{"id":146252,"date":"2025-11-15T06:44:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T11:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=146252"},"modified":"2025-11-15T08:36:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T13:36:07","slug":"preview-wwe-raw-11-17-25-john-cena-to-compete-in-maddison-square-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/11\/15\/preview-wwe-raw-11-17-25-john-cena-to-compete-in-maddison-square-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE Raw (11\/17\/25) &#8211; John Cena To Compete in Madison Square Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span class=\"s1\">John Cena will compete in the ring on his final WWE Raw live from the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The tournament to find Cena\u2019s final opponent at Saturday Night\u2019s Main Event also continues among championship action. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Match Card WWE Raw (11\/17\/25)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Je\u2019Von Evans vs. Gunther<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Solo Sikoa vs. Mystery Opponent<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Women\u2019s Intercontinental Championship: Becky Lynch vs. Maxxine Dupri<\/li>\n<li>John Cena Competes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Match Card Highlights <\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Zack Ryder made a shocking return to WWE after a five-year absence on WWE SmackDown, falling to LA Knight, as the Megastar<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/11\/14\/huge-star-steps-up-to-la-knight-on-wwe-smackdown-in-john-cena-last-time-is-now-tournament-first-round-match-up\/\" target=\"_self\"> advanced in the Last Time Is Now tournament. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Solo Sikoa faces a mystery opponent on WWE Raw in the same tournament. It\u2019s difficult to predict but it could be anyone from Roman Reigns to Hornswoggle at this point.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Reigns and CM Punk have <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/11\/12\/five-new-movie-releases-starring-wwe-talent\/\" target=\"_self\">teamed up for the latest Zootropolis movie<\/a>. We could see this pairing move to the ring if Punk invites Reigns to join his War Games team.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/11\/14\/two-more-men-join-team-punk-team-paul-for-wwe-survivor-series-wargames-on-smackdown\/\" target=\"_self\">Punk invites Reigns to join his War Games team.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Je\u2019Von Evans will make his WWE Raw debut when he faces a returning Gunther. Gunther is a firm favourite to go all the way in the tournament. With Cena now holding the Intercontinental Championship Gunther historically held for 666 days, the Austrian making the final is surely odds on.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Meanwhile, could we see a major upset in Madison Square Garden? Maxxine Dupri could complete a true underdog story if she can defeat Becky Lynch for the Women\u2019s Intercontinental Championship. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Finally, we will probably hear from Nikki Bella after her <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/11\/06\/three-heel-turns-coming-before-wwe-survivor-series-war-games\/\" target=\"_self\">dramatic heel turn<\/a> and assault on Stephanie Vaquer last week.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But could there be more <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/11\/06\/three-heel-turns-coming-before-wwe-survivor-series-war-games\/\" target=\"_self\">double-crossing as we head towards WWE Survivor Series: War Games at the end of the month?<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><i>Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the <\/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 this and other news 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>John Cena will compete in the ring on his final WWE Raw live from the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York. The tournament to find Cena\u2019s final opponent at Saturday Night\u2019s Main Event also continues among championship action. Match Card WWE Raw (11\/17\/25) Je\u2019Von Evans vs. Gunther Solo Sikoa vs. Mystery Opponent Women\u2019s Intercontinental [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3852,"featured_media":146253,"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":[2192,25,3],"tags":[163,8238,8833,165,8419,8343],"class_list":["post-146252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wrestling","category-raw","category-wwe-universe","tag-becky-lynch","tag-gunther","tag-jevon-evans","tag-john-cena","tag-maxxine-dupri","tag-solo-sikoa"],"modified_by":"Michael Joseph Sugue, Manager","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146252","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=146252"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146258,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146252\/revisions\/146258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}