WWE RAW Notes: WWE World Title Triple Threat and Sami Zayn vs. Drew McIntyre Matches Set for 12/14 SNME, McIntyre Revealed as Jey Uso Attacker, Cody Rhodes Appears, Lyra Valkyria Advances in Women’s IC Title Tournament, 12/16 Show Card

WWE
Dec 9, 2024

Damien Priest vs. Finn Balor vs. Gunther for WWE World Title Announced for Dec. 14 WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event Show

Monday’s WWE RAW show in Wichita, Kansas featured one newly updated match for the card of WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event show.

This newly updated match announced was a WWE World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat match of Damian Priest vs. Finn Balor vs. Gunther (c).

This updated match was setup following Balor and Gunther’s promo segment about their upcoming title match that turned into a big brawl involving Judgement Day and Priest.

In a follow-up segment, RAW GM Adam Pearce confronted Judgement Day backstage and stated that due to Balor and Judgement Day’s actions, Balor’s match with Gunther will now be a Triple Threat match for Gunther’s title.

Drew McIntyre Reveals He was Jey Uso’s Mystery Attacker

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured Drew McIntyre revealing he was the mystery person who had attacked Jey Uso on last week’s show.

During the show, a video aired featuring McIntyre being seen backstage and gave a promo talking about his recent absence due to Hell in the Cell being the most dangerous match in his career and going back to Scotland because his family needed him. After some more words, McIntyre talked about how he watched Survivor Series and saw Roman Reigns standing side by side with CM Punk, Jimmy, Jey, and Sami with their “stupid fingers in the air.” McIntyre stated that they all turned their tails to join Roman and sold out for nothing. McIntyre stated that at least Punk got bribed to help out Reigns. McIntyre then stated that is when he knew he had to come back and take out Sami and Jey. McIntyre stated that he can not change the past but he can change the present and he will change the future.

Cody Rhodes Make Surprise Appearance on Monday’s WWE RAW Show

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes making a surprise appearance.

During the show, Rhodes was seen coming out of RAW GM Adam Pearce’s office and the two shook hands. Rhodes then noticed New Day walking nearby and told them that they should be ashamed of themselves after what they did to Big E last week. New Day walked away as Xavier Woods mocked Rhodes over his comments.

Rhodes appearance was part of WWE’s current transfer window period for their RAW, SmackDown, and NXT brands.

Sami Zayn vs. Drew McIntyre Set for Dec. 14th WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event

Monday’s WWE RAW show in Wichita, Kansas featured one new match for the card of WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event show, which takes place on December 14th at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

This new match announced was a singles match of Sami Zayn vs. Drew McIntyre.

This match was initially setup during last week’s show following McIntyre’s surprise return and attack on Zayn. During tonight’s show, McIntyre was seen backstage and gave his reasons why he came back and why he attacked Zayn. McIntyre also revealed that he was the person who had attacked Jey Uso last week. In a follow-up segment, Zayn interrupted Seth Rollins during Rollins promo calling out CM Punk and after settling things between the two, Zayn called out McIntyre and stated that he got a match made official between him and McIntyre for Saturday Night’s Main Event show. As Zayn was walking to the back, McIntyre ambushed him and quickly laid out Zayn on the stage area.

Current card for December 14th WWE Saturday Night’s Main Event show:

  • Undisputed WWE Championship – Kevin Owens vs. Cody Rhodes (c)
  • WWE World Heavyweight Championship Triple Threat match – Damian Priest vs. Finn Balor vs. Gunther (c)
  • WWE Women’s World Championship – IYO SKY vs. Liv Morgan (c)
  • WWE Women’s United States Championship – TBD vs. TBD
  • Sami Zayn vs. Drew McIntyre

Lyra Valkyria Advances in WWE Women’s IC Title Tournament

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured one First Round match for the WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship tournament to crown its inaugural champion.

This match was a Triple Threat match of Lyra Valkyria defeating Ivy Nile and Zelina Vega.

As a result of her victory, Valkyria will be facing off against the winner of Alba Fyre/Kairi Sane/Natalya in the Semifinal Round of WWE’s Women’s Intercontinental Championship tournament.

Current Card for Next Week’s WWE RAW Show

Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured one new match announced for the card of next week’s show on December 16th in Boston, Massachusetts.

This new match announced was a WWE World Tag Team Championship match of War Raiders (Ivar & Erik) vs. Judgement Day (JD McDonagh & Finn Balor) (c).

Current card for December 16th WWE RAW show:

  • WWE World Tag Team Championship – War Raiders (Ivar & Erik) vs. Judgement Day (JD McDonagh & Finn Balor) (c)
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