WWE RAW Live Coverage - March 24th, 2025
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Cody Rhodes and John Cena to be under the same roof in Glasgow, Scotland
After the intense face-to-face on Raw last week, Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes and John Cena will once again be under the same roof when Raw comes to Glasgow, Scotland this Monday.
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– CM Punk, Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez, Lyra Valkyria, Dragon Lee & Rey Mysterio, Penta, and Bron Breakker are all shown arriving at the arena.
– Michael Cole and Pat McAfee greet audiences at home as John Cena makes his way out to the ring.
Cena says fans clearly have something they want to say to him with the boos that they rain down on him, then says fans are ready to do their worse now that he's turned the spotlight on them and he can pick apart anyone in the live crowd tearing them to shreds. He says no one is safe, then says he put a clueless kid on blast last week and his face ended up everywhere on social media.
Cena continues ripping into the fans and says they loved rewatching a meme of a defenceless boy getting destroyed which makes them all horrible people. He says fans will find out how they'll pay for what they've put Cena through in the last 25 years. He says he's listened to the lies and noise of fans, and while he didn't waste time being mean, he's payed attention, tested, and rewarded fans for their "childish, curse ridden nursery rhymes". He says in doing so, fans have told them every single thing about them, and their lives are all sad because all they have is attending a live "Raw" event. He says fans have been nothing more than an experiment and rats in a cage, then says fans make things so simple because they will always tell him about themselves out of desperation for wanting to matter.
Cena says the most important thing fans ever told him was in April 2005 when he gave them the spinner WWE Championship. He says fans ate him alive for the spinner WWE Championship and make it clear that they weren't fans of him changing their championship into a toy. He says the championship is at the center of everything, but he made it into a toy. He promises to ruin wrestling for every fan and wrestler. He promises to become a 17 time World Champion and force fans to forever say his name as he makes history all the while fans can do nothing except watch.
Cody Rhodes' music hits and he makes his way out. He asks Cena what he just said, then reminds Cena he has to take the Undisputed WWE Championship away from him first before he can take it away from the fans. He says Cena is clearly sincere and angry, and he made the mistake of going after the fans while he was in the building. He says he fought hard to hold the Undisputed WWE Championship, then questions how the timeline of wrestling hangs in the balance because of Cena's vanity.
Rhodes lays down the Undisputed WWE Championship and tells Cena that he can try taking it if he wants to. Cena squares up to Rhodes, but ultimately decides to leave the ring and head to the back. Rhodes stops Cena as he makes his way up the entrance ramp by calling his name, and Cena decides to head back down. He then decides to head to the back once again, but Rhodes stops him once again by telling him he needs Cena to see him and all the fans in order to understand that the champ is standing in the center of the ring. He says Cena will walk away from WrestleMania 41 and WWE empty handed just like he's doing so up the ramp right now.
– Jey Uso and his mystery tag team partner Jimmy Uso then makes their way down to the ring. A-Town Down Under follows.
The Usos vs. A-Town Down Under
Jey Uso and Austin Theory begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Jey levels Theory with a shoulder tackle, then connects with a clothesline and tags in Waller. Jey delivers a Hip Attack and an enzuigiri on Waller, then tags in Jimmy. The Usos land a double elbow drop on Waller and clothesline both him and Theory out of the ring. Jimmy then flies over the top rope to level A-Town Down Under on the outside as Jey holds the top rope down.
Jimmy and Waller get back inside the ring, and Jimmy fires off a chop on Waller in the corner. Waller dumps Jimmy out of the ring, but Jimmy levels him with an open palm strike. Theory levels Jimmy, then double teams on Waller. Theory jams his knee into the back of Jimmy's neck when the pair return to the ring after tagging in.
Waller tags in and jams his knee into Jimmy's oblique. Jimmy fires off strikes on Theory and Waller, but Theory tags back in and A-Town Down Under continues wearing down Jimmy. Waller tags in and fires off right hands on Jimmy, then lands a neck crank on him and wears him down with a submission hold.
