On May 25th, 2026 WWE aired the 1,722nd episode of Raw live in Columbus Ohio inside Value City Arena & can watch it on Netflix.
Kicking off this week’s Raw with Paul Heyman introduces himself and welcomes fans to Raw then says he’s in the ring to hype up a dream match in all of professional wrestling and not just in WWE when Oba Femi faces Brock Lesnar at Clash In Italy.
We then head over to a video from Lesnar where he mockingly congratulates Femi for beating him at WrestleMania 42.
-He says things won’t end that way and questions if Femi can take a beating then says a retired Beast will humble Femi and he will rule over him.
Back in the ring Heyman says the good news is that everyone watching will have a chance to see history play out in real time.
-He says the bad news is that Femi has awakened The Beast Femi’s music hits and he makes his way out.
-He stares down Heyman in the corner as the fans chant for him then questions what Lesnar has awoken in him if Heyman says that if he’s awoken The Beast.
-He says as Heyman tells Lesnar what happened tonight, he’ll fast forward to retiring Lesnar for a 2nd time.
-He says he knows Heyman will say it’s just business and not personal but 4 F5s is personal to him and pulls out the contract for his Clash in Italy match against Lesnar.
-Femi signs the contract and tells Heyman to let Lesnar know that last time he was fighting to beat him but this time he’s fighting to kill.
-We get a recap of the Raw matches from this past Saturday at Saturday Night Main Event.
Intercontinental Title Match
Penta (c) defeated Je Von Evans via Mexican Destroyer (STILL CHAMPION!!!!) (Recommend)
-After the match Penta looks to raise Evans’ hand but Evans pulls it away and heads to the back.
-Michael Cole then informs the audience at home that Logan Paul tore his tricep at Saturday Night’s Main Event and will be out for a number of months.
-We then head backstage where World Tag Team Champion Austin Theory looks to land over his World Tag Team Title to Paul Heyman but Heyman stops Theory and tells him that Bron Breakker will hold the World Tag Team Titles with him from now on.
-Theory hugs Heyman but Heyman explains that he believes in Theory.
-Theory then says every single person involved in hurting Paul will pay and Heyman tells Theory that he knows what he has to do tonight and who he has to do it to.
-Back in the ring Joe Hendry says fans across the world chant we believe and says Paul shouldn’t feel down about being injured.
-He performs a song apologizing to Paul for everything he said and sings that he knows Paul can hear him from his hospital bed.
-He sings that the world has a message: we’re sorry that he’s hurting but we don’t want him back at all and calls for Paul to be fired.
-Theory sneaks up behind Hendry and cracks a chair across Hendry’s spine repeatedly prompting officials to run out and check on Hendry.
-We then head backstage where Seth Rollins tells Angelo Dawkins that he knows what it’s like to be screwed over by The Vision.
-He says The Vision is the weakest that it’s been but also the most dangerous as is evident in what Theory just did.
-He says The Vision needs to be ended for good but Montez Ford joins them and asks if they’re still doing the Rollins redemption story.
-He says nothing good happens when Rollins is around but Rollins says nothing good happens when he isn’t around or Street Profits would be the new World Tag Team Champions.
-He says that himself & Street Profits don’t have to be friends but at least be able to work together to take out The Vision.
-Rollins & Ford then agree to square off against one another.
-We then head elsewhere backstage where Je’Von Evans apologizes to Intercontinental Champion Penta for what happened between them earlier.
-He tells Penta that he’ll see him in the ring for the Intercontinental Title again before Rey Mysterio approaches Penta and gives him some encouraging words.
Tag Team Match
Lyra Valkyria & Bayley defeated Judgement Day (Raquel Rodriguez & Roxanne Perez) via Roll Up on Perez
-We then head backstage where World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns explains his obligation to accepting Jacob Fatu’s challenge for a World Heavyweight Title Tribal Combat match to Adam Pearce and emphasizes that their contract better stipulate that Fatu will have to do as he says should he lose at Clash In Italy.
-LA Knight says he wants to talk to the fans then says it’s been a minute since WrestleMania 42 when he last stood in the ring.
