On April 28th, 2025 WWE aired the 1,666th episode of Raw live in Kanas City Missouri inside T Mobile Center & can watch it on Netflix.

Kicking off this week’s Raw with a recap of Bron Breakker & Seth Rollins laying out Roman Reigns & CM Punk from last week.

Seth Rollins welcomes fans to Monday Night Rollins and introduces himself then brags about being the winner of the main event of Night 1 of WrestleMania 41. He says he knows it’s a little difficult for fans who want to chant for CM Punk then says what fans are looking at in the ring right now is the future of the professional wrestling business which all runs through himself, Heyman & Breakker.

Sami Zayn’s music hits and he makes his way out. Rollins welcomes Zayn back and asks him if he caught WrestleMania 41 and Zayn says he did. He says he’s been friends with Rollins for a long time then says as Rollins’ friend, he feels the need to tell him that what he has going on with Heyman & Breakker is a load of crap. Rollins asks Zayn what he means and Zayn says the one thing Roman Reigns & Punk have in common is Heyman. He questions how Rollins can be different now that he has Heyman in his corner and calls Rollins out for being hypocritical when he tries to defend himself.

Rollins says himself, Breakker & Heyman are the vision for the future and if you aren’t with them, then you’re against them. He says himself, Breakker, Heyman & Zayn can come to an agreement and move Zayn off Raw if he wants. He says it’s not a threat to Zayn but rather an offer or favor. He tells Zayn to think about it.

Rhea Ripley defeated Roxanne Perez via DQ (11:47)

Tag Team Match
War Raiders (Erik & Ivar) defeated Judgement Day (JD McDonagh & Finn Balor) via War Machine on McDonagh (10:35)

Non Title Match
Women’s Champion Stephanie Vaquer defeated Ivy Nile via SBV (9:32)

Pat McAfee grabs a microphone and says people have forgotten who he is. He says being choked out by Gunther last week made him realize who he was and where he came from in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He says he has a few things he hopes that people will remember him by, including being an empathetic man, leaving the world a better place and being loyal. He says Michael Cole had been with him since day 1 then says he had no option but to protect Cole last week from Gunther despite what others have to say. He then calls Nick Aldis down to the ring.

Aldis appears and McAfee says he doesn’t like that Adam Pearce suspended Gunther. He demands Aldis lift the suspension so he can fight Gunther but Aldis says he talked to Pearce about this. He says he & Pearce agreed that they wouldn’t lift the suspension on Pearce but says McAfee can square off with Gunther in the ring at Backlash. McAfee accepts.

Seth Rollins wastes no time calling Sami Zayn to the ring, and Zayn makes his way down. Rollins tells Zayn that they go back a long way and he doesn’t want to see anything bad happen to him. He says while Zayn may not like Bron Breakker or Paul Heyman, they’re still friends with one another and he expected respect from Zayn. He says the professional wrestling business tears relationships and friendships apart then asks Zayn how many true friends he’s made and says they can be counted on 1 hand. He says Zayn is one of those true friends for him then says Zayn was one of the 1st people he called when he became a father. He asks Zayn to allow him to return the favor then advises Zayn to accept his offer to move to Smackdown so that bad things don’t happen to him which he does not want.

Zayn admits everything Rollins said was true outside the ring but it’s a little different when he comes to inside the ring. He says Rollins is dangling the World Title he has yet to win in WWE right in front of him then asks Rollins if he’s ever known him to run away from anything. He says Rollins is threatening him and while Rollins want to make him a target, he already is one. He says he can live with being a target, but he will not be blackmailed or threatened before promising to be a World Champion without owing favors to anyone and doing it the right way.

Bron Breakker’s music hits and he makes his way out along with Paul Heyman.

Bron Breakker defeated Sami Zayn via Referee Stoppage (12:31)

After the match Seth Rollins hits a Curb Stomp on Zayn.