WWE Monday Night Raw 10/13/2025

WWE Monday Night Raw 10/13/2025

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This aired at 8AM, making it the earliest Raw ever aired in the US.

We are in Perth, Australia. Wade Barrett and Michael Cole are on commentary.

We see clips from Crown Jewel and see various wrestlers arrive. 

The Vision come out to talk. He and the crowd do his usual lines. Seth says tonight is about him but he wants to recognize the greatness he he has assembled in this ring. He said they solidified Paul as the GOAT. He says he's blessed to be in his presence and hugs him. Paul and Seth kiss each other on the head and face respectively. Seth tries to get Bron to give him a twitch and he does.

He says Bron is the future. He says Reed was on the shelf 6 months ago and couldn't have beaten Roman. He said with his vision, he gave him all the knowledge he had on Roman. He said he beat, destroyed and embarrassed Roman. He says he's the new tribal chief. 

Seth asks who the greatest champ is and asks why it's him. He says Roman likes to say there are levels to this game but he says there is no one on his level. He says he hasn't needed anyone to get his success. The crowd chants "BS". He said Cody and Roman needed him but he doesn't need Reed, Bron or Paul. He says he won the title on his own and beat Punk and Cody on his own. Seth then says he's the greatest to ever do it and is a revolutionary and visionary. He then holds his title up and gets fireworks.

Penta and Rusev talk in the back. Rusev says he beat him and Dom cheated him out of the match. He says he will maybe allow the match as he was promised he will face the winner of tonight's match. He says if it's him, don't think he forgot about the kick. Penta calls him a bendejo. Dom then walks nearby, sees Rusev and walks the other way.

WWE Intercontinental Title - Dominik Mysterio (c) vs Penta

They hockey fight to start and chop each other. Penta superkicks him then Dom superkicks back. Penta flying headscissors him. Dom is back body dropped on the commentary table. 

We go to break and return. Dom flying headscissors him. Penta headscissors him off the buckles then springboard twisting crossbodies him for 2.

Penta corner enzugiri's him then handstand pendulum dropkicks him in the corner. Penta takes a stun gun then is send into the post shoulder first. Dom tope tornado ddt's him outside. 

Penta is sent over the rail. Dom stomps him and basement dropkicks him in the corner. We go to break and return. Dom misses a slingshot swanton and Penta slingblade facebusters him. Penta tilt-a-whirl backbreakers him. Penta jumps off the post onto him outside. 

Penta is caught coming off the top but hits 2 suplexes. Dom then suplexes him. Dom enzugiri's him. Dom misses a 619. Penta top rope crossbodies him then hits a made in Japan for 2. Dom tilt-a-whirl sitout slams him for 2. Dom comes off the top and is hit with a superkick.

Rusev comes out and Penta tope con hilos him. Dom grabs the ring bell hammer. He hits Penta in the knee with it then 619's him. Dom frogsplashes him off the top and wins.

Thoughts: It got cut up a little by various breaks. It was alright. They kept things moving here and did a a decent bit of flying. Dom got the win as expected here.

LA Knight is interviewed. He says Punk might get himself punched or pinned tonight. He says this match is for the title even if it's just #1 contender's. CM Punk comes in. Punk says LA won't pin him or become champ. He says LA stole one last week and it won't happen this week. He says he'll be champion and there's nothing he can do about it.

Asuka yells at Kairi Sane in the back. She says she lost at Crown Jewel. Sane say she can fix it. Asuka says Sane can face Rhea tonight. Sane shows a bruise on her head and says it's because she tried to help her. Asuka then slaps her. 

Kairi Sane vs Rhea Ripley

Iyo is with Rhea and Asuka is with Sane. Sane ducks a lock up and forearms her from behind. Sane rolls out of the corner and forearms her. Rhea running lariats her. Sane hits chops and Rhea suplexes her. 

Sane clubs on her and axe kicks her. Sane headscissors her off the ropes then sliding forearms her. Sane jumps off the apron and Rhea knees her. Rhea low dropkicks him then northern lights suplexes her for 2. Asuka distracts Rhea and makes her follow her. Sane baseball slides Rhea. Iyo pounds on Asuka then Sane flying forearms Iyo off the apron. Asuka buzzsaw kicks Iyo.

We go to break and return. Sane hits knees to the gut then Rhea kicks her in the gut. Rhea superkicks her then drops her chest first on the mat. Rhea running boots Sane for 2.  

