With a quite spectacular SummerSlam now in the books, we move into the next part of my WWE 2K25 Universe. A part that will see THE FINAL BOSS run his rule over SmackDown, JOHN CENA in his reign as world champion for the record breaking 17th time, and tonnes more! But before we get into my build for our next PLE, and the show itself, lets set the scene for my WWE Universe post SummerSlam, with a roster update (with some new additions you may spot along the way)…
RAW roster (September Week 1-)
SMACKDOWN roster (September Week 1-)
And now we know who is on what show, lets see all the fallout from what was an unbelievable SummerSlam!
RAW (September Week 1)
New World Heavyweight Champion John Cena comes out to open the show with an in-ring promo. He talks about winning his record-breaking 17th World title, he thanks the fans for getting him here, and ponders what could be next for him now…)… Seth Rollins then comes out, and the two go back and forth on the mic, Drew McIntyre then came out and stood on the ramp, interjecting himself into the equation on the mic, before CM PUNK runs out and attacks McIntyre! As they brawl, Rollins tries to jump Cena, but Cena sees him coming, and tries to AA Rollins, but Seth manages to flee…
‘Kabuki Warriors’ defeated Katana Chance & Kayden Carter
‘Wyatt Sicks’ vignette
Ilja Dragunov defeated Pete Dunne – Dragunov calls out Bron Breakker after, Bron appears on the ramp, and they set up an IC Title match for next week!
Liv & Dom & Raquel come out for an in-ring promo, but soon after RHEA RIPLEY interrupts… they go back and forth, before BECKY LYNCH returns!!! Eventually we get a huge brawl, with the Judgment Day members retreating, and Becky and Rhea going face to face in the ring…
Finn Balor (with JD McDonaugh) backstage interview…
PENTA (debut) defeated Finn Balor (with JD McDonaugh)
‘The Final Testament’ promo video… they say that “our time is near… when we strike, it will be felt… TICK TOCK!”
‘The New Day’ come out for an in-ring promo, eventually the ‘LWO’ come out and after they go back and forth on the mic, New Day flee…
STEPHANIE VAQUER (debut) defeated Kiana James – CORA JADE (debut) attacks Vaquer after the match
Damian Priest promo package
And to close the show… I would end it exactly as they did the post Raw SummerSlam irl… With American Made (led by Chad Gable leading them in a backstage promo, followed by an awesome entrance… and then… THEY arrive…!!!) …
SMACKDOWN (September Week 1)
WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax comes out for an in-ring promo. She talks up her win over Charlotte at SummerSlam, and asks what is next for her as champion? Miss MITB Tiffany Stratton then comes out, and she suggests she could cash in on Nia and the two of them have a match TONIGHT for the title? Nia mocks her request, saying “Look, Tiffy, just go to Raw, you can’t beat me, I would end you, so just go there, cash in and be champion some place else. It’s for you own good!”… Stratton ponders, and then says “you know what Nia… you’re right”… Stratton then leaves the ring and as she is about to walk down the ramp, JADE CARGILL walks out! Jade then challenges Nia to a title match for next week, to which Jax accepts! (Tiffany has already walked to the back by this point, but not before looking at her MITB briefcase, and then towards the ring… before then making her way behind the curtain of the entrance ramp…)…
(we are shown a shot of a door to a locker room backstage, with the sign on the door saying “THE FINAL BOSS”)
‘Motor City Machine Guns’ (Alex Shelley & Chris Sabin) defeated ‘DIY’ (Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa) (C) to win the WWE Tag Team Championship
(We see a vignette that is filled with dark and mysterious images. Lots of smoke and a very gothic feel…)
Braun Strowman comes out to the ring and cuts a very fired up promo. He lays out an open challenge… which is answered by OMOS! Omos stares Strowman down, before hitting him and the two men brawl. Eventually order is restored and…
Omos defeated Braun Strowman – Kevin Owens distracted Braun, leading to the finish… before RANDY ORTON comes out and attacks Owens to even the odds!
We get a hype package for Carmelo Hayes vs LA Knight, followed by a backstage interview with Hayes
Chelsea Green’s US title ‘open challenge’ is answered by… LASH LEGEND! – Chelsea Green (with Piper Niven) (C) defeated Lash Legend to retain the Women’s United States Championship
WWE Champion Cody Rhodes is interviewed backstage. He talks about the earlier brawl involving Strowman, Omos, KO and Randy Orton, as well as for his thoughts on The Rock, before PAUL HEYMAN walks into shot, but he simply looks at Cody, smirks, and leaves again…
LA Knight backstage interview
LA Knight (C) defeated Carmelo Hayes in a Ladder Match to retain the United States Championship
THE ROCK comes out for an in-ring promo. He demands that Solo Sikoa, Tama Tonga, Tonga Loa and Jacob Fatu all come out, which they do. The Rock then dresses them all down, before ROMAN REIGNS (alongside the rest of his Bloodline in Heyman, The Usos and Sami) all come out to the ring as well. Rock and Roman then go face-to-face (the crowd chants “HOLY SHIT” and “THIS IS AWESOME”), before ‘The Final Boss’ says to ‘The Tribal Chief’ “So are you gonna get the job done, or AM I?!” … and the two go face-to-face again to close the show.
