5 Takeaways From Post-SummerSlam Show
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – AUGUST 4: The World Heavyweight Champion, Seth Rollins addresses the WWE Universe as Paul Heyman looks on during Monday Night RAW at Barclays Center of Brooklyn on August 4, 2025 in New York, New York. (Photo by Michael Marques/WWE via Getty Images)
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The Raw after SummerSlam was like the episode to tie up any loose ends following two epic nights at MetLife Stadium. There were two title matches, but no new champions were crowned. Still, there was a lot uncovered.
Here are the five biggest takeaways from Raw after SummerSlam 2025.
Seth Rollins Names His Faction and Shows Us He’s Healthy
Seth Rollins is in excellent physical condition—at least visually—and he worked a pretty physical match against LA Knight in the show’s main event to prove it. More on that later, but Rollins also named his faction.
He, Paul Heyman, Bron Breakker, and Bronson Reed will be known as The Vision. I’d expect merch to land sometime very soon. The show-opening promo from Heyman and Rollins was stellar, though it was interrupted by a clumsily executed rant from Knight.
For a guy whose persona is built on one-liners, he gets tongue-tied an awful lot. In any case, he’s still majorly over with the fans, and boy is he underrated as an athlete and in-ring performer. The match was decent, and there is likely more to come between him and Rollins later this month.
Becky Lynch is the Greatest Female Wrestler Ever, It’s Official
Lynch said it during her mic session on Monday, and as she mentioned, a writer for Sports Illustrated said it: she is the greatest female wrestler of all time. For a while, I held that title for Charlotte, but watching Lynch make the most of every position she’s in has pushed The Man to the top of the list for me.
Lynch is owning this IC title reign, and she destroyed Nikki Bella on the mic on Monday. We’ve heard a lot of references to Bella’s past relationship with John Cena over the years, but Lynch dropped an absolute nuke that seemed to legitimately get under Nikki’s skin.
Very rarely will you see a bar dropped that elicits the “holy s###” chant from fans, but this one deservedly did.
Take a look at this video.
Lynch is doing her job. She is elevating the women’s IC title like Gunther did for the men’s version, and that’s the other thing that has pushed her to the top of my list.
WWE Addressed Brock Lesnar’s Return
WWE didn’t go into great detail, but Michael Cole did read a statement from WWE CEO Nick Khan and CCO Triple H in which they told fans that they called Brock Lesnar a few weeks ago and told him, “it’s time for you to come home.”
As you saw on Sunday night, Lesnar took them up on the offer, and his presence immediately delivered what was arguably the pop of the year.
AJ Lee is Coming Back, the Groundwork is Being Laid
Did you catch what Lynch said in her mic work? She said, “me and my hot husband are the greatest wrestling couple of all time.” Rollins is embroiled in a major feud with CM Punk, who is married to…AJ Lee.
There is no way WWE will resist the urge to offer Lee an outrageous amount of money to main event Survivor Series, Royal Rumble, or WrestleMania in a mixed tag-team match with her husband vs. Lynch and Rollins.
That match is big enough to main event any WWE show, and I have to believe it is coming over the next six to eight months.
Triple Threat is Upcoming for Clash in Paris
Before any of that happens, it seems like we’re looking at a Triple Threat match for Clash in Paris. Rollins is seemingly on pace to defend his World Heavyweight title against Knight and Punk.
The latter interrupted the main event match, and that usually means all three men will wind up battling soon. It’s a cool main event, but it doesn’t seem like a match that will see Rollins drop the title. They’re pushing the “Absolute Power” concept for The Vision, and it would be weird to have him drop the title less than 30 days after winning it.