WWE Raw results, live blog (Sept. 8, 2025): AJ Lee!

WWE Monday Night Raw comes waltzing back into our lives today (Sept. 8, 2025) from the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, featuring all the latest build to the upcoming Wrestlepalooza premium live event scheduled for later this month in Indianapolis.

Advertised for tonight: For the first time in over a decade, AJ Lee will make her return to the red brand. Surely, CM Punk, Seth Rollins, and Becky Lynch will be somewhere around too. It’s almost time to make the match official!

Elsewhere, The Usos will respond to The Vision’s attack on Jey last week, AJ Styles goes one-on-one against El Grande Americano in an attempt to get payback, Lyra Valkyria gets her wish to battle Raquel Rodriguez, and a whole lot more!

Come right back here at 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. 8

I was raised out of steel here in the swamps of Jersey, some misty years ago. Through the mud and the beer, and the blood and the cheers, I’ve seen champions come and go. So if you got the guts mister, yeah, if you got the balls, if you think it’s your time, then step to the line, and watch me liveblog this here pro wrestling show for you, folks.

The show opens with a recap of AJ Lee’s return on SmackDown last week.

The usual montage of talent arriving at the arena follows.

“Main Event” Jey Uso makes his entrance through the crowd, joined by “Big” Jim Uso halfway through.

They get to the ring and Joe Tessitore and Corey Graves (in for Wade Barrett while he’s on vacation) recap last week’s reunion of the Usos in the main event of Raw.

The Usos run it back before getting on the mic.

Jey does the “Usos are now in your city” bit before addressing the Vision. He says Seth Rollins and the Bronies, the Bronses, the Brusos, whatever you wanna call ’em, they screwed up.

Enter the Bron ‘n Bron Connection, as I like to call ’em.

Bron Breakker asks Big Jim if he’s lost, because this is Raw and the Vision runs Raw. He says they’ve got some nerve after what Roman Reigns did to Paul Heyman and foams at the mouth such that Bronson Reed has to hold him back. Reed says all he wants from the Usos is for them to acknowledge their Tribal Thief, which gets him “OTC!” chants from the crowd.

Reed tells Big Jim to listen to Big Bronson but again is interrupted, this time by “Roman, Roman Reigns” singing chants. He threatens them to get put in the hospital just like they did to Reigns, and Big Jim says he knows exactly where he’s at, on Monjey Night Raw. He calls them PB&J security to riff on J&J Security and mocks them for taking orders from Paul Heyman, who he calls an orca and a dumbass.

He further says they already went to Adam Pearce and got a tag team match for the four of them at Wrestlepalooza! Jey says they don’t gotta wait, they’ll get jiggy right now, yeet. Bronson says they can wait until Wrestlepalooza… LA KNIGHT ATTACKS THEM FROM BEHIND! The heels overwhelm Knight but the Usos dive on them and beat them down in the aisle!

LA and Jey take Bronson in the ring, trading off punches, walloping Breakker when he comes in and Big Jim sends him packing with a superkick! BFT denied, Knight stops short of Uso and sidesteps so Reed splashes Jey in the corner! Jim sends Bronson flying with a superkick and the babyfaces stand tall, albeit not without dissension in the ranks.

Commentary reminds us that Raw will be an hour early next week, starting at 7pm Eastern.

We get a recap of El Grande Americano costing AJ Styles the Intercontinental Championship.

AJ Styles makes his entrance to send us to break.

Back from commercial, LA Knight is arguing with Adam Pearce backstage when Byron Saxton rolls up to do an interview and Pearce storms off to do general manager stuff.

Knight is mad that Pearce is giving the Usos more consideration than him and tells them if they want a problem they know where to find one and he wants Adam to give him a Bron, any Bron, he’ll take LeBron, he’ll take Charles Bronson, he just wants a Bron to stomp the piss out of.

Sounds to me like he’s got a little bit of a… Death Wish, folks.

Tip your waitress, I’ll be here all night.

AJ Styles vs. El Grande Americano

Styles launches Americano with a dropkick through the ropes before the bell and throws him into the barricade a few times! Putting Grande face-first into the ringpost, arguing with referee Rod Zapata, big chop across the barricade and an elbow near the apron! Passing Americano over the barricade, Zapata tells him to get things inside and AJ does so.

