WWE Raw is the company’s true flagship weekly programme that has persevered uninterrupted on television for an astronomical 32 years. But now, it is taking perhaps the boldest step in its entire storied history. From January 6th, 2025, Raw will become the exclusive global live property of Netflix for the foreseeable future. Because of this game-changing shift in WWE’s presentation, we here at WWE Network News are now able to cover the “A show” as a streaming first-run programme. Just as we did for every live event that the fading WWE Network offered for a decade. We look forward to bringing you the results and major happenings of Raw at a time when its importance and potential for surprises has never been higher.
Note: While the official launch of WWE’s agreement with Netflix begins on January 1st, the streaming giant selected a small handful of countries (Brazil, the Netherlands and Spain) for a soft launch of the livestreams. Namely, this past Friday’s Smackdown and tonight’s Raw. This is why we also decided to quietly begin our coverage.
WWE Raw Results
Below are the latest WWE Raw results for 12/30/24:
- Chad Gable (w/ American Made) def Otis (w/ Alpha Academy) by submission
- Women’s Intercontinental Championship Tournament Semi-Final: Dakota Kai def Zoey Stark
- Damien Priest and World Tag Team Champions The War Raiders def The Judgment Day via pinball
- Women’s Intercontinental Championship Tournament Semi-Final: Lyra Valkyria def IYO Sky by pinfall
Non-match notes relevant to WWE Raw for 12/30/24:
- The last episode of Raw on traditional television (in most countries) for the foreseeable future before its global move to Netflix.
- PFC’s Shayna Baszler vs LWO’s Zelina Vega and Final Testament’s AoP vs LWO’s Cruz Del Toro and Joaquin Wilde were taped for WWE Main Event for 1/2.
- The last episode of Raw called by the current commentary team of Joe Tessitore and Wade Barrett.
- The New Day tried to cut a promo to open the show but were repeatedly silenced by an extremely hostile crowd. Jey Uso interrupted them to tell them they suck. New Day left. Uso then called out Drew McIntyre but was threatened by Solo Sikoa via the tron instead. The distraction allowed McIntyre to attack him.
- Kathy Kelley interviewed Chad Gable about his match with Otis tonight.
- A video package for next week’s Last Woman Standing match was shown
- The Judgment Day were shown backstage, tensions still high.
- A Raw post-show with Big E was announced for YouTube next week.
- Pete Dunne attacked R-Truth before their originally scheduled match.
- IYO Sky and Dakota Kai were interviewed backstage about their Women’s Intercontinental Championship semi-final matches.
- Matches were uninterrupted by ad-breaks and even included continuous commentary, only briefly fading out audio when going in to ‘and coming out of linear TV breaks.
- A nostalgia package for Raw was shown to commemorate it leaving traditional television.
- The Judgment Day debuted a new theme.
- In a fun little Netflix-exclusive segment to fill an ad break, Vic Joseph tried to interview The New Day but the crowd were once again ferocious.
- Judgment Day tried to attack Damien Priest after their match but The War Raiders saved him
- In another Netflix-exclusive, Vic Joseph interviewed The Miz about The Wyatt Sicks. The interview ended when Karrion Kross rang him.
- Ludvig Kaiser cut a promo. Sheamus interrupted him and came out on top of a brawl
- The New Day and LWO argue backstage and agree to a future match.
- In another Netflix-exclusive, Vic Joseph interviewed Dakota Kai about qualifying for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship Final.
- A package for Roman Reigns vs Solo Sikoa was shown.
- In another Netflix-exclusive, an Adam Pearce interview was interrupted by Bron Breakker.
- Seth Rollins and CM Punk had a heated war of words to end the show.
- LA Knight, Jey Uso and LWO’s Rey Mysterio defeated New Day and SmackDown’s/LDF’s Santos Escobar in a Street Fight in the post-show dark match.
The following matches and segments are announced for next week on 01/06/24:
- CM Punk vs Seth Rollins
- Tribal Combat: Roman Reigns vs Solo Sikoa to crown the undisputed Tribal Chief
- Last Woman Standing Women’s World Championship Match: Rhea Ripley vs Liv Morgan (c)
- Drew McIntyre vs Jey Uso
- John Cena will begin his retirement tour
- Travis Scott will perform the new Raw theme song
So, what do you think? Did you check out this episode yet, and if not, do you intend to? Did you enjoy this week’s episode of WWE Raw? What was your favorite match on the show? Be sure to let us know all of your thoughts on these questions and anything else pertaining to Raw in the comments section down below.
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