Let’s get into the results:

Elimination Chamber qualifying match: Jey Uso def. Bronson Reed and The Original El Grande Americano

Maxxine Dupri and Nattie – no contest

Je’Von Evans def. Kofi Kingston

Elimination Chamber qualifying match: Raquel Rodriguez def. Iyo Sky and Kairi Sane

Notes:

Bronson Reed appeared to suffer a serious shoulder injury in the triple-threat match.

Liv Morgan chose to face Stephanie Vaquer at WrestleMania 42, attacking her with a microphone.

WWE were set to hail Styles at the start of the show, but Gunther showed up to spoil it. Dragon Lee attacked him again.

Brock Lesnar has issued an open challenge for WrestleMania. No one has answered it yet.

More tension between Dominik Mysterio and Finn Balor as the latter insists he will not help Dirty Dom in his IC title match with Penta next week.

Abyss and Franki Kazarian were among the former TNA stars to show up for Styles – very cool! The Good Brothers were also in the house.

AJ Styles cuts one final WWE promo and is greeted by the whole locker room on the ramp. Undertaker’s gong hits and he makes his way to the ring. The Deadman, after trying his best to suggest they could have one last match in a rather confusing manner, ends up informing Styles he will be the first Hall of Fame induction this year.

Analysis

The AJ Styles tribute was very cool. A fitting send off for a true legend of the game and a great decade in WWE. God, he was so damn good at his peak. And really, there was hardly any real, noticeable drop off in his work. A very fitting Hall of Fame induction.

Reed’s apparent injury is bad news all around. Now, all of The Vision’s original members – Seth Rollins, Bron Breakker and Reed – are on the shelf and out of action. The group was such a powerful force on RAW at one point but they can’t seem to catch a break at the moment.

Hopefully Breakker vs Rollins at WrestleMania – if that works out – will energise all involved once more.

Morgan choosing Vaquer makes sense. Morgan vs Cargill would have been a tough sell for sure and Vaquer’s title reign has underwhelmed. That’s only partly her fault, it’s much more to do with WWE not having her beat any top names.

But who now for Cargill? The women’s Chamber has options in Raquel Rodriguez and Rhea Ripley. They can match Cargill for size and power. Or perhaps WWE wants to run it back with Tiffany Stratton, the woman who lost the belt to Cargill. That’s not too appealing to me, but I could see it.

The Brock Lesnar open challenge segment reminds me of all the things I don’t like about how stale The Beast can be. Don’t get me wrong; I love him at his destructive best. With the right opponent he’s a joy inside the ring. But I do not enjoy watching Paul Heyman reel off a promo from nearly 10 years ago.

It’s beneath him and his vast abilities. I also find it amusing that Lesnar revealed the dates he will be there for WWE, but take this date for example – he went to Atlanta and just stood in a ring while Heyman spoke! What a waste.

I’ve long thought the real interesting opponents for Lesnar are Gunther, Oba Femi and Breakker. Out of those three, we’ve got the best chance with Femi. The hot rumours are it’s LA Knight… but it’s hard to see what the Megastar will get out of that.

It was a solid episode of RAW that didn’t outstay its welcome and the show certainly finished on a high.

Let’s get into the results:

The Vision def. The Usos and LA Knight

Elimination Chamber qualifier: Asuka def. Bayley and Natalya

Intercontinental title number one contender match: Penta def. El Grande Americano

Elimination Chamber qualifier: Je’Von Evans def. Gunther and Rey Mysterio

Notes:

The show started with The Usos coming out, but The Vision interrupted them before they even got down the stairs. Paul Heyman started to talk, but an interesting wrinkle saw Logan Paul take over. Eventually, Adam Pearce revealed that Bronson Reed is in a Elimination Chamber qualifier next week.

LA Knight then came out and after some barbs, Adam Pearce made a six-man tag.

After The Vision won, Logan Paul was cutting a promo on the commentator’s headset when he became the latest Vision memeber to suffer a Stomp from the mystery man.

