WWE RAW Live Coverage - September 23rd, 2024
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Jey Uso challenges Bron Breakker for the Intercontinental Title
The Intercontinental Championship will be on the line when Bron Breakker defends his title against “Main Event” Jey Uso. Since dethroning Sami Zayn at SummerSlam, Breakker has enjoyed an impressive reign, highlighted by his hard-earned title retention against Zayn in a 2-out-of-3 Falls Match on Raw. Uso, meanwhile, won a Fatal 4-Way Match against Ilja Dragunov, Braun Strowman and Bronson Reed on the Sept. 9 episode of Raw, solidifying his spot as the No. 1 Contender to the Intercontinental Title. Can Uso capture his first singles championship, or will the dogs be barking for the champion?
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– We are live! Wade Barrett and Joe Tessitore greet audiences at home as we see several Superstars arrive at the Toyota Arena. As Liv Morgan and Dominik Mysterio pull up, we see Bronson Reed and Braun Strowman brawl with one another at a merchandise stand before the former pair make their way down to the ring.
Morgan mocks fans and says the Liv Morgan Revenge Tour is going exactly as planned. She then throws it to a video of Judgment Day attacking Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley after Priest defeated Dominik last week, then says she's kept her promise of taking everything from Ripley including the Women's World Championship, Judgment Day, and Dominik.
Ripley's music hits and she makes her way out. She tells Morgan to quiet down and says that she's not planning on attacking her tonight as she has something to tell Morgan. Dominik stands between Ripley and Morgan, and Ripley asks him what he's going to do. Morgan intervenes and mocks Ripley by telling her that Dominik might've stayed with her if she didn't care so much about Priest. She continues mocking Ripley by guessing that she's about to tell her that she isn't cleared to challenge her for the Women's World Championship at Bad Blood, and says she'll beat her because she's smarter than her.
Ripley informs Morgan that she's been fully cleared for Bad Blood, then tells both Morgan and Dominik that Adam Pearce has made it official that Dominik will be in a Shark Cage on October 5. Ripley tells Morgan that she'll win back the Women's World Championship with no one to help her, and says she takes back what she said before, then headbutts Morgan and heads to the back.
– Sami Zayn then makes his way down to the ring. Ludwig Kaiser follows.
Sami Zayn vs. Ludwig Kaiser
Kaiser shoves Zayn, and the bell sounds. Zayn tosses his sweater to Kaiser in response to his shove, and the two lock up. Kaiser fires off right hands on Zayn in the corner, but Zayn responds with several of his own and fires off stomps on Kaiser in the corner. Kaiser sends Zayn crashing into the corner, then sends him crashing into the ring steps and dumps him back inside the ring.
Kaiser sends Zayn crashing into the ring post shoulder first, then drapes him by his knees and lands a dropkick on his chest. He charges at Zayn, but Zayn catches him with a back elbow and connects with a double ax handle off the top rope. Zayn then clotheslines Kaiser out of the ring and lands a chop on his chest, but Kaiser sends him crashing into a chair over the timekeeper's area.
Back from the break, Kaiser sits Zayn on the top rope and looks to deliver a superplex to him. Zayn avoids it and rains down strikes on Kaiser, then connects with a Sunset Flip powerbomb on him and goes for a pin. Kaiser kicks out, and Zayn delivers an Exploder to him. He sets up for the Helluva Kick, but Kaiser rolls out of the ring before he can hit it.
Kaiser sends Zayn crashing into the ring steps and dropkicks him into them, then slides back into the ring as the referee begins a ten count. Zayn beats it, and Kaiser rains down right hands on him. Zayn returns the favor, then connects with a clothesline and looks to land a Blue Thunder Bomb. Kaiser avoids it and rolls up Zayn, but the referee catches him with his feet on the ropes and stops the count. Kaiser gets in the referee's face, but turns around into an Exploder and sets up for the Helluva Kick. Kaiser sees Zayn coming and delivers a kick to him, then goes for a pin but Zayn kicks out. Kaiser looks to send Zayn crashing into the mat, but Zayn escapes and delivers a German suplex. He follows it up with a Helluva Kick for the win.
