Post WWE Raw Discussion Thread - March 24th, 2025!

Venue: OVO Hydro (Glasgow, Scotland)

Attendance: 10,516 - SOLD OUT!

MATCH RESULTS

Match Stipulation Winner
The Usos vs. A-Town Down Under Tag Team Match The Usos
Lyra Valkyria (c) vs. Raquel Rodriguez Women's Intercontinental Championship Match Lyra Valkyria
Dragon Lee vs. Chad Gable El Grande Americano Singles Match El Grande Americano
Bron Breakker (c) vs. Penta Intercontinental Championship Match No Contest

IMPORTANT NOTES

  • John Cena opens the show. He asks the crowd if they have something on their mind, that they're ready tonight to do their worst. And they know that Cena could rip apart any one of them - last week he put a clueless kid on blast. WWE posted it and everyone loved it. Who is worse, Cena, who always tells the truth? Or all of them who like to meme a defenseless child? Tonight they'll find out how they'll pay for the abuse they've put him through. For 25 years he's listened to the noise, but he didn't waste that time. He knows more about the crowd than they do, and the truth is that their life is sad. Cena says they've been an experiment, pick out any moment in his career & he'll tell them what they were thinking at the time. They desperately want to matter. The most important thing he's done was April 2005, when he debuted the spinner belt, and everyone told him how stupid he was because he changed the championship into a toy. And that was the biggest mistake they ever made, telling him how much that means to them, because knowing that, he's going to ruin wrestling. He's going to ruin it for every fan, every wrestler - everyone. At WrestleMania he'll win his 17th championship, and everyone can forget about Ric Flair. But even worse, he'll win that title and retire with it. Everyone else will have to make a new toy belt because he'll be the last real champion in WWE. Everyone's hearts will be ripped out watching him walk away, and there's nothing anyone can do to stop it.

  • Cody Rhodes' music interrupts Cena. He asks Cena, if you're going to take the title away from the fans, don't you need to take it away from him first? Cody made a mistake last week humoring him when now he sees he's as dangerous as John Cena has ever been. But he's made a massive mistake, saying what he just said while Cody was in the building. Cody notes that John should know how hard he's worked to get his championship, but the timeline of professional wrestling hangs in the balance because of his vanity? Cody sets down the title and tells Cena to take it. They stare at each other before Cena walks away and leaves the ring, heading to the back. Cody calls after him, Cena stops and starts to return. He then turns back to leave again. Cody says he needs John to see him and everyone else, that his psychotic need to take the title doesn't outweigh Cody's need to keep it. The champ is in the ring, and walking away empty-handed is how he's walking away from WrestleMania, and how he'll walk away from WWE.

  • Jey Uso's surprise partner for his tag team match is -- JIMMY USO! The first time they've wrestled together as a tag team in a year and a half.

  • After the Uso win, Gunther takes out Jimmy before coming after Jey in the ring, but Jey slips when attempting a speark and Gunther hands out a beatdown. Jimmy attempted to come after him with a steel chair but Gunther scooted himself back out of the ring.

  • The Judgment Day chat backstage ahead of Raquel Rodriguez' Intercontinental match. Dominick Mysterio is down on the issues between him and Finn Balor, but Liv Morgan reassures him that things are getting better.

  • Adam Pearce chats with Rey Mysterio & Dragon Lee backstage after introducing their newest luchador in a video package, El Grande Americano. They immediately push back saying it's just Chad Gable, but Gable apperas and swears it's not him. Someone got him sick though and he can't compete tonight. He gives Pearce a doctor's note. Rey Mysterio says they don't need a match, they'll see him in the parking lot. Gable interrupts to say hey, how about instead Dragon Lee can take on El Grande Americano? Pearce makes it official. Rey calls Gable a jackass.

  • After Lyra Valkyria retains her title she's immediately attacked by Liv Morgan. Also almost immediately, Bayley's music hits and she runs down to the ring to assist. Bayley & Lyra stand tall in the ring, with Bayley handing Lyra her belt and raising her arm in victory.

