WWE Monday Night Raw 8/18/2025

WWE Monday Night Raw 8/18/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/wwe-monday-night-raw-8112025.html

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/wwe-monday-night-raw-8252025.html

We are in Philadelphia, PA. Michael Cole and Corey Graves are on commentary.

We see various wrestlers arrive.

Seth Rollins and The Vision come out. Paul introduces himself and says he's god in this city. He said they would have a statue of him in this city but he's too humble to accept the credit for everything he did for this industry. He says he's the GOAT. 

Paul says The Vision is filled with GOAT's. He says Bron is the future of Wrestlemania and he taught Roman Reigns to fear the spear. He says he's the big dog and this is his yard. Paul says Reed has the shoelafala and the master of the shoe-nami. He says he put Roman down and Roman was not man enough to get back up. 

He talks about Seth beating Roman twice in the main event of Mania and introduces Seth Rollins.

Jey comes out through the crowd before Seth can say anything. Jey talks from the crowd. He says he's tired of hearing them talk and says he got next. He calls Bron "puppy dog" and says he will stay on the porch as he's messing with a real one tonight. Seth tries to get Bron riled up. Bron then wants to go after Jey.

Bron asks if Jey really wants to pull this on them in Philly. He says not too far away from here some time ago, men would solve their grievances in no DQ and no countout matches. He names various ECW wrestlers. He says Tommy Dreamer isn't dead yet but he should be.

Jey says "whoa". He says the only rules he needs tonight are extreme rules. 

Iyo Sky is in the back. Sane and Asuka come up to her. Asuka apologizes for last week. Sane says let them know if she needs help. Asuka says they always have her back. They then do high fives and get pumped.

Iyo Sky vs Raquel Rodriguez

Iyo waistlocks her then wristlocks her. RR slams Iyo. They talk about Iyo and RR\ fighting on NXT 4/7/21. RR throws her. 

RR hits back elbows. Iyo sweeps her then is hit with a swinging side slam for 2. RR back elbows Iyo in the corner. Iyo is sat up top and hit. Iyo 2nd rope headscissors her. Iyo flips over RR, does a handspring and backflips and dropkicks her. Iyo buzzsaw kicks her. Roxanne Perez trips Iyo and RR hits a big facekick on Iyo.

We go to break and return. RR misses a 2nd rope corkscrew elbow drop. Iyo hits shoteis on RR then basement dropkicks her. 

Iyo top rope dropkicks RR then does headflips. Iyo corner meteora's her but is caught with a samoan drop. RR 2nd rope corkscrew elbow drops her for 2. RR's throat is pulled down on the top rope. Iyo rolls her into a double stomp. RR running lariats her for 2.

Iyo 2nd rope tornado ddt's her. Iyo topes Perez then RR. RR catches her and drops her on the apron. Iyo hurricanrana's her into the buckles then corner meteora's her. Iyo top rope moonsaults her for the win.

Thoughts: It was a good match. Iyo did her flying and RR threw her around before going down. RR had some impressive power spots here.

Perez pounds on Iyo after. Perez superkicks Iyo. Rhea Ripley comes out to help and beats up the heels. Iyo top rope dropkicks RR. Rhea facekicks RR over the top rope.

LA Knight is interviewed in the back. He says he's not worried about Seth's plans. CM Punk comes in. Punk says they need to be on the same page. LA says Punk stuck his nose into his two title matches. Punk says him and Jey need to watch each others backs. LA says Punk ended up getting hit last time. LA says he will be the one holding his hand up with the title at Paris.

We see clips from Triplemania, which I reviewed here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/08/aaa-triplemania-xxxiii-8162026.html

Rhea and Iyo talk in the back. Iyo thanks her for getting involved. Asuka and Sane come in. Asuka says Rhea can help them but they can't? Asuka says Iyo told them to back off and they did. Reha and Asuka argue. Iyo yells at them to stop fighting. She then yells at walks off. Asuka tells Rhea to stay out of their business. 

Xavier Woods vs Penta

Waller and Kofi are with Woods. Waller has black overalls on.

They shove each other. Penta taunts him and Woods bites his hand. Woods hits mounted corner punches then his head is superkicked into the buckles. Penta spin kicks him on the apron then is superkicked on the apron. Woods backdrops Penta on the apron and says he wants his money (from Penta messing up his hat last week).

We go to break and return. Penta's throat is pulled over the top rope. Woods struts on Penta then jumping facekicks him for 2. Woods bends over and is kicked. Penta slingblade bulldogs him then tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Penta goes up top and dives on Waller and Woods outside.

