Jimmy & Jey Uso at odds over LA Knight & The Vision: Raw Recap, September 22, 2025

Summary

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Raw Recap with Sam Roberts & Megan Morant

Episode: Jimmy & Jey Uso at Odds over LA Knight & The Vision

Date: September 23, 2025
Podcast: WWE x Fanatics Podcasts

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Episode Overview

This week’s Raw Recap dives into a high-stakes and emotionally charged Monday Night Raw on Netflix. Sam Roberts and Megan Morant break down major moments—including Asuka's shocking betrayal of Iyo Sky, the intensifying family drama between Jimmy and Jey Uso, Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins' Champion vs. Champion confrontation, and the state of the Judgment Day. The episode is highlighted by an in-depth, candid live interview with Jimmy Uso, providing personal insights on the fractured brotherhood and their past with the Bloodline.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Asuka, Iyo Sky, and the Kabuki Warriors: Explosive Women’s Division Fallout

[00:01 – 12:00]

• Asuka's Betrayal & Green Mist Finish

  • Rhea Ripley left "beaten but not quite out," literally drenched in Asuka's green mist after a wild main event.
    Quote:

    “I don’t think Asuka has ever used that much mist in her entire career.” — Sam [00:01]

• Power Dynamics Among Asuka, Iyo, and Kairi Sane

  • Asuka’s forceful leadership is making both Kairi and Iyo question their loyalty and values, putting family and ambition on a collision course.
  • Kairi Sane appears reluctant to follow Asuka's new ruthless approach, with the hosts expressing concern (and some sympathy) for her internal struggle: Quote:

    “Tonight really was the first night where I started to feel a little scared for Kairi.” — Megan [02:25]

• Iyo’s Dilemma—Who is Family, Who is Foe?

  • Both hosts note the irony that Asuka once warned Iyo to stay away from Rhea Ripley, only for Rhea to give Iyo the same advice about Asuka.
  • The resulting schism sees Asuka orchestrate a turn on Iyo Sky, delivering a brutal spinning back fist and an Insane Elbow to cement the split.

• Women’s Division Stakes Raised

  • The hosts link this betrayal to wider commentary on what it takes to stay on top—Asuka is explicitly “switching up the game” and is now prepared to cross lines she hadn’t before.

• Potential Alliances:

  • With mutual respect, but now a common enemy, will Rhea and Iyo unite? Can Iyo truly turn against her mentor?

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2. Cody Rhodes and Seth Rollins: Champion vs. Champion Brings Personal Stakes

[12:00 – 21:45]

• Cody vs. Seth Face-Off—It’s Personal

  • Cody declares himself WWE’s “quarterback,” drawing Seth Rollins’ ire. Their upcoming Crown Jewel match isn’t just brand supremacy—it's about personal legacies, with unfinished business dating to their classic trilogy three years ago. Quote:

    “There is nobody on the roster more capable than me of being the quarterback, of being the number one guy in this promotion.” — Cody (quoted by Sam) [13:20]
    “That’s fine if you want to be the quarterback, but you’re going to be my quarterback.” — Seth Rollins (quoted by Sam) [19:40]

• Symbolism & Real-World Tension

  • Cody’s subtle flex—wearing the Crown Jewel ring—adds fuel to the rivalry. A real-life anecdote involving a gifted-but-unworn watch between the two men is used to illustrate their complex competitive relationship.

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3. Exclusive: In-Depth Interview with Jimmy Uso

[24:42 – 39:34]

Family, Ambition, and the Tag Team’s Future

• On Teaming with Jey Again:

  • Jimmy shares that being back with his brother is “in his soul,” but recent losses and underlying tensions have made the reunion bittersweet.
    Quote:

    “Teaming up with my brother…that’s in my soul right there. Anytime I get to step in the ring with brother and we get to cook, it’s day one…it’s our lifestyle…But obviously, just not on the same page.” — Jimmy Uso [25:15]

• The Cost of Being the Top Guy:

  • Jimmy worries that Jey has adopted Roman Reigns’ tunnel-vision mentality since winning the World Heavyweight title—something that can lead to greatness, but at personal cost. Quote:

    “He ain’t the same bro…It’s coming at a cost; it’s good and it’s bad…” — Jimmy Uso [30:23]

• Singles Ambitions:

  • Despite speculation about his own singles aspirations, Jimmy says Jey’s victories are his as well:
    Quote:

    “Him being the champion was me being the champion…when I watch him come out every night…I got goosebumps…so I live vicariously through you every single row.” — Jimmy Uso [32:44]

• Rikishi’s (Dad) Advice:

  • Dad tells the twins: “Handle that, or I’ll handle it for you.” [34:11]

• Defining What It Means to Be the Usos:

  • Jimmy asserts that “there’s no half measures”—either they're both all-in as a tag team, or they go their own ways.
    Quote:

    “If you’re gonna be the Usos, you have to be the Usos. There’s no half measures.” — Sam [34:40]

• Raw Emotions & Uncertain Future:

  • The interview ends with both vulnerability and resolve:
    Quote:

    “It’s a black cloud that’s always falling on us. You can’t pick your family…There’s always going to be something. How do we respond?” — Jimmy Uso [38:57]

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4. The State of the Judgment Day & Dirty Dom’s Dilemmas

[48:19 – 55:06]

• Dominic Mysterio’s Friendship with JD McDonagh and Finn Balor Tension

  • Dom “turns his back” on JD by not helping him in-ring, focusing instead on self-preservation for his title defense.
  • The team notes:
    Quote:

    “He wasn’t a mega champion of friendship.” — Megan [48:51]
    “He wasn’t the Friendship Mega Champion. He never claimed to be... He’s already got two belts.” — Sam [48:55]

• Clicky Nature of WWE Factions

  • Running joke about how “everyone in WWE is getting very clicky,” with parallels across the Kabuki Warriors, Judgment Day, and the Usos:
    Quote:

    “Something’s going on in WWE right now where everybody is getting very clicky.” — Sam [50:08]

• Psychological Underpinnings of Dominic’s Actions

  • Sam psychoanalyzes Dom, tying childhood trauma (kayfabeed paternity ladder match) to his current interpersonal struggles.

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5. Other Notable Segments & Hot Takes

AJ Styles vs. John Cena Tease [42:04 – 47:57]

• John Cena’s cryptic social posts fuel speculation of a future display with AJ Styles—both hosts express major enthusiasm: Quote:

  “AJ Styles and John Cena could put on matches that leave younger wrestlers with their jaws on the floor… Yes, I want to see John Cena vs AJ Styles.” — Sam [46:25]

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Looking Ahead to Crown Jewel and No Mercy [56:39 – End]

• The Women’s Division heats up: Stephanie Vacair is set to face the SmackDown women’s title winner (Jade Cargill, Tiffany Stratton, or Nia Jax); all potential matches are described as “dream matches.”
• Hype for next week’s Raw:
  • AJ Styles & Dragon Lee vs two members of Grande Americano
  • Bayley vs Raquel (with speculation over which version of Bayley will appear)
  • Rusev vs Dominic Mysterio for the Intercontinental Title
  • Jimmy & Jey vs The Vision in Texas Tornado rules

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Notable Quotes/Riff Highlights

• “Kairie doesn’t want to do this stuff…she’s timid is not the word…she’s a lethal weapon. But she doesn’t want to hit these people…Except Asuka is asking for her to use that power.” — Sam [05:27]

• “If the strategy is not working, that doesn’t mean you change the goal. It means you change the strategy. And I think that’s what Asuka is doing.” — Sam [07:50]

• “Tonight really was the first night where I started to feel a little scared for Kairi.” — Megan [02:25]

• On Cody vs Seth:
  “...it’s beyond just who’s the best on any given night…It’s the real deal. This is deeply, deeply personal.” — Sam [14:47]

• “He’s acting like Roman Reigns…we grew up together and take to heart what Big Uce says…But I just feel like my brother is trying to be exactly that.” — Jimmy Uso [28:28]

• “There’s always going to be something. How do we respond?” — Jimmy Uso [38:57]

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Asuka/Iyo/Kabuki Warriors fallout: [00:01 – 12:00]
• Cody Rhodes & Seth Rollins confrontation: [12:00 – 21:45]
• Jimmy Uso Interview: [24:42 – 39:34]
• John Cena vs. AJ Styles speculation: [42:04 – 47:57]
• Judgment Day, Dirty Dom analysis: [48:19 – 55:06]
• Future matches/Raw & PLE previews: [56:39 – End]

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Episode Tone & Style

The rapport between Sam and Megan is both analytical and playful, keeping kayfabe alive while breaking the fourth wall with inside industry insights, therapist-level hot takes, and friendly jabs.

