WWE Monday Night Raw 9/29/2025

WWE Monday Night Raw 9/29/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/wwe-monday-night-raw-9222025.html

Next week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/10/wwe-monday-night-raw-1062025.html 

We are in Raleigh, NC. Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett are on commentary. 

We see various wrestlers arrive. 

Rhea Ripley comes out to talk. She brings up Asuka and Kairi Sane. She said she hoped they could settle things in the ring. She says what they did to Iyo crossed the line. She says they will settle things in the ring and challenges The Kabuki Warriors to come and get her.

Iyo Sky comes out. She says it breaks her heart to say this but Rhea was right about Asuka and Sane. She says they are her family though and she still loves them. 

Asuka and Sane appear on the tron. Asuka says she taught Iyo all she knows and it's up to her what happens next. She says she mentored her and now she acts like none of it matters. She says Iyo acts like Rhea is her family when she's not. Asuka says she made her who she is. She says she will forgive her because she loves her but says she has to apologize. Asuka says Sane and Iyo are her students. She says it's too late for Rhea.

Rhea says Asuka can go to hell. She says Iyo can't go back to them after what they did. Iyo says she's sorry and she needs time. Sane and Asuka jump Iyo from behind. Iyo watches and is torn on what to do. She runs in the ring and pulls Asuka off. Sane tries to play peacemaker. Asuka then blue mists Iyo in the eyes. Rhea takes down Asuka and punches her. Rhea headbutts Sane then Rhea is sent into the post shoulder first. Rhea takes a uraken from Asuka then Sane top rope elbow drops Rhea. Officials then come to break it up.

Thoughts: Like last week, I thought there was a lot more to this story before we got to this stage but it has happened and now it is too late.

WWE Intercontinental Title - Dominik Mysterio (c) vs Rusev

Dom has JD and Finn with him. Rusev throws him off a waistlock. Dom makes Rusev chase him then stomps and pounds on him. Rusev splashes Dom on the ropes then fallaway slams him. Rusev suplexes him. Rusev is pulled over the top and Dom dropkicks him off the apron. Rusev catches his plancha and fallaway slams him on the commentary table.

We go to break and return. Dom jawbreakers him then flying headscissors him. Dom hits a corner splash. Rusev misses a corner charge and Dom slingshot swantons him for 2. Rusev is tripped into the ropes and then lariats Dom. Rusev is pushed into the steps and Dom 619's him in the gut. Dom then does a regular 619. Dom misses a frogsplash.

Rusev hits a machka kick for 2. Dom slides out and grabs his titles. Rusev throws Dom in. The ref grabs one of the title and Dom hits him with the other. Dom throws Rusev the title and pretends Rusev hits him. The ref doesn't buy it. The ref is trapped in the corner and Dom low blows Rusev. Dom then pins him and grabs him by the tights.

Thoughts: It was what it was supposed to be and was a decent match. The finish saved Rusev here and was a good way out of a lose-lose situation. The crowd loved Dom's cheating here. 

We see LA Knight and Adam Pearce talk. Adam says making him the guest ref at Wrestlepalooza was a bad idea. Adam says tonight isn't about LA and he disagrees. LA says he beat Seth last and wants a title match. The New Day walk in. Woods says Waller is sidelined from Penta's canadian destroyer and Woods says Adam owes him. LA says he's not leaving. Kofi tells him to step aside. LA says put his name next to Seth's and he will drop Kofi with a BFT.

We get a video on Seth vs Cody. Cody talks about leaving WWE and having to make his way back. Seth says he carried the company and had to beg for a Mania match. They talk about their feud from a few years ago and talk about Hell in a Cell for a bit. 

Bayley talks to Lyra Valkyria in the back. She's wearing Lyra's shirt and Lyra gets mad. Bayley asks if Lyra wants to come back with her. Lyra says she can help her win like last week and knock her down. Bayley says she has been going through a lot and says Lyra always ends up in the middle of it. Bayley says she doesn't think she can do this without her. Lyra tells her no more second chances and she's on her own.

Bayley vs Raquel Rodriguez

Bay tries a side headlock takeover but can't do it. RR catches Bay's crossbody then shoulders her over. Bay hits mounted corner punches. Bay jawbreakers her then is thrown. RR hits corner spears.

Bay's head is banged off the buckles. RR corner lariats her and hits back elbows. Bay hits forearms. Bay pulls her throat over the ropes then topes her. Bay sliding dropkicks her under the bottom buckle. Bay tries a diving headscissors from the apron but is swung into the rails. 

