WWE Raw Results 4/7 - Two Championships On The Line, Adam Pearce Addresses WrestleMania 41 Match & More

Welcome to Wrestling Inc.'s results for "WWE Raw" on April 7, 2025, coming to you live from the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota!

The War Raiders will be putting the World Tag Team Championship on the line on television for the first time since retaining against Julius Creed and Brutus Creed as they defend against Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston. The two teams came face-to-face last week when the New Day members defeated New Catch Republic before staring down Erik and Ivar on the entrance ramp.

Bayley will be challenging Lyra Valkyria for the Women's Intercontinental Championship in what will be Valkyria's first defense since retaining against Zoey Stark on March 30 at a Live Event. Despite earning a shot at her newfound friend's title, Bayley had previously been defeated by Raquel Rodriguez in a Number One Contenders Match on the March 10 episode of "Raw".

IYO SKY defended her Women's World Championship against Rhea Ripley, with the former's WrestleMania 41 opponent Bianca Belair serving as the special guest referee. The match ultimately came to a close when Belair ruled that SKY and Ripley had been disqualified for both clocking her. "Raw" General Adam Pearce will be addressing the future of the WrestleMania 41 between SKY and Belair tonight after Belair's decision last week.

CM Punk finally called in the favor he was owed from Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman for being the final man on their 2024 Men's WarGames team this past Friday on "SmackDown" when he asked Heyman to be in his corner during the WrestleMania 41 Triple Threat Main Event match between him, Reigns, and Seth Rollins. Although Reigns had encouraged Heyman to turn down Punk's request, Heyman still chose to accept as an amused Rollins got a front row seat to everything inside the ring. Following these events, Heyman, Punk, and Rolins will be appearing on tonight's show with something on their minds to share.

Additionally, WrestleMania 41 opponents World Heavyweight Champion GUNTHER and Jey Uso will be appearing just one week after the former defeated the latter's twin brother Jimmy Uso and subsequently launched a brutal attack on him in the moments that followed the match. Penta will also be going head-to-head with Dominik Mysterio as they both vie for shots at Bron Breakker's Intercontinental Championship, and El Grande Americano will also be competing in his first match since emerging victorious over Dragon Lee on the March 24 episode of "Raw" notably in Chad Gable's hometown of Minneapolis (who many assume to be his secret alias).

We are live! Michael Cole and Pat McAfee greet audiences at home as Adam Pearce is waiting inside the ring.

Pearce introduces IYO SKY, Bianca Belair, and Rhea Ripley. All three women then make their way out to the ring.

Pearce takes responsibility for last week's situation and says he was wrong to make Belair the special guest referee of the Women's World Championship match between SKY and Ripley since none of them can be professionals. He says SKY will now be defending her title against both Ripley and Belair at WrestleMania 41, then asks the three women to sign a new contract.

Belair says a few weeks ago, she would've been upset about Ripley being added to the WrestleMania Women's World Championship, but she's happy that Ripley is being added because she's no longer scared of her. She says she still won the 2025 Women's Elimination Chamber match even after watching Jade Cargill and Naomi brawl, then says she'll walk out of WrestleMania as the new titleholder and signs the contract.

Ripley looks to speak, but Belair cuts her off and demands that she signs the contract by shoving it in her face. Ripley does as she's told, but Ripley tosses it back to Belair. The two women yell at one another, and a frustrated SKY looks to head to the back after Ripley shoves her. SKY then lands a missile dropkick on Ripley off the top rope that sends her crashing into Belair before she signs the contract and heads to the back.

Bayley then makes her way out to the ring. Lyra Valkyria follows.

The bell rings and the two lock up. Bayley rolls up Valkyria, but Valkyria kicks out and lands a drop toe hold on Bayley. Bayley lands a knee on Valkyria's head, but Valkyria responds with a dropkick and a belly-to-belly suplex. She cinches in a submission on Bayley, then transitions into a pinfall. Bayley kicks out, but Valkyria sends her crashing out of the ring and lands a dropkick on her through the bottom rope before she dumps her back inside.

