Raw Deal - Raw recap for November 4, 2024

Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez and "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio head to the ring to start tonight's show, which takes place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for the first time in history. Liv says her revenge tour is officially over and that she is moving on to her world tour, as just this week, she defeated Tiffany Stratton and took out Rhea Ripley for the third time. She also has ensured that Rhea stays gone for a long time before beating Nia Jax to become the Women's Crown Jewel Champion, then proclaims she has done all she said she would do and has become the best Women's World Champion of all time. Dominik cannot get a word in due to the booing of the crowd and the entrance of Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill. Bianca says Liv Morgan is not the only one to walk out with championship gold last night, then addresses their confrontation last week before Jade gives Liv and Raquel a shot at their titles. Liv says Bianca and Jade are here angry because Bianca thinks she is the best when it is really her, and tries to drive a wedge between them by saying Jade thinks the same of herself and that the women's tag titles are the only thing keeping them together. Bianca says Liv's mind games will not work and that Liv is more than happy to test her theory. General Manager Adam Pearce shows up to stop a potential confrontation, then Liv tells Bianca to watch out for the knife that Jade will stab her in the back with only to get slapped by Bianca. Pearce tells Liv she will defend her title against whoever wins a women's battle royal tonight, and that not only are Bianca and Jade are in the match, but the battle royal starts right now.

Iyo Sky last eliminates Lyra Valkyria to win a women's battle royal to become the #1 contender for the Women's World Championship. During the match, Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill are eliminated by Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez, who are watching at ringside and are not part of the match, after Raquel grabs Bianca by the hair and Liv Morgan gets involved. Bianca and Jade chase Liv and Raquel through the crowd after their elimination.

Backstage, Cathy Kelley interviews The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods). Woods says that they should be #1 contenders and fighting for tag team gold, but Chad Gable got involved and The War Raiders won. He also accuses Kofi of dropping the ball before Wyatt Sicks (Bo Dallas, Erick Rowan, Dexter Lumis, Joe Gacy, Nikki Cross) footage show up, with Miz unconscious in a black Uncle Howdy mask. The mask is taken off and the tape on The Miz's mouth is removed by Bo Dallas, who says he has nothing to do with this before Bo Dallas says they wanted him, not Final Testament, and to make him suffer. Miz is then attacked from behind by a masked Dexter Lumis before the screen turns blue again.

It is announced that Goldberg's retirement match will take place sometime in 2025.

The War Raiders (Ivar and Erik) beat The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) after Woods tags himself in, ruining any momentum that Kofi had in the match.

It is announced that WWE will hold a "Road To WrestleMania Europe 2025" Tour this spring, with some of the dates being episodes of Raw and SmackDown.

Sami Zayn heads to the ring. Sami addresses the crowd in Arabic briefly, then says he is here to address what happened at Crown Jewel before "Main Event" Jey Uso shows up. Jey thanks Sami for having his back at Crown Jewel, but wants to know if the kick to Roman Reigns' face was an accident. Suddenly, Jimmy Uso shows up. Jimmy says Jey saw what he and the rest of the world saw, thinking that Sami did it on purpose and that he and Roman are pissed, that Jey should be pissed, and that Sami is not to be trusted. Sami reminds Jimmy that he was the first to bring him in the family and that his trustworthiness has been doubtful in the past, but Jimmy says he is not the bad guy here before the crowd chants "Sami Uso." Sami says he does not hate Jimmy and never have, and that while Jimmy is not the bad guy, he makes bad decision. He says he came out for Jey to make sure that he was okay. However, when it was the four of them in the ring, for a minute, it felt like old times, but it fell apart just like it already did and he will not do this again and have his loyalty put on trial again. He says he loves Jey, but he cannot do this again, and he is out. Sami then leaves the ring, but Jey asks Sami to come to SmackDown so they can talk things out like family. Jimmy says Sami is not family, but Jey says he was wrong, as Sami is still family even though he is not blood-related, and he sees "Jimmy Uso, Jey Uso, and Sami Uso." Jey hopes that he sees Sami on SmackDown.

Backstage, Cathy Kelley interviews Seth "Freakin'" Rollins, who says that while he performed admirably at Crown Jewel, his resumé got him in tonight's Fatal 4-Way Match. He says "Big" Bronson Reed took everything he had and kept fighting, and that in the future, they will face off again, but for now, he has gold on his mind, and tonight, three of the best in the world and "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio will wrestle for a shot at Gunther.

Dragon Lee beats Chad Gable. During the match, Gable puts his feet on the ropes for leverage after hitting a Cliffhanger DDT, but he is stopped by Zelina Vega. Ivy Nile puts Zelina in the modified Dragon Sleeper, then Rey Mysterio shows up to check on Zelina. Gable grabs Rey as Ivy Nile distracts the referee only for Rey to attack him, and Dragon Lee hits Operation Dragon for the win.

Backstage, Cathy Kelley interviews Imperium (Gunther and Ludwig Kaiser). Kaiser interrupts and says "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes got lucky, but Gunther stops him, saying that while he and Cody disagree on things, Cody was the better man. He says that three capable competitors - and "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio - are gunning for his title, and it is his responsibility to do better, as both he and Kaiser need to do better.

Damian Priest beats "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, Seth "Freakin'" Rollins and Sheamus in a Fatal 4-Way to become #1 contender for the World Heavyweight Champion after "Big" Bronson Reed shows up and attacks everyone except for Dominik, who nearly wins from all the carnage only for Damian Priest to save the match and hit Dominik with South of Heaven to win. After the match, Priest and Gunther have a staredown in the middle of the ring to end the show.

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