WWE Raw live results: CM Punk appears in Quebec City
Date: August 11, 2025
Location: Centre Videotron in Quebec City, QC
The Big Takeaway —
Raw’s main event ended in a DQ/no contest for the fourth week in a row when Seth Rollins attacked CM Punk. The result led to Adam Pearce announcing that Rollins would defend his world title at Clash in Paris in a four-way against Punk, LA Knight and Jey Uso.
Sami Zayn might have been in the title picture, but he failed to beat Rusev after Solo Sikoa and the MFTs interrupted that match—also leading to a DQ.
Naomi did not appear, and there was no update on her status. Iyo Sky lost to Roxanne Perez after some failed assistance from Asuka and Kairi Sane. Asuka appears to be turning sooner rather than later.
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Show Recap —
There was a long, dramatic recap of last week’s Raw.
Michael Cole informed the live and TV audience that Naomi was not medically cleared to compete and, therefore, would not be defending her title tonight.
CM Punk and LA Knight segment
Quebec City is red-hot, and CM Punk entered to a big ovation.
Punk said the fans made it hard for him to stay angry, but he was angry because he should be standing there representing them as champion. He wasn’t, though, because he had a Seth Rollins problem. Rollins was a visionary who couldn’t see what was right in front of his face. He was trying to be CM Punk, but was failing miserably.
Punk climbed to the top of the mountain at SummerSlam and became the champion for the first time in 12 years “in this company.” He couldn’t help but feel he let the fans down because he wasn’t the champion anymore. However, if he was obsessed about becoming champ before, he was even more possessed now.
Punk knew to hate the game and not the player. He’s cashed in Money in the Bank multiple times before, but boy, did he hate Rollins. Rollins pretended to be Punk and pretended to be injured so he could cash in when the time was right. Punk promised to regain the title. Rollins wouldn’t have to pretend to be injured because Punk would break his legs.
LA Knight interrupted to a big reaction. They shook hands. Knight said Punk was robbed at SummerSlam and deserved to have his rematch. (Punk responded, “Yeah!”) However, Knight had his title match against Rollins last week, and Punk couldn’t help but get involved and get him disqualified. Wrong place, wrong time.
Knight said he didn’t have a problem with Punk and would like to keep it that way. If Punk wanted Rollins, he should do it on his own time. Punk could get his rematch—after Knight got his.
Punk said Knight should be thanking him. Knight wasn’t about to become champion after getting his head stomped in. Punk called himself the number one contender and told Knight to get behind him in line.
Knight recalled Punk saying there were levels to this, and Punk was not on his level. Knight wanted a favour from Punk. Knight suggested he take the title from Rollins first, then Punk could be his first successful title defence.
Punk called himself the best in the world. They seemed to be spinning their wheels at this point and repeating themselves when Paul Heyman interrupted with Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed (carrying two pairs of Roman Reigns’ shoes around his neck).
Heyman spoke a couple of words in French before admitting that’s all the French he knew. The crowd yelled obscenities at him in French. Heyman advised Knight not to do any favours for Punk.
Heyman rambled until Punk cut him off and invited the Bron-Brons into the ring. Heyman was on board and agreed: Punk and Knight against Breakker and Reed tonight.
Knight didn’t initially accept (likely because he wanted Rollins instead), but Punk cut him off and said they accepted. Knight made it clear Punk didn’t speak for him, but he accepted. (They argued as the segment ended.)
When it seemed like the segment was done, Breakker made his way down the aisle but was held back by Reed. Bron told Punk, “You’re 47! What are you gonna do?” and added, “You’re both 100 years old combined!” Reed and Heyman convinced Breakker to back off.
(This segment was ok. Punk and Knight are both good speakers, but their interaction felt forced. Punk’s initial promo wasn’t his best, either. After all their talking, the highlight of the segment was Breakker at the very end.)
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Dominik entered the Judgment Day clubhouse with El Grande Americano (Ludwig Kaiser). Raquel Rodriguez didn’t like him being there. Finn Bálor pulled Dom aside and reiterated that they didn’t really want him there. Dom said it was cool because Americano was joining him at Triplemanía. Bálor was on board because Americano could help Dom bring the AAA Mega Championship to the Judgment Day.