Bayley lands an elbow drop on Valkyria off the middle rope, then fires off knees on her spine and cinches in a Half Boston Crab on her. Valkyria flies out of the ring to level Bayley, and both women return inside to beat the ten count that the referee has begun.

Valkyria fires off a knee on Bayley's midsection, but Bayley responds with a knee to Valkyria's head. The two women teeter on the ropes, but Valkyria pulls Bayley off and looks to powerbomb her. Bayley escapes and sends Valkyria crashing into the corner with a Sunset Flip Powerbomb. Valkyria then sends Bayley crashing into the mat spine first, but Bayley locks in a Boston Crab on Valkyria. Valkyria counters into a roll-up and pins Bayley for the win.

Winner (and still): Lyra Valkyria

After the match, Valkyria offers her hand to Bayley. Bayley pushes it away, then opts to hug Valkyria instead. 

LWO then makes their way down to the ring. El Grande Americano and American Made follow. 

Brutus Creed and Joaquin Wilde begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Brutus runs over Wilde with a shoulder tackle and tags in Julius Creed. Cruz Del Toro tags in and lands a head scissors on Julius before all six men begin brawling with one another. LWO lands a series of simultaneous splashes on Americano and The Creed Brothers, then fly over the top rope to level them on the outside.

Americano and The Creed Brothers drag LWO up to three of the top ropes, then land superplexes on them one at a time. Julius lands a belly-to-belly suplex on Dragon Lee, then follows it up with a back suplex and begins targeting his left leg. He fires off right hands on Lee and tags in Brutus. Brutus lands a knee on Lee's head, then tags in Julius. Julius wears down Lee with a submission hold, but Lee drapes Julius by his knees off the top and lands a double stomp on his chest.

Wilde and Brutus tag in, and Wilde levels Brutus with a clothesline. He follows it up with a hurricanrana and a twisting neckbreaker, then follows it up with a Swanton Bomb. Lee and Americano tag in, and Lee looks to rip off Americano's mask. Americano fights him off and lands a diving headbutt on Lee for the win, with Nile having handed him a piece of metal from the outside. 

Winners: El Grande Americano and American Made

GUNTHER then makes his way down to the ring. Jey Uso follows.

Jey says GUNTHER has a mother and asks if he talked to her. He asks him what they talk about and if she asks how his wife and kid are doing. Jey says he has a mother too, and says that he had to tell his mother this week that Jimmy Uso is laying in a hospital bed with 15 stitches across his forehead. He says GUNTHER had to get his family involved and he knows how he feels about his family, especially Jimmy. He says he's never felt as hopeless, helpless, angry, and scared as he was last week when GUNTHER attacked Jimmy, then says GUNTHER made the whole world stop when he went after Jimmy and made his heart stop. He says in his darkest moment, a lightbulb went off in his head and he realized he wasn't scared of GUNTHER anymore.

Jey says before WrestleMania 41, GUNTHER should hug and kiss his family. He says he'll lay his head down before WrestleMania and say a prayer for himself and GUNTHER in order to receive forgiveness for the man he's about to become. He says he'll get GUNTHER for himself, Jimmy, and his family and take the World Heavyweight Championship from him.

New Day then makes their way out to the ring. The War Raiders follow.

Ivar and Kofi Kingston begin the action. The bell rings and Ivar runs over Kingston with a shoulder tackle. Erik tags in and New Day takes turns firing off stomps on him in the corner. Ivar tags back in and sends Kingston crashing into the mat with a slam. Erik then tags back in and dumps Xavier Woods out of the ring, then levels him with a right hand as he looks to grab a chair while Ivar sends Kingston crashing into one of the barricades. Erik then helps Ivar land a crossbody on Kingston before Woods rains down right hands on Ivar back in the ring. Woods continues wearing down Ivar in the corner, but Erik tags in and sends Kingston crashing into the mat. Ivar tags back in and The War Raiders double team on Kingston. They follow it up with a springboard clothesline-German suplex to Woods, but Woods grabs a chair from outside the ring. Ivar grabs it from Woods, and the referee disqualifies Ivar when he sees him with a chair in hand thinking he had just hit Woods with it.