We go to break and return. Bay jumps off the steps at her but is caught. Bay does a twist of fate on the floor. Bay elbow drops her off the top and does a top rope swanton for 2. Bay htis corner spears. Bay is caught off the top and takes a fallaway slam style move. RR elbow drops her off the buckles for 2. Bay stunners her then RR hits a big lariat for 2. Bay figure fours her. Roxanne Perez rakes Bay's eyes to break it. RR facekicks Bay. RR hits a one arm powerbomb and wins.

Thoughts: It was fine with Bay playing the underdog to the bigger Raquel. Bay didn't even lose clean here which saves her son. Bay kept doing Hardy Boyz moves and did a Flair figure four.

Bay is beaten up on after. Lyra Vallkyria comes out to save her. Raquel hits a big lariat on Lyra then Perez does a cartwheel double knee drop on the neck. Bay then attacks Raquel and Perez. Bay sends the heels out. Lyra begs off and Bay helps her up. Bay then celebrates and Lyra is confused. 

The Uso's talk in the back. Jimmy says he's ready. He says he needed Jey's help last week and Jey walked away from him and LA. He says he doesn't get it. Jey says helping LA Knight gets them nowhere. He says he cost them the match at Wrestlepalooza. Jey asks why Jimmy helps him. Jey says no help because no one cares. He said he bodied LA Knight and if he did more of it, he might be champ. He says that's something Jimmy doesn't get. Jey says they will go handle business and says to forget LA Knight.

Iyo Sky is covered in blue in the back and is being checked on. Sane comes up to her and Iyo tells her to get way. Sane says they can still be a family and it's not too late. She says to follow her and apologize to Asuka. Iyo tells her to get away and leave her alone. We then see Iyo holding a picture of her with Sane and Asuka.

LA Knight vs Kofi Kingston

They shove each other. LA hits punches. Kofi kicks him. LA hits a neckbreaker off a suplex. LA back elbows him. Kofi armlocks him. LA hits punches then Kofi knees him in the gut. Kofi top wristlocks him. 

LA yanks on his arm then short arm clotheslines him. LA takes a stun gun. Kofi is back body dropped out. Kofi's head is banged off the rails. LA is then sent into the post. Kofi jumps on him off the apron.

We go to break and return. Kofi headbutts him and LA hits punches. Kofi trips him. Kofi top rope chops him for 2. LA hits punches. Kofi slides out and is sent into the rails. Kofi is really out of it. LA hits a slingshot shoulderblock. LA jumping neckbreakers Kofi. LA goes up on the buckles and lariats Woods off the apron. Kofi gets a 2 count on him. LA hits a BFT soon after and wins.

Thoughts: It was so-so. I think Kofi took a knee to the head when sliding out and he didn't look right for the rest of the match. They should have just ended it there. Wade also raised attention to it which made it harder to focus on the match.

Tozawa and Maxxine Dupri talk in the back. Becky Lynch comes up to them. She calls Max a loser and says she hasn't beaten anyone recently. Max says she went to Adam's office hoping to get a match with Becky. She calls her great and Becky agrees. She says Becky beat everyone except AJ Lee. Tozawa laughs and Becky drops him with a shot. Becky bangs Max's head off a table and pounds on her. Officials then break it up.

Becky then runs into Seth and they talk. Seth doesn't want her to come out with him. 

Seth Rollins comes out to talk. The crowd chants for Punk, Roman and Seth. He says his matches with Cody are in the past. He says Crown Jewel is what matters. He says the winner of it may decide the next 10-20 years of the industry. He says he doesn't get why the people want Cody to win. He asks if the fans lost their minds. Seth says he did it all for this company but still the crowd chants for Cody.

Cody Rhodes comes out. He says the future of the industry seems a bit much. Cody says the fans have all the control of that. He says The Bron's showed up on SD, which isn't their show. He says he thinks Heyman sent them. Cody asks who is in control of Seth's group. Seth says everything goes through him. Cody asks if he let Heyman announce Brock Lesnar. Seth says every decision runs through him and the crowd chants, "no it doesn't".

Cody asks where they will be in 20 years. Cody says he thought Seth was his friend. Seth says it was never friendship and a means to an end. He says Cody was the lesser of two evils. He says everything that happened before them is dead at Crown Jewel. He says he will write a new future after and says he will write the vision after.

Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky talk in the back. Rhea asks if she's okay. Iyo says no and says Rhea was right about Asuka. Iyo says it'll be her and Rhea vs The Kabuki Warriors at Crown Jewel. Rhea asks if she's sure she's up for this. Rhea says she wants to know if she can trust her and Iyo says yes. Iyo says she can't go back to Sane and Asuka.  

