WWE Raw Results
November 25, 2024
Glendale, Arizona (Desert Diamond 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 a shot of the Desert Diamond Arena with a bunch of fans packing inside. WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Bianca Belair is in the building with Naomi. WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax will battle Belair tonight. Jax is shown arriving with Tiffany Stratton. Ludwig Kaiser is shown arriving at the arena and will battle WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker in a non-title match. The War Raiders will battle the Judgment Day for the World Tag Team Championship. Both teams are shown arriving separately.
World Heavyweight Champion Gunther addresses Damian Priest ahead of Survivor Series: WarGames
World Heavyweight Champion Gunther makes his way to the ring. This Saturday at WWE Survivor Series: WarGames, he will defend the title against former champion Damian Priest. Gunther defeated Priest to win the title at SummerSlam.
Jackie Redmond is in the ring with Gunther. She wants to talk about his match against Damian Priest at Survivor Series, but first, she wants to address something that happened last week.
Video: Last week on Raw, Gunther tried to blindside Damian Priest, only for Priest to thwart his attempt and take him down.
Redmond says Gunther’s time in WWE has been nothing if not dominant, but ever since a rare loss against Cody Rhodes at Crown Jewel, we’ve seen a different side of him. Damian Priest says Gunther is no longer the confident champion who never loses. What is Gunther’s response to what Priest said? The crowd loudly boos Gunther. Gunther paces around and looks exhausted.
Before he can say anything, Damian Priest heads to the ring to a huge ovation. Priest tells Gunther not to let him interrupt him. Gunther can tell the world how easy it’ll be to beat him. Gunther says nothing. Priest tells Redmond to give the microphone to Gunther because he wants to see if the champion grew a set and will say something to his face. Redmond sheepishly hands the microphone to Gunther and leaves the ring. Priest says Gunther is trying to make it seem like the old Gunther is back, but they know it’s not true. Gunther used to have a killer vibe, and no one would make a move on him. Maybe the pressure of being a champion got to him. Priest understands, but he wants the pressure back. Gunther has accomplished a lot in his life. Priest knows why he is the way he is. In Gunther’s life, he’s never had to deal with a problem like Priest. At Survivor Series, this problem is taking that championship. What happens to the Ring General when he loses to a guy from the street?
Gunther sneers at him. Priest invites him to talk away since this is his segment. Gunther approaches Priest and holds the microphone to his mouth. Gunther then drops the microphone and turns his back to leave. Gunther then turns and hits Priest in the head twice with the microphone. Gunther mounts Priest and punches away at him. Priest pushes him off, but Gunther big boots him down. Gunther is fired up and throws Priest out of the ring.
Gunther connects with a short-arm clothesline on the floor before clearing the commentary table. Referees run down. Priest grabs Gunther and sends him into the ring post. Priest punches away at Gunther before putting him through the commentary table with a Razor’s Edge! Priest grabs the World Heavyweight Championship and holds it up over Gunther before throwing it down on him. Gunther is lying on the ground in a broken heap. Priest walks off celebrating.
Video: Last Friday on SmackDown, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Jade Cargill was viciously attacked backstage and put through a car windshield. There is no timetable for her return.
Backstage Segment
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Bianca Belair is warming up backstage when Naomi approaches her. Naomi asks how Cargill is. Belair says she won’t return for a while, but the injuries are bad. When they figure out who did it, they’ll take that person out. Naomi says they need to figure out who their fifth member will be in WarGames. IYO SKY walks up and suggests Kairi Sane, but Belair isn’t sure about having more Damage CTRL in the match. Rhea Ripley walks up in a black face mask protecting her fractured orbital socket. Ripley says whoever they choose needs to carry their weight and stay out of her way. Belair asks since Ripley is calling it Team Rhea if she has any suggestions. Ripley doesn’t care as long as they leave her Liv Morgan. Belair scoffs at her leadership and says she’ll carry the team in the WarGames Advantage Match.
In the arena, the LWO makes their way to the ring. Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee will battle American Made next.
