WWE RAW Results, live recap, and grades: Former world champion SPOILS Title match; Seth Rollins vs CM Punk confirmed

Cody Rhodes replaced by WWE after injury; will miss major event

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Full Results:

Bron Breakker defeats Ludwig Kaiser via pinfall. Grade: A-
Zoey Stark defeats Kayden Carter via pinfall. Grade: B
War Raiders defeat Judgment Day via pinfall. Grade: A

Damian Priest gets revenge and costs Finn Balor his gold!

JD grabs a chair to distract the ref. Balor goes to grab one from the timekeeper's area, but Damian Priest is waiting!! He yanks Balor sternum-first into the barricade, sending the champion stumbling back into the ring. With JD handled by the Raiders, they plant Balor with the War Machine!!

1-2-3!! We have new World Tag Team Champions!!

War Raiders defeat Judgment Day via pinfall. Grade: A

War Raiders set up for the War Machine, but Balor pulls the ropes down, sending Ivar crashing to the floor. They pick apart Erik while the big man is down on the floor. Balor's Shotgun Dropkick sends Erik into the corner and the Coup de Grace connects. Ivar breaks it up just in time!

Back from the break, Erik bears a lot of punishment before avoiding a diving elbow from JD. Ivar and Balor tag in, and Ivar flattens Balor with the running crossbody. JD runs in and is knocked out with a scorpion kick as Balor is again crushed in the corner with a seated senton. It's a one-man show for Ivar!

JD breaks up a splash attempt, but Ivar makes him pay with an avalanche World's Strongest Slam!! Thor's Hammer connects and Ivar goes for the pin!! 1-2-no!!! Balor breaks it up!!

Erik taken out with a horrific toss into the steps

Erik and Ivar are absolutely dominating this one. Ivar manages to take out both champions with his handspring double back elbow. Erik tags in and spikes JD with a nasty teardrop suplex. Balor is bounced off the mat with a hellacious uranage slam.

Finn Balor rolls to the floor and finally puts a stop to the momentum by tripping Erik up mid-dive. He and JD send Erik skull-first into the steel steps repeatedly!! Just like that, the champions are on top!

Kairi might not make it to her triple threat next week

It's time for the main event! War Raiders challenge Judgment Day for the World Tag Team Titles! And this time, no Judgment Day at ringside.

The challengers take over early, with Ivar slamming Finn Balor on top of JD McDonagh. Ivar tags to Erik, who picks up Ivar and sends him crashing onto JD!

Prior to the main event, The New Day is being interviewed when horrific screaming is heard a room away. The cameras rush over to see Pure Fusion Collective walking away, laughing as Kairi Sane bellows out in agony. Her arm is trapped in a production crate. Seems that Zoey just got rid of some competition.

We see a strange teaser with a slash through a zero. Zero Miedo? Was that a Pentagon Jr. tease??

Rodriguez launches Stark over the ropes with a pounce! Carter then takes Rodriguez to the corner, but as the powerhouse is aiming for a powerbomb, Zoey bounces in with a leaping German suplex on Carter.

Raquel decapitates Zoey with a lariat and launches Carter across the way with a fallaway slam. As she goes for the Tejana Bomb, Stark takes them down with a springboard dropkick. A superkick stuns Carter long enough for the Z360!

Zoey Stark defeats Kayden Carter via pinfall. Grade: B

Back from the break, Carter is locking in a leglock on Raquel. Zoey attempts to break it up, but Carter stops her and takes her down with a swinging fisherman's suplex while keeping the submission hold locked in. What a move!!

Zoey Stark is on fire in the opening moments here, taking out both Rodriguez and Carter after breaking up a pinfall. Carter fights back with a triple jump-assisted headscissor takedown. The three wind up on the apron, where Carter ducks some heavy shots from Stark and Rodriguez that land on each other. As they fall to the floor, Carter follows with a diving corkscrew press through the ropes!!

It's time for another Women's Intercontinental Championship Tournament match. Raquel Rodriguez faces off against Kayden Carter and Zoey Stark in a Triple Threat match.

Backstage, The Miz attempts to weasel his way out of the Final Testament's business. Karrion Kross has other plans. Next week, Miz will face Dexter Lumis, the man who kidnapped him over a month ago.

Kross and the crew antagonize Miz, but Kross also tries to inspire him. "You've won 22 titles in your WWE career. Miz, you CAN do this."

