WWE Monday Night Raw 11/4/2024

WWE Monday Night Raw 11/4/2024

Last week's show is here: https://prowresblog.blogspot.com/2024/10/wwe-monday-night-raw-10282024.html

We are in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Michael Cole and Corey Graves are on commentary. 

We see various wrestlers arrive with Dom petting a cat.

Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodirguez and Dominik Mysterio come out. Liv says "Welcome to Monday Night Morgan" and shows off her Crown Jewel ring. She says The Liv Morgan Revenge Tour is over but we are movingon to The Liv Morgan World Tour. She said she took out Rhea Ripley for the third time and said she will be gone for a long time. She said she beat Nia Jax to become the Crown Jewel champ and says she's the greatest women's champ of all time.

Dom goes to talk and Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair interrupt for some reason. Jade said they aren't the only ones to walk out with gold and say if they want a shot at the tag champs, now's the chance. Liv says they interrupted her and asks why they are so angry. Liv says Jade and Bianca are pretending to like each other and says her and Raq have a real friendship. Liv says Jade and Bianca are only kept together with the tag titles. Bianca says let's put it to the test and have the match tonight.

Adam Pearce comes out with a ref. He says we aren't starting Raw this way and says he needs them to calm down and back up. Liv tells Jade to watch out for the knife Bianca stabs her in the back with. Liv says Jade won't do anything about it then Bianca slaps Liv down. Pearce says Liv will defend her title tonight and says there will be a battle royale for the women's title tonight. Pearce says Jade and Bianca will be in it and says the battle royale starts right now.

#1 Contender's Women's Battle Royal

Everyone fights to start. Chance and Carter hit top rope crossbodies. Chance is monkey flipped into opponents in the corners. Isla meteora's Chance. Isla takes a legsweep on the apron and is eliminated. Shayna puts Carter in the sleeper while she's on the apron. Chance gets on Shayna's back. Chance is knocked off the apron by Sonya. Maxxine Duprii does an an inverted worm on one of the heels. Ivy flying kicks Maxxine off the apron.

Vega headscissors Ivy over the top then 619's her to eliminate her. We go to break and return. Natalya takes a double dropkick from Sane and Iyo. Fyre got eliminated during the break and Chance did a handstand on the floor to save herself from elimination but was eliminated anyway.

Iyo axe kicks Natalya then Biana eliminates Sane. Nat is kicked off the apron by Sonya and eliminated. Sonya and Shayna are thrown out by Jade and Bianca together. Jade, Bianca, Iyo and Lyra are the last four. The four pair off and fight.

Jade saves Bianca. Lyra takes a double slam. Iyo is swung into the buckles. Jade and Bianca face off. Raquel grabs Bianca by the hair. Liv then pulls Bianca and Jade over the top as they tug over Bianca's hair. Liv then mocks them then Jade and Bianca chase Liv and Raq.

Iyo hits a corner meteora on Lyra. Iyo and Lyra fight on the apron. Iyo hits stomps on Lyra. Lyra boots Iyo then Iyo germans her on the apron. Lyra falls down and gets pinned.

Thoughts: This existed to get a bunch of girls on Raw in one segment. They did okay with it by building up Liv/Raq vs Bianca and Jade and also continuing the Maxxine/Ivy stuff. It wasn't great or anything but it was fine for what it was. They timed the eliminations poorly though as two of them happened during the break. It was a bit hard to tell who was who here as everyone wore full body suits.

Cathy Kelly interviews The New Day. Woods said they should have won the match for the tag title shot. Woods blames Gable for costing them the match. Woods says he talked to The War Raiders about it and they are willing to run it back. Kofi says he doesn't see what happened as an issue and Woods blams Kofi for dropping the ball. they argue about this.

The Wyatt Sick6 takeover the feed. We see The Mix talking to Michael McGuillicuty and Bo Dallas from an old Raw clip. We then see Bo Dallas has Miz tied up and has his mouth taped shut. Miz says they want Final Testament and he's not with them. Bo laughs in Miz's ear and says they don't care about Final Testament, they want Miz. Bo says Miz will beg and plead and mercy until returns to the ground. Uncle Howdy then grabs Miz and the video cuts out. 

The New Day vs The War Raiders

Woods and Ivar go at it. Ivar backs him up in the corner.  Woods russian legsweeps him then sliding lariats him. Kofi and Woods hit more moves then Kofi single leg dropkicks Erik. Woods is caught on a dropkick through the ropes. Erik hits a nasty full-nelson into a knee to the back of Kofi's head. Ivar crossbodies Woods into the side of the ring.

We go to break and return. Woods hits shots to Ivar's gut. Ivar spinning heel kicks him. Ivar slams Woods. Erik slams slams Ivar onto Woods. Cole talks about The Raiders having to change their style due to injuries. Woods enzugiri's Ivar and superkicks him.

Kofi springboard chops Ivar and single leg dropkicks him. Kofi walks up the buckles and hits a twisting crossbody. Kofi hits a ranhei to Erik for 2. Ivar is pulled over the top. Kofi tope con hilos Ivar. Kofi boom legdrops Erik.

Erik shoulders Kofi over. Erik hits a nice uranage on Woods. Woods takes a 2nd rope lariat + german and is pinned.

Thoughts: I would have liked for it to get more time but what we got was good. The two teams worked well together and hit their stuff clean. The knee to the back of Kofi's head looked really nasty. 

Sami Zayn comes out to talk. He talks in Arabic and Jey Uso comes out. Jey thanks him for having his back. He asks Sami if it was an accident when he kicked roman Reigns in the face. Jimmy Uso comes out. Jimmy says Jey say what he saw and said Sami did it on purpose. Jimmy says they can't trust him. Sami asks Jimmy if he wants him to remind him of his track record.