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Tornado Tag Team Match
LWO (Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee) vs. American Made (Brutus and Julius Creed)
The Creed Brothers quickly take it to Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee. Julius whips Mysterio sternum-first into the turnbuckles. The Creeds attack Lee and whip him hard into the turnbuckles. Lee collapses in pain. They pull him up and whip Lee into Mysterio. Brutus obnoxiously laughs at them. The Creeds send Lee into the ropes, but Lee takes Brutus down with a running hurricanrana. Lee then throws Mysterio into the air for a seated senton on Julius. Mysterio follows up with a Quebrada for a two-count. Mysterio and Lee attack Brutus with strikes, covering him for a two-count. They send Brutus into the ropes, but he attacks them. Julius follows up with a clothesline and gets Mysterio out of the ring. Brutus puts Lee on the top rope and clubs away at him. Brutus climbs the ropes, but Lee head-butts him into the tree of woe. Julius leaps over his brother to the top rope and hits Lee with a beautiful top rope superplex. Julius knees Lee in the face for a near fall.
Mysterio gets on the apron and shoulders Julius before attempting a sunset flip, but Julius pulls him up for a powerbomb. Lee charges and hits Brutus with a hurricanrana off the apron to the floor! Mysterio then counters Julius’s powerbomb into a hurricanrana into the ropes. Mysterio goes for a 619, but Julius pops up and clotheslines him.
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We return from the break to see Julius whip Mysterio to the corner. Mysterio boots him back and comes off the second rope with a dive, but Julius catches him in a press! Julius does a cartwheel slam and basically gives himself a DDT. Julius no sells it and knocks Lee off the apron before jumping to the top rope for a 450 Splash on Mysterio! 1… 2… Lee breaks it up!
Brutus runs in, but Lee strikes him back. Brutus reverses a whip to the corner and charges, but Lee sidesteps it. Lee hits a slingshot kick on Brutus and backs up to the opposite corner. Lee charges and hits Julius with Operation Dragon. Lee covers 1… 2…, but Brutus breaks it up. Lee reverses a whip on Brutus to the corner. Brutus drops him on the apron, but Lee knocks him back. Lee goes to the top rope, but Brutus cuts him off. Brutus climbs the ropes, and Julius joins him on the middle rope. A “619” chant picks up. Lee fights the Creeds, and Mysterio hits the Creeds in the legs with a 619! Lee then jumps off the top rope and double-stomps the Creeds down to the mat. Lee and Mysterio dropkick Brutus out of the ring. Mysterio follows up with a sliding splash to the floor! Lee hits the ropes and dives at Julius, but he overshoots it. That was scary. Julius pops up and finishes the spot that was supposed to happen: Julius hitting Lee with a suplex on the floor.
Julius gets in the ring, but Mysterio knocks him into the ropes. Mysterio knocks Brutus into the corner, nearly taking out the referee in the process. Chad Gable appears at ringside and twists Mysterio’s mask around! Julius rolls Mysterio up for the win.
Winners by Pinfall: American Made
Chad Gable wildly celebrates with the Creed Brothers at ringside. In their zeal, they knock Gable over. American Made poses on the commentary table.
Video: Social Media reactions to the return of Paul Heyman and CM Punk on SmackDown. The video has 72 million views on YouTube.
In the arena, WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker heads to the ring. He’ll be in action against Ludwig Kaiser next.
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Undisputed WWE Champion “The American Nightmare” Cody Rhodes will be on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” on Thanksgiving night.
The Judgment Day Clubhouse
World Tag Team Champions Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh are backstage with Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio, and Carlito. R-Truth walks up and says he needs a place to hide from “Butch.” Bálor says R-Truth needs a place to hide from him if he doesn’t leave. R-Truth says they’re not a family anymore, and Thanksgiving is off. R-Truth walks off. Bálor calms Carlito down and says the time for fun and games is over. Morgan needs the advantage in WarGames. Since Dominik couldn’t stop Damian Priest, he’s on track for the World Heavyweight Title. Dom and Carlito also lost to the War Raiders last week, but they softened up the War Raiders for them, making them good team players. Bálor says that teamwork will keep the Judgment Day as Tag Champions for 154 days and counting. Morgan and Rodriguez will leave WarGames victorious. It will be a great week for the Judgment Day. There are no leaders, but when they listen to Bálor, they’re one big, happy, successful family.
