On Monday, March 24, WWE continues their European tour, this time with Raw making a stop in Glasgow, Scotland. Last week's Raw was a major one, as John Cena came out to start the show to finally address why he turned heel. With now less than a month to go until WrestleMania 41, he will be back this Monday as well. Lyra Valkyria will also be defending her Intercontinental Championship, and Royal Rumble winner Jey Uso will be in a tag match with an unannounced mystery partner. Let's dive into the card and any predictions we have for the show.
Since the show is taking place in Europe today, Raw will start at 4 PM EST.
IT'S A BRAWL IN BOLOGNA! 👊😤#SmackDownpic.twitter.com/LC6tpf3EWY— WWE (@WWE) March 22, 2025
Last year, before an unfortunate injury, fans thought we were going to get CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins at WrestleMania 40. With both men healthy, that could have happened this year, but WWE went another route, with both men attacking not only each other but Roman Reigns at the Royal Rumble. Last Friday's SmackDown saw the trio engage in a war of words and fists, with all three taking their turn pointing at the WrestleMania sign.
CM Punk has been very popular wherever he goes, but now that he's in Drew McIntyre's home country, don't be surprised if he gets a more negative reaction. CM Punk is sure to have the Glasgow crowd in the palm of his hand as he continues to promote what is now a WrestleMania 41 triple threat. Expect Seth Rollins to be there, but will Roman Reigns show up too? The last time we saw him, Punk brought up his favor from Paul Heyman before blindsiding the OTC. If Reigns and Heyman are there, the Wiseman is going to have some explaining to do to his Tribal Chief. At the very least, look for CM Punk to go into detail about the favor.
Lyra Valkyria and Raquel Rodriguez both hold gold in WWE, but both also feel like they're struggling. Rodriguez is one half of the Women's Tag Team Champions with Liv Morgan, but she barely speaks or does anything but stand at Morgan's side. As for Valkyria, she made history as the inaugural Women's Intercontinental Championship, but outside of having a few title defenses, her character doesn't have much to do.
Look for Lyra Valkyria to defeat Raquel Rodriguez in this matchup of former NXT Women's Champions, but what matters most is what happens after. With less than four weeks until WrestleMania 41, there's no clue yet what they will be doing at the Showcase of the Immortals.
Royal Rumble winner Jey Uso is set to take on Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 40. For weeks, they've had a war of words and attacks on each other. Last week, however, Jey Uso took on one half of A-Town Down Under, Austin Theory, but bested his opponent in under a minute. This led to him fighting off both Grayson Waller and Gunther afterwards.
At Raw in Glasgow, A-Town Down Under will take on Jey Uso and a mystery partner. Who will it be? Two options stick out as the most likely. One is Otis, due to the Alpha Academy's involvement in the feud. If you want to see the Scottish crowd go crazy, though, WWE will bring in native Joe Hendry. Say his name and he appears, but we're going to go with the safe pick of Jey Uso and Otis defeating A-Town Down Under before Gunther gets involved again.
NO NEW LOOK.NO NEW MUSIC.YOU GET NOTHING!#WWERawpic.twitter.com/3pxqopvrgJ— WWE (@WWE) March 17, 2025
Outside of only Hulk Hogan's heel turn in 1996, John Cena's turn to the dark side at Elimination Chamber was the most shocking ever. In the weeks after, Cena wasn't there to explain himself, but at the March 17 Raw he finally gave his reasoning, blaming how fans have treated him for two decades for his actions. Reaction to that has been mixed, with many hoping that Cena would give more than the usual "heel against the fans" promo.
WWE has announced that Cena and Rhodes will be under the same roof again in Glasgow, so what happens this time? In a perfect world, The Rock would be there too, but don't look for that to happen unless we get a video segment from The Final Boss. We predict that Rhodes and Cena will have another war of words, this time showing us a more desperate Cena who will do anything to be WWE Champion one more time. Talk isn't going to be enough. The two men main eventing WrestleMania 41 need to fight.
If you want to watch WWE Raw anywhere in the world, you just have to sign up for a Netflix account which you can do at this link:
But what about the show itself? Will it be any different? Does it matter what kind of subscription you have? Thankfully, no matter what kind of plan you use on Netflix, you'll be able to watch Raw, just with more ads if you don't have an ad-free plan. Triple H has confirmed that Raw will not be censored back in June 2024 (via The Pat McAfee Show):
Right now, just as an example of us being on Fox, if the crowd chants ‘Holy s---,’ or something much worse, they just take that audio. Sometimes they take the picture and the audio off, and it’s just black screen... We won’t have those issues with Netflix. The ability to be live globally, the ability to have everything seen all at once everywhere, it’s a game-changing moment.
While that doesn't mean that the show is necessarily TV-14, you can kiss those annoying audio drops whenever someone curses or the crowd chants "Holy s---!" goodbye. Since the move to Netflix, the show's runtime has ran somewhere between two and three hours.
If you're in the United States, everything else WWE stays the same. SmackDown and NXT will stay on USA and CW respectively for the next five years, and Peacock will still be airing the monthly PLEs. If you're outside of the United States, however, you're in for an even bigger change than American wrestling fans.
Right now, international viewers are able to watch everything WWE on Netflix. You'll not only get to see Raw, but SmackDown, NXT, PLEs, and past shows all in one spot.
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