Sane sunset flips her for 2. Rhea hits a hard headbutt. Sane avoids riptide and pulls Rhea to the apron. Rhea runs into the post when Sane moves. Sane hits a top rope elbow drop on her outside. Sane casadora stunners her for 2.

Sane misses a top rope move. Rhea hits a razor's edge for 2. Sane is stuck up top for a while. Sane double stomps Rhea off the top while Rhea is in tree of woe. Sane hits urakens. Sane sliding forearms her in the corner. Sane is caught coming off the top rope. Rhea drops her face first from her shoulder. 

Sane rolls up Rhea for 2. Rhea headbutts her and hits riptide to win.

Thoughts: It got a lot of time here and Sane lost as expected. Sane spent quite a while up top here and I think they blew something during that portion. It was alright and had some shenanigans from Iyo and Asuka.

Asuka hits Iyo after then Rhea boots Asuka. Asuka's head is banged off the commentary table. Rhea goes for riptide on the table. Sane hits her with a kendo stick. Asuka ddt's Rhea on the table. Sane and Asuka then pose on Rhea. 

The Uso's talk in the back. Jimmy says they helped out Roman but it's still their fault. Jey says Roman says it only goes his way and says Roman only looks out for himself. Jey says maybe they should do the same. Jey says he's got a triple threat tonight and can't make the same mistake he did in Paris by sticking his neck out for Roman. Jimmy thinks Jey means that he is on his own tonight vs Bronson Reed. Jimmy tells him to handle his business and says he will handle his own business.

Bronson Reed vs Jimmy Uso

Jimmy hits punches on Reed then is hit in the gut. They fight outside and Reed is sent into the post. Reed's head is banged off the commentary table. Uso boots him out of the corner and is caught off the buckles. Reed hits a world's strongest slam. Reed pulls Uso's shirt off. Reed elbow drops Uso.

We go to break and return. Reed misses a senton. Reed misses a corner charge. Uso hits shots on Reed and spinning enzugiri's him. Uso corner hip attacks him. Uso top rope tornillos on him for 2. Uso tries to pick him up but falls down. Reed hits sentons on Uso. Reed hits a top rope splash and wins.

Thoughts: Jobbin' Jimmy lost here as he has been doing lately. Reed won as expected here. It was acceptable with Reed overpowering Uso en route to victory but it wasn't their best work. They also didn't get that much time here.

Bron Breakker congratulates Reed in the aisle then comes in and spears Jimmy. Reed then holds Jimmy for a Bron spear. Bron tries to spear him through a rail then Jey Uso comes out. Jey superkicks Reed. Reed corner splashes Jey. Jey superkicks Reed. The Uso's then argue and Jimmy gets Jey mad about helping him.

Bayley and Lyra talk in the back. Lyra asks if Bay feels good. Bay says she does. Lyra says she doesn't know if she can trust her. Lyra says they are off sometimes and says unless she can count on her, it's a one time thing. Bay laughs and says they are great together.

Bayley and Lyra Valkyria vs The Judgment Day (Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez)

RR bangs Bay's head off the buckles. RP foot chokes Bay in the corner. Lyra rolls up RP for 2 and they trade pin attempts. Lyra trips her and basement dropkicks her for 2. RR gets in. Lyra hits forearms and Bay tags herself in. Bay forearms RR.

RR takes kicks from her opponents. Bay back elbows both opponents in the corner. Lyra corner spears both. The four girls paid off and fight to the outside. RR fallaway slams Lyra into Bay. Bay takes corner attacks. Bay takes a facekick + russian legsweep combo. We go to break and return. Lyra cleans house on the heels and spin kicks RP. Lyra dropkicks RR through the ropes. Lyra spinning heel kicks RR for 2. 

RP top rope hurricanrana's Bay. RR gordbusters Bay. RP cartwheel double knees Bay for 2. RR facekicks Lyra off the apron. RR slingshot suplexes Bay then RP double jump asai moonsaults Bay. RR facekicks Bay outside. RP headscissors spikes Bay for 2. RR misses a corner spear. 

Lyra tries to fire up Bay and slaps her. Bay laughs. Bay then topes the heels outside and bangs RP's head off the commentary table. RR is taken out over the rail. Bay top rope elbow drops RP. Bay hits a roseplant on RP and pins her.

Thoughts: Bay firing up was fun here. The match was alright with both sides doing what they were supposed to do here. The problem is that the women's division is smaller and there's really not that many teams for Bay and Lyra to fight from here to further this angle. 

