WWE RAW Live Coverage - May 19th, 2025
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"Main Event" Jey Uso goes head-to-head with Bron Breakker
Bron Breakker is hoping to carry out his assignment from Seth Rollins to take out World Heavyweight Champion Jey Uso. Last week, Breakker left the champion in a heap. Now the two will square off in a non-title match just days before Uso puts his title on the line against Logan Paul at Saturday Night's Main Event. Breakker will also look to claim a monumental win before he and Seth Rollins battle CM Punk and Sami Zayn at Saturday Night's Main Event. Breakker and Uso have previously clashed, as each defeated the other to win the Intercontinental Title late last year. Who will be the victor as this rivalry is renewed?
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– RAW begins with clips from the feud between CM Punk, Seth Rollins, Bron Breakker and Jey Uso dating from the last three weeks.
– Seth Rollins is shown arriving with Bron Breakker and Paul Heyman. We also see Jey Uso, AJ Styles, Penta, The Judgement Day minus Liv Morgan all making their way to the arena at different times.
– Michael Cole and Pat McAfee greet audiences at home before throwing it to a video of the recent ongoings between Seth Rollins, Bron Breakker, Sami Zayn, CM Punk, and Jey Uso.
– Logan Paul makes his way out to the ring.
Paul welcomes fans to "Raw", then says it's a fact that he will dethrone Jey Uso as World Heavyweight Champion at Saturday Night's Main Event. He says Jey cannot handle the weight of being World Heavyweight Champion and has eyes on everyone in WWE except for him.
GUNTHER's music hits, and he makes his way to the ring. He tells Paul that he seems confident that he can beat the guy who dethroned him as World Heavyweight Champion, and therefore, he needs to know Paul is confident he can beat him too. He says people should show Paul more respect than they do. GUNTHER says that while things between Paul and Jey may just be business, beating Jey is personal to him and that makes him feel disrespected by Jey. He says Paul should ask Pat McAfee about that, and although McAfee showed heart in his match against him at Backlash, the same cannot be said for Paul. He says if he meets Paul inside the ring, then he will eat him alive.
GUNTHER heads to the back, but Paul cuts him off and says he wasn't done talking to him. Jey Uso sneaks up behind Paul and levels him with a superkick. He tells Paul that it's a fact he will see him on Saturday and tells GUNTHER he will see him in Phoenix on June 9.
– The highlight of the night plays and it highlights the Rhea Ripley/Iyo Sky vs. Giulia/Roxanne Perez match from last week. It also shows the fallout between Giulia who ends up on SmackDown and Perez and Perez signing with RAW.
– Jey Uso walks backstage and comes across Paul Heyman. Heyman gives Uso some facts. Heyman says you have to betray people sometimes so he wants to tell this to Uso's face so he isn't betraying the champ. He says tonight Bron Breakker is looking to slow down Uso's momentum. He says the long term plan is for Seth Rollins to be champ.
– Penta and AJ Styles make their way to the ring. Judgment Day follows.
Judgment Day (w/ Carlito) vs. Penta and AJ Styles
Styles and McDonagh begin the action. The bell rings and Styles fires off chops on McDonagh. He follows it up with a back body drop and looks to land a dropkick on him, but McDonagh avoids it and runs the ropes. Styles intercepts McDonagh with a dropkick and tags in Penta.
Penta lands a kick on McDonagh's chest, then connects with a superkick on him and follows it up with a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. He sends McDonagh crashing out of the ring over the top rope as Styles does the same to Balor, then flies over the top rope with Styles to level Balor and McDonagh on the outside. Penta then delivers a chop to McDonagh back inside the ring and rocks him with a kick, but Balor whips Penta into the mat using his mask while McDonagh distracts the referee.
Balor tags in and fires off stomps on Penta using the top rope for assistance, then jams his knee into the back of his neck. Carlito takes a cheap shot at Penta from the outside as the referee is looking away, then tags McDonagh back in. McDonagh wears down Penta, then tags in Balor. Balor teeters on the ropes with Penta, but Penta fights him off. McDonagh then tags in and flies off the top rope looking to level Penta, but Penta counters into a crossbody.