The announcers plugged Triplemanía during entrances for the next match.
AJ Styles & Dragon Lee vs. Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio & El Grande Americano (Ludwig Kaiser)
Dragon Lee wiped out Americano with a dive before the match began, and they gave the babyfaces the edge until they went to break, when the heels took over. Lee made a hot tag after the break, but the heels got the advantage again. This led to a second break just nine minutes into the match. (Dom wrestled for a few moments while wearing a mask.)
Americano ripped at Lee’s mask during a break and actually exposed a decent amount of his face. The match slowed until it was time to return from break, when Lee hit Americano with a double foot stomp. Dom yanked Styles off the apron to prevent a tag, but Styles chased him around ringside and tackled him over the barricade.
Styles made a hot tag and hit Americano with a fireman’s carry neckbreaker, but Dom broke up a cover. Lee monkey flipped Dom into a Styles Clash, which was a cool spot. However, Americano shoved Lee off the top rope, so Styles gave him a reverse DDT.
Americano tried placing a steel plate under his mask, but Styles hit an enziguri. The plate dropped into the hands of Dom, who put his mask on and placed the plate inside. As Styles came off the rope, Dom headbutted him, and Americano caught Styles in a schoolboy for the pinfall win.
Match result: El Grande Americano & Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio defeated AJ Styles & Dragon Lee (16:38)
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Earlier today, Sami Zayn (wearing a Quebec Remparts jersey) asked Adam Pearce if he had decided on a world title match at Clash in Paris. Zayn desperately wanted the match. Pearce said he couldn’t make any promises. He told Zayn to focus on Rusev, then they could talk about it.
Sheamus entered. Pearce didn’t want him going after Rusev again. Sheamus wasn’t about to listen to Pearce, but Zayn asked him sincerely to stay out of it. Sheamus agreed, but said he would go after Rusev the second their match was over.
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Iyo Sky lamented to Pearce about not getting a title match (now that Naomi is hurt). Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez showed up to mock her. Sky said she came to Quebec to fight, so she challenged Perez. Pearce made it official.
There was a graphic highlighting some wrestlers who came out of Quebec: Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn, The Quebecers, Pat Patterson, Stan Stasiak, Rick Martel, and more.
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Sami Zayn vs. Rusev
They took turns posing for the Quebec fans as the match began, and you can guess the reactions. Zayn hit an Arabian press to the outside, and the crowd popped, but Rusev cut him off with a uranage. During a break, the crowd yelled obscenities at Rusev. He posed again for the crowd and got way more heat this time, the most he’s received since returning.
Zayn made a comeback after the break and hit a tornado DDT as the fans rose to their feet. Zayn went for a Helluva Kick, but Rusev cut him off with a Machka Kick for two. Zayn avoided an Accolade and applied a schoolboy for two. Rusev avoided an exploder and hit Zayn with ten beats of the Bodhrán (to piss off Sheamus).
Rusev stalled for too long, so Zayn hit an exploder in the corner. The camera zoomed way in on Zayn as he set up for a Helluva Kick, so you knew something was happening.
Zayn was pulled out of the ring by Solo Sikoa’s MFTs for the disqualification. Tala Tonga booted Zayn as officials ran down to chase them away. The crowd booed this, of course.
— The booing didn’t last long, because Sheamus appeared through the crowd and hit Rusev with a knee strike. Sheamus tossed a security guard over the announce desk. Sheamus and Rusev brawled through the crowd as the segment ended.
During a break, Zayn got to his feet and went to the stage as the crowd chanted, “Olé.”
(There was a funny, perhaps unplanned moment, where the security guard that Sheamus assaulted was in visible pain between Cole and Corey Graves at the announce desk.)
Match result: Sami Zayn defeated Rusev via disqualification (9:49)
This was good enough while it lasted, thanks mostly to the crowd. They would’ve exploded if Zayn got a simple win here, but alas, they went with this finish instead. Cole mentioned that Zayn might’ve gotten closer to a title match with a win.
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After a break, Sikoa and his crew were kicked out of the arena. Pearce was pissed as he spoke with Nick Aldis on the phone. A referee interrupted to tell Pearce that they had separated Sheamus and Rusev. Pearce screamed at him to go make sure.
