CM Punk Returns to Raw

CM Punk will return to Raw tonight following his brief, one-week absence. His supposed match against Drew McIntyre at SummerSlam, however, remains in jeopardy after The Scottish Warrior lost his temper again, lashing out at Adam Pearce and the Raw security officials. What will The Voice of the Voiceless discuss with his potential colossal match still up in the air?




– This week's show kicks off with a shot outside of the Resch Center. We see CM Punk's arrival, as well as Ilja Dragunov and Bron Breakker, who will compete in a number one contender bout. The Judgment Day are shown, with Rhea Ripley and Damian Priest walking together away from the rest.

– GUNTHER's theme kicks off this week's show inside the arena, and out comes "The King General" to kick off the show. Fans boo as he settles in the ring. "Raw - Next two weeks, SyFy, 8/7c" flashes on the screen as a promotional graphic. Fans continue to boo and he says let him explain himself about last week.

He says he knows. The things he said last week....fans boo so loud he stops talking. He tries and they boo him silent again. They chant "You suck!" at him. He gets mad and says "Let's skip that part, I meant every word I said last week! Damian Priest is a bum!"

He brings up a saying in his language and translates, "Show me your friends, and I'll show you who you are." He says he knows his friends. The Judgment Day. He doesn't think much of them and says Priest is street trash. He offers one more time for Priest to just give over the title and move back to the trailer park.

Damian Priest's theme hits and out comes the WWE World Heavyweight Champion walking with a purpose to confront GUNTHER. He heads into the ring and doesn't say a word. Instead, he walks right up to him and punches him in the mouth. The two begin a wild brawl with officials trying to pull them apart.

Priest breaks free and knocks GUNTHER out of the ring. He starts beating down security guards and even launches one of them onto a pile of them on the floor. GUNTHER and Priest re-engage a few more times and then we head into our first commercial break of the evening.

– When we return, we see the brawl break out again backstage as Jackie Redmond is talking into the camera. Raw General Manager Adam Pearce arrives on the scene outraged, as always.

WWE Intercontinental Championship Eliminator: Bron Breakker vs. Ilja Dragonuv

Back inside the arena, the theme for Ilja Dragunov hits and out he comes for our first match of the evening. Out next is his opponent, fellow former WWE NXT World Champion Bron Breakker. The bell sounds and we're officially off-and-running with this number one contender match for the WWE Intercontinental Championship.

Breakker takes the early offensive lead, beating down Dragunov in vicious fashion on the floor outside of the ring. Back in the ring, Dragunov lands a big flying knee that shifts the offensive momentum in his favor. A few moments later, the two brawl on the ring apron where Dragunov hoists him up.

Bron breaks free and the two continue trading shots on the ring apron. Breakker snatches Dragunov up for a suplex off the ropes, but Dragunov blocks it. Dragunov but Breakker blocks it. Breakker hoists Dragunov up and drops him ribs first over the steel ring post. We head to a mid-match commercial break.

When we return, we see some more back-and-forth action, including Dragunov hitting an H-Bomb and a huge spot from the ring apron to the floor. He goes to follow-up with a splash off the apron to Breakker on the floor, but Breakker catches him with a spear on the way down. Dragunov can't continue and the referee stops the match.

Winner and NEW No. 1 Contender to WWE Intercontinental Championship: Bron Breakker

– We shoot backstage where we see The Judgment Day Club House with the guys and gal talking. Dominik Mysterio brings up Ripley saying he was hers last week, and she smiles. He asks why he seemed to green light "Main Event" Jey Uso calling her.

Finn Balor and the rest of the crew wind up Dom-Dom and tell him he needs to handle Uso once and for all. Ripley tells him to use his head and not start a war. She walks off. Balor looks at Dom and tells him, "You know what to do."

– Backstage, Drew McIntyre is shown standing next to Adam Pearce as he talks to security while the commentators remind us that CM Punk is in the house tonight.

– Inside the arena, Lyra Valkyria's theme hits and this time, at least some of the crowd does the "Woo!" part in the beginning. It's been crickets in recent weeks. McAfee tried helping by doing it on commentary. As she settles in the ring, we head to a pre-match commercial break.

– When we return, we see Xavier Woods, Otis and Maxxine Dupri helping Akira Tozawa celebrate his birthday with a cake. Back inside the arena, Cole and McAfee run down highlights of the GUNTHER and Damian Priest brawl from the opening segment of tonight's show.

