WWE Raw results, live blog (Sept. 22, 2025): Wrestlepalooza fallout

WWE Monday Night Raw comes waltzing back into our lives today (Sept. 22, 2025) from the Ford Center in Evansville, Indiana, featuring all the fallout from the Wrestlepalooza premium live event that went down just this past weekend in Indianapolis.

Advertised for tonight: WWE Champion Cody Rhodes will be kicking off the evening following his successful title defense against Drew McIntyre.

Elsewhere, new Women’s World Champion Stephanie Vaquer will be in the house, Bayley takes on The Judgment Day’s Roxanne Perez in singles action, The New Day and Grayson Waller team up to take on Penta and The War Raiders in a No Disqualification match, and a whole lot more!

Come right back here at a special earlier than normal start time of 7 pm ET when the Raw live blog will kick off once the show starts on Netflix. It will be below this line here.

WWE RAW RESULTS AND LIVE BLOG FOR SEPT. 22

Don’t wash the innocent night, its dirt cleansed this home. The crushing glare often opens up the blue nowhere. This door finally opens, we aren’t going home. My blurry eyes are seeking, an inner voice gives birth to hope, and I’m here to liveblog this pro wrestling show for you, folks.

The show opens with a shiny new top-of-show “Then. Now. Forever.” signature video.

A recap of Wrestlepalooza follows.

And then the usual montage of talent arriving at the arena.

“American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes makes his entrance and gets on the mic.

He asks what Evansville wants to talk about and shows off the inaugural Men’s Crown Jewel Championship signet ring and says he’s got nine other fingers and he’d love to have another one in the champion vs. champion match–

Enter Seth Rollins, flanked by Paul Heyman, Bron Breakker, & “Big” Bronson Reed.

Rollins gestures for his compatriots to hang back on the ramp and gets in the ring to square up with Cody Rhodes alone and gets on the mic.

He says since SummerSlam when they both walked out as champion he’s had Crown Jewel circled on his calendar and here they are, two of the best in the world in their prime, one-on-one, may the best man win. And it should be that simple, but it’s not that simple, he says, because it’s the two of them, and it’s deeper and bigger than that.

Seth says he’s pretty good at reading people and he knows what everyone in the crowd tonight thinks of him, what the locker room thinks about him, what everyone watching at home thinks about him, and he doesn’t give a damn, because these people don’t know what’s good for them and they don’t have the right to make decisions.

A “CM Punk!” chant goes up and Rollins says it’s not about him, because he doesn’t have a championship, and anyway he knows what that moron thinks of him, but he wants to know what Cody thinks of him, and he wants the truth. Rhodes fixes him with a skeptical glance and Seth doubles down on wanting the truth.

Cody circles and shrugs a little and says the truth is complicated, right? And it shouldn’t be complicated, because Seth has made some questionable choices lately, and one of them is right there, hello Mr. Heyman, but yeah, Rollins changed his life. He came back at WrestleMania and Seth had the courage to stand across from an opponent he didn’t know.

He changed his life at Hell in a Cell because without that injury, without that low, his journey wouldn’t be the same. He changed his life again at WrestleMania by being his shield and helping him bring the WWE Championship to his family for the first time. And he had Becky Lynch on his podcast and she was lovely and he knows it’s wrestling 101 to run your opponent down but what he wants to do is flip the script and ask what Seth thinks of himself.

He knows Rollins can be the best in the world but that Seth isn’t hiding behind these three goons, and he’s not gonna sling mud, he’ll just say it plain, with the match set and another ring on the line, what can he do for Rollins? Seth wants to talk about his watch first, the watch that Cody gave him at WrestleMania 40.

He hasn’t worn it a single time since then until tonight. He wants to know if it was a real gift or a token gesture, because Cody is fantastic about saying all the right things about him, he heaps glowing praise on him when it suits him but then in his next breath he undermines everything he stands for, saying with a straight face that he’s the right person to lead this company into the future.

He says he’s the quarterback, QB1, and if he really believes that in his core, what does that say about Rollins? There’s only two possibilities– either Cody doesn’t think he’s good enough, or that he’s just not as good as he is. He says the Vision aren’t goons, they’re not just a group of people, they’re an idea about the future of this industry, and it runs throug him.

He’s the tip of the spear, not Cody. (Just the tip, eh?) Rhodes can be the quarterback, but he’s Rollins’ quarterback, and if he doesn’t believe that, in just three weeks at Crown Jewel, the truth will come out by any means necessary and he’ll find out that Seth is the prime mover, and this is not a two-man show. Rollins is the alpha.

