Fake It Till You Make It, Liv Morgan | WWE Raw Review 12/15/25

0:00 Liv Morgan is still fake, fake, fake, and Monday Night Raw made that more clearer than ever. Tonight was all about Raquel stepping out on her own, and Liv Morgan slowly, quietly, is not liking that one bit. Liv does not like Raquel going after Stephanie Vicura's women's world title. She smiles, she claps, she's saying all the right things. But her body language, the vibes, the drop smile when Raquel turned her back, it's obvious she's not liking it. Dominic was happy for Raquel. Liv, not so much. Slipping, folks. And so welcome, welcome.

0:43 My name is Writer Maven. I am the host of the Wrestling Receipts podcast. I cover all things Judgment Day. Dom, Liv, Raquel, Finn, JD, Roxanne, Poor Carlito and El Grande Americano, and most Americanos who made their return to Monday Night Raw tonight. This RAW review is entitled Fake it until you make it or Liv is still fake, fake, fake. There is a striking difference between how Dom is treating Raquel and how Liv is treating Raquel. Dom is happy for her. During his interview during the commercial break, he was really hyping her up as someone to bring gold back to the judgment day. But for Liv, she's not. She was smile in Raquel's face, but as soon as she turned her back, that smile dropped.

1:26 It's very fake. It's very obvious that she is not liking Raquel going for the title and she's also not liking that Raquel wanted to go out there on her own. But it is really the parent that Liv does not like Raquel's autonomy. She does not like that Raquel wanted to go out there and prove to herself and to live that she can do it on her own. And to be fair, Raquel has been doing it on her own, so we will have to keep watching Miss Morgan and see if that mask keeps slipping and if it starts going into direct conflict with Dominic and Roxanne. Especially now that poor JD and Finn are not there in the Judgment Day clubhouse right now.

2:09 But let's get into it, shall we? First, a quick housekeeping note before we get into the Monday Night Raw drama. JD posted that he was injured. It looks like he was post surgery. He had a photo of this ground. He had his hand wrapped up. We wish JD McDonough the best. I am a part of JD, see, and I hate that he's injured. But now that the men's storyline between Dolphin and JD have slowed down, then he's not really needed as much. So this is probably the best time for him to get the surgery right now because of this. Finn was not there. He was not there in a clubhouse. And it looks like the dolphin storyline is on pause. That's fine, because if the storyline had to pause for Liv and we had to wait all these months for Liv to get back, we can wait on on Finn and JD to get back. I mean, we've waited this long.

2:58 It was another few months by now and it looks like it was going to get dragged to WrestleMania anyway. So if it pauses, it pauses. This gives time for the women to get built up. That is sorely needed and I could take a step back right now. The only thing I don't like is that the Arm doesn't get as much promos and segments and things like that. But hey, it is what it is. Let's go and get into Raw, shall we? Starting off, we have a Dom interview that happened during the commercial break. Of course, the Arm is talking to Baron Saxon. He's hyping himself up as the greatest Mysterio of all time because he was the last person to pin John Cena. But this is the sticking point. Listen to what he said about Raquel. He says that she is going to bring gold back to the group and he is really hyping her up and he's happy for. He also mentions that Finn and JD when they get back, they'll be looking for some gold is too.

3:49 So he's hyping up everybody wanting to bring gold back into the judgement day. So take what Dom is saying here as Dom just being happy. And it's really interesting that Dom is not backing Lib here because last week when Liv was saying I didn't you say anything, Dom did not back her up on that. And he hasn't been really backing her up. When Raquel has been wanting to go for gold. He's pretty much stayed out of it or right as of now recently been backing her up. He hasn't expressed any negativity regarding Raquel going for the title. It's not like if Raquel was going for the title and he would be just saying, oh, that's for Liv. He has not said that at all.

4:31 And I find that really interesting. And Tom also was kind of sparring with Byron here. Desperate Day doesn't need luck before he walks off, which was funny there. Like I said, while Liv has a problem with Raquel go for the title, Dom obviously doesn't. And now let's go into the Judgment Day clubhouse. This is where Liz Bass started to slip further. Dom is excited about the vision, taking out his Debbie. Dad talks about it's going to be a great Christmas present. Liv asks where was asking about where Finn and JBD were. Dom says that JD is going to be out for a while, he's going to be on the shelf and Finn is with him because Liv was asking you're going to have a great Christmas.

5:18 But she asked where Finn is and Dom said that JD is going to be on the shelf. Liv says we can focus on what's positive for tonight, which is her sister again with that connotation there. Raquel becoming the new women's world champion. Liv says that she can be in Raquel's corner and Roxanne cosigns this. Raquel says that she knows that they have her back, but she wants to handle Stephanie on her own. Liv says that she can't wait for Raquel to bring the title back to the clubhouse as she and Roxanne bring back the tag titles. Roxanne says that she needs to handle Bailey 1st and when she does, she and Lara B will be out of the women's tag team picture. Raquel says that she's happy Liv is back and the titles are coming back to Judgement Day and Judgment Day runs raw and then she leaves and this is where the segment ends. Now first of all, peep the hilarity on the PlayStation Five in the background where JD is taking out Hulk Hogan. That is just so random as fuck.