Adam Pearce receieved a big crate that said “do not open until 28th of February”. The GM was puzzled, so he told the courier to send it to SmackDown.

Maxxine Dupri attacks Nattie after her loss.

Oba Femi is presented with a contract for RAW. As he leaves to think it over, he shares an intense staredown with a returning Rusev.

Liv Morgan does a sit down interview with Michael Cole but is promptly interrupted by Stephanie Vaquer who dresses her down in Spanish so bad – with Dirty Dom translating – that Morgan ends the segment crying.

Finn Balor interrupted CM Punk’s textbook babyface promo in the ring and was joined by Dirty Dom and the returning JD McDonagh in a show of strength for the Judgment Day.

The Original El Grande Americano costs El Grande Americano the IC number one contenders match.

AJ Lee and Becky Lynch have another promo together. AJ Lee talks up her legacy, Becky reminds her that she was making history in the 10 years Lee was selling comic books. Lee tries to goad Lynch into fighting, but Lynch shows some restraint to decline.

Dragon Lee costs Gunther his Elimination Chamber spot.

Analysis:

Rumours that Logan Paul will face Bad Bunny and more rumours that his brother Jake may end up being involved down the line does make one wonder if The Maverick is going to be in The Vision long. Lest we forget, he spoke for the group when saying Bron Breakker should win the Rumble, only for a ‘masked man’ to cost the Steiner descendent.

Could the ultimate reveal by Jake has been doing Logan’s bidding and sabotaging the group? Maybe WWE are just planting some seeds that won’t ultimately grow, but Paul’s uptick in presence/activity on the show has not gone unnoticed.

Receiving a Stomp could be his way to throw people off the scene. Or maybe it is Seth Rollins… eventually.

Decent promo from Balor weaving in plenty of truth opposite Punk. Balor talks about all of his accomplishments and how he’s the real best in the world. Punk’s rebuttal was the kind of Punk many longstanding fans like myself want to see. He replies that Balor ‘was’ great. He did all those things before the Judgement Day.

Balor has less than zero chance of winning. Punk vs Reigns is WWE’s marquee match. But, this will likely lead to him wanting to ditch the Judgement Day and possibly clash with Mysterio at WrestleMania.

The crowd isn’t that into the battle of the El Grande Americanos. Assuming the end goal is a mask vs mask match at WrestleMania or around that time, WWE should be concerned.

It made sense for Gunther to lose the qualifier if he’s not going to be in a title match at WrestleMania. All signs point to him facing another legend with their career on the line and given that it was Dragon Lee that cost him tonight, one has to think Rey Mysterio eventually sticks up for him and there’s your WrestleMania match.

A good option would have been to put Gunther in the Chamber and then he and Randy Orton start a feud. Career killer vs Legend killer has a nice ring. I also think Dominik should be the one to retire Rey and take his mask, so lots of mixed feelings on this one at the moment.

Overall, a pretty progressive RAW that laid some good roads to ‘Mania and a really enjoyable main event.

Let’s get into the results:

Women’s Intercontinental title: Becky Lynch (c) def. Maxxine Dupri

Penta, Dragon Lee and Rey Mysterio def. The Vision (Bronson Reed, Logan Paul and Austin Theory)

El Grande Americano def. Je’Von Evans via doctor’s stoppage

WWE World Heavyweight title: CM Punk (c) def. Finn Balor

Notes:

AJ Styles will put his career on the line against Gunther at the Royal Rumble in Saudi Arabia.

Natalya turned heel on Maxxine Dupri, costing her the match against Becky Lynch.

Jey Uso delcared himself for the Rumble.

Je’Von Evans appeared to suffer a concussion during his match and the referee promptly stopped it.

Analysis:

Finn Balor reminded everyone just what a valuable top singles stat he is for WWE. His Judgement Day sabbatical has been valuable on many levels and the heel turn was probably overdue in some regards. But now? People are ready to have that main event talent back in the mix and tonight proved it.

