WWE RAW Results – Oct. 7, 2024 – First 2-Hour RAW Show in 12 Years, Gunther vs. Sami Zayn

WWE Raw Results
Oct 7, 2024

October 7, 2024
St. Louis, MO – Enterprise Center
Commentary – Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett
Results via Mike Tedesco of WrestleView.com

Quick Match Results

  1. WWE Intercontinental Championship – Jey Uso (c) defeated Xavier Woods via Uso Splash (c) (pinfall)
  2. Good Ol’ Fashioned Donnybrook match – Sheamus defeated Pete Dunne via Brogue Kick (pinfall)
  3. 10-Women Tag Team match – Lyra Valkyria, Katana Chance, Kayden Carter, Zelina Vega, & Natayla defeated Unholy Union & Pure Fusion Collective via Top Rope Leg Drop (pinfall)
  4. WWE World Heavyweight Championship – Gunther (c) defeated Sami Zayn via Sleeper Hold (referee stoppage)

In-Ring: Sexxy Red

St. Louis’s own Sexyy Red is in the ring. The acclaimed rapper greets the crowd and welcomes them to Monday Night Raw.

Video: WWE Bad Blood 2024 Recap Video

WWE Bad Blood highlights featuring the return of The Rock and the ultra-violent Hell in a Cell match with CM Punk defeating Drew McIntyre.

On-Stage: CM Punk

CM Punk’s music hits, and the Second City Saint comes out to the stage, limping. His right elbow is heavily taped, and his forehead is bandaged. Punk will not make it all the way to the ring and stays on the stage. A loud “CM Punk” chant fires up. Punk asks, “Is it good to be not dead in St. Louis, Missouri, on a Monday night or what?” The crowd gives him a round of applause. Punk says he’s been through hell. If they’re going to set him on fire, now is the time. Punk says he is in no condition to be here or even walk to the ring. It hurts to smile, but he had to come here and see the crowd. Punk says he’s alive, but he doesn’t feel like it. He’s a winner, but it doesn’t feel like he won. Punk wants to say it felt tremendous to step outside of hell and slam the cage door behind him, but the way that match made him feel leaves him with a lot of questions. He doesn’t know what the future holds for CM Punk. Punk told them he had zero Hell in a Cell matches left, and he was right. He’s banged up worse than at any time in his life. As much as he loves the crowd, he just doesn’t know.

Punk wants to thank three groups of people. First, he thanks his fans, specifically the “Ride or die” fans who make the signs. They chanted his name for seven years before he came back to wrestling, and then they had to wait another three years until he came home. There was a minute on Saturday night where he didn’t think he could pull it off even with them, but there’s never been a second of his career where he thought he could do it without them.

The second group is his peers in front of the camera and behind it. Punk is privileged to walk the hallways with them. Most of the people he sees are the joy and his life’s pleasure to work with.

The third group he wants to thank is the people who don’t like him at all. There’s a thin line between love and hate. Punk has turned their hate into cash, so he thanks them. If you dislike him, be it jealousy or hatred, he doesn’t know why they keep doubting him, so keep doing it. Punk is going home. He hasn’t seen his wife in five weeks, so he has to buy a lot of flowers. Punk isn’t sure when he’ll see them next, so he thanks them.

“BURN IT DOWN!”

Seth “Freakin” Rollins comes out and goes face-to-face with CM Punk before walking by him.

In-Ring: Seth Rollins

Rollins gets in the ring and greets the crowd. Rollins says he has to do the right thing. After everything he went through on Saturday night from everyone in the building tonight, he wishes CM Punk to get well soon. The sooner he gets back, it’s the sooner he can kick Punk’s ass and retire him for good. Rollins cackles.

Rollins welcomes the crowd to Monday Night Rollins. Rollins says he’s been gone for a few months, and things are getting crazy around here. The crowd sings to him. Things were crazy at Bad Blood. Dominik Mysterio was hanging from a shark cage. “The Final Boss” The Rock is back. While he was gone, hell must have frozen over because Cody Rhodes teamed up with Roman Reigns… and getting punched in the mouth by Kevin Owens. Rollins says he is a visionary. He is a revolutionary. He is Seth “Freakin” Rollins. Rollins says he is here to destroy Bronson Reed. Reed isn’t here tonight, but he knows Reed is watching. Rollins tells him to listen closely. Two months ago, Reed ambushed him and tried to end his career. For what? A name for himself? Rollins says, “Well, congratulations, six Tsunamis later, and I know your damn name. You wanna get famous, big boy?” Rollins will give him his fifteen minutes. Rollins tells Reed to name the time and the place. This time, Rollins will be expecting him. Rollins’ music plays…

…but he’s cut off by WWE Intercontinental Champion Jey Uso. Uso makes his entrance and dances in the ring before winding up face-to-face with Rollins. Rollins sneers at him and walks off. Uso will defend his title against Xavier Woods next.

