John Arpino and Danny Mabley break down a May the 4th Raw that delivered exactly what it needed to heading into Backlash, with two standout matches, Braun Breaker throwing Montez Ford over the barricade like a piece of luggage, and a closing contract signing that ended with Jacob Fatu standing over Roman Reigns and dropping one of the best lines anyone has said on WWE television in years.

This week on The Go-Home Show: Roman Reigns tries to hit his music at Gorilla and Seth Rollins pops up behind him and hits his own, Bron Breaker attacks Seth from behind in a brawl that genuinely looked like two guys trying to hurt each other, Finn Balor versus JD McDonagh delivers the match of the night in a bout that reminded them of early AJ Styles versus Christopher Daniels in TNA with two guys so in sync they barely needed to talk before going out there, Roxanne hammers Finn behind the referee's back and JD headbutts him for the win with the biggest head in professional wrestling, Oba Femi powerbombs Otis and holds him in the air long enough for everyone watching to feel their own bicep tear off the bone, the Los Hermanos Americanos trios match with Brutus and Austin Creed in masks goes way harder than anyone expected, Logan Paul shows up looking absolutely jacked and beats the brakes off Joe Hendry before Braun Breaker murders the Street Profits and puts Seth through two spears in the same night, the guys debate who is teaming with Dan Housen at Backlash with CM Punk and Shane McMahon both in the conversation, and Roman Reigns tells Jacob Fatu that in this ring you are beneath me before Jacob locks in the Tongan Death Grip, Roman looks at Adam Pearce like a man begging for his life, and Jacob signs the contract over Roman's body while telling him they have been squeezing Samoans for decades and now it is his turn.

Final grades: B minus and B.

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John Arpino, Danny, and special guest Mikey the Professor break down a Raw that felt like regular television in the best possible way, with every major feud moving somewhere real and a closing segment that had the room losing their minds over an iced out werewolf chain and a man who was not supposed to be here.

This week on The Go-Home Show: Bron Breaker opens the show by telling Seth Rollins he is the best wrestler in the world at being number two, Seth fires back that Bron is not even number two in his own family, and Backlash is officially set, Roxanne Perez gets the loudest pop of the night in her own hometown of Laredo, Texas and the crowd never really came back down after that, Becky Lynch opens an open challenge and Io Sky accepts on her own behalf before clarifying she definitely did not come out there on behalf of Rhea Ripley, Asuka interferes to end the match and Kairi Sane is officially gone with the dirt sheets saying she is already back in Japan, Joe Hendry's main roster debut gets cut off by a commercial that runs straight through the entrance that made him famous, Logan Paul comes out yelling at full volume in a way none of them had ever seen before and the Street Profits get the whole building chanting fire Logan Paul, Oba Femi squashes Grayson Waller and issues an open challenge to anyone who wants to climb the mountain, and Roman Reigns soaks up Texas for five minutes without saying a word before Jacob Fatu comes out with an iced out werewolf chain and a black hoodie, tells Roman allowing you to fight me is nepotism, gets hit with the Tongan Death Grip, bleeds, and walks back up the ramp saying he is not waiting until Backlash and he will see Roman's punk ass next Monday.

Final grades: C, B minus, and C plus.

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John Arpino and Danny break down the first SmackDown after WrestleMania, a show that had a stacked card on paper but never quite grabbed them the way Monday did, and still managed to deliver two moments that had everyone locked in and ready for what comes next.

This week on The Go-Home Show: Jacob Fatu opens the show with the entire Samoan family on the stage and cuts another passionate promo about needing this title rather than wanting it before kicking Tama Tonga in the mouth to make his point, Tiffany Stratton wins the Women's United States Championship from Julia Hart in the match of the night with a moonsault reversal sequence that had the crowd on their feet, Fatal Influence makes their SmackDown debut with JC Jane, Fallon Henley, and Lainey Reed drawing massive heat and immediately setting themselves up against Rhea Ripley, Dan Housen shows up at Miz's house in Las Vegas to steal his Slammy award and make him throw cocoa powder on his wife while the whole segment is shot like a great iPhone video, Cody Rhodes comes out with a genuinely concave face from Randy Orton's punt and reminds everyone that he is easy to find and hard to beat, Ricky Starks is announced for next week, Jacob Fatu closes the show by telling the Usos to stand on the apron and watch while he beats the entire MFT faction all over Texas by himself, and the guys go through the post-Mania roster cuts including Motor City Machine Guns, Kairi Sane, Aleister Black, Santos Escobar, and the entire Wyatt Sicks.

Final grades: B minus and B.

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Roman Reigns walks out to his original theme, raises the belt with the Usos behind him, and the pyro goes off. Danny got goosebumps. Tanya thought we were going paper instead of rock. John Arpino and Danny break down every segment of a Raw After WrestleMania that had genuine momentum from top to bottom, two NXT call-ups, a Brock Lesnar tribute package, and a closing segment that made both of them immediately want to tune in next week.

