{"id":148200,"date":"2025-12-09T15:12:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T20:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=148200"},"modified":"2025-12-15T10:53:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T15:53:07","slug":"preview-wwe-raw-12-15-25-intercontinental-title-defended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/12\/09\/preview-wwe-raw-12-15-25-intercontinental-title-defended\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE Raw (12\/15\/25) Two Titles Defended"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">WWE Raw heads to the sweetest place on earth &#8211; Hershey, Pennsylvania &#8211; just 10 days before Christmas. But the WWE Raw stars will have more on their minds than picking up some last-minute sweet stocking stuffers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Gunther will attempt to be heard over the boos as he makes his first appearance since beating John Cena.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Here\u2019s our WWE Raw preview. WWE Raw airs live on Netflix at 8pm ET from The Giant Center, Hershey, PA.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">WWE Raw Match Card (12\/15\/25)<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Women\u2019s Intercontinental Championship: Maxxine Dupri vs. Ivy Nile<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Women\u2019s World Championship: Stephanie Vaquer vs. Raquel Rodriguez<\/li>\n<li>The Usos vs. The New Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-126920\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/09\/62223511915-1024x511.jpg\" alt=\"The Development of Maxxine Dupri in WWE\" width=\"640\" height=\"319\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/09\/62223511915-1024x511.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/09\/62223511915-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/09\/62223511915-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2024\/09\/62223511915.jpg 1061w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><br \/>\nMaxxine Makes First Defence <\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/12\/08\/otis-maxxine-dupri-star-in-must-see-snickers-christmas-advert\/\" target=\"_self\">Snickers Trees festive poster girl Maxxine Dupri<\/a> will make her first defence of the Intercontinental Championship. Ivy Nile boasts a 3-0 record over Dupri, making her a worthy first contender. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But Dupri has developed a new aggression built in the famous Hart Family Dungeon with Natalya. The big question is whether <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/07\/16\/wwe-raw-star-to-face-tna-champion-during-wwe-summerslam-weekend\/\" target=\"_self\">Nattie<\/a> will accompany her protege to ringside?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThe Vision\u201d For WWE Raw <\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">LA Knight and Rey Mysterio don\u2019t match \u201cThe Vision\u2019s\u201d vision for WWE Raw. Both men were viciously taken out last week.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Could this be a new trend from \u201cThe Vision\u201d, who have the support of a mystery masked man who definitely isn\u2019t Seth Rollins. With Bron Breakker set to face CM Punk on the first WWE Raw of 2026, the World Heavyweight Champion will be in the house for a face-off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Raquel Rodriguez took out Nikki Bella and laid down a challenge to Stephanie Vaquer for her Women\u2019s World Championship. They square off this week.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Finally, The Usos are officially back together and have put the WWE Raw tag team division on notice. A Usos vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2025\/09\/28\/what-to-expect-from-los-americanos-wwe-debut\/\" target=\"_self\">Los Americanos match<\/a> would\u2019ve been an easy start for them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But they\u2019ve chosen to renew their rivalry with The New Day instead.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><b>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/b><\/strong><\/h3>\n<section class=\"mb-12\">\n<div class=\"max-w-4xl mx-auto\"><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 Rhea Ripley 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><\/div>\n<\/section>\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>WWE Raw heads to the sweetest place on earth &#8211; Hershey, Pennsylvania &#8211; just 10 days before Christmas. But the WWE Raw stars will have more on their minds than picking up some last-minute sweet stocking stuffers. Gunther will attempt to be heard over the boos as he makes his first appearance since beating John [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3852,"featured_media":132478,"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":[25,3],"tags":[8348,8419],"class_list":["post-148200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-raw","category-wwe-universe","tag-ivy-nile","tag-maxxine-dupri"],"modified_by":"Laurence Gibbons","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148200","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=148200"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148702,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148200\/revisions\/148702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}