Raw Deal - Raw recap for July 28, 2025

Hulk Hogan is honored with a ten-bell salute by the Raw locker room, followed by a video packaging chronicling his life and career. Nick Hogan is seen in the front row, as is Eric Bischoff. In memory of Hulk Hogan, 1953 - 2025.

"Main Event" Jey Uso heads to the ring to start tonight's show. Before Jey Uso can speak, Paul Heyman shows up and mentions Jey being in the main event tonight with "Big" Bronson Reed, but when he gets started on the subject of family, Heyman sees the look in Jey's eyes and backs off. He finds it audacious that Jey is teaming with Roman Reigns against Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker in the name of family, then says that family will always let one down and is always going to get one in trouble. He compares the situation to being lied to by his mother about Santa Claus leaving presents underneath the tree, being told by his father to be more iconic than he ever was, or Solo being picked over him as next in life for Tribal Chief by Roman. He also says that Roman Reigns lied to him about telling Jey that he loved him before making a loud "YEEEEEEET!" sound and tossing the microphone towards the ring. This leads to a "bullshit" chant from the crowd. Jey takes the microphone and says that family is why he is here, and dares Heyman to keep running his mouth, because he pulls up for his family every single time. He also says that he accomplished what he accomplished in spite of Roman and to prove things to himself, then asks Heyman where his family is since he wants to mention his and says that what happens from here on out will be on Heyman.

"The Phenomenal" AJ Styles and The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) beat The Judgment Day ("Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, Raquel Rodriguez, Roxanne Perez) in a six-person mixed tag match.

In backstage footage from earlier today, Jackie Redmond interviews Sheamus, who says that last week's match with Rusev was an absolute banger. All of a sudden, Grayson Waller and The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) show up, and Grayson brags about being allied with The New Day now that he is no longer with Austin Theory. This leads to Sheamus challenging Grayson to a fight. Sheamus leaves, then finds out The New Day is not behind him.

Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs andUFC light heavyweight fighter Jamahal Hill are seen in the crowd.

Sheamus beats Grayson Waller despite the attempted interference by Rusev. After the match, Rusev hits Sheamus repeatedly with a shillelagh before putting him in the Accolade, which requires multiple referees to pull Rusev out of.

Backstage, Jackie Redmond interviews Naomi. Naomi says that Rhea Ripley is not the only one radiating with talent, and that she can fly high like Iyo Sky. She says that she will show what she can do in tonight's eight-woman tag match, which she calls "a cautionary tale," and says she will take everyone out and retain her title.

WWE Superstars past and present mention their thoughts on Hulk Hogan.

Backstage, Paul Heyman tells "Big" Bronson Reed that "Main Event" Jey Uso's family says that with Seth "Freakin'" Rollins on the shelf for a while, that they are just a group without a leader. Bron Breakker shows up and says they have this, and tonight, Bronson will destroy Jey Uso and restore the ultimate power and total control over all of WWE. Bronson says Jey and any member of his family who shows up will be left down, out and Tsunami'd. Heyman is surprised that worked after Bronson leaves, then Breakker says that he has a plan.

Lyra Valkyria heads to the ring. Lyra shows off her shoes, which she calls "Becky stompers," then says that in one week, she will either be the first-ever two-time Women's Intercontinental Champion or she will have failed and cannot challenge Becky Lynch for the title again. Lyra decides to do everything Becky's way after seeing everything she has been capable of, then says Becky does not know what she is capable of and that she is prepared to go somewhere she has never gone before. Becky Lynch shows up from out of nowhere with a shinai, but Lyra sees her, attacks her and hits her with the shinai. Becky soon catches the shinai and fights back briefly, but retreats when Lyra goes for Nightwing.