Interesting heel turn from Natalya. I mean, it’s not interesting in the sense it was immediately telegraphed when she turned up and the fact that she has flip-flopped quite reguarly in recent years. But, if she morphs into the character we saw her portray in Bloodsport, then we are in for a treat.

PWInsider is reporting that Je’Von Evans is OK and that’s awesome news. Would have sucked for him to go down so soon after his call-up and in WrestleMania season.

Austin Theory ate the pin for The Vision tonight. Just saying.

AJ Styles risking his career against Gunther is semi-painful for this writer. Every spidey sense tells me Gunther is going to beat him and we only have a few weeks of AJ left. This Royal Rumble will mark 10 years almost to the day in the company for the TNA legend.

Also, Gunther has retired Goldberg and Cena in the past year, no way do WWE relent that gimmick now, especially since Styles has been begging to retire for so long.

A very good RAW – the best in a while – that has suitably set-up the Royal Rumble well.

The company started their deal with the streaming service in January 2025 in a deal worth £4 billion over 10 years.

Variety reports that Netflix have revealed their subscribers watched over 525 million hours of WWE content in 2025.

RAW alone pulled in 340 million views, while premium live events broadcast on Netflix outside the US like WrestleMania and the Royal Rumble, as well as the weekly show SmackDown, accounted for 185 million views.

Quick match: 340 million views – as they put it – divided by 52 is about 6.5m people watching RAW on a weekly basis. A good show would have yielded 2m before the move.

It’s not clear if Netlix means 340 hours watched or specific views. If it’s the former, it still averages out at just over 2.1 million and that would be the company’s best annual average in years.

Speaking a few months into the deal last year, Triple H assured fans that Netflix would have no say in the actual content on the show.

“We create the superstars, we create the storylines. We do all of that and the world watches,” Triple H said.

Netflix only decides “how long the show is, when we go off air, or what time we’re on air, just like other live events.

“As far as the content of the shows… someone doesn’t tell the NFL how football’s played. They distribute our product.”

WWE is currently in the midst of their European tour as they kick of the Road to WrestleMania.

Let’s get into the results:

Je’Von Evans def. Bravo Americano

Number one contenders match for Women’s Tag Team titles: Liv Morgan and Roxanne def. Bayley & Lyra Valkyria and The Kabuki Warriors

Dragon Lee and Penta def. Austin Theory and Bronson Reed via DQ

Gunther def. AJ Styles

Notes:

The show starts with IYO SKY and Rhea Ripley walking to the ring holding their freshly won Women’s Tag Team titles. Their celebration promo is interrupted by Liv Morgan and Roxanne Perez. They obviously want the titles. Bayley and Lyra Valkyria followed suit and had the same problem.

The Kabuki Warriors turn up and drag the champions out the ring before all the challengers end up scrapping in the ring. Gee, I wonder where this is going… The champions clear the ring to close the segment.

Liv Morgan tears into Finn Balor backstage about not doing enough. Roxanne backs her up. Balor says “Just you watch, girls. Just you watch.”

Adam Pearce warns Paul Heyman that Bron Breakker should stay away tonight.

CM Punk hits the ring for a promo. He says he looks forward to finding out who his next challenger will be, which brings out Balor. The match is made for next week in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Yes, the triple threat number one contenders match for the WWE Women’s Tag Team title did get made.

Becky Lynch vignette airs where The Man reveals she is being made to face Maxxine Dupri in a rematch for the Women’s IC title next week in Belfast. Really rolling the Irish stars out (even if they’re not Northern Irish). Dupri is interviewed shortly after and says she is going to break Lynch’s ankle. Moderrn day Ken Shamrock!

Raquel Rodriguez appears for an interview to explain why she attacked Stephanie Vaquer. The champ then turns up in a moon boot. Vaquer begins to talk to the camera as it appears that Rodriguez has left, but the Judgement Day star of course returns and beats her up.