Both have been ejected from the building and sent home per Adam Pearce. Valkyria is shown in the ring with Kayden Carter and Katana Chance. The theme for Sonya Deville hits and out she comes accompanied by Shayna Baszler and Zoey Stark.

Lyra Valkyria vs. Sonya Deville

The bell rings and the two lock up. Deville delivers a knee to Valkyria's midsection and hits a hair whip on her, but Valkyria fires off shoulders on Deville's midsection in the corner. She then trips Deville and lands a dropkick on her, but Deville slides out of the ring for a breather. Valkyria looks to land a dropkick through the middle rope, but Deville sees her coming and tosses her into the barricade.

Back from the break, Valkyria sits Deville on the top rope and fires off forearms and right hands on her. She connects with a superplex, but Deville lands a jumping knee and a kick on her. Valkyria delivers a boot to Deville's midsection, then delivers a second boot to her and lands a Northern Lights suplex. She goes for a pin, but Deville kicks out.

Valkyria gets Deville up on her shoulders, but Deville escapes and looks to land Deville's Advocate. Valkyria avoids it and delivers a gut wrench Michinoku Driver to Deville. She ascends to the top, but Baszler distracts the referee and Stark trips her. Carter and Chance go attack Stark and Baszler, but Valkyria delivers a dropkick through the middle ropes to take them out. Deville then intercepts her and delivers Deville's Advocate for the win.

Winner: Sonya Deville

– The commentary duo of Michael Cole and Pat McAfee recap the recent few weeks of VHS tapes from The Wyatt Sicks and then they introduce this week's, which is from the Nikki Cross girl figure.

She screams and mumbles, literally inaudible, and it wraps up after only a minute, tops. Cole and McAfee's reaction said it all. "What was that?!"

– We see CM Punk walking backstage as we head into another commercial break. When we return, the theme for "The Best in the World" hits and out he comes. He says it feels good to be alive on a Monday night in Green Bay.

Punk says he is medically cleared to return to the ring. He says he's got pink shoes and he's ready to get blood on them. He calls out Drew McIntyre. The theme for "The Scottish Warrior" hits as Punk begins taping up his wrists in the ring.

McIntyre calmly walks out and taunts Punk for not being as calm as him. Referees hold Punk back as he tries charging up the ramp at him. McIntyre takes Punk's bracelet off his own wrist and says he looks to family when he wants to stay calm.

Punk goes even more nuts but is still held back. Adam Pearce runs out and says Punk is medically cleared and McIntyre is reinstated. He says that means their match is official for WWE SummerSlam.

He says if either touch the other they are suspended and the match is off. Pearce says he has a chaotic situation and has a referee problem. Seth "Freakin'" Rollins' theme hits and out he comes. He says he thrives in chaos. He will be the special referee.

– Backstage, we see Dominik Mysterio walking when Liv Morgan whispers from a back hall. He ignores her and keeps walking but she follows him. He tells her she has to stop. As they continue talking, Finn Balor walks up and catches them. Morgan says that's her cue.

As she heads off, we return inside the arena where we get ready for our next match of the evening. The New Day's theme hits and out comes Xavier Woods, Otis and Akira Tozawa accompanied by Maxxine Dupri for six-man tag-team action.

– When we return, Cathy Kelley is backstage with WWE Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn. She asks him about Bron Breakker becoming the number one contender to challenge him again. Zayn tells her he's not concerned and warns Breakker to take him more serious this time.

As they continue talking, they hear some fighting in the background. Zayn runs over and sees "Main Event" Jey Uso being attacked by The Judgment Day. He makes the save and runs them off. We see footage of Braun Strowman and Otis at training with the NFL's Green Bay Packers.

– Inside the arena, the theme for The Final Testament hits and out comes Karrion Kross and Authors of Pain accompanied by Paul Ellering and Scarlett Bourdeaux.

The Final Testament vs. Otis, Akira Tozawa, and Xavier Woods

Woods and Kross begin the action. The bell rings and Kross immediately tags out to Rezar. Rezar fires off chops on Woods, then tags in Akam. Akam lands a right hand on Woods' spine, but Woods connects with a forearm and a kick. He fires off chops on him and tags in Tozawa. Tozawa lands a forearm on Akam, then sends him crashing out of the ring. He delivers a dropkick and a tope suicida to him through the ropes, then becomes fired up and rips off his shirt.

