WWE Raw Results
November 11, 2024
Grand Rapids, Michigan (Van Andel Arena)
Commentary: Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett
Results by: Mike Tedesco of Wrestleview.com
“Then. Now. Forever. Together.” The WWE video leads us into the show.
Pre-Show Arrivals
We see footage of fans filing into the Van Andel Arena. WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill are shown arriving at the building. Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez, who will challenge for the gold, are shown arriving with the Judgment Day.
World Heavyweight Champion Gunther and No. 1 Contender Damian Priest go face-to-face
World Heavyweight Champion Gunther makes his way to the ring.
Replay: Last week on Raw, “Big” Bronson Reed destroyed everyone in the Fatal 4-Way Match before putting Seth “Freakin” Rollins through the commentary table. Later in the match, Damian Priest would pin “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio with South of Heaven to become the No. 1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Damian Priest will challenge Gunther for the World Heavyweight Championship at Survivor Series: WarGames.
Gunther stands in the ring, and the crowd boos him a bit. Gunther holds the microphone up before putting it down in disgust. All that matters is he is still the World Heavyweight Champion. He does not live in the past. Gunther looks and sees what is in front of him. What is in front of him is the next challenger for his title, Damian Priest. There are a lot of things he can say about Priest…
“ALL RISE!”
Damian Priest comes out to a nice reception and looks confident as he heads to the ring. Priest tells Gunther not to look surprised. The entire world was told Gunther would be talking about him, so he wanted Gunther to do it to his face. Gunther starts to speak, but Priest cuts him off to guess what he’ll say about him. Gunther is going to say he’s street trash, a Latino bum, his parents didn’t care about him, etcetera. Priest says he wants to explain to Gunther what he sees. Priest understood why people feared Gunther. For the first time in his career, he felt doubt. Priest didn’t think he could beat Gunther, and it sucks to admit it is true. If it weren’t for his so-called brother betraying him, that title wouldn’t be around Gunther’s waist. Once Gunther became champion, his vibe started to fade. It faded because Gunther started doubting himself. Gunther shakes his head in denial. Priest says the vibe faded more in Saudi Arabia because Cody Rhodes pinned him.
Gunther is furious. A “Cody” chant fires up. Priest says Gunther cannot talk because he feels doubt. Gunther knows he can’t beat him. Priest knows the unbeatable killer is dead because he’d have taken a swing at him by now. Priest dares Gunther to take a swing at him. The people don’t want to wait until Survivor Series. Let’s do it now. If Gunther takes a shot, he’ll drop his ass. Gunther is pacing in frustration.
Ludwig Kaiser comes out to the stage and demands to know what is happening. Kaiser asks Priest what he is doing. Kaiser reminds Priest that Gunther has already beaten him. He gets in the ring and advises Priest: get out of the ring and save himself. The next time Priest stands in the ring with Gunther, he’ll beat him once again. Gunther puts a hand over Kaiser’s microphone to stop him from speaking. Gunther starts saying something to him and poking him in the chest. Kaiser pulls himself away from Gunther and calls Priest “street trash.” Priest drops Kaiser with a right hand and clotheslines him over the top rope. Priest turns, and Gunther backs up in fear. Gunther then leaves the ring without further incident. Priest smirks at him. Gunther goes up the ramp with Kaiser, who looks at Gunther suspiciously.
Gorilla Position
Cathy Kelley is backstage with Damage CTRL. She congratulates IYO SKY on becoming the No. 1 Contender for Liv Morgan’s Women’s World Championship. How does Sky plan to take Morgan down? Sky says she is ready for it. She hopes Bianca and Jade leave something for her. Kairi Sane says they have other business tonight. Dakota Kai, returning from injury, walks up to them and hugs them. Kai says she is pissed at PFC for taking three months from her career. As long as Damage CTRL picks her up, no one can keep them down. Kai says they’ll remind everyone what Damage CTRL is made of.
Damage CTRL makes their entrance. They’ll be in action against the Pure Fusion Collective next.
-Commercial Break-
Video: WWE thanks all the veterans who have served in the armed forces on Veterans’ Day.
