WWE Raw Results 4/14/25

WWE Raw Results 4/14/25
Golden One Center
Sacramento, California

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Commentators: (Michael Cole & Pat McAfee)

Ring Announcer: Alicia Taylor

Transcription by Josh Lopez

GUNTHER & Michael Cole Segment

Michael Cole: So, I was expecting this a little bit later on tonight, but, Gunther, let’s get to it. Two weeks ago, you left Jey’s brother Jimmy bloodied in the middle of this ring, and it caused Jey Uso to march down to this ring, last week, a different person.

GUNTHER: Last week? Last week, Jey walked down to the ring, he looked me in the eye, and he told me that he’s not afraid of me anymore. Last week, Jey came down here, let me get to the point. Tonight, I am here to let you and everybody else in the audience know that Jey Uso is full of crap.

Michael Cole: Listen, guys, I understand y’all are frustrated. But speaking of frustration, Gunther, it appears that you’re a bit frustrated. And we saw last year at WrestleMania, when you walked in.

GUNTHER: Screw your questions. Screw Jey Uso. Screw everything Jey Uso stands for. And screw everybody that stands for him. Ever since I stepped foot in this company, I’ve been the greatest gift this company has ever received. For 80% of my time in this company, I have been a champion. And right now, I am the greatest World Heavyweight Champion of all-time. And I, I refuse to let somebody like Jey Uso ruin that for me. Yeah? Do it as much as you want, I don’t care. Jey, I heard you put your chest out, walk into WrestleMania with more confidence than you’ve ever had, because it won’t matter. At the end of the day, the bell has to ring. And when that happens, you still can’t lace my boots, and I will still put you down for a fourth consecutive time. For the last two weeks, I have been accused, the last two weeks, I’ve been told, you went too far with Jimmy, you lost control. Jey, trust me with one thing, in 37 years of my life, I have never lost control. And two weeks ago, when I took a bath in your brother’s blood, I was in full control, and I loved it. And Jey, I want you to go pray to the lord, thank him that I was in control two weeks ago, because if I wouldn’t have been, I would’ve drowned you both in Jimmy’s blood. And I’m looking forward to it, I’m looking forward, next week, calling my mother, and telling her how much I enjoyed it. To beat the living hell out of Jey Uso, and walk out of WrestleMania, still the World Heavyweight Champion.

– Liv Morgan & Dominik Mysterio will be a special guest on this week’s Raw Recap Podcast with Sam Roberts & Megan Morant.

Bianca BelAir Promo 

I’d be the first one to admit that lately I’ve been in my head. Everything that happened with Jade and Naomi, it really messed me up. And now this whole situation with Iyo and Rhea, it brought out a different version in me, but different isn’t wrong. My road to WrestleMania has been nothing but blood, sweat, and tears, no complaining, no whining, no excuses, no, just straight facts. I have been doing nothing, but standing up for myself, and telling the truth. Something anybody would do, something that I hope they’re teaching their kids to do. And you don’t have to like the truth, but you can’t deny it, just like I can’t deny that now it’s a Triple Threat Match. Yeah, I’ve been through a lot, but I’m still the best. So, I’m gonna use everything that I’ve been through, to be the Bianca that I know that I can be. I’m the Bianca that won the Elimination Chamber. I’m the Bianca that’s never been pinned at WrestleMania. And I’m the strongest, the fastest, the roughest, the toughest, the quickest, the greatest, the best Bianca that you have ever seen. So, it doesn’t matter that it’s a Triple Threat, because there’s nothing that Rhea or Iyo can do to stop me from getting my flowers, and walking out of WrestleMania as champion, because you can’t spell WrestleMania without EST.

