Radical Change in the Fight for the World Heavyweight Championship on Raw
The World Heavyweight Championship landscape took an unexpected turn 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 at “Saturday Night’s Main Event” on November 1st. CM Punk, also the number one contender, commented on the “Raw” main event, a Royal Rumble 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 Heavyweight Champion Will Be Crowned
Rollins’ injury doesn’t seem to be a “scam of the century” part 2, as it wouldn’t make sense to fake an injury that would strip you of your title. Rollins is one of the greatest wrestlers of his era, and we hope he can return before Wrestlemania 42 in April. Imagine the reaction he would get in a comeback match at the biggest event of the year.
Jey Uso had to overcome a large group of contenders, including his twin brother Jimmy, to get a shot at the heavyweight title. Dominik Mysterio, who successfully defended his Intercontinental Championship against Rusev earlier in the night, was quickly eliminated, but snuck back into the match while the referees were distracted. Jimmy saved Jey from elimination, but Jey did not return the favor near the end of the match, sending Jimmy and LA Knight to the outside. Jey ultimately eliminated “Dirty Dom” to secure his title opportunity.
The match between Punk and Jey will be good. It would be fun if Punk won and retained the title until Rollins returns. Punk has many possible challengers in the meantime, including “Dirty Dom”.
More Key Points of Raw
- Paul Heyman knows how to give importance to each talent he backs. Breakker and Reed were already ascending, but Heyman’s promo in the ring after Pearce’s announcement at the beginning of the show made them seem like future Hall of Famers.
- AJ Styles is a top-tier talent of this generation. He is a team player, a fantastic locker room leader, and the kind of person who can have a match of the year contender with John Cena and then go back to tag team title contention. That’s not a slight to tag team wrestling. It’s a testament to “The Phenomenal One’s” ability to excel in any situation, anywhere on the card.
- Speaking of that tag team title match, congratulations to Styles, Dragon Lee, Finn Balor, and JD McDonagh for a very entertaining match. Some wonderful near falls, especially McDonagh’s save after a Phenomenal Forearm from Styles nearly pinned Balor. Styles couldn’t have executed it better. CM Punk even praised McDonagh’s performance while commenting on the main event Battle Royal.
- I don’t mind that Becky Lynch barely held onto the Women’s Intercontinental Championship against Maxxine Dupri because 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.
