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WWE is celebrating a new episode of Monday Night Raw tonight, this time number 1,698, from the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The show will be broadcast live on Netflix and Solowrestling will bring you the results in this news article as every week.
Tonight's episode will feature several matches and segments of interest, highlighting an appearance by Gunther, who will address John Cena before his match at Saturday Night's Main Event. In addition, AJ Styles and Dragon Lee will defend the Tag Team World Championships against The War Raiders. As always, we invite you to comment on the article to give your opinion on what happened on the show.
WWE Raw begins on Netflix!
The show starts with a promotional video for The Last Time is Now tournament, where Gunther emerged victorious over fifteen other participants.
Gunther is the one to open tonight's show. "The Ring General" is greeted with timid applause as most of the audience boos him. Gunther heads to the ring with a smile on his face. "Cena, Cena!" chant the fans before Gunther can speak. "We want Cena!" they continue. The Austrian reminds them that their hero is not here. Furthermore, this is his moment. Gunther recalls his victory over LA Knight last week, pointing out that making "The Megastar" surrender is one of the greatest achievements of his professional career. And thanks to this victory, in five days he will become John Cena's final opponent in his career.
"17 world championships. All the time on the road. Hustle, Loyalty, Respect. I don't agree with any of that. John Cena is the best Sports Entertainment of all time. But I'm here to remind everyone that on Saturday, John Cena will face the greatest professional wrestler of all time!" exclaims the Austrian.
Gunther asks the production team to put the countdown to Saturday Night's Main Event on the venue screen. That's the time the fans have to continue admiring their hero. "A hero who never gives up," he says. Gunther addresses the camera directly to send a message to "The Greatest of All Time." "John, beating you on Saturday won't be enough for me. I'm going to do something that no one has ever achieved before: I'm going to break your spirit. I'm going to throw you from side to side. I'm going to intimidate you. I'm going to make you fall headfirst and then I'm going to wrap my arms around your neck and squeeze. I'm going to squeeze with all I have until the last drop of loyalty and respect has left your body. Until there is only one way out. Until I force you to do the one thing you say you would never do: I'm going to make you surrender," says "The Ring General" to end his promo. The Austrian steps down from the ring to head backstage. Gunther stops for a moment to contemplate the countdown to Saturday Night's Main Event before continuing on his way.
We see the arrival of some of tonight's protagonists: Rey Mysterio, Lyra Valkyria, Bayley, AJ Styles, Dragon Lee, Stephanie Vaquer, IYO SKY, and Rhea Ripley.
We see NXT Champion Oba Femi in the front row. The Nigerian holds the brand's top title, reminding that he is a two-time champion.
IYO SKY (with Rhea Ripley) vs. Kairi Sane (with Asuka)
Kairi and SKY grapple, taking the action to the ropes. Sane tries to surprise IYO with a back fist, but her opponent dodges it. Now it's Sane who seeks refuge in the ropes to avoid IYO's counterattack. The action continues. Kairi surprises IYO with a sunset flip. 1..2..NO. SKY and Sane exchange quick roll-ups and nearfalls. Kairi taunts IYO before surprising her with a scissors kick.
IYO takes down Kairi before delivering a dropkick. Sane ends up on ringside. SKY tries to gain momentum on the ropes, but Asuka pulls them down from the apron to make her fall. Rhea goes after "The Empress of Tomorrow," who quickly retreats. Meanwhile, Sane dives onto SKY with a diving forearm. Kairi continues to hit IYO on ringside. Sane applies a chop on the commentary table before bringing her back inside the ring, where she covers her. 1..2..NO.
SKY recovers to unleash a flurry of punches on Sane. She grabs her opponent's hair to throw her to the mat. After that, she hits her with a relentless rain of punches. Kairi traps SKY in a Single Boston Crab. IYO crawls to the ropes to force her release. The referee moves Kairi away from her opponent, a moment that Asuka takes advantage of to illegally hit "The Genius of Sky" with the ropes.