The 30th Medical Brigade of the 21st Theater Sustainment Command at the Rhine Ordnance Barracks in Germany is shown saluting. The crowd chants, “USA!” US Airmen deployed overseas are also shown clapping. A Vietnam Veteran is also shown in the crowd.
Backstage Segment
Kofi Kingston is walking backstage when he bumps into R-Truth. Kingston thanks him for helping against the Final Testament. Kingston also apologizes for not having his back. Xavier Woods comes up and asks what they’re talking about. Pete Dunne blows by Kingston and gets in R-Truth’s face for calling him “Butch” last week. Kingston asks Dunne if there’s a problem. Woods says this isn’t their problem. Kingston says this is their problem. If Dunne has a problem with R-Truth, he has a problem with him. Woods is not happy and walks off. R-Truth says to Kingston that Pete is ok, but he has to worry about Butch.
6-Woman Tag Team Match
Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai, Kairi Sane, and IYO SKY) vs. Pure Fusion Collective (Sonya Deville, Shayna Baszler, and Zoey Stark)
Replay: Three months ago on Raw, PFC viciously attacked Dakota Kai backstage and took her out of action.
IYO SKY starts against Zoey Stark. They lock up, and Stark hooks a side headlock. Sky twists out and applies a headlock. Stark knees her in the midsection and sends her into the ropes. Sky avoids her offense and does a handspring before taunting her. Stark sidesteps a dropkick and stomps her. Sky backflips out of a back suplex. Stark soon grabs her by the hair and sends her into the ropes for a back body drop. Stark taunts Sky and tags Sonya Deville in. Stark hits a backbreaker, and Deville follows up with a running neckbreaker for a two-count. Deville hits a snap suplex and pulls Sky up for some knees to the midsection. Sky slides out of a suplex and sends Deville to her corner. Kairi Sane tags in. Sky and Sane send Deville into the ropes for a drop-toe-hold/ax kick combo. They then hit stereo basement dropkicks to Deville. Stark runs in, but Sane hits her with a head-scissor takeover. Sane dropkicks Stark into Deville. Sane connects with a sliding forearm on Deville, who rolls out of the ring to recover. Sane comes off the apron with an attack on Deville and gets her in the ring. The referee checks on Deville. Shayna Baszler pulls Sane out of the ring and clotheslines her on the floor.
-Commercial Break-
When we return from the break, we see Sane fighting Deville and Stark off. Baszler tags in and stops her from making a tag, but Sane soon escapes.
Dakota Kai tags in and forearms away at Baszler. Kai kicks her in the midsection and hits a dropkick. Baszler blocks an arm drag, but Kai fights back with a snapmare. Kai hits a scorpion kick, but Baszler shakes it off. They exchange strikes before Baszler looks like she forgets a spot. Baszler soon charges and gets sent to the apron. Kai stomps Baszler into the mat as she gets back in the ring for a two-count. Kai hits a running boot in the corner, and Baszler is stunned. Kai goes for a running boot in the corner, but Baszler moves. Kai hits Deville instead. Baszler hits a back suplex and applies a single-leg crab to Kai’s recently healed knee. Sky breaker it up, but Deville takes her out. Sane then comes off the top rope to take Deville out. Stark hits a springboard missile dropkick to take Sane out. Kai gets Stark out of the ring.
Baszler applies a Kirifuda Clutch to Kai, but Kai fights it and tags Sky in. Baszler puts Sky in the Kirifuda Clutch, but Kai kicks Baszler in the face. Sky quickly hits the Over the Moonsault on Baszler for the win.
Winners by Pinfall: Damage CTRL
Recap: Highlights from this past Friday’s SmackDown of the reuniting of the Original Bloodline are shown. Roman Reigns wasn’t interested in having Sami Zayn back. Later in the night, Reigns would refuse to acknowledge Solo Sikoa as the Tribal Chief. Sami Zayn would seemingly join Sikoa’s Bloodline only to doublecross him and reunite with the Original Bloodline.
