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Raw plays host to in-ring classics, jaw-dropping confrontations and shocking twists in this best of 2024 recap.

The 2025 Evolution was a women's professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It was the second Evolution event and took place on Sunday, July 13, 2025, at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw, SmackDown, and NXT brand divisions.

The 2025 Crown Jewel, also promoted as Crown Jewel: Perth, was a professional wrestling event produced by the American company WWE. It was the seventh Crown Jewel and took place on Saturday, October 11, 2025, at the RAC Arena in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. The event featured the crowning of the second men's and women's Crown Jewel Champions and was the first Crown Jewel held outside of Saudi Arabia, as all previous editions took place in Riyadh. It also marked John Cena's last appearance in Australia as an in-ring performer before his retirement at the end of 2025, and was headlined by Seth Rollins vs. Cody Rhodes in a Champions vs. Champions match for the men's Crown Jewel Championship.

WWE Survivor Series: WarGames 2025 was held on November 29, 2025, at Petco Park in San Diego, California, and featured the biggest Men’s WarGames match ever as Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes, WWE World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk, Roman Reigns, Jey Uso, and Jimmy Uso battled Brock Lesnar, Drew McIntyre, Logan Paul, Bron Breakker, and Bronson Reed inside two rings surrounded by a roofless cage. The event also included the final WWE Premium Live Event match of John Cena’s career, where the 17-time world champion and reigning Intercontinental Champion put his title on the line against Dominik Mysterio. The most star-studded Women’s WarGames match ever also took center stage, featuring AJ Lee, Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, Rhea Ripley, and IYO SKY against Becky Lynch, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Asuka and Kairi Sane, Nia Jax, and Lash Legend. In addition, the event featured a WWE Women’s World Championship match where Stephanie Vaquer faced off against Nikki Bella for her title.

Based on the life of Mayu Iwatani and her journey to becoming a wrestler.

The 2024 Royal Rumble is the upcoming 37th annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view and livestreaming event produced by WWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event will take place on Saturday, January 27, 2024, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. It will be the second Royal Rumble to be held at the stadium after the 2021 event, though the first with ticketed fans in attendance. Traditionally, the Royal Rumble match winner receives a world championship match at that year's WrestleMania. For the 2024 event, the winners of both the men's and women's matches receive a choice of which championship to challenge for at WrestleMania XL. The men can choose to challenge for either Raw's World Heavyweight Championship or SmackDown's Undisputed WWE Universal Championship, while the women have the choice between Raw's Women's World Championship and SmackDown's WWE Women's Championship.

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The Undisputed WWE Universal Championship will be on the line when Roman Reigns defends his title against the winner of the 2024 Royal Rumble, Cody Rhodes. The Scottish Warrior Drew McIntyre will finally get his chance to win a world title in front of the masses as he faces World Heavyweight Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins at The Showcase of the Immortals. Plus a big tag team match on night 1 where Cody Rhodes and World Heavyweight Champion Seth "Freakin" Rollins will go head to head with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Undisputed WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns in a match with huge WrestleMania implications. Bayley is hellbent on seizing the WWE Women's Champion when she goes to war against her former ally IYO SKY at WrestleMania. 'Mami' Rhea Ripley defends her Women's World Title against 'The Man' Becky Lynch in what should be a legendary championship fight and many more.

Backlash France is the upcoming 19th Backlash professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming event produced by the American company WWE. It will be held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event will take place on Saturday, May 4, 2024, at the LDLC Arena in the Lyon commune of Décines-Charpieu, France, marking WWE's first PPV and livestreaming event held in France. The concept of the event will be based around the backlash from WrestleMania XL.

The 2024 Crown Jewel was the sixth Crown Jewel professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and live-streaming event produced by WWE. It was held for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw and SmackDown brand divisions. The event took place on Saturday, November 2, 2024, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was the 12th event that WWE held in Saudi Arabia under a 10-year partnership in support of Saudi Vision 2030.