Sane catches SKY in a Boston Crab. IYO manages to twist with great flexibility to cover Kairi. 1..2..NO. Sane quickly recovers, but IYO stops her offense with a precise kick. SKY continues to hit Sane, to whom she applies a springboard dropkick. IYO follows up with a running meteora. 1..2..NO. SKY seeks height in one of the corners with the intention of executing her finisher, but Kairi attacks her from behind. IYO ends up hanging by her legs. Sane takes advantage to perform a double footstomp. 1..2..NO.
IYO kicks Kairi in the head to turn the situation around. Sane blocks a double underhook faceplant to respond with a forearm. The action moves to the apron. IYO escapes a bodydrop to respond with a german suplex. Kairi lands on the apron before falling to ringside, where she receives the impact of an Asai Moonsault. SKY brings her back inside the ring. Sane tries to prevent her return, but IYO hits her with an enzuigiri from the apron.
The referee tends to Sane while SKY seeks height in one of the corners. Asuka intervenes again, causing IYO to fall. Tired of the situation, Rhea goes after "The Empress of Tomorrow" to execute a superkick. After that, she throws the tag team champion over the audience barrier. Meanwhile, in the ring, SKY avoids a new double footstomp by throwing Kairi to the mat with a headscissors. After that, she finishes her off with a definitive Over the Moonsault. 1..2..3.
Winner: IYO SKY
IYO and Rhea celebrate in the ring as the segment comes to an end.
Paul Heyman talks with Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed in one of the locker rooms. "Being The Best in the World doesn't make sense to me," Heyman tells them. An upset Logan Paul appears on the scene to ask his companions if they saw how Rey Mysterio slapped him last week. "Yes. I didn't like it," Reed replies. "Yeah, I didn't like it either. We have to do something about it, guys," says Logan. Bron asks if he will take care of it tonight. Logan replies yes. "The Maverick" asks Heyman if they can talk alone for a moment. They both head to a secluded area of the locker room. "This situation with Rey Mysterio has to end tonight," insists Logan. Heyman reminds him that, for the first time in his life, he has people who will have his back. "Look, I appreciate the help, but I want them to know that if they're in trouble, I'll have their backs too," Logan whispers. Heyman likes his comment. So much so that he now respects him more than before. That said, he hands him a golden brass knuckles, just in case he needs it. "Just in case," a smiling Logan repeats as he takes the weapon. "I like this guy. Really. Sorry, but I like him," Heyman says with a laugh as he returns to Bron and Bronson.
Rey Mysterio heads to the ring. Meanwhile, in the background, we see Adam Pearce arguing heatedly with Grayson Waller and The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods).
Byron Saxton interviews Lyra Valkyria and Bayley in the fan zone. "The Role Model" is glad that the women's tag team division is stronger than ever. However, that won't stop them from aiming for the top of it. Valkyria is confident in winning the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships, especially now that she has the best possible partner by her side. Bayley assures that the fans want to see them with the gold around their waists. With these statements, we reach the end of this brief segment.
The War Raiders star in a promotional video before their title match tonight.
Rey Mysterio makes his entrance. The masked wrestler heads to the ring, where he is scheduled to face Finn Bálor. However, before he can reach the ring, he is attacked from behind by Logan Paul. He throws Mysterio against the audience barrier before confronting a fan. Logan takes the Mexican inside the ring to continue attacking him. Paul puts the brass knuckles on his right hand, ready to knock out Rey, but he resists. Mysterio makes the YouTuber stumble against the ropes. Rey then prepares to apply the 619, but he receives a superkick from the mysterious hooded figure who appeared at WarGames! The hooded figure finishes off the WWE Hall of Famer with a stomp before fleeing the scene. Several security members run after him, but he is faster than them. Paul takes advantage of the situation to knock out Rey with a One Lucky Punch.
LA Knight bursts onto the scene, forcing Logan Paul to leave the ring!