  • Jimmy Uso talks to an upset Jey Uso, asking how he's getting up in his own head and slipping. Jey says he knows. He's 3-0 against Gunther, he doesn't know if he can beat him again. Jimmy says he can't. Not like this. But the Main Event Jey Uso, the man who won the Royal Rumble, that's the Jey that can win. As Jimmy leaves he crosses paths with Gunther, challenging him to a match next week. He laughs and says sure, as long as he doesn't trip and fall like his brother. Jimmy open-hand SLAPS Gunther in the face.

  • Adam Pearce is in the ring with the contract from last week for the WWE Women's World Championship. The match is between Bianca Belair and IYO SKY, and Rhea Ripley scribbling her name across it does not make it official. Rhea Ripley already has a rematch owed to her, but Bianca earned her opportunity. IYO SKY then interrupts Pearce, saying she doesn't care about the contract, she would take on both of them. Pearce asks her to hear him out, but then they're interrupted by Bianca Belair. Bianca says Pearce is right, she earned her spot, and she's not going to let Rhea bulldoze her way in. Pearce again tries to say something before he's interrupted by Rhea Ripley. Rhea says she actually doesn't give a damn about WrestleMania or who she has to go through to get her title back. She just wants her rematch. Pearce says, oh NOW you want it? Bianca says she can have her rematch against HER after Mania. IYO interjects but she gets pushed out of the way. Pearce shuts everything down saying Rhea gets her rematch next week and whoever wins will fight Bianca Belair, period. He exits, leaving the women to attack each other, with ultimately Bianca standing in the ring with the title.

  • Penta chats with Dominick Mysterio backstage. Dom offers him a spot in the Judgment Day. He could be Intercontinental Champion tonight! Something for him to think about.

  • The War Raiders get a video package.

  • The New Day visits Adam Pearce. They deserve a shot at the tag team match at WrestleMania. They DEMAND it. Pearce says they haven't shown him that they are owed this at all, and to get out. Bianca Belair then walks up asking Adam who she's facing at Mania? He said she'll find out next week, where she'll be the special guest referree. Bianca says she doesn't know how to referee. Pearce says she has a week to learn.

  • CM Punk speaks to the crowd. While he's happy to be here in Glasgow, he's not in a good mood. He's jetlagged & hasn't slept well because of the uncertainly around his road to WrestleMania. He's got a match, but what he wants, he's not getting… or is he? He wanted to win the Rumble, and then the Elimination Chamber, but Seth Rollins screwed him which doesn't get him to what he wants. For two people it's clearly personal, but for him it's just business. The two men who want to stand in his way of getting what he wants have got to go. Seth has been crying about him ever since he came back. Roman Reigns sees that his Wise Man isn't just his Wise Man. On Friday at SmackDown in London, they're going to have a contract signing. He wants to read the fine print to see if this match gets him any closer to getting what he wants or if it's just another rug pull. He notes that neither Seth nor Roman have ever defeated him without the other one's help. And he calls out that the brought them into this business - he can't wait to be the one who takes them out of it.

  • Next week, Logan Paul will be joining them in London. He wants to meet AJ Styles there. We'll also have Jimmy Uso vs. Gunther, Cody Rhodes & John Cena face-to-face, and the Rhea/IYO rematch.

  • Cathy Kelley talks to Bron Breakker about his upcoming match, and asks if he's concerned that Penta could be out there with some new friends. Bron says he's not concerned because the dogs are barking in Glasgow.

  • Dominick & Carlito show up ringside for the IC title match. They eventually both interfere, and Dominick causing the DQ after attacking Breakker. Finn Balor shows up to hit Bron with a steel chair. Finn hands it to Dominick, who also beats Bron with the chair. Dom then offers it to Penta. Penta takes the chair, winds up, then tosses it back to Dom and kicks the chair into Dom's face. Balor comes back to attack both Penta and Breakker, finishing with a Coup de Grace on Penta.

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