Backstage Segment
“Main Event” Jey Uso is backstage with Sami Zayn. They are pleased with what happened on SmackDown. Jimmy Uso walks up and is trying to make nice with Zayn. Jimmy says they need a fifth member for WarGames. Jey says they have no friends on Monday or Friday. Zayn says he might know someone. Jimmy is suspicious, but Zayn tells him not to worry. He’ll text Jey. Zayn walks off. Jey tells Jimmy to be nice to Zayn.
Kofi Kingston makes his entrance alongside Xavier Woods. Kingston will battle Pete Dunne next.
-Commercial Break-
Backstage Segment
Damian Priest is shown stretching backstage. He’ll battle Ludwig Kaiser later tonight.
Kofi Kingston w/ Xavier Woods vs. Pete Dunne
The bell rings, and a “Butch” chant starts up, much to Dunne’s chagrin. They lock hands before Kingston applies a waistlock. Dunne quickly goes to the ropes, so Kingston backs up. Dunne runs Kingston over with an elbow to the head. Dunne rips at Kingston’s beard. Xavier Woods looks unimpressed and frustrated that Kingston is in this match. Kingston knocks Dunne back and hits a springboard chop to the head. Kingston sends him to the corner, but Dunne climbs the turnbuckles and backflips over him. Kingston springboards off the middle rope with a missile dropkick. Dunne quickly rolls out of the ring to recover, but Kingston takes him out with a somersault plancha. Kingston is fired up.
-Commercial Break-
We return from the break to see Dunne starting the joint manipulation on Kingston. Kingston fights out of it, but Dunne drops his knees on Kingston’s arm. Dunne rips at Kingston’s face and stretches his arms. Dunne gets up and stomps Kingston’s neck. Kingston fights Dunne off, but Dunne punches him down. Dunne pulls Kingston away from the corner and wildly forearms away at him. Dunne gets up, and the crowd boos him. Dunne charges, but Kingston takes him down with a leaping double stomp.
Kingston hits a pair of running chops, followed by a dropkick. Dunne avoids a leaping clothesline and takes him down by the arm, but Kingston fights him off. Kingston hits a pendulum kick in the corner and comes off the top rope with a frog splash as Dunne is bent over. Kingston covers for a two-count. Kingston pulls Dunne up, but Dunne wrenches the arm and snaps it off his shoulder. Kingston fights back with an SOS attempt, but Dunne fights out and kicks him. Kingston boots him back and goes for a springboard dive, but Dunne forearms him out of mid-air. Dunne sizes Kingston up and grabs him, but Kingston stuns him with Trouble in Paradise, which knocks Dunne out of the ring.
The referee checks on Kingston, so Woods uses the distraction to clothesline Dunne on the floor. Kingston is furious and gets in Woods’ face. Woods says Kingston shouldn’t even be in this match. Dunne kicks Kingston in the face as he gets in the ring and hits the Bitter End for the win. Woods doesn’t even look at the pin.
Winner by Pinfall: Pete Dunne
Woods tells Kingston, “I told you so!” Kingston is furious with him. Woods says Kingston is worried about others rather than them as a team. Woods says Kingston isn’t focused. Kingston doesn’t want to hear what Woods is saying.
Replay: Last week on Raw, Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez teamed up to take Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill out of the No. 1 Contenders’ Women’s Battle Royal. IYO SKY would go on to win the match.
The Judgment Day Clubhouse
Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez are excited about their match. Finn Bálor puts a damper on it and gets in “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio’s face for losing to Damian Priest last week in the No. 1 Contenders’ Fatal 4-Way. Mysterio says last week wasn’t his fault. No one helped him, and “Big” Bronson Reed also interfered. Bálor says he was doing what Morgan told him, focusing on the Tag Titles. Bálor says Mysterio said he could take Priest out. Mysterio points out that he beat Priest and has been closer to the World Title than Bálor has been in a long time. Bálor isn’t happy, so the rest of the Judgment Day jumps between them. Bálor says he’s calm. Family looks out for each other and steps up for them. Next week, Dom and Carlito can step up for him and JD McDonagh to take on the War Raiders. Mysterio says, “I’ve got your back, fam.” Carlito is worried and chases after Mysterio. Bálor sarcastically says they are one big happy family.