Sami said Jimmy was his brother but then kicked him in the face then Roman and Jey when things went bad. Jimmy says he's not the bad guy. Sami says he doesn't hate Jimmy and says he's not a bad guy, just a guy who makes bad decisions. Sami said he came out for Jey only but said it felt like old times. Sami tells Jey he can't do this again and is out.

Jey asks him to come to Smackdown so they can talk this out like family does. Jimmy says Sami ain't family. Jey says just because Sami isn't blood related doesn't mean he's not family. He says Sami is family. Jey says he sees Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso and Sami Uso. Jey says he hopes to see him on Smackdown.

Seth Rollins is interviewed by Jackie outside. Seth is back to wearing stupid clothing. He says he's in the fatal four way because of his resume and the last 20 years of his career. He says Bronson Reed is as advertised and says he respects his fight. Seth says in the distant future, they will fight again. He says he has gold on his mind tonight in the #1 Contender's match. He says he knows who he is after Crown Jewel.

Dragon Lee vs Chad Gable

Chad has new music. Chad waistlocks Lee and throws him on his head in a botch to start. Chad throws him again and rolls him on the mat. Chad gets Lee's back and paintbrush slaps him. Chad side headlocks him. Chad pulls on the mask and pulls part of it off. Chad pulls Lee down backwards by the mask.

Lee side headlock takeovers Chad. Lee grabs Chad by the singlet and snaps it into his chest. Lee flying headscissors Chad. Lee top rope crossbodies Chad for 2. Chad and Lee trade forearms on the apron. Lee pumping knees him then Chad back body drops Lee on the floor. Lee barely gets over enough.

We go to break and return. Chad is stuck in tree of woe and Lee top rope double stomps him. Chad overhead belly to belly suplexes Lee into the buckles and he bangs his head off the mat again. Chad ends up face first into the 2nd rope off a dropkick to the knee. Lee hits punches.

Chad handstands in the corner and is superkicked. Lee hits combinacion cabron. Lee corner dropkicks Chad in the mouth. They trade forearms. Chad takes a rebound german. Chad no sells it and germans Lee. Lee no sells it. Lee takes 2 germans.

Lee pumping knees Chad then sitout powerbombs him for 2. Chad hits a top rope belly to belly and barely gets him over. Chad dominators him and puts his feet on the ropes. Vega knocks his feet off. Ivy Nile dragon sleepers Vega outside. Rey Mysterio comes out.

Ivy distracts the ref. Chad tries to take Rey's mask. Lee hits destino on Chad and wins.

Thoughts: I didn't like this at all. These guys didn't work well with each other and there were at least 3 spots where someone could have gotten seriously hurt. Don't run this match again.

 Gunther and Ludwig Kaiser are interviewed by Jackie. Kaiser asks why she is asking him questions about the undeserving and lucky Cody Rhodes. Gunther says Cody was the better man. Gunther says there's 3 capable performers tonight and Dom. He says he's the champ no matter who wins in the four way tonight and says it's on him to do better. He says him and Kaiser both have to do better.

#1 Contender to the World Title - Damian Priest vs Sheamus vs Dominik Mysterio vs Seth Rollins

Dom oes out and DP goes after him. Seth hedscissors Sheamus. Dom pushes Sheamus and Seth then DP follows him around. Dom gets surrounded by all 3 opponents. Sheamus chest clubs Dom. Seth rolls up DP as Shemaus does it.

They interrupt each others moves. Seth kicks Cheamus out of the ring. Sheamus pulls DP out and they fight outside. Seth then topes both twice and topes Dom. We go to break and return. Dom is in control as we come back. He slingshot swantons DP. Dom stomps on DP then baseball slides Sheamus and Seth.

Dom tornado ddt's DP for 2. Dom superkicks and jumping neckbreakers DP for 2. Dom chops DP then DP hits lariats. Dom is driven down into the mat. DP hits kicks and forearms. DP flying back elbows Dom then lifting flatliners him.

Sheamus comes in abd hits irish curse backbreakers. Sheamus top rope knee drops Dom. Seth breaks the pin up with a springboard swanton. Seth enzugiri's DP then DP lariats him. We go to break and return.  

Sheamus and Seth trade forearms. Sheamus kicks Seth and takes a spinning forearm. Sheamus lariats Seth over the top. DP ear claps Sheamus and takes a pumping knee and a white noise for 2. Dom takes a powerslam from Sheamus.

Seth superkicks Sheamus out. Dom rolls up Seth for 2. Seth pedigrees Dom. Bronson Reed comes out and sends Sheamus into the post while sending DP into the steps. Seth and Reed fight outside. Reed lariats Seth down then is hit by Sheamus and DP.

Reed lariats Sheamus and death valley drivers DP and Sheamus. Reed top rope splashes DP. Reed hits top rope splashes and headbutts Seth outside. Reed splashes Seth through the commentary table off the rails. Dom top rope splashes Sheamus for 2.

Dom 619's DP. Dom comes off the top and takes a south of heaven chokeslam from DP. DP pins Dom and wins.

Thoughts: It was your usual 4-way with people coming in and out, making it hard for anyone to get momentum and making it hard for any real stories to be told. It was fine for what it was but the match type limited this some here. I'm curious if Priest and Sheamus will go after Reed now. It's kind of silly to have Reed lose to Seth if they were just going to continue the feud.

Gunther and Priest stare down in the ring. I'm not excited to see that one again.

Overall thoughts: The show flowed better than other 2 hour Raw's have. They did a good job with the time. Nothing was great here as has been the case with all 2 hour Raw's but the show was easy to watch and sit through. Lee/Gable was a disaster and I suppose the four way was the best match of the night. I give this one a 7 out of 10.