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Trick Williams pins Gunther in dark match at WWE RAW following the 2026 Crown Jewel PLE

Aaron Rift

The November 9th 2026 edition of WWE RAW took place in Greenville, South Carolina. In the show’s dark match main event, Trick Williams scored a pinfall victory over Gunther with The Bookend.

Trick’s win comes amid reports that the originally planned match between Gunther and “Demon” Finn Balor was never announced for Crown Jewel because Gunther decided against traveling to Saudi Arabia, despite WWE filming segments to build toward the match. This led to some fans on social media speculating that WWE is “punishing” Gunther for not traveling to Crown Jewel.

It should be noted that Williams is from Columbia, South Carolina, so this could be a case of WWE wanting to give him a “hometown” win and send the fans in attendance home happy. Gunther also has a history of losing in untelevised matches.

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