WWE Monday Night Raw 12/22/2025

WWE Monday Night Raw 12/22/2025

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2025/12/wwe-monday-night-raw-12152025.html

We are in Grand Rapids, MI. Corey Graves and Michael Cole are on commentary.

This was pre-taped and it's only an 94 minutes long.

We see various wrestlers arrive. Paul Heyman tells The Bron's to stay out of the cold and says he's got this. He goes up to Austin Theory and asks what he's doing. Austin says he wanted everyone to feel his actions before he made his face. He says he made bad decisions but saw The Vision. He says they don't wait, they took. He says that's him now and he takes. He says he wants to take the opportunity and help The Vision tonight in their match. Paul says it's very interesting. 

Iyo Sky and Rhea Ripley talk in the back. Rhea says she needs her to stay in the back tonight. She hugs her and tells her to stay safe. She says she'll come back for her.

Rhea Ripley vs Asuka

RR dropkicks her and hits shots to the gut. RR clubs on her. RR throws her. RR trips her and hits mounted shots. RR headbutts her down. Asuka goes out to avoid riptide. Asuka is sent into the rails. Sane distracts RR. Asuka hip attacks RR off the apron. RR is sent into the rails.

We go to break and return though this is taped and there are no commercials. Asuka flying corner back elbows her. Asuka hits slaps and a spin kick in the corner. Asuka pop-up knees her in the face for 1. Asuka hits Kawada kicks. 

RR hits shots to the gut. Asuka backslides her for 2. RR spinning back elbows her. Sane trips RR. Asuka basement dropkicks RR. Asuka hits chest kicks. RR slaps her then hits short arm lariats. RR drops her down chest first and low dropkicks her. Rhea flying single leg dropkicks her for 2. 

Asuka rolls her up off a riptide attempt. Asuka hits a uraken and superkicks her in the chest. RR upkicks her from the mat. We go to break and return. They trade shots on their knees and get up. RR catches her foot and does the reverse cloverleaf on her. Asuka ankle locks her. Asuka germans her then sliding kicks her for 2.

They fight on the buckles. RR superkicks Asuka's head into the buckles. RR electric chair drops her forward on her chest for 2. Asuka rolls her up off a razor's edge for 2. RR misses a facekick on the ropes. RR blocks her hip attack. Asuka germans her on the apron. Asuka comes off the buckles and is superkicked. RR sliding knees her. RR cannonballs her off the apron outside.

RR goes up top and Sane trips her. Iyo Sky comes out and uppercuts Sane. Sane sweeps Iyo on the apron. Asuka rolls up RR with the tights and wins. 

Thoughts: It was a lot better than the usual offerings. They had a pretty good match here with a bunch of kicks. This is definitely leading to something with Rhea/Iyo vs The Kabuki Warriors as well, so this was a big success. I thought they might take it easy too but they didn't.

The Bron's and Paul Heyman talk. They want Paul to tell them what's going on with Theory. Paul asks where Reed was 14 months ago then asks where Bron was last year. Paul says someone had a vision for all of them and says he has a vision for Austin Theory too. He says it's Reed and Theory tonight vs Rey and Punk. He says Austin either carries out the vision tonight or they make sure Austin's @ss is carried out of WWE. Reed tells Bron he's got this. Bron says he has Reed's back, not Austin's.

They talk about Season 2 of WWE Unreal which is coming up.

Becky Lynch comes out to talk. She says Maxxine Dupri is not the legit Women's IC champ. She says there was a corrupt ref and legal interference so she is the real IC champ and not Max. BL says she went to the big wigs at Netflix to go to Michigan and take matters into her own hands. 

Maxxine Dupri comes out. Max says we all hear Becky. She says Sports Illustrated was right in calling her the greatest of all time. She says she's a rookie but she beat the greatest of all time. She says she beat her three times. She says she can have a rematch anytime and she will stop at nothing to beat her again. She says she's the fans' IC champ and Becky's IC champ. She says she just wants Becky to admit it. She says Becky doesn't look like the greatest of all-time, she looks like someone who is afraid that her best years are behind her.

