WWE Monday Night Raw 10/20/2025

WWE Monday Night Raw 10/20/2025

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We are in Sacramento, CA. Wade Barrett and Jose Tesstiore are on commentary.

Adam Pearce is in the ring. The Bron's and Heyman arrive and then come out. Adam says Seth Rollins had to have major surgery and is on the shelf because of what they did. Adam says he's stripping Seth Rollins of the World Title. Adam says we will crown a new champ at SNME. He says there will be a battle royal and the winner will fight Punk for the title. He says the battle royal takes place tonight.

Bron has the title and Adam says he needs him to give him the title. Bron says, "What if I don't?". Bron says, "Say please". Adam says he needs him to hand it over to him now, please. Bron then gives the title to Paul, who gives it to Adam.

Adam leaves and Paul asks why everyone is so mad at them. Paul says they had nothing to do with Seth Rollins. Paul says he always knew Reed was better than Roman and said he proved it. Paul says Seth couldn't lead The Vision into the future. He says Seth is a bum shoulder b!tch. Paul says winners write history and these are the winners. Paul says Seth will main event Mania no more as that spot was taken by Bron Breakker. Paul thanks everyone for the time and says welcome to Monday Night Raw. 

We see various wrestlers arrive.

The Judgment Day talk in the back. Dom joins in late and they give him the cold shoulder. They complain about having to defend the tag titles vs Lee and AJ. Dom says he beat AJ twice and asks if they can't take care of them. Finn says of course they can. Perez tells Dom not to worry about them and says he's bringing hold to Judgment Day like they want. Raquel tells Perez to focus on the match tonight.

World Tag Titles - The Judgment Day (Finn Balor and JD McDonaugh) vs AJ Styles and Dragon Lee

AJ side headlocks JD and side headlock takeovers him. AJ dropkicks JD. Lee chops JD and blocks his sunset flip with a double stomp. JD slingshot double stomps Lee. Finn boots Lee in the corner. 

Lee flying headscissors him. Lee hits combinacion cabron. Finn basement dropkicks Lee off a sunset flip. Finn foot chokes Lee. JD backbreakers Lee on the shoulder for 2. Finn suplexes Lee for 2. Finn is crotched up top. 

AJ comes in and hits shots on Finn then lariats him. JD pulls the ropes out on AJ. We go to break and return. AJ drops Finn chest first on the mat. Lee and JD get in. Lee rebound germans JD then superkicks him. Lee is crotched up top. JD is in tree of woe and is double stomped off the top. Lee tope con hilos both opponents outside. Lee flying back elbows JD. JD powerbombs him. 

AJ chops Finn then flying corner lariats him. AJ ushigoroshi's JD. Lee lariats JD over the top. Finn slingblades AJ. AJ springboard forearms Finn for 2. JD headbutts AJ and is hit with a pele kick. JD standing spanish flies AJ. JD top rope moonsaults AJ and Finn top rope double stomps AJ for 2.

Lee topes JD outside and AJ hits a styles clash on Finn. AJ then pins Finn to win.

Thoughts: It was what you would want with everyone doing some flying here and lots of action. It wasn't great but I enjoyed it and they did put a little more effort in than usual.

The Uso's talk in the back. Jey says he wasn't mad at him last week, he was mad at himself. He says if Roman was here...and Jimmy says Roman won't be here and isn't in line for the title. Jimmy says they are. Jimmy says Jey lost his title as he stopped believing in himself. Jey says Jimmy might be right and Roman might be right too. Jimmy says to figure it out before the battle royal as he is going out on everyone including him. Jey says if they are alright and Jimmy says, "yeet".

WWE Intercontinental Title - Dominik Mysterio (c) vs Rusev

Dom topes him as he enters. Dom sends him into the steps. Rusev lariats him then stomps him. Rusev hits corner spears. Rusev throws him. Rusev hits leg kicks. Rusev knees him in the face and stomps his leg. Dom 2nd rope double axe handles him.

Rusev catches Dom off the ropes. Dom runs into a lariat then he is suplexed. Rusev fallaway slams him. We go to break and return. Rusev's throat is pulled over the top. Dom slingshot swantons him. Dom counters a suplex with his own. Rusev gets his knees up on Dom's splash. Rusev high kicks him and swinging side slams him. 

