Welcome to Wrestling Inc.’s results for “WWE Raw” on March 17, 2025, coming to you live from the ING Arena in Brussels, Belgium at a special start time of 3 PM ET!

John Cena has been silent since revealing his allegiance to The Rock at WWE Elimination Chamber on March 1 when he betrayed Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, having emerged victorious in the 2025 Men’s Elimination Chamber match to secure a shot at Rhodes’ title at WrestleMania 41 minutes before he did so. In the couple of weeks that have since followed, Rhodes has called out Cena and made it crystal clear that he will stop at nothing to seek his retribution on him as Cena has remained absent from WWE programming. That all changes when Cena appears on tonight’s show to come face-to-face with Rhodes.

Speaking of Elimination Chamber, despite having won the 2025 Women’s Elimination Chamber match to secure a shot at the Women’s World Championship at WrestleMania 41, Bianca Belair has been distracted as of late after learning that her friend Naomi blindsided her other friend Jade Cargill with an attack a number of weeks ago. Meanwhile, IYO SKY dethroned Rhea Ripley as Women’s World Champion on the March 3 episode of “Raw” to ensure that she would be walking into WrestleMania 41 as the titleholder much to the chagrin of Ripley herself who has made it known that she isn’t done with SKY just yet. Both women will have to put their ongoing issues aside when they put pen-to-paper to make their WrestleMania 41 official tonight.

Bron Breakker will be putting the Intercontinental Championship on the line for the first time since retaining against Sheamus at WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event on January 25 as he defends against Finn Balor. The Judgment Day member has been vying for a shot at Breakker’s title over the course of the past few weeks as tensions between him and his stablemates have been on the rise amongst debate about bringing a new member into the group as a means of helping them get their hands on some gold.

As he prepares to challenge GUNTHER for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 41, Jey Uso will have to temporarily refocus his sights tonight as he goes one-on-one with Austin Theory. After Jey scored a victory over Theory’s A-Town Down Under teammate Grayson Waller during last week’s edition of “Raw”, Theory and Waller looked to attack Jey until Jey regained the upper hand over them. GUNTHER then appeared out of nowhere and made Jey fade with a Sleeper for the second week in a row.

Ivy Nile of American Made will be returning to action as she squares off with Damage CTRL’s Dakota Kai in a rematch from the February 17 episode of “Raw”. During the last in-ring encounter between the two, Kai defeated Nile to earn a shot at Lyra Valkyria’s Women’s Intercontinental Championship the following week on February 24 which she was ultimately unable to win.

Additionally, Penta will be colliding with rival Ludwig Kaiser in a No Holds Barred Match. The issues between the two men have remained no secret over the course of the past several weeks, with Penta scoring a win over Kaiser in singles competition on the February 3 episode of “Raw” only for Kaiser to emerge victorious over him in a Triple Threat Match on February 24 alongside Pete Dunne.

We are live! Michael Cole and Corey Graves greet audiences at home before throwing it to a video of the recent ongoings between John Cena and Cody Rhodes.

Cena then makes his way down to the ring.

The live crowd rains down loud boos on Cena as he contemplates what to do in the ring. Cena grabs a microphone and says when someone is properly grounded in life, they shouldn’t have to look outside themselves for approval. He says for 25 years, he’s been the victim and says all fans are is hurtful towards him. He says fans have bullied him for years and expected him to be their puppet with a smile on his face. He says he’s not a babyface or a heel, but rather a human being.

Cena says every single fan has been awful towards him for 25 years, and they let him know when he first arrived in WWE in 2002. He says fans let him know that he wasn’t worthy of his attention, and he changed himself to get fans to like him but it wasn’t enough. He says he worked hard and started to win over and over again, but it still wasn’t enough and he spent the next ten years of his life giving everything he could. He says he could walk away his final moments, and he tried doing something nice for his fans, but it still wasn’t enough.

Cena says the live crowd is proving his point, and no matter what he does, it’s never enough and the fans should be ashamed of themselves. He says all fans do is take and only care about themselves while he puts his values on the line. He says fans get nothing, and explains that he isn’t changing his theme song since it’s his voice on the track. He tells fans to take a long look in the mirror and reflect on how awful they’ve been to him.

