WWE RAW Riyad, Arab Saudi
The commentators are Michael Cole and Corey Graves.
– Tonight it’s WWE RAW, the red show starts with Michael Cole and Corey Graves who welcome us to this first RAW in history in Saudi Arabia.
– We present a video of the events at Crown Jewel 2024 last Saturday, summary of the show here.
– We see the WWE Superstars arriving at the room.
– Liv MorganDominik Mysterio and Raquel Rodriguez enter the ring. Liv Morgan welcomes us to Monday Night Morgan and our new champion Crown Jewel. This week she beat Tiffany Stratton and she beat Rhea Ripley for the third time and this time she made sure Ripley stayed away for a long time. Then she crossed the ocean to become the one and only Crown Jewel champion.
Morgan says she has proven that she is the best champion of all time. Dominik Mysterio starts to speak, but he gets booed. Jade Cargill’s music starts and she enters the ring with Bianca Belair. Belair says Morgan isn’t the only one who walked out with gold at Crown Jewel. Cargill says if they want a match for the tag team titles, this is their chance, no more waiting. Morgan asks why are they angry when they won on Saturday? Morgan asks if it’s because Belair thinks she’s the strongest, most powerful, fastest and best? The problem is that Cargill thinks the same thing about her. Morgan says the only thing keeping Belair and Cargill together is the tag team titles.
Belair says they can test themselves tonight in a match. Morgan and Rodriguez were going to answer, but Adam Pearce arrives. Pearce says they need to calm down, RAW isn’t going to start like this. Morgan tells Belair to be careful when Cargill betrays her. Morgan says she won’t do anything. Belair hits her in the head! Pearce calms everyone down. Pearce says it was disgusting what Morgan did to Ripley. Morgan will have a challenger for his title, as tonight we will have a Battle Royal to determine the next challenger ! The tag team champions will be in the match and the match starts now!
– Liv Morgan takes her place with the commentators for the next match.
– Back after the break, the match begins.
Contending WWE Women’s World Title – Battle Royal
The title match will take place on a date to be determined.
Cast: Jade Cargill, Bianca Belair, Iyo Sky, Kairi Sane, Natalya, Maxxine Dupri, Kayden Carter, Katana Chance, Ivy Nile, Alba Fyre, Isla Dawn, Sonya Deville, Shayna Baszler, Lyra Valkyria and Zelina Vega
At the end of the fight, Belair, Cargill, Valkyria and Sky remain in the ring. Belair and Cargill want to take Valkyria out of the ring, but Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan intervene to pull Belair and Cargill out of the ring and eliminate them.
Sky does a Running Double Knee on Valkyria against the corner. Sky wants to throw her out of the ring, but Valkyria blocks her and pushes her back onto the apron. Valkyria charges at her, but Sky blocks her and takes her with her to the apron. The two trade blows on the apron. Sky blocks a hold from Valkyria and gives her a German Suplex to eliminate her from the ring.
Winner : And Sky
– Backstage, Cathy is with the New Day to get their comment on their defeat as midshipmen. Xavier Woods says they should have won, but Chad Gable decided to stick his nose in their business. Kofi Kingston says the War Raiders didn’t win the problem, but he doesn’t believe Gable was the problem. Woods says Kingston escaped him. Kingston says there is footage that shows what happened.
The New Day segment is stopped by a Wyatt Sicks video. We see that Miz has been tied up in a chair. The Miz says he’s not with the Final Testament, it’s a misunderstanding with them. Bo Dallas laughs. Dallas says they don’t want the Final Testament, they want Miz. Dallas says he will have to live with other people’s pain. Miz will beg them to stop, but he will return to the dirt floor.
– Back, we present a video of Goldberg announcing his retirement match with WWE in 2025, details here.
Tag Team Match
New Day (Kofi Kingston et Xavier Woods) vs War Raiders (Ivar et Erik)
At the end of the fight, Kingston prepares for his finisher, but Woods takes the tag. Erik takes the opportunity to hit Kingston to push him out of the ring. Erik slams Woods. The War Raiders do their War Machine on Woods.
Winners: War Raiders
– Back, the commentators announce the next tour in Europe including WWE RAW in Brussels in March 2025. Find all the details at this link.
– Sami Zayn arrives in the ring and takes the microphone to speak in Arabic. Sami Zayn says he’s proud to be here in front of his people and speaking his language on a WWE show. But he’s not here for that. He is here to talk about the events at Crown Jewel between him and Roman Reigns. Jey Uso’s music starts and he enters the ring to a big ovation.