In footage from earlier today, Corey Graves interviews Sami Zayn. Sami hopes to be done with Karrion Kross once and for all after Kross has been a thorn in his side for months and wants "a warped truth" out of him to the point that it is affecting his dreams and goals. Suddenly, Kross and Scarlett show up and take control of the interview from Graves, then laments the fact that he has not gotten Sami to show his true colors. He states that after he beats Sami, he will make Sami claim that he told the truth, then Scarlett hands Kross a pipe, who then hands it to Sami as he says that Sami is not special. Sami asks what Kross wants a first, but agrees to say whatever Kross wants him to say if Kross beats him. He then asks Kross to think about the possibility that he was wrong about everything, and says that if he wins, Kross has to admit he was wrong. Sami tells Kross he will see him at SummerSlam and leaves.

Backstage, Jackie Redmond interviews Bayley. When asked what is next for her, Bayley says that for the first time in her career, she is at a loss for words. She then leaves.

Nikki Bella, Iyo Sky, Rhea Ripley and Stephanie Vaquer beat Naomi, Chelsea Green and The Secret Hervice (Piper Niven and Alba Fyre) in an eight-woman tag match.

Backstage, The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, JD McDonagh, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, Raquel Rodriguez, Roxanne Perez) meet, with Finn Balor saying that it is not the end for them before telling Dominik to relax and play video games or something. All of a sudden, Roxanne gifts Dominik with a Nintendo Switch 2 and recommends WWE 2K25.

Backstage, Rhea Ripley, Nikki Bella, Iyo Sky and Stephanie Vaquer celebrate their victory, then Iyo stops Rhea as everyone leaves. Rhea tells Iyo she will beat her at SummerSlam, but Iyo says Rhea will never beat her and never will.

The Judgment Day (Finn Balor and JD McDonagh) retain the World Tag Team Championships against The Latino World Order (Joaquin Wilde and Cruz del Toro) after Cruz del Toro is distracted by not one, but two masked men: El Grande Americano and someone else in a white luchador mask.

Gunther heads to the ring. Gunther says that last week was a clean victory for him, as he went toe-to-toe on the microphone with CM Punk after he told him what would happen to him at SummerSlam and left him speechless. He says he made CM Punk understand that he is not the best in the world and will never be World Heavyweight Champion in addition to making him shut the hell up, then CM Punk shows up. Punk says he was more dumbfounded than speechless after what Gunther said, as it dawned on him that he does not want to be World Heavyweight Champion; he needs to be World Heavyweight Champion. He says he needs to be World Heavyweight Champion like he needs air in his lungs, like his heart to pump blood through his veins, like the Detroit Red Wings need a 12th Stanley Cup and like a Midwestern dad needs a beer while mowing the lawn. He says he does not drink, but he gets addiction, and he is addicting to winning championship gold and raising it above his head for the man that have chanted his name for over the last 10-plus years. Punk says he needs to be World Heavyweight Champion, and for Gunther to state that he does not deserve to call himself the best in the world when he has earned that title and the right to be arrogant about it. He states that Gunther shows that same arrogance, then interrupts him to tell him that there are levels to this and that Gunther is not on his level, and on Saturday night, he will leave World Heavyweight Champion. He then tells Gunther that he will know what it is like to share a ring with the best in the world.

We see an excerpt of Jackie Redmond's interview with Jelly Roll.

"Main Event" Jey Uso beats "Big" Bronson Reed by disqualificatoin after he is hit with a Spear from out of nowhere by Bron Breakker. After the match, Breakker and Bronson gang up on "Main Event" Jey Uso, then Roman Reigns shows up and makes the save for Jey. Jey and Roman then team up and clean house, but Breakker and Bronson get the better of them on the outside. Breakker then hits Jey Uso with another Spear before Bronson hits Jey with a Tsunami. Breakker then realizes that Roman is on his feet, and he hits him with a diving clothesline over the announce table before getting him into the ring for a Tsunami from Bronson Reed.Breakker tosses Roman out of the ring, then he Spears Jey and Roman through the barricade. As Bronson and Breakker celebrate, Bronson steals Roman's shoes to end the show.

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