WWE Monday Night Raw 5/19/2025

WWE Monday Night Raw 5/19/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/wwe-monday-night-raw-5122025.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/wwe-monday-night-raw-5262025.html

We are in Greenville, South Carolina. Michael Cole and Pat McAfee are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive.

Logan Paul comes out. He says he will beat Jey Uso on Saturday and be champ. He says he won a singles title 12 years before Jey and says he knocked him out 3 times. He says he will do it again Saturday and become the champ.

Gunther comes out. He says Logan is believing he's better than him. He says the people should respect LP more than he does. He says LP is a self-made social media megastar. He says LP as champ would be great for business. He says this is business for LP but it's personal for him. He says to ask Pat how he feels about getting disrespected by non-wrestlers. He says Pat showed heart but he sees no heart in LP. He says he will eat him alive if they square off.

Gunthers goes to leave. LP mocks him for leaving. Jey Uso shows up and superkicks LP. Jey says he will see him on Saturday and see Gunther in Phoenix.

We see Roxanne Perez and Giulia talk after their match last week. Giulia says there's no we. We then see Perez sign a contract with Pearce earlier tonight.

Jey Uso and Paul Heyman talk in the back. Paul says that was interesting. Paul says everyone accuses him of stabbing Punk in the back. He says he wants to tell him something to his face so he's not accused of stabbing him in the back. He says Bron Breakker isn't looking for his title, he wants to slow down his momentum. Paul says Jey's a short term champ and Seth Rollins is the long term plan.

AJ Styles and Penta vs The Judgment Day (Finn Balor and JD McDonaugh)

AJ backs up Jd in the corner then bangs his head off the buckles. JD boots him out of the corner then AJ back body drops him. JD headflips out of a wristlock and water wheel drops him. JD armlocks him.AJ misses a dropkick then hits one. Penta hits kicks on JD. Penta tilt-a-whirl backbreakers both opponents. The heels are thrown out. AJ and Penta do stereo plancha's outside as we go to break.

We return and Finn slingshot stomps Penta. JG slingshot swantons Penta. Penta is up top and gets hit. Finn rips at Penta's mask. Penta lands on JD when he escapes his 2nd rope backdrop. Finn chops Penta in the corner. Finn suplexes Penta for 2 then chinlocks him.

Penta slingblade bulldogs Finn. AJ comes in and hits shots on Finn. He sliding forearms him then corner lariats him. Finn rakes the eyes. AJ calf crushers Finn. JD tries to break it up by coming off the top but nails Finn. JD is dropped face first by AJ for 2. AJ apron moonsaults JD into a reverse ddt on the floor. Carlito comes out and sends AJ into the post. We go to another break and return.

AJ fights out of Finn's headlock. They then double clothesline each other. Penta top rope crossbodies JD then hits lariats. Penta flying headscissors JD. JD standing spanish flies Penta. 

Penta superkicks Finn and step up enzugiri's him. Penta cranks back on Finn's arm. Finn rolls up Penta for 2. Finn slingblades Penta. Penta superkicks Finn. Carlito trips Penta on the buckles. AJ flying forearms Carlito off the steps then JD topes AJ. Penta canadian destroyers JD on the floor. El Grande Americano grabs Penta from the front row and headbutts him, knocking him down. Finn hits a top rope double stomp on Penta and wins.

Thoughts: This got a ton of time and was a fine as expected. We got lots of flying here. It wasn't quite what it would have been a few years ago but I thought it was good.

Iyo Sky is interviewed in the back by Cathy Kelley. She says she knows what it takes to win MITB and is ready for the winner of it. Becky Lynch walks in. She says Iyo never beat her 1v1. Iyo says she will be ready for anyone. She says she put one champ down and will put down another. 

Logan Paul is on the phone in the back. Seth Rollins comes up to him. He says LP has a big match coming up Saturday. He says Jey Uso will get hurt tonight and will pay for sticking his nose in his business. He says he won't be 100% so the odds will be in LP's favor. Seth says if LP can get past Jey and Gunther, he'll be waiting for him. He says LP will know who to thank if he has the title on his shoulder. He says maybe they will run it back from Mania years ago but this time, the title will be on the line.

We then see The New Day talk to Grayson Waller in the back.

Women's Money in the Bank Qualifier - Becky Lynch vs Natalya vs Roxanne Perez

RP throws out BL. RP cartwheels over Nat and totally misses a shot. Nat is pulled out by BL then sent into the rails. RP rolls BL into a bridge pin for 2. RP rolls up BL into a crossface. Nat breaks it up with a basement dropkick.

