{"id":137346,"date":"2025-06-30T14:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T18:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=137346"},"modified":"2025-06-30T14:55:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T18:55:02","slug":"wwe-raw-preview-6-30-25-the-road-to-evolution-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/06\/30\/wwe-raw-preview-6-30-25-the-road-to-evolution-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Raw Preview (6\/30\/25): The Road to Evolution II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With Night of Champions in the rearview mirror, WWE is turning the page toward its next major PLE, Evolution II in just over two weeks. Nick Aldis and Adam Pearce have promised some Evolution II related updates tonight (including what to do about the women&#8217;s tag team titles) and there have been rumors of stars returning to help build the card. <span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Our WWE Raw preview takes a look at what to expect tonight as WWE hits the PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, PA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/06\/23\/wwe-confirms-special-start-time-for-post-night-of-champions-raw\/\" target=\"_self\">As a reminder, tonight&#8217;s Raw airs live at 6 PM ET, followed by a taping of Friday&#8217;s SmackDown.<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>WWE Raw Preview<\/h2>\n<p><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/raw\/2025-06-30\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Match Card: WWE Raw (6\/30\/25)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sami Zayn and Penta vs Bronson Reed and Bron Breakker<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>After brawling at Night of Champions, Zayn and Penta are teaming up to face Seth Rollins&#8217; henchmen. Could a certain Karrion Kross be lurking? Or perhaps Rollins himself will rear his ugly head&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>World Tag Team Championship: New Day vs Judgment Day<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>After weeks of manipulating the Judgment Day from the inside, Finn Balor is finally getting another chance to win a title as he teams with mentee JD McDonagh to take on the New Day. Will the two handle business on their own or will more twists develop in the ongoing Judgment Day storyline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sheamus vs Rusev<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It&#8217;s Bulgaria vs Ireland as the battle of former League of Nations&#8217; members takes center stage. Ever since Rusev returned to WWE, Sheamus hasn&#8217;t approved of how he&#8217;s been conducting his business. The man behind banger after banger after banger is hoping he can knock the Redeemer down a peg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gunther and Rhea Ripley with Live Mics<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Gunther is gearing up toward a title defense against Goldberg on the July 12 edition of Saturday Night&#8217;s Main Event and Rhea Ripley surely has all eyes on getting on the card for Evolution II. Both of these two stars will be on hand Monday Night to shake up the WWE Universe with whatever they have to say.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_137348\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137348\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-137348 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/20250627_RAW_Netflix_Match_RheaRipley_16x9_Tonight-5090617fdd80e8560398d21b42d5fdb5-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Rhea Ripley title graphic\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/20250627_RAW_Netflix_Match_RheaRipley_16x9_Tonight-5090617fdd80e8560398d21b42d5fdb5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/20250627_RAW_Netflix_Match_RheaRipley_16x9_Tonight-5090617fdd80e8560398d21b42d5fdb5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/20250627_RAW_Netflix_Match_RheaRipley_16x9_Tonight-5090617fdd80e8560398d21b42d5fdb5-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2025\/06\/20250627_RAW_Netflix_Match_RheaRipley_16x9_Tonight-5090617fdd80e8560398d21b42d5fdb5.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-137348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rhea Ripley is set to open the show tonight with a special announcement.<br \/>Credit: WWE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>More from LWOPW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><i>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_self\"><em><u><i>Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i> for more on WWE Raw preview, Evolution II, 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.<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><i>You can check out WWE programming on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/81788927\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Netflix<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(Raw),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usanetwork.com\/wwe-friday-night-smackdown\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>USA Network<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(SmackDown),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cwtv.com\/shows\/wwe-nxt\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>The CW<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(NXT),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/tubitv.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Tubi<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Evolve),\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aetv.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>A&amp;E<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Superstar Sunday \u2013 Rivals, WWE LFG, and Greatest Moments) and\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.peacocktv.com\/watch\/home\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>Peacock<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>\u00a0(WWE Main Event as well as archives and premium live event streaming). Follow WWE on social media to relive top moments and matches on\u00a0<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/wwe\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>YouTube<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>, and catch fast-paced action on X (<\/i><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/i\/events\/1773457579022155776?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><u><i>WWE Speed<\/i><\/u><\/em><\/a><em><i>).<\/i><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Night of Champions in the rearview mirror, WWE is turning the page toward its next major PLE, Evolution II in just over two weeks. Nick Aldis and Adam Pearce have promised some Evolution II related updates tonight (including what to do about the women&#8217;s tag team titles) and there have been rumors of stars [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2418,"featured_media":137347,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_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":[2,12,2192,25,4,3,320],"tags":[8238,6273,390,3041,202,399,3108],"class_list":["post-137346","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-news","category-wrestling","category-raw","category-wwe","category-wwe-universe","category-wwe-women","tag-gunther","tag-judgment-day","tag-new-day","tag-rhea-ripley","tag-rusev","tag-sheamus","tag-wwe-evolution"],"modified_by":"Marilee Gallagher, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137346","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\/2418"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137346"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137349,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137346\/revisions\/137349"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}