Backstage Segment
“Big” Bronson Reed is shown walking backstage. We’ll hear from him next. In the background, we see “Main Event” Jey Uso talking to Rey Mysterio, but it doesn’t look like the conversation went the way Uso wanted.
-Commercial Break-
WWE Elimination Chamber is coming to the Rogers Centre in Toronto on Saturday, March 1.
Video: WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill say they will take Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez down like everyone else. They’re heading to SmackDown with the titles.
UFC Light Heavyweight Fighter Jamahal Hill is at ringside.
“Big” Bronson Reed’s next steps
“Big” Bronson Reed heads to the ring and looks very serious. Reed says he’s out here tonight to say Seth Rollins is a hell of a competitor. Rollins proved it when he got the victory over him at Crown Jewel. Reed says he is not a competitor. He is a monster. Last week, he not only took Rollins out. He took out Damian Priest and Sheamus. He’ll take out anyone who stands in the way of Reed taking Rollins out for good. Reed says, “So, Mr. Visionary, Mr. Revolutionary, Mr. Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins, if you want your revenge, I’m in the ring right now.”
“BURN IT DOWN!”
Seth “Freakin” Rollins comes out to the stage with a microphone. Rollins pretends to speak, but Rollins throws the microphone down and charges the ring. Rollins takes it to Reed with some right hands. Rollins hits the ropes, but Reed avalanches him down. Rollins rolls out of the ring, and Reed follows him. Reed scoops Rollins up, but Rollins slides off and sends him into the ring post. Rollins clears the commentary table, but he turns into a superkick from Reed. Rollins is lying on the table. Reed climbs the barricade, but Rollins dives off the table and punches away at him.
Security runs down to separate them. Reed fights them off and gets in the ring to brawl with Rollins. More security runs down and separates them. Rollins gets away, runs around the ring, and jumps onto the apron to punch Reed. Security pulls Rollins down. Reed fights off the security and hits a WILD suicide dive on some guards at ringside! Rollins avoids it and jumps on Reed. Raw General Manager Adam Pearce runs down to regain order. Reed is infuriated.
-Commercial Break-
Replay: Footage of the wild brawl between Seth “Freakin” Rollins and “Big” Bronson Reed is shown. They kept fighting during the commercial break.
Backstage Segment
Raw General Manager Adam Pearce and Seth “Freakin” Rollins are verbally going at it backstage. Rollins has a scratch on his face. Rollins says Pearce knows who he is at his core and wants one more match to end this. Pearce shouts that he’ll have the match next week, but it’s over after that. Rollins is happy as Pearce walks away.
Sami Zayn walks up to Rollins and has a crazy thing to run by him. They need a fifth guy for WarGames. Zayn knows the history of Roman Reigns and Rollins. The whole reason he’s back with the Original Bloodline is because the family bond never goes away. The family bond with Rollins and Reigns still makes them brothers. Zayn has looked up and down the rosters on Raw and SmackDown. There’s no one else. Zayn thinks Rollins is their fifth man.
Rollins looks deep in thought. Rollins says, “I think you’re out of your damn mind.” After everything he sacrificed to take that tyrant Roman Reigns out of power, Zayn now wants him to team with them to build Reigns back up. Rollins knows who Reigns really is. He is shocked that anyone would stand next to him, especially Zayn. After everything Reigns put Zayn through, he has to be blind so as not to see that Reigns is using him again. Rollins thanks him and appreciates him, but the answer is no. Rollins walks off, and Zayn looks disappointed.
In the arena, Damian Priest makes his entrance.
Damian Priest vs. Ludwig Kaiser
The bell rings, and Priest immediately rocks Kaiser with a right hand. Priest gets him in the corner and strikes him before sending him to the opposite corner. Priest charges, but Kaiser sidesteps him and drives his shoulder into the ring post. Priest hangs upside down on the middle rope, so Kaiser dropkicks him to the floor.
