WWE Monday Night Raw Review: 12/10
Penta Starts the Show, Big Cass VS Rey Mysterio
After a recap of Money in the Bank 2026, this week’s edition of Monday Night Raw kicked off with Penta celebrating with his own custom MITB Briefcase! Penta even had sparks coming out of his Briefcase, which was pretty awesome, as Mr. Zero Miedo cut a promo about how grateful he is for all of the love and support that he has received! A beaten and broken Je’Von Evans then arrived to congratulate Penta on his victory on Saturday, before Bron Breakker showed up and wrecked Evans with another Spear, after The Young O.G. pushed Penta out of the way! Je’Von Evans is such a good Babyface, whilst I have to say that Penta’s Money in the Bank Briefcase is very cool!
Grade: B-
It was then time for the opening match of the night as Rey Mysterio looked to teach Big Cass a lesson! This match came about after Big Cass attacked Dragon Lee during Lee and Mysterio’s Tag Team match with The Judgment Day last week, so at least there was a point to it! However, that doesn’t mean it was that good, as Cass continues to be a complete flop since his return to the company! I said this a few weeks ago, but you can’t win with this guy! Either Cass wins and you question why he’s winning over younger talent, or he loses and you question why he’s even there to begin with! In this match, after Dragon Lee got involved, Rey Mysterio was able to steal away with the victory; another loss for Cass then!
Grade: C-
Liv Morgan’s Championship Celebration Gets Interrupted, Paul Heyman Interrupts Oba Femi, Chad Gable VS Rey Fenix: Intercontinental Championship
946 cut another phone promo before Adam Pearce was very worried about what could happen in tonight’s Main Event between 946 and The Bloodline! Before then, The Judgment Day would make their way down to the ring as Liv Morgan wanted to celebrate recapturing the Women’s World Championship! Liv believes that all is right in the world again, with her overcoming all of the injustices handed to her by both Becky Lynch and Stephanie Vaquer! Morgan then turned her attention to becoming a 2-time Crown Jewel Champion, which prompted Chelsea Green to interrupt and say her piece! Whilst Chelsea respects Liv, the feeling isn’t mutual, with a few back-and-forth verbal jabs leading to Green facing Roxanne Perez! This was sort of a weird match to put on as both Chelsea and Roxanne are pretty popular, which meant neither woman losing was a good idea! If Chelsea lost, it would be yet another loss for the WWE Women’s Champion, whilst a loss for Perez would only annoy people further after she failed to become Miss Money in the Bank over the weekend! As always, there was a ton of interference from The Judgment Day, and despite the fact that Ms. Green was able to take care of both Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez, eventually, a Pop Rox was enough for The Prodigy to pin the reigning WWE Women’s Champion! Now that’s a big deal!
Grade: B-
Solo Sikoa made it crystal clear to The Usos that they’re not his captains, and that Roman Reigns certainly isn’t his Tribal Chief, before Oba Femi marched his way down to the ring! Oba was in a great mood, with the reigning King of the Ring delighted after he took care of Bronson Reed and The Vision at Money in the Bank! This brought out Paul Heyman to praise Femi, with Heyman calling The Ruler the future of the business! It’s pretty clear what Paul wants, but Oba clearly doesn’t want the same, with Femi emphatically saying that he’s neither Brock Lesnar nor Roman Reigns, that he’s not a “Paul Heyman Guy”, as instead, he’s an “Oba Femi Guy”! This was pretty emphatic, but it tells me that Heyman may have to go back to Bron Breakker after all!
Grade: B-
Adam Pearce was trying to have a conversation with Iyo Sky backstage, but they were firstly interrupted by Lyra Valkyria, who claimed that she felt unsafe at work as Bayley continued to make her life a living hell! Pearce didn’t seem to care at all, but he did care when The Judgment Day showed up, with Roxanne Perez feeling like she deserves a shot at the WWE Women’s Championship! Adam told Roxanne to take that up with Nick Aldis over on SmackDown, whilst Iyo wants to get her hands on Raquel Rodriguez! After a downbeat LA Knight told Solo Sikoa that they’re good, Chad Gable and Rey Fenix went one-on-one with the Intercontinental Championship on the line! This match was great; both of these guys have been two of the best-performing wrestlers all year round, so I really enjoyed this! A couple of the Suplexes that Gable delivered were insane; how he caught Fenix off the ropes I’ll never know, whilst the Suplex that saw Rey land head-first onto the top turnbuckle was brutal! Fenix himself pulled off some good moves too, whilst the ending was doing superbly well, with the AAA World Cruiserweight Champion eventually having no choice but to tap out, despite the fact that he must have gotten out of Master Gable’s ankle lock at least 3 times! Will definitely be talking about this match again at the end of the year!
Grade: B+
946 VS The Usos and Solo Sikoa
After Stephanie Vaquer and Becky Lynch got into a heated war of words backstage, and Ethan Page took out Rey Fenix, the Main Event of this week’s edition of Monday Night Raw saw 946 make their debut against The Usos and Solo Sikoa! I really liked the presentation of 946 here; them jumping out of a car and then walking through the crowd to the ring, with no titantron or music, was genuinely great! That’s arguably how Retribution should’ve been booked all those years ago, whilst having Jaida Parker step up to The Bloodline first was a really cool look! The match itself was more of a brawl than anything else; none of the rules were exactly enforced, whilst Miss Parker taking out the referee allowed for everyone to brawl around the arena! Then, when Solo Sikoa was ready to deliver a Samoan Spike, he got attacked with a crowbar by a masked man; that masked man turned out to be none other than Carmelo Hayes! This got a good reaction from the crowd, whilst Melo and the rest of 946 destroyed both The Usos and Solo to stand tall to close the show! This was such an effective way to end a show; Main Event Melo has finally arrived!
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