WWE Raw Results – 2/24/25 (Women’s Tag and Intercontinental Titles on the line, Final build to Elimination Chamber)

Replay: Last week on Raw, Penta drove Pete Dunne into Ludwig Kaiser, who was standing on the apron. Penta defeated Dunne shortly after.

Ludwig Kaiser makes his entrance. He’ll face Penta and Pete Dunne in a Triple Threat Match next.

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We’ll find out if Cody Rhodes will accept The Rock’s offer this Saturday at Elimination Chamber.

Triple Threat Match
Ludwig Kaiser vs. Pete Dunne vs. Penta

Referee: Eddie Orengo

The bell rings, and Pete Dunne begins yelling at Ludwig Kaiser. Dunne then takes him down with a step-up enzuigiri. Penta kicks Dunne and hooks a side headlock. Dunne whips him off, but Penta ducks a pair of clotheslines and hits a running hurricanrana. Dunne quickly rolls out of the ring to recover. Kaiser sneaks up and rolls Penta up for a two-count. Kaiser reverses a whip to the corner, but Penta hits a slingshot backstabber on him. Kaiser rolls out of the ring. Penta sets up for a dive, but Kaiser steps out of the way. Penta puts the brakes on. Dunne attacks Kaiser at ringside before turning into a cannonball off the apron from Penta. Kaiser attacks Penta from behind and sends him into the barricade. Kaiser then hits a basement dropkick on Dunne’s arm into the steep steps.

Kaiser gets Penta in the ring. Kaiser sends him into the ropes, but he lowers his head and eats a kick. Penta clotheslines Kaiser over the top rope and heads to the top rope. Penta dives to ringside with a cross-body block on Kaiser and Dunne.

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Back from the break, Penta hits a Tower of Doom spot on Kaiser and Dunne. It was a powerbomb/superplex combo. Penta chops Kaiser and grabs Dunne. Penta goes back and forth, chopping them both. Penta hits the ropes and hits Dunne with a Reverse Sling Blade. Penta kicks Kaiser and hits a Reverse Sling Blade on him. Penta is fired up. Penta hits Kaiser with a handspring basement dropkick in the corner. Dunne cuts Penta off, but Penta fights back. Penta chops Kaiser from the apron and leaps at Dunne, seated on the top rope. Penta hits a head-scissor takeover on Dunne off the top rope, flipping him into Kaiser!

Penta signals for a dive, but he stops to take Kaiser out. Penta then hits a somersault senton on Dunne. Penta gets back in the ring and hits a somersault senton on Kaiser! Penta gets Kaiser in the ring and hits a rolling Death Valley Driver. 1… 2… Dunne breaks it up with a dropkick. Penta and Dunne trade strikes. Dunne soon backflips over Penta, but Penta responds with a dropkick. Kaiser grabs the back of Penta’s mask. Dunne drives Penta into Kaiser. Dunne hits Penta with a Bitter End! 1… 2… Kaiser breaks up the pin. Kaiser hits the ropes and kicks Dunne in the arm before setting up for his swinging DDT. Dunne counters with Joint Manipulation on Kaiser. Penta comes from out of nowhere with a Mexican Destroyer on Dunne! Penta superkicks Kaiser away and grabs Dunne’s arm for the Sacrifice!

Penta goes for a Penta Driver, but Kaiser sends Penta out of the ring. Kaiser hits his Swinging DDT on Dunne and picks up the win!

Winner by Pinfall: Ludwig Kaiser

Video: John Cena said at the Royal Rumble Post Show that he will win the Elimination Chamber to win his 17th World Championship. He wants to win that title so he can shake the hand of the person who wins the 18th World Championship.

In-Crowd Interview Segment

Jackie Redmond stands on the platform in the crowd and introduces Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley. The challenger for the Women’s World Championship will be determined at Elimination Chamber. The champion is currently in question because Rhea Ripley will defend the title against IYO SKY next week. Ripley says she’ll have an eye on the Elimination Chamber match. Ripley has never defeated Sky, but they haven’t faced in five years. In those five years, Ripley has become the most dominant woman in WWE. She’s beaten everyone who has stepped up to her. Becky Lynch, Charlotte Flair, Liv Morgan… you name it, she’s beaten them all. Next week, she’ll add IYO SKY’s name to the list.