Cody has a question for him– their matches so far have all been one-on-one, and will that still be the case at Crown Jewel? And of those matches, how many has Seth won?

Rhodes walks off leaving Rollins quietly fuming, but when Cody gets to the ramp, the Vision are still in his way. Paul E pulls the Brons aside and gestures for Rhodes to wlak through.

Backstage, the Usos are chatting.

“Big” Jim asks Jey if having a match against LA Knight is really the best idea with him all banged up, and Jey unloads and says he hasn’t even cleaned the blood off his shoes yet and he thinks they would have won if LA Knight wasn’t the referee, and further if Jim hadn’t helped Knight out, the Vision would have taken him out.

Jim asks if he’s putting all this on him, and Jey becomes thoughtful and says he isn’t, he’s just concerned they’ve been wasting a lot of time on LA and now he’s gonna body him tonight.

New Day make their entrance and we go to break.

Grayson Waller & New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) vs. Penta & War Raiders (Erik & Ivar) (No Disqualification Match)

Chaos to start, setting down, Kingston and Erik, big Viking ducks a kick and blasts a knee but Waller comes in with a kendo stick! New Day working Erik over on the floor, throwing him back in and then Ivar bowls them both over! Step-up tope con giro from Penta and we go to break!

Back from commercial, Penta on a table, Kofi with a diving leg drop puts him through it but comes up hurting bad! Vikings working Grayson over, Woods makes the save, Kingston cuts Warbeard off with an enzuigiri, Ivar gets ’em down, corkscrew moonsault… NO WATER IN THE POOL! Xavier holds him in place and Kofi hits a senton on the apron!

Waller goes for a rolling thunder maneuver on the apron… IVAR COUNTERS WITH AN APRON LIGER BOMB! Back and forth, Grayson is clobbering Zero up in the turnbuckles, jockeying for position… AVALANCHE FLIP PILEDRIVER AND IT IS OVER!

Penta & War Raiders win by pinfall with an avalanche flip piledriver from Penta on Grayson Waller.

Cut to the Judgment Day clubhouse where Dominik Mysterio rolls up to complain to Finn Balor that the Rusev situation is getting out of hand. Finn asks what happened to mister stand up for himself, and Dom says that they all said things they didn’t mean last week and asks for help, but Finn’s busy playing video games.

Mysterio asks JD McDonagh for help and JD says he’s also busy but Dom pushes and Roxanne! Perez slides over to plead and say Judgment Day is about helping each other. JD relents and says he’s doing it for Judgment Day and he’ll go talk to Adam Pearce. Dom says no need, and he already got Adam to sign off on JD vs. Rusev, tonight! McDonagh sighs and goes over to chat with Finn.

Bayley rolls up on Lyra Valkyria.

Lyra falls over herself apologizing for last week but happy Hugger Bayley just talks about how happy she is to see her and whatnot and asks her to be in her corner tonight. Valkyria is confused and says she yelled at her, which Bayley doesn’t remember, and Lyra says if it really means something, if it’ll help her be her best, she’ll do it, and Bayley excitedly thanks her and walks off.

Stephanie Vaquer is walking backstage to send us to break.

Back from commercial, Adam Pearce is in the ring to welcome your new WWE Women’s World Champion, Stephanie Vaquer.

She talks about sacrificing to make this happen and beating one of the best on the planet, IYO SKY, and she learned to be strong and never give up because she had the best example, her hero, her dad, who stands up in the crowd and gives a sweet little wave and yep I’m crying.

She continues in Spanish talking about being La Primera and being a WORLD champion and says in English that the title represents the motivation and support we’ve all given her, and every celebrates with her and everyone cries with her, and she needs to say “Thank you.”

Her fire will keep making history and nobody can stop her, because she’s La Primera, the WWE Women’s World Champion.

Pearce tells her that on SmackDown Tiffany Stratton is defending her WWE Women’s Championship against Jade Cargill and Nia Jax, and so the winner of that match will face Vaquer in Australia for the WWE Women’s Crown Jewel Championship.

We get a video package recapping Brock Lesnar’s victory over John Cena at Wrestlepalooza.

Stephanie Vaquer meets with Nikki Bella and Rhea Ripley backstage, who are all smiles but also “I’m coming for you”s

Kabuki Warriors roll up, Asuka says IYO SKY should be champion, they bicker back and forth, Rhea steps up to her and says she’s been keeping her distance out of respect for IYO. Asuka says she’s not ready for her, Ripley says she is in fact ready and challenges her to a match.

Kairi Sane tries to apologize again and Asuka berates her and we cut away.