WWE Intercontinental Championship
Xavier Woods vs. Jey Uso (c)

The bell rings, and they lock up. Woods powers Uso to the corner and shoulders away at the midsection. Woods backs up and charges, but Uso sidesteps him. Uso hits a running back elbow, followed by a snap kick. Woods falls to the apron. Uso charges, but Woods knees him in the face. Woods pulls him up on the apron and punches away at him. Uso pushes him off and goes for a superkick, but Woods blocks it and knocks him to ringside. Woods gets off the apron and gets him on his shoulders. Woods slams him down on the floor with a modified fireman’s carry slam.

Picture-in-Picture Commercial Break: Woods gets Uso back in the ring and drops some elbows for a two-count. Woods pulls Uso up and connects with a delayed vertical suplex. Woods held him up so long that he walked around with him a bit. Woods picks up another two-count. Woods pulls him up, but Uso stuns him with a few right hands. Woods reverses a whip to the corner, and Uso hits the turnbuckles hard. Uso collapses to the mat. Woods stomps away at him and hits a fist drop to the jaw for a two-count. Woods kicks Uso out of the ring and chops him at ringside. Woods hangs him over the barricade and jumps off the steps with a sidekick to the spine. Woods gets him back in the ring and hits a springboard tornado DDT for a near fall. Woods punches at Uso and signals to the crowd as if he’s being booed.

Back from the break, the crowd is not happy with Woods. Woods asks, “What did I do?” They begin to trade punches, with Uso coming out on top. Woods quickly rocks him with a rolling forearm and hits the ropes, but Uso follows him for a forearm. Uso hits the ropes, but Woods forearms him. They trade forearms until Woods superkicks him down for a near fall. Kofi Kingston claps for Woods at ringside. Woods heads to the top rope and jumps, but Uso superkicks him out of mid-air! Uso heads to the top rope and hits an Uso Splash! 1… 2… 3! Jey Uso retains.

Winner: Jey Uso via Pinfall to retain the Intercontinental Championship.

Kofi Kingston checks on Xavier Woods. Jey Uso pulls Woods up to his feet and hugs Kingston. Uso goes to shake Woods’ hand, but Woods is furious and walks off on the Intercontinental Champion. Kingston is not happy and follows after him.

Uso celebrates in the ring with the title and turns into a massive Spear from Bron Breakker! Kingston tells Woods that they have to help Uso, but Woods refuses. Kingston charges the ring and goes to attack Breakker with a Trouble in Paradise, but Breakker ducks it. Breakker hits Kingston with a massive Spear. Kingston rolls out of the ring, and Woods checks on him. Breakker goes outside and runs around the ring to Spear Woods down. Breakker gets back in the ring and crushes Uso with another Spear! Breakker holds the Intercontinental Championship up.

Video: Rhea Ripley

Rhea Ripley says Liv Morgan continues to prove that she can’t beat her by herself. Now she has Raquel Rodriguez in this. It was smart, but it would have been smarter if she didn’t get caught. Now, all Morgan has done is guarantee another beating and delayed the inevitable. Morgan needs Raquel, so she’ll have to go through them both.

Video: PFR

The PFR logo is shown in the fire again.

Backstage: Bron Breakker

Jackie Redmond catches up with Bron Breakker. Last week, he was showing Jey Uso respect. This week, it’s “Spear City.” Breakker says nothing and walks off. Redmond says it is seemingly unclear why Breakker had a change of heart.

Video: Triple H

Last Saturday at WWE Bad Blood, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque announced the creation of the WWE Crown Jewel Championship. The WWE and World Champions for both men and women will face each other to determine the two winners.

As the video comes out, the screen has a quick pixelation.

Ringside: Joe Tessitore, Wade Barrett

The commentators discuss what happened between Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens following WWE Bad Blood. WWE is dealing with the matter internally.

Video: Sheamus, Pete Dunne

A video aired hyping up Sheamus and Pete Dunne’s feud and their upcoming Good Ol’ Fashioned Donnybrook match.