IYO SKY walks up to her and speaks in Japanese. Sky then says she’ll beat Ripley next week. Sky will go to WrestleMania as the Women’s World Champion.

Next Monday on Raw, Rhea Ripley will defend the Women’s World Championship against IYO SKY.

Video: Preview of WWE LFG on A&E this Sunday.

The New Day makes their entrance. They’ll face the LWO next.

Video: Two weeks ago on Raw, The New Day viciously assaulted Rey Mysterio.

-Commercial Break-

The New Day are in the ring. Kofi Kingston says the crowd should thank god they’re in the arena. The LWO runs down and chases them out of the ring.

Tag Team Match
The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) vs. The LWO (Cruz Del Toro and Joaquin Wilde)

Referee: Danilo Anfibo

Xavier Woods starts off against Joaquin Wilde. Wilde takes it to Woods and stomps him down. Woods fights back, but Wilde grapevines the head and bends over the ropes for a few moments. Wilde hits a springboard dropkick and kips up. Cruz Del Toro tags in. The LWO hits Woods with a double-team back elbow. Del Toro flips Wilde onto Woods before hitting a springboard moonsault for a two-count. Del Toro sends Woods to the corner, but he runs into a boot. Woods goes to the top rope, but Del Toro kicks him in the face. Del Toro hits a springboard super hurricanrana before attacking Kofi Kingston. Del Toro chops Woods and hooks the head, but Woods flips through a suplex attempt. Del Toro charges at Woods, but Kingston pulls the top rope down to get him out of the ring. The New Day poses before Kingston goes after Del Toro. Woods tags in and stomps away at Del Toro in the corner. Kingston whips Woods into Del Toro with a basement dropkick for a two-count. Woods taunts the crowd. Del Toro rolls him up for a two-count. Woods rocks Del Toro with a forearm to the jaw. Kingston tags in, but Del Toro fights him and Woods off. Kingston stops Del Toro from making a tag, but Del Toro counters with a kick.

Wilde tags in and hits a pair of clotheslines on Kingston before hitting Woods with a superkick. Wilde mounts Kingston and punches away at him. Wilde attacks Woods, rolls over him, and hits Kingston with a DDT. Wilde hits Woods with a DDT and celebrates. Del Toro tags in. The LWO then hit stereo somersault sentons on The New Day! Del Toro gets Kingston in the ring. Wilde goes to the top rope as Del Toro gets Kingston in the electric chair. Woods distracts the referee as Kingston slides off and drives Del Toro into Wilde. The New Day hit Del Toro with Lights Out (backbreaker/top rope double stomp combo) for the win.

Winners by Pinfall: The New Day

The New Day continues to attack the LWO, so Dragon Lee runs down for the save. Lee goes to drive Woods into the mat, but Kingston distracts him. Woods big boots him down. The New Day then hits a double-team powerbomb on Lee, though they had a lot of trouble keeping him up.

The Judgment Day Clubhouse

Finn Bálor says he’s sick and tired of this. Last week was embarrassing for The Judgment Day… all because of Dominik Mysterio. Mysterio lost to AJ Styles and got speared by Bron Breakker. Mysterio points out that Bálor got a shot at the Elimination Chamber and lost. Carlito tries to keep the peace, but they ignore him. Mysterio says they need another member. Bálor says he’ll fix everything. Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez stop the fighting. Morgan says she and Rodriguez will bring gold to the Judgment Day. It doesn’t matter who holds gold as long as they have gold. Bálor pretends that he agrees, though he clearly wants gold all for himself. Bálor says they should worry about Bianca Belair and Naomi. Morgan says they’ll handle their business.

Video: WWE Topps Chrome Cards are shown off.

Backstage Segment

World Heavyweight Champion “The Ring General” Gunther is walking backstage. He is dressed to compete.

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WrestleMania is 54 days away.

The University of Cincinnati Bearcats team is at ringside. Adam “Pacman” Jones, former NFL All-Pro Cornerback (and TNA competitor), is also there.

Gunther will defend the World Heavyweight Championship against “Main Event” Jey Uso at WrestleMania 41.

World Heavyweight Champion Gunther speaks

The crowd is booing the Ring General. Gunther says he knows they can’t contain their excitement because the greatest wrestler is competing tonight. Before he fights, he wants to talk about WrestleMania. When Jey Uso first picked him for WrestleMania, he was angry. Now, he realizes he can end the YEET circus for good and embarrass Uso. Today, he took the WrestleMania spirit and offered Adam Pearce the opportunity to get Gunther in the ring. Gunther handpicked his opponent is… Akira Tozawa.