Seth and Paul are talking in the back. They are both in good moods. Seth says the last 6 months will be nothing compared to what the future will be. He says the future is special. The Bron's walk in. Seth puts them over and says he was sick of The Uso's. He says he loves them and says this is the most incredible weekend of his life. Seth says this is the mountain top. He says few men understand what this is like. He says they are close to taking the next step. He says he's on Cloud Nine and says no one can knock him off the mountain top.

Adam Pearce talks to a ref in the back. He asks for an update from medical on Rhea and Iyo. AJ Styles comes in. He says Crown Jewel was a great night and would have been better if he won the match. Adam says they created a moment in time. Dominik Mysterio comes in. He says he's a double champ and says AJ doesn't know about it. He asks what's up with his Rusev next week. Adam asks if he cheated against him last time. AJ says Dom is right and he's the only one defending his titles. He says Judgment Day should defend the tag titles against him and Dragon Lee. Adam agrees and says it was Dom's idea. He asks if he wants to let them know and Dom says he will.

Stephanie Vaquer is interviewed in the aisle. She says she's the first girl to win 4 titles in one year in WWE history. Raquel and Roxanne come out. Raq asks why she's getting emotional over a title she shouldn't have won. Steph says she knows she's having a bad night but it's not her problem. Perez says it would have been her problem if she got in the match like she deserved. She says she's the last one to beat Iyo and should have gone to Wrestlepalooza. Steph says Perez will never beat her and tells her to stop crying and do something about it. Perez says she will do it on her time and not Steph's time. Steph says she will wait.

#1 Contender's Match - CM Punk vs Jey Uso vs LA Knight

Punk hits both then is hit by LA from behind. Punk hits forearms on LA. Jey superkicks Punk out of the ring. LA running lariats Jey then dropkicks Punk through the ropes. Jey topes him outside. 

We go to break and return. Punk is sent over the rail. Jey hits punches on LA. They trade. Punk top rope crossbodies both. Punk step up knees LA in the corner. Jey superkicks Punk in the gut and uppercuts him. Jey spinning enzugiri's Punk.

Jey runs into a Punk kick. Punk lariats him. Punk step up knees both opponents in the corners then hits a bulldog + clothesline combo. Punk slams LA. Punk top rope elbow drops LA. LA reverse ddt's Punk. LA ddt's Jey. LA 2nd rope double elbows both opponents for 2 counts.

We go to break and return. Jey and Punk trade. LA hits a double lariat on his opponents. LA stomps on Jey in the corner. LA running knees Jey. Punk and LA trade chops. Punk boots LA out of the corner. LA superplexes Punk. Jey then top rope splashes LA for 2. LA BFT's Punk. Jey sends LA into the steps. Jey goes for a top rope splash but Punk gets his knees up. Punk hits a GTS on Jey and wins.

Thoughts: Punk got the win here as expected but LA didn't take the pin at least. It was a decent main where they kept things moving. Jey took an awkward looking ddt her when his feet got caught under the bottom rope. I really don't know what the justification for LA getting more title shots is at this point since he has lost so many times now.

Seth Rollins' music hits. Bron runs down and spears Jey. Bron then runs around the ring and spears LA. Reed and Seth come down. Bron and Reed beat up on Punk. Bron spears Punk. 

Reed top rope splashes Punk. Seth tells Punk this is his title, ring and company. He says he's a deadman. The vision pose together. Seth steps forward and Bron spears Seth. Paul is shocked. Bron stares at Reed and gives him an ultimatum. Reed then top rope splashes Seth. Paul tries to get The Bron's to back off. Bron grabs Paul and asks if he's with him. Bron then takes the title. Paul then raises Bron's and Reed's hands.

Thoughts: I wish they didn't do this here as the show was on at 8AM. Unless you weren't by a phone or a pc all day, you probably heard about the turn before you saw it. I didn't see this one coming but I think I get the logic behind it. The Vision wasn't a hit as a group and they ran through most of their opponents already. I'm sure it could have gone on longer and been acceptable, but breaking them up and making Bron into a singles guy freshens things up and helps out the lacking Raw main event scene some.

Overall thoughts: It was a longer show at 2.5 hours. There was a lot of acceptable but unspectacular wrestling here but the big news was The Vision turning on Seth Rollins. That should shake things up a bit and provide us with a new direction. I'd give the show a 6 out of 10. Maybe on another day without spoilers, I'd give the show a 7 out of 10. There was nothing wrong with the show but we've seen a lot of these bouts before and it was only so exciting. I think we're also starting to see the long term effects of having 2 Women's Titles, 5 match PPV's and WWE in general having a smaller undercard scene.