WWE: First Hour of 8/5 WWE RAW to be Commercial Free, Sami Zayn on Intercontinental Title Run in 2024 Being Most Special of Career, Damian Priest & Roman Reigns Update

First Hour of Monday’s WWE RAW Show to be Commercial Free

WWE announced on Twitter that tonight’s WWE RAW post-SummerSlam 2024 show in Baltimore, Maryland will feature the first hour being commercial free.

RAW General Manager Adam Pearce also announced that the main event of tonight’s show will be a Six-Man Tag Team match of the Wyatt Sicks (Dexter Lumis, Joe Gacy, & Erick Rowan) vs. Chad Gable & The Creed Brothers (Julius & Brutus Creed).

Tonight’s #WWERaw will be commercial free for the first hour! Tune in at 8/7c on @SYFY to catch all of the #SummerSlam fallout 👀 @ScrapDaddyAP pic.twitter.com/XI1RJMaTys

— WWE (@WWE) August 5, 2024

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Sami Zayn Comments on His Intercontinental Title Run in 2024 May Have Been Most Special of His Career

This past Saturday’s WWE SummerSlam 2024 event in Cleveland, Ohio featured Bron Breakker defeating Sami Zayn to become the new WWE Intercontinental Champion.

Zayn reflected earlier today on Twitter about his reign as Intercontinental Champion coming to an end and how his reign as champion might have been the most special of his career.

This Intercontinental Championship reign has come to an end.

It may have been the most special title run of my career…for personal reasons. pic.twitter.com/eXjH2dxSFO

— Sami Zayn (@SamiZayn) August 5, 2024

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Backstage Update on Damian Priest & Roman Reigns Statuses Following SummerSlam 2024

This past Saturday’s WWE SummerSlam 2024 event featured Finn Balor turning on Damian Priest and helped cost Priest the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Saturday’s event also featured Roman Reigns making his surprise return to WWE.

PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reported that his sources stated that WWE currently have Priest and Reigns both listed as faces for their respective brands internal roster lists following SummerSlam 2024.