This week’s WWE Raw featured Jade Cargill & Bianca Belair facing Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez in the main event.
It’s WWE Raw from the Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan with Joe Tessitore & Wade Barrett on commentary. Next week’s show was taped right after this one.
The World Heavyweight Champion Gunther entered for a promo wearing a black suit. A graphic confirmed Gunther will defend the World Title against Damian Priest at Survivor Series on November 30.
Damian Priest interrupted Gunther and spoke to the champion face to face. Priest said he came out there so Gunther could talk to him in the face. Gunther was about to speak, so Priest cut him off saying Gunther would say he’s street trash, he’s a bum, his parents didn’t raise him right and Priest had to fight to get here while Gunther waited for a call. Priest said that the first time he stepped in the ring with him, he understood why people are intimidated by Gunther. Priest said if it wasn’t for his so-called brother (Finn Balor) betraying him then Gunther wouldn’t be the champion. Priest said that the vibe about Gunther faded because Gunther had started doubting himself. Priest mentioned Gunther was pinned by Cody Rhodes at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia. The fans chanted “Cody” for that. Priest said that Gunther can’t even talk right now because Gunther is full of doubt. Priest said that Gunther knows he can’t beat Priest. Priest said by now, had he been anybody else, Gunther would have tried to take a swing at him by now. Priest asked if Gunther wanted to take a swing at him. Priest dared Gunther to take a shot while telling Gunther that he would drop his ass right there.
Ludwig Kaiser interrupted saying that Gunther had beaten Priest once already. Kaiser told Priest to get out of the ring right now and save himself. Kaiser said that Gunther would beat him once again. Gunther put his hand on the microphone and told Kaiser to do something. Kaiser said he was not going to let Priest talk to Gunther like that and Priest decked Kaiser with a punch. Priest clotheslined Kaiser over the top to the floor. Gunther stepped out of the ring instead of fighting Priest.
Damage CTRL’s Iyo Sky & Kairi Sane were interviewed by Cathy Kelley. Sky said she was ready for Liv Morgan. Sane said that they had other business tonight. Dakota Kai walked in wearing her ring gear, so she was ready for her return to action. Kai said that she’s mad at PFC because they took three months of her career and nothing is going to keep them down.
Kofi Kingston spoke to R-Truth backstage about how Xavier Woods didn’t want to help Truth last week so Kofi wasn’t sure what was up with Woods. Xavier Woods walked up to them wondering what was going on. Pete Dunne showed up to complain about Truth calling him that name (Butch) and Truth didn’t know what he was talking about. Kofi got in Dunne’s face and they set up a match while Woods left frustrated. Truth said good luck with Pete and it’s Butch you have to worry about.
Match #1: Damage CTRL – Iyo Sky, Kairi Sane & Dakota Kai defeated Pure Fusion Collective – Sonya Deville, Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark by pinfall. Kai got the hot tag for her team and got a lot of offense in the match. Baszler tried to put a sleeper on Sky, but Kai hit a running kick on Baszler while Sky tagged in. Sky went up top and hit Over the Moonsault on Baszler for the win.
Jey Uso was talking to Sami Zayn backstage. They were happy about Sami being back with The Bloodline again. Jimmy Uso walked up to them and it was awkward communicating with Zayn while Zayn was awkward responding to him. Jimmy informed us that they need a fifth guy for WarGames. Zayn said he thinks he knows somebody and he’ll text Jey about it.
Match #2: Pete Dunne defeated Kofi Kingston (w/Xavier Woods) by pinfall. After Dunne was sent to the floor, Woods clotheslined Dunne while Kofi was talking to the referee.
After the match, Woods told Kofi there was no reason for him to be in that match. Kofi shoved Woods back. Woods told Kofi to focus and said he wasn’t focused in the ring.
The Judgment Day group was shown talking backstage. Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez talked about how they’re going to have all the gold. Finn Balor complained to Dominik Mysterio for not winning the World Title shot. Balor said that Dominik claimed he could beat Priest. Dominik mentioned he’s closer to the World Title than Finn has been in a while. Finn and Dominik argued. Finn suggested that Dom & Carlito team up against the War Raiders. Dom left saying they’ll do it and left to get the match made while Carlito wasn’t thrilled about it.
Bronson Reed entered for a promo in the ring. Reed hasn’t been given much time to do promos like this in the past. Reed said that Seth Rollins is a hell of a competitor and Rollins proved that when he got the win over Reed at Crown Jewel. Reed said he’s not a competitor, he’s a monster. Reed bragged about taking out Rollins last week along with taking out Damian Priest and Sheamus. Reed said that he’ll take on anybody until he puts Rollins out for good. Reed told Rollins if he wants his revenge then come out to see Reed in the ring right now. Seth “Freakin” Rollins made his entrance with a microphone in hand. Rollins dropped the microphone and ran down to the ring to fight. Reed and Rollins exchanged punches, but then Reed hit a running body attack. Reed lifted up Rollins on the floor, Rollins slipped behind him and Rollins shoved Reed into the commentary table. Rollins cleared off the commentary table, so Reed superkicked Rollins onto the table. Reed teased a splash through the table, but Rollins was back up and dove onto Reed with punches. There were security guys, but Reed beat them up easily. Reed tackled Rollins against the turnbuckle. Rollins punched Reed a few times. Reed ran the ropes and hit a suicide dive onto the security guys because Rollins moved. That was wild. The Raw referees and WWE Officials showed up to break it up. Raw GM Adam Pearce held Rollins back. That led to a break.
After a commercial break, there was a backstage scene as Seth Rollins yelled at Raw GM Adam Pearce saying he wanted one more match with Bronson Reed. Rollins said he wanted to end this. Pearce said that’s fine, so Rollins will face Reed next week. Pearce left.