Finally we get a bell, plancha from Styles, back inside, elbow from the apron, lining Americano up… EL GRANDE AMERICANO II IS HERE AND RUNS INTERFERENCE! Grande I puts AJ hard into the steel steps knee-first and Styles spirals over the steel to send us to break!

Back from commercial, Americano I in control, cover, only two! Styles on the comeback, Grande blasts him with a kick, tornado DDT blocked, AJ suplexes him hard into the turnbuckles! Styles Rush, sliding forearm, spin-out Argentine powerbomb… NOPE! Thinking Styles Clash, Americano scrambles away, flapjack puts Styles into the turnbuckles face-first!

Knucklelock, overhand chop, lucha arm drag, powerbomb denied, again looking for the Styles Clash but Americano II gets up on the apron to run interference! Dragon Lee arrives to even the odds, Frankensteiner off the apron! Back and forth, Styles gets him in position…

AJ Styles wins by pinfall with the Styles Clash.

Post-match, Lee and Styles embrace and shake hands.

Backstage, Adam Pearce tells IYO SKY he had to cancel the contract signing for her and Stephanie Vaquer because Vaquer can’t make it but he’s sure Stephanie is gonna be good to go for the match.

Nikki Bella chats with IYO, putting her over, when Kabuki Warriors roll up.

Asuka tells Nikki to get out, Bella says she doesn’t have to like her but she does have to respect her, and Asuka tells her she’ll beat the respect into her tonight. They storm off and Kairi Sane again tries to awkwardly smooth things over for IYO before Asuka calls her off!

Lyra Valkyria makes her entrance to send us to break.

Back from commercial, we get an AJ Lee hype reel.

Lyra Valkyria vs. Raquel Rodriguez

Rodriguez overwhelms Valkyria out of the lockup, cornering her, Lyra ducks under, slips out, slides under, throwing probing kicks but Raquel catches her and swings her around! Rodriguez throws Valkyria hard into the turnbuckles, whip across, up and over, crucifix denied, Lyra grabs a guillotine choke!

Raquel coutners, vertical suplex attempt, Valkyria floats over, off the ropes, shoulder blocks, crossbody caught, Lyra floats over again, big arm drag, step-up enzuigiri and Rodriguez falls to the floor! Valkyria with a dropkick through the ropes, throwing Rodriguez back inside, up top, diving crossbody caught, knees from Raquel to set up a fallaway slam!

Pulling Lyra to the post, bow-and-arrow over the post with a handful of hair! Back inside, giant step, corkscrew Vader Bomb, another one, cover for two sends us to break!

Back from commercial, Valkyria with a reverse chinlock, Rodriguez fights out, paintbrushing slaps, whip across, Codebreaker denied and both women are down and out and Lyra throws a tantrum about it! Off the ropes, clubbing forearms, rolling solebutt, rising kick, off the ropes, Shinjiro Ohtani spinning wheel kick, la casadora bulldog, giant step, Valkyria up top, tornado DDT… RODRIGUEZ KICKS OUT!

Rodriguez with a slingshot Jackhammer, cover for two! Backbreaker rack, she rams Lyra into the turnbuckles, big right hand, climbing up with her, jockeying for position… LYRA VALKYRIA SWINGS HER WHOLE BODY UP AS A PENDULUM TO HIT A POWERBOMB BUT RAQUEL KICKS OUT! Fireman’s carry, her back gives out, Roxanne! Perez runs interference on the apron, Valkyria dropkciks her!

Back inside, Raquel hosses her up in a waistlock, solebutt on the break, off the ropes, Frankensteiner blocked, kicks to stabilize, victory roll pin for two! Enzuigiri lays her out, Valkyria goes up top, Rodriguez cuts her off…

Raquel Rodriguez wins by pinfall with the one-armed powerbomb.

Backstage, War Raiders tell Penta they’ll have his back any time he needs them and Penta turns to Adam Pearce and walks off with him.

Penta says when he came to WWE everybody loved him, and why? What has he done? He says the Intercontinental Champion is an asshole and he wants a title match so he can be a champion with cero miedo.

Rusev rolls up to complain Pearce isn’t sticking to the plan and he should be crushing. Penta gets in his face and Adam gets between them and books a first-time-ever match between them for tonight.

Commentary promises us AJ Lee, after the break.