This week on The Go-Home Show: Oba Femi struts to the ring, says the ruler has arrived, drops the mic and walks away in what is the exact opposite of the My Yard promo Roman got years ago, Ethan Page debuts and wins on Raw with All Ego energy and the guys immediately want him in a tag team with Miz called Miz Ego, Braun Breaker returns looking shredded without the spray tan, cuts a promo that made Danny ready to strap the rocket to him right now, and then bleeds after Seth Rollins clips him with the wrong side of a chair, Cody Rhodes comes out with a face that is genuinely concave from Randy Orton's punt and somehow decides this is the moment for a casual hang in the ring with CM Punk, Sol Ruka debuts against Liv Morgan in a match that went longer and hit harder than anything Liv had at WrestleMania, the Street Profits return and nobody really clocked it as a return, Joe Hendry is officially called up to Raw, Jacob Fatu comes out while the Bloodline is all standing in the ring and cuts one of the best promos of his career saying he does not want the title he needs it, and Roman tells him to take a week and think about whether he can handle the burden of winning or the burden of having to acknowledge him.

Final grades: B minus and B.

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Nobody in that building knew Brock Lesnar was retiring. There was no graphic, no shirt on the merchandise stand, no announcement. He locked up with Oba Femi, changed the finish on the fly, made the kid look like a million dollars, laid down his gloves and boots, silently prayed, and started crying. Paul Heyman threw up the X and real Paul Heyman showed up for about thirty seconds. John Arpino and Danny break down every match of a WrestleMania Night Two that delivered almost everything it promised and saved a weekend that desperately needed saving.

This week on The Go-Home Show: Oba Femi wins clean in one of the most emotional and surprising moments in recent WWE history as Brock Lesnar retires on his own terms at WrestleMania, Penta wins the Intercontinental ladder match in a spot fest that had the crowd losing their minds with Ray Mysterio doing a West Coast Pop through a ladder at 51 years old, Demon Finn beats Dirty Dom in a physical street fight that had Dom genuinely getting clobbered and taking some of the nastiest bumps of the night, Rhea Ripley defeats Jade Cargill in the best match either of them has had in months with a sick counter into the Riptide to close it out, Dan Housen gets made official when John Cena gives him permission to do the five knuckle shuffle on Miz while midgets carry Miz out of the arena, Roman Reigns comes out to his original theme and puts on an old school pro wrestling clinic with CM Punk that neither man discussed in the back, Roman wins the World Heavyweight Championship clean with no interference and no bullshit, and Trick Williams beats Sami Zayn for the United States title in the one match that could have used a few more minutes.

Final grades: A minus for Night Two. B minus combined for the weekend.

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John Arpino and Danny break down every match of WrestleMania Night One, a show they genuinely had fun watching that still somehow felt like a double Saturday Night Main Event with a bigger stage. The matches were short, the production had problems, the house was down 12,000 from last year, and everyone went home before it got dark. Night Two cannot come fast enough.

This week on The Go-Home Show: John Cena opens the show looking like a young Vince McMahon Jr., gets emotional feeling the crowd energy again, and holds back absolutely nothing including a pot shot at the attendance before Bianca Belair comes out to save the night by revealing her pregnancy and making everyone cry, Jacob Fatu versus Drew McIntyre delivers the most intensity of the night but falls short of what an unsanctioned match should actually be with a sword that never gets used and weapons that feel more PG era extreme rules than anything else, Gunther versus Seth Rollins is the match of the night and possibly match of the year despite being put together two weeks ago with Seth taking black eye contacts out mid entrance and both men beating the absolute hell out of each other, Braun Breaker sprints down the ramp for what could have been the greatest spear of all time and Seth sidesteps it completely, Paige returns to a massive pop that was nearly missed by a cameraman who literally falls over, Becky Lynch wins the women's title over AJ Lee in the best women's match of the night, Liv Morgan versus Stephanie Vicarro gets seven minutes after a music video entrance that runs longer than the match, Randy Orton punts Cody Rhodes after retaining with a Crossroads to set up what looks like a trilogy, and the total in ring time across seven matches on a four hour show clocks in at ninety minutes.

Final grades: B minus and C.

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The go home SmackDown before WrestleMania had every main event guy on the show, a crowd that booed everything and cheered almost nothing, and a closing segment where Cody Rhodes and CM Punk almost cried together and nobody quite knew why.

John Arpino and Danny break down every segment of a flat and forgettable go home show, give it a D and a C minus respectively, and try to get themselves hyped for a WrestleMania weekend that still has not fully clicked.