Fans chant for Cody Rhodes as Cena says his points go for every single person in the live crowd. He says the fans who chant for him are just as awful because they claim to support him while having done nothing to actually do so. He says they steal his personal moments and time, and have made him on the receiving end of an invisible joke for 15 years. He says fans wear his t-shirt to make him feel good, but he lives the words hustle, loyalty, respect, and never give up every single day.

Cena says fans use him as an excuse for the failures of their lives as they sit and watch him be great. He calls his relationship with fans toxic and dysfunctional, then breaks up with all of them and says he doesn’t need them anymore, he doesn’t care about them, and they don’t matter to him.

Cody Rhodes’ music hits, and he makes his way out. He says everyone was willing to hear Cena out including him, then says while fans have given Cena their worst, they’ve also given him their best. He says fans did that because Cena was special, could take it, and carry it. He asks Cena where the guy on his shirt is, then says even after what he did, he was excited at the idea of going face-to-face with Cena but all he got was what he is now. He warns Cena against bringing his new self to WrestleMania 41 because he will run him over and retire him early. He tells Cena to find his old self because he wants to wrestle that man at WrestleMania 41.

Ludwig Kaiser then makes his way down to the ring. Penta follows.

The bell rings and the two men fire off strikes on one another. Kaiser gains the upper hand on Penta, but Penta clotheslines Kaiser out of the ring. Kaiser sends Penta crashing over the barricade near the timekeeper’s area, but Penta quickly recovers and delivers a hurricanrana to Kaiser off the barricade that sends him crashing into the ring post. 

Kaiser grabs a couple chairs from under the ring, but Penta dropkicks him out of the ring and flies over the top rope to level him. Penta then fires off chops on Kaiser’s chest on top of the announce desk, but Kaiser gets Penta up on his shoulders and sends him crashing on top of the announce desk with a Death Valley Driver.

Kaiser sends Penta crashing into the ring post, then rains down right hands on him and sends him crashing into the barricade. Kaiser gets Penta back in the ring and drags him up the ropes, then fires off right hands on him. Penta fights off Kaiser and delivers a crossbody to him off the ropes, then connects with a backstabber off him. Kaiser responds with a Death Valley Driver to Penta, then charges at him on the outside. Penta delivers a back body drop to Kaiser that sends him crashing on top of the announce desk, then dumps him back in the ring.

Penta and Kaiser exchange strikes, but Penta fires off forearms on Kaiser. Kaiser hits Penta with one of the chairs across his spine, then jams the chair into his neck in the corner. Penta sends Kaiser’s arm bouncing off the mat, then grabs one of the chairs and debates using it on Kaiser as Kaiser begs him not to. Kaiser grabs the chair from Penta, but Penta uses it to land a superkicks on him and ascends up the ropes. He follows it up with a Mexican Destroyer onto the chair and the Penta Driver on it as well for the win.

Winner: Penta

Ivy Nile and The Creed Brothers then make their way out to the ring. Dakota Kai follows, and a late Chad Gable runs down to the ring. 

The bell rings and Kai wastes no time going after Nile. Nile responds by firing off right hands on Kai, then whips her into the corner and follows it up with a German suplex. Kai rolls up Nile, but Nile kicks out and Kai levels her with a clothesline. She follows it up with a dropkick and a running boot in the corner, then sends Nile crashing out of the ring.

Chad Gable hops up onto the apron and distracts Kai, opening the door for Nile to send Kai crashing into the mat. Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee then run down to the ring and take out The Creed Brothers before chasing away Chad Gable from ringside. This opens the door for Kai to land another running boot on Nile and follow it up with the Go To Kick for the win.

Winner: Dakota Kai

IYO SKY then makes her way down to the ring. Bianca Belair follows, and Adam Pearce is waiting inside the ring. 

