Jubilation As Big E Defeats Bobby Lashley to Win the WWE Championship on Monday Night Raw

Jubilation As Big E Defeats Bobby Lashley to Win the WWE Championship on Monday Night Raw

Babajide Orevba
updated at April 12, 2023 at 7:46 PM
  • Monday Night Raw saw Big E put up an impressive show to emerge as the newest WWE champion
  • Big E cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on Bobby Lashley to capture his first WWE Championship on the latest episode
  • Reigns has taken to social media to send a message to the newly crowned WWE Champion, informing him that he made a smart decision

It was a fight to finish on WWE Monday Night Raw after the event was closed out for the epic battle between Randy Orton and Bobby Lashley, Wrestling News reports.

For the entire duration of the show, Big E surfaced brilliantly which gave fans a glimpse of what to expect as he would make huge money at some point or after the fight.

According to a statement by the WWE on its website, after Orton seemed to have won the match via an RKO, MVP made efforts to pull him out of the ring, Sport Skeeda reports.

Jubilation As Big E Defeat Bobby Lashley to Win the WWE Championship on Monday Night Raw
Monday Night Raw saw Big E take home the title. Photo: Sports Rush
Source: UGC

Despite more efforts by Orton who delivered the RKO on MVP, Lashley made a brutal come back hitting a spear and then pinned Orton to win the title, while Lashley then attacked Matt Riddle at ringside and he hit a Dominator slam through the table.

A statement said:

“After a commercial break, the referee started the match after Big E slapped Lashley. Lashley then mauled Big E with a ground and pound but E fought back by taking out Lashley’s knee but Lashley countered with a spear and a pin attempt that E kicked out of.
“Big E tried a slam but E countered into the Big Ending and he pinned Lashley to win the title. Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston went out to celebrate with Big E after the match.”

Roman Reigns, McIntyre retain titles in WWE TLC 2020

Meanwhile, WWE TLC 2020 was the last pay-per-view event of the year as the showpiece two Tables, Ladders and Chairs match at the Tropicana Field in Tampa Bay.

One of the TLC matches saw Drew McIntyre retain his WWE Championship in a Triple Threat Match involving AJ Styles and the Mr Money in the Bank, The Miz.

The SmackDown Women's titles match between Sasha Banks and Carmella ended in favour of The Boss as she submitted her opponent with The Bank Statement move.

WWE superstars Keith Lee and Mia Yim have announced engagement

Legit.ng earlier reported that WWE superstars Keith Lee and Mia Yim have announced that they are both engaged after about a few years of dating.

Both Lee and Yim started in the WWE roaster in 2018 under the NXT brand before the couple got promoted into the RAW brand.

Yim took her excitement to Twitter to announce that they are finally engaged with each other. She said while showing off her ring sitting on Lee's lap.

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