6:23 Peep Roxanne. I'm Dom, she's still doing it. And like as Halo said in the comment earlier, Dom is squirt. Dom has Liv and Roxanne posted up there and that's just amazing. Like he beating the allegations now. Now you want to pay particular attention to live in this segment because the second Raquel looks away, Liv drops the smile. It's like obvious like as soon as like Roxanne is talking and Raquel turns her attention to Roxanne, Liv drops the smile. And then when Raquel goes back, the smile comes back up. And then when Raquel is still not really paying attention to her, Liv has the fate smile on her face.

7:11 Also peep that the really didn't like that Raquel wanted to do this on her own. I'm sure that's going to be a bone of contention that comes up later like as a as I told you so. But she really didn't like Raquel wanted to do that on her own. And like I said, when Raquel left, she live has still had that fakey type smile on her face. And it's obvious here again, the split between Liv and Dom Dom is genuine with his happiness and his and encouragement of Raquel. Same thing with Roxanne. They are really hyped for her. They're not being fake about it. They are really wanting Raquel to win and bring the women's world title back to the judgement day. With Liv, it's it's she's not liking it. She doesn't like that Raquel is going for the set, the title, and the main thing is that Raquel has an autonomy and she's not liking it.

8:07 Raquel is not being that bodyguard. Raquel is not being that person that is just taking orders anymore. Raquel is her own person. And yeah, like I said, the Roxanne is still Iron Dom. It's being really obvious at this point and I'm pretty sure somebody else live fans are not going to bring it up. But she's still Iron that man. Those seeds are being planted there and it's probably going to be a while before we get any acknowledgement of that, but it's there. Like I said, they're going to have some they're going to have by the time it rolls back around. We're going to have a nice, pretty nice product promo package of Roxanne giving Donald a look for all this time. And now we get into the women's world title match between Raquel and Stephanie. Raquel.

8:52 Raquel comes out with new gear. She looks great. I love it. I love the look. I don't share with the body stocking. I think that was kind of slipping down, but she's been looking great and I I have no problem with big money cool with gear wise. Stephanie was out first, which was interesting, but they went and start having their Max Raquel proceeds to show off all her power moves. She could just catch Stephanie Hoyster up until a stalling vertical suplex and pretty much slam her down onto her stomach. She's been doing those power moves. I love her. I don't the match did not get out of first gear, but I'm thinking they're saving what they want to do in the match for the next iteration of the match, which I think it's going to be the triple threat match, which I'm going to get into later. But I think they're not do showing all what they can do at this particular moment.

9:46 I think they're holding back. So it shows in the match where it was decent, but Raquel was able to still do her power moves and stuff like that. And if it had not been for Nikki, who shows up towards the end to take out Stephanie and Raquel, then we might not know if Raquel would have won this match or not. But so towards the end when both Raquel and Stephanie were on us, Nikki comes through the crowd, attacks Stephanie, attacks Raquel, and then she throws Stephanie back into the ring and hits the racket Pack 2 point O to make a statement. And then later in an interview backstage with Jackie Redman, Nikki's is all in her feelings saying that she's legend, she be she should be treated like 1 and that Stephanie and Raquel should be shining her boots and that was that. I do think we are heading to a triple threat match between Stephanie, Raquel and Nikki and I think this is how they get the title office Stephanie.

10:50 Stephanie will lose by Raquel pinning Nikki. Nikki's going to take that pin. I don't think Lib is going to get in there yet. Lib, I think it's going to be in there for the Royal Rumble or Elimination Chamber. So if she's not getting Royal Rumble, she'll get the Elimination Chamber probably. So we'll have that showdown. So it'll be Raquel wins the title at some point in the future, Rocks Lib will win Royal Rumble or elimination Chamber, and then that was and then Liv will choose Raquel as her opponent for the title. Like I said, what Nikki's interference. I do think this is going to be a bone of contention in the future where Liv can be able to say, I told you so you needed me. You gotta and that's probably going to cause even more tension between Liv and Raquel because Raquel can all can fire back and say Hey, I had it on my own until is that the she could even just say that was handling it.

11:50 Even though Nikki caused the interference. Who's to say that Lib or Roxanne would have been able to prevent Nikki from causing an AQ because Nikki went right after Stephanie's. Oh yeah, and I totally called Nikki interfering. So I put that prediction out. I said that yesterday. I put it out today. So I got that prediction right. So scoreboard other quick hits for all we had doctor get booed out the building and taunted AJ Styles. It remains to be seen if he maintains that heat. I don't think 1 country is going to maintain that heat. It's not going to. I don't think he's going to be like a dog who was able to carry his heat for months. I think it's he's going to get that initial heat and then it's going to die off because like I said, he's not even the third most interesting person on Raw right now. Usos beat New Day and why the fuck do they not have them come out to their tag team theme?

