Raw Recap - Austin Theory officially sees The Vision: Raw Recap, Dec. 29, 2025

29:12Let me tell you something. The only way I'm ever going to do this again is if you get the Vision logo. tattooed on your chest big right there on your chest okay that's the only way we're doing this again and i'm pretty sure you're not man enough to do that so uh definitely not yeah so uh we're not gonna do that then we're not gonna do this anymore you're not gonna ask stupid questions you're not gonna try to ruin the vision you hear this this guy's trying to ruin the vision you know it, I'm out. I'm done with you, Sam. You're a piece of trash, Sam. Okay. I mean, I don't know why I had to end negative.

29:57It was kind of awkward when he thought you were Team Deadbeat. Yeah, I get it. He doesn't watch the product and the product being Raw Recap. I couldn't believe that. I've never been accused of being Team Deadbeat dead before. I was loving that. I know, I know. You didn't come to miss you at all. I know, I couldn't. At all. I was like, let's just let Sam figure. I mean, it would literally be like if somebody came on here and was like, Megan, don't you think you should be defending Becky Lynch? It's like, what? It's like somebody just ignoring my life's work. He had already insulted my hair. I was not about to interrupt him once again.

30:30No, I probably wouldn't have thrown myself on the sword for you either. No, I know you wouldn't have. How do you know that? How do you know that? By the way, speaking of deadbeats, there is a new deadbeat Rey Mysterio t-shirt that is live right now on WWE Shop and fanatics I mean I will say deadbeat that he might be terrible father I don't even know how he is as a human being but as a wrestler pretty good Mysterio is unbelievable and there were multiple moments in that match with Austin Theory that I could not believe so I would understand if somebody wanted to rep Rey Mysterio loud and proud on the brand new t-shirt you can get it now at WWE shop and fanatics right across the chest there.

31:20619. That's probably the size that Austin Theory wanted me to get the Vision logo. You're not getting it, are you? Tattooed on my chest. I don't think my wife would want me to. Although I don't know if she married me for my chest. You know what I mean? I don't know. Maybe, I don't know if it's an aesthetic thing with her. You should ask her. Yeah, I probably will. I probably will. Is it cool if I get the Vision logo tattooed on my chest? I want to interview Austin Theory again. I mean I do want to interview him again but probably give it a little bit of breathing room and end it kind of tense yeah hopefully he will forget I'll tell you what I don't think any of us will forget anytime soon so Monday Night Raw starts as we said with Austin Theory coming in accepting his position in the vision and the vision is very unique in the way that they operate because most factions will tell you it's all for one and one for all, but you can read, well, no, this guy's over here.

32:17This guy's over there. The idea that the minute that somebody is in, they go, I got your back. Well, I got your back. Well, I got your back. Well, I got your back. You know, I think like, especially with guys like Brom Breaker, who are hungry for everything right now. Austin Theory, who we just said is on a singular mission to just take and take and take. Bronson Reed, who has made a career of ending people, and Logan Paul, who is in and outside of wrestling, the biggest egomaniac that anybody could ever encounter. But when he's in the vision, he's a team player. That's what I'm saying. The fact that all of these guys have somehow become team players.

32:57By the way, I don't know. The four of them, with Paul Heyman right there with them, I mean, would I be committing an act of sacrilege if I said there was something Four Horseman-esque with Paul Heyman? Oh, wow. Paul Heyman in the role. Wow. J.J. Dillon? I'm just saying, like, listen, maybe right now you're going to tell me I'm crazy. But five years from now? Five months from now. What did you just say when I said the Usos were tag team champions? They weren't going to have a lot of competition. What'd you say? I said the vision. So what if, what if, and I mean, you say five years, that's what they're mad about.

33:43It ain't five years. It's not the future. It's the now. What if? That's true. But when Heyman came out tonight on Raw, he was saying like five years from now, you will look back on this as the moment that these four stood in front of you. Okay. But what if a week from now, Braun Breaker wins the world heavyweight championship? Is that a possibility? A big one. Okay. Huge possibility. What if Austin Theory and Logan Paul take this friendship to the point where... They were bonding. They were bonding over beating up Rey Mysterio, which I do understand. But what if that tag team connectivity clicks?

