Raw Deal - Raw recap for December 9, 2024

Gunther heads to the ring to start tonight's show. Gunther says that Finn Balor now has his attention and that Saturday Night's Main Event will not be like Survivor Series for him. Suddenly, The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, JD McDonagh, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, Carlito) shows up. Finn says Gunther should have given him the title match, but he gave it to Dominik instead, then says he is the only reason Gunther is World Heavyweight Champion right now. He also says that Gunther is right about Saturday Night's Main Event being different from Survivor Series because he will take the title from him and become a world champion for the first time in eight years. Gunther says Finn did not earn a title shot on Saturday and that he knows Finn is frustrated, as he looked up to him and respected him eight years, but that respect faded away as soon as Finn Balor cut corners and aligned himself with The Judgment Day. He also says that Finn chose to play second fiddle to Damian Priest, and with no respect between them left, he is literally looking down on him, as Finn was best in the world for one night while he is the best for a long time to come. Gunther says that Finn will not be champion after Saturday because he was not and never will be at his level. The Judgment Day approaches the ring, but Damian Priest shows up and tears through them. Priest sends JD McDonagh into the ring to be smashed by Gunther, then Gunther hits Priest with a lariat and proceeds to attack him. Finn hits Gunther with a Sling Blade before he can powerbomb Priest through the table, then drop kicks Priest into the steel steps before hitting Gunther with a Coup de Grace. Meanwhile, Priest fights off The Judgment Day, but the numbers game takes over. Priest is soon held in place for not one, not two, but three Coup de Graces.

Backstage, The Judgment Day (Finn Balor, JD McDonagh, "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio, Carlito, Liv Morgan, Raquel Rodriguez) are met by General Manager Adam Pearce, who says that Damian Priest will now be in the World Heavyweight Championship match at Saturday Night's Main Event. Finn says it will make his championship win even more satisfying, then Pearce announces that Finn and JD McDonagh will defend the World tag titles against The War Raiders next week with the rest of The Judgment Day banned from ringside. Pearce leaves, then Liv asks Finn for advice for her and Raquel's match tonight. Finn asks Liv to give him a few minutes.

PBR Professional Bull Rider Koltin Hevalow is seen in the front row.

The Final Testament (Karrion Kross, Akam, Rezar) and The Miz beat The Wyatt Sicks (Uncle Howdy, Erick Rowan, Joe Gacy, Dexter Lumis) after Nikki Cross attacks Scarlett and Paul Ellering shows up out of nowhere to throw powder into Uncle Howdy's face.

In backstage footage from earlier today, Jackie Redmond interviews CM Punk. Punk declines to talk about the favor between him and Paul Heyman, then says he will not shy away from a fight with Seth Rollins and that he finds Rollins' hatred of him confusing. He mentions his history with Rollins, even mentioning that Rollins wanted to be trained for free, saying that everything Rollins has done, he has done before him and better, and while Rollins has filled the vacuum from when he was gone, it is time for him to go back on the bench.

Liv Morgan beats Dakota Kai. During the match, Pure Fusion Collective (Sonya Deville, Zoey Stark, "The Queen of Spades" Shayna Baszler) shows up to watch from ringside. Liv gets the win after the brief distraction from Sonya Deville, who gets knocked off the ring apron by Dakota as soon as she sees her. After the match, Pure Fusion Collective surround and attack Dakota Kai before Iyo Sky and Kairi Sane show up and make the save. Kairi takes out Pure Fusion Collective with a dive from the top rope, but Liv returns to hit Iyo Sky with Ob-Liv-Ion.

We hear from Drew McIntyre, who calls Hell In A Cell the most violent match of his career, and says that he succumbed to massive blood loss. He says he had to return to his family in Scotland, and that 2024 should have been his year, but he got screwed time and time again. McIntyre says that he thought people could change, but then he watched Survivor Series, and he knew that he had to take out Roman Reigns' Bloodline (Roman Reigns, "Main Event" Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Sami Zayn) and CM Punk in order to change the present and the future.

It is announced that "Main Event" Jey Uso is not medically cleared to compete this week.

Backstage, The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) show up after General Manager Adam Pearce meets with "The American Nightmare" Cody Rhodes. Cody tells The New Day they should be ashamed of themselves.

Seth "Freakin'" Rollins heads to the ring. Rollins says CM Punk has a future as a politician and calls his backstage interview a master class in spinning the truth, which he says Punk has done his entire life. He calls Punk a fraud and a con man, and admits that he asked Punk to train him. He says that he and CM Punk were friends, then says that Punk failed to mention that when he walked out on WWE, he and several friends reached out to him only to get no response. He mentions that Punk badmouthed the company every chance he could, and that Punk only walked back into WWE because he failed at everything else, he burned every bridge that led to water, and the money was right. Rollins admits that he used to respect and want to be like Punk, but he realized that Punk was a fraud and he wanted to be better, which he did, including main eventing WrestleMania. Suddenly, Sami Zayn shows up, and CM Punk warns him that they will be fighting if he is here to defend CM Punk. Sami says they have said things while angry and that this was bound to happen, then says it was wrong of him to assume that Rollins attacked Jey Uso backstage and that he has known him long enough to know, and for that, he apologizes. Rollins says he is glad Sami brought that up, as they have been close friends for twenty years, and admits that Sami was the first person to come to his mind. Sami says Rollins was out of his mind last week and that he did not even know who he was. Sami also says that Rollins sounded less like himself and more like Drew McIntyre. Rollins says he is not Drew McIntyre, to which Sami agrees, saying he is better than McIntyre. He then says that his anger at Punk brings out the worst in him, and that he probably should not have gotten involved. Sami then says he will stay out of Rollins' business regarding McIntyre, to which Rollins appreciates, and when asked if they are good again, Rollins says "Yeah, we're good." He then says that just like how he has business with Punk, Sami has business with McIntyre. As Rollins leaves, Sami says that is pretty good advice, then says he will end things as quickly as possible with McIntyre. He says he has spoken with General Manager Adam Pearce, and at Saturday Night's Main Event, he faces McIntyre. On his way back up the ramp, Sami is suddenly attacked by McIntyre. Officials have to pull McIntyre off Sami.

Lyra Valkyria beats Ivy Nile and Zelina Vega to advance in the WWE Women's Intercontinental Championship Tournament.

Backstage, Cathy Kelley interviews The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods). They refuse to answer any questions regarding why they berated Big E, then says they will talk to the fans instead. Woods takes the camera with him as they head to the ring. When The New Day are booed by the crowd, Kofi cannot believe it, and neither can Woods, who gets the "Dirty" Dominik Mysterio treatment and gets booed so badly he cannot even speak. Woods says they did nothing to Big E, and Kofi says they could have hit Big E with a weapon and the fans still would have loved them, but the audience refuses to let them finish. The New Day then leaves, drowned out by the audience, and when they do, the fans cheer.

Rhea Ripley beats Raquel Rodriguez in an Anything Goes Match following interference from both Liv Morgan and Iyo Sky. After the match, Iyo Sky grabs the Women's World title at the same time as Rhea, and they have a staredown as the show ends.

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