Back from commercial, AJ Styles is chatting with Dragon Lee and says he’ll be there for him.

“Big” Jim Uso rolls up looking for Jey Uso and sees him in the distance. Jey is leaving and Jim says they gotta be in LA Knight’s corner for his match tonight but Jey says helping Knight isn’t gonna get them to Wrestlepalooza or get him his title back, and they’re gonna make sure they all acknowledge them or they’ll smash all of ’em.

Jim says he’s not sounding like himself, he’s starting to sound like Roman, and Jey says maybe sounding like himself isn’t worth it anymore.

AJ Lee makes her entrance wearing Becky Lynch’s WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship around her waist, and she gets on the mic.

She apologizes for keeping us waiting and is immediately cut off by a “Welcome back!” chant, for which she thanks the crowd. For those of you who weren’t here ten years ago and were really confused as to why your millennial parents were very excited on Friday, she introduces herself. Her name is AJ Lee, and she is your favorite wrestler’s favorite wrestler.

(Pretty sure my favorite’s favorite is Yuki Ishikawa, actually, but I’ll let it slide.)

Ten years ago she retired, she’s sorry, and she felt like she had accomplished all her dreams in wrestling. She was content, she hung up her Chuck Taylors and thought that was it, she’d never step in a ring wearing jean shorts two sizes too small. So she went on a journey to accomplish all these other crazy dreams, and more importantly she went on a mental health journey.

She wasn’t healthy, she needed to take care of herself, to get right, and she went to therapy and got treatment, yeah cheer for therapy– the crowd obliges with a “Therapy!” chant– and she found a way to turn all her mental chaos into a superpower, and man the fight is not easy. Every day is a fight, but if you’re going through the same thing, that fight is worth it and you are worth it.

And she was doing really good for a long time and then she watched Monday Night Raw. Healing isn’t linear, because it’s one thing to see your husband fight Drew McIntyre or Seth Rollins or John Cena, but it’s another thing entirely to see him in the ring with Becky Lynch. She wanted to like Becky, she thought they had a lot in common– she’s a leader, a rebel, a New York Times bestselling author! (AJ notes she did it first, however.)

Back on track, there’s a world where they could have been friends, but then she had to go and motorboat her husband! She put hands on him and defamed him, she–

Enter Becky Lynch, in red PVC pants, a red PVC bustier, and god-awful red glasses that make it look like she’s cosplaying a level of Abadox. She says this has nothing to do with AJ’s stank-ass husband and she’s upset that she’s wearing her title. That’s her title, the one she’s made the most important title in the division, and they’re nothing alike!

She gets in a fan’s face and yells at them to shut up before saying she’s the greatest female wrestler of all time and it’s not just her saying it, Sports Illustrated says it. “You suck!” chants rain down on her and she says she does not suck, and she provides the Chicago Tribune and Milwaukee Journal as additional sources.

She says she’s gonna need therapy after this and Lee doesn’t deserve to put a finger on her title. AJ says therapy works, it’s wonderful and she has some names to give Becky but oh gosh it’s so embarrassing she forgot she was wearing the belt! She wore it around the house, skipping and then she slept in it and things got weird this morning when–

Lynch gets mad and Lee says she’s sporting quite a shiner, was that her tiny fists of fury? Sorry, sometimes she gets feral and forgets. But since Becky is the greatest of all time, why doesn’t she come and get her title? At this, AJ takes the belt off and lays it in the ring. Lynch advances on her but backs off and “Chicken!” chants rain down on her.

She insists she’s not a chicken and yet the chants continue. She calls AJ New Jersey trash (heyyyy we’re not so bad lady) and asks where her husband is, and what kind of man hides behind his wife? This had nothing to do with Lee before she stuck her neck in where it doesn’t belong, and she decides to bring her hot husband out to show her what a proper champion looks like.

Enter Seth Rollins, to the tune of “You both suck!” chants.

He yells at the crowd to quiet down, pump the brakes, this is very simple, they can make this super easy. He tells AJ to just give the title back and they can all leave this dump of a city as soon as possible, easy breezy. Lee says that’s a really good idea and she didn’t even think of that, but she does, real quick, they could do that but she has a better idea.

