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Hall’s Monday Night Raw Review – 11.9.26
Loading...Monday Night Raw
Date: November 9, 2026
Location: Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina
Commentators: Joe Tessitore, Wade Barrett
We’re done with Crown Jewel and the big story here is that we have new Tag Team Champions. The Vision lost the titles to Je’Von Evans and Penta, which might not sound like much, but it isn’t like there was much else going on with the red side of things. Roman Reigns also won, gaining him nothing, but at least now his path to Survivor Series is clear. Let’s get to it.
Crown Jewel recap.
Here are Je’Von Evans and Penta to get things going. They celebrate their win and the fans approve, but here is Bron Breakker to take them out. Breakker gets right to the point and calls out Oba Femi, who comes out to send Breakker to the floor. Femi says if Breakker wants a fight, they can do this right now.
Oba Femi vs. Bron Breakker
The Vision is here too. Femi knocks him down again to start and sends Breakker flying off a right hand. Breakker is back up with a running clothesline and they head outside, with Breakker being sent into the post. Femi’s running uppercut hits the post though and Breakker gets in his diving clothesline over the announcers’ table as we take a break.
We come back with Breakker taking him down for two more but Femi gets in another knockdown to the floor. Now the running uppercut can connect, followed by a chokeslam for two. Another chokeslam is broken up and they trade big shots until Breakker hits a spear for two. Femi sends him flying but Logan Paul is up with a distraction. The brass knuckles come in from somewhere and Femi gets knocked silly. Femi is able to get back up for Fall From Grace, which draws the Vision in for the DQ at 12:44.
Rating: B-. They were hitting each other hard but I’m glad that they didn’t have the big definitive moment here with no notice. This is a match that could be a big deal later on and more than once, with neither needing to lose here. Good enough match, but more of a tease for the big stuff later on.
Post match the beatdown is on but Penta and Je’Von Evans run in for the save.
Iyo Sky says she has a partner against Judgment Day but won’t say who it is.
946 arrives.
Here is Ethan Page, flanked by a group of models. Page talks about how last week’s title win was inevitable. He doesn’t bring his family along with him around the country like Chad Gable did, because he travels with a group of potential wives. Or maybe he’ll just pick up someone else’s wife.
Cue Gable, who doesn’t think much of this, mainly because Page is just a jerk. Big Cass comes out to say he should get the next shot, as does Rey Fenix. Page isn’t impressed and tells them to figure this out yourselves. Adam Pearce comes out to say he agrees, so let’s do that triple threat thing.
Big Cass vs. Chad Gable vs. Rey Fenix
For the next Intercontinental Title shot against Ethan page, who is on commentary. We’re joined in progress with Cass being sent to the floor and Fenix charging into a belly to belly suplex into the corner. Cass is back up for a spinning Boss Man Slam to Gable but Fenix manages to slip away. That earns Gable a chokeslam onto a production worker in the timekeeper’s area as we take a break.
We come back with Gable rolling suplexes on Fenix and giving Cass the Angle Slam. The ankle lock has Cass in trouble but Fenix makes the save and hits Adios Amigos on Cass. That’s not enough to put Cass down so Gable gives him the rolling Chaos Theory. Cass is back up with a chokeslam but Fenix makes the save with a frog splash and pins Gable at 10:12.
Rating: B. The result is something of a surprise as I was expecting Gable to get the shot again. It’s not like he needs it at this point so having Fenix go in there instead is a nice change. At least Cass didn’t look like a goof for a change, which is more than he’s been able to say for the last few weeks.
Post match 946 immediately runs in and lays all three of them out. Royce Keys has a seat and says this is happening to the Bloodline next, unless Roman Reigns acknowledges him tonight.
Post break, here’s what you saw pre-break.
We look at Cody Rhodes pulling the trigger to beat Randy Orton in the Last Man Standing match at Crown Jewel.
Here is Rhodes for a chat. People have been asking him how it felt to punt Orton and….he liked it. Or in reality, he LOVED IT! With that out of the way, Rhodes is going to be the captain of Team USA at Survivor Series. Tonight, he wants to talk to the captain of Team Mexico face to face so here is Rey Mysterio to join him. Rhodes praises Mysterio as the greatest luchador of all time.
This brings out Dominik Mysterio, who says his dad is a deadbeat and apparently cheating on his mother with Marisela Pena (see the most recent AAA). Dominik offers to be on Team Mexico but Rey tells him to get out of here. With that not working, Dominik offers to be on Team USA. Rhodes: “On behalf of the entire United States Of America, we’re going to pass.”