This week on The Go-Home Show: Randy Orton talks legacy approximately 97 times and Shane McMahon quietly appears on the active WWE roster page for no reason, Jacob Fatu arrives in the back of a cop car and delivers another great promo that deserves a better show around it, Tiffany Stratton versus Jordan Grace is the best SmackDown match in months and has no business not being on the WrestleMania card, Jade Cargill dresses like Giant Gonzalez in Vegas and the guys cannot let it go, Cody and Punk close the show by almost hugging each other the night before WrestleMania while rushing through crowd chants like they were running late for the Hall of Fame, Paige has reportedly re-signed with WWE and is likely showing up this weekend, Royce Keys wins the Andre Battle Royal as telegraphed from the opening bell, the Trick Williams and Sami Zayn segment gets told to shut the hell up by a crowd that has officially had enough, and the guys debate whether this WrestleMania card has enough match quality to save a build that never fully got off the ground.

Final grades: D and C minus.

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The last Raw before WrestleMania did not give you brawls or contract chaos or extras taking bumps. It gave you two men talking quietly into a microphone and making an entire arena stop and listen, and somehow that was not enough for people. John Arpino and Danny break down every segment of the go home Raw, give their honest grades, and make the case that what happened at the end of this show was some of the best old school wrestling television they have seen in years.

This week on The Go-Home Show: CM Punk and Roman Reigns stand across from each other and just talk, no fists, no extras, no nonsense, just two guys saying true things out loud in front of a crowd that had to listen, Oba Femi cuts the best promo of his career and works the crowd like a veteran twice his age, Paul Heyman gives Oba his flowers and John doubles down on Brock going over at WrestleMania, Stephanie Vicarro and Liv Morgan have their best segment of the entire build with Liv looking genuinely psychotic, the Demon Finn is confirmed, Seth Rollins goes from polite handshake to stomp attempt in about 45 seconds, the IShowSpeed clip from a few weeks ago is apparently the most viral Raw moment of all time with 500 million views across platforms, the WWE Club waitlist is open and Danny put Oba while John put Paul Heyman, and the guys go through the full WrestleMania card and debate whether this weekend can quietly become one of the better shows of the year on match quality alone.

Final grades: B minus across the board.

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CM Punk storms to the ring, skips the pageantry, and goes full shoot on TKO, Ari Emanuel, ticket prices, and everything in between while the Houston crowd tries to eat him alive. John Arpino and Danny Mabley break down every segment of a Raw that started with a genuine moment of chaos and spent the rest of the night trying to live up to it, give their honest grades, and debate whether WWE should have just cut the feed and let it play out on social media.

This week on The Go-Home Show: Punk drops the nepo baby who ate dog food line, says he can gleefully stand on a bridge and blow it up because he knows how to swim, and tells everyone to call their agent and lower the ticket prices, Gunther aligns with Paul Heyman in the best backstage segment of the night and the possibilities are genuinely exciting, Oba Femi and Brock Lesnar sign no contract and brawl through a ring full of security for the fourth time this build, IShowSpeed gets a WrestleMania match officially announced and the Vision versus LA Night and Speed is now a six person tag, Demon Finn is confirmed for WrestleMania and the little animation was dorky but we will allow it, Asuka cuts a cinematic promo that makes Io Sky versus Asuka feel like a genuine sleeper match of the night candidate, Stephanie Vaquer throws Liv Morgan headfirst into Roxanne Perez at Mach 4 and nobody was ready, and Rey Mysterio gets added to the ladder match two weeks before WrestleMania on a freshly healed ankle.

Final grades: C plus and B minus.

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Pat McAfee reveals himself as Randy Orton's mystery ally, roasts the WWE product into the ground on live television, and somehow makes John Arpino and Danny feel better about WrestleMania than they have in weeks. John and Danny break down every segment of a genuinely entertaining SmackDown that had no business being this fun two weeks out from the biggest show of the year.

This week on The Go-Home Show: Pat McAfee comes out in sunglasses looking like a young Scott Hall, calls out five foot five guys doing Iron Man matches, says everyone in gorilla is circle jerking themselves, and compares the Randy reveal to Hall and Nash presenting the third man except it was disco inferno, Randy cuts a career level promo in his hometown about waking something in himself that cannot be put back to bed, Cody Rhodes delivers his best promo of this entire run and alludes to the voices in his head saying things nobody wants to hear, the Dan Hausen hot tag from R-Truth is the hardest either of them have laughed at wrestling in years, Trick Williams steals Sammy Zayn's pyro with Lil Yachty by his side and nobody explains why, Tama Tonga tells Solo to get the goddamn lantern out of his face and speaks for everyone watching, the Bayley and Lyra versus Charlotte and Alexa match is quietly one of the better women's matches in weeks, and SmackDown ends on a mid-card US title angle two weeks before WrestleMania for reasons nobody can explain.

Final grades: B across the board.

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