12:45 Why is it still Jay's theme of it's just me use treating Jimmy filthy? I don't like that Jay is the one that failed. Jay is the one that got sloppy. Jay is the one that got blown up doing Yeats, so why is it that Jimmy got to carry his ass? Jimmy could have had a nice singles run on his own because he's a better wrestler and a better USO, and he's still having to hold the bag for Jay, right? While I wasn't holding her, she managed to bend herself into her Karana attempt.

13:43 It was really interesting. Like, it's just her Karana. I don't know what that is, but she was throwing out some really innovative moves. Like I'm like, damn. Like she was tossing them out there. They look clean. They look fresh. It's obvious that the work she's been putting into Natalia's dungeon has been really paying off because she was throwing out those spots where she got to be a submission with the ankle lock. And I really like how it's not just the standing ankle lock like her ankle and Chad Gable do. It's more of a length. She'll get them into the ankle lock and then she lays down with it where she interlocks her legs over their legs while they're in the ankle lock. And I think that's a really more effective submission maneuver for her because she's using her long legs for that. I really like that.

14:27 So she meant she retained the championship and that was a good first match for her. It remains to be seen if Roxanne gets back in there sometime, but I really hope she does. Rhea and EO were taken out by Oscar and Carrie. Rhea and EO were coming down to the ring and when Oscar was in the crowd and then pretty much blue misted Rhea and then Rhea and and then not Rhea and then Oscar and Kyrie started taking out Rhea and EO and then Oscar drags Rhea into the ring. Kyrie goes up to the top rope to do the insane elbow, but EO get back into the ring and covers Rhea.

15:11 So Kyrie's insane elbow hits EO in the back, which was looking really gnarly. And so we got that nice little bit of friendship with EO protecting Ria from that insane elbow. We also got Bailey Blit personality coming back because she was really down to herself because she lost to someone with less experienced than her. And then Ira started wishing and showing her talking about because Bailey was saying that Oscar is right. And I was saying, really, this takes us, you know, just one loss to feel sorry for yourself. She starts pushing and shoving her. And this is when we get like stupid idiot Bailey coming out, yelling at Lyra when you're walking off and and then Lyra's like, oh, she's back.

15:56 So I think Lyra's and figured out lately has this split personality and she's probably going to start using it to her advantage pretty soon. Also Logan Paul defeated Rey Mysterio, CM Punk chased all Bronson and Breaker earlier but the mass man came out and attacked Ray helping Logan Paul win. The Mass man is then revealed to be Austin Theory and that was Uncle Matic as fuck because Austin Theory had this weird buzz cut and he looked like he was out of prison and no wonder Don is happy because that's his best buddy helping beat his deadbeat dad and that was wrong. So final raw throat. Liv is showing her true colors and that mask is slipping more and more.

16:40 It's really obvious that she does not want Raquel going for the title and he's probably going to rub Raquel's nose and the fact that like he did come out there to cost her her title. Dom and Roxanne are showing that they are happy for Raquel and they are not siding with Liv just yet. We're not seeing Dom being really obvious with supporting Liv on this discomfort. So he's not with Liv like doing licks, you know, we've seen Dom do looks behind people's backs where he agrees or doesn't agree, but he's not doing that. He's been showing support for Raquel. Roxanne has been showing support for Raquel.

17:20 Roxanne still has eyes for Dom, of course Raquel, I think it's on a collision course, collision course for gold. And I do think she is going to be getting that title soon. Some people were saying, am I not going to lie, that Lib will win it first and then Raquel will be the first challenger and I think that would be so not that would be unfair to Raquel because Lib has already won the title. She's already had the title. She's been a two time champ by now. She can wait a little bit Now. I don't like saying to be waiting patient. You know me, I don't say to wait. I don't say you have to be patient. But for this storyline, I think Raquel needs to win it first because Raquel being the first challenger to live means that she just loses. And then there's your feud.

18:05 Meanwhile, while Raquel wins at 1st and she wins it early enough, like cutting this coming up two year 2026, so by the time they head to WrestleMania, which I do think that's where they're going to have said match, then you would have built up the feud by this point. Now, I don't put a lot of space in Triple H, but at least that gives them enough time to set up that feud between Raquel and Liv. Liv just winning it now does nothing for Raquel's story and Raquel's history with Liv. And because of that, and like I said, Liv is still like it's going to have a problem with Raquel trying to go for the goal. And it remains to be seen if Logan Paul is next in line for Dominic's championship. And it'll be interesting if he starts trying to play for the Intercontinental Championship.

18:56 But we have to wait right now. Don is just happy that division took out Ray Ray. So we it remains to be seen if Logan Paul is going to be going for it right now. And that was raw. Like I said, we got enough storyline advancement. This is mostly between Raquel, Liv, Raquel and live and we are just seeing how the storyline is shaping up. Dom Story is on pause right now and probably for the best. I'm not sure what they're doing with Logan Paul. I'm not going to share what they were going to do with Finn and JD. So right now he's probably on pause until next year. And this is December anyway, so everything is slowing down and things are being tape recorded, so it's not like Don could do that much anyway right now. So it's fine.

19:39 It's cool. It'll be interesting if we get another Judgment Day Clubhouse Christmas card like they did last year where Finn was acting like a demon. So we'll see. Oh, that's it.