WWE RAW Live Coverage - August 18th, 2025
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Raw will hear from The Vision
Last week, just moments after it was revealed that CM Punk, LA Knight and Jey Uso will all challenge World Heavyweight Champion Seth Rollins for the title in a Fatal 4-Way Match at Clash in Paris, The Visionary, Bron Breakker, and Bronson Reed wiped out the entire field. With the match set in stone and destruction left in The Vision's wake, Raw will hear from Rollins and company tonight.
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The show opens and we are taken back to last week with clips from last week's show.
Jey Uso, and Naomi are shown walking backstage before cutting to ringside.
Michael Cole and Corey Graves greet audiences at home as The Vision makes their way to the ring.
Paul Heyman introduces himself and says he's a god in Philadelphia. He says while he doesn't have a statue because he's too humble, he's still the greatest of all time.
Heyman then introduces Bron Breakker, Bronson Reed, and Seth Rollins, but Jey Uso's music cuts him off and he appears in the crowd. He says he's tired of hearing The Vision talk and disrespect his family, then reminds Rollins that he made GUNTHER tap out at WrestleMania 41 to win the World Heavyweight Championship ahead of WWE Clash In Paris. He calls Breakker a puppy dog, but Rollins asks Breakker if he just heard what Jey said. He gets Breakker riled up, and Breakker looks to go after Jey in the crowd. Reed and Rollins hold him back, prompting Heyman to challenge Jey to make his match against Breakker a No Disqualification, No Countout Match. Jey accepts Heyman's challenge, telling him that he was thinking the same thing and officially agreeing to an Extreme Rules Match.
Iyo Sky warms up backstage. Kairi Sane and Asuka come up to her and apologize for last week and tell Sky they have her back. Sky asks to let her do this on her own. They all high five and Sky heads out to her match.
IYO SKY vs. Raquel Rodriguez (w/ Roxanne Perez)
The bell rings and SKY looks to take down Rodriguez. Rodriguez stays standing and lands a bodyslam on SKY, then sends her crashing into the mat with a spinning Sidewalk Slam and goes for a pin. SKY kicks out, then lands a dropkick on Rodriguez and gallows it up with a second kick. She looks to take flight to level Rodriguez on the outside, but Perez grabs her ankle. This opens the door for Rodriguez to run over SKY with a clothesline.
Rodriguez delivers a Hammer and Anvil elbow to SKY during the break, then wears her down with a submission hold. SKY escapes by landing a jawbreaker on Rodriguez, but Rodriguez runs SKY over. Rodriguez pins SKY, but SKY kicks out and Rodriguez cinches in another submission on her. She delivers a splash to her in the corner, then fires off alternating back elbows on her.
Back from the break, Rodriguez sets up for the Corkscrew Elbow on SKY. SKY rolls out of the way, then sends Rodriguez crashing out of the ring and lands a dropkick on her knee. She lands a second dropkick on Rodriguez's head, then ascends to the top rope and connects with a missile dropkick on her. SKY looks to land a meteora on Rodriguez, but Rodriguez intercepts her and connects with a Fallaway Slam. She goes for a pin, but SKY kicks out.
SKY lands a jawbreaker on Rodriguez, then lands a double stomp on her chest and ascends to the top rope. She sets up for an Over The Moonsault, but Rodriguez rolls out of the way and turns SKY inside out with a clothesline. She goes for a pin, but SKY kicks out. Rodriguez looks to land a boot on SKY, but SKY rolls her up. Rodriguez kicks out, but SKY hits a Tornado DDT on her out of the corner and flies through the middle rope to level her on the outside.
Rodriguez gets SKY up for the Texana Bomb, but SKY escapes with a hurricanrana. She follows it up with a meteora to Rodriguez, then ascends to the top rope and delivers Over The Moonsault to her for the win.
Winner: IYO SKY
After the match, Perez blindsides SKY. She rains down right hands and left hands on her before Rodriguez joins in. She holds SKY in place, but Rhea Ripley's music hits and she runs down to the ring to come to SKY's aid. SKY lands a missile dropkick on Rodriguez off the top rope, and Ripley delivers a big boot to her that sends her crashing over the top rope and out of the ring.
Jackie Redmond talks to LA Knight. CM Punk comes by and tells Knight they need to be on the same page at Clash of Champions. Knight tells Punk to keep his nose out of Knight's business. Punk says they need to watch each other's back.
