4 Winners & 2 Losers From Last Night’s WWE Monday Night Raw (September 9th, 2024)
WWE is on the street to the upcoming Bad Blood PLE on October fifth and this week’s episode of Monday Night Raw got here from Calgary, AB in Canada, the house of Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart. Just a few weeks after the thirtieth anniversary of his historic Summerslam Cage Match towards his brother Owen, Bret would make his first WWE look since being seen at Clash At The Castle in 2022, being verbally assaulted by Gunther earlier than Sami Zayn saved the day.
Elsewhere, it was introduced that CM Punk vs Drew McIntyre half 3 will occur inside Hell In A Cell and Finn Balor had an evening to recollect, placing Damien Priest in hospital forward of their match at Bad Blood. Jey Uso turned the Number One Contender for the Intercontinental Championship, and Bronson Reed returned to flatten Braun Strowman.
6 Finn Balor
A breakout week for The Prince
Finn Balor was glorious for each second on this week’s Monday Night Raw. Calling out Damien Priest for a match at Bad Blood, he then jumped his opponent alongside The Judgment Day and put him in hospital. Balor might need misplaced his first-ever singles match to Rey Mysterio by way of DQ, however he destroyed the Hall Of Famer within the course of and within the aftermath.
Balor vs Priest at Bad Blood is a type of uncommon moments the place it seems like the end result truly issues. Finn wants it for the brand new look Judgment Day to really feel legitimized. Damien Priest nonetheless has some extent to show in relation to reaching the subsequent degree. It’s a tough match to foretell and it’s an underdog candidate to steal the entire card in Atlanta, GA.
Finn Balor hasn’t gained a singles match on a PLE card since defeating Edge in an I Quit match at Extreme Rules, October 2022.
5 Jey Uso
A date with future awaits for Main Event Jey Uso
Before discussing Uso profitable the Fatal Four Way to earn an Intercontinental Championship match towards Bron Breakker, a phrase for his crowd reactions. This is future world champion materials. Watch what number of “Yeet” indicators go up at his look. See his shirts by the dozen within the viewers. He is over with the outdated, younger, and other people of all pronouns. Jey Uso is crimson sizzling and feels simple in each the quick and the long-term.
Raw’s Main Event was unmissable enjoyable. Braun Strowman’s spectacular displaying was lower quick by Bronson Reed showing out of nowhere, launching himself from the barricade like Batman to flatten Strowman by means of a desk. Pete Dunne scored as shut a two depend because it’s potential to attain with out profitable. Ilja Dragunov was as majestic as ever nevertheless it’s Uso that prevailed. The Judgment Day has a goal painted on his again however Uso vs Breakker for the Intercontinental Championship feels monumental.
Jey Uso and Bron Breakker are but to fulfill in singles competitors.
4 Drew McIntyre
The Scottish Warrior crosses the road. Again.
When there isn’t any line a person will not cross within the identify of anger, he’s very harmful certainly. Drew McIntyre threatening to combat his buddy, Wade Barrett, felt like a masterstroke. They really feel like real-life buddies, not solely on account of their shared heritage, however as a result of you possibly can’t faux that degree of pure affection. Drew promising to drop Barrett if he ever bought himself concerned in his enterprise once more, confirmed McIntyre will cross any line to harm CM Punk.
This very column gave reward to Adam Pierce just a few weeks in the past. His interplay with Drew right here felt intense and his supply of the information that Punk and Drew’s rubber match might be Hell In A Cell was excellent. Whether he wins or loses in Atlanta, Drew continues to be considered one of WWE’s largest winners of 2024.
Drew McIntyre is 0-2 in Hell In A Cell matches, dropping to Bobby Lashley and Randy Orton.
3 Bad Blood
WWE bought the memo on resurrecting this PLE
It has been twenty years since Bad Blood was final on the listing of upcoming WWE PLE occasions. The emblem is uncharacteristically blood-laden for a WWE occasion. The Metro Boomin promo with Cody Rhodes feels cool and culturally related. Most importantly of all, WWE is delivering on the premise of the PLE. Some of the 12 months’s most bitter feuds are about to be resolved on October fifth.
Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan will run again their SummerSlam Championship match, solely this time the victor will really feel definitive. Finn Balor and Damien Priest spent a lot of the final 12 months vying for management of The Judgment Day, and we’re about to seek out out who the higher man is. CM Punk vs Drew McIntyre have pulled no punches all 12 months and now they are going to take their feud all the way in which to Hell In A Cell. As it stands, Bad Blood is offering precisely what it is promoting.
Bad Blood 2004 was headlined by Triple H defeating Shawn Michaels in a Hell In A Cell match.
2 Gunther
Nobody unhealthy mouths The Hitman in Canada
There is not a lot in wrestling that is fairly as loud as Canada greeting an look by Bret ‘The Hitman’ Hart. Gunther reducing off Bret Hart in his house nation is sufficient to put him within the Losers column, simply because he was booed out of the constructing, however reward is overdue for the Austrian’s mic work these days. Whether it is calling Priest “street trash”, difficult the legacy of Randy Orton’s household lineage, or utilizing Bill Goldberg to antagonize Bret Hart, Gunther has been placing within the work on his verbal abilities with spectacular outcomes.
Bret Hart has repeatedly made disparaging feedback about Goldberg through the years, because the Hitman blames him for placing an finish to his profession with an notorious stiff kick to the pinnacle throughout a match at Starrcade 99.
The want for excellent promos is important for any famous person, however he’s particularly going to want verbal abilities now CM Punk has him in his sights. There have been some mild interactions so far however that storm is approaching rapidly. Gunther but once more denied the problem of Sami Zayn, however he cannot run endlessly.
1 Pure Fusion Collective
A giant loss for the beforehand potent trio
Natalya Neidhart returned to Monday Night Raw in Calgary, AB. It’s nice to see her on Raw for the primary time since confirming a brand new WWE contract this summer season, however this was her first win on the Main Roster since November of final 12 months. Great for her, Lyra Valkyria and Zelina Vega, however this seems like a foul loss for Pure Fusion Collective.
On the floor, it is a innocent defeat to a returning hometown hero. However, it doesn’t assist Stark, Deville and Bayszler seem like a reputable menace to the likes of Damage CTRL and WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions Bianca Bel Air and Jade Cargill.
- Bret Hart’s final look on Monday Night Raw was on July 4th, 2016.
- Making The Wyatt Sicks vs American Made really feel like a PLE match with the opening montage is one thing to get behind.
- Bret should’ve been proud as punch at American Made being booed out of the constructing throughout their entrance.
- Gunther pulling out the Bill Goldberg card was one of the vital hilarious moments in WWE TV this 12 months.
- Bad Blood 2024 might be FInn Balor’s first singles match on a PLE since SummerSlam 2023.
- Natalya returned for her first match on Raw since dropping to Kiana James on June third.
- Uso’s “YEET!” is getting uncontrolled.
- It is not a fowl. It is not a aircraft. It’s Bronson Reed.
- Rey Mysterio has just one win since May.
- Joe Tessitore is a pure.
