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WWE Raw _July 28, 2025 - LWO Vs The Judgement Day (Finn Balor & JD McDonagh) _ World Tag Team Championship Match
WWE Raw _July 28, 2025 - LWO Vs The Judgement Day (Finn Balor & JD McDonagh) _ World Tag Team Championship Match
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00:00Going to defend the Intercontinental title this weekend against AJ Styles.
00:04Meanwhile, we got a matchup for the World Tag Team titles.
00:09LWO looking for gold for the first time for these two men.
00:14They take on the Judgment Day live on Netflix.
00:17This is our night, this is our night.
00:30Great opportunity here tonight for Coons Del Toro and Joaquin Wilde of the LWO.
00:37Looking to win gold for the very first time in their careers here in WWE.
00:42I think this opportunity for the LWO is ultimately about respect.
00:46The fact that Del Toro and Wilde have both been doing their thing for
00:49quite some time here in WWE, but perhaps aren't viewed with the same level of respect
00:54as a Rey Mysterio or as a Dragon Lee or other LWO members.
00:59Winning tag team gold tonight would absolutely solidify their status as major players in WWE.
01:05No doubt about that on the Triple Threat match last week as we showed you earlier on.
01:09You know, we talked a lot tonight about what was an unbelievable weekend in Mexico
01:15past Saturday and Sunday, a historic weekend, record breaking crowds.
01:22Mexico City and Monterey and the whole weekend, the Super Show weekend,
01:26started off with the legend Corey Rey Mysterio in the house.
01:31El Padre de Dominic, as he is now known.
01:35There you see Pagano and Psycho Clown having a little fun with an effigy of El Grande Americano.
01:40My guy, Mr. Iguana, who's captivating the world at a record pace.
01:44Penta with perhaps the coolest entrance gear, pay respect to Aztec heritage at the WWE Super Show.
01:52His daughter involved as well.
01:54Again, historic weekend in Mexico.
01:56Mexico.
02:16So Corey, my question is,
02:26are you impressed with what Finn Balor is doing?
02:30Is he sort of assumed the leadership role of Judgment Day since the Liv Morgan injury?
02:34How can you not be impressed?
02:36Finn Balor is arguably the glue that holds the Judgment Day together as a whole.
02:41And in doing so, what has it led to?
02:43Championship after championship after championship.
02:46The Judgment Day clubhouse adorned in gold in no small part due to its new de facto leader.
02:54Balor and JD McDonough making their first title defense since defeating the New Day for the tag team title.
03:02How cool must it be for JD McDonough to win tag team gold along someone who trained you,
03:07who broke you in, who has really meant the world through your entire career.
03:12That, of course, being Finn Balor.
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03:57Yeah, we took it down them.
04:02Oh, my God.
04:03So good.
04:04So good.
04:05Amazing.
04:06All right, now we're done, we're done.
04:07Let's go to workshop.
04:08Let's do it.
04:09Let's go.
04:10Hey, how do you say your last name is last day?
04:14Look, we're friends right now.
04:16We just teamed together and all that.
04:17But at SummerSlam this weekend, I am going to finally have your number.
04:22Ria, you've never beat me.
04:25And you never will.
04:31We'll see about that.
04:47Let's head up to our ring announcer, the great Alicia Taylor.
04:56The following contest scheduled for one fall is for the World Tag Team Championship.
05:11Introducing first, the challengers, at a combined weight of 370 pounds.
05:21Joaquin Wilde and Cruz del Toro, the LWO.
05:30And their opponents, at a combined weight of 370 pounds.
05:35And their opponents, at a combined weight of 385 pounds.
05:43They are the World Tag Team Champions.
05:50Finn Balor and JD McDonough, The Judgement Day.
06:00You know, Corey, we have said often that Cruz del Toro and Joaquin Wilde are on the cusp of something.
06:05Great, perhaps they finally realize their dream and their goal here tonight.
06:09It could all come to fruition tonight.
06:12That's what it's all about in this one, the World Tag Team Championship.
06:17And we were talking a few moments ago about del Toro and Wilde and how they have both
06:21really paid their dues, done everything that they can do to achieve success in WWE.
06:27I've known Joaquin Wilde since he broke into the business.
06:31I remember seeing his first day of training.
06:33He has since traveled the world, honed his craft, overcome a career and
06:37life-threatening injury back in 2017.
06:40And here he is with the opportunity of a lifetime.
06:43Cruz del Toro, much the same.
06:45Traveled the world, had a great deal of success in Mexico, in the world of Lucha Libre,
06:49before arriving in WWE.
06:51But both Wilde and del Toro feel that they need to earn even more respect to be taken seriously by the WWE Universe.
06:59And they both talked a lot about what Rey Mysterio, of course, is out with an injury, has meant to their career.
07:04The tutelage that Rey has brought them as they've joined the LWO.
07:10Now, Balor whipped into the corner.
07:12Del Toro launched out to the apron.
07:14Del Toro goes to the midsection of Finn Balor.
07:18Sunset flip over the top.
07:19Balor rolls through.
07:20Dropkick right in the face.
07:22Yeah, that basement dropkick that Finn Balor has made famous.
