WWE Monday Night Raw 9/1/2025

WWE Monday Night Raw 9/1/2025

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

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/wwe-monday-night-raw-982025.html 

This aired at 2PM. We are in Paris, France.

CM Punk is waiting for Seth to arrive. Adam Pearce says let's wait inside. Punk says he'll wait out here. 

We see various wrestlers arrive. Jey Uso comes out through the crowd. Jey says we aren't running back his song tonight. He says he's supposed to have the title around his waist but just has some medical tape on his waist. He says if he had stayed out of Roman's match and listed to his advice, he might have been alright. He says he doesn't play about his family though.

He says don't disrespect his family and calls out The Vision. LA Knight comes out instead. LA says he believed he would win last night but he stands here a loser and says we all lost that match. LA said they had a chance to put Seth through a table all together but Jey spoiled it. 

LA says he's sick of being left laying and sick of not being champ. He says he can get him up to speed quick if he has a tough time understanding. Jey tells him to get him up to speed. 

Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed come out. LA questions if they have enough brain cells and Bron says he beat him twice so he does. Bron says people should only be concerned about Paul Heyman's health as Roman put him there. Bron says there's no one to hold them back without Paul here.

Bron says they are a couple of dogs off leash. Bron says they will put them in the hospital next to Roman. Reed asks for the crowd to acknowledge them. Reed says they put Roman in the hospital as Seth has a vision and it doesn't include Roman, Jey or LA. Reed says they are next. Bron challenges them to a tag match. LA agrees.

Asuka and Kairi Sane talk. Iyo Sky comes in. She says she's sorry about last week. Asuka says it's okay and says they are family. They hug. Iyo asks if they want help tonight. Sane yes but Asuka says they don't need help unlike Rhea. Iyo tries to talk more but Asuka cuts her off. Sane says everything will be okay.

The Judgment Day (Roxanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez) vs The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane)

Asuka and RP lock up. Asuka side headlocks her. They shoulderblock each other and RP slaps her. RP goes out to avoid a kick. RR gets in then she takes kicks from 
The Kabuki's.

Sane hanging headscissors RR over the top rope then hurricanrana's RR. RP gets in and is swept. Asuka dragon screws her for 2. Sane headscissors RP using the ropes. Sane chops RR then RR stunners her off the casadora. RR catches her off the ropes and corner splashes her. RP sends Sane into the rails.

We go to break and return. RR corner splashes Sane then RP and Sane botch a headscissors. Sane takes a russian legsweep + headkick for 2. RR misses a corner splash and Asuka is tagged in. Asuka hits a top rope dropkick on RR. Asuka knees RP in the face and superkicks her in the gut. 

Asuka flying back elbows RP then rolling armbars her. RR lariats Asuka hard then RP cartwheel double knee drops Asuka for 2. RR slingshot jackhammers Asuka. RP double jump moonsaults Asuka for 2.

Sane triangles RR over the top. RP backrolls Asuka then is caught in a grounded chickenwing. Asuka spin kicks her in the gut. Sane top rope flying elbows RR outside. RP spin kicks Asuka. RP totally botches a spinning heel kick then botches a pin attempt. Asuka chickenwings RP and RP taps.

Thoughts: It almost got cooking in the 2nd half but then they ran into some botches and sloppy moments which prevented that. The Warriors run here likely to continue whatever is going on with them and Iyo. Iyo oddly didn't come out for this.

Adam Pearce does a taped video. He says the question has been who is the next Women's champ. He says he has Stephanie Vaquer and Iyo Sky. He says they will fight for the title in 3 weeks at Wrestlepalooza.

Thoughts: I get why they are doing it but that's quite a while with the women's title being vacant.

Finn Balor vs Dragon Lee

Finn takes him down by the wrist. Lee flips out using the ropes and Finn armdrags him. Finn back elbows him. Lee walks up the ropes and diving armdrags Finn. Lee does combinacion cabron. Finn backbreakers him.

