WWE Monday Night Raw 10/21/2024

WWE Monday Night Raw 10/21/2024

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/wwe-monday-night-raw-10142024.html

We see various wrestlers and the Crown Jewel Title arrive Seth Rollins nails Bronson Reed from behind as he arrives and hits him with a suitcase. Security breaks it up and he says we are just getting started.

Seth comes down to the ring. He grabs a mic and tells him he will beat his @ss if he wants to be famous. He says get out here and let's face. Adam Pearce comes out and Reed throws a guard. Reef pushes security away. Seth then topes him and various guards. Reed drives Seth into the apron edge. Security tries to break it up, but Reed hits a death valley driver on Seth. Reed diving shoulders him off the apron.

Seth ends up on the commentary table, A guard is on Reed's shoulders and is thrown onto other guards. Reed misses a splash through the commentary table. Security then breaks it up.

Thoughts: This was an exciting angle and a great way to open the show.

Cathy Kelly interviews Damage Ctrl. They say they are not done with Jade and Bianca and will be women's tag champs soon. Liv Morgan interrupts with Raquel. She tells Cathy to go. She says Nia is jealous of her because she has it all. She says she will have the Crown Jewel title too. Sane interrupts her. Liv says she knows they want the tag titles. Liv says her and Raquel used to be tag champs and could get the titles back. Iyo says they should. Raquel stares them down and Liv agrees.

Bron Breakker does a video. He says Jey lucked out against him and tried to offer him respect. He said Jey threw it back in his face. He says they aren't the same. He says if Jey wants to do it on his own, he will take an @ss kicking on his own too.

They announce that Samantha Irvin has left WWE. Lilian Garcia is out there and immediately botches her lines.

World Tag Titles #1 Contender's Tournament 1st Round - The New Day vs The Authors of Pain

Akam and Woods go at it. Akam takes a double team then a fameasser form Kofi for 2. Akam takes a laying springboard splash from Kofi and Woods elbow drops him off the buckles. Kofi double stomps Akam's arm then Woods double axe handles it. Woods gets slammed and rolls out kind of awkwardly. Razar clubs Woods outside and we go to break.

We return and Kofi hot tags in. He hits a jumping chop and a dropkick. Kofi 2nd rope splashes his back then Woods topes Akam. Kofi top rope chops Razar then boomdrops him. Razar catches a TIP kick and hits a fallaway slam. R-Truth comes out and beats up The Miz, who is with The Final Testament. Truth then kicks Kross over. Kofi then rolls up Razar and wins.

Thoughts: It didn't get a ton of time here and had no chance of being grat. I didn't like AOP losing so easy like this and it was a true TV match.

Truth gets beat up after. Kofi wants to help and Woods stops him. The lights go out and The Wyatt Sick6 appear. They beat up on The Final Testament. Lumis is powerbombed into AOP. Uncle Howdy mandible claws Paul Ellering.

Adam Pearce is interviewed by Jackie Redmond. Bronson Reed goes up to him and Seth Rollins attacks. That fight gets broken up.

Jey Uso is interviewed. He says it is what it is with The Bloodline. He promises to retain his IC Title tonight.

Raquel Rodiguez talks. She stalks in Spanish and says Rhea won't get her title back. She says the smartest thing for Rhea to do is walk away and says since Rhea won't end it, she will. 

Damage Ctrl vs Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez

Iyo pounds on Liv. Iyo gets on Raq's back and sleepers her. Raq is tripped into an axe kick on the back and a double basement dropkick. Sane headscissors Raq. Raq lifts both Damage Ctrl members and then misses a double elbow drop on them. Iyo crucifxes Raq. Raq hits lariats on both opponents.

We got to break and return. Raq racks Sane. Sane urakens her. Iyo and Liv go at it. Iyo hits uppercuts then dropkicks her. Iyo springboard dropkicks Liv then corner meteora's her. Iyo slams her then pops-up Sane for an elbow drop on Liv.

Raq spinning front facelocks Sane then goes into the post when Sane moves. Liv comes off the buckles and takes a palm strike from Iyo. Iyo then does a stiff dropkick off the apron. Iyo then fights with Lash and Jakara in the front row. Lash nails her then Sane nails Lash. The ref then DQ's Liv and Raq for the Lash interference.

Lash and Jakara get the edge on Damage Ctrl in the ring and leave them laying. Liv and Raquel come in and stare them down. Rhea Ripley comes out and headbutts Raq. Raq is pulled over the top. Rhea grabs Liv. Liv codebreakers her and takes a knee to the face. Rhea does a hanging stretch muffler to Liv. Rhea headbutts Liv down. Dom saves Liv from a riptide. Rhea throws Dom in then hanging stretch mufflers him. Raq and liv then save Dom.

Thoughts: There was a whole lot going on here and they did a good job in tying it all together. The match wasn't bad but the finish was lame.

Seth Rollins goes up to Adam Pearce. Bronson Reed runs him over. Pearce screams at them as security breaks them up. He says they will give them a match at Crown Jewel and tells security to get them out.

We get a video on The War Raiders. They say there's been setbacks but they rise time and time again. They say they head into their future without fear and look to their viking warrior ancestors for inspiration.

The Judgment Day is in the back. Raquel tells JD she wants to find Rhea Ripley. Finn says him and Jd can handle any tag team on earth but is worried about Priest trying to challenge for the world title. Dom says he might go for the world title. Carlito and Liv have words then Raquel asks what he does around here. Carlito says he brings the cool factor and is a fixer. He says he will talk to Pearce about Dom.