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For Listeners/Readers

This episode is a must-listen (or -read) for WWE fans invested in the current state of championship rivalries, women’s wrestling, and especially those following the high drama of Jimmy & Jey Uso. It mixes storyline dissections with real-life emotions, perfectly blending entertainment and analysis.

Transcript

[Analyst]

Cody Rhodes returns to Monday Night Raw. Asuka turns on Eosky. Big Jim is on the Raw recap. And so much more. This, this is Raw recap at WWE and Fanatics original production. I mean, Megan Morant. It looked like she Hulk attorney at law was lying on the Ma man, beaten but not quite out when Rhea Ripley was laying there. I don't think Asuka has ever used that much mist in her entire career.

[Co-Host]

Ria was covered head to toe with mist.

[Analyst]

She was green.

[Co-Host]

The mist actually looked pretty cool, though.

[Analyst]

That's because Ria's impossible. Like, even when Ria is in her worst position, it's impossible for her not to look cool. All that said, I'd rather be not cool than be in the position that Ria Ripley was in to end Monday night.

[Co-Host]

Yeah, you're telling me.

[Analyst]

So I don't think, you know, we were, we were trying to figure out where this was all going to go. I don't think that any of us saw it panning out this way. I thought. Tonight on Raw, we got a little bit of insight into what this kind of hold Oscar has over Kyrie Sane and IO sky. And this idea that Oscar they consider is the person who kind of opened the door for them that brought them to wwe, that she, she, they both consider Oscar as, as family, you know. And Oscar I think is in a point in her career where she's ready to accept those, those flowers, accept those compliments, and that's just ready to insistent upon. You know, it's like it's her way or the highway. And it's really interesting because we've seen eo, we've seen IO very aggressive. We've seen Kyrie Sane be very aggressive in the past. But Asuka, this version of Oscar, she's put her foot down and she's kind of made it very, very clear. Not to me, maybe not to you. I don't understand what's going on half the time. But she's clearly made it very clear to both EO and Kyrie what the task at hand is. And if you can't step out of line, if you don't complete the task at hand, it's going to be bad news. And that's what Iyo sky found out at the end of Monday Night Raw.

[Co-Host]

You know, the past couple of weeks, we've talked about these backstage segments and we've had a little bit of fun with it.

[Analyst]

A little love.

[Co-Host]

Exactly. We love Oscar yelling for Kyrie Sane. Tonight really was the first night where I started to feel a Little scared for Kyrie.

[Analyst]

Saying scary can be entertaining.

[Co-Host]

Of course it is.

[Analyst]

Kyrie doesn't want to do this stuff. I mean, Kyrie, look, it left, left EO and a deep green Rhea Ripley, the lying out on the mat. Kyrie, even at that one point in the match, didn't want to interfere.

[Co-Host]

No.

[Analyst]

Didn't want to mess with Rhea Ripley.

[Co-Host]

She did not want to hit that insane elbow, but she just saw what happened to EO sky and she said, I. I'm better. Insane elbow.

[Analyst]

And I mean, listen, she also is kind of the reason that Oscar lost the match with Rhea Ripley. You know, the distract. The hesitation on. On hitting Ria. But look, we, we. You go back earlier on the show and you know it was Rhea Ripley. It's not like Rhea Ripley and IO sky are on the exact same page. There's been a respect between the two of them. But earlier on the show, Ria, as a person who is a friend of iyo, is a person who respects eo, is telling IO hey, man, stay away from Oscar. And this is like IO's like, that's the one thing you don't say. That's my family. That's the person who brought me here. And by the way, don't tell me who to hang out with and who to not to hang out with. I don't need your advice because interestingly enough, and this could be something that. That in that moment, IO felt was plaguing her. What started this whole animosity? What started this whole beef?

[Co-Host]

Oscar.

[Analyst]

It was Asuka telling IO don't hang out with Ria. Right?

[Co-Host]

Yes.

[Analyst]

And now we get all these weeks forward and Ria's going, hey, iyo, don't hang out with Asuka anymore. And IO's like, how about this? Out of all of us, I'm the last one to be the champion. I'm going to go ahead and make my own adult decisions. Thank you very much. So we get to this main event, which Joe Test explained perfectly and accurately as a ple quality main event between Rhea Ripley and Oscar. And I mean, dude, like you talk about, and this is what I was thinking, I was going all the way back. Rhea Ripley and Oscar, two of the great NXT women's champions. I mean, the, the, the, the. The. The hold that Asuka had over NXT for that first run when she first got to the WWE before she hit the main roster was the stuff of legends. So this was a real pleasure to see in the ring tonight. And it was physical. And Oscar really dominated a lot of It. And Ria started to amount to come back towards the end of the match, finding that razor's edge to the Terror Twin.

[Co-Host]

Yes, the Razor's Edge. Because we just, you know, when you said before EO saying, oscar's my family, don't tell me what to do. Don't tell me not to talk to her, I was thinking now, if EO said to Ria, how about you never talk to Priests, Stay away from him.

[Analyst]

That's my Terror Twin dog.

[Co-Host]

That's right.

[Analyst]

That's what she would say.

[Co-Host]

And so I love.

[Analyst]

With the Australian accent.

[Co-Host]

Are you going to do it?

[Analyst]

Nope.

[Co-Host]

Okay, go ahead. But when Ria hit that, I was immediately thinking back to that interaction about just the tribute to family.

[Analyst]

Right, Exactly. And the people who. Who, you know, we're close to and we'll talk to Jimmy USO about just that later on. But yeah, seeing. Seeing that go down and then seeing the physicality in this match and how good it was, and then Ria hitting the outside. Kyrie not getting involved, obviously drawing Oscar's Irene. Then finally, as the referee is distracted, she comes over, and it was almost like she didn't know what to do with this fist of hers. Because that's the thing with Kyrie. Sane, like, even though she's, like, she's timid is not the word. Because she's coming across as timid, but she isn't timid. She's a lethal weapon. She is dangerous, but she doesn't want to hit these people. Except Oscar is asking for her to use that power, to use that danger against the people that Oscar wants her. Wants her to use it against.

[Co-Host]

Well, I imagine it's a very difficult situation, both for Iyo and for Kyrie, because here's Asuka, this woman who they looked up to, this woman who helped bring them to wwe.

[Analyst]

Yeah. And. And this woman who, like. Like, if you look at what she's done in wwe, if you're going to follow the orders of one woman on the women's roster in wwe, Oscar's pretty high on that list.

[Co-Host]

But for the first time in their experience with Asuka.

[Analyst]

Yeah.

[Co-Host]

She's telling them to do some things that they're not exactly comfortable with, and they're starting to question a little bit.

[Analyst]

Okay, good. Let's talk about it. When was the last time Oscar was the Women's World Champion?

[Co-Host]

It's been a little while.

[Analyst]

Don't you think Oscar should probably be switching up the game? And that's what she's doing.

[Co-Host]

Yeah.

[Analyst]

And it's like, get on board or get off the train, Oscar's sitting there going like, listen, I'm not, I'm, I'm, I'm not, I'm not packing up the boots anytime soon. But I want to be on top of this division, you know, saying, look.

[Co-Host]

I was a women's World champion.

[Analyst]

Good. Why don't you be?