RAW (September week 2)
- Rhea Ripley makes the save when Becky Lynch has her promo interrupted by Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez
- Bron beats Dragunov to retain the IC title. GUNTHER attacks Dragunov after!
- The Wyatt Sicks segment goes as follows:
- Cora Jade beats Natalya. Vaquer comes out to confront her after, but Cora flees, and Stephanie challenges her to a match next week!
- Drew comes out for a promo. Rollins interrupts, then CM Punk comes out on the ramp, Punk asks if they just wanna talk, or fight? They then brawl, with Drew ‘accidentally’ hitting Seth with a Claymore
- Rey & Dragon Lee beat New Day
- PENTA vignette
- Priest beats Miz
- ‘The Final Testament’ backstage promo
- Judgment Day meet backstage, before Sheamus beats JD McDonaugh (with Finn & Carlito)
- Punk backstage promo, and he says that next week its Drew & Seth vs (“for one night only”) CM PUNK & JOHN CENA!
- Becky & Rhea beat Liv & Raquel (Lynch pins Morgan)
SMACKDOWN (September week 2)
- A Cody in-ring promo sees OMOS come out to confront the WWE Champion! Braun, KO and then Orton all follow, before RANDY ORTON wins the ensuing 4-way to become number 1 contender for the WWE title!
- Chelsea Green (with Piper) backstage interview
- Bloodline arrive at the arena
- Nia Jax vignette
- B-Fab (with Street Profits) answers the Chelsea Green US Title open challenge. Mid-match though, Bianca Belair comes out and complains at the Profits for supporting B-Fab, this distracts B-Fab and Chelsea beats her to retain.
- Another dark, mysterious and gothic vignette
- ‘MCMG’ beat Pretty Deadly
- LA Knight backstage interview is interrupted by Legado, and Santos and Knight go face to face
- Bayley and Charlotte converse backstage, before they beat Lash Legend & Jakara Jackson in a tag match. Mutual respect is shown after between both teams.
- Roman and the rest of The Bloodline come out, but before he speaks, Solo and his crew run out and we get a huge brawl!
- Jade Cargill vignette
- Jade Cargill vs Nia for the women’s title, with Jax JUST about retaining… and then…
(SKIP TO 2.15 OF THE NEXT VIDEO, AND THE REST IS HISTORY…)…
RAW (September week 3)
- In-ring segment with all 4 men in the main event later, ends with Rollins jumping Cena and hitting him with a Stomp, and Punk and Drew brawling to the back before being separated
- Penta beat Carlito
- ‘Damage CTRL’ backstage promo, Kiana, Roxanne & Cora confront them and they go back and forth verbally …
- Stephanie Vaquer beat Cora Jade, Kiana and Roxanne run out and attack Vaquer after, before Damage CTRL make the save ‘American Made’ laugh at ‘Alpha Academy’ backstage, sets up Maxxine vs Ivy for later
- ‘Final Testament’ beat Pete Dunne & R-Truth & Sheamus
- ‘LWO’ backstage promo where they call out New Day to defend the tag titles against them
- Becky Lynch calls out Liv Morgan, eventually setting up Becky to get her match next week… against… Raquel Rodriguez (Morgan laughs as she made Becky think she was giving her a title match instead)
- Dupri vs Nile goes a little bit like… this…
- Gunther cuts a promo on Ilja Dragunov
- The New Day accept the challenge from the LWO to defend the tag titles next week
- Drew & Seth beat Punk & Cena (Drew pins Cena)
SMACKDOWN (September week 3)
- It is revealed that both Roman reigns & Solo Sikoa have been banned from the building for the show, as we see Paul Heyman speaking with Sami Zayn…
- Jacob Fatu defeats Sami Zayn in a Backstage Brawl – both Zayn and Fatu are then also kicked out of the arena
- The NEW WWE Women’s Champion Tiffany Stratton cuts a promo, before Nia interrupts her. Jade comes out after, and they set up Nia vs Jade for the right to face Stratton for the title
- The Usos are seen backstage talking with Heyman
- another of the dark and gothic vignettes
- Chelsea Green beats Bayley in the US Title open challenge (Charlotte runs out to counter Piper Niven, but Green cheats and beats Bayley anyway)
- Cody Rhodes backstage interview
- LA Knight beat Angel (with Santos Escobar, Elektra Lopez and Humberto)