First Match: Bayley w/Lyra Valkyria vs. Liv Morgan w/Raquel Rodriguez 

Morgan slaps Bayley in the face. Bayley runs after Morgan. Morgan repeatedly stomps on Bayley’s chest. Morgan brings Bayley to the corner. Morgan is putting the boots to Bayley. The referee admonishes Morgan. Morgan does a primal scream. Bayley with forearm shivers. Bayley ducks a clothesline from Morgan. Morgan fights out of the fireman’s carry position. Morgan ducks under two clotheslines from Bayley. Bayley with The Lou Thez Press. Bayley transitions into a ground and pound attack. Bayley with a Sliding Back Elbow across the back of Morgan’s neck. Bayley with a Sliding Lariat for a two count. Bayley repeatedly stomps on Morgan’s back. Morgan kicks Bayley in the ribs. Bayley is raining down haymakers. Morgan reverses out of the irish whip from Bayley. Morgan dropkicks Bayley into the turnbuckles. Morgan with a Running Hip Attack. Bayley responds with a Running Lariat. Bayley slams Morgan’s head on the top turnbuckle pad. Bayley with two back elbow smashes. Bayley slams Morgan’s head on another turnbuckle pad. Bayley with a Vertical Suplex for a two count.

Morgan slams Bayley’s head on the top turnbuckle pad. Bayley decks Morgan with a back elbow smash. Bayley with a Flying Arm-Drag. Bayley ducks a clothesline from Morgan. Bayley with a Belly to Back Suplex. Morgan regroups on the outside. Bayley goes for The Suicide Dive, but Morgan counters with a haymaker in mid-air. Bayley blocks The Three Amigos. Bayley drives her knee into the midsection of Morgan. Bayley whips Morgan into the steel ring steps. Morgan avoids The Running Knee Strike. Morgan stomps on the left hand of Bayley. Morgan with a Vertical Suplex off the ring stairs. Morgan has complete control of the match during the commercial break. Morgan applies a rear chin lock. Bayley with a JawBreaker. Bayley with forearm shivers. Morgan kicks Bayley in the gut. Morgan with a Pump Kick. Bayley answers with a knee lift. Morgan drives Bayley face first into the middle turnbuckle pad. Morgan with a Step Up Enzuigiri for a two count.

Morgan smacks Bayley in the mouth. Morgan kicks Bayley in the back. Morgan goes for The Flying CodeBreaker, but Bayley counters with a double leg takedown. Morgan with a Sunset Flip for a two count. Bayley goes for a Running Knee Strike, but Morgan rolls her over for a one count. Bayley finally delivers the running knee strike. Bayley hits The Running Sunset Bomb into the turnbuckles for a two count. Morgan clings onto the middle rope. Morgan with a flurry of up kicks. Morgan drops Bayley with The CodeBreaker on the ring apron. Morgan with a Missile Dropkick off the apron. Morgan rolls Bayley back into the ring. Morgan hooks the outside leg for a two count. Bayley dodges The Oblivion. Bayley with a straight right hand. Morgan blocks The Middle Rope Stunner. Morgan with a Roundhouse Kick. Morgan goes for a Flying CodeBreaker, but Bayley counters with The Stunner. Bayley connects with The Bayley To Belly for a two count. Rodriguez puts Morgan’s foot on the bottom rope. Rodriguez and Valkyria starts brawling around the ringside area. Rodriguez drops Valkyria with The Big Boot. Bayley nails Rodriguez with The Middle Rope Stunner. Morgan goes for The Oblivion, but Valkyria gets in the way. Bayley connects with The Jackknife Hold to pickup the victory.

Winner: Bayley via Pinfall 

– Roman Reigns & Triple H will be appearing on The Pat McAfee Show this Friday at WWE World.

– CM Punk/Roman Reigns/Seth Rollins/Paul Heyman Video Package. The Wiseman is still awaiting the arrival of The Tribal Chief.

Rhea Ripley Promo 

Bianca, I can see right through you. You said you were just out there to watch, and then you said you were just out there to call it down the middle, but I can see your true intentions now. You thrive on playing my emotions, winding me up like I’m sort of toy to you, just so you could get what you want, and make me seem like I’m the bad guy. The thing that you fail to understand, is that when I lose something that I love, I will stop at nothing to get it back. And Iyo, I never had to give you a championship match, but watching you pout and moan, it really pulled at the heartstrings that I have left. So, I used a page out of your book, and I got what I wanted to. So, Iyo, I advise you to cherish every single moment you have with the Women’s World Championship. And Bianca, I can’t wait to make you feel what it’s like when I’m the bad guy, because at WrestleMania 41, I get back what belongs to me.

