4 Winners & 2 Losers From Last Night's Monday Night Raw (November 4th, 2024)

WWE remained in Saudi Arabia after Crown Jewel 2024 for a pre-taped edition of Monday Night Raw, where Damian Priest emerged as Gunther's next opponent for the World Heavyweight Championship. He did so by winning a Fatal Four Way against Sheamus, Dominik Mysterio, and Seth Rollins, who was taken out of commission by Bronson Reed giving him a Tsunami through a table. Dragon Lee defeated Chad Gable to pour more misery on American Made after Ivy Nile distracted her teammate by fighting Zelina Vega, and the War Raiders continued their winning streak with a victory over The New Day, as Kofi and Xavier Woods' problems continued.

Liv Morgan continued her hot streak by eliminating Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill from a Number One Contender's Battle Royal for her championship, with Iyo Sky becoming the new challenger for the Women's World Championship. The Wyatt Sicks released disturbing footage of a kidnapped Miz, and Sami Zayn will go to SmackDown with The Usos to talk to Roman Reigns after their physical exchange at Crown Jewel.

Iyo Sky

Iyo's Babyface Run Goes From Strength To Strength

After outlasting the competition and eliminating Lyra Valykria, Iyo Sky is the new number-one contender for Liv Morgan's World Championship. Damage CTRL has had a friendlier presentation in recent months, with Iyo's frantic pointing at herself with both hands after doing a move that pops the crowd being particularly endearing. What comes next will be fascinating.

Time will tell what story Morgan and Sky will tell but the prospect of something fresh for Raw's Women's World Championship is welcome. Raw has been dominated by Rhea and Liv since Ripley's triumphant return. This opens the field a little ahead of The Eradicator's return.

Damian Priest

All Rise For The New Challenger

All signs had been pointing to Dirty Dom or the returning CM Punk but instead, Damian Priest will be the next challenger for Gunther's World Heavyweight Championship. Raw's Main Event saw Seth Rollins, Dominik Mysterio, Sheamus, and Priest in a Fatal Four Way to become the number-one contender and Priest would emerge victorious after Bronson Reed came back to take another pound of flesh from Seth Rollins.

Running back to the match that took place for the World Heavyweight Championship at SummerSlam, Gunther and Damian Priest have enough history and bad blood with one another to make this contest intriguing. It's hard to imagine Priest regaining the title that Gunther took from him, not to the level that CM Punk felt like a viable threat, but these two are always guaranteed to deliver so it's a smart choice from creative.

The Wyatt Sicks

During an argument between The New Day on last week's Raw, The Miz was seen being abducted by The Wyatt Sicks. This week, they hijacked the broadcast to show hostage footage of The Miz tied to a chair in a warehouse. This was a welcome dose of something new from The Wyatt Sicks, the creepy, grainy, Saw-esque aesthetic added a layer of much-needed intensity to proceedings.

As Miz begged for his release and distanced himself from The Final Testament, Uncle Howdy revealed Miz had been intentionally hunted. It's an interesting dynamic to have the coldest, most horror-friendly act on the roster combine with the usually rubber-faced Miz. This angle will not be goofy. It will demand something entirely new from The Miz, a performer who has proved himself up to any task.

Liv Morgan

Red Hot Work From The Women's Champion

Rhea Ripley's unfortunate injury has left a giant hole at the top of Raw's Women's division. Thankfully, Liv Morgan can laugh with lemonade when life has handed her lemons. As she was opening the show to celebrate her victory at Crown Jewel, Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill interrupted her. Morgan's mic work is in such great form, Liv created immediate buzz around her dislike of the women's tag champions.

After Bianca dropped Morgan with a right hand, Adam Pearce intervened to book a Battle Royal to determine a new number one contender for the Women's World Championship. Iyo Sky won, but Morgan and Rodriguez were responsible for the elimination of both Cargill and Bianca. Looking at the wider picture, Belair and Cargill both represent credible opposition for Morgan (especially with WWE's move to Netflix on the horizon). Her victory dance right in their faces was deplorable and delectable. Adaptable to any situation put in front of her, Liv Morgan is on fire right now.

The Road To Survivor Series

Sami Zayn & The Usos Start The Journey To WarGames

It has long been expected that the original Bloodline would get back together to do battle with Solo Sikoa and his posse at Survivor Series. Sami Zayn put a spanner in the works of that with his accidental Helluva Kick on Roman Reigns. After speaking to the crowd in Arabic, Sami and The Usos enjoyed a segment that was vintage Bloodline cinema, and reminded everyone why the Bloodline story is still going strong after so many years.

As Jey vouched for Sami, and Zayn admitted fighting alongside Roman and The Usos felt good and like old times, Jimmy ostracized the former Honorary Uce by reminding him he's not family. It's all poised for an explosive episode of SmackDown and that's before anyone has thought about what Sami and Roman burying the hatchet will do to the off-the-rails Kevin Owens.

Seth Rollins

Bronson Reed Returns In Devastating Fashion

As Seth Rollins slumped out of the ring following his hard-fought victory over Bronson Reed at Crown Jewel, the two men were caught in a stare-down that let you know this wasn't over. Seth being caught mouthing "what is wrong with you?" while Reed stared down Rollins like Bowser staring down Mario was one of the moments of the night, so when Bronson Reed jumped the barricade to attack everyone in the match, it was Rollins who had the most to fear.

And so it came to be, as Bronson Reed delivered to Seth a devastating Tsunami through the announcer's table, leaping off the barricade with reckless abandon. It put The Architect out of the match and took away his shot at the World Heavyweight Champion. There's a lot of talk of CM Punk vs Rollins at WrestleMania, but Seth's going to have to get through one of his toughest opponents in recent years to make it there.

Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair

Failure Brings A Glimpse Into Their Future

It had been such a good weekend for the women's tag team champions. Belair and Cargill defended their titles successfully against four different teams at Crown Jewel, but something seismic happened in the Raw Battle Royal. Shining like stars, Bianca and Jade were among the final four women left in the ring with the pair dumping Iyo Sky and Lyra Valkyria to the ring apron but not the floor. Jade and Bianca came face-to-face in direct competition, as everyone held their breath.

Both women would be eliminated shortly after but any doubts about the star power and validity of a match between these two women just left town. Jade Cargill vs Bianca Belair is a marquee match in waiting and just the tease of it felt monolithic. Belair may have spent 2024 playing Obi-Wan, but you had better believe that Darth Cargill is in her future.

• Saudi Arabia becomes the eleventh country to host Monday Night Raw.
• Bianca and Jade's Deadpool (Jadepool?) tribute was pretty cool, as was the double Jaded/KOD spot.
• Chad Gable's back body drop off of the ring apron onto the outside on Dragon Lee was otherworldly.
• "The main event features three worthy contenders and Dom". Gunther's improvement on the mic continues.
• Chad Gable has only one victory since July.
• Raw's last Women's Battle Royal took place on the April 22nd, 2024 episode of Raw, when Becky Lynch won the vacant Women's World Championship.
• Iyo Sky and Liv Morgan have never met in singles competition.
• Despite his appearance, there was no mention of Adam Pearce being RKO'd by Randy Orton at Crown Jewel.
• This is the first time the War Raiders have won three straight matches since November 2022.