal Match

Mankind (w/Hardcore Holly) vs D'Lo Brown (w/Faarooq & Kama Mustafa)

WINNER: D'Lo Brown!

Method: Pinfall

Finish: Sky High

POST-MATCH: D'Lo demands a handshake. The good guy that Mankind is, accepts the handshake and raises D'Lo's arm.

Rating: **** ½ Instant Classic

LAST WEEK ON RAW IS WAR: Challenger Jacqueline evened the odds against WWE Women's Champion '98-'10 Trish Stratus with a furious attack!

UP NEXT: Jacqueline goes one on one against the woman who still seems to be best friends with the WWE Women's Champion trish Stratus despite her change in attitude.

MATCH #5

(RIVALRY)

Normal Match

Jacqueline vs Lita

WINNER: Jacqueline

Method: Pinfall

Finish: Float-over DDT

Note: Squash!

POST-MATCH: Jacqueline celebrates her impressively dominating victory when she is attacked from behind by a kendo stick-wielding women's champion, Trish Stratus.

Rating: **** Amazon

THIS SUNDAY AT WWE BACKLASH: Jacqueline challenges the WWE Women's Champion Trish Stratus as Jacqueline looks to put Trish and her new attitude in her place!

SHOW CLOSER PROMO

Faarooq invites The Rock to return home to The Nation of Domination. He adds that they don't need to bicker about who the leader is because Faarooq is fine with being co-leaders with The Rock. The Nation can still compete against The Rock and Mankind this Sunday at Backlash. All The Rock has to do is make sure that Mankind is the one to take the fall and then presto: The Nation become new tag team champions and tag team gold will still be around the waist of The Rock via the Freebird rule (a rule that they will rename as 'The Nation' rule).

The Rock seems to mull over the invitation, repeating the offer that Faarooq laid out. “The Great One” says that he will consider rejoining The Nation if they meet some of his demands. The Rock demands that (1) Kama Mustafa act as his personal bodyguard, (2) D'Lo serves as his personal limousine driver and (3) Faarooq is to be in charge of making sure that The Rock's boots are shined up real nice...

Faarooq vs The Rock

PROMO BATTLE WINNER: Faarooq!

Kama Mustafa runs out to join Faarooq in beating down The Rock when Goldberg (The Rock's Backlash opponent this Sunday) runs out to even the odds. Order is soon restored in the form of a tag team match.

MATCH #6

MAIN EVENT

Impromptu

Tag Team Match

The Rock '01 & Goldberg '04 vs The Nation of Domination (Faarooq & Kama Mustafa)

WINNERS: The Nation of Domination (Faarooq & Kama Mustafa)

Method: Count out on The Rock by Faarooq (Assisted by Kama on the outside)

NEWS

GETTING EXTREME

Trish Stratus attacked Jacqueline after the match by using a kendo stick! The two rivals will now compete for the WWE Women's Championship in an Extreme Rules Match!

NEW CHAMPION!

Undertaker '00 has won the Hardcore Championship!

Countdown to WWE 2K19: 2 months, 1 week & 5 days (in-universe mode calendar)

REVIEW

• I really miss the storyline designer mode that used to be in these games. It would be so cool to see these text-based storyline tidbits within the actual game, as limiting as it would probably be.

• The Nation of Domination have been on a bit of a hot streak as of late but they definitely dominated the show tonight. From the show-long storyline of them inviting The Rock back to rejoin The Nation, to D'Lo's improbable but huge upset win over Mankind, to The Nation beating the main event of Backlash.

• I dig this build. The Nation went from perennial (and somewhat meh) lower midcarders to poking their heads in the main event scene. At first, Faarooq's IC title win seemed to have the title kind of boost him up. Now with everything that has gone up, Faarooq seems to also be bringing prestige to the IC title with all of these victories over Superstars like The Rock, Mankind and Goldberg. A great symbiotic relationship.

• Jacqueline seems to be on a similar trajectory as she's someone who's also not been a real focus within her division. With this new rivalry with now-heel Trish Stratus, she's gotten one over on the champ and now squashed one of the most iconic (no pun intended) women's champions of all time.

• I love how this game can boost a Superstar and make them higher-profile than they're known to be. Neville during this 2K18 run has been a prime example of that. It'll be sad to see him go. I'm porting his stats over to his 2K19 CAW counterpart so I hope the 2K18 Neville that I've come to really love will still be there in some form.

• HBK submits Angle once again, this time in a true blue submission match! Can HBK make it a clean sweep at Backlash? The pressure looks to be on the ankle hurtin' sexy Kurt now.

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