Non-Title Match
WWE Intercontinental Champion Bron Breakker vs. Ludwig Kaiser
Video: Last Monday on Raw, Ludwig Kaiser interrupted a WWE Intercontinental Championship match with Bron Breakker and Sheamus, viciously attacking both men.
The bell rings, and Breakker immediately powers Kaiser to the corner and shoulders away at the midsection. Breakker sends Kaiser flying with an overhead belly-to-belly suplex. Kaiser quickly rakes the eyes and punches Breakker in the corner. Breakker punches back, and they begin trading punches. Kaiser chops him, so Breakker quickly hits the ropes and wildly clotheslines him down. Breakker puts Kaiser on the top rope, but Kaiser thumbs the eyes again. Breakker comes back by scaling the ropes, but Kaiser slips through the legs. Kaiser knocks Breakker back and charges, but Breakker takes him out with a spinning gutbuster. Kaiser rolls out of the ring to recover. Breakker exits the ring on the other side and charges, but Kaiser sidesteps him. Breakker runs full force with his sternum into the corner of the commentary table. That looked brutal!
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We come back from the break to see Kaiser applying an abdominal stretch. Kaiser digs his elbow into Breakker’s injured ribs. Breakker tries to fight out, but Kaiser scoop slams him down. Kaiser grabs the arm and punches the ribs a few times. Kaiser backs up and circles Breakker before kicking him in the chest. Kaiser slaps Breakker in the face and slaps the head. Breakker gets fired up and takes it to Kaiser with a diving clothesline. Breakker punches him down twice before slamming Kaiser down.
Breakker blocks a kick from Kaiser, but Kaiser knees him in the mouth. Kaiser goes to the top rope, but Breakker scales the ropes and hits a Frankensteiner. The crowd loudly barks as Breakker pulls the straps down. Breakker charges, but Kaiser wipes him out with an enzuigiri. Breakker crawls out of the ring and lies on the steel steps. Kaiser gets out on the other side of the ring, but Sheamus runs down and attacks Kaiser. The referee calls for the bell.
Winner by Disqualification: Ludwig Kaiser
Sheamus takes it to Kaiser and punches away at him. Breakker pulls Sheamus back, and Sheamus gets in his face. Raw General Manager Adam Pearce runs down with several security guards and WWE officials. Breakker and Sheamus begin exchanging blows before they’re pulled apart.
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Sheamus, Bron Breakker, and Ludwig Kaiser are wildly fighting onstage as we return from the break. Security separates them. Raw General Manager Adam Pearce screams that he has seen enough. Since everyone wants to fight, they’ll have a Triple Threat Match for the Intercontinental Championship at Survivor Series! They all break free and start brawling again before order is restored. Sheamus is fired up.
Video: Last Friday on SmackDown, Paul Heyman and CM Punk returned. Punk will be the fifth member of the Original Bloodline at Survivor Series: WarGames.
Cathy Kelley is backstage with Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso, and Sami Zayn. She asks about the return of Paul Heyman and CM Punk. Zayn says they were shocked. They were ready to go into the match 5-on-4, but now they have CM Punk. Punk is a complicated guy. Everyone who knows him has a complicated history with him. Punk and Roman Reigns will sit down and talk on Friday. Zayn wants to trust Punk, but the question is if they can. Jimmy Uso says the Wise Man is vouching for Punk. Now they just need the “YEET-man” to win the WarGames Advantage Match against Jacob Fatu on Friday. Jey Uso is fired up and says he will win.
World Tag Team Championship
The Judgment Day (Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh) (c’s) vs. The War Raiders (Erik and Ivar)
Finn Bálor will start the match against Erik. Erik takes it to Bálor and brings JD McDonagh in the hard way. Erik runs through Bálor and McDonagh with a double clothesline. Ivar tags in, and McDonagh is sent out of the ring. Erik then scoop slams Ivar onto Bálor. Ivar goes to the apron and takes out Bálor and McDonagh with a somersault senton.