34:21What if they get past Rey Mysterio and Penta? What if they are the ones to take out the Usos? What if they get the tag team championship? And then what if, what if Bronson Reed ends up getting a hold of the Intercontinental Championship? God forbid. I doubt he'd take it from Dominic Mysterio. But if somebody is able to steal it from Dominic Mysterio and then Bronson Reed takes it from them. This could be months. You're right. You're right. All of a sudden, that's the horseman, dude. I look at them and I say five years, but you're right. It could be months. Months. We could be there by WrestleMania.

34:55That's how crazy this is. and that's I think and maybe I hope the pace that things are going to move that's the pace that I'd like to see things move in WWE not that that's definitely going to happen but that's at least a possibility that we're sitting there going we had this conversation in December at the end of the year and we're over here talking about five years and you're saying that it's not a crazy thing no the MO of the vision ever since Seth Rollins was taken out by Braun Breaker has sort of been that as well. Right. I remember the night that we watched Seth Rollins get taken out by Braun Breaker.

35:32We said, well, maybe Braun will be the guy in two years, not before dinner. Right. Right. And he was. Exactly. And ever since that happened, this is what the vision has been doing. They've been operating on their time, on their schedule, on their pace, and they're taking over way quicker than anybody, myself included, ever anticipated them. And if you look at that group now, when Seth Rollins was in the group and when Seth Rollins comes back, it's going to be a whole different story. Seth Rollins rules. But when Seth Rollins, Braun Breaker, here comes Bronson Reed, there was a lot of, well, who is the vision?

36:12What is this vision thing? Like, what do they really do? Like, okay, present, okay, future. This is a different group with a different agenda. that really makes sense now you know and when you look at them all together all with different skill sets all having each other's backs even when I say to Austin Theory what are you going to do when you guys are the present when it is your company and only one of you could be on top and like that's an offensive question like you're really going to try you you're not going to be able to ruin this we're already on the same page like first of all the power that Paul Heyman would have but second of all what would be able to stop this group if they really are all on the same page braun breaker who athletically is superior to maybe anybody on the roster bronson reed who crushes people because it's fun shoes and takes their shoes not just anybody's shoes the tribal chief's shoes austin theory who i've never seen him as hungry and it's kind of like like the fact that he acknowledges that he beat John Cena and then didn't take advantage of the opportunity that he has that chip on his shoulder and realizes that.

37:25And then Logan Paul with them, who doesn't, Logan Paul, say what you want about Logan Paul. He doesn't operate doing anything unless it's on the highest level. That's right. He's literally like in the news right now trying to sell a$5 million Pokemon card. Oh, that's all over my feed. I see it everywhere. Telling people to buy collectibles instead of stocks. I got a$5 million Pokemon card. Who wants it? and somebody's going to buy it, he's going to make a profit off of it because that's the level that Logan Paul operates on, whether you like him or not. And Paul Heyman, who, I mean, since I'm a kid watching wrestling, has somehow always managed to be at the center of what's relevant and what's cool, whether it's the Dangerous Alliance, whether it's ECW, whether it's CM Punk, whether it's Brock Lesnar, who always figures out a way to be at the center of what is right now.

38:20I mean, we're looking at a horseman type of group if they are successful. When you put it that way, it doesn't sound crazy at all. When you first say, we see the picture and you say, I don't know, horseman-esque. I go, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. You're like, I mean, same number of people, but. But then when you draw it out the way you just did, I kind of see it. especially because you go well what was the magic of the four horsemen part of it was that Ric Flair grabbed a microphone and commanded your attention and in a very different way than Ric Flair ever did it Braun Breaker was able to do that tonight Braun Breaker who I just love that the story here is that somehow at some point backstage that we never saw at Wrestlemania CM Punk questioned whether Braun Breaker was going to be able to cut a promo with the people who were at the top of the WWE.