[Co-Host]

When I didn't have to go to this level.

[Analyst]

Okay, good.

[Co-Host]

Well, I wasn't asking my friends to do these things.

[Analyst]

Well, good. Are you the champion now?

[Co-Host]

No.

[Analyst]

Did you win the champion at championship at Russell Palooza?

[Co-Host]

Nope.

[Analyst]

Okay, so what's the conversation we're having? Who we talking to then?

[Co-Host]

Switching up the game for Oscar?

[Analyst]

You got to switch up the game sometimes and that. And I think that's a smart thing to do. If the strategy is not working, that doesn't mean you change the goal. It means you change the strategy. And I think that's what Oscar is doing. And also asserting herself. You know, this whole year, ever since February, the LA EO sky has been the centerpiece of multiple main events. This year on Monday Night Raw, and the one this year that comes to my attention the most is the one that you and I sat there afterwards going, what just happened? And that's EO winning the Women's World Championship from, of all people, Rhea Ripley. So, you know, I, I, I think the fact that EO has won the title, has gone to WrestleMania with it has had the year that she has had. I think Oscar's aware of that and going, like, you know, this isn't for you anymore. Now this is for me. And I think that's what you see at the end of Monday Night Raw.

[Co-Host]

And of course, Asuka hears the chatter. Everybody, oh, Iyo sky, potentially the best wrestler on the roster. Men are women.

[Analyst]

No, on the planet. Not the roster, the planet. Iyo sky, best wrestler there is on the planet.

[Co-Host]

And Asuka goes, I taught Iyo everything she knows. I am the reason that Iyo is in the position she's in. Have you all forgotten what Asuka can do and what Asuka can accomplish?

[Analyst]

Nobody's ready, especially not Kyrie. So then we get in there, Kyrie and Oscar, and Kyrie doesn't want to do it, but she does it. They're beating down Rhea Ripley, who's green, and then EO sky comes out to stop it. And I think that's this moment that Oscar has where she's like, listen, like, I, number one, don't stop me from a beat down. But number two, she's looking around, she's looking at the fact that Kyrie Sane is seeing all this. Your leadership is now being questioned. Who is the one who is calling the shots? Because if she stops right now, then it's like, okay, we have to stop because EO said so. What? No, no, no. That's not the game we're playing.

[Co-Host]

Oscar's calling the shots, baby.

[Analyst]

Right? So we have a hug, and then we have a spinning back fist, and EO goes down, and, I mean, that's standing. Insane elbow. They're the worst. Just not like Oscar's got. Got EO perched like this, and then, boom. EO just gets flattened to the mat. You know, I think. And the idea now that, like, what are we looking at?

[Co-Host]

What doing?

[Analyst]

Are we looking at a potential I.O. and Rhea Ripley? It wasn't that long ago that you were coming on here going, why are they even friends? They both have the same goal. IO and Ria. Why are they friends? This is the one person that. That Ria can't be. But now, not only do they have this mutual respect, but they have a common enemy. And you wonder if it's going to be a situation where IO comes back and goes, like, okay, it's time for us to fight, or if she goes, I. You know, I'm not. I don't want to fight Oscar. I still don't want to fight Oscar. Oscar is still that person I have that amount of reverence for.

[Co-Host]

And then what does Ria do right now?

[Analyst]

I've got to believe I was going to want to fight. I don't think it's going to go that way.

[Co-Host]

He's a fighter.

[Analyst]

IO sky being who IO sky is. But that's. That's a part of it. And I mean, you know, if you're teaming with IO sky against the Kabuki warriors, isn't there part of you that's wondering, like, what if EO doesn't have the level of animosity that I do? What if they're able to bring EO back into the fold? What if there. It's a very, very complicated situation.

[Co-Host]

And then think of Kyrie's perspective as well. Kyrie's gonna stand across the ring from Eos guy. Again, part of the family, Right? We saw. You know, you said timid's not the word, but we saw her hesitate today.

[Analyst]

EO's a traitor, according to Oscar, and Kyrie spends a lot of time with Oscar. As a matter of fact, Kyrie's not allowed to. Yes. She's not allowed to spend more than 35 seconds outside of Oscar's presence or the scream comes and we can't have that. I mean, she's like a, like a, like a, like a little dog that's been yelled at so much, just shaking.

[Co-Host]

I kind of feel bad for Kyrie.

[Analyst]

I do, too. But then, but then the minute she starts that onslaught, you're like, oh, you know what? There's no reason to feel bad for Kyrie. She's ready to handle things on her own. So it's going to be really interesting to see how that works out. But it was a very, very personal episode of Monday Night Raw. That's where it ends with this personal beef that is now involving Kyrie and Asuka, but then also Ria and then also IO and, and. And Kyrie and Asuka turning on IO, all very personal. But Monday Night Raw started ultra personal at Wrestle Paloa. Cody Rhodes was successful defending the WWE championship against Drew McIntyre on the post show. Cody, and this is not the first time he said something like this. Said straight up, there is nobody on the roster that is more capable than me of being the quarterback, of being the number one guy in this promotion. And, and of course, that draws the ire again of Seth Rollins, who comes out and the two champions stand there with their titles, knowing crown jewel is right around the corner. Crown Jewel, where we have champion versus champion to crown that crown jewel champion every single year. And Cody won it last year. That was the inaugural Crown Jewel Championship. This year, Cody's back in it, but now he's in it against Seth Rollins. And I thought, you know, Cody coming out on Raw and really cool to see Cody Rhodes on Raw. That's kind of a rarity coming out to address the audience. But before he can say anything, here comes Seth Rollins. Seth Rollins comes out and, and, and, and says, you know, it should just be champion versus champion, because on paper, that's what this is designed to be. And I don't want to use the word exhibition as pejorative, but it's like it's just supposed to be on this night, who's the better man? That's what it's all about. Or in the women's division, who's the better woman? That's what it's all about. It's not about what happens usually at these WWE Premium Live events where you build a story, you know, it's. None's required.

[Co-Host]

We never get to see both champions go at it.

[Analyst]

Champion versus champion.

[Co-Host]

We get to see it.

[Analyst]

And on this night, who's the better man and who holds that? You Know, champion of Champions crown Jewel ring gets the.

[Co-Host]

Yeah, the ring.

[Analyst]

The ring. And Cody was wearing it proudly. And he didn't do that by mistake. Cody, you know, Cody, like, he keeps himself polite. He keeps it on the up and up, but he doesn't mind reminding you he knew what he was doing bringing that, that, that ring to Monday Night Raw.

[Co-Host]

Yes.

[Analyst]

That. You can't miss it.

[Co-Host]

Yeah. That's what you have to do, though.

[Analyst]

I agree.

[Co-Host]

You're respectful, you're polite, you say all the right things, but you just a reminder, I'm the best.

[Analyst]

I'm the man. Let him know. You have to. So Seth points out what I was thinking, what I think a lot of us were thinking, which is this is beyond champion versus champion. This is beyond just who's the best on any given night. This is the real deal. This is deeply, deeply personal. And it just happens to be this road that we took that got us to another Seth Rollins Cody Rhodes match. When Cody Rhodes first returned to the WWE, it was amazing. It was WrestleMania 38, and he was the mystery opponent against Seth Rollins. They ran it back once, they ran it back twice. The third match was, of course, that torn peck in the hell in a cell in Chicago. Wow. Absolutely classic match. All three of them were absolute classics. All three of them were won by Cody Rhodes. But it goes even deeper than that. And I had forgotten, right? I was like, oh, Seth versus Cody at Crown Jewel was gonna be. Is gonna be awesome. Because of the three match series, we get to revisit it. But Seth was wearing a watch on Monday Night Raw and I had forgotten. Seth brought it up. You know, I was your shield at WrestleMania. And I was like, man, we have never cracked that can open.

