Post WWE Raw 12/30/2024 Show Discussion Thread (Final Raw on traditional TV)

Venue: Toyota Center Houston (Houston, TX)

Attendance: ~14,600

Winner Loser Match Finish Stipulation
Chad Gable w/ American Made Otis w/ American Alpha Grapevine Ankle Lock
Dakota Kai Zoey Stark Pele Kick Women's Intercontinental Championship Semi-Final
Damian Priest and the War Raiders The Judgement Day w/ Carlito South of Heaven
Lyra Valkyria Iyo Sky Reverse Bridging Pin Women's Intercontinental Championship Semi-Final
Drew McIntyre Sami Zayn Claymore

  • Kick-off with The New Day coming out when Jey Uso is scheduled to appear with Kofi demanding that their music gets turned off. The crowd boos and Woods argues with them as they enter the ring. Kofi tries to speak but gets booed down and tries to explain that they have a very limited amount of time and they don't let them...but they are interrupted by Jey Uso making his way out through the crowd and joins them in the ring. Woods dismissively says the crowd likes Jey and tries to talk to Jey but gets booed down. Jey asks the crowd to quiet down so he can listen to what this chump has to say. Woods says they go way back but the crowd continues to boo. Jey says that's true that they go way back and he's only got one thing to say to them New Day sucks. Woods starts to mouth off to Jey as Kofi ushers him back and the two leave as Jey claps along to the crowd chanting New Day sucks. Jey says he wasn't even here for that and says he's got enough problems with Solo and the Bloodline and says Roman's handling that, but he's got business to handle with Drew McIntyre and calls him out. Solo and the Bloodline appear on the tron, Solo says last week was a warning and tells Jey that him and Jimmy made a big mistake by going back to Roman instead of falling in line behind him. Solo vows to finish Roman Reigns next week in Tribal Combat and that the Ulla Falla is going to remain around his neck. As Jey is distracted Drew McIntyre sneaks behind him and kicks him to the ground before continuing to strike him on the ground. Drew sets up for the Claymore as Jey gets to his feet but when he goes for it Jey counters with a superkick. Drew is able to recover and knocks down Jey with a Glasgow Kiss and goes for the Claymore again but officials rush the ring to corner Drew and prevents him from doing more damage, ushering him back up the ramp. Before he reaches the back Drew runs back to the ring right as Jey gets to his feet and lays him out with a full speed Claymore.

  • Chad Gable says he is sick of the talk about him saying he can't win championships, he's ducking Otis, it changes tonight when he puts down the Alpha Academy once and for all. The Creeds and Ivy Nile end by saying they weren't just born here, they were made here.

  • In the Clubhouse Dominik tries to ensure the rest of the Judgement Day that Liv has something off her sleeve and asks Raquel if she's heard anything but she says she hasn't talked to Liv in a couple of days. Finn says what matters is he knows how to deal with the War Raiders and Damian Priest because when they listen to Finn they win and rallies the troops. As the rest of the Judgement Day leaves Finn tells Raquel that when she sees Liv to tell her that she better have a plan.

  • R-Truth is making his entrance when Pete Dunne ambushes him and tells him he's nobody's Butch.

  • Iyo Sky and Dakota Kai are interviewed backstage, Kota says Pure Fusion Collective don't have what it takes to beat them which is why they ambushed Kairi. As for the finals, if it comes down to her vs Iyo it would be an honor and to let the best woman win. Iyo says she respects Lyra Valkyria as a competitor but tonight it is about Damage CTRL.

  • John Cena kicks off his retirement tour next week on Raw!

  • Following the 6 man tag Finn Balor target's Priest's leg, hitting a Coup de Grace on it as Carlito holds it over bottom rope.

  • Backstage Adam Pearce tells Jey Uso that he knows he wants a fight but it isn't happening tonight, however on the Raw Netflix Debut he will face Drew McIntyre 1 on 1.

  • We get another vignette of the Red 0, this time a ninja star is formed before a toothed grin appears under it and two eyes, making it look like a mask.

  • Ludwig Kaiser makes his way to the ring and demands the fans gratitude for himself. He says all these peasants know that Ludwig Kaiser belongs at the top of the food chain in WWE. Ludwig Kaiser is A+ in everything, he is European elegance, and demands Bron Breakker come down here. Sheamus appears and storms the ring, Ludwig tries to attack him but Sheamus fights back and backs Ludwig into the ropes but Ludwig goes for eyes. After a shot to the ribs Sheamus powers through the pain and knocks Kaiser down and hits him with the Brogue Kick.

  • Backstage Rey tells Otis that it took a lot of heuvos to stand up to Gable like that and next time he'll kick his ass. After Otis leaves the New Day applaud Rey for being a locker room leader and ask if Rey is giving him a shoulder to cry on. Rey says he doesn't have time for their BS and he'd be happy to teach them some respect. Woods says he knows Rey's gonna fight so which of his Rey Mysterio cosplayers is he taking with him mask guy, hat guy, no hat guy, the little girl with 12 inch lifts?

  • Seth Rollins makes his way down to the ring for his one on one confrontation with CM Punk. Seth welcomes us to Monday Night Rollins, the last episode of Raw of 2024, the final episode on USA Network, let's go out with a bang! A week from tonight is the fight of the century, the self proclaimed best in the world vs the real best in the world, Seth Rollins vs CM Punk! Seth says after next Monday you know you can find him on Mondays fighting night after night, but the same can't be said about Punk. Maybe he'll leave again for another 10 years and cry about it. Cult of Personality hits and Punk goes down to the ring. Punk says taking his ball and goes home is the most industry plant line of all time and asks which paragon of morality Seth got that from? Did Steve Austin take his ball and go home? Did Becky take her ball and go home? He asks Seth if he wants to tell 15,000 people that Punk abandoned him when in reality Seth is crying that Punk abandoned him. Punk says he's done talking about the last 10 years, he's talking the last 10 months and asks Seth how his back, knee, and insides are feeling and mocks Seth for not being able to get his revenge on Bronson Reed. Punk says he famously said that he came here to make money and he's gonna make a lot of money making Seth feel the pain that he wants so bad. Seth says Becky didn't leave, she went home to raise their kid, something Punk never did. Punk went on his friend's podcast to try and tear this place this and spent ten years wanting for this place to die, then he went to the competition and how'd that work out for him? Seth says Punk can't big brother him because he's the big brother now and the next 10 years Punk takes off aren't going to be the one he picks. Punk says you can tell pioneers by the arrows in his back, he says he paved the way for Seth and Punk says that he loved this place but couldn't stand the man who loved Seth and made him his next big thing. Punk says those arrows would kill weaker men and he walked away because he had to but was able to take those arrows at one by one. Punk says he's walking into Netflix live and in living color with a handful of arrows and he's gonna shove them down Seth's corporate throat. Seth says he's never said this to his face, but once upon a time Punk was a pioneer but he's become a cancer to the locker room, this business, and his brain and the only way to kill a cancer is to cut it down. So next week he will bring his eyes of fire and his heart of hate and he will burn him to the ground!

  • Next week on Raw: Roman Reigns vs Solo Sikoa in Tribal Combat, Liv Morgan vs Rhea Ripley in Last Woman Standing, CM Punk vs Seth Rollins!

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