{"id":147632,"date":"2025-12-02T15:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=147632"},"modified":"2025-12-08T07:41:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T12:41:36","slug":"preview-wwe-raw-12-8-25-the-vision-eyes-mysterio-vs-balor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/12\/02\/preview-wwe-raw-12-8-25-the-vision-eyes-mysterio-vs-balor\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE Raw (12\/8\/25) The Vision Eyes Mysterio vs. B\u00e1lor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">A sleigh-load of WWE superstars are eyeing championships on WWE Raw, hinting that many are close to failing 2025 bucket lists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With just weeks left of the year, the championship chase is on on WWE Raw. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Read our full preview of the WWE Raw match card to see who is gunning for what. WWE Raw streams live on Netflix at 8 pm ET from the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, MO. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">WWE Raw (12\/8\/25) Match Card <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Rey Mysterio vs. Finn B\u00e1lor<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">World Tag Team Championship: AJ Styles &amp; Dragon Lee vs. War Raiders<\/li>\n<li>Lyra Valkyria vs. Roxanne Perez<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Gunter To Appear Ahead of Cena Match<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A Vision for Championship Gold<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Rey Mysterio faces Finn B\u00e1lor as he looks to work out his frustrations with his son on \u201cDirty Dom\u2019s\u201d Judgement Day buddy. Teaching his son a lesson must have been top of Rey\u2019s 2025 goals. Rey has said he wouldn&#8217;t be against taking Dom&#8217;s IC Title to school him.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But The Vision has eyes on the Intercontinental Championship held by Dom. Rey slapped Logan Paul last week after he claimed he would retire him. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/12\/23\/why-the-war-raiders-won-the-world-tag-team-championship\/\" target=\"_self\">War Raiders started 2025 as World Tag Team Champions.<\/a> They will get a shot to win the titles they lost at WrestleMania back thanks to the good grace of current tag champs AJ Styles and Dragon Lee.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But can Styles and Lee better the finish they employed to defeat <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/11\/25\/preview-wwe-raw-12-1-25-war-games-fallout-and-full-steam-to-snme\/\" target=\"_self\">New Day last week<\/a>? It\u2019s arguably one of the most inventive moves seen in 2025.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OH MY GOD???? <\/p>\n<p>Was that the greatest Styles Clash EVER?! \ud83d\ude02<\/p>\n<p>AND STILL YOUR WORLD TAG TEAM CHAMPIONS: AJ Styles &amp; Dragon Lee! <a  href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/as7byaQyFy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/as7byaQyFy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1995677242404315461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Every Woman Wants Gold <\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Kabuki Warriors are the current women\u2019s tag champions. Making them the envy of the rest of the WWE Raw roster. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Last week, Charlotte Flair and Alexia Bliss battled Rhea Ripley and IYO Sky in an unofficial No. 1 contenders match. The champs ruined that contest, drawing out fellow wannabe contenders Bayley &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/05\/21\/flight-of-the-valkyria-how-lyra-ascended-wwe-roster\/\" target=\"_self\">Lyra Valkyria<\/a> and The Judgement Day.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/11\/29\/liv-morgan-returns-at-wwe-survivor-series-wargames-2025\/\" target=\"_self\">Liv Morgan back<\/a> and seemingly in support of Roxanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez going after the Kabuki Warriors&#8217; gold it\u2019s hard not to see them as favourites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Valkyria and Perez face each other this week to give everyone else another chance to seek dominance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Liv seems to have her eyes on the World Championship, which is currently on Stephanie Vaquer&#8217;s shoulder. WWE Raw GM Adam Pearce has promised to decide Vaquer\u2019s next challenger this week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Meanwhile, Ivy Nile is set to face Maxxine Dupri for the Intercontinental Championship.<\/span><\/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 John Cena final match, the Last Time is Now tournament, 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<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0S5pSoEs2K\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/11\/28\/wwe-survivor-series-which-has-been-greatest-era-in-ever-evolving-show\/\" target=\"_self\">WWE Survivor Series: Which Has Been Greatest Era In Ever-evolving Show?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;WWE Survivor Series: Which Has Been Greatest Era In Ever-evolving Show?&#8221; &#8212; Last Word on Pro Wrestling\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/11\/28\/wwe-survivor-series-which-has-been-greatest-era-in-ever-evolving-show\/embed\/#?secret=8XUXFKKRAx#?secret=0S5pSoEs2K\" data-secret=\"0S5pSoEs2K\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sleigh-load of WWE superstars are eyeing championships on WWE Raw, hinting that many are close to failing 2025 bucket lists. With just weeks left of the year, the championship chase is on on WWE Raw. Read our full preview of the WWE Raw match card to see who is gunning for what. WWE Raw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3852,"featured_media":147633,"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":[2,25,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-raw","category-wwe-universe"],"modified_by":"Laurence Gibbons","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147632","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=147632"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148086,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147632\/revisions\/148086"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}