WWE Raw 4-7-25

 

Gunther and Penta arrive and we get a Bianca recap from last week. Pearce does a Vince impression for WELCOME TO MONDAY NIGHT RAW and he's got the Women's World title. Iyo beats them up and Balor chats with the crew about Dom winning the IC Title at WM and Balor wants it too. Carlito chats about shopping and Bayley goes for the IC Title tonight. They get no intros during the body of the show as they're used for the ad break. Lyra gets a rocking horse on Bayley and a seatbelt cradle gets 2. Lyra wins off a jackknife cradle. American Made faces the LWO and A TRIO OF STEREO SUPERPLEXES HIT! Loaded mask headbutt and diving headbutt win it.

Jey cuts a money promo on Gunther about unleashing a BIBLICAL ASS WHOOPING cuz he's gonna pray to God to forgive him for what he does. Rhea and Steph do goofy stuff on her show and Rey vs. Grande is made for WM. Chairshot DQ for the New Day. Cool Cody video set to "Last of My Kind" PENTA is here! Corner gamenguri by Penta and the handstand hardyac arrest gets 2. DQ time thanks to Carly and Bron beats up everyone. ROMAN HAS HEADLINED MORE MANIAS THAN ANYONE - still doesn't hold a candle to what Hogan actually did. Heyman chat time and he says he's always loyal to Roman and Seth says he feels bad for him because he's in a tough spot. Seth treats him like shit and slaps him around and he's had enough of this shit and Punk brawls with Seth. Seth stomps Punk and a fan yells DO IT AGAIN! HE ALMOST STOMPS HEYMAN but HEYMAN AVOIDS! 

AEW Dynamite 4-2-25 Swerve and Mox Mixed Tag

 Ex. Taz and Tony are on the call and the mixed tornado tag is up! Walk and brawl to start before Marina works on Swerve with a top rope back rake. TOWER OF DOOM TO SWERVE BY WILLOW! CANNONBALL TO MOX BY WILLOW! Kirafuda clutch by Mox! WILLOW POWERBOMBS MARINA ONTO MOX TO BREAK IT UP! HOUSE CALL TO MARINA AND THE DOCTOR BOMB WINS IT! This was a riot! Mox hits dirty deeds on Willow! Dax pays his fine DIRECTLY to Paul Turner to treat the family. 

The Owen brackets! Kevin Knight replaces Jay White, so he can lose in round 1 to Ospreay. They team up tonight! Toni vs. Ford is up and Toni misses the hip attack and eats a dropkick. Toni bites her lip and gets an STF. Gut check hits for Ford and gets 2. Storm Zero wins it! Renee chats about Willow to Swerve and he offers nothing beyond saying she's brave. Swerve will take out Mox again tonight. Hurt Syndicate is out AND THEY HURT PEOPLE! Shelton couldn't get in due to weather. MJF wishes him well and Lashley tells him he doesn't like or trust him and they don't need shit from him. Bill and Keith are out and beat up jobbers after throwing chairs at the Syndicate. Bill throws a dude in front of them on the floor 

Mercedes faces Julia on Sunday and HARLEY TEAMS WITH HER ON SATURDAY! AND MINI MONE IS BACK! Ospreay and  Knight face Blake Christian and Shotty Lee Johnson. Dueling flip dives from the faces! Ospreay hits a corkscrew kick for 2 on Blake. Springboard pumping lariat wins it for Knight! AND THEY'RE FACING OFF AT DYNASTY! Opps chat about needing a group because one took him out. Brody King vs. Archy is up in meat warfare! Don cusses out a cosplayer before a MEATY FOREARM EXCHANGE! Callis distracts Brody and Archer gets a boot amid a "fuck Don Callis" chant. CANNONBALL TO ARCHER AND HE FLATTENED HIM! 

Dynasty is run down and that is going to rule! Cope is out in his black and neon green gear to face Claudio and he gets the long song treatment by the fans - I love that. Tons of shortarm lariats by Claudio after an LED board throw by Claudio. SPEAR THROUGH THE ROPES BY COPE! Tag title match is official for the PPV. Avalanche bulldog by Cope! Seated double stomp to Cope! SWING TIME! IMPALER HITS FOR  2! Cope crossface is on but Claudio gets the ropes. CRU faces Top Flight on Saturday and Cope eats an apron powerslam! He throws him over the barricade to try a countout win. Claudio lariat gets 2! Cope boot hits! Pop-uppercut gets 2 and the neutralizer gets 2.9! Cope ballshots him and a spear wins it! Easily a 4 star TV match there. 

Backstage, Renee chats about Renee and Swerve wants Mox. Hangman tells him he's wasting his time going for Mox and he promises he'll never hold the title. Swerve says I KNOW to him deserving to get his house being burned down. Mox and Pac jump Swerve and throw him through a glass table. They take him to the ring to destroy him and set out glass mid-ring! Claudio powerbombs him INTO THE GLASS! 

