Rey Fenix vs. Penta Set For Finals of WWE World Heavyweight Title #1 Contender Tournament
Monday’s WWE RAW show at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada featured two Semifinal Round matches in the WWE World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender’s tournament.
The first match was Rey Fenix defeated Dragon Lee.
A CLASSIC 👏@ReyFenixMx picks up the WIN! pic.twitter.com/EzRKhZOO6A
— WWE (@WWE) August 24, 2026
The second match was Penta defeating La Parka.
.@PENTAELZEROM books his spot in the FINAL! 👏 pic.twitter.com/eSZPLOLtj9
— WWE (@WWE) August 24, 2026
As a result of their victories, Fenix will be facing off against Penta in the Finals of the WWE World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender’s tournament at next week’s show.
Lola Vice Vignette Airs & Sept. 14th RAW Show Debut Date Revealed
Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured a vignette airing hyping up NXT talent Lola Vice’s upcoming main roster debut for the RAW brand.
During the video, it was revealed that Vice will be making her official main roster debut at the September 14th WWE RAW show in Mexico City, Mexico.
— WWE (@WWE) August 24, 2026
Stephanie Vaquer vs. Liv Morgan for WWE Women’s World Title Announced for Sept. 7th WWE RAW Show
Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured one new match announced for the card of the September 7th show at the Legacy Arena At The BJCC in Birmingham, Alabama.
This new match announced was a WWE Women’s World Championship match of Stephanie Vaquer vs. Liv Morgan (c).
This new match was initially setup over recent weeks shows over Vaquer’s bad blood issues between the two. During tonight’s show, Vaquer was interviewed backstage by Jackie Redmond who announced that Vaquer will get her rematch for Morgan’s title in two weeks. Vaquer talked about Morgan and stated that she will be getting back what is rightfully hers.
Stephanie Vaquer will face Liv Morgan for the WWE Women's World Championship on September 7th. #WWERAW pic.twitter.com/VW7jCsAThJ
— Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) August 25, 2026
Current card for September 7th WWE RAW show:
- WWE Women’s World Championship – Stephanie Vaquer vs. Liv Morgan (c)
Royce Keys Makes Surprise Return & Forms New Group with OTM
Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured Royce Keys making his surprise return and forming a new group with NXT talents OTM (Bronco Nima & Lucien Price).
During the tag team match between The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso) and LA Knight & Solo Sikoa, Keys ran out and speared Jey and Sikoa through the barricade. This led to two mystery men running out and laid out both Jimmy and Knight. The two mystery men pulled down their bandadas revealing themselves as OTM’s Nima and Price. Keys and OTM continued their attack on The Usos, Knight, and Sikoa laying them all out and stood tall in the ring as the show went to a close.
ROYCE KEYS AND OTM!!! 😱
— WWE (@WWE) August 25, 2026
WHAT IS HAPPENING!?!?! pic.twitter.com/DG5AXWPeLW
ROYCE KEYS AND OTM JUST DESTROYED THE MAIN EVENT 😱😳 pic.twitter.com/lmmdS5GVQD
— WWE (@WWE) August 25, 2026
This was Keys’ first appearance since being “injuried” at the hands of Jacob Fatu at the August 3rd WWE RAW show.
Current Card for Next Week’s Show
Monday’s WWE RAW show also featured two new matches announced for the card of next week’s show on August 31.
This upcoming show will be taped on Friday, August 28 at the Rocket Arena in Cleveland, Ohio as part of that night’s WWE SmackDown show tapings at the same venue.
Current card for August 31st WWE RAW show:
- WWE Women’s Intercontinental Championship – Sol Ruca vs. Raquel Rodriguez (c)
- WWE World Heavyweight Championship #1 Contender’s Tournament Finals – Rey Fenix vs. Penta
- WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns to return
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