Finn chops him. Lee flying headscissors him and dropkicks him out. Lee tope con hilos him. We go to break and return. Finn side headlocks him. Lee chops him then rebound germans him. Lee facekicks him then superkicks him. Lee sitout powerbombs him for 2. Finn stops destino then Lee slides down and kicks him. Finn final cuts him for 2. 

Lee top rope crossbodies Finn for 2. Lee finlay rolls him then is john woo'd in the corner. JD gets on the apron and Lee jumps over the top and hurricanrana's him down to the floor. Finn then gets him down and hits a top rope double stomp for the win.

Thoughts: It was fine with Finn winning as expected. 

Nikki Bella and Iyo talk in the back. Nikki says she's a fan of her. The Kabuki Warriors walk in and interrupt. Asuka is hard to understand but offers to help with Vaquer. Iyo says she can beat her alone. Asuka says she didn't win at Summerslam alone. Asuka says they will be champs again. Sane tries to talk to Iyo and is pulled away.

Dom, JD and Finn talk in the back. Dom says AJ Styles is still on his case. Adam Pearce comes in. He says he saw what happened with Dragon Lee and JD/Finn are banned from ringside during Dom's title match tonight. 

Grayson Waller and The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) vs Penta and The War Raiders (Ivar and Erik)

Woods grabs a fan's phone and Waller stomps it. Waller then rips of a picture of him selling fruit that a fan has. 

Penta hits shots on Woods and flying headscissors him. GW and Kofi get hit on the apron. Erik hits a diving forearm off the apron then Ivar cannonballs off the apron. Penta top rope dives on everyone outside.

We go to break and return. Woods facekicks Erik for 2. GW and Ivar get in. GW is back body dropped then side slammed. Ivar low crossbodies him. Ivar does a la silla in the corner. Woods and Penta get in. Penta hits lariats on Woods. He superkicks GW in the leg then slingblades him. Penta is then rolled into a ddt on GW.

Penta handstand double pendulum kicks Woods in the corner for 2. Woods hits kicks on Erik then bulldogs him. GW rolls in and flatliners Erik. Kofi top rope frogsplashes Ivar's back for 2. 

GW jumping knee's Penta. Ivar spinning high kicks GW. Woods tornado ddt's Ivar off the ropes. Woods spinning forearms Erik. Woods is thrown into a top rope splash from Ivar. Penta canadian destroyers Woods and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a fast paced match as expected. It didn't get a ton of time and we didn't see a ton of anyone but what we got was fine.

Rhea Ripley is interviewed in the back. Rhea says she will do whatever it takes to earn a title shot. Asuka and Sane come in. Asuka complains about Rhea wanting a title match. Rhea says she wants to be champ like everyone else and it has nothing to do with her friendship with Iyo. Asuka tells her to stay away and says she's not friends with Iyo. Rhea tells her not to push her. Asuka says she will push anyone she wants and Rhea says try me. Sane just looks surprised at Rhea.

Adam Pearce talks to Roxanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez in the back. Perez says she beat Iyo and should be added to the title match. Adam says she just lost tonight. 

Lyra Valkyria comes in. Perez says she's not done tonight and says Lyra should talk to her bestie Bayley. Raquel says Bayley hasn't showed up to Raw after how Lyra yelled at her. The three girls argue and Adam tells the heels to leave. Adam says he talked to Bayley and she sounded great but said weird things. Lyra asks if that's all he's got. Lyra says she needs to get back in the ring and asks for Judgment Day and tells him to decide. He says he can make it happen and says welcome back. They then do a handshake.

WWE Intercontinental Title Match - Dominik Mysterio (c) vs AJ Styles

Dom nails AJ during the intros and stomps on him. AJ bends over and is kicked. AJ dropkicks Dom. AJ plancha's Dom ouside. We go to break and return. 

Dom sits up top and AJ hits him. Dom rope walks and diving headscissors AJ. Dom slingshot swantons AJ. Dom stomps on AJ. AJ hits kicks and a spinning lariat. AJ sliding forearms him. AJ corner lariats Dom then AJ ushigoroshi's him for 2.