Otis and Tozawa approach Jey Uso to ask for a title shot. Uso greets them warmly and thinks they’re joking at first, but changes his tune when Otis lets him know he’s serious.

Bron Breakker arrived to spear the luchadors out of their boots. Adam Pearce then showed up to confront Breakker. The Vision and Breakker did not care one bit and continued dismantling Lee and Penta.

Pearce got in Breakker’s face and said he’s not taking it anymore. Breakker grabbed the GM and manhandled him into the corner with rage in his eyes. The Vision stopped him before he made a costly error.

By the way, Breakker’s Spear on Lee saw him run the length of the ramp to hit it on the outside. It’s phenomental to watch.

Je’Von Evans offers his help to Penta and Lee backstage, seemingly targeting The Vision.

Pearce confronts Breakker again, suspending the young star indefintely for putting his hands on him. As Breakker leaves, Heyman makes the point to Pearce that he put his hands on Breakker first…

A very entertaining 20 minute main event between Styles and Gunter ends with Gunther low-blowing Styles after the Phenomenal One belived the Austrian had tapped out. A powerbomb followed for Gunther’s win.

Replays showed that Gunther did indeed tap on Styles’ leg, on the ref’s blindside.

Analysis:

A solid episode of RAW that did more to set up next week in Belfast than anything else.

WWE were talking about Lynch and Balor competing in Belfast like that’s their hometown and country – it is not. It’s the same island, thats about it. It has been that way for about 105 years.

Bron Breakker not being able to control his rage is a fun version to watch and superstars need that edge, it’s what made Brock Lesnar so appealing for so many years. One has to think he is still going to be annointed at WrestleMania, it’s just how do we get there?

It seems like a straight shoot out between Roman Reigns and Breakker for the Royal Rumble. Will Drew McIntyre still have the title by WrestleMania 42? If we are getting Rhodes vs Reigns III, will it be for a title?

We should all enjoy seeing Balor with a renewed vigour and purpose. It is good for main event stars to take a break from competing for titles from time to time; it makes fans miss them and new opponents tend to rise.

Balor hasn’t been a true solo star in a while and he really should be.

Interesting to have Liv Morgan and Roxanne challenge for Rhea Ripley and IYO SKY next. I can’t help but think the majority of that match are destined for world title contention by the time Mania rolls around.

Not a bad start to the European tour for RAW, not amazing.

Let’s get into the results:

The Usos def. The New Day

Women’s Intercontiental title: Maxxine Dupri def. Ivy Nile

RAW Women’s World title: Stephanie Vaquer def. Raquel Rodriguez via DQ

Logan Paul def. Rey Mysterio

Notes:

The show opened with Gunther gloating about retiring Cena. The Austrian said the 17-time world champion tapped out “like a b****”, much to the anger of the crowd.

He was confronted by Adam Pearce, R-Truth and, finally, AJ Styles before leaving the building.

Backstage, Bron Breakker tells Paul Heyman that just like they took out LA Knight, he’s going to do that to CM Punk tonight. Heyman convinces him not to, insisting he needs Punk to be able to defend the title against him on January 5.

Rhea Ripely and IYO SKY head to the ring for a promo ahead of their WWE Women’s Tag Team title shot on January 5, but the Kabuki Warriors ambush them. Hiding in the crowd, Asuka hit Ripley with the green mist as she greeted fans.

SKY jumps in the way as Kairi Sane lined up an Insane Elbow on Ripley to leave the babyfaces fallen.

CM Punk cut a hell of a promo on Bron Breakker. I think I counted three or four seperate digs he mate at the wider Steiner family. Imploring him to bring :your dumb dad and his even stupider brother Scott,” to Brooklyn for their match.

That’s the fire you want to see from Punk. He did a great job responding to Breakker’s intensity over the past few weeks.

Backstage, Je’Von Evans clashes with Ludwig Kaiser and his gang. I’m sorry – I mean El Grande Americano. Evans will face Rayo Americano next week.

