This Week's WWE Raw Ending Explained (Feb 3, 2025): Results & What It Means [SPOILERS]

Warning: The following copy has SPOILERS for WWE Royal Rumble (Feb 1st, 2025)The fallout from Saturday's Royal Rumble continues as WWE hits to Cleveland, OH for Monday Night Raw. The Road To WrestleMania is fully underway, as Jey Uso and Charoltte Flair will address the WWE after their Rumble wins. Will World Heavyweight Champions Gunther and Rhea Ripley be on hand to hear what they have to say? Penta will also be in action against Ludwig Kaiser, as The New Day continue to annoy everybody, as they take on Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee.

Elsewhere, Raw has the first qualification matches for this year's Elimination Chamber, as one of Sami Zayn and CM Punk will join John Cena in this year's Men's Chamber, while Iyo Sky and Liv Morgan will be in singles' competition to qualify for the event in Toronto. Seth Rollins will discuss his heinous actions towards Roman Reigns, and Logan Paul will be in his hometown for another bumper edition of Raw.

WWE Monday Night Raw Results - Feb 3, 2025

Monday Night Raw opened with the Men's Royal Rumble match winner, Main Event Jey Uso. After Cleveland demands an encore of Yeeting, Jey is very emotional and addresses his Rumble win.
Jey says he just wanted to make a living with his brother, and in the pandemic era he didn't have what it takes to be a single's star. He is tearful as he thanks people for riding with him every week to create this moment.
Gunther arrives, and his face suggests he is in no joking mood.
Gunther says he doesn't want Jey Uso at WrestleMania because he adds nothing to his legacy, compared to Cena, Reigns or CM Punk.
Jey says he is going to SmackDown to speak to Cody Rhodes, but whoever he faces at WrestleMania, he is walking out champion.
Penta defeats Ludwig Kaiser with the Penta Driver, adding insult to injury after eliminating him from the Royal Rumble.
Pete Dunne interrupts his in-ring, post-match interview. As Dunne walks to the ring, Ludwig Kaiser brutalizes Penta from behind.
The Judgment Day are shown backstage, as Finn Balor arrives. He lays into Dirty Dom for losing to War Raiders and allowing JD to get injured.
Liv reveals her and Raquel have a tag team title shot and Finn has an Elimination Chamber qualifying match, all thanks to Dominik Mysterio.
Charlotte Flair arrives to talk about her journey back to in-ring competition. Cleveland begins to boo, but Flair blasts through them to declare herself the greatest WWE superstar of all time.
Rhea Ripley comes to the ring and circles Flair. She says she respects Charlotte and wants Flair to pick her at WrestleMania because she has already beaten her at WrestleMania.
Charlotte Flair says she's going to NXT to speak to Giulia, SmackDown to see Tiffany Stratton and see who inspires her. She says Rhea is still just a kid and tries to leave.
Rhea stops her and says she doesn't feel respected by Charlotte, and so she wants to face her at WrestleMania so she can beat the respect into her.
Rhea then sees Iyo backstage. Iyo says "maybe see you at WrestleMania" and walks away, but is assaulted by Liv Morgan. Rhea chases Liv away but is then wiped out by Raquel Rodriguez.
Mid-way through the New Day vs Dragon Lee and Rey Mysterio match, Logan Paul walks to ringside. He faces Rey Mysterio in an Elimination Chamber qualifier next week on Raw.
Logan Paul interrupted by hindering Rey Mysterio getting into the ring, causing Kofi to hit Trouble In Paradise and win the match for The New Day.
CM Punk is interviewed backstage and apologizes to Sami Zayn fans, because he is going to the Elimination Chamber
Iyo is visibly injured going into the match.
Liv Morgan qualifies for Elimination Chamber after Rhea Ripley gets Iyo Sky disqualified. Ripley apologizes afterward, but Iyo strides away angrily and shouting in anguish.
The War Raiders pay tribute to JD McDonagh after his performance last week on Raw, and are interrupted by American Made.
Gable says he's going on a quest to learn lucha libre, but he expects Ivy Nile and The Creed Brothers to have gold when he returns.
Adam Pearce informs us AJ Styles is the newest member of Raw, before Bron Breakker pulls Pearce aside to demand to know what's next for him.
Seth Rollins is out next, saying he's happy for Jey Uso, and delighted that CM Punk got tossed out by Logan Paul. Seth says Roman Reigns is hurt, WWE won't tell you that, but he knows he is because he did it.
Seth says it hurts that he lost the Royal Rumble. He says he'll beat Finn Balor in his Elimination Chamber qualifier, then Seth calls out Sami Zayn.
Seth gives Sami Zayn a ferocious pep talk. He tells Sami that he needs him to step up to Punk after he said he is not on his level.
Seth is leaving as CM Punk's music hits and he walks the aisle. He and Rollins are pulled apart on the walkway, as Punk gets to the ring to start his match.
CM Punk will join John Cena at Elimination Chamber after defeating Sami Zayn with a GTS. Punk and Sami shake hands at the end of the match.
A visibly banged up Kevin Owens then emerges and hits the package piledriver on Sami Zayn, while wearing a Sami Zayn Forever shirt.

