{"id":129161,"date":"2024-12-29T03:17:21","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T08:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/?p=129161"},"modified":"2024-12-29T03:17:21","modified_gmt":"2024-12-29T08:17:21","slug":"preview-wwe-raw-12-30-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/12\/29\/preview-wwe-raw-12-30-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: WWE Raw (12\/30\/24) &#8211; Friends Turned Foes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The final WWE Raw on traditional television takes place at the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas this week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Christmas may be a time for goodness and will to all men. But WWE raw features multiple friends turned foes facing each other.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw airs on the USA Network at 8 pm ET. It will also air on various TV channels across the globe before it moves to Netflix next week. Find out everything we know about the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/12\/19\/wwe-raw-netflix-everything-we-know-so-far\/\" target=\"_self\">WWE Raw on Netflix premiere on January 6 here.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">But for the full match card and a preview of this week&#8217;s WWE Raw scroll down.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">WWE Raw Match Card (12\/30\/24)<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Damian Priest &amp; The War Raiders vs. The Judgement Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Women&#8217;s Intercontinental Championship Tournament Semi-final: <\/strong>Dakota Kai vs. Zoey Stark<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"><strong>Women&#8217;s Intercontinental Championship Tournament Semi-final: <\/strong>IYO SKY vs. Lyra Valkyria<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Otis vs. Chad Gable\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CM Punk and Seth Rollins head-to-head<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">CM Punk &amp; Seth Rollins Under One Roof<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">65 million people saw CM Punk rip into the owners of the Chicago Bears during the NFL Christmas Games on Netflix. Punk will be under one roof with Seth Rollins to <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">rip<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> into him one last time before the two men meet next week on WWE Raw on Netflix.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Read<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> our <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/12\/17\/wwe-raw-netflix-cm-punk-seth-rollins\/\" target=\"_self\">full article on CM Punk vs. Seth Rollins here. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Women&#8217;s Intercontinental Championship Semi-finals <\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Dakota Kai may be most fans favorite to win this tournament <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">but<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> a semi-final match with Zoey Stark is <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">tougher<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> than it looks on paper.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Stark and the rest of Pure Fusion Collective injured Kairi Sane which means if they choose to get involved in this match Kai will be outnumbered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What about Kai&#8217;s other Damage CTRL stable <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">buddy<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> IYO SKY <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">you<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> cry? <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">SKY took Sane&#8217;s place in the tournament and advanced to meet Lyra Valkyria <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">tonight<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> in the other semi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">That&#8217;ll probably keep her busy. An all-Damage CTRL final is mouth-watering <\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">but<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> it&#8217;s certainly not a guarantee. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"IYO SKY advances in the Women\u2019s Intercontinental Title Tournament: Raw highlights, Dec. 23, 2024\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jn85R3tiiNU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rest Of The Card <\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Otis finally meets Chad Gable one-on-one in a<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/05\/29\/free-otis-the-wwe-fan-movement-for-otis-to-let-go-of-gable\/\" target=\"_self\"> match seven months in the making<\/a>. Gable started showing Grinch-like tendencies after WrestleMania 40. His then <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/12\/10\/join-alpha-academy-wwe\/\" target=\"_self\">Alpha Academy<\/a> friends were the victims of Gable&#8217;s turn to the dark [green] side.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For some reason, we never got <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/05\/29\/free-otis-the-wwe-fan-movement-for-otis-to-let-go-of-gable\/\" target=\"_self\">Otis vs. Gable<\/a> in the summer. But as the festive season rolled in The Grinch Gable attacked the people of Whoville once again. He defeated Tozawa <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/12\/21\/preview-wwe-raw-12-23-24\/\" target=\"_self\">last week<\/a>. This week, we finally get a match between two lifelong friends turned bitter enemies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Christmas 2024 is probably beyond being stolen but if Gable beats Otis it&#8217;ll certainly steal the warm fuzzy feeling many will get from a big Otis win.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Talking of friends turned foes, The Judgement Day continues its feud with former brother Damian Priest who is now backed up by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/12\/17\/andnew-title-change-wwe-raw\/\" target=\"_self\">World Tag Team Champions The War Raiders.<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/2024\/10\/23\/the-former-world-champion-most-likely-to-face-dirty-dom-on-wwe-raw\/\" target=\"_self\">Dominik Mysterio<\/a>, Finn B\u00e1lor and JD McDonagh are the three members of The Judgement Day facing them.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Full Raw highlights: Dec. 23, 2024\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WBy1w-_4OSI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>More From LWOS Pro Wrestling<\/h3>\n<p><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Header photo \u2013 WWE \u2013 Stay tuned to the\u00a0<\/span><\/em><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/prowrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Last Word on Pro Wrestling<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0for more on this and other stories from around the world of wrestling, as they develop. 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