WWE RAW Notes: Corey Graves Replaces Pat McAfee for RAW Commentary, Zelina Vega Makes “Injury” Return, Jey Uso & Pete Dunne Advance in Intercontinental Title #1 Contender Tournament, 9/2 Show Card

Corey Graves Replaces Pat McAfee for RAW Commentary Team

As noted before, this past Monday’s WWE RAW show was Pat McAfee’s final show for WWE for the rest of this year due to his commitments with ESPN’s College GameDay series for this season of college football.

At the start of tonight’s show, Michael Cole introduced Corey Graves who was seated next to him and announced that Graves will be filling in for McAfee on RAW commentary while McAfee is away.

Corey Graves and Michael Cole are paired back together on #WWERAW pic.twitter.com/BANO0PoRMf

— Joey Karni (@theanglejoey) August 27, 2024

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Zelina Vega Makes Surprise “Injury” Return on Monday’s WWE RAW Show

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured Zelina Vega making her surprise return from “injury.”

During the tag team match between Damage CTRL and Pure Fusion Collective, Vega made her surprise return after she ran out from the crowd and attacked Sonya Deville as payback for the “injury” she suffered last month at the hands of PFC. This led to Deville getting taken out to prevent her from interfering in the match again and Damage CTRL picking up the victory over PFC.

ZELINA VEGA ATTACKING SONYA DEVILLE ON THE OUTSIDE!#WWERAW pic.twitter.com/uHsAgurVGH

— The Movement – Pro Wrestling (@TheMovementXx) August 27, 2024

This was Vega’s first appearance in WWE since the July 22nd RAW show.

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Jey Uso & Pete Dunne Advances in Intercontinental Title #1 Contender Tournament

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured two First Round matches for the #1 Contender’s tournament for the WWE Intercontinental Championship.

The first tournament match was Jey Uso defeating Karrion Kross and Kofi Kingston.

Jey Uso advances in the #1 Contenders IC Title tournament.

And will be in the Fatal 4-Way match to determine the winner of the tournament in 2 weeks.#WWERAW pic.twitter.com/wnrGaLruol

— Wrestle Ops (@WrestleOps) August 27, 2024

The second tournament match was Pete Dunne defeating The Miz and Xavier Woods.

Pete Dunne advances in the #1 Contenders IC Title tournament.

And will join Jey Uso in the Fatal 4-Way match to determine the winner of the tournament in 2 weeks.#WWERAW pic.twitter.com/JVCHNReUGY

— Wrestle Ops (@WrestleOps) August 27, 2024

As a result of their victories, Uso and Dunne advances to the Fatal Four-way Finals of the Intercontinental title #1 Contender tournament, which takes place on the September 9th RAW show in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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Current Card for Next Week’s WWE RAW Show

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured three new matches announced for the card of next week’s RAW show on September 2nd in Denver, Colorado.

All of these matches were setup following storyline angles and match card graphics throughout the show.

#WWERaw comes to DENVER next Monday!

🎟️ https://t.co/0Z4cv0TJtB pic.twitter.com/vK6EXFc1U8

— WWE (@WWE) August 27, 2024

Current card for September 2nd WWE RAW show:

• WWE Intercontinental Championship #1 Contender Tournament First Round Triple Threat match – Sheamus vs. Bronson Reed vs. Ludwig Kaiser
• WWE Intercontinental Championship #1 Contender Tournament First Round Triple Threat match – Ilja Dragunov vs. Dragon Lee vs. Dominik Mysterio
• Zelina Vega vs. Shayna Baszler