The look on Liv Morgan’s face when Raquel Rodriguez said she wanted to beat Stephanie Vaquer for the women’s title on her own before jumping right back into a smile was priceless. That tension continues to simmer.

Said title match ended thanks to Nikki Bella interfering.

Austin Theory was revealed as the masked man after helping Paul beat Mysterio. With Punk distracted, Breakker made his way in the ring and speared the champion.

While Punk was down, Breakker told him if you speak about my family like that again, you won’t stand on two feet ever again.

Analysis: 

Gunther soaking in the hate is what you’d expect and hope for. Does it have enough steam to make him the monster heel the company wants? Time will tell, but putting him with AJ Styles, someone who is also near the end of their career, is a smart move.

One might think it’s a lot to give Gunther all of these names to demolish, but if anyone has proved in the ring they deserve it, it’s him.

It’s been over three years since we saw The Usos and The New Day work each other and even longer since New Day were the heels in that equation. They haven’t lost their chemistry one bit.

Maxxine Dupri took to the ring after a couple weeks of her training videos with Nattie. She looked good; a noticeable uptick in aggression and confidence. It’s still a process with her, but a switch has been flicked.

CM Punk cut a vintage promo on Bron Breakker and that feud is bubbling extremely well. Both men are bringing it and it’s very believable either could win on January 5 (although I think Breakker wins).

Finally, Austin Theory as the masked man? Most of us predicted that and/or read about it potentially being him, but he does make a lot of sense in the role. There’s also a chance the gimmick isn’t done if they have had other people portraying it, we’ll have to wait and see.

But Theory has the look, can work – he has the potential to be a top player. If there was someone ripe for The Vision and Paul Heyman’s guidance, it’s him.

Another decent but not amazing RAW.

Let’s get into the results:

IYO SKY def. Kairi Sane

WWE Tag Team title match: AJ Styles and Dragon Lee def. The War Raiders

Roxanne Perez def. Lyra Valkyria

Logan Paul def. LA Knight

Notes:

Gunther opened the show to hype his showdown with John Cena this Saturday. The Austrian said he will force Cena to do something he has promised he would never do – give up.

Logan Paul tells his Vision stable-mates he needs them to take care of this Rey Mysterio situation and they agree to help. Paul pulls Heyman aside and says he wants them to know that while they are backup for him, he wants to be backup for them, too.

Mysterio was to face Finn Balor but Paul attacked him during his entrance. Not very well, we should add, that is until that masked man from War Games showed up and Curb Stomped the WWE Hall of Famer. That gave Paul the chance to get up and hit him with the brass knuckles.

Then LA Knight hit the ring to chase Paul off, a bit of a throwback to their United States title feud. Knight demanded a match with the YouTube star.

The botch in the tag team title match was so painful to watch. Dragon Lee just could not get the fireman carry to happen in three genuine attempts. Ivar proved too heavy, but he didn’t seem to greatly help either.

New Day confronted the champions after they retained, but then The Usos made a surprise entrance. They declared they are back in the tag division and setting their sights on the titles.

Stephanie Vaquer did an in-ring interview with Jackie Redmond. She was interrupted by Nikki Bella and just as she was in the middle of demanding a rematch, Raquel Rodriguez knocked her out and asked for a title match herself.

Liv Morgan played a key role in Roxanne Perez getting the win.

Another video airs of Maxxine training in the dungeon and tapping out multiple wrestlers. Natalya, sporting her Bloodsport gimmick, tells her to tap her out. And after a tough scrap, Maxxine does.

The Vision decimates LA Knight. A Spear from Bron Breakker and two Tsunamis from Bronson Reed left The Megastar broken. After Bron Breakker cut a top-tier promo inciting CM Punk – even threatening to take his wife, AJ Lee – the camera cut to Knight trying to get back up and fight backstage.

Paul and Reed met him. They put him through a table and then Reed hit the Tsunami on him on top of a car.

Analysis:

Bron Breakker is really shining in his first shot at world title gold. He’s showing new, entertaining layers in the spotlight and even if he has been jettisoned here because of Seth Rollins’ injury a little early, he’s making the timing seem perfect.