-He takes a moment to thank those who have served on Memorial Day in the United States and says while The Vision is in his rearview mirror, the King & Queen Of The Ring Tournaments will be returning next week.
-He then addresses The Usos saying that they’ve been different since hanging around Roman Reigns.
-Jimmy Uso’s music hits and he makes his way out.
-He reminds Knight that he fought side by side with him at WrestleMania 42 but Knight says Jimmy is now fighting side by side with Reigns.
-Jimmy says he gets why Knight has issues with The Bloodline as does the rest of the locker room but says The Bloodline did what they have to do.
-He says Knight will have a fair shot at Reigns if he wins the King Of The Ring Tournament but Knight asks Jimmy if he’s being honest by himself about things being fair.
-He says Jimmy comes to the ring with Jey having a chair in his hand then says Jimmy is coming to the ring as a messenger and the third fiddle to Reigns. He says Jimmy needs to take a lesson from the past.
-Jimmy says he’s had enough of Knight’s talk and says he’s lucky Jey isn’t in the ring because there would be no more talking.
-Knight says if Jey was in Columbus, The Usos would beat him down before Reigns joined in but Jimmy warns Knight against talking bad about Reigns unless he wants the Anoa’i family to become his business.
-Knight says he has no problem with The Usos but Reigns himself.
-He says he doesn’t want to ruin their friendship but if the Anoa’i family becomes his business then so be it.
-We then head backstage where new AAA General Manager Rey Mysterio & Adam Pearce bond over being General Managers.
-Page storms in and expresses his anger with Mysterio getting an Intercontinental Title match ahead of him but Rusev joins them and Page catches him up.
-Mysterio agrees to earn his Intercontinental Title match against Rusev & Pearce makes it official for tonight.
Seth Rollins defeated Montez Ford via Curb Stomp
-After the match Angelo Dawkins & Austin Theory emerge from the entrance tunnel.
-Theory repeatedly hits Dawkins with a chair and officials run out to check on Dawkins and escort Theory to the back as Ford watches from the ring.
Intercontinental Title #1 Contenders Match
Rey Mysterio defeated Rusev via Roll Up
-We then head backstage where Austin Theory argues with Adam Pearce as Alpha Academy stands by when Otis comments on Theory being bad news Maxxine Dupri (who has previously been spotted backstage talking to Theory) tells Otis that Theory has had a rough night and invites him to cut him some slack before heading off.
-Jacob Fatu signs the contract Adam Pearce has in hand and throws the office chairs and table inside the ring out of it in the direction of the security guards at the bottom of the entrance ramp. Security gets in Fatu’s face but Fatu shoves one of them.
-World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns then makes his way out and signs the contract. He stares down Fatu as security inserts themselves between them.
-Reigns demands that security leave the ring explaining Fatu agreed not to touch him until Clash In Italy by signing the contract.
-Security & Pearce do so and Reigns tells Columbus to acknowledge him.
-He says all Fatu had to do was acknowledge him like the fans did as per the stipulation of their World Heavyweight Title match at Backlash in order for them to move onto the next mission.
-Fatu says he’s not like everyone else then says Reigns is the reason that their family is on top of the mountain and says he took their family to the promise land.
-He says Reigns could only take their family so far and says it’s time for a chance then asks if Reigns lived by the code of The Bloodline at Backlash or if it bent the rules to beat him.
-He says Reigns had to do what he did using any means necessarily but anything goes in a Tribal Combat match and says everyone will have consequences when he’s done with Reigns at Clash in Italy.
-Reigns say he’s a man of his word then says Fatu can become the leader if he can dethrone him as World Heavyweight Champion at Clash in Italy.
-He says if Fatu can’t beat him though, he will serve him, learn from him and love him in time.
-Fatu says Reigns will have to learn how to acknowledge him if he wins at Clash In Italy then extends his hand to Reigns.
-Reigns shakes it and they touch foreheads as they agree to the terms of their Tribal Combat match then touch heads to close out this week’s Raw.