39:18When Punk came out tonight and he was telling the rest of the vision to get out of the ring, and I was thinking to myself, oh my gosh, are we going to have this moment? Are we going to have Braun Breaker and CM Punk? Nose to nose. Nose to nose, each with a microphone in their hand. And is Braun Breaker going to be able to cut a promo with the big dogs? There was a part of me that I just had like flutters in my stomach waiting to see how this is all going to play out. Because you can't fake it. No. It's live. It's real life. And you're right there nose to nose with the best in the world on the stick.

39:53Right. CM Punk, just people waiting. You pointed that out while we were watching. Just the energy of people waiting to watch CM Punk talk. The whole crowd is chaining CM Punk. they're not going to put hands on each other because we have a World Heavyweight Championship match on January 5th between these two. A week from now. But the whole arena is chanting CM Punk to hear him talk. And it was, to me, it was really interesting because at the beginning, because CM Punk comes, right, Austin Theory is explaining to people how he fits in the vision. And here comes CM Punk. He interrupts it, you know what I mean?

40:29Says, I'm tired of this. ask the Vision to get out of the ring. At first, the Vision doesn't, but then once Braun says, no, you can go, it's okay. They all get out of the ring, but they stay there at ringside. And when Punk and Braun are face-to-face, at first, I was like, oh, okay. Like, I felt like Braun in the beginning might be kind of relying on the group. Because if you look at him in the beginning, he kind of takes that step back. He's pointing out the positives of everybody that's in the group with him. And I go, oh, okay. I mean, it's still cool, right? But I go, it's not the thing. And then when Braun started laying in to CM Punk, and I mean, got right in his face and started talking about like, you think that what?

41:17Because I didn't come up on the indies like you? That I don't deserve to be here? You call me a Nepo baby? You talk about my family? Do you know the standard that I was held to? Do you know the level of greatness that just had to be regular? I mean, it was amazing. It was like he was letting everything out on top of CM Punk. And when he told CM Punk straight up that the two of them are not the same, we're not the same. and it was like, it wasn't just Braun Breaker talking to CM Punk. You know, there's been a lot of talk and there was a couple of years ago when people realized that all these like D1 athletes were coming into WWE and people questioned whether or not these D1 athletes were going to have that passion because what was the story always?

42:13We loved seeing our indie guys come up and we would go and we would see them at, at bingo halls and whatnot and watch them on these little shows and watch the clips on the internet and everything. And then they just scrap and scrap. And one day they get to NXT and they go, no, this is the guy you got to trust in this guy. And you'd build and you'd build and you'd build. And that was the story. And that was the story that we all loved. And when we started to hear about these D1 athletes, we go, well, they're not going to have the passion. They're not going to have the... And you're laughing because it's like, these are D1 athletes.

42:44Well, I felt a lot of passion when Braun Breaker looked CM Punk straight in the eye and said, I was sharing a football field with Lamar Jackson while you were on the Indies. We're not the same. And it was like, nobody wrote that. No. He felt that. And he was telling Punk and telling everybody and speaking for his people and going, this isn't, we're not talking, we're not the same. We're not in the same league. We're not doing the same thing. And the fact that you think I didn't have to work hard. Yeah, my pursuit of greatness is on a totally different level than what you're even used to. And I was like, whoa.

43:25That was the moment for me of his entire promo. You loved it. Oh, it was fantastic. And I love, you know, it felt like the switch turned on in Braun Breaker after he got through pointing out everybody in the vision and everything that they've done. And then it got personal to him. Because I think Braun Breaker has felt that way for a long time. why is everybody looking at me like I was handed this right where it's like your job is to show reverence to the people who came before you okay I'll show reverence okay I'll show respect okay I'll show reverence okay I'll show respect and at a point you go okay I've done it what about the reverence to me what about like what I'm capable of what about the road that I've been on that these guys never did and the fact that he also sat there and said like that he's so sick of hearing one day because he's ready now and i love that mentality i adore that when i look in someone's eyes and i know that they believe it like this whole like yeah yeah yeah five years from now maybe one day it's like no no no no i'm here for it right now one week from now one week from today and there's nothing you can do about it and even cm punk's retort right and we were talking about it a little bit with Austin Theory earlier, but CM Punk's retort that he was different because he wasn't ready to let it go.