Balor tags in and levels Penta with a chop, but Penta tags in Styles. Styles delivers a splash to Balor in the corner and gets him up on his shoulders, but Balor escapes and rakes Styles' eyes. McDonagh makes the blind tag in as Styles locks in the Calf Crusher on Balor, but McDonagh ascends to the top and looks to break the hold with a Frog Splash. Styles moves out of the way and McDonagh accidentally hits Balor before Styles catches McDonagh with a facebuster.
Styles delivers a moonsault off the apron to McDonagh and sends him crashing into the mat, but Carlito sends Styles crashing into the ring post. Balor then continues wearing down Styles in the ring and sends him crashing into the mat with his signature elbow drop.
Penta and McDonagh tag in, and Penta delivers a head scissors to McDonagh. He flies off the middle rope to level Balor with a clothesline, but Balor tags in and ascends to the top rope. He looks to hit the Coup De Grace on Penta, but Penta avoids it and levels Balor with an enzuigiri. He wrenches back on Balor's arm, then catches him with a superkick and ascends to the top rope. Carlito looks to interfere, but Penta fights him off and rocks Balor with an enzuigiri.
El Grande Americano appears in the crowd out of nowhere and rocks Penta with a headbutt from behind. Balor tosses Penta in the ring and delivers the Coup De Grace to him for the win.
Winners: Judgment Day
– Cathy Kelley talks to Iyo Sky backstage. She asks Sky about being the champ and having Money in the Bank around the corner. Sky says she's ready for anyone, Becky Lynch tells her she's put down one champion and she'll put down another.
– Logan Paul is on the phone backstage and Seth Rollins comes up to talk to him. Rollins tells Paul that Uso is going to get hurt tonight and that the odds are in Paul's favour on Saturday. Rollins tells Paul if he gets past Uso and Gunther that Rollins will be waiting for his turn. And if Paul has the championship after Saturday he knows who to thank.
– Becky Lynch then makes her way down to the ring. Natalya and Roxanne Perez follow.
Women's Money in the Bank Triple Threat Qualifying Match: Becky Lynch vs Natalya vs Roxanne Perez
The bell rings and Lynch proposes an alliance to Perez so they can work together and beat down Natalya. Perez goes after Natalya, but Lynch pulls on her hair to stop her. Perez then dumps Lynch out of the ring and clocks Natalya before looking to land a kick on her. Natalya catches the kick and trips Perez, but Lynch pulls Natalya out of the ring and sends her crashing into the barricade.
Lynch looks to land the Man Handle Slam on Perez, but Perez counters into a pinfall. Lynch kicks out, but Perez cinches in a submission on Lynch and transitions into a second pinfall. Perez kicks out, but Natalya gets back in the ring and delivers a suplex to Lynch. Natalya cinches in a Bow and Arrow on Lynch, then hits a kick on her spine and looks to cinch in the Sharpshooter. Lynch transitions into the Dis-Arm-Her, but Perez runs the ropes and breaks the hold with a tijeras to Lynch.
Natalya sends Perez crashing into the mat and sends her out of the ring with a kick, but Lynch rocks Natalya with a back elbow. Perez then delivers a tope suicida to level both Natalya and Lynch on the outside.
Lynch delivers a knee to Perez that sends her crashing out of the ring off the top rope, but Natalya rolls up Lynch. Lynch kicks out and hits a hair whip on Natalya, then rains down right hands on her and jams her knee into the back of her neck. Lynch rocks Natalya with a right hand and connects with a suplex on her, then sends Natalya onto the floor on the outside with a dropkick under the bottom rope and follows it up with a right hand off the apron. Perez then fires off right hands of her own on Lynch and dumps her back in the ring.
Perez connects with a crossbody on Lynch off the top rope and pins her, but Lynch kicks out. Perez sets up for Pop Rox on Lynch, but Lynch catches Perez with the Man Handle Slam and goes for a pin. Natalya breaks the fall and pins Perez herself, but Perez kicks out. Natalya and Lynch then fire off right hands on one another, then sends Lynch crashing into adjacent turnbuckles face first.