[Co-Host]

You know, it's interesting because I was actually listening to Cody Rhodes podcast and he had Becky lynch on and. And they were chatting as, you know, friends forever. So much history in the business. And Cody said, can I ask you something about your husband? And you can't lie about it. Did he keep the watch that I gave him at WrestleMania because I've never seen him wear it. And Becky said, of course he has the watch. Well, why has he never worn it? She's like, he has it. And Becky was saying, I'm a terrible liar because my voice tends to go up. And she did get defensive of Seth and her voice did raise an octave. So Cody said, are you lying to me? And Becky said, I'm not lying. He has the watch. This is something that Cody's been thinking about for a while. I gave him, this watch at WrestleMania, what did he do with it?

[Analyst]

So for a shoot, he was wondering why Seth has never worn that watch.

[Co-Host]

That's right.

[Analyst]

That he gave it to him. And that's the thing, man. That's the thing that people don't understand about wrestling. That, like, there's a lot more reality in it than I think anybody realizes. And this idea that Cody Rhodes is going around in real life talking about putting QB1 on his merch every interview he does, talking about how he's the quarterback, he's the captain, he's the man. He has Bruce Pritchard on his podcast talking about how he is there to be the man, to be the quarterback, and that's always been the intention to be the guy in the wwe. And that's his whole life's work.

[Co-Host]

Also with Bruce Prichard, he talked about returning to WrestleMania 38 and the opportunity to face Seth Rollins. And that was one of the things that made him say, absolutely right, Seth Rollins. I get Seth Rollins.

[Analyst]

I get seth Rollins at WrestleMania. And that match will just be what I use to start my road to being the top guy. And Seth is like, whoa. And I think I. So I think this is what Seth was talking about on Raw tonight, where he goes, you say all these nice things, but what do you actually mean? What are you actually saying?

[Co-Host]

Well, and Cody even said on that inter. In that interview with Bruce Pritchard, he was saying, you know, Seth was a guy who we started at the same time, and he surpassed me by a lot. And then I returned to WWE and we're at the same place.

[Analyst]

That's what he said. Do you think he believes they're at the same place or do you think he.

[Co-Host]

No, I think Cody believes he's higher.

[Analyst]

And I think he does, too. I think Cody truly believes he is the guy and nobody is capable of it. I don't think that he's in character. I don't think that he's. I think it's Cody as a man saying, I came back to the WWE to be the guy, and I believe I am the guy, and I believe nobody else is capable of doing what I'm capable of. And that is for real going to really bother somebody like Seth Rollins, who. You know, the same stuff that he said about CM Punk, about CM Punk leaving and Seth having to be here the entire time and Seth having to be the one to put it all on his back and Seth having to do all of this. Who else left?

[Co-Host]

Cody.

[Analyst]

It wasn't the same context because Cody wasn't a top guy when he left. But while Cody was gone, Seth was building this thing. And Cody now gets to be the top guy of something that Seth laid foundation for. And if it was true for one, it's gotta be true for all. And I think that that is the kind of history that we're looking at here. And that's the reality of the whole vision thing, that there's nothing about it that I think Seth doesn't believe when he says straight up that he is the right person to lead this industry into the future. I mean, when he looked at Cody and said, that's fine if you want to be the quarterback, but you're going to be my quarterback. I don't know if he thinks he's Belichick. I don't know if he thinks he's Jerry Jones. I don't know who, what role Seth is playing here, but Seth is like. I also feel like Seth is the type of performer who's not even here right now. He's years in the future. You know what I mean? We're playing on step three right now. Seth's on step eight. That's what he's playing for now. He's not playing for being like the top wrestler there is. He's playing for being the guy that runs the whole show. Because that's what Seth has said in interviews in the past. Wow. Seth has said that in interviews in the past where he's like, yeah, when I'm done wrestling, I could see myself being the guy who runs the show, not being the, the. The actual top guy.

[Co-Host]

And then Cody would be his quarterback.

[Analyst]

Right, Right. I mean, it's. What levels are we thinking that this is at? I think it's so, so great. And then he says, by any means necessary. I'm the alpha is what Seth Rollins says. So who knows what that means by any means necessary. But I think it's going to be very difficult for Cody Rhodes to have two of those crown jewel rings. I think Seth is going to make it next to impossible. But Cody brought up the greatest point of the whole exchange, which was the three times that we've faced, how many did you win and just walked off? And that's when you know what I yell out loud. Everything counts. It was years, three years ago. Over three years ago, Cody beat Seth Rollins three times in a row. Usually when you have a series of three matches, the last one is called the rubber match because the first guy wins one, the second guy wins one. And then you get to the rubber match at the End. And people were going like this years ago. Why Cody have to win all three? Because of this moment.

[Co-Host]

Because Seth was already on step eight.

[Analyst]

Right. Cause. And here we are. It's. And it's not.

[Co-Host]

The Crown Jewelry Championship wasn't even invented when that happened.

[Analyst]

Exactly. And here we are. Here we are. And it all counts. And it's. And, and, and, and. And we were doing all the right things by paying attention to every little detail. I can't wait to see how it all goes. You know, you gotta. You gotta show your support when you're showing everything, you know. In the women's division, we know Stephanie Vacair, the new women's World Champion, is gonna be defending the championship. Or not defending the championship, but also fighting for the Crown Jewel Championship at Crown Jewel against either Tiffany Stratton, Jade Cargill, or Nia Jax. But if you want to celebrate Stephanie Vicare, you got to go over to WWE Shop and fanatics. Check out the latest arrivals. Bold designs from your favorite WWE Superstars. I'm talking about the brand new Stephanie Vacair Women's World Champion T shirt that is celebrating her rise to the top. You could do it all in in style. Whether you're repping ringside or you're watching from home, you got to gear up now and show your support. Available [e-mail] and fanatics. You know, you got to get it now so that you have it once Crown Jewel shows up. You know, you got to get your burn it down shirt, get your American Nightmare shirt. Whatever you got to do to show.

[Co-Host]

Which side you're on, you got to pick a side. It's part of history.

[Analyst]

I mean, it's America, you know. Pick a side for goodness sake. Okay, you know, we've got. We've got Jimmy USO coming up. But before we get to Jimmy uso, I want to tell you also about Finest wwe. You know about Finest wwe. Finally, Finest WWE is coming back to the hobby. Yes. This Friday, September 26th, it all goes down. Finest WWE. This set is a high energy tribute to sports entertainment. Built for collectors who crave vibrant designs, premium tech and chase worthy polls. Every box delivers a thrilling mix of content. Two autographs per box. A full spectrum of base and parallel cards, rare refractors and inserts that highlight the best and biggest names and moments in the WWE today. It's a 300 card base set. It's a collector's challenge packed with common and uncommon and rare tiers you each available across a rainbow of parallels. Plus, each case guarantees one major Case Hit Dark Energy, Double Exposure, or the Oola Fala. Whether you're chasing your favorite superstar, prospecting new talent, or going for the full Rainbow 2025 finest, WWE brings the action. I know I'm going to be trying for it on Friday when it comes out, but before we get there, we talk to our first guest. Jimmy USO is our first guest. Let's go to him here on Raw recap. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Raw recap. Big Jim, Jimmy uso, fresh off of defending LA Knight in the ring. Welcome to the Raw recap, man.

[Jimmy Uso]

Appreciate you having me, man.

[Analyst]

How has it been right now with, with and and did you ever think you would. You would be here again, you and your brother Jay, back to being a tag team, back to being the USOs. You know, we heard the old USO's theme again back on a premium live event, being the USO's, how does it feel based on where you're at in your career and Jay is at in his career, seeing this team back, you.

[Jimmy Uso]

Know, teaming up with my brother is obviously something that's always. That's what that. That's in my soul right there. So anytime I get to step in the ring with brother and we get to cook, it's just, that's the day one, you know, it ain't a shirt. It's really our lifestyle. That's really how we, how we really run, man. It's a blessing, man. It's just. It's just really hard where we at because, you know, Russell Palooza, we lost and brothers, obviously, just not on the same page. I thought we would be on the same page since we got back, but obviously I've been watching, you know, how it's been, and I'm trying to figure it out as well.