Then you’ve got Logan Paul. His addition to The Vision has added to much more so his character and the sheer association with Paul Heyman is working on so many levels. Giving Paul matches on TV and having him appear every week – they’re prepping him to be a world champion in the not too distant future, too.

The destruction of LA Knight is intriguing. Like Jey Uso, he had a plateau in WWE where his character needs the world title and he’s popular enough to have it, but he can’t break in with the names in front of him right now. Sami Zayn falls into that category too.

Writing interesting TV for the talents that sit in that main event limbo is a task. Uso has gone back into the tag team with his brother Jimmy, what will this injury write off mean for Knight? If The Vision has the title soon, he would make for a good foe when he returns. But, he either wins the title as a babyface in the next six months or so, or, he turns. He’s running out of options.

Felt very sorry for Dragon Lee and his botch in the tag title match. That can happen. And I’d imagine Ivar would be the first to admit he didn’t cover himself in glory either.

Very subtle dynamic shift tonight where Raquel Rodriguez went after the women’s title on her own accord. Last week, the show finished with us assuming Morgan would hunt down Vaquer while Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez try to reclaim the tag titles.

Well, apparently not. Morgan and Rodriguez have switched places and clearly, Rodriguez does not take orders from Morgan anymore. There’s zero chance Morgan lets that lie, it’s just how long does she wait.

Also, Vaquer as champion just isn’t hitting its stride like one would hope. It’s her first time at the top and she no doubt has the talent, but even her promo on this show – and I’m always wary of criticising someone’s promo skills where English is not their first language because her English is a hell of a lot better than my Spanish – but the delivery was just a bit flat.

She’s an elite worker and there’s plenty of great matches for her to have, but I do not see her carrying the title into WrestleMania season with the vast array of options WWE have.

Finally, who is the masked man? I have a theory – pun kinda intended – that it’s more than one person. Austin Theory makes a lot of logical sense to me in joining the mostly young, muscle-bound Vision. But the way the masked man moves and his body type… he kind of looks like Montez Ford.

WWE has a history of having mystery sagas like this without the actual answer in mind until the last-minute. But I suspect with Paul Heyman close to the story, that’s not the case this time around.

CM Punk was rescued by Jey Uso and Cody Rhodes when confronted by The Vision – Bron Breakker, Bronson Reed and Logan Paul.

Of course, it won’t just be a three-on-three matchup and more people are likely to be added to the story.

For the women, Asuka and Kairi Sane, The Kabuki Warriors, won the WWE Women’;s Tag Team titles from Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss with help from Nia Jax and Lash Legend.

Flair and Bliss were saved from an end-of-show beatdown thanks to IYO SKY and the returning Rhea Ripley, which sets up two four women teams.

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer notes that Becky Lynch and AJ Lee had been speculated to fill the final spots.

“On the women’s side, AJ Lee and Becky Lynch were going to be the captains,” Meltzer said. “So they could still be added, but…in the end, that would have to happen next week. But we know eight of the people, which would be Lash Legend, Nia Jax, and the Kabuki Warriors, and Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, and…Rhea Ripley and…IYO SKY, yeah.

“So there’s one spot left, and like I said, originally, it was going to be Lynch. If it is, Lynch is wrestling…Maxxine Dupri, so there will probably going to be an angle coming out of next week’s match at the Garden, if she’s still going to be in the Survivor Series match.”

For the men, they are likely to have some blockbuster names of their own.

Meltzer has also speculated that Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar will make their most recent returns next week for WWE, especially given the company is returning to their mecca, Madison Square Garden.

“I think Roman [Reigns] will probably show up at the Garden. I think [Brock] Lesnar will probably show up at the Garden. You know, Lesnar on the heel side, Roman on the babyface side, and then you’d still have one more spot for probably Jimmy Uso makes the most sense.”