Perez and Lynch exchange right hands with one another and continue to do so on the ropes, but Natalya powerbombs Lynch into Perez on the ropes and connects with a second powerbomb on Lynch that sends her crashing into the mat. Natalya then pulls Perez off the ropes and cinches in the Sharpshooter on her, but Lynch breaks the hold with a bulldog to Natalya and sets up for the Dis-Arm-Her. Natalya avoids it and turns Lynch inside out with the Discus Lariat, then cinches in a double Sharpshooter on Lynch and Perez.
Lynch breaks the hold by grabbing the bottom rope, but Natalya keeps the Sharpshooter cinches in on Perez. Lynch breaks the hold and delivers the Man Handle Slam to Natalya, but Lyra Valkyria pulls Lynch out of the ring before anything else can happen and brawls with her on the outside. Lynch sends Valkyria crashing into the barricade and gets back in the ring, but Valkyria pulls her back out. Perez takes advantage and connects with Pop Rox on Natalya for the win.
Winner: Roxanne Perez
– Jey Uso sits backstage in the locker room. Sami Zayn comes in and tells Uso that he will deal with Heyman/Rollins on Saturday. He says if they play the numbers game tonight he's got Uso's back.
– Kairi Sane is shown getting ready for her qualifying match. Zoey Stark and Rhea Ripley are all shown stretching for their match later tonight.
– Maxxine Dupri and Akira Tozawa talk to Adam Pearce and he agrees to give Tozawa a match against Rusev. Chad Gable and Ivy Nile come in and say they're excited for Alpha Academy to be destroyed. Gable wants Qualifying matches for him and Nile. The New Day comes in and wants to talk to Gable about not letting the War Raiders win in their match. Pearce asks them all to leave.
– Sheamus then makes his way to the ring. A-Town Down Under follows.
Sheamus vs. Grayson Waller (w/ Austin Theory)
The bell rings and Waller ducks out of the ring. Sheamus chases him back inside, then sends him crashing into the corner. Waller wears down Sheamus, and the pair continue going back and forth before Sheamus delivers a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker to Waller and sends him crashing into the mat twice.
Sheamus clotheslines Waller out of the ring over the top rope, but Theory distracts Sheamus and Waller sends him crashing into the ring post and announce desk. He then runs over Sheamus with a clothesline and sends him crashing into the ring apron face first.
Waller dumps Sheamus back in the ring and delivers an elbow drop off the top rope, but Sheamus delivers an uppercut to Waller and levels him. He ascends to the top rope, but Waller catches him with a jumping knee and connects with a superplex. Waller sends Sheamus crashing into the ring post shoulder first, but Sheamus fires off chops on Waller in the corner. Waller responds with a rolling flatliner to Sheamus from the outside and goes for a pin, but Sheamus kicks out. Waller climbs up the middle rope, but Sheamus catches him with a knee and lands a clothesline on him in the corner. He follows it up with an over the shoulder powerslam, but Waller catches Sheamus with a rolling forearm and lands The Ten Beats of the Bodhran on him. Sheamus intercepts one of the beats on him and sends him crashing into the ring apron.
Waller becomes frustrated and looks to leave ringside, but Theory stops him. This opens the door for Sheamus to deliver The Ten Beats of the Bodhran on Waller as Theory chuckles before following it up with the Brogue Kick for the win.
Winner: Sheamus
– An interview with Tyrese Haliburton is shown where he talks about being a playable character in the WWE Video Game expansion pack.
– Cathy Kelley is with Gunther backstage. She asks for his thoughts with what's going on and Seth Rollins interrupts this interview. This guy is a menace. Rollins tells Gunther that Gunther did some good work with his title. Gunther tells Rollins that for a visionary he has very short sighted vision. Rollins says he thought he had respect for Gunther but he's going to be straight with Gunther. He tells Gunther that if he becomes champ Gunther will now become a target. Gunther says he eagerly awaits for that moment.