The New Day and Grayson Waller approached Pearce next to complain about Penta. Pearce was steaming and put Xavier Woods in a match against Penta next week.
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There was a video package for Bronson Reed, where he spoke about Reigns. He planned on adding to his shoe collection until Reigns acknowledged him as his Tribal Thief.
Asuka and Kairi Sane offered to be at ringside for Sky’s upcoming match. Sky appreciated it, but she’s beaten Perez before, so she declined. They all embraced, but Asuka seemed put off slightly by Sky turning them down.
IYO SKY vs. Roxanne Perez (w/Raquel Rodriguez)
Sky was in complete control and wiped out both Perez and Rodriguez with a suicide dive. It was weird because Perez just popped up and attacked Sky from behind to get the heat. Perhaps Sky was only supposed to hit Rodriguez on the dive, but she definitely got them both. I guess Perez knew they were going to break, and it was time to get heat.
Sky made her comeback after the break, hitting strikes, a dropkick, enziguri, a missile dropkick, and bullet train (running double knee strike in the corner) for a nearfall.
Perez knocked Sky off the top rope and brought her down with a hurricanrana. Perez clonked Sky with a knee drop (and you could hear the impact) for two. The referee was distracted by Rodriguez, so Perez poked Sky in the eyes and hit a shining wizard for two. Perez put Sky in a crossface, but Sky eventually slipped out and hit a backbreaker for two.
Sky hit an Asai moonsault to take out both Perez and Rodriguez. Sky went for a moonsault in the ring, but Perez got her knees up. At least that was the plan. Sky didn’t land in position, so she landed knees-first on Perez anyway. They both stayed down.
As Rodriguez distracted the ref again, Asuka and Sane ran down to go after Perez. Perez escaped, and Sky almost hit her friends by mistake. Perez shoved Sky into Asuka/Sane and rolled her up while holding the tights for the pinfall win.
Sky was upset as she looked down at her friends at ringside.
Match result: Roxanne Perez defeated IYO SKY (15:39)
This was a very good match until the clunky finish. The crowd was into Sky.
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Jackie Redmond interviewed Jey Uso. He said it hurt him to miss Raw last week and hurt him to see what happened to Reigns. He missed Raw because he had family business to take care of. Jey put Rollins and the Brons on notice.
Knight interrupted. He noted people thought Jey was conspicuous by his absence last week. (He claimed this is what people thought, but not him.) Knight told him that the line started behind him regarding the world title. Jey offered to put Knight at the back of the line. Jey welcomed him to Raw.
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Byron Saxton interviewed Penta during a break. He said Woods’ hat looked better on him, and New Day sucks.
An upset Iyo Sky confronted Asuka in the back as Sane tried to settle them down. Sky blamed Asuka for the loss. Asuka shoved Sky and took off. Sky was shocked. Sane was upset, but she followed Asuka.
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Women’s Intercontinental Championship: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Maxxine Dupri (w/Natalya & Akira Tozawa)
Lynch mocked Dupri and told her to get out of her ring. Dupri acted like she might, but gave Lynch an arm drag. Lynch took over anyway and hit multiple suplexes, but Dupri countered a Man-handle slam into a stunner.
Dupri applied an ankle lock, but Lynch rolled out of it. That led to Dupri doing an oddly timed cartwheel before booting Lynch in the corner. Dupri hit a flying crossbody for two. Dupri hit a spin kick, although it didn’t look good.
They traded cradles, and Lynch tried stealing a win by grabbing the bottom rope, but the referee caught her. Lynch applied a Disarmer moments later, and Dupri quickly tapped out.
— Lynch booted Natalya as she checked on Dupri after the match.
Match result: Becky Lynch defeated Maxxine Dupri to retain the Women’s Intercontinental Championship (5:38)
Dupri has improved, but this was nothing.
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Seth Rollins met with his crew backstage. He was in a good mood because he thought he’d have to deal with Punk and Knight tonight, but they had to deal with the Brons instead. (Not sure why they can’t go after Rollins, too. People run into each other backstage all the time.)
