WWE Raw Results, Winners, Live Grades and Highlights After Survivor Series 2025

On the heels of a blockbuster Survivor Series: WarGames premium live event that saw Bron Breakker pin world heavyweight champion CM Punk to win the namesake match for his team, WWE Raw hit the Netflix airwaves Monday night from the Desert Diamond Arena with a show that Triple H said would be "epic."

Was it?

Find out in this recap, featuring live grades and analysis for each of the night's matches and segments.

Lineup

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Announced in advance of Monday's show were:

The Last Time is Now Tournament Match: Jey Uso vs. LA Knight

The Last Time is Now Tournament Match: Gunther vs. Solo Sikoa

World Tag Team Championship Match: AJ Styles and Dragon Lee vs. The New Day

Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky Promo

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Last Time in Action: Rhea Ripley, Iyo Sky, Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, and AJ Lee defeated Asuka, Kairi Sane, Nia Jax, Lash Legend, and Becky Lynch (Survivor Series: WarGames, November 29)

On the heels of a victory inside WarGames, Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky kicked off Raw by announcing their intention to continue their rivalry with The Kabuki Warriors and to do so by challenging them for the Women's Tag Team Championship.

Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair, the former champions, took exception and confronted the duo known collectively as Rhyo. The former laid down the challenge for a match between the two teams later tonight, which Ripley and Sky accepted.

Grade

C

Top Moments and Takeaways

The promo segment was fine and sets up a big main event between four of the biggest stars in the women's division, but it was so creatively bankrupt that it almost diminishes it as a result. "We want a tag title match." "No, we want a tag title match." It has been done to death, and in more dynamic promo exchanges.

Backstage, Paul Heyman and Bron Breakker approached Raw general manager Adam Pearce about The Badass' victory over CM Punk in WarGames, insinuating that they will be looking for a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship sooner rather than later.

Last Time is Now Tournament Semifinal: Jey Uso vs. LA Knight

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Last Time in Action: Jey Uso lost WarGames (Survivor Series, November 29); LA Knight defeated The Miz (SmackDown, November 21)

Jey Uso and LA Knight rekindled their rivalry Monday night in the first semifinal match of the Last Time is Now Tournament.

A back-and-forth match saw neither man able to hold the advantage for a sustained period of time, instead answering everything the other threw at them. Near-falls ensued late, with Uso delivering a spear and Knight answering with a Megaplex, but neither being able to keep the other down.

Late, the former world champion hit an Uso splash on The Megastar but when he tried for the pinfall, Knight shifted his weight, executed a crucifix roll-up, and scored the come-from-behind win.

After the match, a dejected, frustrated Uso tore up the ringside area, the first hints of a downward spiral that not being world champion has caused.

Result

Knight defeated Uso

Grade

B

Top Moments and Takeaways

This was a solid match between two babyfaces who knew how to work the crowd. The match never slowed, no one really assumed the role of the de facto heel, and the crowd was with Knight and Uso through the finish. More importantly, it propelled Uso's narrative forward after weeks of starting it, then stopping it for the sake of building to WarGames.

Backstage, Asuka berated Bayley for not joining her team at WarGames. When The Role Model reminded her that they lost, The Empress of Tomorrow reminded her that it is Charlotte Flair in the main event tonight, not her fellow Four Horsewoman.

Dominik Mysterio Promo

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Last Time in Action: Dominik Mysterio defeated John Cena (Survivor Series, November 29)

Dominik Mysterio told the fans in Arizona that he is the greatest of his family, the King of the Luchadors, and the greatest Intercontinental champion of all time.

He gave props to his Judgment Day teammates Finn Bálor, JD McDonagh, Roxanne Perez, and Raquel Rodriguez for helping him out Saturday night and called out his main squeeze, Liv Morgan.

"I'm back!" Morgan exclaimed. She talked about missing Dom and her Judgment Day friends before turning her attention to rumors and speculation that the group is weak and/or falling apart.

She said Judgment Day now runs Monday Night Raw and is coming for everything and everyone.

Morgan slapped Mysterio before jumping in his arms to close things out.

Grade

B

Top Moments and Takeaways

Morgan got the monster pop for her return, one befitting a legitimate star, which she has absolutely become over the last two years.

The promo segment itself was fine, with the highlight being Morgan seemingly suggesting she is the glue that holds the Judgment Day together and keeps it strong. How well that goes over with Bálor, and what it means for her long-term future with the group, remains to be seen.

World Tag Team Title Match: AJ Styles and Dragon Lee vs. The New Day

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Last Time in Action: AJ Styles and Dragon Lee defeated The Judgment Day (Raw, November 3); The New Day defeated Alpha Academy (Main Event, November 10)

Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods, desperate to regain the tag team titles, attacked from the opening bell. The champions weathered the storm successfully at first, but New Day was able to take down Lee and isolate him from his future Hall of Fame teammate.

A hot tag to the Phenomenal One sparked the babyface comeback as Styles and Lee rolled. Late, with Kingston draped over the top rope, Lee came off the top rope with a double stomp that porjected the former WWE champion off and into the waiting arms of his partner.

Lee wiped out Woods on the floor and AJ delivered the Styles Clash for the pinfall win and successful title defense.

Result

Styles and Lee defeated New Day to retain the titles

Grade

B

Top Moments and Takeaway

A vignette featuring Natalya training Maxxine Dupri aired, hinting at the upcoming arrival of the Low Key Legend persona that the former has used in her handful of independent appearances.

