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WWE Raw Results, Highlights & Live Blog (12/8/25)

Full results and highlights from this week's episode of WWE Raw featuring hype for John Cena's final match.
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WWE Raw - Gunther
WWE Raw - Gunther | WWE

It's John Cena retirement week in WWE.

Cena will wrestle in his final match against Gunther at Saturday Night's Main Event this weekend and Gunther will be on hand on this week's episode of WWE Raw to address Cena after threatening to make him quit on Friday's episode of Smackdown.

Gunther defeated Sheamus on SmackDown in the finals of the Last Time Is Now tournament. Because of that win, he earned the opportunity to be Cena's final opponent. In an off-microphone promo after the tournament win, Gunther told Cena that he would make him quit.

The question is, will we see John Cena this week? Cena is not advertised for the program at this time. So, what other final words will Gunther have for Cena? We'll find out on this week's episode of WWE Raw.

In other action this week, the WWE World Tag Team Championships will be on the line when AJ Styles and Dragon Lee defend the gold against The War Raiders. Styles and Lee said last week that they wanted to be fighting champions and The War Raiders are the opponents they got. Will they hang onto the belts, or will there be new champions crowned?

AJ Styles
AJ Styles | WWE

Also, WWE Women's World Champion Stephanie Vaquer will address her future as champion. Vaquer successfully defended her championship against Nikki Bella at Survivor Series, but what's next? Former champion Liv Morgan returned to WWE at Survivor Series. Will she and Vaquer cross paths?

Finally, two other matches are currently announced for the show. First, Finn Balor will face Rey Mysterio in a singles match. Mysterio has reignited a feud with The Judgment Day because of his son, Dominik.

Will Rey be able to maintain his winning ways against a faction with whom he has a major history?

There will also be a women's division match between Lyra Valkyria and Judgment Day member, Roxanne Perez. Valkyria and Bayley have been clicking as a tag team lately, but how will this match with Perez and feud with Judgment Day impact their relationship? It all comes to a head on WWE Raw.

WWE Raw Results

-A recap video detailed the happenings of the Last Time Is Now tournament. From there, the announce team welcomed the audience to Raw.

-Gunther made his entrance and the audience booed him. When he got in the ring, they chanted for John Cena. Gunther yelled to them that Cena wasn't there and that it was his time. Gunther said that Cena was the best sports entertainer of all time, but that he was the best wrestler of all time.

-Gunther said just beating Cena wasn't enough. Gunther said that he was going to make Cena do something that he's never done. He said he would wrap his arms around Cena and make him give up for the first time ever. Gunther then dropped the microphone and left the ring.

-Rey Mysterio, AJ Styles, Dragon Lee, Stephanie Vaquer, Rhea RIpley, and Iyo Sky were shown arriving to the building. The announce team then played a video that recapped last week's main event between Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss and Iyo Sky & Rhea Ripley.

-Iyo Sky made her entrance to the ring alongside Rhea Ripley for her match against Kairi Sane.

-Iyo Sky defeated Kairi Sane. Sky hit her moonsault at the end of the match to get the win. She also crushed Sane with a German suplex on the ring apron. During the match, Asuka tried to cheat for her friend, but Rhea Ripley was able to thwart that plan.

-Iyo Sky and Ripley celebrated in the ring after the match.

-Paul Heyman was talking to Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed backstage. Logan Paul walked in and asked them if they saw Rey Mysterio slap him in the face last week. Paul said they needed to handle it and Breakker agreed. He said they would handle it tonight.

-Paul then spoke with Heyman and Heyman told him that Breakker and Reed were his backup. Paul said that he was their backup too. Heyman agreed, but handed him brass knuckles just in case he needed to use them.

-A hype video for The War Raiders aired and it detailed their most recent run on WWE Raw.

-Rey Mysterio made his entrance to the ring, but Logan Paul attacked him. Paul and Mysterio brawled in the ring, but then Mysterio was attacked by the same masked man that took out CM Punk inside of WarGames. With Mysterio down, Paul put on brass knuckles and clocked Mysterio with them. It looked as if he was going to keep attacking, but LA Knight ran out and made the save.

-Knight said that he couldn't stand for The Vision treating Mysterio the way they had and that he wanted Paul in a match tonight.

-Out of the commercial break, the announce team revealed that Paul would take on Knight in the main event.

-The War Raiders were shown in the ring and then AJ Styles and Dragon Lee made their entrance. As they did, the announce team revealed that they would face Je'Von Evans and Leon Slater in a tag team match at Saturday Night's Main Event this weekend. Evans was shown in the crowd.

-AJ Styles and Dragon Lee defeated The War Raiders to retain the WWE World Tag Team Championships. The New Day were ringside for the match, but Styles and Lee were able to hit tandem offense to win the match. At point in the match the War Raiders hit their Viking Experience finisher on Lee from the ring apron to the outside.

-After the match, The New Day and Grayson Waller entered the ring. They stared down Styles and Lee, but then The Usos made their entrance. They spoke on the mic and said that they were back in the tag division.

-Jimmy Uso said that they had taken a lot of L's lately and then Jey Uso said that they had to get back to being them. The Usos addressed their history with The New Day and were about to talk at the champs. Instead, The New Day tried to attack, but Jey and Jimmy punched them out of the ring. Styles and Lee then got in their face and they talked trash.

-Stephanie Vaquer was interviewed in the ring by Jackie Redmond. Vaquer said that she was the best, but not just because of Devil's Kiss. She said shew as the best because she was the champion. She said she didn't feel like she had to talk much because she was the champion. Vaquer addressed beating Nikki Bella and called Bella a legend. She said that the women's division was different now.

-Bella walked out and ran down Kansas City. She then said she wanted a rematch because business between them wasn't done. Before Vaquer could answer, Raquel Rodriguez attacked her. She then stood in the ring and said she would be the one to face Vaquer next for the championship.

-Finn Balor spoke with The Judgment Day backstage. He talked about being ready to face Rey Mysteiro in his match, but not having to because Logan paul took him out. Lyra Valkyria then made her way to the ring. She was accompanied by Bayley. Sol Ruca was in the crowd. Ruca will face Bayley at Saturday Night's Main Event this weekend.

-Roxanne Perez defeated Lyra Valkyria. Liv Morgan accompanied Perez to the ring for the match and ended up factoring into the finish. Morgan distracted Valkyria and Perez was able to hit Pop Rocks for the win.

-A second vignette of Natalya and Maxxine Dupri aired. In it, Dupri takes Nattie down in the end and tells her, "again."

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Zack Heydorn has been covering the pro wrestling industry for a decade and writes news, features, and interviews for The Takedown On SI. He also hosts and cohosts a variety of WWE and AEW shows on YouTube. Heydorn is a former Assistant Editor of PWTorch and Managing Editor of SEScoops. Zack is also the author of the Hybrid Shoot book Stunning: The Wrestling Artistry of Steve Austin, which is available on Amazon. You can follow Zack on X and Bluesky.

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