Women's Money in the Bank Triple Threat Qualifying Match: Kairi Sane vs. Rhea Ripley vs. Zoey Stark
The bell rings and Stark goes after Sane. Sane rolls up Stark, but Ripley breaks the fall. Ripley then levels Sane with a German suplex, but Stark rains down right hands on her. Ripley levels Stark, but Stark rocks Sane with a forearm. Sane delivers a hurricanrana to Ripley.
Stark flies off the ropes, but immediately grabs onto her knee afterwards to signal a legitimate injury and is helped to the back by a medical official. Ripley and Sane continue going back and forth in the ring, but Ripley cinches in a Texas Cloverleaf on Sane. Sane escapes and sends Ripley crashing into the middle turnbuckle, then ascends to the top and flies.
Ripley catches Sane with a dropkick mid-air, but Sane lands a sliding forearm on Ripley in the corner and looks to land the In-Sane Elbow on Ripley. Ripley gets her boots up, then exchanges forearms with Sane in the middle of the ring. She then delivers the Rip Tide to Sane for the win.
Winner: Rhea Ripley
– A video package for Rusev plays where he calls Akira Tozawa an idiot for challenging him.
– Bron Breakker is shown walking backstage with Paul Heyman heading to his match next. We also Jey Uso hanging out backstage.
– New Day then make their way out to the ring, and Kofi Kingston says while he and Xavier Woods would love to defend the World Tag Team Championship, they haven't found worthy opponents yet.
– The Judgement Day is celebrating backstage. Finn Balor shows up with Roxanne Perez and Balor says he's been chatting with Perez the last few weeks so he wants to introduce her to Judgement Day. Balor says Mysterio was saying they new member. Balor says Perez can have Morgan and Rodriguez's back like Carlito has theirs. Perez has presents for them. Rodriguez tells Perez to leave now that she's given them presents and tells Balor that Morgan will hear about this. Balor laughs and says he can't wait for her to hear about it.
– Back at ringside, Jey Uso makes his way down. Bron Breakker and Paul Heyman follow.
Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker
The bell rings and Jey fires off right hands on Breakker. He clotheslines Breakker over the top rope and out of the ring, then connects with a tope suicida to level Breakker on the outside.
Breakker takes a breather on the outside, then slides back in the ring to meet Jey and lands a boot on him. He wears down Jey with a side headlock, then runs the ropes and levels him with a clothesline. He rains down right hands on Jey and gloats before Jey looks to fly off the middle rope. Breakker catches him and levels him with a slam, then fires off stomps on him using the top rope for assistance.
Jey rocks Breakker with an enzuigiri that sends him crashing out of the ring through the middle rope, then flies with a tope suicida. Breakker catches Jey and sends him crashing into both the ring steps and announce desk, then flies off the ring apron to send Jey crashing into the announce desk once again.
Jey fires off right hands on Breakker and rocks him with an enzuigiri, then follows it up with a pop-up Samoan Drop and goes for a pin. Breakker kicks out, but Jey intercepts him with a kick and goes for a pin. Breakker kicks out, then grabs a chair from the timekeeper's area and looks to clock Jey with it.
Jey sees Breakker coming and knocks the chair out of his hand with a kick, then runs the ropes looking to fly out of the ring to level Breakker. Heyman grabs Jey's ankle, but Jey stares down Heyman. Seth Rollins appears out of nowhere and blindsides Jey from behind, causing the disqualification.
Winner: Jey Uso (via disqualification)
– After the match, Rollins and Breakker continue beating down Jey. Sami Zayn and CM Punk's music both hit, and they makes his way out to come to Jey's aid. Punk and Zayn clothesline Rollins and Breakker out of the ring before all four men begin to brawl with one another. Rollins and Breakker brawl with Zayn through the crowd, but Punk flies off the barricade to level Breakker and Rollins. The four men then continue brawling through the crowd, and Logan Paul delivers a punch to Jey Uso in the ring as the show goes off the air.
