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WWE RAW RESULTS
DECEMBER 8, 2025
KANSAS CITY, MO. AT T-MOBILE ARENA
STREAMED LIVE ON NETFLIX
REPORT BY WADE KELLER, PWTORCH EDITOR
Commentators: Joe Tessitore, Wade Barrett
Ring Announcer: Samantha Irvin
Attendance: WrestleTix reports today that 5,534 tickets were distributed so far; arena set up for 7,978. The arena has a capacity of 19,252 spectators when configured for concerts.
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[HOUR ONE]
-They opened with a John Cena video where he discussed his Last Time Is Now Tournament and his journey to his last match, with highlights of the tournament including Gunther beating L.A. Knight last week.
-Gunther made his ring entrance. As fans chanted “We Want Cena!”, Gunther told them not to get their hopes up because he’s not there. He said John Cena is the greatest sports entertainer of all time, but he is the greatest pro wrestler. He said he’s going to force Cena to give up, describing in detail how he’ll squeeze the last bit of “hustle, loyalty, and respect. He said he’ll force him to do the one thing he vowed to never do – give up. He left the ring to his music. A countdown clock was on the screen showing the days, hours, minutes and seconds until Cena’s final match.
-They went to Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett at ringside. Barrett said Gunther wants to ruin the C-Nation retirement party. Tessitore pivoted to excitedly hyping Rey Mysterio vs. Finn Balor as they showed Rey’s arrival, plus Bayley and Lyra Valkyria backstage. Lyra didn’t like the beverage Bayley gave her, so Bayley switched and apologized. They showed A.J. Styles and Dragon Lee arriing, then Stephanie Vaquer, and Iyo Sky & Rhea Ripley.
(Keller’s Analysis: Good, straight forward promo. It didn’t need anything more than this.)
-A clip aired from last week’s Raw of the chaos with Liv Morgan’s return and the chaos at the end of the tag match when Raquel Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez got involved.
-Iyo Sky and Rhea Ripley made their ring entrance to Iyo’s music. [c]
-They showed Oba Femi at ringside holding up the NXT Title belt with Ricky Starks’s name still on the side panels. Barrett hyped Oba Femi vs. Cody Rhodes on SNME this Saturday.
(1) IYO SKY (w/Rhea Ripley) vs. KAIRI SANE (w/Asuka)
The bell rang 18 minutes into the hour. Asuka stood on the ring apron as Sky was about to run the ropes, Sky charged at her. Asuka opened the ropes and Sky fell to ringside and then Asuka gloated. Ripley condronted her. Kairi then leaped off the ring apron onto Sky at ringside. They cut to a break at 2:00. [c/db]
Back from the break, Kairi was in control. Sky caught her with a foot as she charged at her. Sky played to the crowd and landed a Meteora into the corner and scored a two count. Kairi landed a double stomp off the top rope onto Sky’s chest. Sky came back with a German suplex onto the ring apron. She followed with a springboard moonsault onto Kairi at ringside at 10:00. Asuka yanked on Sky’s boot s she was on the top rope. The ref didn’t see it happen. Ripey went after Asuka and threw her into the time keeper’s area. Sky yanked Kairi off the top rope with a huracanrana and then landed her top rope moonsault for the win.
WINNER: Sky in 12:00.
(Keller’s Analysis: Nice match with a crowd-pleasing finish.)
-Backstage, Paul Heyman was chatting to Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker backstage when Logan Paul walked in and said something has to be done about what Rey Mysterio did last week. Breakker and Reed seemed a bit exasperated by him. Breakker said they’d take care of it. Logan told Heyman he wanted it taken care of. Heyman said Logan now has back-up. Logan said he’s their back-up, too. Heyman gave Logan his brass knuckles back and said, “Just in case.” Logan left and then Heyman said, “I like this guy. I’m sorry, I really do.”
-They showed Rey Mysterio backstage. [c]
Advertised Matches & Appearances
- AJ Styles & Dragon Lee vs. The War Raiders (Erik & Ivar) – World Tag Team Title match
- Rey Mysterio vs. Finn Balor
- Lyra Valkyria vs. Roxanne Perez
- Gunther to speak
- Stephanie Vaquer to appear