Sami Zayn approached Seth Rollins saying they needed a fifth guy for WarGames. Zayn said he knew about the history of Rollins and Roman Reigns. Zayn spoke about how his family bond with The Bloodline never goes away. Zayn said that on some level, Seth and Roman are still brothers. Zayn told Rollins there was nobody else for him to pick because he thought Rollins was their fifth man. Rollins told Zayn he thinks that he is out of his damn mind. Rollins said that he tore Reigns down and he’s not going to help build Reigns back up. Rollins said he knows Reigns better than anybody and he is shocked that anybody would stand beside him, especially Zayn. Rollins said you’ve got to be blind to not see that Reigns is using him again. Rollins said the answer is no.
Match #3: Damian Priest defeated Ludwig Kaiser by pinfall. Kaiser got some offense but was never much of a threat to win. Priest won with South of Heaven for the pinfall win. After the match, Gunther stared at Priest from a distance. Barrett thought that Gunther looked nervous.
A clip was shown of Bron Breakker facing Sheamus on WWE Speed. The match ended in a time limit expiry. They got into a brawl after the match, so that led to multiple officials showing up to break it up.
Bron Breakker, the Intercontinental Title, was interviewed by Cathy Kelley, who mentioned Bron’s match didn’t have the outcome he was hoping for. Bron said that the Speed Championship interests him because he wants to win more titles. Bron called Sheamus an ugly, bonehead, idiot so Sheamus interrupted. Sheamus said that Bron is full of arrogance. Sheamus said he’s been here 15 years and Bron has been here 15 seconds. Sheamus said that it reminds him of himself because he became WWE Champion in his first year. Sheamus wondered if Bron would put the one title that had eluded Sheamus for his entire career. Bron said yes because he would love nothing more than to kick Sheamus’ old ass. Sheamus told “kid” to shine it up real nice because he’s taking it home next week. Sheamus left. Jimmy Uso walked up to Bron saying he wanted to talk to him.
The Miz was shown walking backstage when The Final Testament’s Karrion Kross, Akam Rezar & Scarlett showed up. The Miz said that he was going to ask for a leave of absence. Miz said he promised the Wyatts that he had changed his ways and they let Miz go. Miz told Kross to move on. Kross mentioned that they attacked Paul Ellering, who is like his family, so they need to pay for what they did. AOP grabbed Miz while The Final Testament walked out to the ring.
Karrion Kross and The Final Testament group were in the ring with The Miz. Kross said that The Miz’s story wasn’t adding up. Kross told Miz to tell him where are the Wyatts? That’s when the lights went out. The Wyatt Six group of Uncle Howdy, Erik Rowan, Joe Gacy, Dexter Lumis & Nikki Cross arrived in the ring. Miz showed up from behind Rowan and Miz hit Rowan in the back with a steel chair. Howdy (Bo Dallas) was laughing about it. The two groups got into a fight while Miz hit Rowan in the back with a chair. Barrett said that it was a setup from Miz. Miz kept on hitting Rowan with a chair to the back. Scarlett slammed Nikki Cross off the apron to the floor. AOP hit their Super Collider double team move. Miz gave Rowan a Skull Crushing Finale onto a chair. Kross hit his spinning neckbreaker slam on Howdy. The Miz and Kross hugged in the ring to show their plan worked. After Kross and Friends left the ring, Howdy leaned up against the ropes, which led to his maniacal laughter to end it while Kross looked concerned from a distance.
Seth “Freakin” Rollins was interviewed by Cathy Kelley, who asked how Rollins will keep Bronson Reed down this time. Rollins saw Solo Sikoa and The Bloodline in the distance, so Rollins listened to Solo, who suggested that they should work together to take out Roman Reigns. Rollins said that the next time he’s in the ring with Roman Reigns he will Stomp his head in the ground. Rollins said he’ll never team with Reigns ever again, but he’ll never join forces with a wannabe Roman Reigns like Solo. Rollins stared at Jacob Fatu, who was standing there, but Solo held Fatu back. Rollins walked away.
Match #4: WWE Women’s Tag Team Championships: Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill defeated Liv Morgan & Raquel Rodriguez by pinfall. Nia Jax and Tiffany Stratton went down to ringside with Tiffany distracting the referee while Jax gave Cargill a Samoan Drop on the apron. Raquel hit a splash off the ropes on Jade but it was only a two count because Bianca Belair made the save. Tiffany Stratton was on the apron, so Naomi pulled Stratton down from the apron. Naomi sent Jax into the barricade and Liv hit double knees to Naomi. Liv tagged in, Liv jumped off the turnbuckle with nothing and Jade kicked her. Belair tagged in and Jade kicked Raquel to knock her down on the floor. Belair hit the KOD on Liv for the pinfall win.
After the match, Nia Jax ran into the ring to knock down Naomi, Belair and Jade. Belair wanted to do some damage, but Iyo Sky went down to the ring and hit a missile dropkick on Jax. Sky hit a double foot stomp on Tiffany Stratton. Jade & Bianca were back up to clothesline Raquel out of the ring. Naomi hit a knee to Jax, Sky kicked Jax, and Jade & Belair gave Jax a double team suplex.
The foursome of Bianca Belair, Naomi, Iyo Sky & Jade Cargill celebrated in the ring together. That was the end of the show.
WWE Raw Next Week
Here’s what WWE is advertising for next week’s Raw.
* Seth “Freakin” Rollins vs. Bronson Reed
* Bron Breakker defends the Intercontinental Title vs. Sheamus
That was all for this week’s show.