At the beginning of Monday’s WWE Raw, General Manager Adam Pearce announced that following the attack on Seth Rollins last week and underwent surgery and will be out of action for a long time. Pearce then went on to say that he was left with the unfortunate choice of stripping Rollins of the World Heavyweight Championship.
Pearce then announced there would be a battle royal later in show, with the winner facing CM Punk at Saturday Night’s Main Event, with the winner being crowned the new World Heavyweight Champion.
The participants were Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Sheamus, World Tag Team Champion AJ Styles, World Tag Team Champion Dragon Lee, El Grande Americano, Penta, Finn Bálor, JD McDonagh, WWE Intercontinental Champion Dominik Mysterio, Erik, Ivar, Grayson Waller, Kofi Kingston, Rusev and LA Knight.
The finish saw Jey eliminate his brother Jimmy and then eliminate Dominik to get the win.
Jey Uso will now go on to face CM Punk at Saturday Night’s Main Event on November 1 from the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. The show will air live in the Unite States exclusively on Peacock and YouTube for international fans.