The Vision’s brutal attack and Seth Rollins’ subsequent surgery has left the WWE World Heavyweight Championship without an owner, and Number One Contender CM Punk without an opponent for Saturday Night’s Major Event. A 20-Man Battle Royal in “WWE Raw’s” major event modified that — perhaps, at the fee of a brotherhood, as a treacherous Jey Uso sacrificed his brother Jimmy for a likelihood at “Raw’s” top prize.
The night began with a powerhouse slugfest between Ivar and Otis, with Otis being the primary eliminated, courtesy of early contender Rusev. Akira Tozawa was next to go as Alpha Academy’s day went from bad to worse. On the opposite side of the ring, tensions from Monday’s earlier WWE World Tag Team Championship match snapped when former champions JD McDonagh and Finn Balor conspired to eliminate recent tag team champion Dragon Lee. Mysterio similarly found two eliminations in Rusev and Penta after an explosive Intercontinental Championship segment earlier Monday.
The ring then cleared for Sheamus and Ivar’s exchange, where Sheamus attempted to lift up the War Raider for White Noise. While the previous world champion was unsuccessful within the ring, a visit to the apron saw his second White Noise attempt connect for an elimination. Elsewhere, El Grande Americano loaded up his mask along with his signature iron bit, but The Usos dropped him with One-D for a joint elimination.
The Judgement Day’s fractures seamed to heal temporarily as Sheamus’ elimination attempt on Mysterio was addressed by Balor and McDonagh. While Mysterio escaped, Sheamus made quick work in eliminating McDonagh, and made even quicker work on delivering 10 Beats of the Bodhrán onto Balor. Sheamus looked like a stellar winner alternative before the combined efforts of Balor, McDonagh, and Kofi Kingston led to the Irishman’s elimination.
The ultimate six: Knight, Usos, Kingston, Styles, and Mysterio
The ultimate moments of Monday’s Battle Royal saw Kingston and Styles clash, Jey wage war against Mysterio, and Jimmy and LA Knight lock up. While Styles eventually got here out of his scrap against Kingston with an elimination following a forearm, he found himself involve in Jimmy and Knight’s conflict after a Flying Elbow laid out “Big Jim.” Knight and Styles wore one another down, but while Knight became occupied with Jey, a Double Superkick from The Usos knocked Styles’ teeth to the front row, and his body to the bottom.
With 4 participants left, Jimmy attempted to hoist Knight up for an elimination, only to seek out himself tangled with “The Megastar.” Each of their bodies hung precariously excessive rope, and Jey, sensing a chance, eliminated Knight without much care taken towards saving Jimmy. The twins bickered following the shocking double elimination, which opened the door for Mysterio to trip Jey against the ropes. The previous world champion played possum before sending Mysterio excessive rope on the last moment for the win.
CM Punk and Jey Uso will now fight for the vacant WWE World Heavyweight Championship at Saturday Night’s Major Event, come November 1.