44:52And I go, that's a really interesting way to phrase it because that's exactly the frustration that a younger guy would have that you're not ready to let it go. Maybe it doesn't matter whether or not you're ready to let it go. But like, I get where Punk's coming from. he's had to work forever to finally get to this point in his career he by the way if you go and trace back I mean now we take for granted that CM Punk is like in this position of one of the greats of all time one of the truly respected veterans he was never put in that position he had to work harder than anybody's had to work to be in that spot because he wasn't built for him and he took it but the fact that he finally has that spot it's like he doesn't want to give it up which is so fascinating to me because I grew up watching CM Punk I didn't grow up I was an adult but you know what I mean when I was younger I watched CM Punk he was my childhood hero like R-Truth and John Cena but I watched The Rise of CM Punk I was the biggest CM Punk fan ever and when somebody that had been around for a while said that they weren't ready to give it up to somebody like CM Punk.

46:09CM Punk didn't take that sitting down and that's why we all loved CM Punk. So to see Braun Breaker look at Punk in the face and go, it's mine now. And Punk say, I'm not ready to give it up. Time is a circle. And you wonder if Punk and Braun and everybody, I mean, I know Paul Heyman's aware of it because he was there for all of it. Every second of it. But it really is remarkable to watch those roles get switched in this story. I also really liked when Punk pointed out, do you understand the weight of this? And I'm not just talking about the physical weight of the championship, but everything that comes with that.

46:50That's right. Yeah, because I bet Punk wasn't even aware of that when he was fighting for it. And didn't become aware of it until he had it. And you're the young guy who is the future and you claim the future is now. I'm not ready to give this up. But do you even understand the weight of this title? Right. And you know what? He doesn't have to understand it. He doesn't have it right now. That's right. He's going to win it and then we'll figure out if he can understand it or not. But that's next week. And who knows? I mean, it's crazy when you're watching this and it's not one of those stories where you're like, well, clearly this one's going to win or clearly that one's going to win.

47:31like people are going to be watching this one. People are really going to be watching this one. I've got to tell you, it's an exciting time. It's an exciting time across the universe. You know why? Why is that? Well, because we can step into the ring with the debut of Topps Universe WWE. That's right. It's making its hobby debut, right? That's right. A bold, cosmic-inspired take on WWE collecting. It features a massive 300-card base set, Hall of Famers, current champions, rising prospects. I wonder where you're going to put Braun Breaker. Rising prospects? Current champions maybe? Who knows after next week?

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49:16Do you feel insulted? I do. When Gunter laughed backstage in R-Truth's face. I would be insulted by that. That hurt. I mean, yeah. And this wasn't fun, though. We're playing with truth. This is a blast. This was a disrespectful laugh that hurt. Yeah, especially because not only is R-Truth beloved, but he was serious. Yeah. There was no sort of goofy, I'm going to call you by the wrong name. I'm going to do this. He even referred to John Cena as a hero of his, not a brother or a childhood hero. All the fun and games were out the window. Truth was straight up going up to Gunther and saying, hey, you've done it twice now.

50:00That's the last time it's going to happen. This wasn't the same truth that was dressed up as a rabbit in a bunny costume on Friday Night Smackdown no no that was a miracle on 34th street fight well this this is not that his holidays confused there's no bunnies on Christmas well he had nothing confused tonight on Raw no on Raw he had all of his feelings and emotions in check but they may have they well they may have steered him a little bit wrong I don't know people think Gunther's a joke people think Gunther is is is someone to play with or someone to step up to. I have to wonder if R-Truth is sitting there going like, oh, it's a good thing I did that.