Winner: Sami Zayn
– After the match, an angered GUNTHER makes his way down to the ring dressed in his ring gear. He says Zayn has been begging for a World Heavyweight Championship for weeks and he's seen enough, then says he thinks that Ontario, California is the right time for him to say no to a title match. GUNTHER laughs and heads to the back as Zayn dares him to enter the ring with him.
– We then head backstage and see Xavier Woods in deep thought before Kofi Kingston approaches him looking to talk about what happened between them, LWO, and Judgment Day last week. Woods says there's no hard feelings, and Kingston says he wants to smooth things over before New Day's tenth anniversary in November. Kingston shows off the Booty-O's cereal boxes and Francesca the Trombone, and Woods tells Kingston that he thinks they should look ahead to winning tag team gold. Kingston agrees and says Woods should be calling the shots before American Made interrupt and a verbal confrontation ensues between the two parties.
– Back from the break, we head over and see a verbal confrontation between JD McDonagh and Ilja Dragunov as Carlito and Dominik Mysterio stand by.
– Back at ringside, LWO make their way out. Judgment Day follows.
Carlito (w/ Judgment Day) vs. Dragon Lee (w/ LWO)
The bell rings and Lee dropkicks Carlito through the ropes. He connects with a tope suicida on him and dumps him back inside the ring, then rocks him with a boot and charges at him. Carlito turns Lee inside out with a clothesline, then fires off right hands and stomps on him. Lee connects with a hurricanrana on Carlito and trips him, then delivers a kick to him from the apron and follows it up with a dropkick. He ascends to the top, but JD McDonagh hops up on the apron.
Cruz Del Toro gets in McDonagh's face, but McDonagh sends him crashing into the ring post as Dominik levels Joaquin Wilde. Rey Mysterio appears out of nowhere and hits a senton on the barricade off Dominik, opening the door for Lee to hit a spinning Sidewalk Slam on Carlito for the win.
Winner: Dragon Lee
– Backstage The Miz is warming up and Karrion Kross comes by to check on him and says he hates that no one respects him anymore. Miz says he has a match against a monster and Kross reminds him monsters come in all sizes. Miz agrees and leaves and Kross stays back and smirks.
– We come back from commercial break and head backstage with Kathy Kelly and Sheamus. She asks if he's done with Pete Dunne. Sheamus says everyone says "call him Butch" and after what he did he has a score to settle with Dunne and there's nothing more dangerous than an Irish man who has a score to settle.
Braun Strowman vs. The Miz
Before the bell can even sound, Braun Strowman attacks Reed on the ramp and begins brawling with Red. Miz gets in Strowman's face for attacking Reed, but Reed takes them both down with a tope suicida. Reed levels two security guards with a Tsunami and Strowman hits a double chokeslam on two more of them. More security guards runs down to the ring, but Reed and Strwoman take them down and level each other with a clothesline. Reed ascends to the top, but Strowman catches him with a right hand. Security pulls the two men apart, but Strowman kicks Reed out of the ring and takes down several more security guards. He lands a bodyslam on two of them and a powerslam on a third one, then ascends to the top. Reed retreats up the ramp.
No Contest
– We come back from commercial break, and Drew McIntyre makes his way down to the ring. McIntyre gets in the ring and promises to make Punk bleed and he says he promises that Punk will have to kill him. He says this will be the end for one of them, because Punk meant every word last week. He says he's ready to sacrifice this all for this to end. He says he usually keeps personal stuff to himself but he'll put it out there. He doesn't want to be inside Hell in a Cell as he has in the past. Punks wife and sisters begged him not to do this match, and his family has begged him not to as well as this has gone too far. He says his wife has asked him to stay away from Punk as she sees what this is doing to him mentally. The crowd erupts in a CM Punk chant. McIntyre says this match will happen and he promises he'll make Punk bleed a lot and he will make Punk suffer and feel pain he's never felt. He says this is good -vs- evil and Punk compares himself to the devil, but Punk is just a man McIntyre has broken in the past and McIntyre says he will break Punk permanently.