Second Match: Rey Mysterio w/The LWO vs. Julius Creed w/American Made 

Mysterio with a waist lock go-behind. Creed backs Mysterio into the turnbuckles. Creed with a back elbow smash. Creed shoves Mysterio. Creed applies a wrist lock. Creed lifts Mysterio up in the air. Creed maintains wrist control. Mysterio with forearm sivers. Mysterio repeatedly kicks the left hamstring of Creed. Creed applies a hammerlock. Mysterio with a flying mare takeover. Creed drops Mysterio with a shoulder tackle. Creed talks smack to Mysterio. Mysterio reverses out of the irish whip from Creed. Mysterio with a Tilt-A-Whirl Headscissors Takeover. Creed responds with a Running Lariat for a two count. Creed applies a rear chin lock. Mysterio with elbows into the midsection of Creed. Creed answers with The Kitchen Sink. Creed wips Mysterio across the ring. Mysterio kicks Creed in the chest. Mysterio dropkicks Creed into the middle rope. Mysterio prepares for The 619. Creed launches Mysterio over the top rope. Mysterio with a shoulder block from the ring apron.

Mysterio rocks Creed with a forearm smash. The referee gets distracted by Brutus Creed. Chad Gable attacks Mysterio from behind. Creed gets crotched on the top rope thanks to Dragon Lee. The referee has ejected American Made and The LWO from the ringside area. Creed has complete control of the match during the commercial break. Creed applies a rear chin lock. Creed whips Mysterio back first into the turnbuckles. Mysterio decks Creed with a back elbow smash. Mysterio kicks Creed in the face. Mysterio with a Hurricanrana to the floor. Mysterio dropkicks Creed off the ring apron. Mysterio goes for a Sliding Splash to the outside, Creed catches him in a deadlift position. Creed climbs the ring stairs with Mysterio in a Vertical Suplex position. Creed teep kicks Mysterio. Mysterio sends Creed shoulder first into the steel ring post.

Mysterio with a Flying Hurricanrana. Mysterio transitions into a corner mount. Mysterio sends Creed to the corner. Creed dives over Mysterio. Creed catches Mysterio in mid-air. Creed goes for a Running Powerslam, but Mysterio counters with a Spinning DDT for a two count. Creed reverses out of the irish whip from Mysterio. Mysterio slides under Creed’s legs. Creed with a Rising Knee Strike. Mysterio sends Creed crashing to the outside. Mysterio gets distracted by El Grande Americano. Mysterio is trying to rip off Americano’s mask. Creed rolls Mysterio over for a two count. Mysterio shoves Creed into Americano. Mysterio with a drop toe hold into the middle rope. Mysterio connects with The 619. Mysterio drops the dime to pickup the victory. After the match, Americano drops Mysterio with a Running HeadButt. Americano lays out LWO with his loaded mask. Americano delivers The Diving HeadButt.

Winner: Rey Mysterio via Pinfall 

– Jackie Redmond had a backstage interview with The New Day. They’re not worried about any wars, because they deal with them every single week with the WWE Universe, and how the locker room treats them. They’ve been in war the entire time. The war stops when they take back the World Tag Team Championships at WrestleMania, and they show the entire world why they’re the greatest tag team of all-time. Last week was just a taste of what they’re willing to do to get those titles back. The WWE Universe will have no choice, but to say, thank god for The New Day.

The War Raiders Promo 

Xavier, Kofi, you’ve run your mouths about how The New Day is the greatest tag team of all-time. But the fact of the matter is, The War Raiders have blazed a path of world domination for over a decade. We’ve won gold on multiple continents. Last week, we had you beat, dead to rights, but you took the cowards way out. You knew you couldn’t beat us. You say, this is about these titles, it’s about more than these championships now. Last week, you took this to a whole new level, but you didn’t come for these titles, you came for my neck. You tried to put me back on the shelf. You tried to end my career. So, at WrestleMania, this isn’t going to be a match, hell, this ain’t even going to be a fight. This. Is. War.