50:41Because, I mean, he really was. It was another one where I hope nobody was thinking there'd even be a moment of R-Truth making us all feel better. I think R-Truth got lucky tonight that he didn't get taken out on a stretcher. That's probably why he tapped. Because he realized if I don't tap, that's the other way to go home. We're talking about Gunter. We're talking about a ruthless Gunther. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, those moments where it was like truth mounted a comeback for a second. And it was almost like, I don't even want it. It was almost like Gunther allowed it to happen because he wanted us to have that one little glimmer, one little moment of hope.

51:26And then he would just chop it down again. And Gunther decided. Well, because he wanted us to hurt. That's why he gave him the moment of glimmer so that we could feel so that Gunter could crush us. That's right. Gunther decided when it was time to just lock that sleeper on our truth and make our truth tap out. I mean, it's gotten to the point now where like, do you even have Gunther wrestle regularly on Monday Night Raw? I mean, what does this guy have to prove? like nothing and the the i don't want to say ego trip that it's given him but the level of confidence that the victory over john cena has given gunther is what puts him in there now and like he carries himself as if there's like him and the rest of the wwe roster and why is it that he can carry himself that way because he tapped out john cena he made john cena tap out as joe Tess said like a B.

52:31That's what Gunther says. That's what Joe Tess said. Gunther said. Like a B. Like a B. And I just like, I don't know. It's almost one of those things where you look at Gunther and you just go, this is the reality of what we got now. And some people are looking at it going like, well, is Gunther going to start just like retiring people? and I'm kind of like man if I'm Gunther I'm not limiting myself to that if I'm WWE I'm not limiting Gunther to that I don't think it gives him you know any extra feeling oh I he doesn't put a notch in his hat oh I retired Goldberg scene is obviously different right but I don't think he's collecting these feathers in his hat about who he's retired Gunther wants to completely destroy anyone who steps up to him.

53:27Right, for fun. Yes. He enjoys it. I mean, I think at one point on commentary, Wade Barrett said it's an inevitability. Yes. And that describes Gunther perfectly. Right. The last person to be described that way was Thanos. You know what I mean? And he's got that infinity gauntlet on his hand. But yeah, I mean, I really think that Gunther has, I mean, he's entered into this whole different space. And he did it not at Saturday Night's Main Event, but on the way to Saturday Night's Main Event. As soon as he came back for the tournament. That's right. That's 100 % right. Because he enjoyed eliminating LA Knight.

54:07And he enjoyed eliminating Javon Evans. He enjoyed all of us going on the internet and going like, why would you just have Javon Evans just go down to Gunther like that? He enjoyed all of us going on the internet and going like, we all love LA Night. Why would you just have Gunther just like, and it's like, no, there's no you have. It's Gunther. This is what I'm going to do every time. Because he loves bathing in the tears of wrestling fans. He enjoys that. He finds it very, very relaxing. he went on I think it was first take I was listening to it before Saturday night's main event and he said that he just loves antagonizing people and you know forever Gunther was defined by this person who is just there for business I'm here for business the bigger the win the more money I make the more money I make the more I feed my family that's what I'm here for this is that to a different level where he, it seems to me, has developed a taste for antagonism and using his ability to ruin this for wrestling fans.

55:22He's relishing in others' pain. Yes, he loves it. And I think that that makes him dangerous because now he's going to go after whoever he can go after if it's going to make life difficult for people. Well, before it almost felt like Gunter thought, oh, you have those feelings. That's okay. I'm here for business. And now he says, oh, I enjoy making you feel hurt. I enjoy crushing your souls. I enjoy. Yeah, I heard you have those feelings. That's great. I'd love to eat them. I'd love to consume them. And I'd love for them to power me and to move forward with them. That's exactly right. Before he said, oh, that's nice.