Liv's crying. Dom might've...ruined his pants there

Those are the eyes of a killer. Good luck, Liv!

Backstage, an interview with Seth Rollins is cut off when Drew McIntyre is seen sneaking up on him. Sami Zayn rushes in to make the save! Or was that a trap laid by Seth and Drew?

Rhea Ripley is out to spoil the party! Liv still smiles and laughs until this bomb is dropped...

Rhea Ripley is the new #1 contender!! She will take that Women's World Title and leave Liv with her "chicken tender sl*t!"

Dirty Dom, Raquel Rodriguez, and WWE Women's World Champion Liv Morgan are out next. The crowd refuses to let Dom get any words in, so Liv pulls out a megaphone to name herself the "Greatest Women's World Champion of All Time!"

When we come back from the break, RAW GM Adam Pearce makes a huge announcement!

January 6, 2025. RAW's Netflix Debut...CM Punk vs. Seth "Freakin" Rollins!!

BREAKING: Huge title change takes place on RAW after 175 days

We're shown footage of the attack on Cody Rhodes at Saturday Night's Main Event. Kevin Owens spiked him after their WWE Title match with a package piledriver, and Cody was stretchered away and taken to a local hospital.

Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett reveal that Cody has an axial compression of the spine. Nothing else is revealed as we're told the champ is in the prayers of the WWE family.

Bron Breakker retains the gold with one arm!

New Day are met backstage by Rey Mysterio as they attempt to get into the locker room. Rey says the whole roster wants nothing to do with Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods. Kofi demands Rey do something as a locker room leader.

Rey does so. "I think it's best for everyone if you find somewhere else to change."

After a fireman's carry gutbuster (with one arm), Breakker finishes the match with a supercharged spear!

Bron Breakker defeats Ludwig Kaiser via pinfall. Grade: A-

Kaiser kicks out and plants the champ with the Kaiser Roll before locking in another shoulder lock. Breakker is sent shoulder-first into the turnbuckle and falls to the floor, where he's left sitting by the steps. Kaiser smells blood in the water.

As Kaiser leaves the ring and rounds the corner, he stops when he sees Bron is no longer by the steps!! Bron has run around the ring and meets Kaiser with a full-speed leaping tackle!!

Breakker fights to his feet to break free of a Kimura, but Kaiser brings him down by dropping his arm first on the top rope. Breakker attempts to bounce off the ropes for his big shoulder block, but Kaiser catches him and plants him with a modified arm-trapped STO.

Despite all that, Breakker is able to build some steam after rocking Kaiser with a big knee. A running leaping elbow rocks Kaiser. They brawl to the corner, where Kaiser is sent flying by a one-armed Breakker and his Frankensteiner!!

That dive might've seriously damaged Bron Breakker

Bron has not let up on the pressure whatsoever

We're shown an angle of Kaiser and Breakker behind the desk. Bron is in agony while holding his shoulder. Seems like he might've hurt himself more than his opponent.

Back in the ring, Kaiser puts all the focus on that freshly painted bullseye. We cut to break just as Kaiser seemingly dislocates it with a full-speed running dropkick.

During the break, Kaiser takes over by going after the champ's left shoulder. Bron powers through various submissions, only for Kaiser to take a shortcut with a gouge of the eyes. Despite all the damage, Bron counters a suplex with one of his own.

Kaiser rolls to the floor, where he's sent over the table by a flying lariat from Breakker! What a monster!

Picture taken one second after Ludwig made a huge mistake and slapped Bron in the face. Very dumb.

Bron Breakker runs right into Kaiser after the entrances are done and sends him overhead. The champion is absolutely mauling the challenger, slamming him and battering him with body shots.

Kaiser catches his foot in the corner and teases a dragon screw before slapping Bron across the face. Bron takes him down and hammers him into the mat. "I've had about enough of that slapping cr*p!!"

Backstage, Seth Rollins and Adam Pearce get into it. Seth wants the match and demands Pearce do something about it. As the GM walks away, Drew McIntyre walks in and tries to buddy up to Seth. He's ending The Bloodline. He takes out Jey, he takes out Sami, and then he takes out Roman Reigns. Seth stops him right there.

"I took out Roman already, and do you know who was there by my side? Jey and Sami. They're my friends. Now I'm going to do something you couldn't...take out CM Punk."