[Analyst]

Do you think the world title changes people? Do you think? Because, you know, and this was something that I had talked about on some of the, you know, pre shows and stuff before Wrestle Palooza, which was, yeah, I mean, you guys are brothers and you guys are the greatest tag team of all time. Except what happened after that tag team split was that you became a big single star and your brother became the world Heavyweight champion. So I just, I naturally questioned whether the motivation to be a great tag team was still there when you both have these singles careers to look at. And I mean, I would think that would go double for Jay, who has now kind of been in that world heavyweight title picture.

[Jimmy Uso]

I definitely, I think it was more stressful than anything, man. Like, like you just said, like, we've been attacking my whole lives. So it's new field, it's new water over there for brother. Especially when you got the, the heavyweight champion, man, when, when you got the big one, man, they running with you, you know, So I, I watched him, you know, I went to smackdown, he went to raw. Man, I knew deep down I can see it, you know, I talk to him, I can hear it, man, when he's around me, I can feel it. So I already know, man. Yeah, it's like bittersweet, you know, So I, I honestly, it's tag team wrestling with me and him heals us. So I think when we're together, we vibrant, it's on. When we're separate, we still on. But man, the spark is a little dim. And I bet it when it's just me, it was like. I know he feels like that when he's out there, you know, I know he's, he's struggling out there. I know he's, he. It's a lot of weight on your shoulders. Those you come from a long line of champions. And how do you make your own footprint in your own sand coming from this big family? And I'm just always blessed to be around the man. So anytime I get in the ring with him, we healing. And you know, I just, like I said, we're in different mind spaces, right?

[Co-Host]

Jimmy, we've heard you say at least twice now that Jay has been acting like Roman Reigns. Now is, I mean, after everything that you've been through with the bloodline, both you and your brother Jay saying that is something that has to hit extremely deep. Now are you truly feeling like Jay is acting like Roman Reigns? Or was that something you said maybe to make a point to your brother?

[Jimmy Uso]

Nah, nah, we've been around. He's acting like Roman brain tips. We all three grew up together and we take to heart what Big Goose says. Even the bad, though. But I just feel like. I feel like my brother is trying to be exactly that. I think that he thinks he needs to one of all of us.

[Analyst]

And.

[Jimmy Uso]

I think that's changing them because he's got tunnel vision and it's like he's lost in the sauce, man. And we gotta get him, gotta get him back because he's already, he's already. There's already. It's already took flight. He's already in a different headspace and that's dangerous.

[Analyst]

I mean, I get where you're coming from and I get where you're coming from as somebody who, you know, you want your brother back you want the USO's back and you don't want to go through everything that you went through when the bloodline was the bloodline, because we all saw that play out at the same time. Roman Reigns having that tunnel vision and feeling like he needed to be the member of your family that stepped up above everyone else led to a three and a half year title reign and led to all of you guys, you know, being at the highest point that at up until that point you'd have been in your career. You know, when Roman was acting like Roman Reigns, you and, and Jay, you main evented WrestleMania as a tag team. If Jay Uso is acting like Roman Reigns and and is starting to develop the capability to act like Roman Reigns, is that necessarily a bad thing?

[Jimmy Uso]

I. I mean, I think it comes at a cost. I think it comes at a cost. I don't know if it's a good thing or a bad thing, but it. You paying for it. Whether it's through like your, your vibes with your relationship with people or with your brothers or. He ain't the same bro. He ain't the same moose out there. I'm telling you, I know it for a fact. What's happening is clouded. He. It's coming at a cost. Those. This is a different kind of game here, man. You know, I ain't never seen him, I ain't never seen him like this, you know, And I don't like it because I don't even know how to respond to it because like I said, we in new waters. So it hurts dearly to watch him struggle even more, to not even have an answer for him. I just know I just got to be around him, man. But it do come at a cost, whether it's good or bad.

[Analyst]

At the same time with whatever this sort of fluctuation in attitude is when the music is playing, when he's around the people, when he's around fans. And even for most of Wrestle Palooza, for your entrance, for most of the match like he has, he's still old Jay. He's still yeeting with the kids. He's still coming out through the audience. He's still got that enthusiasm. I mean, all that is still there. There just seems to be one sort of switch and maybe it's that, that, that thing in him that didn't really know if he could be the man, that didn't know if he could, if he could beat Gunther at WrestleMania, that didn't know if he could hold that title. You know, maybe something changes when you know you can hold that title. I mean, for you, I would imagine you've talked about it before, and you and Jay were talking about it leading up to WrestleMania. The idea of you holding a singles title, you know, I, I, I, I've got to believe that you have those singles aspirations as well, that, that, you know, you. I was just reading a tweet before we walked in here that, that somebody said, based on what I'm seeing on television, if I were going to invest in one WWE Superstar in 2026, it'd be Jimmy Uso. Like, it feels like this could be Jimmy's time. When you hear people saying, well, we saw Roman, we saw jay last year. 2026 could be the year that, that, that Jimmy Uso becomes that guy, do you start having those feelings of, of, of grandeur?

[Jimmy Uso]

I mean, we all got goals, right? We all, we all set them. You know, you want to be the best at what you do. We were attacking, became the best tag team in singles. Yeah, man, of course I want to hold a championship. Of course I want to get active. You know what I'm telling you. And I told my brother this the other night, man, him being the champion was me being the champion. When I watch him come out every night and he comes down when he beat Gunther At WrestleMania, I was a part of that. You know, I got goosebumps because, yeah, necessarily, I ain't got to get the ones who I don't have to have the strap on, man. So I sit here for me, for me, everybody who's like, let's push. Jim, Jim, this is here, this last year or whatever, man, I'm just happy that my twin brother, when I watch him be the champ, man, come on, man. That's me too. It really is. So I told my brother, I live vicariously through you every single row. Every time you come out and you in there and you, when you winning and you in there fighting, man, I'm right there with you, man. So, yeah, man, Jay got it. I feel like I got it. But to answer, to answer it, yes, I would love to have it, but, man, I don't need to happen.

[Analyst]

What is, what does your dad think of all this tension? You know, I feel like every time something's happening with the USO's on television, I see some Facebook post and I always know what Rikishi's feeling. What, what does dad think about everything that's going on between you and Jay?

[Jimmy Uso]

Man, you know, my dad, you know, obviously, you know, it's like, it ain't nothing I ain't never seen before. But y' all better handle that. You better handle that, or I'll handle it for you. Dad being dad, you know, he always let us figure it out. Like I said, we got some things to figure out. We got to sort some things out. We got to go back to the playing board. We got to see if we want to be a tag team. Bro, you want to tag with me or what? You want to go back to being the best tag team or what? Or you want to do what you want to do, that's fine. But you got to let me know.

[Analyst]

Bro, I think that. That. That's it, like, in a nutshell, right? That's it. That, like, you're supportive of whatever it is, but if. And I think that that's true, too, right? Like, you have to protect what the USO's as a tag team is. If you're going to be the USOs, you have to be the USOs. There's no half measures. And going like, okay, maybe we'll team a little here, maybe we'll team a little, a little there. Either. Either you're Jimmy and Jay, USO and you're successful, or you're the USO's and you're successful. But I guess you're right. You have to figure out which one of those two you are.

[Jimmy Uso]

Yeah. And it's scary because I thought we was ready to rock again, but then obviously, you know, it's. It's Rocky, so. Man, it is.

[Analyst]

Well, listen, I hope we figure it out. I really do. When I saw the USO show up, I thought, for sure we have a super team here.

[Co-Host]

And then when I saw the entrance at Russell Palooza, I said, oh, tension aside, we are completely.

[Jimmy Uso]

Oh, here you go. I lost you for a minute. My bad.

