WWE: Three New Matches Set for 8/18 WWE RAW Show, Special Guest Referee Set for Fatal Influence vs. The Elegance Brand Six-Woman Tag Match for 8/19 WWE NXT Show, John Cena on Failed with His First Promo As A Heel

Three New Matches Announced for Monday’s WWE RAW Show

WWE RAW GM Adam Pearce announced three new matches and one new segment for the card of this Monday’s WWE RAW show at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

In regards to the new matches, the first new match announced was a WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship match of Natalya vs. Becky Lynch (c).

The second new match announced was a singles match of IYO SKY vs. Raquel Rodriguez.

The third new match announced was a singles match of Bron Breakker vs. Jey Uso.

In regards to the new segment, this was announced to be a promo segment featuring The Vision (Seth Rollins, Paul Heyman, Bron Breakker, & “Big” Bronson Reed).

#WWERaw GM @ScrapDaddyAP has the #RawonNetflix rundown live tomorrow night from Philadelphia!

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— WWE (@WWE) August 17, 2025

Current card for August 18th WWE RAW show:

• WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship – Natalya vs. Becky Lynch (c)
• Penta vs. Xavier Woods
• Bron Breakker vs. Jey Uso
• IYO SKY vs. Raquel Rodriguez
• The Vision (Seth Rollins, Paul Heyman, Bron Breakker, & “Big” Bronson Reed) to speak
• WWE Women’s World Champion Naomi to address her medical status

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Special Guest Referee Announced for Fatal Influence vs. The Elegance Brand Six-Woman Tag Match for August 19th WWE NXT Show

WWE NXT Ava announced one newly updated match for the card of this week’s WWE NXT show on Tuesday, August 19th at the Rhe Met Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

This newly updated match was a Six-Woman Tag Team Special Guest Referee match of Fatal Influence (Jazmyn Nyx, Fallon Henley, & Jacy Jayne) vs. The Elegance Brand (M, Heather, & Ash By Elegance). It was announced that TNA talent Masha Slamovich will now be the special guest referee for the match.

Current card for August 19th WWE NXT show:

• NXT Championship #1 Contender match – Je’Von Evans vs. Trick Williams
• Philadelphia Street Fight match – Josh Briggs vs. Yoshiki Inamura
• Six-Women Tag Team Special Guest Referee match – Fatal Influence (Jazmyn Nyx, Fallon Henley, & Jacy Jayne) vs. The Elegance Brand (M, Heather, & Ash By Elegance) (with Masha Slamovich as special guest referee)
• Jasper Troy vs. Ricky Saints
• Blake Monroe and Jordynne Grace to go face-to-face

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John Cena Comments on He Failed with His First Promo As A Heel

A recent Fan Expo Chicago event featured John Cena as the guest. One of the topics discussed included Cena’s thoughts about his feeling that he had failed with his first promo as a heel during his retirement tour.

“I wasn’t upset. No, I failed, Ain’t nothing wrong with that. You can learn from failure, right? I went up there and bombed. Shit happens.

I’ve changed a lot over the years. I’m not the same person I was yesterday.”

Transcript h/t: ThePopVerse.com