Backstage: The Miz, Karrion Kross, R-Truth

Karrion Kross is talking to The Miz. Miz says he’s not in the Final Testament. He did what he did last week for himself. The Wyatt Sicks’ logo appears on the screen for a moment. R-Truth comes up and says he forgives Miz for attacking him because he must think he’s still in the Judgment Day. R-Truth assures him he isn’t, but Miz says it wasn’t a mistake. He meant to attack him. R-Truth says he thought they were brothers. R-Truth wants to make it right by going to Adam Pearce and making a match, but Miz says that’s the problem. If R-Truth wants a match, he’ll face Miz next week on Raw. Miz walks off, and Kross follows after.

Good Ol’ Fashioned Donnybrook Match
Sheamus vs. Pete Dunne

A bar, whiskey barrels, shillelaghs, and cricket bats are at ringside. It’s time for the Good Ol’ Fashioned Donnybrook Match. Sheamus makes his entrance. He’ll face Pete Dunne next.

The bell rings, and Sheamus quickly takes it to Dunne with clubs to the corner. Sheamus pulls the hair, but Dunne fights out and kicks away at the leg. Dunne wrenches the arm, but Sheamus fights out with a lariat. Sheamus grabs the shillelagh and grinds it in his mouth. Dunne gets out by raking the eyes. Dunne charges, but Sheamus crushes him with an Alabama Slam. Sheamus then hits a catapult out of the ring. Sheamus goes for a Brogue Kick, but Dunne moves. Sheamus hits the whiskey barrels instead. Dunne attacks Sheamus and climbs on the barrels to hit a tornado DDT on the floor! Dunne stomps Sheamus and boots him in the face. Sheamus crawls near the bar. Dunne bounces Sheamus’ face off the bar and stands on it before stomping Sheamus’ hand. Dunne goes for a diving cross-body block, but Sheamus catches him. Sheamus slams Dunne onto the commentary table!

Picture-in-Picture Commercial Break: Sheamus grabs Dunne and slams him onto the table again. The table does not break. Sheamus goes under the ring and grabs a table. Sheamus sets it up at ringside near the ring post. Dunne attacks him with a bar stool before putting it over his head and choking him. Dunne throws the stool away, and Sheamus attacks him. Dunne rolls into the ring to escape. Sheamus gets another table and sets it up adjacent to the other table. Sheamus gets on the apron and punches Dunne down. Sheamus sets up for a Celtic Cross off the apron, but Dunne fights out and hits a DDT on the apron. Dunne gets in the ring and grabs the shillelagh. Dunne applies a crossface and uses the shillelagh to pull back on Sheamus’ head.

Back from the break, Sheamus fights up and slings Dunne off. Dunne stomps Sheamus’ head and slaps him in the chest a few times. Sheamus absorbs the strikes and forearms Dunne in the jaw. Sheamus picks up the shillelagh and hits Dunne in the ribs with it. Sheamus clotheslines him in the corner and knocks him to the apron. Sheamus goes for the 10 Beats of the Bodhrán, but Dunne snaps him off the top rope. Sheamus quickly fights back with an Irish Curse Backbreaker. Sheamus signals for a Brogue Kick and charges, but Dunne ducks it. Dunne charges, but Sheamus floors him with an over-the-shoulder powerslam for a near fall. Sheamus heads to the top rope, but Dunne hits him in the head with the shillelagh. Dunne connects with a superplex for a two-count.

Dunne kicks Sheamus out of the ring and climbs on top of a huge whiskey barrel. Sheamus hits him in the head with the shillelagh a few times and starts to climb to the top of the whiskey barrels. Sheamus climbs and locks Dunne’s arms back for the 10 Beats of the Bodhrán! 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6… 7… 8… 9… 10! Sheamus then lifts Dunne and CRUSHES him with White Noise off the whiskey barrels and through the two tables at ringside! Wow!

The crowd is going WILD for this match now. There is a loud “This is awesome” chant. Sheamus rolls Dunne into the ring. Dunne is pulling himself up to his feet. Sheamus hits a pump knee to the jaw and immediately follows up with a Celtic Cross in the middle of the ring. Sheamus covers 1… 2… Dunne somehow kicks out! Wow!

The crowd is going WILD for this match now. There is a loud “This is awesome” chant. Sheamus rolls Dunne into the ring. Dunne is pulling himself up to his feet. Sheamus hits a pump knee to the jaw and immediately follows up with a Celtic Cross in the middle of the ring. Sheamus covers 1… 2… Dunne somehow kicks out! Wow! Sheamus grabs Dunne and pulls him up. Sheamus says Dunne asked for this. Dunne quickly snaps Sheamus’ fingers with joint manipulation and hits him in the spine with the cricket bat! Dunne covers 1… 2… Sheamus kicks out.

