The November 9 episode of Monday Night Raw will see WWE’s superstars return home to the United States after their trip to Riyadh for Crown Jewel 2026.
There will be no time for jet lag though, as WWE must immediately turn its attention to building the 40th annual Survivor Series premium live event from Houston, TX on November 28.
Here are three potential changes to WWE Raw that we could see following the events of Crown Jewel 2026:
Bayley leaves for SmackDown
One of the biggest priorities for WWE following Crown Jewel will be building a women’s WarGames match that doesn’t feel completely thrown together.
While it’s going to be difficult for WWE to achieve that in less than three weeks, they do at least have some stories in place that could be brought into the WarGames structure.
Jade Cargill, Michin & B-Fab have made enemies of Charlotte Flair, Alexa Bliss, Tatum Paxley and most recently Bayley, so it appears as if those women will make up the bulk of the WarGames line-up.
In order to build to the match, Bayley will likely be making more appearances on SmackDown than Raw, a move that could potentially be made permanent after Survivor Series is in the rear-view.
Rusev returns for WWE Intercontinental Title shot
Last week’s November 2 episode of WWE Raw saw Ethan Page dethrone Chad Gable for the Intercontinental Championship.
Given that Gable was very clearly not at 100% for that match, the expectation will be that a rematch between the two will be coming in the near future. However, WWE do also have a returning star waiting in the wings to potentially disrupt those plans.
Rusev has been off WWE TV since July, but made his return to action during last month’s tour of Hawaii.
Rusev and Page shared a bond in their pursuit of the Intercontinental Championship throughout the spring and summer, but now that Page has reached that goal, Rusev could come forward and demand a title opportunity from his “friend.”
Jacob Fatu returns ahead of WarGames
Another return that almost certainly will be on the cards in the coming weeks is Jacob Fatu.
“The Samoan Werewolf” has been absent since being dramatically run over by Jaida Parker in late September, and since then, The 946 have only continued to grow in numbers.
With the addition of Cruz Montana during last week’s Raw, The 946 now have their five man team for WarGames, while The Bloodline only have four.
It’s clear that Fatu will be filling that final spot and will be fighting alongside his family on November 28, so expect to see him re-emerge on WWE Raw sooner rather than later.
Oba Femi resumes rivalry with The Vision
In the weeks that followed Oba Femi’s win over Bronson Reed at WWE Money in the Bank 2026, the rivalry between “The Ruler” and The Vision completely fell off a cliff, despite their seemingly being some unfinished business between the two sides.
This was especially baffling considering Paul Heyman – who, as far as we all know is still a member of The Vision – attempted to recruit Femi to be his next client.
Rather than confront Heyman, or attack Femi as a response to this, we saw no further development, and The Vision were instead solely focused on beating up both Penta and Je’Von Evans.
Thankfully it appears as if business has picked up once again, as Femi interfered during The Vision’s World Tag Team Title defense against Penta & Evans at Crown Jewel, destroyed Bronson Reed once again and distracted Bron Breakker and Austin Theory enough for Penta and Evans to score the win and become the new champions.
Given what happened we should see Femi resume his feud with The Vision heading towards the end of 2026, and hopefully this should bring with it some follow up to the whole Paul Heyman situation AND that Oba Femi vs. Bron Breakker rematch.
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