Waller looks to land a rolling Stunner on Jimmy, but Jimmy counters into a Samoan Drop and tags in Jey. Theory tags in on his side, and Jey fires off right hands on him. He connects with an enzuigiri and a superkick, then goes for a pin but Theory kicks out. Waller and Jimmy tag in, and Jimmy lands a Samoan Drop on Waller. Jimmy ascends up the top rope, but Waller trips him. Jey tags in, and Jimmy tosses Waller over to Jey to deliver a spear to him. The Usos then deliver a 1D to Theory for the win.
Winners: The Usos
– After the match, GUNTHER blindsides Jimmy from behind and goes after Jey. Jey gets the better of GUNTHER and looks to land a spear on him, but accidentally trips. GUNTHER takes advantage and beats down Jey, but retreats once Jimmy slides back into the ring with a chair in hand.
– Raquel Rodriguez is backstage with Liv Morgan warming up for her match. Dominik Mysterio and Carlito come by and Mysterio says Finn Balor is still pissed at him and he's told to go talk to Balor.
– Lyra Valkyria is with Bayley before her match and we see her make her way backstage. We see Adam Pearce talking with Dragon Lee and Rey Mysterio as Valkyria walks by.
– Back from the break, we see Chad Gable approach Adam Pearce with a doctors note excusing him from his match against Dragon Lee as Lee and Rey Mysterio stand by. Gable proposes that the newest member of the "Raw" roster, El Grande Americano take his place, and Lee accepts the revision to their match.
– Back at ringside, Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan make their way down to the ring. Lyra Valkyria follows.
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WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship Match: Lyra Valkyria (c) vs. Raquel Rodriguez
The bell rings and the two lock up. Rodriguez sends Valkyria crashing into the mat, then sends her crashing into the mat for a second time face first with a spinning slam. Valkyria lands a dropkick on Rodriguez's leg, then looks to land a dropkick on her through the middle rope.
Valkyria looks to fly off the top rope, but Rodriguez intercepts her with a big boot. Rodriguez whips Valkyria into the corner and delivers a splash to her, then cinches in a Bear Hug on her. Valkyria levels Rodriguez with a kick, then looks to get her up on her shoulders but can't quite do so. Rodriguez runs over Valkyria with a shoulder tackle, then ascends up the ropes and looks to land the Corkscrew Elbow. Valkyria moes out of the way and delivers a leg drop off the top to her, then connects with a DDT on Rodriguez and goes for a pin. Morgan gets Rodriguez's foot on the bottom rope to break the hold. Valkyria gets in Morgan's face and dropkicks her, then rolls up Rodriguez for the win.
Winner and STILL WWE Women's Intercontinental Champion: Lyra Valkyria
– After the match, Morgan and Rodriguez attack Valkyria. Bayley runs down to make the save.
– Jimmy and Jey Uso talk backstage. Jimmy tells Jey that he's in his head and that's why Jey is botching all his moves. Jey says he knows and says he can't beat Gunther. Jimmy says this version of Jey can't. Jimmy walks to Gunther and challenges Gunther to a match next week and Gunther takes a cheap shot and makes fun of Jey and Jimmy slaps Gunther and leaves.
– Adam Pearce makes his way out to the ring and has the contract for the Women's Title match at WrestleMania.
Pearce holds up the contract that IYO SKY and Bianca Belair signed last week. He addresses Rhea Ripley brawling with Belair and SKY last week and signing the contract herself, then clarifies that Ripley is not in the Women's World Championship match between SKY and Belair. Pearce says Ripley already has a rematch, but it won't be at WrestleMania 41 as Belair earned her opportunity when she won the 2025 Women's Elimination Chamber Match.
SKY's music hits and she makes her way out. She tells Pearce it doesn't matter who it is, and she will take on both Ripley and Belair at WrestleMania 41 because she's the Women's World Champion. Belair's music hits, and she then makes her way out. She says Pearce was right in saying she earned her place in the WrestleMania 41 match, and she won't let Ripley headbutt her way into the match. She says Ripley has to earn her spot in the match. Ripley's music then hits and she makes her way out. She says she doesn't care about WrestleMania 41 or who she has to go through to get the Women's World Championship back. She says all she wants is her rematch.
Ripley and Belair argue once again and Ripley shoves SKY, but a frustrated Pearce cuts them off and informs Ripley that she'll get her rematch next week with the winner facing Belair at WrestleMania 41.