Third Match: AJ Styles vs. Karrion Kross w/Scarlett Bordeaux

Kross is telling Styles that he’s just trying to help him. Kross shoves Styles. Styles drives Kross back first into the turnbuckles. Styles with clubbing shoulder blocks. Kross reverses out of the irish whip from Styles. Styles kicks Kross in the face. Kross drops Styles with The Big Boot. Hamstring Kick Exchange. Styles with a knife edge chop. Kross with a drop toe hold into the middle rope. Kross puts his leg on the back of Styles neck. Scarlett attacks Styles behind the referee’s back. Kross talks smack to Styles. Kross stomps on the left hand of Styles. Styles decks Kross with a JawBreaker. Kross ducks a clothesline from Styles. Kross with The Doomsday Saito Suplex. Kross repeatedly stomps on Styles chest. Kross whips Styles chest first into the turnbuckles. Kross mocks Styles. Kross tugs on Styles hair. Styles dropkicks Kross to the floor. Styles with a Sliding Knee Strike. Kross sweeps out the legs of Styles on the ring apron. Kross sends Styles ribs first into the ringside barricade. Kross launches Styles into the timekeeper’s area. Kross is fired up. Kross has complete control of the match during the commercial break.

Kross applies a rear chin lock. Styles with elbows into the midsection of Kross. Kross drives his knee into the midsection of Styles. Kross with a BackBreaker. Kross rolls Styles over for a two count. Kross hits The Final Prayer for a two count. Styles struggles to get back on his feet. Styles with a chop/haymaker combination. Styles with two hamstring kicks. Styles whips Kross across the ring. Kross starts favoring his right ankle. Kross was playing possum. Kross rocks Styles with a forearm smash. Styles is pissed. Styles with a running forearm smash. Styles delivers The Phenomenal Blitz. Styles with a Sliding Forearm. Styles with a leaping corner clothesline. Kross blocks The Ushigoroshi. Kross drops Styles with The DDT. Styles avoids The Kross Hammer. Styles hits The Ushigoroshi. Kross launches Styles over the top rope. Styles slams Kross head on the top rope. Styles rocks Kross with a forearm smash. Styles connects with The Phenomenal Forearm to pickup the victory. After the match, Logan Paul appears on the stage.

Logan Paul: AJ Styles! Hey, woah, woah, what’s up with all the hostility? Sacramento, chill, I came out here to tell my guy, congratulations. Seriously, AJ, good win, brother. Congratulations, you did it, in front of Sacramento, a bunch of people who weren’t cool enough to live in Los Angeles, and weren’t smart enough to live in San Francisco. You, my friend, just showed these generic California losers why you versus me at WrestleMania is gonna cook. But hey, AJ, why don’t we show them why our match is going to make money? Here’s what you’re up against. Please, enjoy this piece of cinema.

AJ Styles: Hey, that’s a cute little video, smartass. But why don’t we start WrestleMania a little early, and bring your ass into this ring, right now?

Logan drops his microphone and walks towards the ring. Styles avoids a cheap shot from Kross. Styles is throwing haymakers at Kross and Paul. Styles drops Kross with The Reverse DDT. Paul delivers The Titanium Punch. Paul plants Styles with The Paulverizer.

Winner: AJ Styles via Pinfall 

– Stone Cold Steve Austin will be a special guest on Stephanie’s Places on ESPN Plus this Wednesday.

Jey Uso Promo 

Alright, check it. I said what I had to say to GUNTHER last week. But I really wanted to come out here and holler at y’all. Yeah, my people, what’s up Sac-Town? My Momma is out somewhere in the crowd? But look, uce, everybody keep asking me, uce, Jey, where your mind at? Am I crashing out? Hell yeah, I’m crashing out. But I’m locked in, locked in me, locked in for my family, I’m locked in for y’all. But check it out, though, hold up, listen. Listen to GUNTHER out here talking, you know what that made me feel like? He mad. No, you’re afraid. Yeah, GUNTHER, you’re afraid, you’re afraid that I’m about to whoop your ass in front 60,000 people for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania. But look, though, I’m going to see you on Saturday, uce. GUNTHER, I’m gonna get you, cuz. Here’s what we’re going to do, one time for the one time. Hey, uce, please, please hit my music, oh yeah, uh-uh, YEET!