– Jackie Redmond is backstage with Adam Pearce. They discuss Bronson Reed and Braun Strowman and Pearce says next week they will have a Last Monster Standing Match. Behind them, Pete Dunne is choking out Sheamus with a cricket bat. Pearce breaks it up and calls for medical for Sheamus.
– After a short break, we come back to RAW and head into our next match. Before the match, Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair approach Damage CTRL and they give Damage CTRL props, and Damage CTRL says they're coming for the titles. Belair says their titles will not go anywhere regardless of who wins.
The Unholy Union vs. Damage CTRL
IYO SKY and Isla Dawn begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Kairi Sane tags in and double teams on Dawn with SKY before the pair land a double dropkick on her. Sane delivers a right hand to Dawn's chest in the corner and lands another one off the top rope. She goes for a pin, but Dawn kicks out.
Back from the break, Alba Fyre wears down Sane in the corner from the apron as Dawn distracts the referee. Fyre then tags in and holds Sane in place. Dawn looks to land a right hand on her, but Sane ducks out of the way and Dawn almost inadvertently hits Fyre.
SKY tags in and connects with a flapjack on Fyre. She rains down right hands on her and sends an interfering Dawn crashing into Fyre, then connects with a single leg dropkick on Dawn and lands a double dropkick on Fyre and Dawk off the top rope. SKY fires off forearms on Fyre and runs the ropes, but Fyre catches her with a superkick.
Dawn tags in and looks to land a backstabber on SKY, but Sane saves her and sends Fyre crashing onto the floor. She ascends to the top and delivers the In-Sane Elbow to Fyre on the outside as SKY connects with the Over The Moonsault on Dawn in the ring for the win.
Winners: Damage CTRL
– Barrett and Tessitore take us back to last week so we can catch up on the Uso and Breakker stuff in case we forgot from an hour ago.
– Kathy Kelly is backstage with Bron Breakker. Breakker says today is game day which means there will be a winner and a loser. And after tonight, it's not going to be Jey Uso and someone is going to get their ass kicked and it won't be him. He says he will be champion for a long time.
– We come back from a commercial break to Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett discussing The Bloodline and Rhodes/Reigns issues and they take us to Georgia Tech in Atlanta where Rhodes and Reigns met last week.
– Backstage, Jey Uso is warming up and Sami Zayn comes up to him and tells him to make that IC title his tonight.
American Made (w/ Chad Gable and Ivy Nile) vs. New Day
Xavier Woods and Julius Creed begin the action. The bell rings and the two lock up. Julius connects with a shoulder tackle on Woods, then locks up with him again and fires off a couple right hands on his midsection and spine. Woods returns the favor, then levels Julius with a forearm and delivers a splash to him in the corner.
Kofi Kingston tags in and delivers a springboard crossbody to Julius. Brutus Creed and Woods tag in, and Woods continues wearing down Brutus. Kingston tags back in and delivers a flip off Woods' shoulders to Brutus. Woods then tags back in, but Brutus fires off chops on him in the corner before Julius delivers a superplex to Kingston and Woods lands one on Brutus.
Back from the break, Woods connects with a clothesline on Brutus and sends an interfering Julius crashing out of the ring. Kingston gets in the ring, and while the referee tries getting him out, American Made beats down Woods. Woods and Brutus rock one another with forearms, but Brutus levels Woods with one and sits him on the top turnbuckle.
Woods pushes Brutus off and lands a dropkick on him, then tags in Kingston as Julius tags in on his side. Kingston delivers a clothesline to him off the top rope, then connects with a dropkick and delivers a roundhouse kick to Brutus. He sends Julius crashing out of the ring to join Brutus, then lands a kick on Brutus' chest off the apron and flies to level The Creed Brothers.
Kingston dumps Julius in the ring and delivers a cross body off the ropes, then goes for a pin but Julius kicks out. Kingston then lands the Boom Drop on Julius, but Julius gets Kingston up. Kingston escapes and delivers Trouble In Paradise to Julius. Woods calls to be tagged in and Kingston does so. Kingston then flies out of the ring to take down Brutus, and Woods ascends to the top.