Non-Title Match
World Heavyweight Champion “The Ring General” Gunther vs. Akira Tozawa w/ Alpha Academy (Otis and Maxxine Dupri)

Referee: Shawn Bennett

Gunther says Akira Tozawa is a good wrestler, but he’s instead acting like a goof for the fans, just like Jey Uso. Tozawa has a chance to earn his respect, something Jey Uso will never get. Gunther shoves Tozawa and challenges him to earn his respect.

Tozawa kicks Gunther in the face as the bell rings. Tozawa punches away at Gunther and big boots him again. Tozawa hits the ropes, but Gunther crushes him with a big boot. Gunther rips Tozawa’s shirt off and looks furious. Tozawa chops Gunther, but Gunther responds with a VICIOUS chop that takes him down. Gunther goes for a Powerbomb, but Tozawa counters with a guillotine choke attempt. Gunther shoves him off, but Tozawa rocks him with a spin kick. Gunther fights back with a Tyrannosaurus Dropkick. Gunther goes for a Powerbomb, but Tozawa counters into Code Red for a near fall! Tozawa heads to the top rope for a missile dropkick, but Gunther catches him and applies a Boston Crab. Tozawa fights through the pain. Otis roots Tozawa on as he gets a rope break. Gunther shoves him a few times, but Tozawa responds with some chops. Gunther swats him down with one chop and connects with a devastating Powerbomb. It’s academic now. 1… 2… Gunther pulls Tozawa’s shoulders off the mat. Gunther applies a Sleeper Hold, and the referee calls for the bell.

Winner by Referee Stoppage: World Heavyweight Champion Gunther

Gunther goes to put the Sleeper Hold back on Tozawa, but Otis gets in the ring. Gunther hits Otis, but Otis absorbs it. Gunther backs off. Otis checks on Tozawa, so Gunther attacks him from behind with a Sleeper Hold. “Main Event” Jey Uso comes out to a HUGE ovation, and Gunther gets out of the ring. Uso invites Gunther to get in the ring, but Gunther declines.

Video: Michael Cole appeared on imPaulsive last week and discussed his friendship with Pat McAfee. McAfee then goes to the telestrator to point out how Cole’s shirt was ready to pop off during the appearance.

Backstage Segment

Dakota Kai is preparing for her Women’s Intercontinental Championship match. The champion, Lyra Valkyria, is walking backstage as well.

-Commercial Break-

Video: Last week on Raw, Dakota Kai defeated Ivy Nile to become the No. 1 Contender for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship.

Women’s Intercontinental Championship
Dakota Kai vs. Lyra Valkyria (c)

Referee: Jessika Carr

The bell rings, and they lock up. Valkyria hooks the head and hits a takeover. Valkyria attacks the arm, but Kai quickly kicks her away. Valkyria charges, but Kai rolls her up for a two-count. Valkyria grabs Kai and slams her down. Kai gets out of the ring. Valkyria goes to the floor for a wrecking ball dropkick, but Kai catches her. Valkyria pulls her to the apron and sets up for a suplex, but Kai fights it. Kai takes Valkyria down and connects with a cannonball off the apron.

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We return from the break to see Kai and Valkyria fighting on the top rope. Kai knocks Valkyria into the tree of woe. Valkyria manages to kick her in the face a few times and sits up. Valkyria sets up and connects with a delayed vertical superplex. Valkyria and Kai take a few moments to recover before exchanging blows from their knees. Kai ducks a spin kick and hits a Scorpion Kick. Kai lifts her, but Valkyria counters into a roll-up. They go back and forth with roll-ups before bridging up. Kai goes for a backslide pin, but Valkyria fights it and hits a backslide, but Kai rolls through. Kai hits a jackknife pin, but Valkyria bridges up again and hits a powerbomb for a near fall.

The crowd lightly chants, “This is awesome.” Valkyria comes off the second rope, but Kai superkicks her out of mid-air. Kai charges for a face wash boot in the corner, followed by a Kai-ropractor for a near fall. Kai gets Valkyria on the apron for a stomp over the ropes, but Valkyria moves. Valkyria goes to the top rope, but Kai kicks her in the face. Kai goes to the second rope for a superplex, but Valkyria fights it. Valkyria slides under her and hits Nightwing for the win!