Penta enzugiri's him in the corner and pendulum double boots him for 2. Woods reverse suplexes Penta for 2.  Woods misses a corner splash. Woods rolls and is hit with a made in Japan. Penta gets a 2 count when Kofi puts Woods' foot on the ropes. Penta jumps off Woods' back onto Kofi and Waller outside. Woods cradles Penta for 2. Penta superkicks Woods. Penta canadian destroyers him and wins.

Thoughts: It was alright. Penta dove on Waller twice here despite him not even being in the match. Thankfully the canadian destroyer was the finish here and not just some forgotten midcard move.

The next Worlds Collide is on 9/12/25 in Las Vegas.

We see Dominik Mysterio saying AJ costing him the Mega Title at Triplemania. Rey Mysterio talks in Spanish to Dom and Dom says it was AJ.

The Judgment Day (Finn Balor and JD McDonaugh) vs Mr. Iguana and Dragon Lee

Iguana is making his Raw debut here. Lee and JD lock-up. Finn pulls Lee's mask on the ropes. JD stomps on Lee. JD sunset flips Lee but Lee holds on and double stomps him. Lee and JD chop each other. Lee dragon screws JD on the ropes then stomps him in the corner.

JD hits crossface shots on Lee. Finn chops Lee. Lee hits combinacion cabron on Finn. Iguana double axe handles Finn's arm then is lariated. Iguana is frozen in a weird pose and Finn stomps him. Finn suplexes him for 2. Iguana freezes in position again and crawls on the mat.

Finn slams Iguana. Iguana armdrags him then tilt-a-whirl armdrags him. Finn is dropkicked out. Iguana and Lee do tope con hilos outside then pose.  

We go to break and return. JD and Lee fight. Lee rebound germans JD then pumping knees him. JD poisonrana's Lee. Lee flips around a lariat and sitout powerbombs JD. Iguana is tagged in. He hits Finn with his toy and flying headcissors him. Iguana throws Yescar at JD and step up enzugiri's him. Yesca bites Finn's hand. Iguana walks up top and dives on JD outside. Finn reverse destino from Lee with an elbow slice.

JD asai moonsaults Iguana outside. Lee cradles Finn and hits kicks. Finn slingblades him. Finn runs into Lee's superkick. Dominik Mysterio trips up Lee and Finn john woo's Lee from behind. Finn top rope double stomps Lee and pins him.

Thoughts: I don't like Iguana losing again and I didn't like the poisonrana not meaning anything. We didn't get to see a ton of this but what we got was okay with lots of flying and cruiserweight action. I was surprised Finn didn't bring out his version of Yesca here.

Judgment Day beat up the faces after. Dom stands on the commentary table. El Hijo del Vikingo stands on the rail and dropkicks him. Vik then headscissors Finn off the steps. Vik basement dropkicks JD and corner meteora's him. Dom nails Vik from behind with Vik's title.

Finn slams Lee. Dom hits a frogsplash on Vik then holds up Vik's title and his title.

Becky Lynch is interviewed by Jackie. She is asked why she attacked Natalya. She says she didn't and Nat attacked her. Becky says Nat attacked her and pushed her while she was wrestling Maxxine. She said she defended herself. She says Nat doesn't belong in her division and she knows it. She says he will prove Nat doesn't belong in the ring with her and says welcome back to the big time.

Bayley does another video. She says she doesn't know if anything she is saying makes sense. She then hears voices in her head and the camera is distorted. The voices tell her she's a loser. The voices say they will steer her on the right path if she listens. The voices then stop and Bay says she doesn't know what she needs. The voices then say, "How about a hug?".

WWE Women's Intercontinental Title - Becky Lynch (c) vs Natalya

Nat side headlock takeovers her and rolls her up. Nat takes her down and hits a german early. BL takes a baseball slide into the rails. Nat is then thrown into the post. Nat holds her shoulder and we go to break.

We return and BL misses a corner charge. Nat back elbows her. BL roll her into an armbar and a triangle. Nat slams her to get out. Nat back elbows her  and snapmares her. Nat walks on her back and boots her in the face. Nat spinning lariats her.

Max checks on Nat and BL boots her outside. BL baseball slides Tozawa. Bl cranks on Nat's arm over the bottom rope then armbars her. Nat taps out.

Thoughts: The crowd wasn't that into it and it just wasn't a super exciting match with BL working the arm and Nat tapping out to it.

Max helps out Nat. BL nails Max and knocks her into Nat. BL goes for the armbar. Nikki Bella comes out and hits forearms on BL. Bella TKO's her and poses on her.

