The Heavyweight Championship Takes an Unexpected Turn on RAW
The landscape of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship underwent a drastic change during Monday’s episode of “Raw.” Seth Rollins was stripped of the world title after WWE General Manager Adam Pearce announced that Rollins underwent “major surgery” and would be “out of action for quite some time” following the attack by Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed last week.
A new World Heavyweight Champion will be crowned on “Saturday Night’s Main Event” on November 1st. CM Punk, also the number one contender, commented on the “Raw” main event, a Battle Royal that ended with Jey Uso’s victory.
Raw Results from October 20th
- World Tag Team Championship: AJ Styles and Dragon Lee defeated The Judgement Day by a three count.
- Intercontinental Championship: Dominik Mysterio defeated Rusev by a three count.
- Women’s Intercontinental Championship: Maxxine Dupri defeated Becky Lynch by disqualification.
- Stephanie Vaquer defeated Roxanne Perez by a three count.
- Jey Uso won the Battle Royal.
A new champion is coming
Rollins’ injury seems genuine, and not a gimmick. Rollins is one of the greatest wrestlers of his era, and his return is expected before Wrestlemania 42 in April. Imagine the reaction he would receive at the biggest event of the year.
Jey Uso overcame a large group of contenders, including his twin brother Jimmy, to earn a shot at the heavyweight title. Dominik Mysterio, who successfully defended his Intercontinental Championship against Rusev, was quickly eliminated, but returned to the match unseen. Jimmy saved Jey from elimination, but Jey did not return the favor near the end of the match, sending Jimmy and LA Knight out of the ring. Jey finally eliminated “Dirty Dom” to secure his title opportunity.
The match between Punk and Jey promises to be exciting. It would be interesting to see Punk win and retain the title until Rollins returns. Punk has several possible challengers in the meantime, including “Dirty Dom”.
More Raw conclusions
- Paul Heyman knows how to highlight the talent he supports. Breakker and Reed were already on the rise, but Heyman’s promo in the ring after Pearce’s announcement made them seem like future Hall of Famers.
- AJ Styles is a top-tier talent of this generation. He is a team player, a locker room leader, and the kind of person who can have a “match of the year” level match with John Cena and then return to the tag team championship scene.
- Speaking of that tag team title match, congratulations to Styles, Dragon Lee, Finn Balor, and JD McDonagh for a very entertaining match.
- I don’t mind that Becky Lynch retained the Intercontinental Women’s Championship against Maxxine Dupri, as it makes Dupri feel like a worthy adversary with the ability to beat veteran Lynch. A rematch between the two for the title would be a definitive conclusion to their story.