Dom slides out and runs into Penta. Rusev throws Dom into Penta. Penta yells at Rusev and gets hit. Dom dropkicks Rusev in the knee. Rusev blocks his 619. Rusev grabs the hammer Dom grabbed and he swings it. The ref blocks him. Dom kicks Rusev low then 619's him. Dom top rope frogsplashes him and wins.

Thoughts: Dom shouldn't have lost here and he didn't. They saved Rusev a bit by him taking a low blow. There was a fair bit of shenanigans here but I thought they got the story right with Rusev dominating and Dom trying to cheat.

Penta then comes in and springboard tornado ddt's Rusev.

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

BL backs her up in the corner and gets in her face. She hits forearms and boots. BL hits corner spears. Max rolls up BL for 2 twice. BL boots her in the chest. Max is thrown over the rail. 

We go to break and return. BL stomps Max outside. Max jawbreakers BL for 2. Max stunners BL. Max hits flying lariats and a pump kick. Max step up legdrops her for 2. Max fisherman suplexes her and kips up. Max pumping knees her for 2.

They trade shots. BL spin kicks her in the gut. Max high kicks her for 2. Max ankle locks BL. BL does an armbar. Max rolls into an ankle lock. Max is crotched up top. Max drops BL off the buckles and top rope crossbodies her.

BL goes to leave with the belt and Max hits her. Max sunset flips her for 2. BL then hits her with the belt and is DQ'd.

Thoughts: Max had another okay showing here and didn't botch anything. I was surprised they didn't have Becky beat her clean. It was fine for what it was.

Becky beats her up after then uranages her.  

We see Rhea Ripley's broken nose from Japan. 

The Kabuki Warriors do a promo. Sane says Rhea got what she deserved. Asuka says to remember that it was them who sent her home. Asuka says they took Rhea out and broke her face. Sane says they tore her family apart and have to pay. Asuka says Sane showed her what she always wanted to see last week. Asuka says they took care of Rhea and Iyo. Sane says they need a new challenge. Asuka says they need gold. They say The Kabuki Warriors are back.

Paul Heyman talks to Adam Pearce outside his office. Adam says he's been waiting for him. Adam says he had to have production change a graphic. Paul isn't impressed. Adam says the graphic pertains to him. He says The Bron's had to come off the battle royal graphic as they are officially out of it. Adam tells Paul to say please if he wants him to put them back in. Paul says please and Adam says, "no". He then slams the door on him. 

Paul then runs into Becky Lynch. Becky backs him up. Paul says he understands how she must feel. He says he had no choice in the matter. He says The Bron's conspired against Seth. He says he got inbetween them and put himself in jeopardy until it became a reality. Paul says he survived the day but Seth did not. He says there's a vision that includes Becky and then it's win-win. He says Becky can have a husband at home and an oracle on the road. 

Becky says his snake oil salesman crap doesn't work on her. She says Seth used Paul and knew Paul would turn on him. She says Paul is nothing with him or without him. Becky says Seth will kill the people Paul surrounds himself with and not him, but will make him wish he had. 

Thoughts: I was surprised they didn't do this prior to Becky's match as it almost came across as face like. I'm not sure how she factors into this one going forward.

Stephanie Vaquer vs Roxanne Perez

RP rolls out of a lock up. SV waistlock takedowns her. SV trips her and yanks her arm. RP rolls out of a wristlock. SV sweeps her and armlocks her. SV armdrags her. RP does la magistral into a bridge. SV then does a bridge pin attempt. 

RP armdrags her and they fail trying to bridge up together. RP stalls outside. SV headscissors her into a pin attempt for 2. RP slaps her. SV backdrops her and RP stops the devil's kiss. Raquel hits SV on the ropes.

We go to break and return. SV suplexes her. SV spin kicks her in the gut and headbutts her. SV corner lariats her. SV corner meteora's her and dragon screws her on the ropes. SV backdrops her and does the devil's kiss.

