Another WrestleMania 42 match was made official on Monday’s edition of “WWE Raw” following a chaotic opening segment that saw Brock Lesnar initially confront Seth Rollins on behalf of Paul Heyman, and ended with “The Beast Incarnate” underneath the boot of Oba Femi.

It was announced that Femi vs. Lesnar is official for “The Showcase of the Immortals” after Femi arrived to confront Lesnar, then sent him crashing down to the mat with a huge Fall From Grace powerbomb. Lesnar and Heyman announced an open challenge to determine Lesnar’s WrestleMania opponent on the February 23 edition of “Raw,” and Femi answered that challenge on Monday.

Later on in the show, the match was made official with a graphic. The pair sparked rumors of a WrestleMania match back at the Royal Rumble when, after numerous teases in the match, they finally squared up to one another. Lesnar ended up eliminating Femi from the match, after “The Ruler” had an impressive showing from the #1 spot.

Penta beat Dragon Lee in his second defense of the Intercontinental Championship during “WWE Raw.”

Penta won the title two weeks ago from Dominik Mysterio, defending it for the first time against Ludwig Kaiser’s El Grande Americano during last week’s show. 

On Monday’s show, JD McDonagh was seen arguing with Adam Pearce about the next opportunity belonging to Mysterio, to which Pearce said that Mysterio was not cleared – having been in AAA action over the weekend – and McDonagh then argued that he should get the shot. 

Penta walked past, taunted McDonagh, thanked Pearce, and went down to the ring to defend his title in an open challenge, which was then answered by Dragon Lee. Commentary made much about the idea that Lee was wrestling a much more violent contest, as though his defeat to Gunther earlier this month had lit a fire beneath him. 

Ultimately the bout concluded after a Mexican Destroyer from the champion for the winning pinfall. After the bell, Penta offered his hand to Lee, who reciprocated for the two luchadors to share their moment of respect to close the segment. 

AJ Lee retained the WWE women’s Intercontinental Championship after a bout with Bayley on “WWE Raw.” The latter won a gauntlet match last week to earn the right to challenge for the title.

To start off the match, Lee rolled up Bayley three times. Bayley pinned Lee, but the champ kicked out and connected with a crossbody and followed with a dropkick that sent her opponent to the outside. Bayley worked Lee’s arm and Lee responded with a standing Sliced Bread.

The challenger hit a Bayley to Belly for a count of two and a half. Bayley and Lee exchanged blows from their knees. Lee took Bayley down with a Shining Wizard. Bayley countered the Black Widow with a sidewalk slam and ascended to the top turnbuckle for an elbow, but Lee rolled away. She then locked in the Black Widow until Bayley tapped.

Following the match, Becky Lynch attacked Lee and tossed her down the ramp into barricades along the way. She stomped her repeatedly until she was pulled away. Lynch had the IC title in her hands and charged at Lee, taking her out with the title before dropping it on her and walking away.

Jacob Fatu is one of WWE’s fastest rising stars, and though it doesn’t look like he’ll be vying for a world title at WWE WrestleMania 42 next month, he will likely have a prominent place on the card. Speaking on “Off The Top,” Rikishi Fatu expressed his excitement for his nephew, and compared him to a former NFL star who has since moved on to other areas of pop culture.

“The Marshawn Lynch of professional wrestling,” Rikishi said. “He reminds me of the Lynch-man.”

Lynch played in the NFL as a running back from 2007 until 2019. Though he spent time with three different teams, he’s most commonly associated with the Seattle Seahawks, the team with which he won the Super Bowl in 2014. Even prior to the end of his NFL career, Lynch started dipping his toes into acting, which he continues to do today.

“The world is starting to see Jacob,” Rikishi stated. “There’s no filter in Jacob. Jacob tells his story with no shame. What he speaks out, it’s exactly what happened to this kid.”

In his youth, Jacob Fatu spent time in jail after being convicted of robbery, with Rikishi proud of the fact that he was able to turn his life around.

These days, in WWE, Jacob is locked in a rivalry with Drew McIntyre, and it looks like the two could be opponents at WrestleMania. Although some rumors had placed both men into the world title picture, the company has shifted away from that idea and seems to have started building Fatu vs. McIntyre and Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton as separate singles matches.

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