This was a fun tag team match that may have been even better with a little more time. Woods and Kingston are already extraordinary, among the best teams to ever do it, but Styles and Lee demonstrated some superb chemistry here, and the finish was top-five of the year on WWE TV.

Backstage, Liv Morgan approached women's world champion Stephanie Vaquer and casually reminded her that she is back, hinting that she will be the next challenger to La Primera's title.

The Vision Promo

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Last Time in Action: Logan Paul, Bronson Reed, Bron Breakker, Drew McIntyre, and Brock Lesnar defeated CM Punk, Roman Reigns, Cody Rhodes, and The Usos in WarGames (Survivor Series, November 29)

Still braggadocios following The Vision's victory at Survivor Series, Paul Heyman cut an impassioned promo shouting out every one of the members of his WarGames team before labeling Breakker the uncrowned world heavyweight champion.

"I'm upset by how easy it was to pin CM Punk," The Badass said.

The second-generation star cut an angry promo in which he vowed to tear Punk apart and beat him for the top prize on the Raw brand on January 5 on Netflix. He threw down the microphone and stomped off, leaving his teammates behind.

Grade

A

Top Moments and Takeaways

This was a big moment for Breakker. He had a chance to star on the mic and he made the most of it, showing the fire you want out of a top star. With that said, he probably needs to reign it in a bit so as to remain coherent. At the same time, his unbridled energy is what makes him stand out. Paul answering Breakker's rant with "YEAH!" was a fun touch.

The Last Time Is Now Tournament Semifinal: Gunther vs. Solo Sikoa

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Last Time in Action: Gunther defeated Carmelo Hayes (Raw, November 24); Solo Sikoa defeated Penta via referee stoppage (Raw, November 24)

With a date against LA Knight in the finals of the Last Time is Now Tournament at stake, Gunther and Solo Sikoa squared off for just the second time in their careers and the first since their time in NXT.

What ensued was a fight between two big, nasty competitors, each willing to beat the hell out of each other in the name of winning the match.

Sikoa overpowered and steamrolled Gunther, to the surprise of many, seizing control entering the break. After the commercial, though, The Ring General answered his opponent's brute offense with chops, driving the air out of him.

Back from another break and Gunther cut a running hip attack off with a lariat clothesline. When Sikoa back body dropped him out of a powerbomb, Gunther answered with another big clothesline.

Late in the match, Gunther slammed Sikoa's hand on the ring apron, taking away his Samoan Spike finisher. Back in the ring, with the referee momentarily distracted, the former world champion booted Sikoa low and delivered a powerbomb for the win.

After the match, Knight confronted Gunther in the center of the ring, hyping next week's show.

Result

Gunther defeated Sikoa

Grade

A

Top Moments and Takeaways

This was the best match of Sikoa's career and another banger in a long line of them from the standard-bearer when it comes to the in-ring product in WWE. Gunther has been excellent for a long time but he returned from a hiatus and has delivered time and time again, working great (and completely different) matches with Je'Von Evans, Carmelo Hayes, and Sikoa. Who knows what next week holds but if recent history is any indication, win or lose, Gunther is going to deliver between the bells.

Backstage, AJ Styles and Dragon Lee approached Adam Pearce and requested to defend their titles against the War Raiders. The Raw GM obliged.

Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky vs. Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss

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Last Time in Action: Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky defeated The Kabuki Warriors (Crown Jewel, October 11); Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss lost to The Kabuki Warriors (Raw, November 10)

The product of the opening promo segment, the main event pitting Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss against Rhea Ripley and Iyo Sky was a competitive battle between two babyface tandems controlled by the former team into and out of the commercial break.

A hot tag from Sky to Ripley sparked that team's comeback and saw Mami flattened Little Miss Bliss with the Riptide and set The Genius of the Sky up for the Over the Moonsault.

Flair broke up the pinfall just in time for the Kabuki Warriors to hit the ring and draw the double disqualification.

A beatdown ensued until Bayley and Lyra Valkyria made the save. From there, Raquel Rodriguez, Lyra Valkyria, and Liv Morgan arrived, attacking all of the babyfaces and standing tall to close out the show.

Result

Flair and Bliss fought Ripley and Sky to a double disqualification

Grade

B

Top Moments and Takeaways

The match itself was quite good, particularly down the stretch following the tag to Ripley. The action was great, the heat was off the charts, and the teased finish was a great choice, if it was in fact the finish.

The run-ins highlighted the depth of the women's tag team division, which still feels like it is woefully underwritten and underdeveloped, despite the wealth of talent on the roster.

Morgan paying off her warning from earlier in the night by standing tall with Rodriguez and Perez, who she handed the tag title over to after a momentary hesitation, was a nice choice and ensured her words did not ring hollow. It also intensified the hints that Morgan and Perez will inevitably have issues after the latter moved in on Dirty Dom during Liv's absence.

Overall Grade

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From Bron Breakker's big promo to Liv Morgan's return, the brilliant Gunther vs. Solo Sikoa match to Jey Uso's crashout, this was a vast improvement on the premium live event from Saturday night and gave fans disenfranchised or unsatisfied with that show a reason to be hopeful as the company embarks on the road to WrestleMania 42.

A building block show that reaffirmed who the key players will be, introduced others to the fray, and confirmed that The Judgment Day is, in fact, back, it was a win for a company that needed some positive momentum following an underwhelming extravaganza.

Grade: B