Back from the break, Kross delivers a boot to Tozawa and gets him up on his shoulders. He sends Tozawa crashing into the mat, then lands a forearm on Woods on the apron. Tozawa sends Kross crashing into the top turnbuckle, then tags in Otis. Otis levels Kross and the interfering Authors of Pain with clotheslines, then delivers a splash to Akam. He delivers The Caterpillar to him, but Kross surprises him with a forearm. Woods tags in and delivers a dropkick to Kross as Tozawa levels Authors of Pain on the outside. Woods fires off right hands on Kross in the corner, but Kross gets Woods on one shoulder and sends him crashing into the mat with The Final Prayer for the win.

Winners: The Final Testament

– After the match, Chad Gable's theme hits and he comes out to confront his former Alpha Academy members as we head to a commercial break. When we return, Gable is in the ring with The Creed Brothers confronting Alpha Academy.

Gable gives them one last chance to re-join his new crew. Otis refuses. Gable asks if the other two are going to let Otis talk for him. A brawl breaks out and Gable and The Creed Brothers beat down Akira Tozawa and Otis until the lights go out and the single-note piano chord strikes and repeats to signify The Wyatt Sicks.

The group come out of the shadows and you see their outline. Gable is in awe staring at it when from behind, Uncle Howdy appears in the ring and snatches him up. The crowd in Green Bay roars as he hits a Sister Abigail. We head to another commercial break.

– When we return, we see a recap video of what just happened with The Wyatt Sicks and Chad Gable. From there, the theme for "Big" Bronson Reed hits and out he comes for our next match of the evening. He settles in the ring and then Pete Dunne comes out next.

The bell gets ready to sound, but before the match can get started, Sheamus hits the ring out of nowhere and lays out Dunne with a Brogue Kick. He brawls with Bronson Reed and throws him out of the ring. Dunne recovers and comes at him, but Sheamus handles him again. He takes out Reed with a Brogue Kick and stares down Dunne on the floor.

– Backstage, Finn Balor tells Rhea Ripley that it will be he and Dominik Mysterio taking on Sami Zayn and "Main Event" Jey Uso tonight. He says and also, next week he's gonna deal with GUNTHER for calling them a joke.

Ripley finds out about Liv Morgan talking to Dom-Dom again and grabs him by his shirt and says "Let's go." When he asks where they're going, she says, "we're going to the ring." We head to another commercial break.

When we return, we see Rhea shoving Dom down to the ring. Liv Morgan is called out and appears from the crowd with a microphone. She tells Dom she has feelings for him and knows he does too. Ripley flips out and tries to go after her, but Dom stops her.

Liv tells Dom to say those three words. He says "I hate you, Liv!" Three words, you know? He babbles in Spanish a lot and yells about how he doesn't like her and how she has ruined his life. She cries and walks off as Ripley smiles and licks Dom's face.

Zelina Vega vs. Zoey Stark

The theme for LWO hits and out comes the leader of the #PushZelina social media movement, Zelina Vega. She is interviewed with her arm heavily bandaged up, almost like a cast. She says it's gonna take more than that to stop her.

She heads to the ring for our next match as we head to another commercial break as McAfee plugs the #PushZelina movement. When we return, slop metal hits the house speakers as Zoey Stark comes out mocking Zelina's injured arm.

She heads to the ring accompanied by Shayna Baszler and Sonya Deville as split-screen footage is shown from last week to explain Zelina's injured arm. The bell sounds and off we go with our next match of the evening.

After some back-and-forth action, we see Stark pull ahead into the offensive lead. She focuses her attack on the injured arm of Vega, who is writhing on the ground at ringside clutching her injured arm in pain as we head into a mid-match commercial break.

When we return, we see things come unglued when Deville and Baszler get involved. Out comes Kayden Carter and Katana Chance with Lyra Valkyria to help out. The distraction leads to Zelina picking up the win despite the injury.

Winner: Zelina Vega

– Backstage, Xavier Woods asks Adam Pearce for a match next week against Karrion Kross. Pearce makes it. Up comes Drew McIntyre telling Pearce he blindsided him with the Rollins special referee announcement for the Punk match at SummerSlam. We head to another commercial break.