"The Megastar" grabs a microphone to order Logan not to leave yet. LA Knight recalls that he still has unfinished business with Seth Rollins, so if he is truly the mysterious hooded figure, he will have no choice but to slam his damn head to the ground. "The Megastar" focuses again on Paul, reprimanding him for attacking and disrespecting a legend like Rey Mysterio. With things not going well for him lately, it's no wonder he feels the need to make "The Maverick" pay. "I don't want you to pay on Saturday. I don't want you to pay on Friday. I want you to pay on Monday. I want you to pay here in K.C. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!... with everyone saying...," shouts "The Megastar". "...L-A-KNIGHT YEAH!" the fans exclaim to finish his catchphrase.
LA Knight helps Rey Mysterio return backstage.
We see Je'Von Evans in the front row.
Tag Team World Championships Match
AJ Styles and Dragon Lee (c) vs. The War Raiders (Ivar and Erik)
The New Day and Grayson Waller appear to take seats at the commentary table. Erik is distracted by their presence, which AJ Styles takes advantage of to launch the first attack. The champions team up against Erik, whom they take down with a double elbow. AJ Styles and Dragon expel the challengers from the ring. Lee dives onto them, but they catch him in mid-air. Now AJ Styles tries to execute a suicide dive, but Ivar and Erik throw him at Lee to intercept him.
The challengers take control at ringside. Erik dives onto Dragon from the apron while Ivar crushes AJ Styles with a crossbody against the ring screen. Ivar takes "The Phenomenal One" back inside the ring to continue punishing him. Ivar performs a spinning kick. 1..2..NO. Erik executes a powerslam on AJ Styles and a second one on his own partner, who lands on the champion. 1..2..NO. "The Phenomenal One" tries to recover, but ends up receiving a bodydrop from Erik.
Ivar and Erik continue to team up against AJ Styles as the fans chant "New Day sucks!". Ivar hits AJ Styles before throwing him at Erik, who greets him with a knee strike. 1..2..NO. Ivar keeps attacking AJ Styles. He dodges a spinning kick to respond with a Pelee Kick. Both end up lying on the mat. Ivar and AJ Styles crawl to their respective corners to tag in their partners.
Lee enters with full force, taking care of both opponents at the same time. Erik blocks a tornado DDT to take Dragon to the top of one of the corners. Lee manages to hang Erik by his legs before performing a double footstomp. After that, he knocks out Ivar with a knee strike before carrying him on his shoulders. The weight of his opponent is too much for him, but he finally manages to take him down with a variation of a Death Valley Driver.
Ivar recovers to crush the Mexican with a back senton. Lee prevents The War Raiders from teaming up against him. The action moves to the apron. Erik blocks an attack from Dragon, throwing him onto Ivar so that he can perform a powerslam on the floor. The challengers take the Mexican back inside the ring, where Ivar executes a moonsault. 1..2..NO. AJ Styles interrupts the count. Ivar and Dragon tag in their respective partners.
AJ Styles and Erik exchange attacks. Erik dodges a Pelee Kick to respond with a knee strike. 1..2..NO. Erik tags in Ivar, who seeks height in one of the corners. AJ Styles grabs Ivar to throw him at his own partner. Erik ends up on ringside, where he receives a tope from Dragon. Meanwhile, AJ Styles finishes off Ivar with a Phenomenal Forearm. 1..2..3.
Winners and STILL Tag Team World Champions: AJ Styles and Dragon Lee
The New Day and Grayson Waller enter the ring, interrupting the champions' celebration. Suddenly...
The Usos appear in the stands. Jey and Jimmy interact with the fans as they head to the ring. Once there, and by popular demand, the Samoans offer the audience a repeat of Jey's theme song before speaking. Jimmy announces that The Usos are back in the tag team division. Jimmy recalls that his brother has suffered too many defeats lately. And that led him to call him on the phone to ask him: "What are we doing, Uce?". Jey replies that it's time to be themselves again. They need gold around their waists once more. "The damn best team is now in your city!," exclaims.