AJ gets kick on the ropes then Dom headscissors him off the apron to the floor. Dom baseball slides Dom. Dom tries a headscissors from the apron and Dom is powerbombed on the commentary table.

We go to break and return. Dom ddt's AJ. They trade forearms. AJ neckbreakers him off a suplex for 2. Dom headbusters him for 2. AJ suplexes Dom into the buckles. Dom boots AJ out of the corner then sends him shoulder first into the post. Dom michinoku drivers him for 2. 

Dom hits 3 amigos then top rope frogsplashes AJ for 2. AJ blocks a 619 and hits a styles clash for 2. AJ hits a high angle ddt. AJ goes to springboard then El Grande Americano pulls him down. Grande hits a loaded headbutt on AJ. Dom frogsplashes AJ off the top and wins.

Thoughts: It was a decent match. Dom took a nasty ddt on his head and had one of his better matches here. He did what he was supposed to do just fine. I didn't think Dom should really lose here and this will keep the belt on Dom for a while more. I'm not sure how Grande factors into this. 

We are told Roman Reigns has multiple fractured ribs and is out indefinitely. 

LA Knight is interviewed. He says he doesn't think going out tonight is the best decision but he doesn't know how to quit. He says if it's his path to get to the title then he has to do what he has to do. He says if Jey does dirt, he will get dirt and says not to make him give him dirt. Jey gets in LA's face. He says they got his cousin and tells LA to stay out of his way and they won't have problems. LA then interrupts his "Yeet" line so he can say "Yeah".

Rhea Ripley and CM Punk talk. Rhea says she's sorry for what happened at The Clash. Adam Pearce comes in. He says he was told Seth is here. Punk says he will go handle it and Adam wants to know what that means.

We get a Rusev video. He said Sheamus called him a bully but he is no bully. He says he's an example for the kids. He says it's impossible to be good when he's destined to be great. He says to be tough and unstoppable like Rusev. He says Sheamus brought the Irish party but his French spirit showed up. He says maybe they can be friends now that Sheamus knows his place. He says he was scary when he was held back but he's devastating now that he's free.

CM Punk comes out to talk. He says he's been too patient with Seth. He says he's hijacking this show until Seth comes out. 

Becky Lynch comes out to Seth's music. She says she's not the man he was looking for but the man he will deal with. Punk says this has nothing to do with her. Becky says this has everything to do with her. Becky said she had to listen to Punk tell lies about him. Punk says he's a coward.

Becky says Seth is everything Punk will never be and says he never interrupts her. Becky says the fans didn't get her to the main of Mania, she got herself there. Becky says her and Seth got the business to where it is today. Becky says they will need Punk to get out of the way and says he's not what the business needs. She says he doesn't fit the vision.

Punk says the vision is blurry. Punk says he's the best in the world. Punk talks about the fans chanting his name. Punk talks about recent events he was on and said he didn't see Seth and Becky on them. He says Seth only runs from adversity and he hides behind a bunch of people. Punk puts her over but says she married a bum.

Punk says he needs Seth to know he's a paper champ and their feud will never be over. Seth Rollins comes out on the ramp. Seth says he's been looking for Punk all night. Seth challenges him to come say something in his face. Becky blocks Punk's path. Seth leaves and Becky slaps Punk around. Becky tells him to do something about it and says he's pathetic. Punk says he will regret making Seth cash in on him and says she will regret putting her hands on him. Punk then leaves.

Thoughts: This was a dumb segment and hopefully it leads to something bigger.

We go to break and return. Adam Pearce tells Punk that Seth is gone. Adam says Punk knows where Seth works. Punk asks where Smackdown is on Monday and Pearce says "Chicago". Pearce asks why and Punk says "tremendous".

Jey Uso and LA Knight vs The Vision (Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed)

Jey hits punches on Reed. Jey and LA hit punches on Reed. Reed takes a double punch. LA neckbreakers Bron off a suplex attempt then stomps him in the corner. LA and Uso hit corner attacks on Bron.