Nat surfboards BL then BL armbars her. RP breaks it up with a short headscissors spike. Nat slingshot drops RP on her butt then running kicks her. BL back elbows Nat. RP topes both opponents outside.  We go to break and return. RP headscissors Nat then hits corner euros on both opponents. BL takes a spinning lariat + russian legsweep combo. Nat goes for a double sharpshooter. RP hits superkicks on both.

RP asai moonsaults Nat for 2. RP spin kicks BL and BL uranages her for 2. BL and Nat hit bad strikes. RP does pop rocks on Nat and Nat hits a german at the same time. RP and BL trade slaps then hockey fight. BL spin kicks her in the gut. RP release northern lights suplexes her. Nat drives BL into RP in the powerbomb position then sitout powerbombs her. BL superplexes RP for 2. Nat sharpshooters RP.

BL bulldogs Nat and Nat rolls her up. Nat spinning lariats BL. Nat kind of sharpshooters both opponents at once with one on each leg. BL escapes but RP is stuck in it. BL uranages Nat onto RP. Lyra Valkyria comes out and pulls BL out. She then hits shots on her. BL fights off Lyra but is then pulled out. RP hits a botched code red on Nat and wins.

Thoughts: It wasn't perfect as they missed a ton of strikes here and RP botched the finish. It had some good moments to it though and wasn't awful. Lyra coming out excused Becky's loss.

Jey Uso and Sami Zayn talk in the back. Sami says he will take care of Seth and Bron and he doesn't need to deal with them. He says he has his back tonight. 

We see clips of John Cena beating up Michael Cole in 2012, spraying him with a fire extinguisher and covering him in BBQ sauce.

Tozawa, Maxxine and Adam Pearce talk in the back. Adam says he can have his match with Rusev next week. Chad Gable and Ivy Nile come in. Chad says Rusev will end his career and says it'll be nice to see Alpha Academy put down for good. Chad says The Creed's have their title match next week but he and Ivy want to be in MITB qualifiers. The New Day come in. Chad says their tag titles are coming home with his team next week. Kofi says they can all agree that they don't want The War Raiders to win.

Sheamus vs Grayson Waller

GW peppers Sheamus to start. GW slaps him. GW side headlocks him. Sheamus top wristlocks him. GW waistlock takedowns him. Sheamus trips him then headlocks him. GW hits a strike flurry. Sheamus blocks is hiptoss and slaps him down.

Sheamus uranage backbreakers him then throws him. GW is sent out. Sheamus is sent int othe post and the commentary table. GW slides out and hits a hard lariat on Sheamus. He tells Theory to take ntoes.

We go to break and return. Theory's name is chanted and GW hits hard chest chops and clubs on Sheamus. Sheamus tells him to come on. Sheamus chest chops him up and pulls him in the corner for more.

GW rolls in and flatliners Sheamus. GW comes off the 2nd rope and takes a pumping knee from Sheamus. Sheamus hits a corner lariat then powerslams him. Sheamus lifts him with a cravate and spins him. Sheamus camel clutches him.

GW hits a big forearm. GW hits Sheamus' chest clubs. Sheamus hits white noise on GW on the apron and GW takes an unusual bump down. GW then avoids chest clubs.  GW goes to leave and Austin Theory stops him. Sheamus grabs GW from behind then hits chest clubs. Austin laughs.

Sheamus brogue kicks GW and wins.

Thoughts: This was a weird one. It felt like GW had backstage heat and was getting punished here for it. Sheamus really beat the crap out of him and they basically turned Austin Theory face during this one. This was unusual and it felt like there was more to this story than what we saw.

We see a Tyrese Haliburton (NBA player) via satellite from earlier. Tyrese is in WWE2K's newest game. He's excited for it. They talk about him and Jalen Brunson (another NBA player) getting into it on Smackdown a while back. He says he's excited to play him in the playoffs. They also talk about a shirt they produced him for him and Jalen. They ask him about predictions for Jey vs Logan. He picks Jey.

Cathy Kelley interviews Gunther. Seth Rollins walks in. Seth said the work Gun did with his title was good stuff. Gun says Seth is shortsighted for a visionary. Gun says he's the future around here. Seth said he came here out of professional courtesy. Seth says Gun will make himself a target if he gets the title. Gun says he can't wait and is awaiting it.