Two options here, one, Becky could come in the ring right now and take her title back and risk getting a black eye on the other one to even it out. Or, she could give her the title, if she agrees to a tag match. AJ Lee and CM Punk vs. Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins. Seth says she’s been gone ten years and doesn’t know how things work anymore so he’ll explain.

He’s the World Heavyweight Champion, this is his show, his people, she’s been back for a cup of coffee and she doesn’t call the shots, he does. He’s gonna get in this ring, grab the title and give it back to his beautiful wife, to which AJ thanks him for mansplaining and then hops over the belt to get in his face before he can grab it.

Seth sidesteps, AJ sidesteps. The other direction, she’s right with him. He’s getting mad and he tells her to listen real good, that doesn’t belong to her. The crowd pops huge and CM Punk appears behind Lynch! He cold shoulders through her, slides in the ring, fireman’s carry but Rollins gets away and hides on the ramp with his wife, so mad he drops his microphone!

He picks it back up and accepts the mixed tag match and says they’re both done for at Wrestlepalooza! AJ, as promised, gives Becky her title back by chucking it out of the ring directly at her! She and Punk embrace with shit-eating grins on their faces and we go to break.

We get a Bayley video package where she says the last person she wanted to hurt was Lyra Valkyria and she’s hurt a lot of people but they mostly deserved and she’s a good person, so maybe… She doesn’t know how Lyra can forgive her when she can’t forgive herself. Role Model Bayley mocks her, Hugger Bayley says she’s proud of her and she should just talk to Lyra. Role Model says they need to do what’s best for her but Hugger says she knows how to make it right, and Bayley says she’s gonna make it right.

Penta vs. Rusev

Cero miedo, Rusev rushes in, sidestep, big chops from Penta, whip to the corner, up and over and the Redeemer smacks him with a huge lariat! Putting boots to Zero, hard right hands, short-arm lariat connects! Tijeras gets Penta some breathing room, sidestep a charge, lungblower, cover for one!

Body blow, leg kick, basement superkick, Zero up top but Rusev bails to the floor! Penalty Kick attempt off the apron, Redeemer catches it, trips him up and throws him into the announce desk! He charges in but Penta dodges and Rusev goes hard into the steel steps to send us to break!

Back from commercial, handstand double stomp from Penta, cover for two! New Day and Grayson Waller show up, Rusev back suplex, Zero lands on his feet, off the ropes, tope con giro wipes Kofi Kingston and Waller out! Back inside, low bridge sends Rusev to the floor but he cuts the dive off with a hamhock right hand!

Back inside, flip piledriver connects but the Redeemer kicks out! Penta up top, Xavier Woods runs interference, Rusev is ready for the dive…

Rusev wins by pinfall with a Machka Kick that cuts Penta out of mid-air.

We see the Bron ‘n Bron Connection backstage and we go to break.

Back from commercial we get a recap of John Cena challenging Sami Zayn for the United States Championship on SmackDown and Brock Lesnar ruining it.

“Big” Jim Uso rolls up on LA Knight in the locker room and asks LA if what happened with Jey tonight was an accident. Knight explains there was nothing he could do, and Jim says he knows he and Jey have beef but they’ve got to take care of things with the Vision tonight. Knight says he’s done with “we” and says Jey cost him his last world title match and if you go back to when he fought Roman Reigns, Jim cost him, too.

So if Uso wants to help, the best way is to not help.

Nikki Bella makes her entrance to send us to break.

Asuka vs. Nikki Bella

Feeling out, test of strength, Asuka steps through, Bella counters with a schoolboy, a side press, no deal. Empress with kicks, duck on, Nikki sits down into a victory roll, cover for two and Asuka goes wide-eyed! Charging in, side headlock from Bella, shot off, shoulder block, off the ropes, the Empress shoves her back!

Off the ropes, Bella with a dropkick, Asuka with a vicious knee to the nose, kicks to the back, octopus hold in the ropes and referee Jessika Carr gives her the five count! Sidestep the hip attack, Nikki with one of her huge elbows, spinebuster, cover for two! Asuka to the floor, sidestep, using Kairi Sane as a human shield, Bella pulls her aside and the Empress blasts her with a flash kick that sends us to break!

Back from commercial, Asuka with a huge German suplex, headed up top, Bella dodges a missile dropkick and struggles to seated before crawling to her feet and dropping her with an elbow! Throwing the Empress into the corner, Nikki charges in with a lariat, springboard roundhouse, cover for two!