Dunne is furious and takes a drawer from the bar. Dunne beats Sheamus with it and handcuffs him with zip ties. Dunne charges and boots Sheamus in the face for a near fall. Dunne is irate and slaps and kicks Sheamus. Dunne grabs the cricket bat, but Sheamus catches him with a pump knee to the jaw! Sheamus immediately follows up with a Brogue Kick and falls on top of him to pick up the pin. Sheamus beat him with both hands tied behind his back.

Winner: Sheamus via Pinfall.

Backstage: Cody Rhodes, Sami Zayn

Cathy Kelley is backstage with Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes. Rhodes’ nose is taped up. A mysterious figure walks into a WWE Production Truck. Rhodes says he’ll address what happened with Kevin Owens on Friday, but tonight, he’s here to find out what it takes to be the Crown Jewel Champion. Rhodes walks off and fist-bumps a member of the production team.

Sami Zayn walks up to Rhodes and says he plans to be the one he faces at Crown Jewel. Zayn asks if Rhodes wants to discuss what happened, but Rhodes says it’s ok. Rhodes says Zayn shocked the world once before with Gunther. Rhodes also wants to face him at Crown Jewel. Rhodes wishes him luck, and they shake hands.

Video: Bronson Reed, Braun Strowman

Highlights from the Last Monster Standing match from last week’s Raw.

Video: Judgement Day

Earlier today, Raquel Rodriguez drove into the arena in a black SUV. Women’s World Champion Liv Morgan and “Dirty” Dominik Mysterio step out. Jackie Redmond walks up. Morgan says even when she loses, she still wins. Redmond asks if Rodriguez is a member of the Judgment Day, but they decline to answer. They then got back in their car and drove away, declining to be part of the show.

Backstage: Ava, Adam Pearce, Ethan Page, Sexxy Red

Raw General Manager Adam Pearce is in his office with NXT General Manager Ava. Ethan Page walks up and introduces himself to Pearce. CM Punk cost him his championship. Page wants to get back on course. Ava says she’s off the clock and can’t help him. Sexyy Red walks in and blows Page off. Page is not pleased.

10-Women Tag Team Match
Unholy Union (Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn) & Pure Fusion Collective (Zoey Stark, Shayna Baszler, & Sonya Deville) vs. Lyra Valkyria, Katana Chance, Kayden Carter, Zelina Vega, & Natayla

Kayden Carter will start against Zoey Stark. Stark immediately runs her over with a clothesline and mocks Katana Chance. Sonya Deville tags in, and a massive brawl breaks out. Lyra Valkyria hits Sonya Deville with a big baseball slide. Chance gets Stark out of the ring and hits a corkscrew plancha. Vega hits Fyre with a meteora off the apron. Chance hits Baszler and Dawn with a cross-body block to the floor. Natalya hits the ropes, but Deville pulls her out of the ring and sends her into the steel steps.

Back from the break, Fyre and Dawn go for a double-team suplex on Natalya, but Natalya counters into a double DDT.

Vega and Stark tag in. Stark misses a clothesline. Vega kicks her and stomps the back. Stark quickly puts her on the top rope, but Vega knocks her back and hits a flying hurricanrana. Stark blocks a roll-up and superkicks her. Stark goes for a suplex, but Vega counters with a twisting stunner. Vega stops Stark from making a tag and attacks some of her opponents. Vega goes to the top rope and hits a moonsault on Stark. Deville had blind-tagged in so Vega couldn’t pin her. Deville knees Vega for a two-count.

Everyone hits the ring and starts hitting high spots. After Deville takes out Natalya, Vega jumps on her back. Valkyria tags in and drops a diving leg on Deville for the win.

Winner: Lyra Valkyria, Katana Chance, Kayden Carter, Zelina Vega, & Natayla via Pinfall.

Video: Gunther, Sami Zayn

A video aired hyping up the Sami Zayn vs. Gunther match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship for tonight’s main event.

Video: Jade Cargill, Bianca Belair

Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair say they can’t wait to face Damage CTRL with the Women’s Tag Team Titles on the line. Cargill says they’re not taking the titles for granted. Belair says IYO SKY caught her slipping a few weeks ago, but Damage CTRL is not taking over. They’ll face them next week.

WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Sami Zayn vs. Gunther (c)

The bell rings, and they lock up. Gunther applies a side headlock and cinches it in. Zayn fights up and tries to whip Gunther off, but Gunther keeps the side headlock applied. Gunther slings him over with a takedown. Zayn fights up and whips him off before pulling the top rope down to get him out of the ring. Zayn teases a dive but springboards back into the ring when Gunther moves.

