Raw airs tonight (Oct. 21) with a live show from Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is the third episode of Raw during the four week build towards Crown Jewel, which takes place on Nov. 2 in Saudi Arabia.
Jey Uso showed up on SmackDown last week to talk to his little brother Solo Sikoa about how he's dividing the family. Things got heated when Solo told Jey to acknowledge him as his Tribal Chief, but no punches were thrown. However, Jey did say that things would be different the next time they see each other.
Meanwhile, Jey crossed paths with Roman Reigns backstage, but he blew off the OTC with a "no yeet." Roman and Jimmy Uso needed help later in the night when being attacked by Solo and The Bloodline, but Jey was long gone from the building.
That leads to tonight on Raw, where Jey is defending the Intercontinental championship against Bron Breakker. Jey speared the shit out of Bron last week after Breakker defeated Kofi Kingston in a singles match. Jey seems to have Bron's number after beating him in four non-televised matches in the United Kingdom last week, but he's putting his title reign at risk by getting involved in The Bloodline civil war. If there's one thing that can bring Jey's relatively new run as champion to an abrupt end, it's interference from Solo, Jacob Fatu, or the Tongans.
Jey didn't get physical with them on SmackDown and he didn't support Roman Reigns, so my hunch is that Solo's Bloodline won't show up tonight to screw over Jey. However, Jey did talk shit about Fatu and the Tongans right to their faces, so perhaps that was enough right there to cross the line.
Will The Bloodline civil war have any impact on Jey Uso's Intercontinental championship defense against Bron Breakker? Tune into Raw tonight to find out.
Seth Rollins and Bronson Reed are scheduled to meet in the ring for a face-to-face confrontation. Will Bronson try to give Seth five or six more Tsunami splashes after they presumably set an official date for a match against each other, possibly at Crown Jewel?
There is a mini tournament going on to determine the next challengers for Finn Balor and JD McDonagh's World Tag Team Championship. First up is Rey Mysterio & Dragon Lee vs. Julius and Brutus Creed. This match might come down to whose ringside allies (LWO or Chad Gable / Ivy Nile) offer more help in a critical moment late in the fight.
The other tag team contenders match is New Day vs. Authors of Pain. The Wyatt Sicks appeared to be interested in the Final Testament and Miz's business last week, so perhaps they will provide some kind of distraction during the match. If the New Day is successful in this mini tournament, all of that speculation about the group breaking up may finally come to an end.
- WWE's web site lists Drew McIntyre as one of the "featured superstars" for tonight's Raw. Does that mean Drew is ready to return after CM Punk kicked his ass earlier this month inside Hell in a Cell?
- Will World Heavyweight Champion GUNTHER respond to Cody Rhodes' invitation to appear on SmackDown later this week?
- Does Tiffany Stratton plan to crash Raw and attempt to cash in her Money in the Bank contract on Women's World Champion Liv Morgan tonight? It might be possible if Rhea Ripley first takes out Raquel Rodriguez, but someone else also needs to be there to neutralize that little shithead Dominik Mysterio.
- R-Truth defeated The Miz last week in about one minute. If they fight again tonight, can the A-Lister last two minutes before losing this time?
- General Manager Adam Pearce made it sound like Finn Balor isn't getting a rematch against Damian Priest, at least not in the short-term. Will Priest target other members of The Judgment Day in the meantime, or is it time for him to do something else?
- Speaking of The Judgment Day, did Carlito see that rumor about how he might be kicked out of the group soon? That's not cool.
- Is Pure Fusion Collective going to cut another promo tonight about how they run the Raw women's division, despite losing so many matches?
- Will NXT's Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson show up on Raw tonight looking for another shot at WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Jade Cargill and Bianca Belair? If so, they'll probably have to go through Damage CTRL first.
- Erik and Ivar have abandoned the viking theme and are now back in WWE as the War Raiders. After defeating Alpha Academy last week, which low card duo will they beat up tonight?