World Tag Titles #1 Contender's Tournament 1st Round - Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee vs American Made

Julius Creed = JC, Brutus Creed = BC

JC takes Lee down and wrestles him on the mat. Lee cartwheels out of a wristlock. Lee toyota rolls JC. Lee spin kicks JC then Rey basement dropkicks JC. JC suplexes BC onto Rey. Rey is sent chest first into the buckles.

BC hammerfists Rey. Rey headscissors JC over the top. Lee topes The Creed's outside as Rey holds the ropes open for him. We go to break and return. Lee hits punches on JC. JC does a high overhead belly to belly suplex. JC 2nd rope deadlift superplexes Lee.

Lee hurricanrana's JC into the buckles. Rey and B get in. Rey flying headscissors him. Rey top rope la silla's BC then tornado ddt's him for 2. BC powerslams Rey and 2nd rope moonsaults him. JC then top rope moonsaults Rey for 2. JC gets stuck in tree of woe and takes a double stomp from Lee. Lee tope con hilos BC.

Rey dropkicks JC in the back. Chad Gable distracts Rey then JC flying knees Rey. Zelina Vega hits Chad then Vega headscissors Ivy. Rey hurricanrana's JC then 691's him. Lee top rope splashes JC and wins.

Thoughts: It was an athletic match as expected. Everyone got some shine here and it went well. I don't really like The Creed's losing here. JC looked like he was going to kill Lee on the overhead belly to belly suplex.

Damage Ctrl talk to Adam Pearce in the back. Pearce says he will come up with a solution for what Lash and Jakara did to them. Carlito walks in. He say she needs to learn Chinese. He says he heard Pearce wants a new challenger for Gunther and suggests Dom. Pearce laughs and thinks he's joking. He says Dom hasn't done anything to deserve it and asks why Carlito is asking for him. Carlito says he's fixing and asks Pearce to give him a chance. Pearce calls him Carly. He says if Dom can beat a former champ, he will consider giving him a shot. Carlito asks if Pearce got a new haircut.

Bron Breakker is interviewed by Jackie Redmond. He says he didn't come here for a cheesesteak, he came here to take what's his. He says he respects Jey but says he's not a focused champ. He says he will take back what belongs to him and says he's a bad @ss. He says it's time to do what bad @sses do and asks if we got any dogs barking in Philly.

Cathy Kelly interviews Gunther. He says Cody mentioning his daughter is unnecessary. He says it has nothing to do with family, just establishing a generational champ. He says Cody is a fantastic champ but says Cody is one of many. He says he's 1 of 1 and says everything he touches turns to gold. Damian Priest walks in. He says he should get back what he never lost in the title. He says he will earn the shot and isn't looking for a handout. He says when Gunther returns from Crown Jewel, he will have a big problem with him. Gunther says good for you and Priest says it will be good for him.

WWE Intercontinental Title - Jey Uso (c) vs Bron Breakker

They trade punches. Jey goes up and over then uppercuts him. Jey lariats him over the top. We go to break and return. Bron chokes Jey on the ropes with his knee and does Jey's taunt. Jey is rammed back first into the post. Jey takes a backcracker on the apron.

Jey hits punches. Bron catches Jey's crossbody and backbreakers him. Bron then does push-ups, giving up the pin attempt. Bron standing moonsaults him for 2.

Jey hits punches. Bron top rope hurricanrana's him for 2. We go to another break and return. Jey spears Bron. The Bloodline come down to ringside and Jey gets distracted. Solo says he has tickets. They talk. Solo says he's trying to help him win the belt. Bron attacks and Jey stops it.

Bron is thrown into the post. Jey then superkicks Tanga Loa. Tama Tonga jumps off the rails and gets superkicked by Jey too. Solo and Jey argue. Bron runs at Jey and ends up spearing Solo when Jey moves. Bron jumping knees Jey. Jacob Fatu hops the rail. They stare down then Jey topes both.  

Jey goes for a top rope splash and Bron gets his knees up. Bron misses a spear and gets superkicked. Jey spears Bron. Jey top rope splashes him for 2. Tama and Loa get on the apron. Adam Pearce run down with security and they pull them down.

Jey runs around the ring and eats a Fatu superkick. Fatu samoan drops Jey on the commentary table. Bron running spears Jey and gets the win. Bron wins the IC Title for the 2nd time.

Thoughts: Half this match was interference, but it wasn't for nothing. They got Jey back in The Bloodline civil war now and that's where he's going to be for a while. Bron didn't get as good of reactions here like he had been getting. They got some things right here but its hard to rate this highly with how much shenanigans went down.

Overall thoughts: The show is still 2 hours and the way they got more people on this show was by doing interference and booking a lot of shenanigans during the matches. As I said online a few weeks ago, I would just not expect a lot of classic matches during this 2 hour Raw era. They just don't have the time and there's too many people to get on the show.  I thought they did a good job of putting over the Seth vs Reed feud. Gunther's reign is still not working. Priest continues to not get much time and New Judgment Day is not the force old Judgment Day was. Liv vs Rhea is still continuing but lost a lot of its heat and it feels like we are moving on from Finn vs Priest. I don't know what's next for Bron but I wouldn't be shocked if Jey starts hanging out more on SD than this show. The show was fine overall but nothing was great here.