[Analyst]

No, that's okay. Come on back in. Come on back in. We were just talking about. We were just talking about how we're right there with you. That when we saw. And we talked about it here on the podcast, like when. When. When you came out to first help your brother, and your brother was looking up at you saying, I can't do it alone. And you said, I'm here for you. The only. I. The only thing that we were talking about was the idea that the USO's now go from being a tag team to being a super team, that if the USO's are back together, you know, that this is. This is next level. And Megan was saying that she saw. We got a taste of it at Wrestle Palooza, but It just, it still seems like it hasn't worked out. And I think a big part of that is Jay has and I don't know if it's a feast or famine mentality, but I think that there's a nature and I think it's based on what Roman said to him that, no, we're going to look out for our family and that's who we're going to look out for and nobody else. And I mean, I don't know, I get it, you know, WWE is swimming with sharks and friends are friends, but business is business. Do you think that, that, that, do you think that it is more difficult to succeed than he realizes, having that kind of closed off, family only approach?

[Jimmy Uso]

I think it, what's Roman always say, man, I want to tell my brother two weeks ago, smash them all. Make them acknowledge you and smash them all. Now that could be motivated or that can sound like that's the most selfish thing I've ever heard or that's the most, like, you know, how do, how do we, how do we, how do you take it? And I think to have that mentality, all or nothing. Ah, that's the way to go. Like I said, it comes at a cost, man. This whole thing is, is good and bad in it. How do you respond? How do you take to it? How do you use it? Positive or, man, you let this thing run you to the ground or make you act the way you don't want to act or say things you don't want to say. You know, like you said, you watched us go through this, so we're still trying to figure it out, but all or nothing, family over everything mentality, I, I do understand, I do respect him, man.

[Analyst]

I, I, I'm glued to it. I am glued to it right now and where it's going to go, you know that I was glued to the bloodline saga and you lived it, but I was glued to it every single weekend. I mean, listen, I know you guys are going through it, but I am, I am utterly glued to it. Again, just a little hint, just a little taste and the fact, right, that the, the past is never over. You know what I mean? That somehow we go through this whole hero arc and then go all the way around and somehow here we are back again. And this ghost, this thing that has been haunting all of you, which like you said, it's the good and the bad, it's the glory of being at the top of the industry, but the cost has been this thing that has been haunting you guys since it happened and now it's. It's. It's rearing its ugly head again. And yeah, man, I'm locked in.

[Co-Host]

I can't wait to see what. What happens next.

[Jimmy Uso]

We'll see, man. Like I said, it's a. It's a black cloud that's always falling on us. You can't pick your family. So you always deal with family. They forever around. And my brothers, the bloodline, we forever around. And it's always going to be something. We know that much. It's always going to be something. How do we respond, man? Like that go say is it's real. It's good and bad. It was. Amen.

[Analyst]

Well, Jimmy, we appreciate you making some time for us tonight. You've been a busy, busy man. So. So giving us your time here on Raw. Recap. Thank you for that and good luck with everything, dude.

[Co-Host]

Yeah, good luck, Jimmy. Thank you.

[Jimmy Uso]

Appreciate y'. All. Thank you, man.

[Analyst]

What a time it is for Jimmy Uso, man. I mean, a very kind of a more RAW interview than I was kind of expecting out of Jimmy Usu. I think we. We got him in kind of an emotional place coming right off of the appearance on Monday night Raw. Of course, coming off of that, great. The. The LA Knight Jay uso match was great. How about just LA Knight just deciding. Sometimes I do burning hammers and just whipping a burning hammer out of nowhere. Like, I'm sorry I didn't appreciate your game.

[Co-Host]

You know, we are seeing a different side of Jeu, so there's no question about it. I feel like LA Knight we've also seen a more intense side of as well.

[Analyst]

Yeah, yeah. But it was Jay USO who got the W tonight, and he took a little advantage of the but. And he should have. He should have. He saw an opening and he took it. Some people will tell you he took advantage of. Of. Of interference by the vision, but he saw an opening and he took it. The match was with La Knight, and he said he couldn't handle business with Jimmy until he bodied La Knight. That's what he had to do. Who knows? Who knows if that'll become a moment that is worthy of Tops now, you know, we talked about this on our show over the weekend. Tops now, you know, it captures the major milestones and viral moments from the biggest events, like Cena's 17th title, AJ Lee's Return. You know, we've talked about Tops now all the time. Well, coming out of Russell Palooza, wait till you hear this. You're going to need this one. We found out that there will be a Tops now card commemorating the entrance.

[Co-Host]

Of Becky and Seth.

[Analyst]

I don't know, but Stephanie Vacairs. Oh, I need that Women's World Championship win. Yes, a Tops now card commemorating Stephanie Vicare's win, her first win as Women's World Champion. They are up now. Grab them immediately. These cards are only available until September 25th. And look at that. You have the chance to get that super fracture a one of one on card auto. Stephanie Vacair as women's champion. Get those orders in. One card ordered will be that gold with the autograph from Stephanie Vicare, the new WWE Women's World Champion. But while we're talking about stuff online and everything, Tops now and whatnot, I, I, I, I'd be remiss. I don't even know if this is. If this is canon, but we have to discuss this. Okay? You following John Cena on Twitter? He's probably following you.

[Co-Host]

Yes, yes.

[Analyst]

He follows everybody.

[Co-Host]

Well, I felt special.

[Analyst]

I think he followed you as a special thing. I think you should feel special. But look at this tweet. Do we have this tweet? Can you guys put this tweet up? Hashtag, this is what he writes. Cena versus Styles thoughts. Hashtag WWE Raw. The only reason you hashtag WWE Raw is so the WWE Universe sees it. And then, by the way, I don't know if you saw the Instagram, but on Instagram he sent out a thing. It was a picture of a blue jay. It was a. Well, no, it was the letter A from Sesame Street. Then a picture of a. I think a blue jay. Like a J. And then Styles from Teen Wolf. AJ Styles. Now look, what do I think? What are the thoughts? If you're asking the WWE Universe, you got to hydrate. You got to start drinking some water so you can.

[Co-Host]

Second time in two shows. I just get all excited about.

[Analyst]

I know, I get it.

[Co-Host]

J Styles. I mean, this is what the WWE Universe has been talking about since we saw that Styles clash, right?

[Analyst]

Yeah, of course.

[Co-Host]

That he used, bro. What was it two matches ago? It wasn't at Russell Palooza. It was in.

[Analyst]

I think it was a clash in Paris in the Logan Paul match. Yeah, Logan Paul is the one that ate the Styles clash from John Cena. I am telling you that when you make. And I've been talking about doing a John Cena AJ Styles match from the beginning. I don't know if John Cena is teasing us or if this is a real possibility. I'm surprised. He has full dexterity of his Thumbs that he can actually tweet out after that beating that he took from Brock Lesnar.

[Co-Host]

But he has five appearances left.

[Analyst]

He has five left.

[Co-Host]

You've fantasy booked all of them many.

[Analyst]

Many times to different results.

[Co-Host]

Before this tweet, was AJ Styles as much as you want, 100%.

[Analyst]

He was 100%. 100%. I've. Yes, I. And most of the time when I've tried to figure out whether I was doing it with five matches left or 10 matches left or at the beginning of the year or whatever it was, I was always looking for that John Cena, AJ Styles match. Because I mean, when you look at those, you know, to me, John Cena's greatest rivals other ever are Randy Orton and Edge. They're both the piper to his Hogan. But man, when you think about those classic Cena moments, Brock's going to come up. But what AJ Styles brought out in John Cena is something nobody has ever brought out in John Cena. AJ Styles, when he got to wwe, was a wrestlers wrestler, the type of wrestler that was so good, but so good at wrestling. Most people said, you know what, he's destined to be the best in the world who never even comes to WWE because they wouldn't even know what to do with him. And AJ Styles gets to wwe. I love a secret sneeze that's not remotely secret.

[Co-Host]

For a second I was like, pineapple, pineapple, pineapple, don't sneeze.

[Analyst]

And I, you got to say, I think I'm going to sneeze. And then you won't.

[Co-Host]

You were just on a, you were on a rant there.

[Analyst]

I mean, but I want to interrupt.