Dominik asks who is better than him…and here is CM Punk to interrupt. Punk says that’s how you light up a room, with Dominik not being pleased. Punk talks about how he’s taken some big losses lately, including thanks to a fist wrapped in a chain. Instead of being sad about it, he wants to get back on the winning side of things and a traditional Survivor Series match sounds right up his alley.
Punk has wanted to face Rey again (Rey approves) as there is a lot of respect there, except for….well the apple falls far from the tree. Rhodes accepts Punk’s offer but JD McDonagh shoves Punk away. The good guys clear the ring in a hurry. This match is something different and I like the different setup, as you don’t get that very often these days.
We look at Jade Cargill and the Baddies beating Bayley down last week, resulting in a big brawl on Smackdown.
Bayley vs. Michin
Bayley slugs away to start and gets two off a rollup but Michin knocks her into the corner. A missile dropkick sends Bayley crashing to the floor and we take a break. We come back with Michin reversing the Rose Plant and getting two off a bridging German suplex. A quick Bayley To Belly gets two but the Rose Plant is countered again.
Eat Defeat gives Michin two but Bayley is back up with the sunset flip into the corner. Bayley tries to go up but Michin is right there to send her into the buckle. They both go up top, where Michin is knocked off the top, meaning the top rope elbow gives Bayley the pin at 10:12.
Rating: C+. Here we had a match where it just feels like a step towards WarGames. That’s the kind of thing that happens every year but it doesn’t make things much better. Michin works well as part of a team but she’s only so interesting on her own. The match was good enough, but it just felt like something we had to cover before we got to the important stuff.
Post match B-Fab and Jade Cargill run in for the beatdown but Charlotte, Alexa Bliss and Tatum Paxley come out for the save. Fatal Influence cuts them off though and the villains get to stand tall.
Rey Mysterio gets Penta to join Team Mexico.
Judgment Day vs. Iyo Sky/???
Lynch and Perez start things off with Perez sitting on the ropes. Everything breaks down in a hurry with Judgment Day being sent outside. Sky takes both of them down with an Asai moonsault and we take a break. We come back with Sky in trouble but managing to send Rodriguez outside. A stomp has Perez in more trouble and the tag brings in Lynch to clean house.
Rodriguez is sent outside again and Pop Rox is countered into the Manhandle Slam for two as Rodriguez is back in for the save. Liv Morgan grabs Lynch’s leg though and it’s a big boot into the Tejana Bomb….for two as Sky makes the save this time. Morgan is pulled off the apron and Sky drops Rodriguez, setting up Over The Moonsault for the pin at 11:31.
Rating: B. The action here was rather good and Lynch being the partner made sense given her issues with Judgment Day. At the same time, Sky feels like she’s been fighting against this team for the better part of ever and that’s getting a bit tiresome. Hopefully it ends at Survivor Series but you never can tell with this kind of thing.
Post match Lynch says she wants a title shot, as Sky getting the pin in the match was just a detail.
Post break Adam Pearce grants Lynch the title shot at Survivor Series. Oh and Iyo Sky can have a Women’s Intercontinental Title shot next week.
We look at John Cena hyping up his Classic last week. Cena will be on Smackdown this week and on Raw next week.
Cody Rhodes seems to invite Je’Von Evans to be on Team USA. Penta comes in and Evans asks if Penta would mind Evans being on the team. Penta is fine with it, but he’s on Team Mexico. Evans says he’s in too and they’re cool.
Here is Roman Reigns for a chat. He heard Royce Keys demanding to be acknowledged, but first he gives the people here the chance to do the same to him. The lights go out and Keys comes to the ring, asking if Reigns is stupid enough to think he came alone. Reigns asks why Keys thinks he came alone, and we see the returning Jacob Fatu burning 946’s truck.
946 runs in and gets taken out so here is the Bloodline or the big brawl. Fatu’s Tongan Death Grip is broken up by Carmelo Hayes, who gets crushed with the pop up Samoan drop. The Superfly Splash breaks the announcers’ table and 946 bails….but Reigns issues the WarGames challenge to end the show. This was a good segment, but it’s not like there was any doubt about the match being made.
Results
Oba Femi b. Bron Breakker via DQ when the Vision interfered
Rey Fenix b. Chad Gable and Big Cass – Frog splash to Gable
Bayley b. Michin – Top rope elbow
Iyo Sky/Becky Lynch b. Judgment Day – Over The Moonsault to Rodriguez