– We then return and Jackie Redmond is backstage with WWE Women's Tag-Team Champions Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn. They mention they will be on SmackDown later this week to respond to the challenge from Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair. Sonya Deville and her group confronts them and vows to be the ones to take the titles from them.

"Main Event" Jey Uso & Sami Zayn vs. Finn Balor & JD McDonagh

Backstage, we see "Main Event" Jey Uso and Sami Zayn with a sea of fans in the concession area. They get Uso's new giant foam fingers and bring back their old Bloodline handshake before heading to the ring together to Uso's theme as the Green Bay fans "YEET!" their brains out.

The two settle in the ring as we shift gears and head into a quick pre-match commercial break. When we return, Michael Cole and Pat McAfee announce Seth Rollins' rules meeting for SummerSlam for next week.

Also announced for the 7/29 show on SyFy from St. Paul, MN. is Lyra Valkyria, Kayden Carter & Katana Chance vs. Sonya Deville, Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark, GUNTHER vs. Finn Balor and Xavier Woods vs. Karrion Kross. They run down the updated WWE SummerSlam 2024 lineup as well.

The Judgment Day theme hits and out comes Finn Balor and JD McDonagh accompanied by Dominik Mysterio and Carlito. The bell sounds and off we go with our final match of the evening. Kicking things off for their respective teams are Uso and Balor.

The bell rings and the two lock. They take turns locking one another in submission holds before Balor lands a shoulder tackle and a Hammer and Anvil elbow on Jey's head. Jey levels Balor, then delivers a modified Hip Attack and an enzuigiri on Balor in the corner.

Zayn tags in and delivers a double ax handle off the middle rope as Jey holds Balor in place. Balor then sends Zayn crashing into the corner and tags in McDonagh. McDonagh fires off kicks on Zayn in the corner, but Zayn levels him and sends him crashing into the top turnbuckle face first.

McDonagh lands another Hammer and Anvil elbow on Zayn's head and clocks Jey on the apron, but Zayn sends him crashing to the outside. He sends an interfering Balor out to join McDonagh and delivers a springboard moonsault to them off the ropes. Dominik looks to clock Zayn, but the referee catches him. As the referee yells at Dominik, Carlito sends Zayn colliding with the ring post.

Back from the break, McDonagh tags in and keeps Zayn from tagging in Jey. He connects with a back suplex on Zayn before Balor tags in and lands an elbow on Zayn's spine. He rains down right hands on him and delivers a Hammer and Anvil elbow to him, then fires off a shoulder on his midsection and tags in McDonagh.

McDonagh fires off chops on Zayn, but Zayn responds with a Blue Thunder Bomb. Jey and Balor then tag in, and Jey fires off strikes on Balor. He delivers a kick to his midsection and an enzuigiri, then delivers a Hip Attack to McDonagh in the corner and looks to land one on Balor. Balor sees him coming, but Jey connects with a crossbody off the top rope.

Balor fires off a couple right hands on Jey and tags in McDonagh. McDonagh flies into the ring from the apron and argues with the referee, then tags Balor back in. Balor ascends to the middle rope, but Jey catches him with a superkick. Zayn then tags in and delivers an Exploder to McDonagh in the corner. He sets up for the Helluva Kick, but Dominik grabs his ankle as Carlito distracts the referee. This opens the door for McDonagh to deliver a standing Spanish Fly and go for a pin, but Zayn kicks out.

Jey makes the blind tag in and lands a kick on McDonagh. He and Zayn then deliver 1D to McDonagh and go for a pin, but Balor breaks the fall. The now legal Balor then surprises Jey with a Sling Blade, but Jey delivers a superkick to him. McDonagh sends Jey's face bouncing off the top rope and Balor delivers a missile dropkick to Jey in the corner. McDonagh tags in, and Balor delivers the Coup De Grace to Jey. McDonagh follows it up with a moonsault and goes for a pin, but Zayn breaks the fall.

McDonagh and Balor look to send Jey crashing into the apron, but Zayn pulls down Balor. He then delivers a Helluva Kick to McDonagh and levels Balor, Dominik, and Carlito on the outside. Jey then delivers the Uso Splash to McDonagh for the win.

Winners: Sami Zayn and Jey Uso

– After the match, Bron Breakker appears and blindsides Zayn with a spear as the show goes off the air.