WWE Monday Night Raw 10/28/2024

WWE Monday Night Raw 10/28/2024

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/wwe-monday-night-raw-10212024.html

We are in Hershey, PA and we see various wrestlers and the Crown Jewel title arrive.

We see clips of the Bron Breakker/Bloodline/Jey Uso stuff. We then see Jey Uso head to ringside from the arena halls.

He said he went to Smackdown to retaliate over Bloodline family drama. He says there's only one uce he wants to talk to. Jimmy Uso then comes out. 

Jimmy thanks Jey. Jey says he hasn't seen him since they fought at Mania and said a lot has happened since then. Jey says nobody confuses the two now. Jey says he became IC champ on his own. He says none of the titles top being Jimmy's brother. He says they gotta fix things though. He tells him to be Jimmy and he'll be Jey and they'll be The Uso's.

Jimmy tells Jey that Roman will be on Smackdown and tells him to come squash the beef. Jey says he'll be there. The Bloodline then attack. The Bloodline get the edge. Jimmy is tied up in the ropes. Fatu puts a chair around Jey's head. Jey throws the chair at Fatu. The Uso's hit superkicks. Fatu takes a double superkick and goes out. Adam Pearce and officially then tell The Bloodline to leave. 

Adam Pearce is on the phone in the back. He's mad at Aldis for letting The Bloodline come. He tells him to control his roster. The Judgment Day walk in. Dom wants to know who he's fighting tonight. Pearce says it'll be Damian Priest. Carlito says that's not cool and Pearce says "Happy Monday". Dom says he knows Priests trick and will take him down. Finn says he knows Priest best and says Dom needs to be careful.  

Sheamus vs Ludwig Kaiser

Sheamus backs him up in the corner and they trade shots. Kaiser lariats him. Kaiser dropkicks him out of the ring.  Sheamus is sent into the post. Sheamus is pulled into the post by the arm. Sheamus chops him down. Kaiser goes for a guillotine choke and is rammed into the steps. We go to break and return.

Shemaus hits an irish curse backbreaker and hits sledgehammer shots. Sheamus misses a pump kick and goes over the top. Sheamus pumping knees him outside. Sheamus hits chest clubs. Sheamus hits a diving lariat off the top for 2.

Sheamus goes up on the buckles. Kaiser powerbombs him and PK's him for 2. Sheamus hits chops. Kaiser step up enzugiri's him then takes a pumping knee and a pump kick. Sheamus then gets the win.

Thoughts: It was okay but not as good as the match they had months ago. They just didn't have the time and didn't have a great finishing stretch here. There was a lot of brawling in this one.

Rhea Ripley talks. She says Raquel Rodriguez tries to paint herself in a pretty picture. She says Raquel betrayed her but everything she has done to Raquel has been deserved. She says Liz and Raquel want to be part of their own "cry about it" squad. She says she only cares about her title and says Raquel will have to kill her to stop her.

The Uso's talk to Sami Zayn in the back. Sami wants to talk alone with Jey and stares down Jimmy. Jimmy gives him a look of disgust after. Sami asks if everything is cool now with The Uso's and asks if he will go talk to Roman. Jey says he thinks Solo is worse. Sami said Solo didn't get into his head and make him jump through hoops. Jey says it sounds like Sami is on Solo's side. Sami says he's on Jey's side and said he doesn't have to get involved or take sides. Sami says he doesn't understand why he wants to go back. Jey says he wouldn't understand as he's not family. Sami then looks disappointed and Jey leaves.

Gunther does a video. He calls Cody Rhodes the quarterback of WWE and the golden boy of this generation. He calls Cody a gutless champ. He says Cody dragged the people closest to him in his business again. Gunther says it's Orton and Cody vs Gunther and Kaiser on Smackdown. Gunther says to pull Orton aside and asks how it feels to get choked out by The Ring General. Gunther says the same thing will happen to him and Cody will realize he's just the secondary champ to him.

Ivy Nile vs Zelina Vega

Ivy drives her into the corner and flying kicks her. Ivy hangs over the middle rope, is knee'd in the back of the head then Vega meteora's her off the apron. We go to break and return.

Vega meteora's her in the back of the neck in the corner. Ivy pulls Vega down on the ropes then Vega cutters her out of a suplex attempt. Vega hits a top rope moonsault for 2. Ivy germans her for 2.  Vega chopblocks her and running knees her. The Creed's help out Ivy and JC helps Ivy block a code red. The LWO and Creed's then fight and the LWO lose that battle.

Ivy does a swinging pendulum slam on Vega and wins.

Thoughts: It was short and nothing too special here. They did likely start an LWO vs American Made fued off of this though.

The Uso's talk in the back. Jey says he told Sami he's not family. Jimmy agrees. Jey says when Jimmy left, Sami stood up. Jimmy wants to talk to him and Jey says something bad will happen. Jimmy says he's just going to talk to him.

Seth Rollins heads to the ring.  

Seth Rollins comes out to talk. He says he's on the hunt for a monster. He says Bronson Reed is a monster and is he. He said Reed reminded him what he's capable of and he kind of likes it.

Bronson Reed interrupts from the parking lot. He says if Seth wants to hunt a monster, he's here in the parking lot. Seth heads out. Adam Pearce tries to stop him. Seth and Reed then fight outside. Security tries to break it up. Seth is thrown onto a car and gets banged into the side of the truck. A truck door is banged off Reed's head and Seth curb stomps Reed with the announcer saying, "He just made him a hood ornament". Seth says the world has forgotten what he's capable of and he says that's just a reminder. Reed then spowers up and continues to fight. Seth hits him with a crate and superkicks him.

