Stats For WWE Raw 4/15/19 And Smackdown Live 4/16/19 From Sean Ross Sapp
– Both Ivar and Erik of The Viking Experience — formerly the War Raiders, had their first ever WWE Monday Night Raw matches on Monday. Neither had appeared in an enhancement match on the brand earlier in their careers, even.
– Ivar (Hanson) had his last match on broadcast television before Monday in December 2017 for Ring of Honor.
– Cedric Alexander was announced for the WWE Raw brand over one year after his last match on the show, which was March 26, 2018.
– Andrade also had his first match on Raw Monday night.
– The Usos last win on WWE Raw was May 2016 against Breezango before their move to Raw.
– Becky Lynch has now won five consecutive WWE Raw matches, dating back to 2016.
– Speaking of, Becky Lynch‘s last loss on WWE Raw was in May 2016 to Dana Brooke.
– Ironically, in Styles’ last WWE Raw match, he teamed with Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose back in October of 2017.
– Carmella, Becky Lynch, Randy Orton and (technically) Aiden English remain as Smackdown Originals.
– Kofi Kingston has already held the WWE Championship longer than Andre the Giant, Rey Mysterio, Kane, and Vince McMahon combined
– The next match Roman Reigns wrestles on Smackdown Live will be his first ever on a Tuesday Smackdown, and his first on the brand since May 2016.
– Kevin Owens still hasn’t been pinned since his return to WWE TV.
– Kevin Owens has never wrestled a member of the New Day in singles competition.
– Finn Balor had his first ever match on Smackdown Live this week, but did wrestle a dark match for the brand in April 2015, defeating Xavier Woods.
– All of Smackdown Live’s matches this week went at least 8:49. That was only the case for three of Raw’s 7 matches.
– Roman Reigns, Bayley, Aleister Black, Ricochet won matches on the brand they were departing in their last appearances, while Finn Balor, Chad Gable, Cedric Alexander, Buddy Murphy, The Usos, Andrade all lost.