Rhea Ripley talks to Iyo Sky backstage and Sky thanks Ripley for helping her. Asuka and Kairi Sane come by and Asuka gets pissed that Sky told her to stay back but Ripley can help her. Sky loses her mind and runs away yelling. Asuka tells Ripley to stay out of her business and Sane looks all sad and doesn't know what to do so she leaves and goes after Asuka.
New Day and Grayson Waller make their way to the ring. Penta follows.
Penta vs. Xavier Woods (w/ Kofi Kingston and Grayson Waller)
The bell rings and Woods gets in Penta's face. Penta shoves Woods, but Woods returns the favor and bites Penta's hand and rains down right hands on Penta in the corner. Woods stomps on Penta's face on the outside during the commercial, then sends him crashing into the ring post and the ring steps face first.
Woods lands a leg drop on Penta back in the ring out of the corner, then lands a kick on his chest back from the break and sends his face bouncing off the top rope. Woods then cinches in a crossface on Penta, but Penta lands a crossbody on Woods and Waller on the outside off the top of the ring post.
Penta flies over the top rope to level Waller and Kingston the outside, but Woods rolls him up when he gets back in the ring. Penta kicks out and lands a Mexican Destroyer on Woods for the win.
Winner: Penta
Finn Balor and JD McDonagh (w/ Dominik Mysterio) vs. Mr. Iguana and Dragon Lee
McDonagh and Lee begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Lee fires off stomps on McDonagh in the corner, but McDonagh fires off right hands and left hands on Lee and tags in Balor. Iguana tags in, but Balor fires off a stomp on his chest. Iguana responds with an arm drag and a dropkick to Balor, then takes flight alongside Lee to level Balor and McDonagh on the outside.
During the commercial break, Lee tags back in and whips Balor into the corner. He delivers a clothesline to him, but Balor delivers a shotgun dropkick to him. McDonagh tags back in, then delivers a poisonrana back from the break to Lee. Lee connects with a Liger Bomb on McDonagh, then tags in Iguana. Iguana uses La Yesca to hit McDonagh, but Balor looks to take out Iguana. La Yesca bites Balor as Lee tags in and sets up for Operation Dragon. Balor escapes and levels Lee with his signature elbow drop, then goes for a pin but Iguana breaks the fall.
Lee rolls up Balor, but Balor kicks out and delivers a Sling Blade to Lee. Lee responds with a superkick to Balor, but McDonagh distracts the referee. This opens the door for Balor to dropkick Lee into the corner chest first and follow it up with the Coup De Grace off the top rope for the win.
Winners: Finn Balor and JD McDonagh
After the match, Judgment Day beats down Iguana and Lee as Dominik clears the announce desk. El Hijo del Vikingo comes to Iguana and Lee's aid, but Dominik hits Vikingo with his Intercontinental Championship belt. He connects with a Frog Splash on Vikingo.
Jackie Redmond is backstage with Becky Lynch. Redmond asks Lynch why she attacked Natalya last week. Lynch says Natalya attacked her. Lynch says she's the hero here, she helped Maxxine Dupri gets a match and Natalya bitterly shoved Lynch after Lynch beat Dupri. Lynch says Natalya doesn't belong in the ring with Lynch and she'll prove that today.
Natalya, Akira Tozawa and Maxxine Dupri walk backstage heading to the ring for Natalya's match.
A video package for Bayley plays. Voices in Bayley's head tell her she's not making any sense and the voices in her head tell her she's nothing and has no friends. Bayley has cracked and she says she doesn't know what she needs.
Natalya, Maxxine Dupri, and Akira Tozawa then make their way to the ring. Becky Lynch follows.
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WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship Match: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Natalya (w/ Maxxine Dupri and Akira Tozawa)
The bell rings and Natalya rolls up Lynch. Lynch kicks out, but Natalya lands a Dragon Screw on her and sets up for a Discus Lariat. Lynch avoids it and sets up for a Man Handle Slam, but Natalya escapes and delivers a basement dropkick to Lynch under the bottom rope. Lynch then sends Natalya crashing into the ring post on the outside, and Natalya grabs onto her shoulder as we head to a commercial break.
Lynch sends Natalya crashing into the barricade on the outside and sends her shoulder bounicn off the announce desk, then sends her head bouncing off the mat. Lynch cinches in an Arm Bar on Natalya, but Natalya runs over Lynch with a boot to her face and sets up for a Sharpshooter. Lynch escapes, then lands a basement dropkick under the bottom rope on Tozawa to take him down on the outside. Lynch cinches in a Dis-Arm-Her on Natalya, but Natalya taps out.