Jimmy certainly would make sense given his ongoing story and somewhat power struggle with his brother Jey, but Meltzer also noted that Jacob Fatu was originally slated to be in the match before he needed to be written off to have surgery.

WWE Survivor Series goes down on November 25 at Pecto Park in San Diego.

Let’s get into the match results below:

Intercontinental title match: John Cena def. Dominik Mysterio (becoming a grand slam champion in the process)

The Time is Now tournament: Rusev def. Damien Priest (Priest’s eye injury was mentioned every two seconds, pretty obvious which way this was going)

WWE Women’s title match: Stephanie Vaquer (w/ Nikki Bella) def. Raquel Rodriguez (w/ Roxanne Perez)

The Time is Now tournament: Sheamus def. Shinsuke Nakamura

WWE Women’s Tag Team title match: Kabuki Warriors def. Charlotte Flair & Alexa Bliss (c)

Notable moments

Triple H opened the show splashing superlatives left and right at the hometown hero and proudly explained why he believed John Cena is the greatest of all-time.

Cena announces that on December 13 when he has his final match, the whole show will feature main roster WWE talents taking on NXT stars because he wants to help pave the way for the future. He was then interrupted by the red-hot Dominik Mysterio to a huge pop – and it leads to an Intercontinental title match between Cena and Mysterio to open the show.

After Cena defeated Dirty Dom, there was a class moment backstage as names like Sheamus, Jey Uso, Charlotte Flair, Shinsuke Nakamura and finally, Cody Rhodes congratulated the legend. The biggest pop came when Rey Mysterio himself embraced Cena for beating his own son.

Maxxine Dupri told Adam Pearce she is ready for Becky Lynch next week at Madison Square Garden and their Intercontinental title match was made official. Right on cue, Becky nailed Dupri with a stiff punch backstage.

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CM Punk came to the ring and wasted no time running down the already bad name of Logan Paul, inviting him out for a fight. Paul suggests he’s now joined The Vision with Paul Heyman, Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed and just when Punk seems doomed by the numbers, Jey Uso and Cody Rhodes evened the odds. The babyfaces got the better of the ensuing scrap.

Later, Punk told Adam Pearce to tell Heyman to put together a team. Enter William Regal who yelled his iconic line – WAR GAMES!

Nikki Bella turned on Stephanie Vaquer after her match with Raquel Rodriguez.

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Adam Pearce announces the returning Gunther will face Je’Von Evans in the Last Time is Now tournament while Solo Sikoa has a surprise opponent, both next Monday.

Flair and Bliss’ semi-fun tag title reign is over and it was mostly down to the help Asuka and Kairi Sane got from Nia Jax and Lash Legend. IYO SKY and finally, to a thunderous pop, Rhea Ripley came out and equalled the odds before the returning Aussie did her best Regal and declared WAR GAMES.

Analysis

Dom Mysterio is magic right now. Who could have called his trajectory a couple of years ago? He looked every bit the star he has developed into standing toe-to-toe with Cena in the ring and furthermore, he delivered one of Cena’s better matches of his retirement tour.

On paper, Mysterio lost. In reality, he will be the major winner in the long run.

Logan Paul being associated with The Vision probably just serves War Games, but it’s actually a really good fit in a myriad of ways. He is the type of talent who should share the same hunger as his stablemates and could do with the patented Heyman wisdom.

Nikki Bella turning was coming a mile off, sure. But, she did execute it well and looked far, far more comfortable in her own skin while doing it. She was at her best as the heel champion, let’s hope that’s the type of performances she channels.

No surprise that Sheamus and Nakamura had a very physical, fun matchup. Plenty of respect at the end.

Bliss and Flair had a better run than expected as champions. It doesn’t look like the pairing is over just yet with the looming War Games score to settle, but it has to be said neither the mens’ or the womens’ matches at Survivor Series are very organic.

It was a decent RAW, certainly above average with two title changes and a well-executed heel turn. Better than what WWE has churned out historically at this time or year with many intriguing options moving forward.