Seth crawls into the back of the production truck. Reed throws a trash can at him and bangs his head off the truck sides. Reed then death valley drivers him through an obvious crash pad. Pearce says to get him medical.

Thoughts: The idea was cool. I feel like a curb stomp onto a hood should really take anyone out though. This was something different that we don't see everyday.

We see clips from last week of Miz trying to end his partnership with The Final Testament. Kross stops him, saying his boys took a bullet for him and says Miz either goes through them or The Wyatt's to stop this.

R-Truth talks to Alpha Academy. He says they look better without that short ugly guy who yelled at them all the time. The Miz comes up to R-Truth. He says he's sorry and says it's about Awesome Truth, family, not anything else. Miz says he needs help. Dupri says not to listen. Truth shakes hands with him. Truth says he has something he wants to give him and drops him with a shot. He then tells him good luck with The Wyatt's and walks off.

Truth then walks past Pete Dunne and says, "What's up Butch? You seen Pete?". Pete just looks at him.

World Tag Titles #1 Contender's Final - The War Raiders vs The LWO (Dragon Lee and Rey Mysterio) vs The New Day (Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston)

Ivar takes dropkicks and flying kicks from Kofi and Lee. Ivar takes a double dropkick. Kofi rolls up Lee. Ivar spin kicks Kofi and splashes Lee. Ivar bronco busters Lee. Woods takes an overhead suplex from Erik then Rey is sent into a knee to the gut from Erik. Kofi and Woods are picked up and lawn darted into each other. Lee is then double picked up by The Raiders and thrown onto the other wrestlers outside.

We go to break and return. Woods, Rey and Erik fight. Erik headbutts Rey. Rey hits forearms. Erik slams Rey onto Woods. Rey gets clubbed on by The Raiders. Erik slams Ivar onto Rey. Rey is popped up for a slam but hits a ddt off of it. Rey flying headscissors Erik out. Woods gets in and argues with Kofi over a tag. Ivar spin kicks Woods.

Kofi is tagged in and springboard chops Ivar. Kofi dropkicks Rey then flying lariats Ivar. Kofi slams Rey onto Ivar. Kofi then hits a double boom drop. Kofi hits a ranhei on Rey. Kofi spin kicks Ivar in the head. Kofi top rope dives onto everyone outside.

We go to break and return again. Kofi sunset flips Rey. Rey rolls through it. Lee and Erik get in. Erik misses a corner charge. Lee is up top. Kofi is stuck in tree of woe and takes a double stomp. Lee ddt's Erik. Lee facekicks Woods. Lee corner dropkicks Kofi.

Rey 2nd rope hurricanrana's Erik. Lee sitout powerbombs Kofi. Woods chop flurries Lee. Lee pumping knees him. Ivar butt drops Lee in the corner and Rey top rope la silla's Ivar. Kofi hits a top rope chop then backbreakers Lee. Woods disregards a double team to go after Rey. Woods ends up going out. Lee headscissors Kofi into the ropes. Lee then tope con hilos Woods over Kofi.

Chad Gable comes out and ankle locks Rey. Kofi is thrown, held in the air and takes a springboard lariat + german and is pinned.

Thoughts: It was a fast paced match with a lot of action. they had 3 people in for most of this thankfully. The War Raiders' finisher was cool and I was surprised to see Chad Gable go after Rey. I knew New Day wouldn't win but I was surprised to see The Raiders win. 

Joe Tessitore says Seth Rollins is being checked out in the ER after his brawl with Reed.

The Miz complains to Adam Pearce. He asks where his security as as Truth hit him and The Final Testament is stalking him. The Final Testament show up behind him. Miz suggests they run if they see The Wyatt's. Kross says Miz will help them find Bo Dallas and ask why he's getting involved in Kross' business or Kross will break Miz's legs.

Jimmy Uso leaves the arena and is looking for Sami. Jey comes up to him and Jimmy says Sami's up there. We then see Sami talking to Solo Sikoa. Jimmy says, "told ya Uce, family is all we got". Jimmy says they and Roman have to do it. 

Dom gets a world title shot if he wins - Dominik Mysterio vs Damian Priest

Dom hits DP from behind then poses. DP pounds on him in the corner. Dom dropkicks DP in the knee. DP superkicks him then throws him out. Dom is thrown into the rails. DP is sent into the post then Dom topes him.

We go to break and return. Dom hits suplexes on DP. DP hits a broken arrow. DP spinning forearms him then forearms him over. DP lifting flatliners Dom for 2.

Dom goes out to avoid DP. DP then running shoulderblocks him over the commentary table. The Judgment Day come down and beat up DP. DP is sent onto the rail. DP chairs Judgment Day and chairs Carlito in the ring. Dom then rolls up DP from behind and pins him.

Thoughts: It was a shorter match here and wasn't that good. The finish was really stupid. Dom should have been DQ'd for his crew being in the ring. I expected shenanigans but the match wasn't enough to make up for it.

DP hits a razor's edge on Dom. DP chairs Dom. Carlito tries to save Dom and takes a south of heaven chokeslam. DP then hits one on Dom too.

Overall thoughts: The wrestling was okay here. Crown Jewel is this weekend but you really could come out of this and not really know it as it doesn't feel that special. I liked Miz's segments and the Reed/Rollins parking lot brawl was cool. The main sucked though. As with other 2 hour Raw's, there were a ton of wrestlers missing from the show including Bron, Drew, The Wyatt's, Punk and most of the women's division. I'd give this a 6 out of 10.