Becky slaps her and bangs her face off the mat. Becky holds up the title and says it's hers. Becky pounds on her more. Max trips her and ankle locks her. Becky taps out then slides out. Max holds the title up.

Je'Von Evans and Adam Pearce talk in the back. Adam says good luck to him tonight and says let's talk about his future once he's done. 

Stephanie Vaquer walks in. Adam asks how they can fix the issue with SV, Nikki Bella and Raquel. SV asks for a triple threat and Adam says how about next week? 

We get an Uso's video. Jimmy says they are back in the tag division. He says they won last week in a classic. Jey says Dragon Lee and AJ have their titles. Jimmy says they are the greatest team of all-time. Those teams fight next week.

Je'Von Evans vs Rayo Americano

They lock up. Rayo side headlocks him. Evans shoulders him over. Evans kips up then dropkicks him. Evans side headlocks him and Rayo flying double chops him. Rayo knee drops Evans' arm. Rayo armlocks him. Evans boots him in the gut then seated springboard headscissors him. 

Rayo back body drops Evans over the top. Rayo misses a plancha then Evans suicide dives him. We go to break and return. Evans is armdragged off the buckles. Rayo hits mounted forearms on Evans and stomps him. 

They trade shots. Evans flying knees him. Evans flying forearms him. Evans does Terrell Tempo's viralplex (suplex + kip up) then does a springboard lariat for 2. Los Grandes Americano get on the apron. Bravo crotches Evans. Rayo lariats Evans down and michinoku drivers him for 2. 

Evans superkicks him. Rayo step up enzugiri's him. Evans tries a corkscrew kick off the ropes but totally misses. Evans springboards and is hit. Rayo misses a top rope moonsault and Evans double jump springboard cutters him to win.

Thoughts: It was a fun match here. Evans is already just as over as anyone else and may as well be a main roster regular now. Bravo lost as expected but it makes no difference.

AJ Styles and Dragon Lee are interviewed. They talk about the teams they beat in regards to facing The Uso's next week. Lee says their match will be a classic and says they will bring fire. AJ says as long as they have the titles, they are better than the best.

Bron Breakker does a video. He says he cut Punk in half last week and held the title up high. He says it was easy. Bron says Punk doesn't care about his wife or anyone else but himself. Bron asks if this watered down Punk will show up on 1/5 or if it'll be the best in the world. He says either way, the results will be the same. He says he's the dog he can't outrun. He says he hopes Punk saved his money and cashed his checks as he won't be worth a dollar to anyone when Bron is champ.

Nikki Bella comes out. She stands on the commentary table. She says everyone forgot who she is. She says she's a legend, hall of famer and champ. She says we are looking at the star of the division. She says she destroyed Raquel's face last week and will destroy Vaquer's reign next week. She says Vaquer is a big deal in the ring but she's a big deal everywhere. She says it's time the belt is around the waist of a global superstar and calls herself a legend.

Bayley vs Roxanne Perez

Bay has Lyra Valkyria with her. RP has Liv Morgan with her.

RP rolls out of a lock up. RP shoves her. Bay hits a belly to belly suplex for 2. RP goes to tope Bay outside. Bay is supposed to catch her but drops her. RP trips her. RP clubs on her outside.

RP basement dropkicks her and knee drops the leg. RP bangs Bay's leg off the post. We go to break and return. RP running euros her in the corner and russian legsweeps her for 2. Bay knees her in the face then lariats her twice. Bay thesz presses her and hits mounted shots. Raquel Rodriguez comes out. Bay does a swinging drop on RP for 2.

Lyra hits Raquel outside. Liv throws Lyra over the commentary table. RP cartwheel double knee drops Bay for 2. Bay sunset flips RP into the buckles for 2. Liv trips Bay and distracts the ref. RP takes off the 2nd bukcle. Bay is sent into the exposed buckle. Raquel distracts the ref and Liv pulls Raquel down as she is stopping RP from getting a pin. RP yells at Raquel. Lyra crossbodies Liv and Raquel off the commentary table.

Bay backdrops RP. Lyra yells at Bay and slaps her. Bay fires up and flying knees RP. Bay flurries on RP in the corner. Bay puts RP on the 2nd rope and double knee presses her down. Bay top rope elbow drops RP and wins.