Bron hits shots on Jey's gut. Bron overhead throws Jey outside. We go to break and return. Reed headbutts Jey. LA comes in and hits shots on Reed. He hits running lariats. Reed throws him in the corner. LA jumping neckbreakers Reed. LA double jump elbow drops Reed. 

Reed splashes LA from behind in the corner. LA is sent into the steps. Reed stands on LA's gut. Reed sentons LA for 2. Bron overhead suplexes LA then does a normal suplex. Bron suplexes LA then chinlocks him.

Bron release germans LA. LA back elbows Reed out of the corner. Reed misses a senton on LA. Jey hits lariats on Bron and punches. Jey spinning enzugiri's him in the corner then corner hip attacks him. Jey hits a big spear on Bron then superkicks Reed. Reed is double clotheslined over the top.

Jey topes Reed outside. LA stops Bron's spear then hits a BFT. Jey to rope splashes Bron and Reed pulls Jey out on the pin attempt. LA dropkicks Reed through the ropes. LA is sent into the post.

Reed misses a corner charge and is superkicked. Jey hits 2 more superkicks and a spear. Jey top rope splashes Reed then Bron spears Jey for the win.

Thoughts: It was nice to see Bron get the win here. It was an okay match but not too much of note. They definitely didn't go all out here.

LA saves Jey from a top rope splash and Bron spears LA. LA is thrown over the commentary table. Bron hits a big spear on Jey. Reed top rope splashes Jey. Jimmy Uso then comes out with a chair and the heels back off. 

Bonus Segment - The New Day Tag Division Funeral

Note - I don't believe this aired on the US version of the show but it aired somewhere:

The New Day are at a funeral parlor at the altar. Kofi says they are here to converse about life. Woods says it's a beautiful life that was lifted away from them on 6/30/2025. Kofi says they are talking about the life of the tag titles. Kofi says the titles were stolen from them by The Judgment Day. Woods says the titles will go locked away in a clubhouse and covered in grease from low quality chicken tenders. Woods says there's not even ketchup or BBQ sauce on them. He says we know Finn Balor hasn't had a carb in 15 years.

Woods says this is a travesty for all of WWE. Kofi says they put on good examples for the kids and now the kids have to see Judgment Day, who have no loyalty or bond. Woods says they have to slap hands away when people try to touch them on the street. He says this is a two man job. Kofi says they got rid of Big E but the bald headed tyrant got rid of a bigger E - efficiency. 

Woods says they believe in the tag divsion more than anyone can believe in in their existence. He says they will put tag wrestling back on the map. Woods says you are backing the wrong horse with The Judgment Day. Woods says it's a horse they will have to put down. 

Kofi says they have always been the unicorns of WWE. He says they continue to bring magic to your homes and families where it didn't exist before. He says the titles won't be seen on red carpets and photoshoots like it did with them. 

Woods says the worst thing is the people wanted this. He says the people complained they didn't defend the titles enough. Woods says they put the titles on the map.  Kofi says they will resurrect like the phoenix. He says they give light to everything they touch. Kofi says they poured the concrete and came up with the design.

They talk about grass. Kofi says from a small seed grows a strong tree. Kofi says the ungrateful people can't even give them a thank you. Kofi says they are the greatest of all-time but they are still unicorns. Woods says the blessings will be everlasting. Woods says he sees nothing but big backs and small minds. He says they are here to change this. 

Woods says there is nobody like them and there never will be. Kofi says we will recognize that they are what we need. Woods says it's time to get on your knees, raise your hands and scream, "Thank God for The New Day". 

Thoughts: It was a long segment and I can see why it didn't air. I'm not sure why they didn't air this months ago when they lost the tag titles.

Overall thoughts: It was a longer Raw that went over 2 hours and 40 minutes. The opener got sloppy and wasn't that good. Lee/Finn was okay and the 6-man was fine. Dom/AJ had a decent match. We had a dumb segment with Seth/Punk/Becky and we had a lot of focus on the Iyo/Rhea/Asuka/Sane situation. The main was fine but we've seen it a million times. I'd give it a 6 out of 10 total and just thought it was okay and nothing more.