56:07I'm still going to win. This time he's relishing in it. That's right. That's right. It used to be a bystander of all this. Okay. I mean, if you feel that way, that's how you feel. I don't know what to tell you. That means nothing to me. Now it's like, oh, really? Oh, you do? Ooh. What if I ruin that? I'd love to ruin that. I'd love to feel what it's like to ruin that. Like he's really. It's evil. It's evil. It's an evil thing. It's an evil thing. But it's wild to see. And also, it's really interesting. Because he's portrayed on television as having everybody really upset with him. Right? And you see these people and they're glaring at him and they're snarling at him.

56:52Everybody except Becky Lynch. Becky Lynch thinks he's doing a great job. Yeah, he was on our vlog this week. You told me. I showed you. I didn't check the vlog. I made you watch it. You did make me watch the vlog. Every Monday. I look forward to it. It's award winning. Yeah. Yeah. I don't think there should be cameras in the locker room, but it's just not unreal after all. But I think that I'm looking at everybody being upset with Gunther. But it's like, what difference does it make? And as much as usually if I'm watching a show and I'm watching and the whole locker room is mad at this one superstar.

57:34I go, oh, that guy's in trouble. Oh, that guy's going to get his comeuppance. Oh, that guy's going to have a match with this guy or have a match with that guy. And that's where we're going. And that's how he gets his. And I'm watching and I'm more going like, man, I don't know why you guys are stepping up. I feel the same way. Because I don't see any, when I look as a fan, when I look at future bouts for Gunther, I don't see anyone in front of me that I go, oh, that guy's going to beat Gunther. No one. No one. I don't either. It's nuts, man. It's a nuts, nuts thing. I'll tell you what. He probably won't be at Fanatics Fest because there'll be so much joy at Fanatics Fest.

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58:57You know what my wife found me, found me for Christmas? What'd she find you? She found, and I didn't get it at Fanatics Fest last year. And I regretted it every single day. And so she had to track it down, pay huge amounts of money on the secondary market to get it because it was exclusive to Fanatics Fest. But she got me the John Cena Fanatics Fest tour stop t-shirt. You know how I did a different t-shirt for every tour stop on the retirement tour? he had one exclusive to Fanatics Fest last year. I didn't get it. I finally have my hands on it now because that's where we changed each other's lives.

59:33That's right. That's when he hugged you. Well, you leapt across the table and hugged me. Tackled. But those are the kind of moments. That you can make at Fanatics Fest. You can make those types of moments at Fanatics Fest. And if that's what we did in three days, I can only imagine what we're going to do in four. You can get your tickets right now. They are on sale. And just for being a fan of Raw Recap, You can get 10 % off. Let's go. Get that 10 % discount by using code RAWRECAP10 at checkout. That's RAWRECAP10. Get your tickets to Fanatics Fest now. Hopefully, Megan and I, we will see you there.

1:00:10You know, we talked about Becky Lynch. Well, I'm hoping she's going to have a big vlog from Fanatics Fest. One could only hope. Four days, that's a lot of vlogging. It's a lot of vlogging, but imagine all the fans' opportunities to be a part of this big award-winning vlog, which she never quite made clear who gave her the award. She just said it was an award. Yeah, I think it's all over the internet. Everybody on the internet has recognized these vlogs as the greatest vlogs that anybody has ever seen. No, no, I was just thinking 2025 is definitely the year that the vlog, it's not like an old, well, whatever.

1:00:47You got to give it to Maxine Dupree. Maxine came out right out of the gate aggressive threatening Becky Lynch interrupted listen she's a bride right this is her wedding week as all brides know the week of your wedding very stressful so coming out here just fired up and ready to go because on top of all of the planning she has to do all of the details she has to iron out for one of the biggest days of her life. She also has to turn around and defend the Intercontinental title just a few short days later. You think it's too much on her plate? It's a lot. I didn't know brides get that stressed out.

1:01:30Imagine how stressed my wife must have been. This is what she's looking at. That's terrible. That's tough. But, yeah, that's true. She's got a wedding and an Intercontinental Championship defense. Within 48 hours? Against the former champion, Becky Lynch. This is tough planning. Who, I mean, And really, Becky Lynch has a lot to lose in this match. As much as she has been yap, yap, yap, type, type, type, yap, yap, type, yap, type, type, type. It is interesting that they're going to be in New York once again. And we do know that New York has a manager's license clause in all the contracts. We do?

