2024-10-22 11:15:03
Samantha Irvin announced her departure from WWE
WWE Raw advertised its ongoing No. 1 Contender tag team tournament with The New Day vs. AOP and Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee vs. American Made. Raw also advertised Seth Rollins and Bronson Reed face-to-face and a main event of Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker.
Overshadowing Raw’s lineup was the seemingly amicable split between popular ring announcer Samantha Irvin and WWE. “WWE Universe, my time has come to an end as your WWE Raw ring announcer,” said Irvin in a tweet Monday. “I love you all tremendously and this does not mark the end of my art, I have a lifetime more to share.”
Irvin’s WWE departure led to immediate (and inevitable) speculation that she could be AEW bound. AEW is reportedly adding a new “A-Show” in Shockwave, and they recently receiving a significant increase in revenue via its television rights renewal with WBD.
Last week’s broadcast of WWE Raw garnered 1.538 million viewers.
WWE Raw Results On October 21, 2024
- The New Day def. AOP
- Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez vs. Damage CTRL ends in DQ
- LWO def. American Made
- Bron Breakker def. Jey Uso | WWE Intercontinental Championship
WWE Raw Ratings
- October 14, 2024 | 1.538 million
- October 7, 2024 | 1.545 million
- September 30, 2024 | 1.516 million
- September 23, 2024 | 1.340 million
- September 16, 2024 | 1.509 million
WWE Raw Ticket Sales
- WWE Raw Venue: Wells Fargo Center (Philadelphia, Pa.)
- WE Raw Tickets Distributed: 13,073
- WWE Raw Tickets Available: 416
Seth Rollins And Bronson Reed Brawl
Raw started cold with Seth Rollins calling out Bronson Reed. Rollins has been wearing black lately and acting very heelish. Reed got the better of Seth Rollins and looked like a bigger star in their brawl, where Bronson yeeted a WWE official at Rollins like an inbound pass. Rollins actually escaped the brawl briefly.
Fans continued to sing Rollins’ song, but I smell a double-turn between Rollins and Reed.
Reed and Rollins’ brawl continued backstage in a separate segment right after Jackie Redmond asked Adam Pearce how he planned to keep everything under control.
Seth Rollins and Bronson Reed Brawl: B
The New Day Def. AOP
Lilian Garcia was on camera to introduce The New Day, making the end of the Samantha Irvin Era official.
Should The New Day lose this match, especially with The Miz creeping up at ringside. Xavier Woods’ seemingly inevitable heel turn should be saved for a big moment. Hopefully this moment builds to a big singles match at Survivor Series.
Miz was wearing all-black and sunglasses as he conversed with The Final Testament. Hopefully Miz’s character evolution goes beyond him just wearing black suits.
R-Truth’s interruption led to The New Day winning via rollup. As the Final Testament attacked Truth, Woods stopped Kofi Kingston from saving his former co-tag team champion. This brought out the Wyatt Sicks to a big pop.
Of note, Paul Ellering shoved The Miz out of the way to sacrifice himself as Ellering took a Mandible Claw.
The New Day vs. AOP Grade: B+
Raquel Rodriguez And Liv Morgan Vs. Damage CTRL Ends In DQ
This match was borne out of Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez interrupting a Damage CTRL promo. Liv performed her laugh several times. Her laugh is slowly becoming a meme.
lash Legend and Jakara Jackson were ringside, and it feels like they’re The Culture’s answer to Liv and Raquel. This was especially apparent when Lash squared up with Rodriguez while Ms. Jackson faced off with Morgan.
Ripley hit the ring and fought off both Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez. This brought out Dom, and Ripley trapped him in a Prism Trap. There was a lot of heat for Ripley and Dom’s physicality.
Backstage, Reed and Rollins brawled for a third time as a furious Adam Pearce made their match official for Crown Jewel.
Judgment Day vs. Damage CTRL Grade: B
LWO Def. American Made
LWO’s lucha style melded perfectly with the groud, pound and razzle-dazzle of the Creeds. At one point, the Creeds hit back-to-back suplexes but Brutus’ was more impressive because his was from the second rope.
Fans really got into the match during Rey Mysterio’s amazing hot gag, which ended in a 619 and a splash from Dragon Lee for the win.
American Made has all the talent and charisma to be a top stable in WWE, but unfortunately they’ve spent most of their alliance losing.
LWO vs. American Made Grade: A-
Bron Breakker Def. Jey Uso
Backstage, while Bron Breakker was waiting ,WWE continued to tease Damian Priest vs. GUNTHER. Dominik Mysterio will face a former world champion next week to try to earn a shot at GUNTHER’s world title. There’s a good chance that man will be Priest.
Jey Uso made his entrance through the entrance way as WWE does not have time for an entrance through the crowd during the two-hour era.
Breakker put on a highlight reel performance early, including a standing moonsault.
Fans seemed a bit fatigued despite this being the main event of a two-hour Raw.
Earlier in the night, WWE aired footage from Jey’s appearance on SmackDown. Since Jey Uso didn’t pick a side this past Friday on SmackDown, I think there would be more drama if the Bloodline helps Jey retain his title.
Right on cue, The Bloodline hit the ring. Solo Sikoa had Jey Uso’s t-shirt and tickets to Raw. Sikoa told Jey he was trying to help Jey win. Tonga Loa tried encouraging Jey, only for Jey to superkick both Tonga and Tama.
Solo took a Spear from Bron for Jey, in a sacrifice, then fans came unglued for a faceoff between Breakker and Fatu. Fatu superkicked Jey as he went for a spear and that opened the door for Breakker to regain the WWE IC Title.