Pearce says it’s time to make SKY and Belair’s WrestleMania 41 match official, then says two signatures is what he needs. SKY grabs the mic and tells Belair that she won’t disrespect her again. She says Rhea Ripley or anyone else also won’t disrespect her again because she’s the Women’s World Champion, and after WrestleMania 41, she will still hold the title. SKY then signs the contract. Belair says that she respects SKY, but she will find out who she is at WrestleMania 41. She signs the contract, and Pearce thanks Belair and SKY for both being professional.

Rhea Ripley’s music hits, and she makes her way out as Pearce calls for referees. He then asks Ripley why she’s at ringside, and Ripley explains that SKY slapped her next week. She questions why Belair is in the ring and tells her that she had no business at ringside during SKY and Ripley’s Women’s World Championship match, and Ripley says she’s just at ringside to watch. SKY tries to intervene, but Belair slaps her. Ripley then sends Belair crashing onto the table and powerbombs SKY on top of her, then picks up the contract and signs it herself.

Jey Uso then makes his way out to the ring. A-Town Down Under follows.

The bell rings and Theory goes straight after Jey. He fires off strikes on him, but Jey delivers a spear to him for the win.

Winner: Jey Uso

After the match, A-Town Down Under looks to beat down Jey. Jey sends them both crashing out of the ring, but GUNTHER looks to lock in a Sleeper on Jey once again. Jey sees him coming and grabs the World Heavyweight Championship belt from him. He holds it up, then dumps it onto the floor on the outside in front of GUNTHER.

American Made then makes their way out to the ring. LWO follows.

Julius Creed and Dragon Lee begin the action. The bell rings and Julius goes after Lee. Rey Mysterio looks to tag in, Brutus Creed pulls him off the apron and Julius takes down Lee. Brutus tags in and delivers the Brutus Smash to Lee. Julius tags in, then immediately tags back out to Brutus. The Creed Brothers double team on Lee, and Julius whips him into the corner.

Brutus tags in and delivers a knee to Lee in the corner. He fires off forearms on Lee, but Rey tags in and connects with a hurricanrana on Julius. He rains down right hands on Julius and delivers a DDT to him. He lands a second hurricanrana to Julius into the ropes, then dials it up for a 619 and connects with a splash over the top and from the apron for the win.

Winners: LWO

After the match, the masked Luchador in an American mask attacks Lee and Rey out of nowhere. He lands a German suplex on Lee and sends Rey crashing on top of him with a second one, then connects with a diving headbutt on Lee off the top rope.

Seth “Freakin” Rollins then makes his way down to the ring. 

Rollins welcomes fans to Monday Night Rollins, then introduces himself and addresses Roman Reigns after he interfered in his Steel Cage Match next week. He calls CM Punk the luckiest loser on the planet, and if he had a few more seconds in the cage, he would’ve stomped his head in and ended his WrestleMania 41 dreams. He says he’s left to clean up Reigns’ mess, then says he will put him in his place along the way. He says Punk and Reigns will be in the same place at the same time on Friday night.

Finn Balor then makes his way down to the ring. Bron Breakker follows. 

The bell rings and Breakker levels Balor with a clothesline. He sends Balor crashing into the corner and fires off shoulders on him before the action spills out of the ring and Balor levels Breakker.

Balor rains down right hands on Breakker back in the ring, then levels him with a dropkick. He continues beating down Breakker, but Breakker responds with a back body drop and follows it up with a powerslam. Dominik Mysterio and Carlito run down to the ring, opening the door for Balor to roll up Breakker. Breakker kicks out, but Balor lands an elbow drop on him.

Breakker lands a flying clothesline over the announce desk on Balor off the apron, then dumps him back in the ring. Balor dropkicks Breakker into the corner, then rolls him up. Breakker kicks out, then connects with a powerslam on Balor and pins him. Balor kicks out, then ascends to the top. Breakker meets him up there, then delivers a Frakensteiner on him and follows it up with a spear for the win.

Winner (and still): Bron Breakker

After the match, Dominik and Carlito blindside Breakker. Dominik grabs the Intercontinental Championship, but before anything else can happen, Penta’s music hits and he runs down to the ring. He superkicks Dominik and Carlito, and Breakker delivers a spear to Carlito. Breakker and Penta then stare down one another as Breakker holds up the Intercontinental Championship and the show goes off the air.