– You can catch the replay of Pat McAfee’s Big Night AHT! on Hulu.

– Cathy Kelley had a backstage interview with Bron Breakker. How is he navigating the biggest title defense of his career? Bron knows that this is the biggest title defense of his career. He’s looking forward to it. The Judgment Day viciously ambushes Breakker. Finn Balor throws Breakker into multiple production crates. Adam Pearce had to break up this vicious beatdown.

– John Cena & Cody Rhodes will have their final confrontation this Friday on SmackDown.

– Michael Cole & Pat McAfee will be hosting the WrestleMania Kickoff Event this Friday at 5pm ET! Seth Rollins, GUNTHER, Jey Uso, Bron Breakker, Bianca BelAir, Rhea Ripley, and Iyo Sky will be the special guests.

Fourth Match: PENTA vs. Finn Balor 

Penta dropkicks Balor off the ring apron before the bell rings. Penta lands The SomerSault Plancha. Penta rolls Balor back into the ring. Balor launches Penta over the top rope. Penta with The Apron Enzuigiri. Penta with a Flying Crossbody Block for a two count. Balor kicks Penta in the gut. Penta with The Swinging Arm-Ringer. Balor scores the ankle pick. Penta pushes Balor away with his feet. Balor blocks The Penta Driver. Penta blocks The Slop Drop. Penta kicks Balor in the face. Penta with a Running Enzuigiri. Penta with a Delayed Double Boot for a two count. Penta repeatedly kicks the left hamstring of Balor. Penta backs Balor into the ropes. Penta slaps Balor in the chest. Balor reverses out of the irish whip from Penta. Penta goes for a Sunset Flip, but Balor counters with a basement dropkick for a two count. Balor drives his elbow into Penta’s forehead. Balor applies a rear chin lock.

Balor pulls Penta down to the mat. Balor poses for the crowd. Balor repeatedly stomps on Penta’s chest. Balor does the too sweet hand gesture. Balor nails Penta with The Slop Drop on the ring apron. Balor has complete control of the match during the commercial break. Balor with The SuperPlex for a two count. Balor applies The Fujiwara Arm-Bar. Penta is throwing haymakers at Balor. Penta with a deep arm-drag. Penta ducks a clothesline from Balor. Penta with a Hurricanrana. Penta with two clotheslines. Penta SuperKicks Balor. Balor reverses out of the irish whip from Penta. Penta drops Balor with The Backstabber for a two count. Penta puts Balor on the top turnbuckle. Penta with an overhand chop. Balor blocks The Top Rope Hurricanrana. Penta with another overhand chop. Penta with The Running FrankenSteiner.

Penta kicks Balor in the chest. Penta with The Reverse SlingBlade. Balor responds with a SlingBlade of his own. Balor goes for The Shotgun Dropkick, but Penta counters with a Tilt-A-Whirl BackBreaker. Penta delivers The Sacrifice. Penta goes for The Penta Driver, but Balor rolls him over for a two count. Penta unloads a flurry of strikes. Penta SuperKicks Balor. Penta prepares for The Mexican Destroyer. Penta gets distracted by The Judgment Day. Balor rolls Penta over for a two count. Balor ducks a clothesline from Penta. Balor with The SlingBlade. Balor blasts Penta with The Shotgun Dropkick. Carlito runs away from Bron Breakker. Breakker clotheslines Balor which forces the disqualification. After the match, Judgment Day gangs up on Breakker. Breakker delivers The Double Spear. Breakker is fired up. Penta blocks The Spear. Penta with a Spinning Back Kick. Penta SuperKicks Breakker. Penta with a Headscissors Takeover to the outside. Penta wipes out everybody with a Flying Crossbody Block.

Winner: Finn Balor via Disqualification 

Iyo Sky Promo 

This message is for Bianca BelAir and Rhea Ripley. You keep forgetting that I’m the Women’s World Champion. You push me out of the way of your petty fights, like I mean nothing, but I’m the whole reason you’re fighting in the first place. Because I have the one thing you both want, the Women’s World Championship. So, I’m done being ignored. I’m done being forgotten. Because you have to go through me to get this title, and I’m not afraid to take you both on to defend it. I’ve beaten both of you before, and I’ll beat you again. At WrestleMania, you will never forget the name, Iyo Sky, Women’s World Champion.