Winners (and still): The War Raiders (via disqualification)

After the match, The War Raiders look to beat down New Day, but New Day overpowers them. They send Erik crashing into the chair set up between the top and middle turnbuckle, then send Ivar crashing over the barricade near the timekeeper's area. Woods holds Erik in place as Kingston ascends up the ropes, but officials run down to the ring before New Day can do anything else.

Penta then makes his way down to the ring. Dominik Mysterio and Carlito follow.

The bell rings and the two lock up. Dominik rains down right hands and stomps on Penta, then lands a clothesline on him in the corner. Penta responds with a hurricanrana and a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker to Dominik, then lands a crossbody off the top to level him and Carlito on the outside. He then delivers a chop to Dominik's chest and dumps him back inside the ring.

Dominik sends Penta crashing into the ring post face first and uses the ropes to land a stomp on Penta, then flies over the top rope back into the ring to take him down. Dominik connects with The Three Amigos on Penta and goes for a pin, but Penta kicks out. Dominik dropkick Penta into the ropes and dials it up for a 619, then sets up for a Frog Splash. Penta counters into a roll up, but Dominik kicks out.

Dominik gets Penta up on his shoulders, but Penta escapes and wrenches back on Dominik's arm. He sends him crashing into the mat with the Penta Driver for the win.

Winner: Penta

After the match, Carlito blindsides Penta with a backstabber and fires off stomps on him with Dominik. Bron Breakker's music hits and he makes his way out, then runs the ropes and connects with a spear on Dominik before landing a second one on Penta. Finn Balor blindsides Breakker from behind and holds up the Intercontinental Championship. 

Heyman introduces himself and says he wants to state a couple of things for the record: he will always be loyal to his "Tribal Chief" Roman Reigns and he will always be loyal to his best friend in the world CM Punk. He says just because he's loyal to both men, it does not mean he will ever be disloyal to either of them.

Seth Rollins' music hits, and he makes his way out. He introduces himself to Minneapolis, then says tonight is about Heyman rather than himself. He says himself and the rest of the world are wondering who Heyman will truly be loyal to at WrestleMania 41, then tells him that no matter what Heyman thinks, Reigns doesn't care about him and simply uses him for what he needs. He says Reigns didn't take Heyman when he left and left him in the hands of Solo Sikoa and the rest of The Bloodline, then asks if The Bloodline was loving to him. He says The Bloodline treated him like the scum of the Earth, and says Reigns never came to Heyman's rescue.

Rollins tells Heyman that Punk doesn't care about Heyman either, then says Punk walked out on everyone 10 years ago including Heyman. He says Punk was not the first choice to join Reigns' 2024 WarGames team because he was instead, then says Punk was the last choice and only joined the team in order to receive a favor from Heyman. He says he feels bad for Heyman and ponders whether or not there's a way to remove Heyman from the current situation he's in for his own good. He says he could remove Heyman from the situation right now with one quick stomp to the back of his neck, then repeatedly asks Heyman how much he's worth by repeatedly shoving him.

Heyman tells Rollins not to put his hands on him again, and CM Punk's music hits. He runs down to the ring and goes straight after Rollins. The two brawl with one another and Rollins places Punk on one of the ring steps, then looks to land a Curb Stomp on him. Rollins moves out of the way and lands a Curb Stomp on Punk inside the ring. Heyman apologizes to Punk, and Rollins looks to land a Curb Stomp on him. Heyman moves out of the way and sits there in silence as Rollins tells him that he owes him a favor. Rollins and Heyman then stare each other down as the show goes off the air.