Asuka with a big sliding kick, checking her mouth for blood, uraken, rolling solebutt, kick combination, buzzsaw roundhouse… NOPE! Arm wringer into the Asuka Lock, Bella hosses her up to counter and the Empress slips out. Victory roll, no deal, Nikki with an Alabama Slam for two!

Rack Attack denied, duck the backfist, kick takes Bella out, off the ropes, spinning heel kick, falling back into the Asuka Lock, Nikki flops like a fish but it’s a futile struggle…

Asuka wins by submission with the Asuka Lock.

Post-match, Asuka tangos around the ring with Kairi Sane.

A recap of the AJ Lee segment follows.

Commentary hypes up next week’s show and reminds us that it starts an hour early, at 7pm Eastern.

We cut to the Judgment Day clubhouse where everybody’s stoked about Raquel Rodriguez’s win and Roxanne! Perez getting a chance to do the same next week. Dominik Mysterio rolls up and everybody wonders where he was. He says he was preparing for his Worlds Collide match, Finn Balor says they’re just worried about Grande Americano because nobody ever gives anything for free around here.

Mysterio says it’s a lucha thing and they wouldn’t understand. When they all stare at him blankly he says it’s their fault for getting ejected and storms off. Roxanne! chases after him.

LA Knight makes his entrance to send us to break.

Back from commerical, Nikki Bella runs into the Kabukis backstage.

Asuka taunts her and Nikki says she’s ready for round two, they bicker, Bella shoves her and the Empress laughs about it but Rhea Ripley shows up and she’s not laughing. Ripley asks if they’ve got a problem and Asuka says yes, the two of them. She says she’s the top woman in WWE and Rhea points out IYO SKY is fighting for the championship and Asuka says something in Japanese and walks off.

Kairi Sane has a helpless look on her face, Asuka growls, and she runs off.

Nikki thanks Rhea for backing her up.

“Big” Bronson Reed vs. LA Knight

Knight backs him into the corner with punches, Reed tries to circle out but LA gets him right back in and keeps punching! Bronson shoves him, Knight slips out and corners him again, taking him to the next turnbuckle and smashing his face! Reed with a hammer whip, throwing LA out of the ring where Bron Breakker stalks!

Jawing, Bronson grabs Knight by the hair and pulls him up! Stunner on the apron, slingshot in, Reed catches him, LA fights out with elbows but barely rolls away from a Banzai Drop! Knight off the ropes with shoulder blocks, a lariat bowls him over! Mounted punches from Bronson, elbow drop, he puts his one up and clubs Knight!

To the floor, LA gets in Bron’s face and gets barked at, sidesteps Bronson into the post and then smashes his face into the steel steps before taunting to send us to break!

Back from commercial, Knight with punches, off the ropes, crossbody caught and turns into a World’s Strongest Slam… NO DEAL! Reed putting boots to him in the corner, action to the floor, Knight sends him over the announce desk, double jump splash into the timekeeper’s area! Back in the ring, Bronson throws him into the corner, LA goes for the jumping neckbreaker but Reed hangs on the turnbuckles to block!

Nobody home on the senton, Knight up in the turnbuckles, double jump elbow drop… NOPE! BFT, Bron runs interference…

Bronson Reed wins by pinfall with the Death Valley Driver.

Post-match, “Big” Jim Uso rushes down to make the save! Superkicks ahoy but Breakker spears him hard and follows it with grounded punches! Bronson takes a turn with headbutts, LA recovers but Bron throws him to the floor like a sack of potatoes! Reed with a senton…

JEY USO IS HERE! Superkick cuts Reed off, punches for Breakker, superkick for Bronson! Bron spears him, stacks the Usos up and puts boots to them as Reed goes up top– LA KNIGHT HAS A STEEL CHAIR AND HE RUNS THE VISION OFF! Fired up, eyes bulging, he beckons Bronson to come get some! He asks Jey if they’re good now and helps Jim to his feet and gives him a nod and they shake hands… LA KNIGHT TURNS AROUND INTO A SPEAR FROM JEY USO?!

He tells Knight they’re good now and yeets at him!

Big Jim wears a pained “c’mon really man?” expression while LA writhes on the mat.

That’s the show, folks.