Bayley makes her entrance to send us to break.

Bayley vs. Roxanne! Perez

Bayley with a waistlock, Perez crawls under, Hugger with a headlock takoever, Roxanne! fights her into the corner and paintbrushes her in the turnbuckles! Started a shoving match, Bayley decks her with an elbow, Bayley-to-Belly countered, duck a backfist, tilt-a-whirl, blocked, leapfrog, drop down trips Perez up!

Corkscrew falling elbow, lateral press for two! To the floor, dropkick through the corner blocked, Roxanne! throws her into the barricade and then back inside! Stomp in the corner, Perez in control, Bayley hobbling and we go to break!

Back from commercial, back and forth, hard strikes, Bayley fighting back with a huge elbow, whip reversed, up into the turnbuckles, avalanche side Russian legsweep from Perez! Hugger to the floor, counter a dive with an elbow, but Roxanne! lands a solebutt… POP ROX ON THE FLOOR! Bayley beats the count but Perez runs interference so Raquel Rodriguez can lay Bayley out with a boot!

She and Lyra Valkyria get into it, Rodriguez into the post and Perez dives on Lyra and lays mounted punches in! Bayley switching, Role Model in full effect, dragging Roxanne! in the ring by her hair and slamming her! Struggling, still feeling switchy, Perez from behind, Bayley-to-Belly into a knee, pumphandle…

Bayley wins by pinfall with the Roseplant.

Post-match, Valkyria gets in the ring to celebrate with Bayley but since the Role Model is in control she gets shoved away from a hug and yelled at. At war with herself, Bayley backs off and then tells her to stay out of it.

Cody Rhodes runs into Jim Uso backstage.

Jim congratulates him on retaining the title and Cody asks how Jey is doing. Jim says he’s all in his head and he’s not listening to him, but maybe he’ll listen to Cody. Rhodes says he’ll talk to him and they part ways.

JD McDonagh and Dominik Mysterio make their entrance and we go to break.

Back from commercial, Cody Rhodes meets with Jey Uso in the locker room.

Rhodes says he spoke to Jimmy and he seemed worried, is everything okay. Jey says Jimmy’s always tripping, it’s good, don’t worry about it. Cody says if it wasn’t all good, he’s been there and he knows the highs and lows but he reminds Jey he’s got his family and his friends and his fans and they believe in him.

Uso is grateful and tells him not to worry, he’ll get to the top again. They shake hands on it but Jey is left with a thousand-yard stare.

JD McDonagh vs. Rusev

Rusev laying uppercuts and body blows in right away, corner punches, referee Danilo Anfibio warns him off and McDonagh wades in with chops but the Redeemer lands a suplex and takes a moment to tell Mysterio he’s coming for him next. Straight suplex, HUGE back body drop and JD crashes to the floor!

Bulgarian Brute stalks after him, Snake Eyes into the barricade, throwing him at the steps, McDonagh jumps over and kicks the stairs into Rusev! Kick from the apron, second try and the Redeemer pulls him off the apron, but JD slips out and throws him into the post! Picture perfect Asai moonsault connects and we go to break!

Back from commercial, fighting in the turnbuckles, McDonagh trips him up, jawbreaker for breathing room, drop toehold into the corner, Busaiku Knee connects… ONLY ONE! Headbutt follows, slingshot corkscrew senton atomico, diving moonsault… NO DEAL! Clubbing lariats, off the ropes, throwing lariats, each one a little more staggering than the last but Rusev hosses him up and slings him around into a Rock Bottom!

Rusev fired up, tuning up the band, Machka Kick connects and the Accolade is in! Dom goes to run interference but the referee warns him off and Mysterio is too scared to act…

Rusev wins by submission with the Accolade.

Post-match, Finn Balor arrives to fight Rusev off and yell at Dominik for abandoning JD!

Backstage, Asuka is getting ready for her match when IYO SKY rolls up.

Asuka tells her she has to make Rhea respect her, IYO pleads, again Kairi tries to make nice and again she gets yelled at and scurries off.

LA Knight is interviewed backstage.

He defends the job he did refereeing on Saturday and says he doesn’t want to hurt Jey but if he has to he will.

“Main Event” Jey Uso makes his entrance from the concourse and through the crowd as usual, and we go to break.

“Main Event” Jey Uso vs. LA Knight

Trading punches out the gate, whip reversed, Knight ducks a lariat but Uso lays him out with an elbow! Hard whip, LA sidesteps, jumping neckbreaker and he’s fired up! Front kick, BFT blocked, charge in, low bridge, Knight off the ropes, baseball slide comes up empty and Jey blasts him with a lariat to send us to break!