Jimmy says they respect the champions. Jey agrees with his brother. AJ Styles and Dragon Lee don’t know them, but The New Day do. "The New Day versus The Usos. You know how this story ends. We’re going to beat the hell out of you! We’re going to run right through you, like we always do! YEET", exclaims Jey before turning toward AJ Styles and Dragon Lee, to whom he promises they will take their titles. Kofi and Xavier try to attack the Samoans, but they quickly get rid of them with a right hand. Kingston and Woods end up at ringside. Waller avoids trouble by leaving the ring to help his partners. The Usos stare down Lee and Styles to end the segment.
We see Carter Jensen, catcher for the Kansas City Royals, in the front row.
Jackie Redmond welcomes Stephanie Vaquer to the center of the ring. Redmond congratulates her on her victory over Nikki Bella at Survivor Series before asking her who her next opponent will be. Vaquer replies that anyone. "I want to face everyone. I’m not someone who talks too much. My actions speak for me. I am the best wrestler on the planet. I am the best. And no, it’s not because of the Devil's Kiss. I am the best. And Nikki, you’re a legend. You’re part of the Hall of Fame. But you know what, Nikki? Today, the WWE women’s division is very different from what it was 15 years ago. In this locker room we have Rhea Ripley. We have Bayley. We have Nattie. We have IYO SKY. All of them incredible. And do you know who’s at the top?", asks the Chilean as she raises the Women’s World Championship.
Nikki Bella interrupts the segment.
Nikki begins mocking the fans in Kansas City, pointing out that they don’t deserve to be in the presence of a WWE Hall of Famer, a legend and a celebrity like her. Nikki walks toward the ring, making it clear to Vaquer that their rivalry isn’t over. Bella steps onto the apron. "I came here to tell you that I demand a rematch", she says. Suddenly, Raquel Rodriguez appears on the scene to grab the WWE Hall of Famer and throw her into one of the ring posts. The Texan picks up Nikki’s microphone and steps into the ring. "There’s only one name, and you already know who it is", says Raquel in Spanish. "Pick the moment. Pick the place. I’ll be there to kick your ass and take your title, bitch", she adds before tossing the mic to the mat. Raquel stares down “La Primera”. After a few seconds, the Judgment Day member leaves the ring to head backstage. This brings the segment to an end.
Byron Saxton interviews Ivy Nile (accompanied by The Creed Brothers) in the stands area. Ivy makes it clear she feels nothing for Maxxine Dupri even though they used to be friends in the past. Nile still doesn’t understand how Dupri became champion before her. Ivy points out that Maxxine is using the title as a simple accessory to show off on her social media posts. Now she is training hard with Natalya. Ivy, however, has trained at that intensity her whole life. "Being champion doesn’t make her better. She’s never beaten me and she never will", says Nile. She reiterates that no matter how much Dupri trains, the result won’t change: on Monday Maxxine will lose, and she will become the new Intercontinental Champion.
The members of The Judgment Day talk in their "clubhouse". Finn Bálor is happy to have the night off after the mysterious hooded man attacked Rey Mysterio. "I don’t know who this masked man is, but I like him," says a smiling Dominik Mysterio. Raquel Rodriguez appears. Liv Morgan approaches her to ask about what happened minutes ago. "Last time Nikki ruined my title opportunity, so I made sure it didn’t happen again", replies the Texan. Liv understands. It’s just that she hadn’t told her anything about it. "I didn’t know we had to report everything to you now", says Raquel. Morgan assures her that’s not the case. In fact, she’s looking forward to seeing Raquel with the Women’s World Championship around her waist. Rodriguez thanks her before heading toward Adam Pearce’s office to address the matter. "Well, looks like I’ll be in your corner tonight," says Liv to Roxanne Perez. Morgan wants to make sure “The Prodigy” is okay, because with Raquel going after the Women’s World Championship, it’s up to them to win the tag titles. Morgan takes Perez with her, who has a match next. Finn and Dom are glad everything is going well with the girls.
We see Sol Ruca in the front row.
Lyra Valkyria (with Bayley) vs. Roxanne Perez (with Liv Morgan)
Roxanne mocks Lyra, who quickly corners her against a turnbuckle. Valkyria hits a bridge suplex. 1..2..NO. The Irishwoman goes for a spinning kick. Perez dodges to take refuge in the ropes. Roxy answers with a slap, only to receive another bridge suplex. Perez retreats to ringside. Lyra goes for a rope dropkick, but her opponent blocks it.
