WWE RAW Notes: Final RAW Show of USA Network Era, Dakota Kai vs. Lyra Valkyria Set for Women’s IC Title Finals, RAW on USA Network Tribute Video, Jey Uso vs. Drew McIntyre Set for RAW Netflix Premiere Show, New Penta Teaser Video Airs, Sheamus Returns

Dec 30, 2024

Final WWE RAW Show of USA Network Era

Monday’s WWE RAW show at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas was notable for being the final RAW show on USA Network.

Starting with next week’s show on January 6, 2025 in Inglewood, California, WWE’s RAW series will be moving to Netflix and airing on the service for the foreseeable future.

Monday’s show was also notable for also being the final two-hour RAW show after the series returned to the two-hour format this past October as part of a new television deal WWE had signed with USA Network to cover the gap in time between their original dealing with USA Network expiring and RAW’s premiere show on Netflix.

Dakota Kai vs. Lyra Valkyria Set for Finals of WWE Women’s IC Title Tournament

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured two Semifinal Round matches for the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship tournament to crown its inaugural champion.

The first match was Dakota Kai defeating Zoey Stark.

Dakota Kai advances to the finals of the Women’s Intercontinental Championship Tournament! 🔥🔥🔥#WWERAW pic.twitter.com/zl8Tp2QxR8
— Wrestle Ops (@WrestleOps) December 31, 2024

The second match was Lyra Valkyria defeating IYO SKY.

DAKOTA KAI vs. LYRA VALKYRIA

There can only be one first Women’s Intercontinental Champion! pic.twitter.com/bQrOtANfkp
— WWE (@WWE) December 31, 2024

As a result of their victories, Kai will be facing off against Valkyria in the Finals of WWE’s Women’s Intercontinental Championship tournament in two weeks on the January 13, 2025 WWE RAW show in San Jose, California.

RAW on USA Network Tribute Video Airs During Monday’s WWE RAW Show

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured WWE airing a tribute video featuring notable clips and moments of RAW’s tenure and history on USA Network.

#WWERaw and @USANetwork made history together for many years and many moments! Thanks for the memories. pic.twitter.com/hXgYCKtQTU
— WWE (@WWE) December 31, 2024

Jey Uso vs. Drew McIntyre Announced for WWE RAW Premiere Show on Netflix

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured one new match announced for the card of next week’s RAW premiere show on Netflix on the January 6, 2025 RAW show at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California.

This new match announced was a singles match of Jey Uso vs. Drew McIntyre.

This match was initially setup in recent weeks shows over McIntyre’s bad blood issues and attacks on The Usos and Sami Zayn. During tonight’s show, Uso came out through the crowd to confront New Day before turning his attention towards McIntyre and called him out for a fight. This led to The Bloodline showing up on the big screen and Solo Sikoa talking about how Uso does not need to worry and how they made their mark last Monday and marking the beginning of the end. After some more words by Sikoa about his upcoming Tribal Combat match against Roman Reigns, Uso was distracted long enough for McIntyre to come out from the crowd and attacked Uso from behind. This led to a brawl that was broken up after WWE officials ran out to separate the two and as McIntyre made his way to the back, he suddenly turned out and ran past several WWE officials to lay out Uso with a Claymore Kick in the ring. McIntyre then left the ring as WWE officials tended to Uso.

In a follow-up segment, RAW GM Adam Pearce and Uso were seen backstage and Pearce made a match between Uso and McIntyre for next week’s RAW show.

Current card for January 6, 2025 WWE RAW show:

WWE Women’s World Championship Last Woman Standing match – Rhea Ripley vs. Liv Morgan (c)
Tribal Combat match – Roman Reigns vs. Solo Sikoa
CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins
Jey Uso vs. Drew McIntyre

Penta El Zero Miedo Teaser Video Airs on Monday’s WWE RAW Show

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured a new mysterious cryptic teaser video airing officially teasing former AEW talent Penta El Zero Miedo making his debut soon in WWE.

During the show, a new cryptic video aired showing the same crossed out zero from recent weeks videos and then lines appeared drawing an outline of a mask resembling Penta’s signature mask.

👀 pic.twitter.com/5wsK7JXu7K
— WWE (@WWE) December 31, 2024

Sheamus Makes Surprise Return on Monday’s WWE RAW Show

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured Sheamus making his surprise return from injury to WWE.

During the show, Ludwig Kaiser was seen in the ring and demanded the crowd to give their gratitude for himself. After some more words boasting about himself, Kaiser demanded for Bron Breakker to come out. This led to Sheamus’ music playing instead and him running out to the ring. This led to a brawl breaking out that ended with Sheamus laying out Kaiser with a Brogue Kick and standing tall in the ring.