WWE Raw live results: CM Punk appears (2024)

Date: July 22, 2024
Location: Resch Center in Green Bay, WI

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Show Recap —

CM Punk (who received a loud pop), Ilja Dragunov, Bron Breakker (shirtless) and Judgment Day were shown arriving at the building. Damian Priest and Rhea Ripley were all buddy-buddy, while Carlito trailed in the back carrying luggage.

Michael Cole announced that Raw would be on Syfy for the following two weeks.

Opening segment

Gunther entered. He wanted to explain himself after reflecting on what he said to Priest last week. The crowd booed and chanted “You suck.” After it seemed like he might take back what he said, he doubled down instead.

Gunther got angry and said he meant every word he said last week. Priest and everyone in the building was a bum. Everyone knew Priest did not live up to the prestige and honour of the world title. Priest’s sob story of growing up on the streets didn’t make up for the fact that he was a pretender and a wannabe.

Gunther said there was a saying where he came from: show me your friends and I’ll show you who you are. Gunther knew the Judgment Day and knew they were all street trash. Gunther called out Priest and offered to take the weight of the world title off his shoulder again.

Priest marched out and decked Gunther. They brawled as referees tried breaking it up. That wasn’t enough so security and officials ran out too. Priest managed to break away a few times and attacked Gunther before they cut to break. (He also chucked a guard over the ropes onto a bunch of others.)

— After a break, Jackie Redmond was about to approach Gunther for an interview as he paced near the exit but Priest attacked him again. Officials decided to show up again and separate them.

(This was a good, simple angle. The segments last week and today are clearly trying to make sure you know Priest is at least on Gunther’s level.)

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Pat McAfee mentioned that Breakker spearing Dragunov last week made the SportsCenter Top 10.

Bron Breakker defeated Ilja Dragunov via referee stoppage (13:05)

Breakker won a really good match to earn an Intercontinental Championship match against Sami Zayn at SummerSlam.

There was a great spot early in the match. Each guy stood on the apron and Breakker got Dragunov up in a vertical suplex position before dropping him gut-first on top of the ring post.

After a break, Breakker cut off Dragunov’s comeback attempt with a big gut buster. Dragunov responded with a DDT. Dragunov got the better of a strike exchange and hit a Constantine Special. Dragunov heavily sold the earlier post spot but still managed to hit a powerbomb for two.

Breakker came back with his step-up Frankensteiner for a nearfall. The crowd popped big for that. Dragunov responded with a superplex and H-bomb but Breakker rolled to the apron before he could make a cover. Dragunov followed with a DVD onto the apron. The crowd chanted, “This is awesome” for the second time.

Dragunov tried a strike off the apron but Breakker cut him down with a mid-air spear. The ref began counting out Dragunov but after checking on him, she called for the bell instead. Breakker won.

The crowd booed the ref stoppage but they cheered the announcement of Breakker as the winner.

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Ripley approached Judgment Day (minus Priest) and told them to stop playing the video game. She wanted them to focus and said it wouldn’t be long until they all held gold again.

Dominik Mysterio approached Ripley. He was insecure about her interactions with Jey Uso last week. Ripley was just messing around — unlike what Dom has been doing with Liv Morgan.

Finn Bálor popped out of his seat and said they needed to take out Jey. Ripley said Jey didn’t matter. Bálor wondered why she was defending him. Ripley wasn’t defending Jey, she just didn’t want to start a war with him. She told Dom to use his brain. After Ripley left, Bálor told Dom he knew what to do.

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Adam Pearce was in the back with Drew McIntyre and the two referees he refused to apologize to last week. They appeared to reach some sort of agreement. McIntyre shook Pearce’s hand and left.

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Xavier Woods, Maxxine Dupri and Otis celebrated Akira Tozawa’s birthday with cake.

Cole announced that Priest and Gunther have been ejected from the building.

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Sonya Deville (w/Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark) defeated Lyra Valkyria (w/Kayden Carter & Katana Chance) (8:08)

Valkyria tried a dropkick but fell through the ropes and Deville chucked her into the barricade. Valkyria hit a middle rope superplex after a break, followed by strikes and a Northern Lights suplex for two.