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We come back from the break to see Bálor applying a front facelock to Erik. During the commercial, the Judgment Day targeted Erik’s recently healed neck. Erik fights up, but Bálor cinches in the hold. Erik tries for a back body drop, but Bálor counters into a sunset flip attempt. Erik goes for a cannonball, but Bálor moves. McDonagh tags in and hits a snapmare. Bálor tags back in and hits a slingshot stomp. McDonagh tags in and follows up with a slingshot splash for a two-count. McDonagh isn’t happy with the referee’s count. Bálor tags in, but Erik fights back with right hands. Erik knocks Bálor back and punches McDonagh. Bálor cuts off the momentum with a falling elbow drop for a two-count. McDonagh tags in and goes for an avalanche, but Erik moves. Bálor quickly tags in and stops Erik from making the tag. Erik gets a burst of energy and wipes Bálor out with a straight right hand.
Ivar and McDonagh tag in. Ivar hits a back body drop, followed by a sidewalk slam. Ivar flattens him with a basement cross-body block. McDonagh sidesteps an avalanche, but Ivar hits a seated senton. Bálor runs in, but Ivar takes him out with a spin kick. Ivar gets the crowd going and hits McDonagh with a Bronco Buster. Erik tags in. The War Raiders hit a pop-up powerslam, but Bálor breaks up the pin. “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio and Carlito run down, but the War Raiders take them out. The War Raiders hit McDonagh with War Machine! 1… 2… Mysterio puts McDonagh’s foot on the bottom rope! The referee ejects Mysterio from ringside. Erik then takes out Mysterio and Carlito.
Erik goes to the top rope, but Bálor grabs him by the beard and snaps him off the top rope. McDonagh covers Erik for the win.
Winners by Pinfall and still World Tag Team Champions: The Judgment Day
Video: Next week on Raw, WWE will celebrate Ten Years of the New Day.
Gorilla Position
Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods are backstage. Woods says he wants to squash the last few months because he loves Kingston. Kingston says he’s proud of what they’ve done. Next week, they’ll celebrate ten years. For now, they’ll show the world what the New Day is about.
The New Day makes their entrance. They’ll face Alpha Academy next.
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Vanessa Hudgens is at ringside.
Tag Team Match
The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) vs. Alpha Academy (Otis and Akira Tozawa) w/ Maxxine Dupri
The New Day disagrees over who should start the match. Kofi Kingston will start, but Xavier Woods blind tags in before anything happens. Kingston rolls his eyes. Otis takes Woods down before taking Kingston down. Otis hits Kingston with a Caterpillar Elbow Drop. Akira Tozawa tags in and hits Woods with a Sky High Senton Splash for the win!
Winners by Pinfall: Alpha Academy
Kingston and Woods argue in the ring about this fast defeat. Woods shouts that he is supposed to be the quarterback and walks off. Kingston chases after him and is furious.
The camera follows them through Gorilla Position and into the hallway. Woods says Kingston is wrestling like garbage. Kingston says he’s done nothing but help Woods. Kingston gave him his Intercontinental Championship and kneeled while he was King of the Ring. All Woods has done is fumble title shots and the crown. There’s a reason why he and Big E never let him call the shots. Woods is too reckless.
Woods remembers when Kingston was too terrified to take a risk. Woods is the reason Kingston became champion. Kingston says he was a Hall of Famer when Woods asked him to join him. Woods shouldn’t be talking about championships and titles. Woods has never won a singles championship by himself. Woods is not good enough to be a champion like him and E. That is not Kingston’s fault. Woods is furious. Woods says he was good enough to fight for Kingston and take his beatings. Woods believed in Kingston and turned it into Kofi-Mania. Kingston then pissed it away in six seconds to Brock Lesnar. Kingston says if Woods was anyone else… Woods asks if Kingston would actually get mad if it were somebody else. They are face-to-face. Kingston says he’ll see him in the ring next week. They furiously separate.
Backstage Segment
The Final Testament is backstage. The Miz says the Wyatt Sicks are in the arena. Karrion Kross asks if they saw the Miz. Kross tells Scarlett to stay in the back. They make Miz come with them. Scarlett looks in the mirror, and Sister Abigail is in the background! Scarlett is horrified.
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We’ll see the Behind the Scenes footage of CM Punk’s return at last year’s Survivor Series on YouTube.
Backstage Segment
The Miz says he was certain he saw the Wyatt Sicks before. Karrion Kross says they’ll find them soon. Pete Dunne asks if they’ve seen R-Truth, but they blow him off. They knock on their locker room door, but there is no answer. They walk in, and the locker room is ransacked. Scarlett is terrified and says Nikki Cross did this. On the mirror is written in lipstick, “Everyone has something to lose.”