Gable gets in Woods' face from the apron, but Woods drags him into the ring and fires off right hands and stomps on him in the corner. He then turns around into a jumping knee from Julius. Juilis then delivers a shoulder tackle to Kingston before getting him up in an Electric Chair position and tagging in Brutus. Brutus then ascends to the top and connects with the Brutus Ball for the win.
Winners: American Made
– We get a video package for Damian Priest and his battles against The Judgement Day, specifically Finn Balor.
– We get a video package for The Pure Fusion Collective calling out the Women's Division and they opportunities they haven't been given and to shoot your shot.
– Backstage Woods and Kofi are discussing their match. Rey and LWO come up and apologize for last week. Woods doesn't want the apology and tells LWO to keeps their advice. Woods gets in Rey's face and Kofi tries to de-escalate the issue and Rey says since Woods wants to fight with him, next week they'll go one on one.
– Jey Uso is with fans in the arena and he makes his way to the ring through the crowd. Uso has the crowd and Joe Tessitore yeeting all over the place.
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WWE Intercontinental Championship Match: Bron Breakker vs Jey Uso
Uso waits in the ring for Breakker as we get graphics for the matches scheduled for next week. The crowd is still yeeting indirectly working out their lats. The yeeting stops and Bron Breakker makes his way out. The bell rings, and the men go to lock up and Uso gets a headlock on Breakker who sends Uso into the ropes and takes him down with a shoulder check. They square off again, and Uso gets Breakker in a headlock and smokes Breakker with an uppercut sending him out of the ring. Uso suicide dives onto Breakker sending him into the announce table.
We come back from break, and Uso is in the corner punching out Breakker. Uso tries to take down Breakker who slams down Uso. Uso is now in the corner and Breakker is slamming his shoulder into him. Breakker gets Uso up and swings him into the corner and Uso hits the mat hard after hitting the turnbuckle. Breakker throws Uso into the other turnbuckle and then gets Uso on his feet and Uso comes at Breakker with some punches. Breakker throws Uso with a released belly to belly suplex and straps Uso into a submission hold. Uso fights out and punches Breakker in the gut. Breakker tries to suplex Uso, who blocks it and tries to suplex Breakker. Breakker gets Uso caught on the ropes and then mounts him and punches Uso. Breakker swings Uso into the turnbuckle and then hits a back breaker and goes for the pin but breaks it and does push ups by Uso. Breakker pushes Uso down but Uso gets Breakker in the corner and gets Breakker down with a punch. Breakker is sent outside the ring and Uso goes for a suicide dive but Breakker intercepts and punches him out. Uso is taken to the announce table and Breakker slams Uso's head against the announce table. Breakker gets on the apron and jumps off the apron onto Uso and into the announce table.
Back from commercial break, Breakker has Uso in a headlock and Uso fight out of it with punches. Uso gets Breakker on the mat and he crawls to the corner. Uso flies into Breakker with a hip attack and covers for a two count. Uso gets on the top rope and Breakker gets him on his shoulder and slams him down for a two count. Breakker gets Uso on his feet and goes for a gorilla press and Uso counters into a Samoan Drop and covers for two. Uso regroups and gets on the top rope but Breakker comes charging and stops him. Breakker runs up the ropes and hits a top rope Frankensteiner for a two count. Uso and Breakker push each other and trade punches - Uso hits a super kick and Breakker comes back with a flying forearm. Breakker gorilla presses and slams Uso and covers for a two count. Breakker comes running at Uso outside the ring and spears him and throws him back in the ring. In the ring, Breakker runs to Uso to spear him but Uso counters with a spear and gets up top and hits a splash for a two count. Breakker gets up first and is livid - he kicks Uso out of the ring and goes to the other end of the ring and runs to Uso to spear him again but Uso superkicks him. Uso then spears Breakker through the barricade into the time keeper area. Back in the ring, Uso hits a spear and gets on the top rope and hits a splash for the win.
Winner and NEW WWE Intercontinental Champion: Jey Uso
– After the match, Uso grabs the belt and heads into the crowd to celebrate as the show goes off the air.