Jey Uso Remains Ridiculously Popular

The Online Hate Does Not Translate

It feels like a surreal experience to take in what is going on right now with Jey Uso. Anyone who watches can see Jey Uso is currently Monday Night Raw's biggest star, with the possible exception of CM Punk. Any notion that online bile would spill into the real world was smashed out of the park, as Uso's music stopped and Cleveland demanded one more round of it (to which Jey duly obliged). This is Jey Uso's moment. Drink it in.

Jey was unusually emotional, the reality of his status kicking in as he opened this episode of Raw with heart and fighting spirit. It is what made Gunther's disgust with the weekend's events so much greater. His contemptuous distain for Jey Uso turned to indignant anger, as Gunther felt authentically livid that his WrestleMania match may be wasted on Uso. It is a good twist to a feud that has already had a recent match and placates the online feeling from haters, while also showing how proud Gunther is of his accomplishments.

Charlotte Flair Keeps Everyone Guessing

Charlotte and Rhea Ripley WWE Raw Feb 3 2025

Before this even gets out of the gate, "woo me or boo me" may be among the best lines of Charlotte's career. There was an inevitability about Charlotte's win at the Royal Rumble, but the real intrigue now is in who Charlotte Flair is about to be. The whole presentation of excellence has been incredible, capped by her Rumble victory, but now it becomes about Charlotte's goals and mission statement and that still remains a little unclear.

Flair attempted to connect with the live crowd, pouring her heart out about her time injured and how she'd missed all of what'd happened, but Charlotte immediately showed her teeth the second that Cleveland booed her. She spoke powerfully, she put every branch of WWE on notice (including NXT), but SmackDown should provide greater context to her character and how we should feel about her. Rhea Ripley stepped up to confront Flair, and in doing so built herself more intrigue than she has been able to muster in months. That's enough for now.

Raw Slightly Underwhelms After the Rumble

A Lot Of Big Issues Went Unanswered

Every episode of WWE television is currently rammed with progression, character and plot development, and we're a long way distanced from PLE's called Great Balls Of Fire, but this was a show that largely felt underwhelming. Perhaps it's design is to keep everyone guessing, but it seems flabbergasting that Logan Paul wasn't given a live mic in his hometown after eliminating CM Punk. Costing Rey Mysterio ahead of facing him next week made sense, but this felt like a huge open goal being passed up.

The Royal Rumble is always a big night for returns, and so it felt strange that the big Alexa Bliss rebirth and her Wyatt Sicks links didn't receive the usual WWE fanfare. Drew McIntyre wasn't mentioned once on the broadcast, as online reports swirl that he was unhappy with the circumstances around his Royal Rumble appearance. Seth Rollins promo saw him air his grievances magnificently, the first match ever between CM Punk and Sami Zayn was sensational, and Kevin Owens appearance was shocking despite everyone anticipating it. This was still a good show with plenty of meat, it just felt underwhelming by the current high standards WWE are setting.

This was a fairly low-key edition of Raw, considering this was in the direct aftermath of the Royal Rumble. CM Punk and John Cena are the first two men to qualify for the men's Elimination Chamber, but Sami Zayn was shockingly taken out of action by Kevin Owens as Raw went off the air. Charlotte Flair and Rhea Ripley's rivalry seems set to run and run, as both women refused to back down in an icy showdown, but Rhea may soon have her hands full with Damage CTRL.

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