Picture-in-Picture Commercial Break: Gunther takes a few moments to collect himself before getting back in the ring. They lock up, and Zayn gets him in the corner. Zayn chops the chest and backs up. Gunther is not happy and goes to the apron to make Zayn wait. Gunther gets back in the ring and kicks Zayn in the midsection. Gunther whips him hard to the corner and charges, but Zayn boots him back. Zayn punches Gunther and bounces him off the top turnbuckle. Zayn comes off the middle rope with a double ax handle. Zayn drives him into the opposite corner and starts the ten punches. 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6… 7… 8… 9… 10. Gunther rolls out of the ring to recover. Gunther slowly gets back in the ring and approaches Zayn. Zayn goes for a waistlock, but Gunther wrenches the arm and takes him down. Gunther wrenches the arm.

Back from the break, Zayn fights up and punches out. Gunther reverses a whip, but Zayn ducks two clotheslines. Zayn jumps, but Gunther catches him and slams him onto the top turnbuckle. Gunther chops him and hangs him over the ropes while digging his boot into Zayn’s throat. Gunther talks some trash. Gunther punches and chops Zayn before taking him down. Gunther saunters around the ring, but Zayn elbows him in the ear. Zayn comes off the second rope, but Gunther chops him out of mid-air. Gunther sweeps his foot on Zayn’s forehead. Gunther gets Zayn on his feet and chops him down. Gunther pulls him up, but Zayn punches away at him. Zayn goes for a Blue Thunder Bomb, but Gunther blocks it. Gunther rocks him with a chop and sends him into the ropes for a chop to the chest.

Gunther boots Zayn in the face twice and sends him into the ropes, but he lowers his head and eats a kick. Zayn goes for a Blue Thunder Bomb but can’t get Gunther over. Zayn tries again for the same result. Gunther chops him and goes for a Sleeper Hold. Zayn fights it and hits a Blue Thunder Bomb! 1… 2… Gunther kicks out.

Picture-in-Picture Commercial Break: Zayn chops Gunther in the corner, but Gunther quickly turns him around and rocks him with a few chops to the chest. Gunther connects with a scoop slam and heads to the top rope. Gunther goes for a dive, but Zayn gets the knees up. Zayn charges for a Helluva Kick, but Gunther moves. Gunther applies the Sleeper Hold and hits a sleeper slam for a two-count. Gunther takes a few moments and chops away at Zayn’s chest.

Back from the final break of the evening (only 9:53 p.m. Eastern!), Gunther chops Zayn down. Zayn tries to fight back, but Gunther easily cuts him off with a chop. Zayn keeps getting to his feet and eventually takes him down from some punches. Gunther quickly escapes the ring and stumbles around ringside. Gunther kicks Zayn and goes for a Powerbomb on the floor, but Zayn counters with a back body drop on the floor. Gunther gets up and charges, but Zayn hits an exploder into the barricade. Zayn then smashes the World Heavyweight Champion with a Helluva Kick! 1… 2… 3… 4… 5… 6… 7… 8… 9… Zayn quickly rolls in and out to reset the count. Zayn pulls up Gunther’s dead weight. Gunther looks totally out. Zayn carries Gunther into the ring. Gunther starts to pull himself up. Zayn catches Gunther with another Helluva Kick in the corner! Zayn backs up for another and charges, but Gunther KILLS him with a nasty lariat! Gunther covers 1… 2… Zayn kicks out!

Gunther grabs Zayn and goes for a Powerbomb, but Zayn counters into a roll-up for a near fall. Gunther immediately hits a T-Rex Dropkick and a vicious Powerbomb! 1… 2… Zayn kicks out! The crowd is going wild and chants, “Sami!” Gunther hits the ropes and turns Zayn inside out with a lariat. Gunther hits another Powerbomb and stacks him up, but Zayn kicks out at one! Gunther is absolutely stunned! Gunther grabs him for a Sleeper Hold and applies it in the middle of the ring. The crowd is loudly cheering Zayn on. Zayn gets a burst of energy and reaches for the ropes, but Gunther pulls his hand away. The referee checks on Zayn’s hand, but he keeps it up. Zayn reaches for the bottom rope, which is centimeters away. Gunther pulls him back and cinches in the Sleeper Hold. The referee checks on Zayn and calls for the bell.

Winner: Gunther via Pinfall to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

Gunther celebrates with the title while heading up the ramp. Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes comes out and stares at him to end the show.

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