07:26And now, J.D. McDonough, well-placed elbow to the back of the neck.
07:31All of J.D. McDonough's movements are so crisp.
07:34Done with such precision.
07:36All of his strikes, all of his high-impact maneuvers.
07:40Certainly a result of years training under none other than his tag-team partner, Finn Balor.
07:46But del Toro with a knee right across the bridge of the nose of McDonough.
07:51Now, Joaquin Wilde comes in off the tag.
07:56Another tag made.
07:57Frequent tags now by the LWO.
07:58This double team will do them well.
08:00J.D. McDonough run into the double elbow.
08:04Look at this.
08:07And Wilde launched out of McDonough by del Toro.
08:12Wilde is a risk taker, not afraid of the skies, nor is del Toro into the cover.
08:17Cover for the championship.
08:18And a kick and two, that was close.
08:20And if you're J.D. McDonough and Finn Balor, you're using this opportunity as a showcase
08:27to the rest of the division, to all of WWE, to establish yourself as the bar of tag team wrestling.
08:33Obviously, we mentioned earlier the incredibly high stakes, biggest TLC match ever going down at SummerSlam.
08:39But Balor and McDonough want the world to be talking about them as the best tag team in the business.
08:45And now J.D. McDonough, I believe one of the most underrated superstars of WWE today.
08:52Kid has all the tools.
08:53Of course, trained by Finn Balor.
08:55Look at this.
08:56And a moonsault cover now.
08:58Is it enough to put him away to kick out at two by del Toro?
09:02We talk all the time about the importance of tag team chemistry.
09:05But what you just said, the fact that McDonough was trained by Finn Balor.
09:08I don't know that there is any tag team in the business that has better chemistry than McDonough and Balor.
09:14They are quite literally in the same sentence, not just the same page.
09:18Well, again, they were brought up in the same hometown.
09:20Balor became a mentor for McDonough at a very young age.
09:23Del Toro slipped a bit, didn't matter.
09:25Top rope now, Balor trying to take advantage.
09:28But Cruz del Toro gonna make both of them pay.
09:31Del Toro is razor sharp tonight.
09:33McDonough from behind sent crashing to the outside.
09:36Keep your eyes on the skies, Cole.
09:38Joaquin Wilde loves to fly, gonna do it again.
09:41Huge crossbody block takes down the Judgment Day.
09:45Can the LWO win the World Tag Team titles?
09:51You've been impressed with the LWO so far?
10:04Very much so.
10:05I know how much this opportunity means to Joaquin Wilde and Cruz del Toro.
10:09They certainly brought their A games tonight.
10:11Will it be enough?
10:12Time will tell.
10:13But stereo baseball slide drop kicks from the challenger.
10:17Yeah, Balor and McDonough are gonna have to do something to regroup.
10:19But what they need to do, Corey, is slow the pace.
10:22I would agree with you.
10:24I know that Joaquin Wilde is extremely well versed in submission.
10:27Oh, McDonough with a drop kick.
10:29That's what they needed.
10:30That's what it was.
10:32Maybe it was a Hail Mary, but it paid off.
10:34J.D. McDonough right on the money.
10:37Sensational counter by J.D. McDonough.
10:40That was the opening McDonough was looking for.
10:46And now the high elbow, and now the Judgment Day will slow the pace and look to wear while down.
10:52Isolate him from his partner.
10:55Puttish him as McDonough is doing here.
10:59Tag made off the back suplex.
11:01Here is Balor.
11:02Former Universal Champion.
11:04Cover kick out at two.
11:05Again, let's take a look at the turning point, Corey, of this matchup.
11:09That's why they say it's high risk.
11:10Joaquin Wilde took to the sky one time too many and was met with a drop kick into his guts by J.D. McDonough.
11:18And Balor now talking trash as the Judgment Day has taken over.
11:25Of course, they defend the tag titles tonight.
11:27Raquel and Roxanne of the Judgment Day will defend the tag titles this weekend at Summerslam against Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss.
11:33And Dominic Mysterio will defend his Intercontinental title against AJ Styles this weekend.
11:40Very possible that the Judgment Day clubhouse will look extremely different come next Monday.
11:45Yeah, no more gold perhaps.
11:47And the downward spiral could start tonight if Balor and McDonough lose the titles.
11:54Double team now to Wilde.
11:57Balor into the cover quickly.
11:59Hooks the leg.
12:00And Judgment Day really forcing Wilde to work here.
12:03Kick out of numerous covers.
12:05Swearing Wilde down.
12:06No wasted motion by Balor or McDonough.
12:09Tag made once again.
12:11And McDonough now the legal man.
12:15Again, gonna slow things down and punish Joaquin Wilde.
12:19Five nights from Summerslam and the World Tag titles are on the line.
12:34The champs, McDonough and Balor of the Judgment Day defending against the LWOs.
12:38Joaquin Wilde and Cruz Del Toro.
12:40And McDonough and Balor have really taken over against Wilde here, Corey.
12:44Yeah, the champions brought their A game tonight as well.
12:47They understand who they're dealing with.