[Co-Host]

And you know what I did? I interrupted.

[Analyst]

Well, you know, it happens sometimes, you know, your body does what your body does, I guess. So it's getting excited. You're allergic to great ideas. But I think I feel like that's an insult. Nah, nah. Cause you sneeze a cough all the time. So you must be having great ideas constantly. Thank you. Here's the thing. You're allergic to great ideas would be an insult if you didn't constantly have allergy symptoms.

[Co-Host]

Really just been like the last three weeks.

[Analyst]

The seasons are changing, autumn's coming. No, it's fair. It's a fair time. My point though is that when AJ Styles got to wwe, AJ Styles and John Cena were like these two forces in the world of wrestling. There was two ways to do it. And AJ Styles did the wrestling the best way and John Cena did the sports entertainment the best way. To. And when they came together, it was like, oh, my God. You saw what AJ Styles was capable of from a WWE perspective. Then you saw what John Cena was capable of from from a professional wrestling perspective. I mean, even the buildup to the match, AJ Styles going beat up John Cena, it's ingrained in my head is such a wonderful period of time, that whole run. And, and, and, yeah, to see AJ Styles and John Cena, because I'll tell you what, at this point in their career, AJ Styles and John Cena could still put on matches that, like, leave younger wrestlers with their jaws on the floor going, how do we top that? How do we even match that? Yes, I want to see John Cena vs. AJ Styles. I want to see it as soon as possible. If you told me the next John Cena matches, John Cena versus AJ Styles, I'm happy as a clam.

[Co-Host]

I don't think there's any wrestling fan out there that goes, you know what? I'll pass on that one.

[Analyst]

Even the wrestling fans that were like, I didn't want to see Brock Lesnar beat John Cena that badly on John Cena's retirement tour, and there were plenty of them because that's who Brock Lesnar is. That's what he does. He delivers the bad news because it's not up to what you want to see when it's Brock Lesnar. It's what Brock Lesnar has decided upon. But all wrestling fans are the opposite of that when it comes to AJ Styles and John Cena.

[Co-Host]

Yeah, I think the retirement tour would be remiss without this match.

[Analyst]

I hope we get it. I hope John Cena is not teasing us because he does tricks on social media. He loves his.

[Co-Host]

He's a nice guy. Now, he wouldn't do that.

[Analyst]

He loves Internet tricks. Loves Internet tricks. But the fact that he did it on Twitter, too, usually his Internet tricks are only on Instagram. Fact that is also on X.

[Co-Host]

The X1 was much more direct.

[Analyst]

That's right.

[Co-Host]

The Instagram one was a little tricky. Tricky. We'll see if they get the reference here.

[Analyst]

Oh, I got. I know who Styles is when I see him. Yeah. So I'm very, very excited about even the potential that it. It. It could be. Happen. And I, And. And I do think that it would be like a special, special thing. We got a big raw next week. And, And. And part of tonight was building up to that Monday night Raw.

[Co-Host]

Yeah. Do you have. Do you have anything to say about your guy, Dirty Dominic Mysterio, and how he Just turned his back on his brother.

[Analyst]

Are you talking about McDonough, the mega intercontinental champion? Are you talking about. Dummy? Two belts?

[Co-Host]

Is that what we're calling him?

[Analyst]

I did just now.

[Co-Host]

I am talking about Domi. Two belts.

[Analyst]

Sounds even better when you say it.

[Co-Host]

Greatest luchador and greatest mysterio of all time.

[Analyst]

He's the Mega Champion of Triple A.

[Co-Host]

Okay. Yes.

[Analyst]

You know what I mean. I don't see what more proof you need.

[Co-Host]

Well, tonight he wasn't a Mega Champion of friendship.

[Analyst]

Oh, I'm sorry. He wasn't the Friendship Mega Champion he never claimed to be. He's already got two belts.

[Co-Host]

JD really did Dom a solid tonight. He took on Rusev.

[Analyst]

Yes.

[Co-Host]

Dom was shaking in his boots.

[Analyst]

Even cowhide boots.

[Co-Host]

Dom was shaking in his cowhide.

[Analyst]

Yeah. Put some respect on those boots.

[Co-Host]

Even at the sound of Rusev's name, Finn says, no way. I'm not helping you. Why don't you ask your friend Grande Americano?

[Analyst]

Okay, okay. Biases aside, because you do have biases. Do you think Finn Balor is jealous of Dominic Mysterio's friendship with Grande Americano? He's coming across very jealous.

[Co-Host]

I think he's happy about it.

[Analyst]

Why not?

[Co-Host]

Because Grande Americano is not in the Judgment Day.

[Analyst]

You again. What is it with people in wwe you can only be friends with, like, it is so clicky right now. You can't sit at their table. If you sit at our table. It's crazy what's going on.

[Co-Host]

The Judgment Day is always kind of operated right.

[Analyst]

But I mean, it's Judgment Day saying Dominic can't be friends with Grande. It's Oscar saying, no, you can only be friends with me. It's Jay saying, no, Jimmy, you can only hang out with family. Like, something's going on in WWE right now where everybody is getting very clicky.

[Co-Host]

Yeah.

[Analyst]

Very clicky.

[Co-Host]

You know, Adam Paris might need to sit everybody down.

[Analyst]

Yeah. Trust falls.

[Co-Host]

Yes.

[Analyst]

Get everybody together. Everybody's got to camp out in the gym one night and do trust falls.

[Co-Host]

Say nice things.

[Analyst]

Yes.

[Co-Host]

And then a trust fall.

[Analyst]

That's right. Separate the groups, mix them around and.

[Co-Host]

Stuff everybody about the time you had diarrhea. Barnes and Noble.

[Analyst]

That's right.

[Co-Host]

And Trust fall into a crowd of people.

[Analyst]

That's 100% right.

[Co-Host]

Can't wait for that segment next week on Raw. But anyways, getting back to the Judgment Day.

[Analyst]

It was at the bookstore. If we get that segment. Otis, that's a great answer. Okay, go on.

[Co-Host]

Anyway, I'm thinking about.

[Analyst]

No, it's a great answer. It's a great. No, you nailed it. You nailed it.

[Co-Host]

Anyway, so JD McDonough steps up to help his boy Dirty Dom against Rusev.

[Analyst]

He seemed like he did it a little reluctantly.

[Co-Host]

Who else was gonna help him?

[Analyst]

No, I know, I know. All right, all right.

[Co-Host]

There was no one else there. J.D. had to do what he had to do, right? And then when push comes to shove, JD is in the hold by Rusev. He's in big trouble. Rusev is not releasing the hold. Well, listen, what does Dominic do? Finn Balor comes from out of nowhere, and as we saw in the Judgment Day clubhouse, he was very preoccupied with his Nintendo Switch.

[Analyst]

I think it might have been a.

[Co-Host]

Switch to switch to.

[Analyst]

That's sick, right?

[Co-Host]

Yeah.

[Analyst]

Here's what I think was going on. I think everybody's reading this all wrong. Okay?

[Co-Host]

Of course you do.

[Analyst]

Well, I'm an analyst. It says on A and E right under my name. Listen, I think that Dominic was out there to support his friend. I mean, imagine getting to come to the ring and Dominik Mysterio is by your side. It's the cosign of all co signs. Then the match happens. Dominic's not going to interfere because he respects the rules. You know what I mean? He's.

[Co-Host]

Now today of all days, you decided today's the day you woke up and decided I'm going to respect rules.

[Analyst]

He's a wrestler's wrestler. You know what I mean?

[Co-Host]

Yesterday didn't respect rules. At Summer Slay, we didn't respect rules. I mean, there are so many occasions when Dominic Mysterio has bent the rules in his favor.

[Analyst]

We got to get Biggie on here. I think he'd disagree with you.

[Co-Host]

Biggie would be in lockstep with me.

[Analyst]

Oh, okay. Well, whatever. But he's not here regardless, so he's not gonna break the rules.