Thoughts: Bay was back to botching here as she had two sloppy spots. I have no idea what Raquel was doing as she totally screwed her own partner. I liked the finish with Bay firing up and scoring the win. Bay's comeback helped this one. There was no lack of things going on during this. 

Bronson Reed talks to Austin Theory in the back. Reed says Austin is rolling with The Vision and it's the big leagues. He tells him to follow his lead, kid. Austin says he's not his kid. He says he'll start the match and Reed can follow his lead.

The Judgment Day fight in the back. The men try to stop the arguing. Perez asks what Raquel was doing. Raquel says she was trying to help like they did when Bella interrupted her match. Liv says they are all trying to help each other as Judgment Day is a family. Perez says she wants to be on the same page but needs to know what they are all doing. Raquel says good luck and says she has a title match she needs to prepare for. 

Gunther comes out to talk. Gun messes with the crowd and delays talking on the mic. Gun raises his hands on the commentary table.  Gun says you shouldn't be mad at him. He says you should be mad at the guy who tapped out like a little b!tch.

CM Punk comes out. Punk stares down at Gun. Gun backs up, laughs and does the "you can't see me" motion. Rey Mysterio comes out while Gun is in the aisle. They stare down and Gun leaves after saying something.

We go to break and return. Gun is laughing in the back. He runs into AJ Styles. AJ says he doesn't know when to shut up, does he? Gun says, "guess I don't" and laughs.

CM Punk and Rey Mysterio vs The Vision (Bronson Reed and Austin Theory)

Rey pounds on Austin. Austin hits corner lariats and backbreakers him. Austin bends over and is kicked. Punk hits Austin from behind and then boots him in the corner. Austin hits a running back elbow and pounds on him. 

Punk is tripped into the buckles. Austin rolls into a dropkick on him. We go to break and return. Reed pounds on Punk in the corner and sends him chest first into the buckles. Reed splashes Punk's arm.  

Austin stomps Punk's hand then chinlocks him. Austin side headlock takeovers him. Punk rolls him up for 2. Austin running lariats him. Reed elbow drops Punk. Reed cranks on Punk's chin. Reed hits mounted shots on Punk then sentons him. Reed chinlocks him. Reed boots Punk then stands on his back.

Reed slams Punk. Reed misses a senton. Rey tags in. Rey forearms Reed. Reed misses a butt drop and takes a la silla for 2. Rey spinning headscissors Austin then la silla's him off the apron outside. 

We go to break and return. Reed chokes Rey over the bottom rope. Reed catapults Rey's throat into the bottom rope. Rey's head is banged off the commentary table. Rey is held for a shot from Reed. Reed slams Rey down then splashes him for 2. Reed suplexes Rey. Austin stomps on Rey and clubs on him. Rey enzugiri's him. Austin suplexes Rey for 2. Rey casadora bulldogs Austin.

Punk is tagged in. He huts punches on Austin and leg lariats him. Punk swinging neckbreakers Austin. Punk step up knees Austin in the corner and bulldogs him. Reed comes in. Punk hits lariats on him. Punk top rope diving lariats Reed for 2.

Rey rolls Red into the ropes. Austin blind tags himself in and lariats Rey hard. Rey hurricanrana's Austin into the ropes. Rey 619's him and slingshot splashes him. Reed pulls Rey out off the pin.

Reed elbow drops Rey. Punk topes Reed then hits punches on him outside. Punk lariats Reed over the timekeeper's rail. Rey is crotched up top. Austin curbstomps Rey and pins him.

Thoughts: It was an okay main here. Theory's blind tag and lariat on Rey was nice. I'm glad they let Austin pick up the pin here. It's going to take time though to get Austin over though if it happens at all.

Bron Breakker comes down and goes after Punk. Punk lariats Austin over the top and Bron spears Punk to end the show.

Overall thoughts: It was a shorter show at only 94 minutes. I like it as a reviewer, but as a fan, we definitely lost out on 1-2 segments. The show was good overall. None of the matches were bad. Due to the length of the show, a lot of people were not wrestling here. There was nothing must see here but it never got boring and they kept things moving. I'd give this a 6 out of 10 overall.