Dragon Lee talks before his match with AJ in the ring. He says his name and says it's an honor to share the ring with AJ. He says he became the #1 contender to the AAA Title. He says that means he's coming for Dominik Mysterio. AJ says maybe they can go after titles and he hopes Lee kicks Dom's head in. AJ says thanks to the fans he has a Crown Jewel match. He says he gets to do something he loves - beating up John Cena. He says they will kick the Americano's @ss tonight.

AJ Styles and Dragon Lee vs Los Americano (Bravo and Ryo)

Ryo is in the red and Bravo is in the blue. These are new names as IIRC, one of them was named Dos Americano previously. 

Bravo hits punches on Lee. Lee blocks his sunset flip with a double stomp. Lee is pulled crotch first into the post and takes a double basement dropkick. 

We go to break and return. Lee is hit with a double flying headbutt. Lee boots Ryo out of the corner and rebound germans him. Bravo la magistral's Lee for 2. Bravo's top rope hurricanrana is blocked. Lee tries a top rope double stomp but mostly misses and lands weird.

AJ gets in and hits hard lariats on Ryo. He hits a hard lariat on Bravo and sliding lariats Ryo. AJ goes for a springboard and El Grande Americano pushes him over. AJ takes a double superkick. Lee flying pumping knees Ryo. Bravo superkicks Lee. AJ pele kicks Bravo then plancha's Grande outside.

AJ springboard forearms Ryo. Bravo is popped up and caught with a styles clash. AJ then pins him.

Thoughts: I didn't like Los Americano losing on their debut. It just gets them off to a bad start. Los Americano weren't too impressive here but it was their first time out and it's not the finished product. I liked the finish of Bravo being popped up into a styles clash.

Stephanie Vaquer is interviewed. She says she's ready for anyone and says she's excited to face Tiffany Stratton. She says she will become Crown Jewel champ. Tiff walks in. She says she respects her and has been proving herself. She says SV has been a great champ but says she's wrong if she thinks she will let her change her story. She says it is and will always be Tiffy Time. SV says her time will be over and Tiff says she needs to get used to coming in second.

The Vision talk in the back. Seth is just staring at the floor. Seth says he has to beat Cody. Paul tries to hype him up and Seth says he has to beat him. 

Tornado Tag Match - The Uso's (Jimmy and Jey Uso) vs The Vision (Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker)

Jey suicide dives the heels as they enter. Reed is pushed into the post. Bron knees Jimmy in the gut and hits corner spears. Jimmy goes up and over Bron, superkicks him and uppercuts him. Jey flying forearms Bron in the corner. Reed takes shots from The Uso's. 

The Uso's hit stereo corner hip attacks. Bron is double lariated over the top. Bron lariats Jey and hits mounted shots. Bron is knocked off the apron with a kick to the back of the head. Jey goes for a tope and Reed forearms him. Reed sends Jey into the steps.

Reed headbutts Jimmy in the chest. Jimmy superkicks Reed off the commentary table. Bron runs the rail and flying lariats Jimmy through the commentary table. We go to break and return.  

Jey fights off the heels. Reed elbow drops Jey's back. Jey kicks the heels out of the corner. Reed catches Jey off the 2nd rope then hits a world's strongest slam. Bron running lariats Jey. Jey takes an electric chair bulldog. Reed is pushed off the top onto the ropes by Jimmy. Jimmy superkicks Bron then pop-up samoan drops him.

Reed death valley drivers Jimmy. Bron spears Jey. Roman Reigns comes out. He back body drops Bron over the top. Roman hits Reed with a chair and sends him out. Reed chairs him outside. Bron is hit with the chair. Jey superkicks and spears Bron. The Uso's hit a double stereo splash off the top on Bron and pin him.

Thoughts: We've seen this match a couple of times already and it was pretty similar to what we've been getting. Just Roman got involved this time. It was fine but I was surprised Seth didn't help out.

Roman chairs Bron after and sends him out. Roman then hypes up Jey after.

Overall thoughts: It was a better show than we have been getting with the Bayley/Lyra and Rhea/Iyo/Kabuki Warriors stories advancing each week and giving you a reason to care. We are still stuck in the Vision/Uso's feud though which has no end in sight and is virtually the same thing every time out. Roman also returned here, but he's been gone and returning so often lately that it means less and less each time. I'd give this show a 6 out of 10 as the wrestling was good and the women's storylines are holding the fort down.