1:02:08Well, of course, we know this because AJ Lee didn't have one. And that was in New York. But it's in Brooklyn. Brooklyn is still New York. So manager's license. I didn't know you know geography, too. Well, I didn't know if it was manager's license just in New York City. You thought it was borough specific? I don't know. I haven't. Like you need a manager's license in Queens, but not in Brooklyn, maybe? You never know. I don't. That wasn't covered on the vlog. It wasn't. Okay. So we don't know for sure. But it is interesting. This is taking place in New York. Yeah. I mean, look, Becky Lynch did try to give.

1:02:39The control room. Queens, we definitely need a manager's license. Is that right? Yeah. Okay. That is correct. Queens, we need one. That's what we know for sure. For sure. and Manhattan and Manhattan yes we still don't know about Brooklyn we don't know Brooklyn yet but we are checking on it okay great well Becky Lynch though she did try to give Maxine Dupree a little bit of

1:03:00credit she struggled to get the words out I've seen people struggle but this was big of her I mean I don't know I've seen people struggle to get words out before I don't know that I've ever seen anybody struggle quite as hard as Becky struggle to get those words out but the way she gave credit first of all she got really mad look at that face she she gave credit to maxine for being able to steal the championship that's not credit she didn't say i give you credit you beat me she said i give you credit you managed to steal my championship that's not credit for what get away with it yeah that's not what maxine did well she did beat her because of an interference by aj lee without a manager's license and before that corrupt car jessica carr the referee yeah she counted she ended the count was this all covered on the vlog i didn't see it all on the okay okay you're gonna have to check it out that way might be why i miss don't show to the don't show up to your job unprepared watch becky lynch's vlog well every time i say i turn on her so i go i go like oh let me watch becky's vlog and i check her socials and she's tweeting about me i'm seeing pictures of my action figure She's comparing it to Cole.

1:04:12Cole. Not Michael Cole, which would have been bad enough. He was in the vlog. I'm sure he was. He was. I'm sure he was. You didn't make an appearance this week. Maybe next week. I don't need to be in the vlog. I don't need to be involved. I'm kidding. The little Sam action figure is getting besmirched by this Becky Lynch. I can't. What am I going to keep scrolling and looking for some vlog? I just need you to show up to your job prepared. and part of being prepared would be following along with the content of the greatest female wrestler of all time. And you're clearly just ignoring it. You know what?

1:04:46I know what you're doing. Here's what you want because you're a clout chaser. Always have been. Always will be. You are hoping. Yep. You. You. Yes, you. You are hoping that now the new thing in the Becky Lynch tweets or that she tweets that I'm not prepared because it gives you some kind of sick enjoyment that you've helped feed her egomaniacal nonsense. That's what I think. Listen, this is not over until Becky Lynch wins and she always finds a way to win. Can you agree with that? She does always find a way to win. No, she's multiple times lost. For instance, the Intercontinental Championship match against Maxine Dupree and at War Games.

1:05:30Those are both massive matches that not only did she not find a way to win, but she lost both of them. So no, I do not agree that she always finds a way to win. Otherwise, she'd still be the champion. Listen to me, you little pup. You love that. Listen to me. Okay, sorry. You little pup. Sorry, sorry. I love when Becky gets fierce. No, she does. And she's going to have to get fierce. Next Monday night, huge, huge Monday Night Raw. Three massive matches. The first of which is, of course, Becky Lynch, Maxine Dupree, Intercontinental Championship, by far the biggest title defense that Maxine has had as champion, must win And it seems wild to say it's the biggest match of Maxine Dupree's career because she has faced Becky Lynch.

