{"id":130808,"date":"2025-02-13T04:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T09:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=130808"},"modified":"2025-02-13T04:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T09:56:10","slug":"preview-wwe-raw-2-17-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/02\/13\/preview-wwe-raw-2-17-25\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE Raw (2\/17\/25) &#8211; Elimination Chamber Qualifiers &amp; Major In-ring Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw is stacked, as has been the expectation since the show moved to Netflix. Here&#8217;s our full WWE Raw preview for the show from the Spectrum Center.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Charlotte, NC, will host WWE Raw this week, which streams live on Netflix at 8c.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>WWE Raw Preview &amp; Match Card (2\/17\/25):<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Roxanne Perez vs. Raquel Rodriguez<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Pete Dunne vs. Penta\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">AJ Styles vs \u201cDirty\u201d Dom Mysterio<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>WWE Raw Preview: <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Elimination Chamber Final Spots\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Finn B\u00e1lor and Seth Rollins want to get past each other to make the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/02\/10\/elimination-chamber-2025-whos-in\/\" target=\"_self\">Elimination Chamber<\/a> and earn a shot at Cody Rhodes and the Undisputed WWE Championship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/02\/05\/finn-balor-wwe-judgment-day\/\" target=\"_self\">B\u00e1lor\u2019s intention<\/a> is clear. Rollins&#8217; intent is muddied by ongoing beef with many of the men already qualified for the Chamber &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/04\/07\/andnew-drew-mcintyre-defeats-seth-rollins-wwe-wrestlemania-40\/\" target=\"_self\">Drew McIntyre<\/a>, and CM Punk. &#8216;Unfinished business&#8217; with<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> Cody Rhodes is also clouding Rollins&#8217; vision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Both men have eyes on the prize, but Rollins seems distracted by what stands in his way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Our vision for \u201cThe Visionary\u201d is that a lack of clear focus on gold could cost him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Meanwhile, Roxanne Perez is rewarded for an Iron Woman performance in the Royal Rumble with a Chamber qualifier against Raquel Rodriguez. Perez won\u2019t be coming in fresh. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/01\/22\/roxanne-perez-bayley-wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_self\">Perez and Bayley continue their feud<\/a> on Saturday. Cora Jade and Guilia will join the two women in a four-way match for the NXT Women\u2019s Championship at NXT Vengeance Day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">That leaves Perez not as fresh and certainly not as big as Rodriguez. It\u2019ll be quite the night for her if she does advance to the Elimination Chamber.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">EXCLUSIVE: Roxanne Perez is hyped up for her big weekend but Raquel Rodriguez lets Perez know she is no match for her. <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#WWERaw<\/a> <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VOxcMeEQpP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/VOxcMeEQpP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1889168814337646918?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Other Matches<\/h2>\n<p>There are a few things we can trust about \u201cDirty\u201d Dom Mysterio. Great hair. An absolute babe magnet. Chicken tender fanatic. And there\u2019s absolutely no chance he\u2019s letting anyone enjoy some mic time on WWE Raw, especially if they are new to the brand.<\/p>\n<p>Dom interrupted AJ Styles during his big return promo last week. This week, AJ Styles looks to prove that Dom will never amount to anything more than his father\u2019s son.<\/p>\n<p>Ludwig Kaiser has stepped aside to allow <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/01\/24\/netflix-pete-dunne-wwe-promo\/\" target=\"_self\">Pete Dunne<\/a> to have another crack at cracking <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/01\/14\/pentas-wwe-debut-wrestlers-react-to-newest-raw-star\/\" target=\"_self\">Penta\u2019s<\/a> fingers from his hands. It seems Penta&#8217;s hot debut and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/01\/11\/wwe-dream-matches-for-penta\/\" target=\"_self\">talk of dream matches for the luchador<\/a> has attracted the attention of WWE Raw&#8217;s attention-hungry heels.<\/p>\n<p>Will Kaiser be good to his word to stay away from the match? Or can we expect to die T\u00e4uschung from the Germans?<\/p>\n<h2>Anything Else<\/h2>\n<p>Charlotte is Flair country, so Charlotte Flair might show up. But how will she be greeted?<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a new game to play over the next 10 weeks. How much of Jey Uso\u2019s entrance can he get through before Gunther spoils it?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Ring General&#8221; broke up the party after one and a half go at everyone&#8217;s favourite entrance last week. Imagine the heat if Gunther stopped the whole circus before it began up in the concession stand.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">10 Weeks of Hell. <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Dx674PWle4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Dx674PWle4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; GUNTHER (@Gunther_AUT) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gunther_AUT\/status\/1889127357589361144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<em>Stay tuned to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/a>\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. You can always count on LWOPW to be on top of the major news in the wrestling world, as well as to provide you with analysis, previews, videos, interviews, and editorials on the wrestling world. You can check out WWE programming on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USA Network<\/a>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The CW<\/a>\u00a0(NXT), and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Peacock<\/a>\u00a0(archives and premium live event streaming). You can follow WWE on social media and relive top moments on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WWE\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WWE Raw is stacked, as has been the expectation since the show moved to Netflix. Here&#8217;s our full WWE Raw preview for the show from the Spectrum Center.\u00a0 Charlotte, NC, will host WWE Raw this week, which streams live on Netflix at 8c. WWE Raw Preview &amp; Match Card (2\/17\/25): Roxanne Perez vs. Raquel Rodriguez [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3852,"featured_media":130865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2192,25,4,3],"tags":[145,111,8507,9123,536,8409,8487,76],"class_list":["post-130808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-north-america","category-wrestling","category-raw","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","tag-aj-styles","tag-finn-balor","tag-ludwig-kaiser","tag-penta","tag-pete-dunne","tag-raquel-rodriguez","tag-roxanne-perez","tag-seth-rollins"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3852"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130808"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130866,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130808\/revisions\/130866"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}