[Co-Host]

He's a new man. He's.

[Analyst]

He's a champion. He's representing AAA and wwe. He's got a lot on his shoulders right now. Can you imagine having to go out and represent two promotions everywhere that you go and be the person in charge of the lineage of your family name, the one guy who's there to represent that name. That's a lot for him to deal with. So he's not going to cheat in the match? He doesn't cheat in the match. Then the match is over, and Dominic really has. And he's really smart guy. He just considers it, right? There he goes. Well, what's in front of me? A match with Rusev. This is not good news. For anybody. Especially, you know, we had Rusev on the podcast. He's an intimidating guy. He wants to teach the young people a lesson. I don't even know what he was talking about, but I was like, yeah, yeah, huh? Yeah.

[Co-Host]

Never bring up Rusev Day around him, ever.

[Analyst]

You brought up Rusev Day and he was like, mad at you?

[Co-Host]

Very.

[Analyst]

He's like, oh, good reference. Not. It's like, okay, geez. So I think Dominic said, listen, it's a lot smarter and better for the judgment Day if I make sure that I don't get any involved in any physicality that I don't have to before my championship match. Imagine if he had hurt, injured himself.

[Co-Host]

Helping JD it's so interesting because on Saturday's podcast, when I brought up that Becky lynch tapped out because, you know, imagine if she injured herself and.

[Analyst]

But that's a match.

[Co-Host]

And you said this was ridiculous.

[Analyst]

It was ridiculous.

[Co-Host]

And now that was a match. The exact same thing.

[Analyst]

No, because Dominic wasn't in this match. Okay, so Dominic to just willy nilly put himself at risk.

[Co-Host]

Listen, he's turned his back on his blood family, so it's not surprising to me.

[Analyst]

I think it was the other way around. He wasn't, he wasn't raised. Well, I wasn't there, but he said he wasn't raised. I mean, can you imagine if your father had put your paternity on the line in a ladder match? You think you'd have a good relationship with your parents if your paternity was on the line in a ladder match?

[Co-Host]

Complicated.

[Analyst]

You understand? He put the kid's paternity on the line in a ladder match and gave him a psp, as if that was going to make it all better. And what is Dominic now? He's a guy who is constantly looking for love in all the wrong ways.

[Co-Host]

About trauma again on this pod.

[Analyst]

He's constantly looking for love. He's going from person to person. We've seen it happen. And he's addicted to video games. Going right back to the psp.

[Co-Host]

We're going to have to have A and E put analyst slash therapist because this is now like two weeks in a row that you've brought up.

[Analyst]

We do need to get some, some superstars in here so I can see. How does that make you feel? Well, listen, I'm excited. I don't think Dominic want. I want. I think Dominic wanted to make sure that when he comes into RAW next week, he comes into raw 100%. He's not going to get himself injured. He's not going to get himself involved in physicality with Rusev.

[Co-Host]

If it doesn't benefit, got himself injured and then got out of the match like he did so many times before.

[Analyst]

No, he had a serious injury with a doctor's note. And then by the way, once he was healed, he competed against the Superstar that wanted a match. And who won?

[Co-Host]

Dominic.

[Analyst]

Okay, so I don't see any problem with that. However, I will say that even you, I know what's going to knock that boo boo face right off. Fanatics 1. Have you heard about Fanatics 1?

[Co-Host]

Yes. I've not.

[Analyst]

Fanatics 1 is everything right now. Introducing to you Fanatics 1. It's for all you give to the game. Now there's a loyalty program that's going to give back to you because being a fan deserves to be rewarded. Only Fanatics One members earn fan cash and all that comes with it. Exclusive apparel, iconic experiences and rewards tailored to your fandom better than anyone else in the game. Join now on the Fanatics app and enjoy member benefits from day one. Free shipping and returns, exclusive access to product drops, and the ability to earn and redeem fan cash when you shop and play with Fanatics. Doesn't that sound good?

[Co-Host]

What could be better?

[Analyst]

Doesn't that put you in a. In a. In a better mood?

[Co-Host]

Much better.

[Analyst]

Good, good, good, good, good. Wow, this is going to be a massive week. Right? Looking forward, everything has ramifications. Friday, we get Smackdown. Nia. Jax, Jade Cargill, Tiffany Stratton. Whoever walks out of that, the WWE Women's champion, we now know goes to Crown Jewel to face Stephanie Vacair in a champion versus champion match in any of those matches. And this is kind of the beauty of Stephanie Vicar winning that championship. All three of those matches are dream matches. All three of those matches are matches that six months ago we never would have predicted would be, you know, on a. On a show like Crown Jewel in a champion versus champion scenario. I mean, it's really. It's. It's amazing.

[Co-Host]

Yeah. And you know, Stephanie, to be in this situation at this time as well.

[Analyst]

Wild.

[Co-Host]

And then Tiffany not losing a match in 2025. Stakes are even higher.

[Analyst]

Yeah, that's right. Stakes are.

[Co-Host]

And don't forget how much Perth loves Tiffany Stratton.

[Analyst]

That's right.

[Co-Host]

That was her first ple on the main roster. And the crowd went insane for her at Elimination Chamber.

[Analyst]

I would argue that that's where the realization set in that like the WWE fans are running on tiffy time. Then over the weekend, you've got no mercy, which is going to be, you know, astronomical. We don't even know we'll see on Tuesday who the NXT Slash TNA champion will be going into that show. Then next week on Monday Night Raw. We already have a loaded card. We've got AJ Styles and Dragon Lee for versus two of the Grande Americanos. They said whichever two, so we don't know which two. I also don't a hundred percent know how I would describe them to let you know which two it would be even if they were specific. But do you have any two that you're hoping it is?

[Co-Host]

There was a new one last week.

[Analyst]

You liked him?

[Co-Host]

I liked him.

[Analyst]

He seemed good.

[Co-Host]

Yeah, he seemed good. And then I like the. The classic Americano that's been helping Dom out.

[Analyst]

So Uno, e Tress and Dose is on the outside of the ring. Dose, that would be a sick tag match.

[Co-Host]

Yeah.

[Analyst]

Grande Americano. Uno and Grande Americano Tress vs AJ Styles and Dragon Lee. Yeah, that would be good. That I like. I like the way that sounds. You've got Bailey now versus Raquel, which we didn't even have time to talk.

[Co-Host]

About which Bailey's gonna show up.

[Analyst]

I mean, she showed up hugging everybody, and then halfway through the match, she snapped it. I'll tell you what, when she snapped, she actually won the match. But Li I, Lyra Valkyria, I mean, she went from really being in the lead saying, Bailey, get out of my life, to just going on this toxic, emotional roller coaster with this person you've got.

[Co-Host]

I think Lyra is one you need to ask, how does that make you feel?

[Analyst]

I think, Yeah. I think as much as Bailey's got a lot to explore, I think Lyra's got a lot to explore, too. Do you need Bailey's approval? And if so, which version of Bailey Intercontinental Championship is on the line. I don't love this match. It's Rusev versus Dominic Mysterio. You know, Rusev drove to WrestleMania in a tank one year. That's not the type of person you want to be defending your title against.

[Co-Host]

But that's your guy. He always finds a way.

[Analyst]

He does find a way. He is the greatest Mysterio of all time. And then rematch from Russell Palooza, Texas Tornado rules. That means no tags, everybody competing all at the same time. We'll see if Jimmy uso, who again we thank for being on Raw recap this week. But we'll see if he can get in better spirits if he and Jay can get on the same page and win this Tornado tag against the Vision. Because the last thing that you want to do is go. Oh, and two, if you're the USO's finally getting back together to go 02 against the Bronson's. Not good. Not good. We'll see how it all works out. We'll be here to recap it all. We'll also be part of the countdown to no Mercy later this weekend, so make sure that you check that out. Megan, it's been real. We've had a great time. Make sure you subscribed across all audio podcast feeds. Make sure you're interacting with the YouTube video hitting like leave, leaving comments and we will see you again for another raw recap.