RP codebreakers SV's arm then la mistica drops her. RP cartwheel double knee drops hero n the neck for 2. SV 619's her. SV's arm is pulled down over the top rope. RP is pushed to the outside onto Raquel. SV top rope plancha's them outside. SV double underhook codebreakers her and wins.

Thoughts: It was a decent match here with the two doing some lucha and matching up pretty well. I was enjoying this and would have liked to have seen it continue. SV won here as expected.

Raquel hits SV from behind then stomps on her after. Nikki Bella then comes out to make the save. Raquel takes a scary looking bump over the top. RP spin kicks Bella then is lariated. Raquel facekicks Bella down. SV botches a springboard onto Raquel. She then ddt's her. Bella drops RP with a forearm then Raquel is double dropkicked out. 

Adam Pearce talks to Lyra Valkyria in the back. Lyra says her and Bayley are different people. Bayley walks in. She says she hasn't slept since they won their big tag team match. She says it felt good. She says she has a birthday surprise for her and won't say what it is.

The Bron's talk in the back. Paul comes in. Bron says they came in with the title that was taken from them and now they aren't in the battle royal. Bron asks to help them out. Paul says there's this rookie in 2002 named Brock Lesnar. He says he could have eaten through the roster in his first night but listened to him and 5 months later, he beat The Rock for the title. He says there was a best in the world rebel in 2012 who was a pain in the butt but he listened to him and got 434 days out of a title reign. Paul says he made Roman the tribal chief and says everyone remembers his title reign. He says it's not about who you can slaughter, but the backstage maneuvers with it. He says if they want to see the future vision of WWE, look in the mirror.

Vaquer thanks Nikki Bella in the back for helping her. She says Raquel and Roxanne will never beat her. Bella says she's proud of her and took the division by storm. She says there's no one like her. She says she's champ and there's a big target on her back. She says she wants her to be cautious. SV says she owes her one. Bella says she just made 2 enemies and will take her up on it sooner than later. 

#1 Contender's Battle Royal

CM Punk is on commentary. Everyone fights. Ivar and Otis trade lariats then Otis lariats him and Dom over. Otis slams down Kofi and corner splashes Waller. Rusev and Otis stand off and trade. Otis hits lariats on Rusev. Rusev pulls Otis over the top. 

Tozawa chops Rusev and is sent back then thrown out. Penta and Rusev trade. Jey sends Dom to the apron. Dragon Lee goes for a springboard and is thrown out by Judgment Day (Finn and JD). Penta and Rusev are knocked off the apron together by Dom.

We go to break and return. AJ dropkicks Ivar and Ivar butt drops him in the corner. Ivar and Sheamus trade forearms. Ivar is sent to the apron. Sheamus pumping knees him then hits white noise on him on the apron, eliminating him. 

El Grande Americano pushes Jimmy over then loads his mask. The Uso's punch the loaded mask and hit a 3D on him. Grande is then thrown out by both. Sheamus dumps JD over the top tehn chest clubs Finn. He then eliminates Finn. Judgment Day and Kofi eliminate Sheamus. Sheamus then fights them outside.

AJ throws Dom out but the refs don't see it. Dom then gets AJ on the apron. We go to break and return. AJ skins the cat to avoid elimination.  Kofi back elbows AJthen monkey flips him. AJ drops Kofi gut first on the top rope and eliminates him with a forearm. LA Knight reverse ddt's Jimmy. LA double jump elbow drops him off the buckles. LA puts a submission on AJ and is superkicked by Jey. Jey and LA trade. 

Jimmy superkicks LA. AJ springboards into a double superkick. AJ is thrown out. Jimmy and LA hang on the ropes and Jey throws both over. Dom dropkicks Jey into the opes then Dom is thrown over the top. Jey wins the battle royal.

Thoughts: I figured LA and Jey would be the favorites here and Jey won out. It was your usual average battle royal. I liked Otis and Rusev going at it. The big moment of this was Jey eliminating Jimmy and causing drama.

CM Punk comes in and stares down Jey after.

Overall thoughts: It was a good show with a lot of solid wrestling. The Tag Title match was the best match of the night here. They had to work around Rhea and Seth being out here and did okay with it. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 overall.