Why is WWE RAW not live this week?

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WWE RAW is the Monday Night show (Photo credit: WWE.com)

This week's edition of WWE RAW won't be live because of the company's four-day European Tour. WWE has scheduled shows in Dublin, Ireland (November 3), London, UK (November 4), Nottingham (November 5), and Sheffield (November 6).

Thus, the upcoming edition of WWE RAW will be pre-taped, as the company taped the episode in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, just a day after the Crown Jewel Premium Live Event.

This will be the second time over the past three weeks that Monday Night RAW will not be live. The first one was in mid-October, during another European Tour that featured shows in Cardiff, Liverpool, Newcastle, and Manchester, respectively (October 13-16).

Meanwhile, WWE also announced the dates for the next Europe Tour, set to take place in March 2025 in Spain, Italy, Germany, Belgium, the UK, Austria, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and The Netherlands in three separate trips (March 14 to 17, 22 to 24 and 28 to 31, respectively).

During this Europe Tour, WWE RAW and SmackDown will be taped three times each.

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What will fans see on this week's WWE RAW?

The fallout of Crown Jewel will see a lot of interesting storylines take place, including the next challengers for the World Heavyweight Champion, Gunther, and the Women's World Champion, Liv Morgan.

The inaugural Crown Jewel Women's Champion will take on IYO SKY of Damage CTRL. The former Women's Champion emerged victorious in a No.1 Contender's Battle Royal and will have the chance to win gold for the first time in seven months.

As for The Ring General, he will put his title on the line against Damian Priest in a rematch from SummerSlam, where Finn Balor cost The Punisher the title and forced him to leave The Judgment Day. Priest defeated Seth Rollins, Sheamus, and Dominik Mysterio to become the No.1 contender. The two had a face-off after the match, with Priest having already told Gunther that he was coming after him after Crown Jewel.

In addition, Sami Zayn had a segment on WWE RAW, where he opened up about his interference in the match between The OG Bloodline and Bloodline 2.0 at Crown Jewel. Zayn explained why he aligned with Roman Reigns and The Usos and will now become part of The Bloodline Civil War, heading to Survivor Series: WarGames on November 30.

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Edited by Neda Ali
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