Video: Before Raw started, Raw General Manager Adam Pearce announced the creation of the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship earlier tonight. It will be earned with blood, sweat, and tears. It begins next week with a tournament to crown the champion. That is official!
Backstage Segment
WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax is backstage with Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez, Tiffany Stratton, and Candice LeRae. Jax says WarGames is over. Win or lose in this Advantage Match, it’s about squashing Bianca Belair. They have the advantage and will win.
In the arena, WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Bianca Belair heads to the ring.
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Video: Solo Sikoa is with his Bloodline. Sikoa says we’re five days away from Survivor Series. Roman Reigns caught them off-guard on Friday. They’ve got the Wise Man back and CM Punk on his side. Sikoa says that was a good one, but that’s all he’ll get. Reigns took his best shot. Now, it’s Sikoa’s turn. This Friday, it’s Jey Uso vs. Jacob Fatu. The winner of the match gets the advantage in WarGames. Sikoa doesn’t care if Reigns has one hundred people at his side. Sikoa has the advantage because he’s the Tribal Chief. Sikoa acknowledges his Bloodline over Reigns’.
This Friday on SmackDown, Jey Uso battles Jacob Fatu in a WarGames Advantage Match.
Bianca Belair has the most wins in WWE in 2024, with 24 wins.
Women’s WarGames Advantage Match
WWE Women’s Tag Team Champion Bianca Belair vs. WWE Women’s Champion Nia Jax
The bell rings, and Jax quickly runs Belair over. Jax throws Belair across the ring and avalanches her. Jax whips Belair to the corner and charges, but Belair sidesteps her. Belair attacks and does the ten punches in the corner. Jax pulls her out of the corner, but Belair escapes. Belair jumps to the second rope and taunts Jax before backflipping over her. Belair dropkicks Jax out of the ring. Belair jumps off the apron, but Jax catches her and drives her into the ring post twice. Jax viciously sends Belair into the barricade.
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Back from the final break of the evening, Belair snaps Jax off the top rope. Belair hits the ropes, but Jax picks her up and hits a scoop slam, followed by a senton splash for a two-count. Jax sends her to the corner, but Belair counters with a sunset flip attempt. Jax doesn’t go down and tries for a cannonball, but Belair moves. Jax gets out of a German Suplex. Belair flips through a back suplex and sidesteps Jax. Jax flies into the ring post and falls out of the ring. Jax shouts, “Ow!” Belair then takes her out with a plancha.
Belair gets Jax in the ring and goes for a handspring standing moonsault, but Jax moves. Jax flattens her with an elbow drop, followed by a leg drop for a two-count. Jax goes to the second rope and hits a diving leg drop! 1… 2… Belair somehow kicks out! Jax stomps Belair and pulls her back to the corner. Jax goes for an Annihilator, but Belair pushes her to the apron. Belair tries to power her up for a superplex, but Jax shoves her off. Jax goes to the middle rope, but Belair cuts her off. Belair presses Jax up and slams her down to the mat! Wow! That flip slam was terrifying. Belair hits a handspring standing moonsault and covers for a near fall! Belair cannot believe it.
Jax attacks Belair and hits a vicious Samoan Drop. Jax climbs to the middle rope for an Annihilator, but Belair pops up. Belair hits Jax with a German Suplex off the middle rope. As Jax goes down, she rips the top turnbuckle pad off. Belair covers for a near fall! Belair pushes Jax to the corner and goes for a KOD, but Jax gets out. Jax avalanches Belair into the exposed turnbuckle and throws her across the ring. Jax avalanches Belair again and clears the commentary table. Jax delivers a Samoan Drop onto the commentary table and gets in the ring. The table does not break. Jax looks for a count-out, but Belair is moving too quickly. Jax goes outside and drives Belair into the steel steps.
Jax poses on the turnbuckles, but Bayley pulls Jax down into the exposed turnbuckle! Belair hits Jax with a 450 splash to win the WarGames Advantage Match!
Winner by Pinfall: Bianca Belair
Bayley looks at Belair and nods as the show comes to an end.