On November 4th, 2024 WWE aired the 1,641st episode of Raw live in Riyadh Saudi Arabia inside Mohammed Arena.
Note: This review will be shorter then normal as it be the last few mins of the match.
-Kicking off this week’s Raw with a recap of Crown Jewel.
-Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan welcomes fans to Monday Night Morgan then demands fans give a warm welcome to their new Women’s Crown Jewel Champion. She says the Liv Morgan Revenge Tour is officially over and she’s moving on to the Liv Morgan World Tour. She gloats about taking out Rhea Ripley on NXT last Tuesday with Raquel Rodriguez as well as defeating Nia Jax at Crown Jewel.
-Dominik Mysterio looks to speak but before he can Women’s Tag Team Champions Jade Cargill & Bianca BelAir’s music’s hit and they make their way out. She says Morgan isn’t the only one who walked out of Crown Jewel as she & Cargill retained the Women’s Tag Team Titles. Cargill then tells Morgan & Rodriguez to come and get their title.
-Morgan says Cargill & BelAir can pretend to get along all they want but the only thing keeping them together is the Women’s Tag Team Titles. BelAir says they can defend their titles tonight but Rodriguez says it’s more of a celebratory night.
-Adam Pearce marches down to the ring with a referee and tells Cargill, Belair, Morgan & Rodriguez to back apart. Morgan taunts Belair and continues insisting Cargill will turn on her & BelAir responds by clocking Morgan. Pearce then calms things down and informs Morgan that there will be a Battle Royal tonight to determine Morgan’s new #1 Contender for the Women’s World Title which will include BelAir & Cargill and will be up next.
Women’s World Title #1 Contenders 13 Woman Battle Royal
Women’s Tag Team Champion Bianca BelAir vs. Women’s Tag Team Champion Jade Cargill vs. Iyo Sky vs. Lyra Valkyria vs. Zelina Vega vs. Shayna Baszler vs. Sonya Deville vs. Alba Fyre vs. Ivy Nile vs. Isla Dawn vs. Katana Chance vs. Maxxine Dupri vs. Natalya
Lyra Valkyria lands a boot on Iyo Sky then gets her up on her shoulders.
Sky lands an open palm strike on Valkyria then connects with a northern lights suplex to send her crashing onto the floor.
Winner & #1 Contender To The Women’s World Title: Iyo Sky
-Backstage, Cathy Kelley spoke with New Day about facing War Raiders. Woods said they should have won the #1 Contenders match last week but Chad Gable got involved. Kingston said War Raiders didn’t win straight up but he didn’t think that was the issue. Woods asked him what his problem is.
-A Wyatt Sicks video aired and showed old footage of The Miz telling Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel that he would make them stars that their families would be proud of. A shot aired of Miz seated in a chair wearing a mask. Dallas spoke and removed the mask and a piece of tape from Miz’s mouth.
-Miz said he’s not with Final Testament and it’s all a big misunderstanding. Dallas laughed and put the tape over Miz’s mouth again. Dallas said they never cared about Final Testament, they wanted Miz. For dust you are and dust you will return Dallas said to a terrified Miz.
-After the break we see footage aired of Goldberg on a college football pre show announcing that he will have a retirement match.
Tag Team Match
War Raiders (Erik & Ivar) vs. New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods)
Xavier Woods makes the blind tag in and Kofi Kingston questions what he’s doing.
This opens the door for Erik to send Woods crashing into the mat with a chokeslam and tag in Ivar.
War Raiders then send Woods crashing into the mat with War Machine for the win.
Winners: War Raiders
-Footage aired of Zayn accidentally hitting Roman Reigns with a Helluva Kick at Crown Jewel.
-Sami Zayn addresses what happened between him, Roman Reigns & The Usos at Crown Jewel. Before he can continue, Jey Uso’s music hits and he makes his way down to the ring. He thanks Zayn for having his back at Crown Jewel but asks if him kicking Reigns was an accident.
-Zayn looks to answer but Jimmy’s music hits and he makes his way down. He tells Jey that they and the rest of the world saw Zayn kick Reigns in the face but Zayn reminds Jimmy that he’s kicked Jey, himself & Reigns in the face. Jimmy says he isn’t the bad guy here and Zayn tells Jimmy that while he might not believe it, he doesn’t hate him and never has. He says Jimmy isn’t a bad guy but makes bad decisions and says he came out at Crown Jewel to make sure Jey was okay. He says for a minute, when it was him, Jimmy, Jey & Reigns fighting in the ring together, it felt like old times and was special.
-Zayn says that only lasted for a minute like it always does with them, then says he’s not having his loyalty questioned or being put on trial. He tells Jey he loves him but can’t do this again and says he’s out before he exits the ring. Jey invites Zayn to Smackdown this coming Friday to talk things out with him, Reigns & Jimmy. Jimmy protests Jey’s invite but Jey tells Jimmy that Zayn is family. He says he hopes to see Zayn on Smackdown and Zayn heads up the ramp.
-Jackie Redmond interviewed Seth Rollins outside the building and congratulated him on his win over Bronson Reed. She said the win earned Rollins a spot in the Fatal 4 Way main event. Rollins cut her off and said his career earned him the match.
-Rollins put over Reed for taking everything he had and getting up for more. Rollins said he has no doubt that he and Reed will do the dance again but he has gold on his mind. Rollins said 3 of the best in the world and Dominik Mysterio would fight it out in the main event
Dragon Lee vs. Chad Gable
Chad Gable pins Dragon Lee with his feet on the ropes but Zelina Vega pushes them off.
Ivy Nile locks in a submission on Vega but Rey Mysterio makes his way down to the ring to check on Vega.
Nile then distracts the referee and Gable looks to pull Mysterio into the ring.
Mysterio escapes with a kick opening the door for Lee to connect with Operation Dragon for the win.
Winner: Dragon Lee
-Imperium were interviewed by Jackie Redmond. Kaiser cut off a question about Gunther losing at Crown Jewel. World Heavyweight Champion Gunther cut off Ludwig Kaiser and said that while he & Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes disagree on a lot of things, Rhodes wasn’t lucky and he’s not undeserving. Gunther said on that night, Rhodes was the better man.
-Redmond asked about the Fatal 4 Way match for a shot at his title. Gunther said there would be 3 very capable performers and Mysterio. Gunther mentioned Sheamus then looks at Kaiser and recalls him saying that Kaiser wanted to take care of things. Gunther said it’s on him to be better then looked at Kaiser and said they both have to be better
World Heavyweight Title #1 Contenders Fatal 4 Way Match
Seth Rollins vs. Damian Priest vs. Dominik Mysterio vs. Sheamus
Bronson Reed appears at ringside.
He sends Sheamus crashing into the ring post and Damian Priest crashing into the mat.
Seth Rollins sees him but Reed clocks him and clears the announce desk.
Priest & Sheamus then go after Reed but Reed ascends to the top and lands a Tsunami on both Sheamus & Priest. He then hits one to Rollins through the announce desk.
Dominik Mysterio dials it up for a 619 on Priest but Priest connects with South Of Heaven for the win.
Winner & #1 Contender To The World Heavyweight Title: Damian Priest
-After the match Gunther emerges at ringside and stares down Priest
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