12:48I assure you, Balor and McDonough did their homework on their challengers, but
12:52there is no shortage of fight in the heart of Joaquin Wilde.
12:56And McDonough able to quell the momentum of Wilde there.
13:01Joaquin though.
13:02Uh-oh.
13:03And Balor now.
13:04Balor took a cheap shot as McDonough almost ran over the referee Rod Zapata.
13:08And the veteran move of Balor there.
13:10No doubt about it, but watch out Finn.
13:12And now McDonough now driven into Finn Balor who bounces right off our announce table.
13:17We know JD McDonough has a unique relationship with our announce table.
13:23Hopefully Balor has better luck, but Del Toro is now legal for the LWO.
13:28And Cruz Del Toro taking up the pace now off the cross body and the drop kicks.
13:34Around we go, beautiful spinning head scissors.
13:37And a right hand drops Balor on the outside.
13:41McDonough catches Cruz with an elbow.
13:45Went to the top rope, getting paid, kicked right to the midsection.
13:48Look at the welds building on the midsection of McDonough.
13:50There's a kick now to Balor, drops him to the floor.
13:54Del Toro showing the WWE Universe what he is capable of.
13:59I'm not sure what he's capable of here.
14:02That is a lot of distance to cover.
14:05Del Toro, top rope, balancing himself.
14:08McDonough's in trouble, coast to coast.
14:10He got it all.
14:12Del Toro went coast to coast.
14:15McDonough might be out.
14:16Covered out to win the World Tag Team Titles kick out by JD.
14:22This is incredible.
14:23Wow, wow, wow.
14:2620 feet from coast to coast all the way across the ring.
14:31And I think Del Toro had a few feet to spare.
14:34Drop kick right in the face of the champion.
14:37Imagine being McDonough, you're hung up, you have nowhere to go.
14:39And you see this guy flying across the ring at you, kick you in the head.
14:42In the head.
14:46And Detroit letting all four competitors know they appreciate it.
14:50This is awesome, but tag made.
14:52Balor legal once again.
14:53Yeah, the six-time Tag Team Champion Finn Balor now in the ring.
14:57Tagged by Wilde.
14:58Joaquin Wilde, legal man, launches himself off the top rope.
15:01Balor catches him with a kick from the midsection.
15:03Another double team incoming courtesy of the champions.
15:08Maybe not.
15:09Double counter by the challenger.
15:12The LWO in search of that little bit of magic.
15:16This could be it.
15:19Wilde and Del Toro with a suicide dogs and the LWO could be close in
15:24into the world tag titles.
15:28Valor in trouble.
15:32Tag.
15:33Moonsault up to the top rope.
15:35Now, Del Toro, legal man.
15:36Del Toro off the top.
15:41Phoenix splash.
15:42Cover.
15:43JD McDonough saving the titles for the Judgment Day.
15:47McDonough's timing was impeccable.
15:52It may have been the only reason the LWO don't own the gold now.
15:56But I don't know who got the worst of that exchange.
15:58My God, what the hell's he doing here?
15:59El Grande Americano.
16:03El Grande Americano has no business in this matchup.
16:06I told you, it's some sort of issue with LWO.
16:09Trust me, that bad blood goes back generations.
16:11And now, Dragon Lee's here.
16:13Generations, the guy's been here two weeks.
16:15That's the future and the past of Lucha Libre.
16:18Dragon Lee going after El Grande Americano.
16:21We know the, well, the original El Grande Americano had an issue with Dragon Lee.
16:25Inside cradle by Valor.
16:27Now, for the championship and a kick out at two.
16:30Del Toro was distracted by the chaos on the outside, but just dropped Finn with a boot.
16:35No one to tag for Cruz Del Toro.
16:38McDonough got rocked by an enziguri and dropped the tag team championship in the ring.
16:45I believe he was gonna use that as a record and now.
16:47Zapata.
16:48And now, Joaquin Wilde takes out McDonough.
16:51There are bodies flying everywhere.
16:53Del Toro now has acquired the target.
16:58Del Toro can taste it.
17:00Now, Americano's back.
17:05Who the hell is this now?
17:06Del Grande Americano.
17:07The guy's a foot shorter than the other idiot.
17:10What are you talking about?
17:12Finn Balor from the top, coup de grace.
17:16This other masked dude just, he just cost the LW all the tag titles.
17:24Here are your winners and still the World Tag Team Champions, The Judgment Day.
17:35What is going on?
17:36Now there's two El Grande Americano's?
17:39What are you talking about, Cole?
17:41Let's talk about the Judgment Day.
17:43After an incredible defense and great effort by the challengers,
17:47the LWO literally left it all in the ring.
17:51El Grande Americano once again.
17:53Wait a minute.
17:54He ran back to the locker room, threw a sweatsuit on, a warm-up suit,
17:58came back out here again.
18:00You gotta protect your body.
18:01You gotta take care of your muscles.
18:02You don't wanna tear.
18:03You don't wanna pull something during SummerSlam season.
18:06Triple Mania's right around the corner.
18:08Who knows?
18:09Finn Balor with the coup de grace and another decisive win for the World Tag Team Champions.
18:18You better believe it.
18:19You feeling okay, Cole?
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