- MCMG backstage interview, DIY and then Street Profits then interrupt, but then… Bianca beats B-Fab in a backstage brawl, before Belair and the Street Profits argue
- Cody and Randy Orton in-ring segment
- Usos beat Tama Tonga & Tonga Loa to become number one contenders for the tag titles
RAW (September Week 4)
- Becky Lynch beat Raquel Rodriguez
- Wyatt Sicks vignette
- Final Testament in-ring promo, Priest confronts Kross, Priest beats Kross (as War Raiders attack AOP to stop them interfering)
- New Day beat LWO to retain the world tag titles
- Gunther and Ilja Dragunov have a FIERY in-ring segment ahead of their match in Berlin
- Roxanne Perez, Cora Jade & Kiana James beat ‘Damage CTRL’ (Asuka, Kairi and Iyo with Dakota) as Roxanne pinned Kairi. This sets up Roxanne vs Dakota next week for the women’s IC Title
- John Cena, Drew McIntyre, Seth Rollins, CM Punk in-ring segment
- Chad Gable (with the creeds and Ivy) backstage interview, before…
SMACKDOWN (September week 4)
- ‘MCMG’ retain the tag titles against The Usos after Solo Sikoa interfered
- Cody backstage talks with Paul Heyman…
- LA Knight has a backstage interview, before he goes to the ring and calls out Santos Escobar… then… LA Knight beat Humberto (with Elektra and Angel), and then Escobar attacks Knight
- ‘Street Profits’ and Bianca Belair talk backstage
- The latest dark and gothic vignette now points to ‘next week’…
- Bayley & Charlotte beat Chelsea Green & Piper Niven
- Carmelo Hayes backstage interview, Andrade interrupts, Omos and then Braun interrupt also, as does Santos Escobar. We will have a US Title contenders match next week.
- ‘Street Profits’ beat ‘DIY’. Candice LeRae & Indi Hartwell try to attack B-Fab at ringside to distract the Street Profits, but BIANCA BELAIR runs out and attacks both LeRae & Hartwell! And we have an… alliance? a truce maybe between Belair and B-Fab???
- Tiffany Stratton backstage interview, before Nia beats Jade (by count out) to get the match with Stratton in Berlin. After the match, Nia pushes Stratton (who was watching on from ringside), and they get into a huge pull-apart brawl!
- Cody Rhodes – Randy Orton in-ring contract signing. They show mutual respect to one another, it is slightly tense, as Orton TEASES hitting Cody with an RKO…
And all of that, takes us right up to our next PLE, with the following card:
- John Cena defending the World Heavyweight title against Drew McIntyre, Seth Rollins & CM Punk
- Cody Rhodes defends the WWE Title against Randy Orton
- Tiffany Stratton defends the WWE Womens Title against Nia Jax
- Liv Morgan defending the Women’s World Title versus Becky Lynch
- Gunther vs Ilja Dragunov
BASH IN BERLIN (Berlin, Germany – September Sunday Week 4)
We kick things off with THE MAN attempting to regain the world title. Could she pin the Women’s world champion once again? This time with the gold on the line…
Liv Morgan (C) defeated Becky Lynch to retain the Women’s World Championship
In short… the answer is no. Morgan proves her credentials and retains her title!
Next up, is a battle of LEGACY, witht he richest prize in the land on the line!
Cody Rhodes (C) defeated Randy Orton to retain the WWE Championship
A good match between two friends, but in the end it was Cody who was the better man, AND STILL!
Next up, the SmackDown women have their turn, as Nia gets her chance to regain the WWE Women’s title from the newly crowned champion.
Tiffany Stratton (C) defeated Nia Jax to retain the WWE Women’s Championship
And it is indeed, TIFFY TIME!
Our 4th match is a true battle of crowd favourites to the adoring Berlin crowd.
Gunther defeated Ilja Dragunov
An absolute WAR, that sees the Ring General reign supreme!
And FINALLY… It is time for our MAIN EVENT!
John Cena (C) defeated Drew McIntyre & CM Punk & Seth Rollins in a Fatal 4 Way match to retain the World Heavyweight Championship
After a wild 4-way, the reign of the never seen 17 CONTINUES!
And as we move into the next few months of my WWE Universe, we have Cena and Cody on top, The Bloodline at war, the Wyatt Sicks reeking havoc, and… THE FINAL BOSS… always watching…
Josh.