– Penta is backstage warming up, Dominik Mysterio walks up and tells him to consider joining the Judgement Day and tells him he could win the IC Title with their help.
– A video package for The War Raiders plays.
– Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods come up to Adam Pearce and demand a Tag Title match. Pearce tells them no. Bianca Belair comes in and asks who she's going to face. He tells Belair she can help decide because she's the special guest referee for the Iyo Sky vs. Rhea Ripley next week.
– Dragon Lee then makes his way down to the ring. El Grande Americano follows.
Dragon Lee vs. El Grande Americano
The bell rings and Americano wears down Lee's arm with a submission hold. Lee flies to level Americano on the outside, then dumps him back in the ring and looks to remove Americano's mask. Americano levels Lee with a back elbow, but Lee levels Americano with a jumping knee on the apron. Americano connects with a suplex on Lee off the apron.
Americano looks to remove Lee's mask, but Lee looks to fly from the apron. Americano catches Lee with a suplex, then fires off stomps on him in the corner. Lee rolls up Americano, but Americano kicks out. Lee then delivers a double stomp to Americano as he hangs off the top rope by his knees, but Americano sends Gable crashing into the mat. The two men teeter on the ropes, but Americano pulls Lee's mask off and cinches in an Ankle Lock on Lee for the win.
Winner: El Grande Americano
– CM Punk then makes his way out to the ring.
Punk says it's great to be alive on a Monday night in Glasgow, then says he's not in a good mood, a little tired, and a lot jet lagged. He says while he has a match at WrestleMania 41, but not in the match he wanted. He says he wanted to win the 2025 Men's Royal Rumble and needed to win the 2025 Men's Elimination Chamber, but he works with children and Seth Rollins screwed him in the Men's Elimination Chamber Match.
Punk says while things between Rollins and Roman Reigns are personal, it's just business on his end.
Punk announces that he will be on "SmackDown" this coming Friday to sign the contract for his WrestleMania 41, then puts Rollins and Reigns on notice by telling them that neither have them have defeated him without the help of the other.
– Cathy Kelley talks to Bron Breakker and asks him what he thinks of Penta maybe being out there with The Judgement Day. Breakker says it's not his issue and that's on Penta but he says he'll pin Penta in the center of the ring.
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WWE Men's Intercontinental Championship Match: Bron Breakker (c) vs. Penta
We get the bell and Penta gets Breakker in a waistlock. Breakker breaks the hold and tosses Penta. Penta kicks Breakker in the leg and Breakker runs the ropes and clotheslines Penta. Breakker hits some shoulder checks on Penta and Penta hurricanranas Breakker. Breakker knees Penta off the apron and Breakker jumps off the apron clotheslining Penta over the announce table. Dominik Mysterio and Carlito make their way down to the ring and we get a commercial break.
Back from break, Penta chops Breakker and Breakker punches Penta. Penta attacks Breakker with punches and runs into a right hand. Penta kicks Breakker and Breakker runs the ropes for a spear and runs into a superkick. Penta kicks Breakker and hits a facebuster on Breakker. Breakker uppercuts Penta and Penta hits a backstabber on Breakker and covers for two. Breakker counters the Mexican Destroyer and gorilla presses Penta and drops Penta across his knees and covers for two. Penta superkicks Breakker again and kicks him in the corner. The men are now on the top rope and Penta headscissors Breakker off the top rope and then suicide dives onto Breakker. Penta connects with the Mexican Destroyer and covers for a near fall. Mysterio and Carlito talk to Penta is met with some elbows by Breakker. Penta sits on the top rope and Breakker hits a Frankensteiner and covers Penta for a two count. Mysterio distracts the ref and Breakker spears Carlito in the ring. Mysterio attacks Breakker and the bell rings.
Winner by DQ and STILL Intercontinental Champion: Bron Breakker
– After the match, Mysterio attacks Breakker. Breakker starts fighting back but Finn Balor shows up with a chair and smokes Breakker. Mysterio and Balor assault Breakker with a chair and Mysterio hands Penta a chair and urges Penta to hit Breakker. Penta hits Mysterio with a chair instead and Balor then attacks Penta. The Judgement Day pose over Penta in the ring as the show goes off the air.