Winner by Pinfall and still Women’s Intercontinental Champion: Lyra Valkyria

Kai shakes hands with Valkyria and leaves the ring. Ivy Nile sneaks up behind Kai and drives her into the barricade. Nile hits the ring as Valkyria celebrates and rips her off the ropes. Nile connects with a German Suplex and a big powerslam. Nile holds up the Women’s Intercontinental Championship.

WWE Evolve premieres next Wednesday, March 5, on Tubi.

Video: Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn in an Unsanctioned Match at Elimination Chamber.

Backstage Interview

Earlier today, Jackie Redmond interviewed Sami Zayn. Zayn says he went to Kevin Owens’ house and saw his mother. She was in good spirits. Zayn went home and was ashamed of himself. Zayn couldn’t recognize himself after going to Owens’s house with bad intentions. As much as Zayn doesn’t recognize himself, he doesn’t recognize Owens. They’ve gone down this road before, but now he’s unsure what he’s capable of. He also doesn’t know what Owens is capable of. A lot of people are looking forward to this match. He understands why WWE didn’t sanction it because his neck isn’t where he wants it to be, but they should be worried about what he’ll do to Owens. This is going to be a war. It’s going to be insane. Everything they’ve done to each other over the years… it’ll be worse. It’s going to be a bad time for both of them, but especially for Owens. Zayn hopes Owens is ready.

Backstage Segment

“Dirty” Dominik Mysterio is walking backstage with Finn Bálor and Carlito. He’ll face WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker, who is also shown walking backstage, next.

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Video: WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Bianca Belair and Naomi tell Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez that they messed up by attacking them. Belair and Naomi will beat them tonight, at Elimination Chamber, and maybe even a third time.

Replay: Last week on Raw, AJ Styles defeated “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio in his return match. WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker tried to blindside Styles with a Spear, but Styles moved, and Mysterio took it instead.

Non-Title Match
“Dirty” Dominik Mysterio w/ The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and Carlito) vs. WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker

Referee: Rod Zapata

The bell rings, and the crowd is barking for Breakker. Mysterio flexes his “muscles,” so Breakker shoves him down. Breakker blocks a kick and flips Mysterio over the top rope to the floor. Breakker goes to ringside and sends Mysterio back into the ring. Breakker blocks a punch and hooks a side headlock. Mysterio whips him off, but Breakker hits the ropes at a ridiculous speed and turns Mysterio inside out with a clothesline! Bálor and Carlito pull Mysterio out of the ring to help him recover.

Breakker goes outside and chases Mysterio back into the ring. Mysterio stomps Breakker as he gets in the ring and goes for a suplex, but Breakker blocks it. Breakker flips him off for a slam. Bálor distracts the referee. Carlito trips Breakker, so Breakker starts choking him at ringside. Mysterio hits Breakker with a suicide dive and gets him in the ring for a slingshot senton bomb for a two-count. Mysterio taunts the crowd and turns around to see Breakker grab him by the throat. Carlito gets on the apron, so Breakker knocks him off. Mysterio knocks Breakker into the ropes and hits a 619. Mysterio heads to the top rope, but Breakker cuts him off. Breakker sets up for a superplex, but Mysterio knocks him to the canvas. Breakker immediately scales the ropes for a Frankensteiner! Breakker pulls the straps down and sets up for a Spear, but Bálor and Carlito pull him out of the ring. The referee calls for the bell.

Winner by Disqualification: Bron Breakker

Bálor, Carlito, and Mysterio triple-team Breakker in the ring. Carlito holds Breakker up as Mysterio strikes him. Mysterio charges, but Breakker manages to hit him with a back body drop over the top rope. Breakker hits the ropes and hits Carlito with a Spear. Breakker immediately turns and stops Bálor in his tracks as he tries to get in the ring with a chair. Bálor cautiously backs off and stares at Breakker from ringside.

Video: This past Friday on SmackDown, The Rock announced that WrestleMania is coming to New Orleans in 2026. The Rock then called out Undisputed WWE Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes. The Rock said he wants Rhodes to be his champion. Rhodes says he is the people’s champion. The Rock told Rhodes he could offer him great things… in exchange for his soul. The Rock said he would expect a decision at the Elimination Chamber event.

Backstage Segment

Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes is walking backstage. He looks conflicted. We’ll hear from him next.

