WWE is not any stranger to main drama and gorgeous plot twists that’ll depart you speechless, however there isn’t any doubt this 12 months has witnessed a number of the greatest and most surprising moments within the firm’s historical past.
Because the 12 months attracts to an in depth, WWE have launched a listing of their high 25 moments from 2025, starting from large betrayals to satisfying revenge tales — right here we’ll remind you of those moments and why they deserved to make the checklist.
WWE ranks 25 biggest moments of 2025 (25-11)
Place
Second
25.
Omos manhandles Microman
24.
Jacob Fatu dives off the cage
23.
Gunther retires Goldberg
22.
Becky Lynch returns
21.
The Hardy Boyz win NXT Tag Championship
20.
Bron Breakker spears iShowSpeed
19.
IYO SKY dives off WarGames Cage
18.
Maxxine Dupri defeats Becky Lynch for the IC Championship
17.
Brock Lesnar returns
16.
The Imaginative and prescient activates Seth Rollins
15.
Tiffany Stratton cashes-in MITB to change into World Champion
14.
Bron Breakker pins CM Punk in WarGames
13.
Naomi cashes-in MITB to change into World Champion
12.
Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn on the Chamber
11.
Liv Morgan returns at Survivor Sequence
10
The Rock and Roman Reigns at Uncooked on Netflix Debut
The beginning of the 12 months kicked off a brand new period for WWE because it made its long-awaited Netflix debut, that includes a bunch of legends to dwell as much as the event. Cody Rhodes, The Rock, Hulk Hogan, CM Punk, and John Cena have been simply a few of these to make an look and mark the present as a particular one. Roman Reigns opened the proceedings as he defeated Solo Sikoa in dramatic vogue, with Rhodes and Kevin Owens making surprising inteferences within the match, nevertheless it was The Tribal Chief who reigned victorious.
The Rock then joined Reigns within the ring and the viewers watched from the sting of their seats, ready for the previous to activate his real-life cousin. As a substitute, after an intense stare off, The Nice One put the ula fala over Reigns and the 2 embraced — displaying respect for each other and letting Reigns have his second of glory.
9
Damian Priest Launches Finn Balor Off Railings By way of Desk
Since Finn Balor betrayed Damian Priest and price him the World Heavyweight Championship match at WWE SummerSlam, the 2 have been in a bitter feud which resulted in one of the vital surprising moments this 12 months. Their feud noticed the 2 meet at Unhealthy Blood in a avenue battle, wherein Priest sought revenge and defeated Balor together with his ‘South of Heaven’ finisher.
The rivalry continued and a Uncooked avenue battle in January produced a second leaving the spectators shocked. As their battle continued into the viewers, Priest picked Balor up and drove him via the tables within the crowd in a transfer which resulted within the latter needing a stretcher.
8
John Cena’s Farewell
John Cena’s look on the Uncooked on Netflix debut present marked the start of his retirement tour because the legendary determine bowed out after roughly 24 years in WWE. The tour spanned the size of the 12 months, seeing him match up towards Brock Lesnar, Cody Rhodes, Logan Paul, and one among his greatest rivals, CM Punk.
The end result of the tour was a battle towards Gunther, which Cena was disappointingly on the dropping finish of. Nonetheless, this loss was overshadowed by the event, one of many franchise’s greatest legends bowing out of the sport, bodily and symbolically. “Thanks Cena” rung out from the group as they confirmed their closing appreciation for one of many greats.
7
Rhea Ripley Reclaims Girls’s Championship at RAW on Netflix Debut
The Netflix debut present in January noticed a girls’s world title match between Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan for the third time because the summer time prior. Attributable to a shoulder damage Ripley suffered after WrestleMania 40 final 12 months, she was pressured to drag out of the Girls’s World Championship, which paved the best way for Morgan to win the title in her absence.
When Ripley recovered and was in touching distance of profitable the title again, Raquel Rodriguez aligned herself with Morgan, attacking Ripley and inflicting a disqualification. Lastly, the Aussie bought the possibility to get her revenge as she defeated Morgan in January’s record-breaking present and reclaimed the title in model.
6
Seth Rollins Aligns With Paul Heyman at WrestleMania
The primary occasion of evening one at WrestleMania 41 delivered a second for the historical past books. A triple risk match-up between CM Punk, Roman Reigns, and Seth Rollins noticed a brand new alliance kind in probably the most dramatic vogue.
After Heyman betrayed Punk by handing him a chair then continuing to hit him with a low-blow, he did the very same factor to Reigns and at last handed the chair to Rollins in a transfer that brought about a serious upset and altered WWE’s panorama. The 2 then walked out collectively, leaving Punk, Reigns, and everybody watching shocked.
5
AJ Lee Returns
Since her retirement in 2015, AJ Lee has had nearly no involvement in skilled wrestling, so her return to WWE in September was surprising, to say the least.
From 2011 till her retirement, she was the face of the then WWE Divas division and held the championship a report thrice, together with one reign spanning 295 days — the second-longest within the title’s historical past. She returned throughout her husband’s — CM Punk’s — feud with Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch to arrange a blended tag workforce match between the 4 later that month at Wrestlepalooza.
4
Jey Uso Defeats Gunther to Turn out to be World Champion
In his fifth try, Jey Uso lastly defeated Gunther to win his first-ever WWE title and change into the World Heavyweight Champion in April.
Of their bout on the opening evening of WrestleMania 41, Uso submitted The Ring Basic as he grew to become simply the third man to defeat him below the WWE umbrella. Uso was then joined by his twin brother, Jimmy, within the ring, celebrating an emotional and long-awaited victory over Gunther and first title as the brand new World Heavyweight Champion.
3
John Cena Wins His 17x Championship
Following the success of Netflix’s WWE debut present, they hosted their first ever WrestleMania, which was house to a different record-breaking second in WWE.
After asserting his retirement, John Cena lined up for his final ever ‘Mania, wherein he claimed a seventeenth championship title, overtaking the legendary Ric Aptitude for probably the most within the historical past of the corporate. Cena defeated Cody Rhodes, with some shocking assist from rapper Travis Scott, to change into the franchise’s first ever 17-time champion.
2
Seth Rollins’ Cashes-In MITB to Turn out to be World Champion
Seth Rollins’ iconic first-ever WrestleMania major occasion and mid-match cash-in gained him the WWE Championship 10 years in the past and at this 12 months’s SummerSlam, he repeated the identical feat. In a surprising flip of occasions, Rollins cashed in his Cash within the Financial institution contract to change into World Champion once more mere moments after CM Punk defeated Gunther of their title conflict.
Punk’s celebrations have been short-lived as Rollins entered the stage, briefcase in hand, and cashed in his contract. The transfer drew comparisons to his ‘Heist of the Century’ 10 years prior, as he proved his fame for delivering on the largest levels.
1
John Cena Turns Heel
Simply probably the most surprising second of the 12 months was John Cena’s heel flip at Elimination Chamber. Cody Rhodes got here out to face Cena forward of their WrestleMania 41 showdown, and because the two embraced, The Rock gave a sign for Cena to assault him.
Cena then did so with brass knuckles and a microphone whereas The Rock struck him together with his belt — because the transfer went down as one of the vital surprising within the historical past of WWE. Cena deserted his ‘Hustle, Loyalty, Respect’ persona and, for the primary time in his profession, performed the villain.