Jey Uso says that before Sami speaks, he must say thank you. He wants to thank him for helping him at Crown Jewel. He watched the footage of the moment Sami Zayn kicked Roman Reigns. Now he wants to know in all honesty whether it was an accident or not. Jimmy Uso’s music starts and he enters the ring. Jimmy says Jey saw what he saw, the whole world saw the same thing. We saw Sami Zayn intentionally punch Roman Reigns in the face. He is angry and Jey Uso should be angry too. It’s impossible to trust him. Sami Zayn asks Jimmy if he should remind him of his past. Before Jey, it was Jimmy who was his brother, it was Jimmy who brought him into this family first. And as soon as things got bad, Jimmy hit him first, they then hit Roman Reigns and when Jey took his place, Jimmy hit him.
Jimmy says he doesn’t owe any explanation. He’s not the bad person here. Zayn says he doesn’t hate Jimmy and he never hated him. Jimmy isn’t the bad person, but Jimmy makes bad decisions. He came to Crown Jewel to make sure everything goes well for Jey Uso. But in the ring it was like old times. It lasted a minute and then everything collapsed like always. He’s not going to have another trial against him. He’s sorry, but he can’t do that yet, he leaves. Sami Zayn leaves the ring.
Jey Uso stops him. Jey Uso tells Sami Zayn to come to SmackDown this Friday so they can talk about it like family. Jimmy says Sami is not in their family. Jey says he was wrong. Even though he’s not blood, Sami Zayn is in the family. Currently he sees Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso and… Sami USO! He hopes to see his brother Friday on SmackDown.
– Backstage, Jackie is with Seth Rollins to get his comments on the 4-Way Match. Rollins says he had a great performance at Crown Jewel. But his last years give him this chance in the midshipman’s match. He has respect for the match that Bronson Reed gave him, he knows that one day they will face each other again. But tonight he aims to have gold. Three of the best in the world and Dominik will face off for a chance to become champion for the title he popularized.
Singles Match
Dragon Lee accompanied by Zelina Vega vs Chad Gable accompanied by Ivy Nile
At the end of the fight, Lee gives Gable a German Suplex, Gable gets up and gives him a German Suplex. Lee gets up and wants to do a German Suplex, but Gable blocks him and does two German Suplexes, Lee blocks the third. Lee manages to powerbomb Gable to cover him, but he resists two. Lee goes up to the corner, but Gable gets up and does a Belly to Belly out of the corner on Lee! Gable follows up with a DDT and puts his feet on a cable, but Vega pushes him. Nile intervenes and applies a Dragon Sleeper to Vega ringside. Rey Mysterio arrives to help Vega. Nile distracts the referee, Gable wants to take the mask off Mysterio, but Mysterio kicks him. Lee continues with his Operation Dragon on Gable for the three count.
Winner: Dragon Lee
– Behind the scenes, Jackie is with Gunther and Ludwig Kaiser for their commentary on Crown Jewel. Kaiser asks what she’s doing. Why is she asking about Cody Rhodes getting lucky at Crown Jewel? Gunther says he and Cody still don’t see eye to eye, but on Saturday Cody Rhodes was the best, it wasn’t a matter of luck. Jackie asks him for his comments on the contestants in tonight’s contender’s match. Gunther says there are some great opponents in this match, like Sheamus, the guy Kaiser had to deal with. He is still the world champion and after Saturday it is up to him to do better and take responsibility.
– Back, the wrestlers arrive in the ring for the main event.
Aspirant World Heavyweight Championship – Fatal 4-Way Match
The title match will take place on a date to be determined.
Damian Priest vs Dominik Mysterio vs Sheamus vs Seth Rollins
At the end of the fight, Sheamus blocks a 619 with a PowerSlam on Dominik. Sheamus goes for his Brogue Kick, but Rollins blocks it with a Superkick. Dominik takes the opportunity to Roll Up Rollins, but he resists. Rollins continues with a Pedigree to Rollins. Rollins prepares to Stomp, but Bronson Reed arrives at ringside. Reed attacks Priest and Sheamus ringside. Rollins tags in and punches Reed, but Reed knocks him out with a clothesline. Sheamus and Priest bring Reed into the ring to punch him, but Reed manages to do a Death Valley Driver on Priest and Sheamus. Reed goes up in the corner and Tsunami’s Priest and another Tsunami’s Sheamus! Reed lays Rollins on the announce table and climbs onto the barricade. Reed hits him with a Tsunami through the commentators table! Reed leaves.
Dominik comes out of hiding and hits a Frog Splash on Sheamus to cover him, but Priest breaks the count. Dominik pushes Priest back onto the second rope and hits a 619. Dominik launches out of the corner, but Priest catches him and hits a ChokeSlam to cover him for the win.
Winner: Damian Priest
The show ends with a celebration from Damian Priest. Gunther arrives for a face-to-face meeting.
Photo credit: WWE