Valkyria blocked Deville’s finisher and hit a gutwrench powerbomb for two. (The move took a long time to execute because Deville was holding Lyra’s body for too long and you could hear Lyra yelling, “Let go! Let go!”)

Baszler distracted the ref, allowing Stark to push Valkyria off the top rope. The teams on the outside brawled but the distraction allowed Deville to hit her weak finisher, Deville’s Advocate, for the pinfall win.

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Wyatt Sicks video

This week’s video focused on Nikki Cross. This was not at all grounded like Erick Rowan’s promo. This was a quick video and made Cross look like a horror movie monster.

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CM Punk walked through the back. He’s up next.

[SECOND HOUR]

CM Punk and Drew McIntyre segment

Punk entered and took time to high-five fans along the front row and also shook hands with Samantha Irvin. The crowd chanted for Punk.

He said it was great to be in Green Bay. He wore pink shoes and was ready to stain them with McIntyre’s blood. Punk announced that he was cleared and he called out McIntyre. He taped up his hands as he waited.

McIntyre entered. McIntyre said he’s been waiting forever for this and nothing was stopping him from getting in the ring and tearing Punk apart — “except the fact that I don’t want to.” Punk responded, “Well, I do.” Punk ran out of the ring but was cut off by officials. (McIntyre wasn’t worried and seemed to know officials would be there.)

McIntyre told Punk to relax because their match was much bigger than Green Bay. He told Punk to learn how to control his emotions like him. When McIntyre wanted to calm down, he turned to family. McIntyre pulled out Punk’s bracelet (with the names of AJ Lee and Larry on them) to egg him on.

Pearce entered to make things clear: McIntyre was reinstated and Punk was cleared. McIntyre vs. Punk was official for SummerSlam.

Punk wanted to do it now. Pearce said they had to keep their hands off of each other or else their match would be cancelled. Whoever threw the first punch would be suspended indefinitely.

Pearce said he also had a referee problem which brought out Seth Rollins. Neither McIntyre nor Punk seemed thrilled about this.

Rollins said these two morons have scared away everyone from getting between them (he said this as officials stood between Punk and the ring). Rollins said he thrived on chaos and would love to put them in their place. Rollins announced that he was the special referee for their match and the crowd popped.

McIntyre and Punk hit the ring (Punk was held on the apron) and stared each other down as Rollins pranced around between them.

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Judgment Day split up in the back to look for Jey Uso. (Carlito went with JD McDonagh.) Dom, of course, ran into Liv Morgan seconds later. Dom tried to ignore her but she followed him.

Morgan tried to assure Dom everything would be ok. Dom said everything was ok, he and Ripley were good. Morgan seemed pleased to hear him say that. Bálor ran back in so Morgan left. Bálor was annoyed and told Dom to go look for Jey in the opposite direction that Morgan went.

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Rhea Ripley, Cody Rhodes and Rey Mysterio will be playable characters in season 5 of whatever version of Call of Duty is out now.

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Cathy Kelley interviewed Zayn and asked if he was concerned at all after seeing what Breakker did to Dragunov. Zayn wasn’t concerned but was taking him very seriously. Zayn warned Breakker not to make the same mistake at Money in the Bank and said Breakker better take him very seriously.

There was a commotion nearby so Zayn went to see what it was. Carlito and McDonagh were attacking Jey Uso so Zayn made the save. Zayn was killing McDonagh so Carlito grabbed JD and dragged him away.

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They showed Otis and Braun Strowman hanging out with the Green Bay Packers at their training camp.

Six-man tag match: Karrion Kross & AOP (w/Scarlett & Paul Ellering) defeated Xavier Woods, Otis & Akira Tozawa (w/Maxxine Dupri) (8:35)

Tozawa hit Rezar with a suicide dive and ripped off his shirt like Hulk Hogan which led to McAfee saying, “Brother!” McAfee also gave Aaron Rodgers a shout-out during the match.

The crowd popped when Otis made a hot tag and ran wild. Tozawa also wiped out Rezar with a dive. Woods hammered away on Kross but made a dumb mistake by superkicking Akam off the apron. Kross used the distraction to hit Woods with Final Prayer (a modified F5) for the pinfall win. This was a lacklustre finish.