-Commercial Break-
Back from the break, Priest punches out of a side headlock. Kaiser quickly comes back with a rolling Death Valley Driver for a two-count. Kaiser kicks Priest in the head and talks some trash. Priest blocks a vertical suplex attempt, so Kaiser clubs away at the back. Priest fights back with a Broken Arrow.
Priest is fired up and forearms Kaiser in the face a few times. Kaiser blocks a strike and hits the ropes, but Priest hits a flapjack. Priest kicks away at the chest and punches him twice. Kaiser is out on his feet. Priest sends Kaiser to the corner and charges for a running back elbow. Priest follows up with a flatliner for a two-count. Priest grabs Kaiser and sets up for a Razor’s Edge, but Kaiser fights out. Kaiser boots him back and chops the chest. Priest absorbs it and stares viciously at Kaiser. Kaiser ducks a kick and rolls him up for a two-count. Kaiser hits the ropes and hits a running kick to the chest for a two-count. Kaiser is fired up and sets up for his finisher. Priest fights out and claps the ears before kicking him in the head. Priest hits the ropes and flattens Kaiser with a lariat. Priest pulls the straps down and signals for the end. Priest grabs a goozle and connects with the South of Heaven for a convincing victory.
Winner by Pinfall: Damian Priest
World Heavyweight Champion Gunther walks out to the stage and stares at his No. 1 Contender in the ring. Gunther looks a little worried and walks off. Priest is confident and gets the crowd going.
The Rock was named the 2024 GQ Entertainer of the Year. He’ll be on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon later tonight.
Video: Last Wednesday, WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker and Sheamus went to a Time Limit Draw on WWE Speed. They angrily brawled after the match.
Backstage Interview
Cathy Kelley is backstage with WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker. Breakker says he’s looking to expand his trophy case. Being the WWE Speed Champion intrigues him, but that ugly, idiot bonehead Sheamus got in his way. Sheamus walks up to him and says he couldn’t help but hear Breakker speaking. Breakker has some arrogance and disrespect. Sheamus has been here for 15 years, while Breakker has been here for 15 minutes. Breakker has momentum and reminds Sheamus of himself when he became one of the fastest WWE Champions ever. Does Breakker have the guts to put the one title that has eluded him for his entire career next week? Breakker says he wasn’t listening, but if he wants a title match next week, he’s on. Breakker can’t wait to kick his old ass. Sheamus tells the “kid” to shine the title up real nice because he’s taking the title home. Sheamus walks off.
Jimmy Uso walks up to Breakker. Jimmy asks if he has a second because he wants to talk to him. Breakker agrees.
-Commercial Break-
WWE continues to salute the troops. They then show off some of the crowd signs.
Backstage Segment
A shell-shocked Miz is cornered by The Final Testament. Miz says he’s going to be taking a leave of absence. The Wyatt Sicks let him go after he apologized. This is about his family. They’ve moved on, and so has he. Karrion Kross says Miz has given him nothing. Paul Ellering is his family, and the Wyatt Sicks attacked him. Kross says he’s going to break Miz’s legs.
The Final Testament grabs Miz and drags him through the Gorilla Position and into the ring. Miz is begging them off. Kross says Miz is lying to him. Miz is bleeding from the eye. Kross shoves him down and demands to know where the Wyatts are.
The lights begin to go out in the arena. A dissonant C# key is heard. The Wyatt Sicks appear on the apron, staring at the Final Testament. They get in the ring. Uncle Howdy says, “We’re here!” Kross shouts at Bo Dallas.
Suddenly, Miz hits Erick Rowan in the spine with a steel chair! Dallas is shocked but then begins laughing. The Final Testament takes it to the Wyatt Sicks. Scarlett flips Nikki Cross off the apron to the floor. Miz hits Rowan with the chair and connects with a Skull Crushing Finale on the chair. Kross then slams Dallas down. The Final Testament stands tall over the broken Wyatt Sicks.
The Final Testament walks off, but Kross looks concerned when he turns and sees Dallas laughing heartily.
-Commercial Break-
Replay: Footage shows what happened with the Final Testament and the Wyatt Sicks.
