WWE RAW Notes Part I: John Cena’s Final RAW, WWE IC Title and WWE Women’s World Title Matches Set for Survivor Series WarGames, Dolph Ziggler Revealed as RAW Mystery Entrant in Last Time Is Now Tournament, Solo Sikoa & Gunther Advances in The Last Time Is Now Tourn.

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Nov 17, 2025

John Cena Makes Final WWE RAW Appearance

Monday’s WWE RAW show at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York featured John Cena making his last RAW brand appearance and also his last appearance at the legendary Madison Square Garden for his in-ring wrestling career.

Dominik Mysterio vs. John Cena for WWE IC Title Announced for WWE Survivor Series WarGames 2025

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured the first of two new matches announced for the card of Survivor Series WarGames 2025.

This new match announced was a WWE Intercontinental Championship match of “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio vs. John Cena (c).

This new match was setup following an in-ring promo segment featuring Cena and Mysterio. Cena came out to the ring and talked about tonight being his final appearance on RAW and at Madison Square Garden. This led to Mysterio’s music playing to interrupt and him coming out to the ring. Mysterio demaned a rematch for his title which Cena agreed to do for tonight’s show. Mysterio rejected it and stated that it would happen on his terms and at Survivor Series WarGames instead, which Cena agreed. This led to Judgement Day’s JD McDonagh & Finn Balor coming out to the ring and Judgement Day proceeded to beat down Cena. This led to Sheamus running out trying to save Cena to no avail and was followed by Rey Mysterio who attacked Judgement Day and helped clear the ring of them.

Dolph Ziggler Revealed as RAW Mystery Entrant in Last Time Is Now Tournament

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured Dolph Ziggler, also known as Nic Nemeth in TNA and the indies, making a surprise appearance.

Ziggler was revealed as the mystery competitor for the RAW side of the bracket for WWE’s The Last Time Is Now Tournament.

Solo Sikoa & Gunther Advances in The Last Time Is Now Tournament

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured two First Round matches for The Last Time Is Now Tournament.

This tournament will determine the official challenger for John Cena’s retirement match at the December 13th WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event show.

The first match was Solo Sikoa defeating Dolph Ziggler.

The second match was Gunther defeating Je’Von Evans.

As a result of their victories, Ziggler and Gunther advance to the Quarterfinal Round of The Last Time Is Now Tournament.

Nikki Bella vs. Stephanie Vaquer for WWE Women’s World Title Announced for WWE Survivor Series WarGames 2025

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured the second of two new matches announced for the card of Survivor Series WarGames 2025, which takes place on November 29th at Petco Park in San Diego, California.

This new match announced was a WWE Women’s World Championship match of Nikki Bella vs. Stephanie Vaquer (c).

This new match was initially setup during last week’s show followjng Bella turning heel and attacking Vaquer. During tonight’s show, Vaquer came out for an in-ring interview segment only to be attacked from behind by Bella on the stage. After some words by Bella explaining her actions, Bella issued a challenge to Vaquer for her title. Afterwards, this match was made official for Survivor Series WarGames.

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