The Women's World Championship wasn't on the line in 2026's "Raw" kickoff, but the titleholder, Stephanie Vaquer, suffered a beatdown from Raquel Rodriguez that put her status in question after a real ankle injury. This was just the icing atop a show that heavily featured the women's division.

WWE Raw in Düsseldorf set up CM Punk vs. Finn Bálor for Belfast, added a women's tag title match to SNME, and saw Bron Breakker suspended.

After Drew McIntyre's much-awaited Undisputed WWE Championship victory on this week's SmackDown, his former rival CM Punk subtly paid tribute to him ahead of the company's live event in Scotland.

WWE Raw will air live at a special start time on Monday: 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT, streaming on Netflix. WWE remains in the early stretch of a nearly month-long international tour, and this week’s Raw emanates from Düsseldorf, Germany.

WWE SmackDown airs from Berlin, Germany will be headlined by another WWE Title match between Drew McIntyre and Cody Rhodes, this time in Three Stages of Hell.

The World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk was in action this week. The star is in Europe as WWE is touring across the ocean for the Road to Royal Rumble live events.