AEW Collison 3-29-25 - Hayter vs. Aminata

This isn't a giant loaded show but it's sure a fun one match lineup-wise. Jay White vs. Kevin Knight is set and that should be fantastic. Kevin Knight is incredible live too! Bayne's beating of Toni is reacapped before Toni says she loves Milwaukee but she wants Megan Bayne's OILED UP FEATHERED ASS OUT HERE! Toni is OVER HUGE! She is ashamed and Megan made it look so easy!  Ford jumps her and eats Toni's ass - and not in a fun way! F5 ON THE BELT!

Claudio promo on Cope. "You're losing your edge and just trying to cope with it!" - Delightful. Mox says that Marina is the fourth person he fears in the world. EVIL MARINA RUSSIAN PROMO! Switchblade vs. Knight is up! Kevin Knight with Top Flight would be a riot in the trios division! Back and forth shoulderblocks before Knight rolls out of one and a snap rana. MASSIVE OVERHAND CHOP SENDS KNIGHT OVER THE TOP. DAMN! UFO splash and the FOH hit before a Knight superkick! Uranage turned into a spladle for 2! German, uranage and the bladerunner ends it!

Jay cuts a promo on winning the Owen and MJF threw out the pitch at a game. Mercedes is out to face Robyn Renegade after we see an Athena tweet about her... Tombstone by Robyn turned into a tombstone gutbuster for 2. Mone maker and the crossface ends it. Mercedes wants ALL THE GOLD! She declares for ALL IN for the Owen! SHE DOESN'T WANNA HEAR ABOUT THE STUPID KID BILLIE STARKZ! AND HERE COMES ATHENA! O FACE TO ROBYN WHEN MERCEDES BAILS! THIS RULES!

Aminata is replaced by Billie Starkz and Serena rubs the injury in her face. Top Flight gets squashed by The Learning Tree and they looked...okay. Rush and Andretti attack!  BUT AR FOX SAVES! Hayter says she likes Billie's fire and she likes that she keeps getting up. Kingdom and DG's crew chat and we're getting Cole vs. Garcia at Dynasty with no time limit. Athena mocks MERCEDES's CEO bit and asks if she liked the taste of the floor. Athena likes BELT COLLECTING TOO! AND SHE WANTS THE OWEN! Dax vs. YUTES is up! Nice crowd brawl and an avalanche back suplex gets 2 for Dax. Mouse trap wins it! Dax threatens the ref to tease his heel turn. CASH GETS SHOVED DOWN TOO and gets a YOU FUCKED UP chant.

Hologram vs. Blake Christian is up! CRU chats with the Patriarchy about FOX and they point out that they have history. Portal Bomb finish after some wackiness on the floor for a bit. Hayter vs. Starkz is up and Billie's theme rules! Back and forth forearms and an APRON SUPERKICK BY BILLIE and then a dive! RUN-UP HAYTERADE WINS IT! Athena-Hayter tease! 

AEW Dynamite 3-26-25 - Omega vs. Blake Christian

 

The set is gorgeous and the Blake Christian vs. Omega match is starting off! Black's a dickhead and flips him off and gets chopped hard. BODY SHOTS TO OMEGA! Middle rope Fosbury flop hits! Pair of snapdragons and a cross-legged ushigoroshi! DRAPING V TRIGGER! ONE WINGED ANGEL WINS IT. This was a blast! Speedball thanks Kenny for being an inspiration. Ricochet getting married to Samantha Irvin! And they've got him off by like half a second on the lip sync. Jericho bitches to his guys to PROVE IT! 

MJF and MVP are mid-ring and MJF wants to do business and GODDAMN ARE LASHLEY AND SHELTON IN GREAT GEAR! Lashley tears the card up and MJF leaves before Bill and Keith are out. Toni and Rosa are backstage with Renee  and Thunder Tits is already over. Goddamn she is just ON. Brody King is out to face Kyle Fletcher. BRODY CHOPS HIM after lurching behind him.

CHOPSAPLENTY and a boot by Fletcher. PLANCHA BY BRODY KING! HBK Elbow by Fletcher gets 2! Apron DVD! Stalling tombstone by Fletcher gets 2 before eating a giant lariat. Turnbuckle brainbuster ends it! Hobbs is out to have Davis vs. Hobbs now. MEATY LARIATS and a Davis suplex! DAVIS GETS AN ENZUIGURI BUT A SPINEBUSTER ENDS IT. Short and sweet - too short. Nick Wayne says things make sense now - but he'll say more when Christian's around. Cage and Cope taking out the Patriarchy to start and then winning the tag titles at ALL IN would be a fun story. 

Hangman and Swerve bicker backstage. Also Von Wagner was on-screen briefly in the brawl with Hobbs and Davis. Tony chatted with Rated FTR and Dax rambles a bit before Cope shuts him up thank God. Dax looks like a giant G. Gordon  Liddy. Dynasty now has a trios tag match with Rated FTR. Swerve calls out Mox and talks shit before Claudio stands behind Nana. Willow counters Marina and this was money overall. Jay White enters the Owen. Top Flight gets a squash win. 

