Welcome to another edition of WWE Recap Report — a breakdown of the biggest takeaways of the week from WWE programming for those who may have missed out.
Whether you need to catch up on a show, had too busy of a week to stay on top of the breaking news or just skipped out on WWE as a whole, I’ve got you covered.
Obviously, not every single thing will be recapped here in detail. But this is your TL;DR of the week to be caught up to speed before the next Monday Night Raw so you’re not left in the dark.
With that being said, here is a quick rundown of this week in WWE.
MONDAY NIGHT RAW
- The show opened with a promo from Big E and Drew McIntyre, which was interrupted by The Usos, leading to a challenge for a tag team match for later on the show.
- King of the Ring Tournament Round 1 Match: Xavier Woods defeated Ricochet by pinfall to advance to the semi-finals.
- The Hurt Business (Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin) defeated Mansoor and Mustafa Ali by pinfall.
- Queen’s Crown Tournament Round 1 Match: Shayna Baszler defeated Dana Brooke by pinfall to advance to the semi-finals.
- Omos defeated Riddle by pinfall.
- Bobby Lashley cut a promo on how Goldberg isn’t going to beat him at Crown Jewel.
- Austin Theory defeated Jeff Hardy by pinfall.
- King of the Ring Tournament Round 1 Match: Jinder Mahal defeated Kofi Kingston by pinfall to advance to the semi-finals.
- Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch vs. Bianca Belair and Sasha Banks ended in a no-contest as the referee lost control with everyone fighting with each other.
- Queen’s Crown Tournament Round 1 Match: Doudrop defeated Natalya by pinfall to advance to the semi-finals.
- Big E and Drew McIntyre defeated The Usos by pinfall.
NXT
- Tommaso Ciampa defeated Joe Gacy by pinfall. After the match, Harland attacked Ciampa and was about to choke out Gacy, until Gacy brushed his hand on his face and Harland ran off.
- Toxic Attraction cut a promo on how they want to challenge for the women’s tag titles and the NXT Women’s Championship at Halloween Havoc.
- Xyon Quinn defeated Malik Blade by pinfall.
- Ivy defeated Valentina Feroz by submission.
- Julius Creed defeated Ikemen Jiro by pinfall.
- Kyle O’Reilly and Von Wagner defeated Pete Dunne and Ridge Holland by pinfall.
- Andre Chase University featured Chase talking about how Odyssey Jones lost to LA Knight. When he was called out on cheating, he flipped out at the student.
- Vignette: Tony D’Angelo can’t remember the name of his opponent from last week. He was supposed to be on Lashing Out with Lash Legend this week, but a “mealy mouthed” producer cut him. When he walks off, someone is banging from the trunk of his car, implying that’s the producer.
- Duke Hudson defeated Grayson Waller by pinfall.
- Promo: Imperium is going after the NXT Tag Team Championship and consider MSK to be an embarrassment to the sport.
- Indi Hartwell and Persia Pirotta defeated Sarray and Amari Miller by pinfall.
- After the match, Hartwell and Pirotta want to put their names in the hat for the tag titles. This prompts Stark and Shirai to come out, followed by Toxic Attraction. A brawl erupts and the tag champions stand tall.
- Backstage, Cameron Grimes asked Grayson Waller how he was able to pull an attractive girl in a blue dress. Waller told him to shave his chest, trim his beard, clean up a bit and play around on some online dating apps.
- NXT North American Championship Match: Isaiah “Swerve” Scott (c) retained the title over Santos Escobar by pinfall! Immediately following that, Scott was laid out by Carmelo Hayes and Trick Williams. Hayes then signed his contract for his title opportunity from the NXT Breakout Tournament and we have another title match!
- NXT North American Championship Match: Carmelo Hayes defeated Isaiah “Swerve” Scott (c) by pinfall to win the title!
MAIN EVENT
- T-Bar defeated Drew Gulak by pinfall
- John Morrison defeated Angel Garza by pinfall.
NXT UK
- Blair Davenport defeated Stevie Turner by pinfall.
- Sha Samuels defeated Flash Morgan Webster by pinfall.
- Sid Scala informed Jinny she’ll get her title match against Meiko Satomura in three weeks.
- Nina Samuels interviewed Xia Brookside about her losses. This prompted a friendly challenge for a match against Aleah James to come.
- Gallus interrupted Jordan Devlin’s meeting with Sid Scala. Devlin will have a rematch with Joe Coffey.
- Ilja Dragunov defeated A-Kid to retain the NXT UK Championship
FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
- The show opened with a promo from Edge hyping his Hell in a Cell match at Crown Jewel against Seth Rollins.
- King of the Ring Tournament Semifinal Match: Finn Balor defeated Sami Zayn by pinfall to advance to the finals against either Xavier Wood or Jinder Mahal.
- Sonya Deville and Shayna Baszler defeated Naomi in a handicap match by pinfall. This was originally supposed to be a singles match between Naomi and Deville.
- Seth Rollins cut a promo on Edge. Nothing beyond the normal stuff. You missed nothing.
- Queen’s Crown Tournament Semifinal Match: Zelina Vega defeated Carmella by pinfall to advance to the finals against either Doudrop or Shayna Baszler.
- After a few bad (ie, great) jokes, Happy Talk with Baron Corbin and Madcap Moss was interrupted by Rick Boogs and Shinsuke Nakamura, as well as The Street Profits.
- Street Fight: The Usos defeated The Street Profits by pinfall to retain the SmackDown Tag Team Championship titles.
- Sasha Banks defeated Becky Lynch by pinfall after Bianca Belair interfered.
- Contract signing: Brock Lesnar said he already looked at the contract earlier with his advocate, Paul Heyman.
205 LIVE
- Boa defeated Jeet Rama
- Josh Briggs and Brooks Jensen defeated two jobbers
- Roderick Strong defeated Odyssey Jones
What were your big takeaways from this week? Tell everyone your thoughts on this past week in WWE by leaving a comment below!