1:06:16Now this will be the fourth time, but each time You think this is bigger than her winning Yeah, because now she's got to keep it. Yes. So I would say this is the biggest. Like when she won it, you know not everybody, nobody really thought that that was going to happen. And this is a massive yeah that's right she's coming in as champion she's expected to win this is a massive episode of raw it's the first raw of the year it's the netflix one-year reunion it's the stranger things raw that's right you think that becky lynch is our version of vecna yes i do that's cool i do that's cool yeah yeah just two villains uh uh uh yeah i would say you're Right.

1:06:56This is the biggest match that Maxine Dupree has ever had. But it is, though, must win more so than usual for Becky Lynch because she's made all of these ridiculous vlogs. And even you, if Becky loses again, couldn't deal with another Becky Lynch excuse. It's going to be tough. Must win. Must win for Becky Lynch. Then you have the Women's Tag Team Championship on the line. We saw promos tonight. We saw the Kabuki Warriors hit the ring and Io Sky and Rhea Ripley respond to that. Come out. Physicality ensued. It all gets settled next Monday. Women's Tag Team Championship on the line. I don't think that this division has ever been as hot as it is right now.

1:07:46Rhea Ripley and Io Sky as a tag team seems like should be impossible to beat if they stay on the same page. because if there's one thing Asuka and Kyrie do, it's stay on the same page. Kyrie! Yeah, yeah. We heard that tonight. Live and in effect. Do you see a title? I know you see a title change happening in the Intercontinental match. Do you see a title change happening here? I've got to tell you. I think that as difficult as it is to picture either Rhea Ripley or Io Sky losing, I think the Kabuki Warriors are getting underestimated. I think they're both lethal. I think they work well as a tag team.

1:08:30And I think you, hater of the year Megan Morant, for a long time questioning EO and Rhea Ripley's teaming, I think that that might finally rear its ugly head. You think I could be onto something? I think it may finally rear its ugly head next week. It's almost like when you're in a relationship that you probably shouldn't be in, but it's okay because it's working, but you know it's not long term. And then a proposal comes and that's when it all blows up because you're like, we shouldn't have gotten this far. There's some big questions that haven't been answered. That's right. There's some things on the table that we don't want to go there and we don't want to discuss them because we know we're not on the same page.

1:09:09That's right. But these are big things. That's right. And that's where EO and Ria are. I don't think a title change is happening. What about you? Also, I think Maxine Dupree is going to retain too, but go on. It's tough for me to pick against two of the biggest stars on the planet, right? Rio Ripley and Eoskai. I look at those, two of the best wrestlers on the planet, two of the best stars in the entire company. I think we're going to see a title change. I do. I do. And then World Heavyweight Championship is on the line. Oh, my gosh. Am I going to pick three title changes? What? am I braun breaker so far I've picked no title changes definitely not intercontinental braun breaker ridiculous is challenging cm punk for the world heavyweight championship this was a big one for braun he has been so successful on his way here he has not only not disappointed but delivered at every single point but that's cm punk that's the best in the world By the way, any question as to the caliber of CM Punk?

1:10:21He also, I'm assuming this is the main event next Monday. I don't know for sure, but I'm assuming there's a good chance this is the main event next Monday. You know who main evented the first Raw on Netflix? CM Punk. Who do you see walking out of Stranger Things, Raw, Brooklyn, Netflix anniversary as the WWE World Heavyweight Champion? After tonight's promo? Braun Breaker. Wow. Wow, Megan. You too?

1:10:54I don't know if I say I think that will happen, but I kind of want it to happen. I kind of want to see it. And I would never think that. I wouldn't have thought it on paper. I wouldn't have thought it even a few weeks ago. I want to see things get mixed up. I do too. I want to see it happen. Let's start the year with a bang, baby. We'll find out. We'll see what happens next week. Whatever happens, I promise you this, we'll be here to recap it. So make sure that you are subscribed across all audio platforms. If you're watching on WWE's YouTube channel, click like, leave comments, and we'll see you next week for the first Raw recap of 2026.

1:11:39Do it big. Can't wait, Megan.

1:11:46We'll be right back.