WWE News: ‘Monday Night Raw 25’ Live Recap, Results – ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin Returns

Tonight, WWE celebrated 25 years on the air with "Monday Night Raw," and the legends are back.

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Tonight, WWE celebrates the 25th anniversary of Monday Night Raw and decided to bring back some of the greatest legends to ever step foot in a wrestling ring. There so many past champions and old-school names scheduled for Raw 25, it was difficult to figure out just how they were going to fit all of them in. Well, that was easy and these results show that the plan was to do Raw in two places – the Manhattan Center and the Barclays Center.

The opening started in the old-school Manhattan Center where Jim Ross and Jerry “The King” Lawler welcomed fans to the phenomenal-looking ballroom. At that point, they sent it to the larger arena for the night to officially get started.

As recapped by the official website of WWE, things really got kicked off when it went over to the Barclays Center and the introduction of announcers Corey Graves, Booker T, and Michael Cole. Right away, things picked up quickly as Stephanie and Shane McMahon came out to the ring to welcome everyone to Raw 25.

Vince McMahon came out and his kids handed him a congratulatory plaque which didn’t sit well with the boss of WWE. He wanted more, and that is when “Stone Cold” Steve Austin headed down to the ring.

Any fan of WWE may have been able to figure out what happened next, and it was beers and Stunners all around.

The fans absolutely loved this opening segment and the pop for Austin and the sound of the breaking glass was through the roof. It’s really hard to compare that kind of pop to anything that is heard these days in WWE.

From there, the announcers ran through some of the plans for the night and revealed that Braun Strowman, Kane, and Brock Lesnar are all here before their big match at the Royal Rumble. The Miz is also going to get a shot at regaining the Intercontinental Title in a match against Roman Reigns.

Next up, an eight-woman tag team match was going to be the first match on Raw 25, and it’s a great lead into the first-ever woman’s Royal Rumble match this Sunday.

Asuka, Sasha Banks, Bayley, and Mickie James vs. Nia Jax, Sonya Deville, Mandy Rose, and Alicia Fox

Paige was at ringside for this one, but the match was very slow moving and even involved two commercial breaks. The babyfaces picked up the win as Banks forced Fox to submit, but the aftermath was the best thing.

As everyone was celebrating, Asuka dumped Mickie James over the top rope and threw Bayley and Banks over as well.

Winners: Asuka, Sasha Banks, Bayley, Mickie James

Kurt Angle is backstage and meets up with Coach, Harvey Wippleman, the Brooklyn Brawler, and the Boogeyman. Believe it or not, the Boogeyman gets a huge pop and even eats some worms.

The Undertaker arrived at the Manhattan Center to a great pop and gave a very strange and odd speech to the live crowd. It is really difficult to know if he is ready for more of if he actually called it a career.

The APA are playing poker against Heath Slater and Rhyno in the back when the “Million Dollar Man” Ted Dibiase tosses money on the table and wants in.

A number of general managers are introduced to the crowd next with John Laurinaitis, William Regla, and a huge pop for Eric Bischoff. That pop is nothing like the “invited guest” of Raw and current SmackDown Live General Manager Daniel Bryan.

As the GMs were out celebrating with a “YES” chant, The Miz came down for his Intercontinental Title match against Roman Reigns.

Intercontinental Title Match: Roman Reigns (c) vs. The Miz

By the way, Reigns was booed out of the building on his way down to the ring. This was a pretty good match-up which included The Miztourage being banned from ringside and sent backstage, but the fans were easily behind the former MTV star.

They popped even louder when The Miz hit the Skull-Crushing Finale and won the eighth IC Title of his career.

Winner and NEW Intercontinental Champion: The Miz

Stay tuned as this article will be updated throughout the night as Monday Night Raw continues.