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Backstage Segment

The Creed Brothers are celebrating with Ivy Nile backstage. Cathy Kelley asks if Nile is trying to get back in the title picture. Nile says she is. The Creed Brothers are going after the World Tag Team Titles next week. Then, she’ll beat the hell out of Lyra Valkyria until she gets her match. The War Raiders attack the Creed Brothers from behind.

Cody Rhodes addresses The Rock’s offer

“Wrestling has more than one royal family.”

Undisputed WWE Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes makes his way to the ring to a great ovation. A loud “Cody” chant fires up. Rhodes coyly says, “So, Cincinnati… I’m pretty certain I know what we’re supposed to talk about.” What does it mean to ask for one man’s soul? Rhodes knows that’s rather abstract phrasing, but having grown up in this business, he can read between the lines and understand the offer that “The Final Boss” The Rock has made him. It is Good Guy 101 for him not to lie to the crowd. Rhodes has never lied to them and won’t start now. He wants them to know as he heads toward another main event at WrestleMania that he is incredibly blessed. He is not a team of one. This decision he has to make at Elimination Chamber doesn’t affect him alone. He has his lovely wife, Brandi Rhodes, his daughter, Liberty, his sister, Little Brodie, the Nightmare Factory and his students, his two nephews breaking into the family, his mother, and the memory of a father who worked into his sixties on the independent circuit, bleeding and breaking his body to make ends meet. Rhodes does not want that for his own future. Everyone knows he’ll scratch and claw to get it, but the Rock is offering him not to have to do that.

“BURN IT DOWN!”

Seth “Freakin” Rollins heads to the ring. Rollins says this is the first time he’s been in the ring with Rhodes in nearly a year. The last time was WrestleMania 40. Rollins would love for this moment to be a moment of celebration as he welcomes him back to his show, Monday Night Rollins. He’d love to look Rhodes in the eye and tell him how proud he is of his near yearlong run as WWE Champion. He’d love to tell him he can’t wait to face him in the Main Event of WrestleMania once he wins Elimination Chamber.

That’s not why he’s out here. Rollins is here to ask Rhodes what the hell he’s thinking after the offer from Friday. Nearly a year ago, they stood side-by-side, ready to go to battle against the Bloodline… against Roman Reigns and The Rock. Now, The Rock is back, asking Rhodes to be his champion and sell his soul. The fact that Rhodes didn’t slap him in the face on the spot is a slap in Rollins’s face. Rollins warns Rhodes not to make him regret everything he sacrificed to help Rhodes win the WWE Championship. Rollins asks, “What the hell are you thinking, man?” What is he going to get? A bit part in The Rock’s movies? Is the WWE Championship a burden to him?

Rhodes says he wishes this conversation was going differently. He’d love to shower gratitude on Rollins, but he’s sounding judgmental. The Rock came to SmackDown to ask for his soul because Rollins’s soul was compromised. Rollins shook Rhodes’s hand before he had to go off for surgery before hitting him in the back with a sledgehammer. Rhodes knows who Rollins is. Rollins hit Roman Reigns in the back and broke up The Shield before saddling up with The Authority and running guys like him out of WWE. Rhodes also knows that Rollins was his shield at WrestleMania 40. With one leg and a scrambled back, Rollins helped him achieve his family’s biggest dream of the WWE Championship. Rollins was the MVP of WrestleMania 40.

Both stand there silently for a few moments as a light “MVP” chant picks up. Rollins says he’s not out here to judge Rhodes. Maybe, in some way, he’s out here to protect Rhodes from making the mistakes he made years ago. Those mistakes stay with you. Rollins has been filled with hate. Sometimes, it’s pointed in the right direction at guys like Roman Reigns and CM Punk. Rollins doesn’t want to hate Cody Rhodes and tells him not to make him hate him. Rhodes is a grown man and can do what he wants. Rollins is going to the Elimination Chamber and will win. The man he wants to face at WrestleMania isn’t a soulless Cody Rhodes. The man he wants to face is the Cody Rhodes, who beat him at WrestleMania 38. The Cody Rhodes who took him to his limit with one arm and beat him inside Hell in a Cell. He wants the Cody Rhodes, who he helped win the title at WrestleMania. Rollins isn’t coming for his soul, but he is coming for his title. Rollins walks off as Rhodes stares off into the distance, deep in thought.