The Intercontinental and the World Tag Team Championships were the only WWE Raw titles not defended on Saturday Night’s Main Event. So both will be on the line on WWE Raw live from Boston, MA. Airing live at 8/7c on USA, it will be the penultimate WWE Raw before the move to Netflix. Here’s our full WWE Raw preview.
Match Card and WWE Raw Preview (12/16/24):
- Intercontinental Championship: Bron Breakker vs. Ludwig Kaiser
- Tag Team Championship “The Judgement Day” Finn Bálor & JD McDonagh vs “War Raiders”
- Women’s Intercontinental Championship tournament: Zoey Stark vs. Raquel Rodriguez vs. Kayden Carter
- CM Punk Appears
1 year ago, @CMPunk officially signed with Raw! Let's see how year 2 shakes out for the Best In The World! #WWE #WWERaw pic.twitter.com/eG8j848LkB
— USA Network (@USANetwork) December 11, 2024
World Tag Team Championship
The War Raiders get a fairer shot at The Judgement Day than when they last met for the World Tag Team Championship. Finn Bálor and JD McDonagh retained their gold after the rest of The Judgement Day interfered.
This week, Carlito, Dominik Mysterio, Liv Morgan, and Raquel Rodriguez are banned from ringside.
This means we are in for a fair contest, as long as The New Day doesn’t get involved. Xavier Woods had a heated back-and-forth with WWE Raw GM Adam Pearce on social media when he vented his feelings that The New Day should be getting a title shot.
Pearce claims The New Day’s 30-second loss to The Alpha Academy – which you can now join – has relegated them down the pecking order.
Woods will be hoping for some hometown love in Boston, so will appear at some point.
Bálor will be coming into the match hurting after being pinned on Saturday in a brutal triple-threat match for the World Heavyweight Championship by Gunther.
Gunther, meanwhile, will be brimming with confidence on WWE Raw after a dominating display in the match with Bálor and Damian Priest.
Back to Reality! pic.twitter.com/6EboXLWjne
— GUNTHER (@Gunther_AUT) December 15, 2024
Men & Women Vye For Intercontinental Championship
Bron Breakker claimed he wasn’t worried about defending his WWE Intercontinental Championship against ‘Gunther’s watchdog’ Ludwig Kaiser. Kaiser landed a massive slap on Breakker which means – worried or not – Breakker will certainly hit the ring ready to strike back.
Meanwhile, Zoey Stark, Raquel Rodriguez and Kayden Carter compete in an opening-round match in the Women’s Intercontinental Championship tournament. It’s hard to look past Rodriguez advancing in the tournament.
Dakota Kai and Lyra Valkyria have already advanced in the tournament.
Natalya, Kairi Sane and Alba Fyre are also set for a tournament match at some point in the future.
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