Alpha Academy / Wyatt Sicks segment

— Chad Gable entered with Julius and Brutus Creed as Otis, Tozawa and Dupri checked on Woods. (They went to break before the segment continued and Woods was gone.)

Gable addressed the former Alpha Academy members in the ring. Gable wanted to help his former pupils because that’s the kind of guy he was. Gable noted that Otis has taken on a leadership role but that led to them losing.

Gable said Otis’ brain wasn’t his strongest attribute but it was his, and that’s why he recruited the Creeds. Gable offered them one final opportunity to rejoin his team. Gable said they’d get extra protection from the Wyatt Sicks who were out for everyone.

Otis noted that Gable left the Creeds on their own last week (when the Wyatt Sicks entered). Otis told him: “My answer is still ‘no.’” Gable wondered if Tozawa and Dupri would let Otis speak for them. They embraced Otis. Gable commanded the Creeds to attack and they did.

Otis dropped both Creeds with a double clothesline. He grabbed Gable and set up for a World’s Strongest Slam but the Creeds attacked from behind. They put the boots to Otis and drove him into the ring post.

Gable gave chairs to the Creeds but the lights went down and the Wyatt Sicks music started. The Creeds stood in front of the ring with chairs in hand to protect Gable.

Four Wyatt members entered on the stage but Gable turned around to see Uncle Howdy/Bo Dallas. (He wore a sleeveless shirt instead of the big trench coat.) Bo dropped Gable with Sister Abigail and posed like Bray Wyatt. The crowd popped big for Sister Abigail.

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Bronson Reed vs. Pete Dunne

The match didn’t happen. Dunne entered the ring for the match but was clobbered by a Sheamus running knee. Reed tried to go after Sheamus but Sheamus knocked him down with a knee strike too.

Sheamus hit Dunne with ten beats of the Bodhrán but Dunne escaped before Sheamus could go for a Brogue Kick. Sheamus knocked Reed out of the ring with a knee strike instead. Sheamus stared down Dunne as the segment ended.

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Ripley approached Judgment Day. Carlito admitted their plan didn’t go so well. Bálor was tired of being disrespected and said he got a tag match made with him and McDonagh against Jey and Zayn tonight. Bálor also got Pearce to give him a match against Gunther next week.

Ripley didn’t want them going after Jey and also wasn’t happy that Zayn was now involved. Ripley wondered where Bálor and Dom were when everything went down and Carlito said, “Ask Liv.” Ripley grabbed Dom and told him they were going to the ring.

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Redmond interviewed Sheamus. He knew Reed wanted to be the man who took down the Celtic Warrior but was still scratching his head over Dunne’s issue. He said they could go to the pub and have a pint while they sort things out, or they could get in the ring and find out who the real Bruiserweight was.

[THIRD HOUR]

Rhea Ripley, Dominik Mysterio and Liv Morgan segment

Ripley dragged Dom to the ring and called out Morgan. Morgan’s music hit but she appeared in the stands and cut her promo from there. Morgan said she had self-control and could wait until SummerSlam.

Morgan had feelings for Dom and he had feelings for her too. Morgan said Ripley couldn’t deny it because gorgeous men like Dom didn’t go after women who looked like Ripley — “they go for girls who look like me.” Morgan did a little spin to show her butt.

Ripley tried to leave the ring to go after Morgan but Dom held her back and pleaded with her. Morgan invited Dom to say those three little words.

Dom responded, “You want those three words?” Dom fired up and continued: “I hate you, Liv! Are you stupid? Are you deaf? I don’t like you! You’ve ruined my life over and over again.”

Dom cut part of his promo in Spanish and said he couldn’t stand Morgan. Morgan was sobbing and Ripley wore a big smile. Dom slammed the mic down as Morgan walked into the concourse in tears. Ripley whispered something to Dom and licked his face. They were happy.

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Kelley interviewed Zelina Vega on the stage before her match and asked about her arm injury (caused by Baszler and Stark last week). Vega had a slipper in her hand. Her arm was in some sort of brace, heavily taped from her elbow down to her hand. Vega said nobody could keep her down. It was time to prove people wrong and shut people up.

Vega could barely move her arm and it certainly didn’t look like she should be cleared for a match.

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The announcers wished Shawn Michaels a happy birthday and literally sang the birthday song.