Back from commercial, Knight with a superplex, back and forth, he hits his Burning Hammer… SO CLOSE! Pressing the attack, diving elbow, Vision men at ringside for the distraction and Jey capitalizes…

Jey Uso wins by pinfall with a spear.

Jim comes to the stage and tries to get Jey to help him help LA before the Bron ‘n Bron Connection picks the bones, but Jey leaves, so Jimmy grabs a steel chair and rushes to the ring to protect LA!

Paul Heyman yells at Bron Breakker like he’s a dog, complete with a “good boy” when he hops off the apron, and says they’ll do it in their time, and he leads the Brons on their way out.

Becky Lynch is backstage with Seth Rollins, running Cody Rhodes and the Usos down and talking up how she’s the greatest and mocking the crowd and says she’s gonna make an example and she grabs her title and leaves without Seth saying a word.

IYO SKY chats with Rhea Ripley backstage.

Rhea asks if they’re even allowed to hang out and says she’s really sorry about last week. IYO begs her to call off the match, but Ripley refuses and says maybe she and Oscar can beat some respect into each other like they did. Rhea tells her to be careful around Asuka and SKY gets upset, saying Asuka is family.

Ripley says that’s why it hurts even more, and IYO again says Asuka is family and asks if she can even trust Ripley, and we go to break.

Back from commercial, we get a recap of Stephanie McMahon being named the first inductee to the 2026 WWE Hall of Fame.

Commentary hypes up next week’s show, including an Usos vs. Bron ‘n Bron rematch, although no word if any pseudoscience trinkets will be placed at ringside this time.

We get a video package for the dynasty of El Grande Americano growing in power, and the trio is officially dubbed Los Americanos.

Maxxine Dupri is chatting with Adam Pearce trying to get a match.

He says the women’s division is more competitive than ever but just keep plugging away and give him time to find a match and he’ll give her the opportunity she’s asking for.

AJ Styles and Dragon Lee roll up.

Styles says the Americanos are starting to piss him off and you know how petty he is. They complain about the proliferation of Americanos and ask for a match next week. Pearce asks which two, they say they don’t care, and he says he’ll talk to the Americanos and get the match made.

Asuka vs. Rhea Ripley

A little feeling out, Asuka sends her to the floor and we go to break!

Back from commercial, Asuka with a dragon screw in the ropes, but Ripley comes back with a dropkick, bridging northern lights suplex for two! To the floor, big dive from Rhea and we go back to break!

Back from commercial, Rhea counters an ankle lock with a kick, clubbing blows, throwing Asuka into the corner and laying chops in! Setting her up top, jockeying for position, Ripley with the superplex! Trading strikes, Rhea ducks a kick, lands a big back elbow and both women are on even footing!

Rhea with a superkick, gets her up, Razor’s Edge connects, sliding kick… NO DEAL! Jockeying for position, Empress gets the flying armbar, a little struggle and she snaps Ripley’s arm back but Rhea fights out! Charging in, sidestepped, shoulder into the post, flash kick from Asuka… NOPE!

Laying kicks in, Rhea catches the last one, trading right hands, strike rush from the Empress cuts her down, buzzsaw finale connects but Ripley rolls to the floor! Asuka encouraging Kairi Sane to take a shot but she doesn’t! Asuka goes to the floor and yells at Sane before smashing Rhea’s face into the announce desk!

Back inside, running elbow for running elbow, Asuka grabs a kneebar! Shifting gears to an ankle lock, she gets to standing, Rhea hops for the ropes but Asuka pulls her in and hits a German suplex! Fired up, off the top… RIPLEY CUTS HER OUT OF MID-AIR WITH A DROPKICK! Back and forth, Kairi tries to get involved, malfunction at the junction, Rhea counters…

Rhea Ripley wins by pinfall with a small package.

Post-match, Asuka spits the poison mist at Rhea! As Ripley rolls around in agony, Kairi lights on her and they beat her down… IYO SKY MAKES THE SAVE! She grabs Asuka’s hand and calms her down, Asuka hugs her, turns her around… BACKFIST WIPES IYO SKY OUT! SANE JOINS THE ATTACK AND HOLDS IYO UP SO ASUKA CAN LAY HER OUT WITH A KICK!

Asuka directs traffic, Kairi up top, crying, Empress Impact takes out a recovering Rhea, inverted facelock holds SKY up and a conflicted Sane salutes, crying… DIVING ELBOW!

That’s the show, folks.