Sheamus is interviewed in the back. He says Rusev is as complex as a light switch. Rusev comes in and they go to fight each other but officials break it up. Adam Pearce says we aren't doing this tonight but they have one last chance to kill each other. He says they can have a donnybrook match at Clash in Paris. Pearce really flips out here. 

Jey Uso and CM Punk talk in the back. Punk asks if he's ready and says he tried to get LA on board but he's not having it. Punk says Jey is outnumbered but he has his back tonight. Jey says he didn't ask for his help, not on this match. Punk says he's trying to get him to Paris. Jey says it's every man for himself in Paris. He says he doesn't want to owe anyone favors in Paris.

Adam Pearce brings out Naomi. Naomi talks in the ring. Naomi says to look at the tron and we see her and Jimmy Uso talking on Stephanie McMahon's podcast. Jimmy says there's a baby on board, as Naomi is out with a pregnancy.

Adam says they are happy for her and says congratulations. Naomi says she bets Adam is happy for her. She says this isn't her first time relinquishing a title. She says she handed the title back the first time, but she's not handing Adam sh!t. She says her hormones are jumping and tells him to get the hell out of her face. She then sings the goodbye song.

Naomi says the wrestlers should be taking Jimmy as no one would take the title off her. She says she would put those heffers in the ground but Jimmy likes to Netflix and chill. Naomi says on the bright side, The Bloodline continues. Naomi says she will lay her title down. She says she will give you heffers 9 months to do what they want to do with the title. She says even if she has to come back with her baby in her arms, she's picking up where she left off. She says whoever has the title when she comes back, she says to proceed with caution.

Thoughts: They made the best they could of it. The timing is really bad for Naomi. She's at the peak of her career and she's probably not getting back to this spot ever again.

Raw starts at 3PM next week due to being in the UK. 

Dom and The Judgment Day talk to El Grande Americano. Dom says he's making sure The Judgment Day stay on top. Finn is confused.

Extreme Rules - Jey Uso vs Bron Breakker

Jey comes out with plunder in a shopping card and he's definitely doing a New Jack tribute.

They trade punches then Jey hits mounted corner punches. Bron is lariated over the top into the shopping cart with weapons. Bron holds his knee after. Jey sets up a table and they get back in. Jey hits punches and topes Bron.

We go to break and return. The ring is filled with weapons now. Bron chairs Jey in the gut. A chair is put between the buckles and Bron is sent into it. Jey hits punches and Bron running lariats Jey. Two chairs are set up back to back and Jey is dropped gut first on them. Jey is against the commentary table. Bron jumps off the apron, flying at him with a trash can.

We go to break and return. Bron runs up the buckles and hurricanrana's Jey. The ref slaps the chair to count the pin attempt. Bron runs at him then gets speared for 2.

Jey chairs Bron multiple times. Jey hits another spear. Jey top rope splashes Bron for 2 when Bronson Reed pulls the ref out. Reed throws a shoe at the ref and pounds on Jey. Reed death valley drivers Jey.
LA Knight comes out. LA hits punches on Reed then bangs his head off the commentary table. Reed is sent into the post/steps. Seth Rollins then nails LA from behind and sends him into the rails. Seth pedigrees Jey.

Seth tries to put the ref in the ring. CM Punk comes out. Punk hits punches on Seth. LA and Punk beat up Seth. LA is on the apron. Seth throws Punk into him and LA falls through the slim jim table outside. Punk is like "oh well". Punk knocks Seth over the timekeepers rail then beats him up in the crowd and they go away to the back. 

Bron and Jey get back in the ring. Jey superkicks Bron onto a table. Jey goes up top and Reed pushes him down. Bron goes out and Roman Reigns' music hits. Bron runs around outside and Roman spears him. Roman superman punches Reed. Bron is thrown in and Jey superkicks Bron. Jey then splashes him through a slim jim table and wins.

Thoughts: There were a lot of shenanigans here with Roman, Seth, Reed, LA and Punk getting involved. Bron took a hard fall leg-first into a shopping cart and really sold it well. I thought they did a good job here of making Jey looking tough. It wasn't great or anything but it was entertaining.

Roman and Reed yell at each other after.

Overall thoughts: Iyo vs Raquel was good. Penta/Woods was okay. Mr. Iguana made his Raw debut and lost in a cruiserweight style match. Becky/Natalya didn't really click. Naomi is pregnant and will be out during the biggest run of her career, but at least she sold it well. The main was alright with a ton of run-in's and shenanigans. I would give it a 6 out of 10 as it wasn't the most exciting episode but had some happenings with Roman returning, Naomi announcing her pregnancy and them having some fun with ECW tributes