– Roman Reigns sees Paul Heyman talking to CM Punk as he arrived to the Golden One Center. The Tribal Chief is pissed.

Roman Reigns, CM Punk, Seth Rollins Segment

Roman Reigns: Sacramento! Acknowledge Me. The whole world can feel that. The whole world can hear that you love and acknowledge your Tribal Chief. And now the whole world understands that you would never betray your Tribal Chief. But not everyone is like you. Some people would betray me. Sacramento, you got any guesses who that might be? Wiseman, how can you betray me? Sacramento, The Wiseman, he can’t hear you, you got to say it a little louder. Why?

Paul Heyman: My Tribal Chief, it was not a betrayal, I paid back a favor that I owed.

Roman Reigns: Sacramento, I must be a little bit confused here, the way favors work, you usually pay it back, yourself, correct? It feels like the only person getting screwed in this little favor is me. And there’s one thing you know about me, if there’s one thing that you know about your Tribal Chief, we ain’t ever gonna ask for a favor. Nah-nah, we take what we want. So, I don’t know owe a favor, because I never asked for any help, I never asked for anybody to join me at WarGames, therefore, I never asked for this favor. So, please, tell me, how I’m supposed to cover the tab for your dumbass favor?

– Seth Rollins makes his way down to the ring.

Seth Rollins: Sacramento! Let’s give it up for your Tribal Chief, because after over a decade, you’re finally getting it, man, you’re finally starting to put the pieces together, all by yourself. You’re almost there, you’re just missing one little piece, and it’s a real shame, it’s too little, it’s too late, because I still got to end you at WrestleMania. And it’s for the same reason it’s always been, because it’s the right thing to do. See, this Triple Threat Match at WrestleMania, this is the biggest and most important Triple Threat Match in the history of WrestleMania, in the history of this company, in the history of industry, because the winner of this match will define the future of our industry. No, it can’t be you, it can’t be you, because if this business is filled with people like you, people that don’t show up, except for when it’s convenient, and wants everybody to do all the dirty work, then this business dies. And it can’t be CM Punk, either, and you’re starting to figure that out.

Because if this business is filled with little CM Punk’s running around, who will pick up their ball and go home when times get tough, only to comeback and leech off the profits of other people’s success, this business dies. Y’all want the business to die, do ya? Well, I don’t, because if this business is filled with people like me, who will sacrifice physical and mental well being to do what’s best for business, the business not only lives, but it thrives. There could only be one, and it has to be me. And as for that one little piece that you haven’t quite figured out, favors don’t happen by chance, Roman, favors are a choice. I chose not to put Paul Heyman in the hospital last week, and now Paul Heyman can choose whether or not he wants to pay that debt to me. But your Wiseman, he is dishonorable as they come, he’s a scumbag, and I expect nothing from him. Paul Heyman is not in CM Punk’s corner at WrestleMania by chance, Paul Heyman has made a choice. It’s not just the betrayal, Roman, what you need to ask yourself, the final piece in this puzzle, he’s not just returning a favor, he’s choosing. You gotta figure out why he is choosing CM Punk over you?

Roman Reigns: Wiseman! He’s right. You made your choice, and I made my mine.

Reigns clotheslines Rollins. Reigns drives Rollins shoulder first into the steel ring post.

Paul Heyman: I acknowledge you, my Tribal Chief.

Reigns pie faces Heyman. CM Punk storms into the ring. Punk ducks a clothesline from Reigns. Punk and Reigns are trading back and forth shots. Punk clotheslines Reigns over the top rope. Punk checks on Heyman in the corner. Reigns Spears Punk. Reigns transitions into a ground and pound attack. Rollins cracks Reigns in the back with a steel chair. Rollins delivers Two Curb Stomps. Rollins grabs the chair and starts staring at Heyman as the show goes off the air.

Total Run-Time: 2 Hours, 24 Minutes, 45 Seconds 

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