Naomi's Announcement: WWE Raw 8/18/25 Review | REWIND-A-RAW

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Raw with Naomi’s announcement and Becky Lynch vs. Natalya for the Intercontinental title.

XL: A big rundown of the G1 Climax Final with Konosuke Takeshita taking the trophy, a new wrinkle to the WWE’s Sept. 20 PLE, reaction to Triplemanía XXXIII, and a big angle involving MJF and Místico.

Plus, we announce the winners of the POST Wrestling G1 Climax Contest!

The XL Edition continues at POSTwrestlingCafe.com with News of the Day and Feedback, ad-free and timestamped.

• Konosuke Takeshita wins the G1 Climax
• Attendance down 11.5 percent from 2024
• Possible broadcaster for WWE PLE, per report 
• TripleMania XXXIII
• Worlds Collide on Sept. 12 
• Title vs. Mask match at CMLL’s 91st Anniversary
• Friday Night SmackDown tops TV in demo
• NXT & AEW Dynamite lineups

POST Wrestling Café Schedule:

• Tuesday: WWE Unreal - Ep. 3 with John & Wai
• Wednesday: DCU L8R - Peacemaker (Season 1 Review)
• Thursday: Rewind-A-Wai - WWF King of the Ring 2001
• Saturday: Collision Course 

FREE Shows:

• Tuesday: The Wellness Policy
• Tuesday: upNXT
• Wednesday: Rewind-A-Dynamite (XL in the Café)
• Wednesday: Pollock & Thurston
• Friday: Rewind-A-SmackDown (XL in the Café)
• Sunday: AEW Forbidden Door 
• Sunday: NXT Heatwave with Poisonrana 

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