Backstage Interview
Cathy Kelley runs up to Seth “Freakin” Rollins and asks how he’s planning to take “Big” Bronson Reed out next week. Rollins says he’ll get back to her. The camera pans over to show Solo Sikoa standing in the parking lot with Jacob Fatu by his side. Tonga Loa and Tama Tonga are in an SUV nearby. Sikoa says he knows Rollins doesn’t like Roman Reigns. Sikoa can’t stand Reigns. Why don’t they be the ones to join forces and take him out? Rollins cackles and says he hasn’t always gotten along with Sikoa. He’ll tell him a secret. The next time he’s in the ring with Roman Reigns, it will be to stomp his head into the ground. Rollins will never team with Reigns again… but he will never join forces with a wannabe Roman Reigns. Sikoa holds Fatu back from attacking Rollins. Sikoa is not happy. Rollins walks off on him.
Next week on Raw
— Seth “Freakin” Rollins vs. “Big” Bronson Reed
— WWE Intercontinental Championship: Sheamus vs. Bron Breakker (c)
Raquel Rodriguez makes her way to the ring alongside Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair soon follow.
WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
Raquel Rodriguez and Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan vs. Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair (c’s)
Bianca Belair and Liv Morgan start the fight. Belair takes Morgan down and punches her away. Then, Belair dropkicks Morgan and shoulders her in the corner. Belair sends her to the opposite corner and charges, but Morgan sidesteps her. Belair hits the ring post with her shoulder. Morgan stomps away at Belair and charges, but Belair sends her into the top turnbuckle. Belair punches away at Morgan in the corner. Raquel Rodriguez runs over and distracts her. Morgan pulls Belair off the ropes by her braid.
Jade Cargill pulls Rodriguez off the apron and punches her. Morgan hits Cargill with a baseball slide. Belair and Cargill nearly collide at ringside. Rodriguez powers Cargill into the apron. Morgan then leaps off the steps and hits Belair with a WILD flat-back bump missile dropkick on the floor!
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Back from the final break of the evening, Belair and Rodriguez are down on the mat. Cargill and Morgan tag in, and Cargill hits a pair of clotheslines, followed by a spinebuster. Cargill avalanches Morgan in the corner before hitting Rodriguez with a scoop slam. Morgan quickly hits Cargill with a chop block and hits the ropes, but Cargill lifts her and hits a spinning facebuster! 1… 2… Rodriguez breaks up the pin. Rodriguez knocks Belair off the apron and pulls Morgan to her corner.
Rodriguez tags in. Rodriguez and Cargill take each other out with stereo big boots. WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax and Tiffany Stratton run down. Stratton distracts the referee as Jax hits Cargill with a Samoan Drop on the apron. Rodriguez hits Cargill with a slingshot elbow drop and covers: 1… 2… Belair breaks it up. Stratton tries for another distraction, but Naomi runs down and pulls her off the apron. Naomi attacks Jax, and Morgan hits Naomi with a Codebreaker on the floor.
Morgan tags in and comes off the second rope, but Cargill boots her out of mid-air. Belair tags in and hits the Women’s World Champion with a KOD to pin her.
Winners by Pinfall and still WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair
Nia Jax immediately runs the Tag Champions over with a double clothesline. Jax goes for an Annihilator, but IYO SKY runs down. Sky kicks Jax back and hits a springboard missile dropkick. Stratton runs in, but Sky uppercuts her and hits a double stomp. Sky is fired up. Rodriguez gets up, but Sky ducks her. Belair and Cargill clothesline Rodriguez over the top rope. Jax runs in, but Sky and Naomi attack her. Belair and Cargill then hit Jax with a double-team suplex. The champions stand tall with Naomi and Sky as the show ends.
Quick Match Results
— Damage CTRL (Dakota Kai, Kairi Sane, and IYO SKY) def. Pure Fusion Collective (Sonya Deville, Shayna Baszler, and Zoey Stark) in a 6-Woman Tag Team Match
— Pete Dunne def. Kofi Kingston
— Damian Priest def. Ludwig Kaiser
— Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill (c’s) def. Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez to retain the WWE Women’s Tag Team Championship
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