Roxanne throws Valkyria into the steel steps. Lyra injures her left arm in the process. “The Prodigy” continues damaging the Irishwoman’s limb, smashing it repeatedly against the steps. Perez takes her opponent back into the ring to keep punishing her. Roxanne focuses her offense on Lyra’s left arm.
Valkyria dodges a stomp and answers with several punches. However, Roxy stops her momentum with a suplex. 1..2..NO. Perez resumes her assault on the injured arm. Valkyria recovers to surprise her rival with a crossbody. 1..2..NO. Lyra hits a sit-out powerbomb on Roxanne, but she’s too exhausted to cover.
Valkyria unleashes a flurry of attacks on Perez. An enzuiguri sends Roxy to ringside, where she takes a rope dropkick. Lyra brings her back into the ring to hit a diving crossbody. 1..2..NO. Perez blocks a suplex, taking the action to the ropes, using them to attack Lyra’s injured arm. Perez follows with a tilt-a-whirl facebuster and then a Special Satomura. 1..2..NO.
Roxanne traps Lyra in a painful submission hold. Valkyria escapes to hit a german suplex. Lyra lifts Roxanne onto her shoulders for the Nightwing, but her rival pokes her in the eyes to break free. Morgan gets on the apron to distract the referee. Annoyed, Bayley grabs her legs and pulls her down onto the apron. Perez dives at “The Role Model” with a rope dropkick.
Lyra grabs Roxanne again and lifts her onto her shoulders. Perez elbows her in the face to escape. Lyra counters with a roll-up. 1..2..NO. Roxy shoves Valkyria into the ropes, where she gets kicked by Morgan. Dazed, Lyra can’t avoid a Pop Rox. 1..2..3.
Winner: Roxanne Perez
The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) and Grayson Waller interrupt a Byron Saxton presentation in the stands area to take his microphone. Furious, they don’t understand why The Usos have returned to the tag division. Kingston says The New Day is the greatest tag team of all time and this division belongs to them. Woods, for his part, says the Samoans are right about one thing: they’ve been losing lately, and they’ll lose again next week. Xavier encourages them to bring whatever they want, like the Ula Fala or even their own father. Nothing will change the outcome: The Usos will be buried under their own penitentiary. Kofi and Xavier end their promo demanding that fans raise their hands to the sky and exclaim: “Thank God for The New Day!”
We see a new promotional video focused on the hard training Maxxine Dupri is undergoing under Natalya’s guidance. “Another one!”, repeats the Intercontinental Champion every time she submits a training partner in an Ankle Lock. "Now try me", says a smiling Natalya as she enters the ring. Dupri remembers all the pain she experienced at the hands of her trainer in the early days. However, that doesn’t make her back down. Natalya and Maxxine face off in an intense one-on-one. Dupri locks Natalya in an Ankle Lock. The Canadian tries to escape, but her student doesn’t allow it. The pain becomes so intense that Natalya has no choice but to submit. Maxxine stands up. “Again,” she says to end the video.
LA Knight vs. Logan Paul (with Paul Heyman)
Logan attacks LA Knight before the bell rings. “The Maverick” continues his assault, but Knight answers with a clothesline. “Logan sucks!”, chant the fans. LA Knight slams his opponent into a turnbuckle before hitting a suplex. 1..2..NO. LA Knight hits an Electric Chair followed by a lariat. Logan escapes to ringside, only to be hit by a diving clothesline.
LA Knight clears the announce table. Logan interrupts by attacking him from behind, but eventually falls into Knight’s grasp. LA Knight slams Logan’s head repeatedly against the table before bringing him back into the ring. LA Knight drops him with a springboard shoulder tackle. Logan recovers to start a counterattack. Paul counters a body drop into a ZigZag. 1..2..NO.