Zelina Vega defeated Zoey Stark (w/Sonya Deville & Shayna Baszler) (8:49)

Stark worked over Vega’s arm before and after a break. Vega came back with an enziguri, DDT and moonsault for two. Stark blocked a Code Red and hit a superkick for two.

Vega set up for 619 but Deville distracted the ref and Baszler tripped Vega. Valkyria, Carter and Chance ran out to take out Deville and Baszler.

Stark set up for a powerbomb but Vega used her hard arm brace to hit her repeatedly in the head. Vega followed with a Code Red for the pinfall win.

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Woods asked Pearce for a match against Kross next week. Pearce accepted.

McIntyre approached Pearce to complain about Rollins being the referee. McIntyre wondered how this was fair, especially after McIntyre took Rollins’ title at WrestleMania.

Pearce told McIntyre that all three men would be in the ring next week to hear Rollins give them his “official referee instructions.” (Pearce left because he needed a drink even though the show still has 40 minutes left.)

McIntyre said what we were all thinking: What the hell does that even mean?

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Redmond interviewed Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn. They’ll be on Smackdown to address Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill. They were quickly interrupted by Baszler, Deville and Stark (appearing for the third time). They argued about the tag titles.

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There was a new Gunther video. He spoke about past champions who were all weighed down by fragile egos. They were simple men who shrank in front of the title. That’s why the WWE and the world title desperately needed him — to create a new mountaintop.

The burden of being the workhorse drove Rollins into the ground. McIntyre was consumed by an afterthought like Punk and barely held on to the title for five minutes. Priest’s foundation was cracking and his dream was slipping away.

Gunther didn’t respect the entertainers. The ring was sacred and he was the only one who could bring prestige to the title. The future of the sport was on the line at SummerSlam. The sport desperately needed him and he would become the world champion.

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Next week on Raw:

• Rollins gives Punk and McIntyre his referee instructions
• Bálor vs. Gunther
• Six-woman tag: Deville, Baszler & Stark vs. Valkyria, Carter & Chance
• Woods vs. Kross

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Current SummerSlam card:

• Damian Priest vs. Gunther – World Championship
• Cody Rhodes vs. Solo Sikoa – WWE Championship
• Liv Morgan vs. Rhea Ripley – Women’s World Championship
• Bayley vs. Nia Jax – WWE Women’s Championship
• Logan Paul vs. LA Knight – US Championship
• Drew McIntyre vs. CM Punk – Seth Rollins as special referee
• Sami Zayn vs. Bron Breakker – Intercontinental Championship

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Jey and Sami made their entrance through a concourse full of rowdy fans.

Non-title match: IC Champion Sami Zayn & Jey Uso defeated Tag Team Champions Finn Bálor & JD McDonagh (w/Dominik & Carlito) (16:50)

Zayn wiped out his opponents with a dive but Dom distracted the ref and Carlito posted Zayn. Judgment Day worked over Zayn after a break. McDonagh chopped Zayn but Zayn chopped him right back and hit Blue Thunder Bomb.

Jey made the hot tag and hit Bálor with strikes, a thrust kick, an uppercut and an enziguri. Jey gave McDonagh a running hip attack and hit Bálor with a flying crossbody for two. Jey tried a Samoan drop but Bálor raked his face and hit a headlock elbow drop. Jey fought off McDonagh and superkicked Bálor as he came off the top rope.

Zayn tagged in but Carlito distracted the ref as Dom prevented him from trying a Helluva Kick. McDonagh followed with a Spanish Fly for two. Jey made a blind tag and they gave McDonagh a 1-D but Bálor broke up the cover.

Bálor tagged himself in and hit Jey with a slingblade. Jey came back with a superkick and knocked Carlito and Dom off the apron. McDonagh wrenched Jey over the rope and Bálor followed with a running dropkick. Bálor hit Coup de Grace and McDonagh hit a moonsault but Zayn just barely broke up the cover.

Zayn tossed Bálor from the ring and hit McDonagh with a Helluva Kick. Zayn wiped out Judgment Day with a dive and Jey hit McDonagh with an Uso Splash for the pinfall win.

— As Jey celebrated on the ropes, Breakker speared Zayn. Jey turned around but Breakker left the ring. Jey checked on Zayn as Breakker looked on and the show ended.