WWE Raw 25 Results:
– The show opened with Stephanie and Shane McMahon presenting a
commemorative plaque to Vince McMahon for 25 years of Raw. Vince
complained about the plaque and ran his mouth until Stone Cold Steve
Austin appeared. Vince tried to back down from the inevitable Stunner,
and told Austin to beat up Shane instead. Austin hit a Stone Cold
Stunner on Shane, gave Vince a Stone Cold Stunner as well, and then gave
Shane a second Stunner.
1.
Sasha Banks, Bayley, Mickie James and Asuka defeated Absolution, Alicia Fox and Nia Jax.
Banks won the match for her team by submission with a Banks Statement
on Fox. After the match, an impromptu “battle royal” broke out, which
Asuka won.
– Kurt Angle had a backstage segment including cameos from Jonathan
Coachman, Harvey Wippleman, The Brooklyn Brawler, Brother Love, Teddy
Long and the Boogeyman.
– The Undertaker cut a promo about his legacy.
– WWE paid tribute to former General Manager characters, bringing out
John Laurinaitis, William Regal, Eric Bischoff and current Smackdown GM
Daniel Bryan. The Miz made his entrance for his Intercontinental
Championship match and had a staredown with Bryan.
2.
Intercontinental Championship Match: The Miz defeated Roman Reigns (c).
The Miztourage interfered multiple times, allowing The Miz to expose
one of the turnbuckles. Reigns missed a spear and crashed into the
exposed buckle, and the Miz followed up with a Skull-crushing Finale to
win the match and become an 8-time Intercontinental Champion.
– Christian make a
surprise appearance to host an episode of “The Peep Show,” with guests
Jason Jordan and Seth Rollins. The Bar interrupted, and a fight broke
out, ending with Rollins accidentally hitting Jordan with a springboard
knee.
– Ric Flair and Charlotte Flair made an appearance, and woo’d.
3. Bray Wyatt defeated Matt Hardy. Wyatt pinned Hardy with Sister Abigail.
– WWE paid tribute to “female trailblazers” by bringing out the Bella
Twins, Maryse, Lilian Garcia, Maria Kanellis, Jacqueline, Kelly Kelly,
Michelle McCool, Torrie Wilson, Terri Runnels, and Trish Stratus.
– Chris Jericho appeared in a backstage segment with Elias, playing a song about how he just made The List.
– Elias played a song in the ring and insulted celebrity guest star Jimmy Fallon. Fallon was there per a bet made on The Tonight Show. John Cena interrupted and challenged Elias to a fight. Elias hit him with a low blow and bashed him with a guitar.
– Heath Slater lost a bunch of money in a gigantic poker game that
eventually included Rhyno, the APA, the Million Dollar Man Ted DiBiase,
the Usos, MVP, Jeff Hardy, Natalya, New Day and Titus Worldwide. Dana
Brooke accused Slater of cheating, which set up a tag team match.
DiBiase won the game. Ron Simmons said “damn.”
– Mark Henry flirted with The Godfather’s wife.
4. Heath Slater and Rhyno vs. Titus Worldwide
was a no contest when the Dudley Boyz came to the ring. Everyone threw
Slater into the ring to take a “wassup” headbutt and a 3-D through a
table.
– Mean Gene Okerlund made a guest appearance to interview AJ Styles.
– Triple H and Shawn Michaels made an appearance at the Manhattan
Center to thank fans for supporting Raw. They were joined by the New Age
Outlaws, X-Pac and Scott Hall. The Bálor Club also joined the group to
“too sweet” them. That led to the final match of the night:
5. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson defeated The Revival. After the match, everyone did their signature moves to The Revival.
– The final segment of the show saw Kurt Angle bring the competitors
for the Universal Championship triple threat to the ring, with other
superstars and legends acting as “lumberjacks.” Brock Lesnar hit Kane
with an F-5, and then Braun Strowman put Lesnar through the announce
table with a running powerslam.