“Logan sucks!”, chant the fans as “The Maverick” attacks LA Knight in a corner. Logan hits “The Megastar” with a corner European uppercut. Paul punishes LA Knight with assistance from the ropes, forcing the referee to intervene. Logan takes him down before hitting a split legdrop. 1...2...NO. LA Knight fires back with punches, but a knee strike from Logan ends his offense.
Paul kicks LA Knight in a corner. “The Megastar” makes Logan fall onto the turnbuckle and unleashes several punches. However, Paul tosses him onto the top rope to regain control. Logan lands several punches on Knight, who responds with a flying clothesline. LA Knight follows with a Russian Leg Sweep before throwing him into a corner. LA Knight waits for Logan on the rebound to hit a neckbreaker. 1..2..NO.
LA Knight kicks Logan in a corner. “The Megastar” brings him to the top turnbuckle. Suddenly, Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed appear on the entrance ramp. Logan takes advantage of Knight’s distraction to push him down to the mat. He then jumps with a diving crossbody. 1..2..NO. “OTC! OTC!”, chant the fans to provoke Reed.
LA Knight takes Paul down before hitting a diving elbowdrop. “The Megastar” prepares to finish Logan, but Bron distracts him from the apron. LA Knight hits him quickly. The referee approaches Breakker to order him to stay at ringside. Reed uses the moment to headbutt “The Megastar”. The referee turns around and sees LA Knight down, which leads him to eject Bron and Bronson from ringside.
LA Knight brings Logan toward the announce table and unleashes several punches. Suddenly, the mysterious hooded man appears once more and surprises LA Knight with a stomp onto the table. The attacker brings “The Megastar” back into the ring before escaping. The referee, who was arguing with Paul Heyman, turns around unaware of what happened. Logan finishes his opponent with a frog splash. 1..2..3.
Winner: Logan Paul
The Vision launch an assault on LA Knight. Bron hits a spear on LA Knight, whom Reed finishes with two Tsunamis. Medical personnel remove “The Megastar” from the ring.
Paul Heyman introduces his teammates during the final commercial break. The crowd keeps booing The Vision. Heyman doesn’t know why. What he does know is that on January 5, at the first WWE Raw of 2026, Bron Breakker will become the new World Heavyweight Champion.
Breakker gets the microphone. “CM Punk! CM Punk!”, chant the fans. Bron wonders where “The Best in the World” is. Because if he were here, he would have suffered another loss. Breakker again asks where CM Punk is—not physically, but the character. Bron says CM Punk is nothing but a fraud. A guy who prides himself on not using drugs, but now looks like a junkie.
Breakker doesn’t want to face this CM Punk, but his 2011 version. The one who beat The Rock. The one who had one of the longest WWE Championship reigns. That’s why he begs him on his knees to show up on January 6 as that version. "If you don’t. If I don’t get that version of CM Punk, I’m going to destroy you. I’m going to send you to the hospital. I’m going to break you. I’m going to take the World Heavyweight Championship from you. Hell! You know what? I’ll take your wife too while I’m at it!", he exclaims.
We see LA Knight on screen being treated backstage. “The Megastar” refuses help. “I’m not done yet!”, he shouts. Bronson and Logan leave the ring to go after LA Knight. Meanwhile, Breakker resumes his promo. "One last thing, Punk. I’m not done. One last thing! On January fifth I’ll make it very simple for you. Spear. 1..2..3. SPEAR. 1..2..3. SPEAR!! 1...2...3!!", he repeats over and over as his partners reach LA Knight’s location.
Reed and Paul attack LA Knight, also taking out the security members who try to stop them. Logan assists Bronson so he can hit a powerbomb on LA Knight through a table. “The Megastar” tries to get back up. Reed and Paul decide to continue the assault. Bronson throws LA Knight against a parked car. More security members appear, only to be beaten by the heels. Paul mercilessly slams his victim’s head while dragging him onto the roof of the car. Meanwhile, Reed climbs onto some production crates at a higher elevation. Once in position, Bronson crushes him with a Tsunami. A furious Adam Pearce appears on the scene to order the heels to leave while desperately calling for medical assistance. This brings the episode to an end.