Mark Briscoe vs. Takeshita is up! Big forearm and a stalling superplex get 2 for Takeshita. Froggy bow misses and a German hits for Takeshita! Forearms shivers and a JAY DRILLER HITS! 2.9 WITH THE FOOT ON THE ROPE! Raging fire win and the Death Riders accept the Rated FTR challenge. MVP adds MJF to the group and IT'S TIME TO HURT PEOPLE! Rosa and Toni do a legdrop version of the Demo Decap for 2. Back and forth forearms from Ford and Rosa. HIP ATTACK TO BAYNE AND SHE'S UP! Bayne pump kick hits Ford by mistake and a cradle gets 2 on Bayne. f5 hits and wins it!

WWE Raw 3-24-25 - Penta vs. Breakker for the IC Title

 Raw is live from the Hydro and has a loaded IC Title match with Penta facing Breakker. Women's IC is on the line with Lyra facing Raquel. Cena is out to boos to start alongside JOHN CENA SUCKS songs and a SHUT THE FUCK UP chant. He rambles on and is going to retire with the title and steal wrestling or something and now Cody has to save it. Cody comes down and calls him out before putting the belt down and offering him to just take it - but Cena walks away.

Usos reunite to face A-Town down and even on the ad tier, I'm getting the live feed. 1D ends their first tag match in 18 months. Backstage with the Judgment Day and Liv can't be heard much. Vaquer is hyped up for double title matches tomorrow. Women's IC is hyped up after they shill the soccer belts and hype EL GRANDE AMERICANO from The Gulf of America. Racquel boots her hard and gets a slingshot jackhammer for 2. Lyra rolls her up through the tejana bomb and wins it. HHH Summerslam '98 hype video airs. 

Jey sulks and Jimmy hypes him up and Gunther faces Jimmy next week and slaps him. Women's title bickering and they brawl after Pearce announces Rhea gets a match next week with Iyo and the winner faces Bianca at WM. Dom chats with Penta and his slick red jacket about joining the crew. Dragon Lee is out to face EL GRANDE AMERICANO. CHOP BATTLE! Grande wins it with a moonsault and ankle lock. Punk's out and we get a sneak peak of STEPH'S PLACE WITH HIM. Punk says that neither Seth or Roman have beaten him without the other's help and he brought them into WWE and he'll take them out - good stuff there.

Penta vs. Breakker is up and Penta eats a big knee on the apron. Diving sliding lariat by Breakker on the announce table. Gut check turned into a backstabber and then he hits it for 2. Breakensteiner gets 2. Spear to Carlito and Dom jumps Breakker for a DQ and Balor chairshots Bron and Penta superkicks a chair into Dom's head before Balor attacks both Breakker and Penta. Coup de grace to Penta. 

AEW Collision 3-23-25 - Slam Dunk part 2

 

Death Riders' Trios title defense starts things off. THE 2022 HOLIDAY BASH is used to hype up this 2025 TITLE DEFENSE. Holy hell. That's a Mr. Fantastic-level stretch but I love it. Pac tombstone and a Yuta splash wins it. Top Flight and AR get jumped by Action and Lio. Johnny TV vs. Bandido and boy do they both have killer themes. INVERTED GTS BY BANDIDO and a 21 Plex wins it. Bandido wants Jericho and they all come out and BANDIIDO STEALS HIS MASK after Jericho wears it and gets slugged! Toni cuts a killer promo about the Greek gods and Bayne that can't be done justice. FEELTHEWRATH! HER FINISHING MOVE ends it! 

Harley will do commentary on the main event BUT FIRST IT'S DON CALLIS! Los Titanes Des Aire are out to face Mortos and Dralistico! MID-RING TORNILLO BY MORTOS! Dralistico and Komander have incredible chemistry with their chops and flips! HARLEYGRAM distracts Mortos for a Komander ropewalk! Portal Bomb into the ropewalk SSP! THIS RULED!

AEW Collision Slam Dunk 3-22-25 - Part 1

 

Adam Cole vs. Danny Garcia is mid-ring to start. Cole avoids an armdrag and gets in an ADAM COLE BAYBAY! Cole is seemingly working heel and throws him ass over teakettle into the steps. Cole works  the knee on the post but Danny gets a twist and shout on the ropes for 2. Danny is knocked down  on the floor but FIGHTS HIS WAY UP THANKS TO HOLDING THE HAND OF A FAN - who is now a fan forever. time limit draw ends it. MAX CASTER is out and we get a Bowens chant and Caster says he ran him out of AEW. HOOK is out and crushes him. Deeb shows Aminita her GIANT BINDER OF ADVICE to set up a feud. Julia goes for cradles and gets 2. SPIDER SUPERPLEX BY JULIA! Moonsault evasion and a clonking headbutt gets 2 for Queen. Queen misses a hip attack and gets cradled for the win by Julia!

Mark Briscoe, Hobbs and Rocky Romero are out to face the Murder Machines and Takeshita! Cage catches Rocky on a dive and suplexes him into a Takeshita apron bomb! Hobbs and Cage engage in MEAT WARFARE! Falcon arrow to Rocky ends it. This ruled!