Winner by Submission and STILL WWE Women's Intercontinental Champion: Becky Lynch
After the match, Dupri pushes Lynch off Natalya and checks on her. Lynch blindsides Natalya and Dupri from behind, then cinches in a Dis-Arm-Her on Dupri. Nikki Bella's music hits and she runs down to the ring to come to Dupri's aid, landing a Rack Attack 2.0 on Lynch.
Jackie Redmond talks to Sheamus backstage. She talks to Sheamus about his feud with Rusev. Rusev comes by looking to fight. Adam Pearce comes in screaming and issues a match at Clash of Champion with Rusev -vs- Sheamus.
Jey Uso is backstage. CM Punk offers his services to Uso and says he has Uso's back. Uso says he doesn't need help but he appreciates it. Punk is hoping Uso isn't in over his head.
Adam Pearce introduces Naomi, and she makes her way to the ring.
Pearce gives Naomi the floor, and Naomi directs the fans' attention to the Titan Tron. A video clip from a special edition of Stephanie McMahon's podcast "What's Your Story?" begins to play featuring Naomi and Jimmy Uso, where Jimmy announces that himself and Naomi are having a baby together.
Pearce congratulates Naomi on her baby, and Naomi says she bets Pearce is happy for her. She informs Pearce that she isn't handing him back the Women's World Championship and demands that he get out of the ring.
Pearce obliges and heads to the back as Naomi tells the women's locker room that they should be thanking Jimmy for ensuring that she won't keep running rough shot around Raw. She says on the bright side, The Bloodline will continue and lays her custom Women's World Championship belt down in the ring. She says she's going to leave her title in the ring and will give the women's locker room nine months to do what they want with it, but she'll be back to pick up where she left off. She advises whoever the new titleholder is to proceed with caution.
The Judgment Day walks backstage and they're missing Dominik Mysterio who is seen chatting it up with El Grande Americano.
Extreme Rules Match: Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker (w/ Paul Heyman)
The bell rings and Breakker fires off right hands on Jey in the corner. Jey clotheslines Breakker out of the ring and on top of a pile of weapons loaded into a shopping cart on the outside, then grabs a table from under the ring and sets it up.
Jey dumps several weapons into the ring, but Breakker clocks Jey with a chair during the commercial break and hits him with a kendo stick. He cracks a garbage can across Jey's spine, then hits him with the lid of it. Jey sends Breakker crashing into a chat set up in between the middle turnbuckle shoulder first back from the commercial break, but Breakker turns Jey inside out with a clothesline.
Breakker sends Jey crashing into the tops of two back-to-back chairs, then lays him on top of the announce desk. He hits Jey with a garbage can, then gets him up on his shoulders during another commercial break. Jey escapes and sends Breakker crashing through the hood of the announce desk with a back body drop.
Breakker sits Jey on the top rope and joins him up there back from the commercial break, then connects with a Frankensteiner. Jey responds with a pair of spears to Breakker, then ascends to the top rope and connects with an Uso Splash. He goes for a pin, but Bronson Reed pulls the referee out of the ring to stop the count.
Reed rains down right hands on Jey, then lands a Death Valley Driver on him. LA Knight's music hits, and he runs down to the ring. He fires off right hands on Reed, then sends his head repeatedly bouncing off the announce desk. Seth Rollins blindsides Knight from behind and sends him crashing into one of the barricades, then connects with a Pedigree on Jey. CM Punk's music hits, and he makes his way to the ring. Knight and Punk double team on Rollins, and Knight sends Reed crashing into the barricade on the outside. Punk sets up for a GTS on Rollins but Rollins escapes and sends Punk colliding with Knight on the apron, with Knight being sent crashing into the table on the outside.
Back in the ring, Breakker gets Jey up on a table but Reed knocks him off. Roman Reigns' music hits and he spears Breakker out of nowhere, surprising him from behind. He delivers a Superman Punch to Breakker, then dumps him back in the ring. Jey lands a superkick on Breakker, then ascends to the top rope and sends Breakker crashing through a table in the ring with an Uso Splash for the win.
Winner: Jey Uso
After the match, Reigns tells Reed that he'll see him in Paris as the show goes off the air.