Women's Money in the Bank Qualifier - Rhea Ripley vs Zoey Stark vs Kairi Sane

Zoey rams Sane into the corner then she crucifixes RR. RR germans Sane then Zoey dropkicks RR. Zoey pounds on RR. RR shoulders her over. RR dropkicks Zoey. Sane gets on RR's back and is thrown down. Sane is popped up and is forearmed by Zoey. Sane uses the ropes and headscissors RR over. Zoey lands bad on a springboard and is holding her knee. Cole says she's hurt. The doctor comes into the ring and they cut to break.

We return and now it's just a 1v1. Sane comes off the 2nd rope and RR fallaway slams her. RR does a reverse cloverleaf on Sane. Sane hits a corner forearm. Sane comes off the top and is dropkicked in the thigh in mid-air.

Sane urakens RR then basement dropkicks her. Sane sliding forearms her in the corner. Sane goes for a top rope elbow drop and RR gets her knees up. Sane and RR trade forearms on their knees. RR headutts her then hits riptide for the win.

Thoughts: It wasn't that good. The Zoey injury messed everything up. Sane lost in her return as well. Rhea won here as expected.

We get a Rusev video on Tozawa. He says he was trying to fix him and says he's ungrateful. He says Tozawa got his attention and has a problem. he says he listened to the fans and not his brother. He says he will forgive his stupidity and forget his existence.

The Judgment Day talk in the back. JD is happy about winning earlier. Liv is still missing as she is out filming movies. Finn brings in Roxanne and Raquel asks what she is doing here. Finn says he wants to formerly introduce Perez to Judgment Day. Finn says Dom said we needed more numbers around here. Finn says Liv will appreciate this and says Raquel and Liv have no one covering their back. Finn says Perez is not a member but she's here for when they need help. Perez says she admires what they have done and gives them gifts. She gives Dom chicken nuggets and Carlito an apple. Raquel isn't happy. She says we've been introduced and she can go. Raquel says Liv will hear about this and Finn laughs saying, "I can't wait".

Jey Uso vs Bron Breakker

Jey had a long entrance as usual. They trade shots in the corner.  Jey hits punches then lariats Bron over the top. Jey topes him outside. We go to break and return. Bron side headlocks him. Bron running lariats him hard. Bron hits punches then poses. Jey comes off the 2nd rope and is dropped with a powerslam. Bron stomps him. Bron hits a belly to belly suplex.

Bron hits a botched belly to belly. Bron yells, "he's a bum". Jey hits punches. Jey enzugiri's him in the corner then corner hip attacks him for 2. Jey knocks him out of the ring. Bron catches his tope and bangs his head off the commentary table and the post. Bron diving lariats him off the apron and onto the commentary table.

We go to break and and return. Bron tells him to hit him. Jey slaps him. They trade punches. They trade punches. Bron jumping knees him and Jey jumping enzugiri's him. Jey pop-up samoan drops him for 2. Paul Heyman is shocked outside. Bron hurricanrana's him off the top for 2. Bron runs at him and takes a jumping superkick.

Paul gets on the apron. Jey is distracted. Bron grabs a chair and Jey superkicks him. Bron goes out. Paul trips Jey. Jey goes after Paul outside. Paul teases like he will fight him. Seth Rollins then nails Jey from behind.

Thoughts: I wasn't impressed with Bron's planned beatdown of Jey here. He just wrestled the usual match. It was an okay main but no one did anything too crazy or really did any of their big spots here. It was just by the numbers. The finish was lame.

Jey is thrown in the ring. He gets some shots in then he is double teamed. Sami Zayn comes out to help. Sami stares at them from the apron then CM Punk comes out. Sami/Punk then fight Bron/Seth. Bron and Seth are sent out but the fight continues. Sami is sent over the rail. Punk jumps off the rail onto the heels. They fight in the crowd and the ref raises Jey's hand in the ring. Logan Paul then drops Jey with a punch.

Overall thoughts: It was a different Raw than what we have been getting lately. It was a very wrestling heavy show. All of the matches got a lot of time to play out. The AJ/Penta tag was good. The Becky/Natalya/Perez three way had some good moments but some bad ones as well. Sheamus/Waller was weird with Waller just getting punished. Rhea/Zoey/Sane got messed up due to an injury and wasn't that good. The main was okay but both took it easy and it had a DQ finish. I'd give it a 5 out of 10 overall as it was an average Raw and due to SNME being this week, we didn't get a lot of big happenings or moments. You can skip this one.