Rollins figured his job was done, so he left for his personal jet. (He doesn’t hang with the Brons outside of this show because he said he would see them next week, but would see Heyman on the jet.)
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New Day cut a promo with Waller on the stage. Kofi Kingston claimed Quebec wasn’t really Canada, and Woods (wearing a tiny hat this week) said he would beat Penta next week.
Bayley segment
There was a video feature on Bayley, who seems to be having an existential crisis. I thought this was really good until the very end.
She said she’s been doing this a long time. She wanted more but felt less. She felt nothing. She was called a role model before she ever called herself one. She wanted to be that person people looked up to. But now she was here—by herself. Everything that led up to now has gotten her nowhere. She couldn’t remember the last time she felt proud of herself. It was her own fault.
The camera went out of focus, and she acted like she had a headache. The screen went black, and you could hear her heel cackle.
(I think they should have aired this same feature without the last part. They want to tease a heel turn, but laid on it on too thick with that bit.)
— Redmond interviewed Lyra Valkyria about the video. Valkyria hoped Bayley was ok. She had no idea what was going on with Bayley and said she wouldn’t have known because Bayley shut her out. Valkyria was struggling with how to react to this, but she said Bayley was the reason she couldn’t challenge for the IC title anymore. Valkyria said this wasn’t her fault, and Bayley was on her own.
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Stephanie Vaquer approached Sky backstage. She said, “You’re not the only one who was promised a title match.” She left.
Rhea Ripley approached Sky next. Ripley got a huge pop. Ripley tried reasoning with Sky and asked if she could trust Asuka and Sane. Sky didn’t want to hear that and told her to stay out of it. (Ripley was being sincere and seemed upset that Sky was upset.)
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CM Punk & LA Knight vs. Bron Breakker & Bronson Reed (w/Paul Heyman)
The babyfaces were in control until the Brons used a distraction to take over during a break. Knight came back after the break, but Breakker knocked him over the announce desk with a leaping clothesline off the apron to lead to the second break nine minutes into the match. (I refer to this pattern dismissively every week, but the match has been enjoyable so far with the teams doing simple heel and babyface stuff to work the crowd.)
Knight began crawling for a hot tag as Breakker stalked around the ring to go after Punk. Punk saw it coming, so Breakker backed off, but that meant Knight couldn’t make a tag. The Brons gave Knight a Steinerizer, but Punk broke up the cover.
Punk made the hot tag and hit Breakker with a boot, clothesline, leg lariat, vertical suplex, and lifting knee strikes. Reed was about to go after Punk, but Knight intercepted him with a baseball slide.
Punk hit Breakker with a flying (falling) elbow drop as the crowd got to their feet. Punk called for GTS, but of course, Rollins attacked him for the DQ.
— The heels attacked until Jey Uso entered to his music. He attacked Breakker in the aisle with a chair. Rollins bailed before Reed swatted the chair away from Jey. Jey fought him off anyway and knocked him out of the ring with the chair. Jey stood tall with Punk and Knight in the ring.
Pearce entered. He told Rollins he would have to defend the world title at Clash in Paris against Jey Uso, Knight and Punk in a fatal four-way. Rollins was not happy.
Punk was so happy he celebrated by shaking the ropes like Ultimate Warrior. Knight was less enthused and argued with Punk. Knight shoved Punk, so Punk tackled him. They brawled until Jey pulled Knight off Punk, so Knight gave Jey a back elbow. (Jey did not try to retaliate.)
Punk set up Knight for GTS, but was speared by Breakker. Rollins and his crew beat up the stupid babyfaces. Breakker ran around the ring and speared Knight. Reed gave Jey a DVD and Tsunami. Rollins stomped Knight as he re-entered the ring, and stomped Jey.
The Brons held down Punk as Rollins taunted him. Rollins stomped Punk and held his title belt up high.
Match result: CM Punk & LA Knight defeated Bron Breakker & Bronson Reed via disqualification (16:22)
This was the fourth Raw show in a row where the main event ended in a DQ or no contest. The last Raw show to end with a decisive winner was July 14th, when Punk won the gauntlet match.
The babyfaces looked like idiots getting beaten up by Rollins and friends.