When news broke that the Judgment Day were going to open up RAW in their first segment on the Red Brand since regaining the Undisputed WWE Tag Team Championships versus Cody Rhodes and Jey Uso, fans jokingly assumed they knew how the segment would go down.

Folks joked that the four members of the faction would say are the most dominant group in WWE, there isn't any dissent within the faction, and that, after Rhea Ripley announced that “Judgment Day runs Monday Night RAW,” the crowd would boo Dominik Mysterio for just being there.

Simple, right? Well, on this particular edition of RAW, creative decided to shake things up and give it a go with just Finn Balor and Damian Priest, even if none other than Cody Rhodes decided to interject and demand answers from the faction for ruining his short-lived reign alongside Jey Uso.

“If I may, I do have some choice words for the leader of the Judgment Day. But I can see that Rhea Ripley isn't out here. I know, I know, right? I know what you're going to say, there is no leader in the Judgment Day but it can't just be little Dom Dom, I would say Rhea is your Mami too. Hey, hear me out, face it, right? She's pulling all the strings, she's calling all the shots, she is cutting all of the deals, including one with The Bloodline,” Cody Rhodes told Damian Priest.

“But if I may, I'd like to speak specifically to you, Damian Priest. I believe last week, you were the one who gave me a low blow? Let me make it clear, if you thought that was the final shot in this fight, you are wrong.”

Whoa, what does Rhodes have in mind? Does he want another shot at the Undisputed WWE Universal Championships, or does she have something else in mind? Fortunately, WWE fans didn't have to wait long to find out, as Rhodes got his answer in a few short minutes.

Damian Priest and Cody Rhodes are heading to Saudi Arabia.

Clearly amused by Cody Rhodes' comments, Damian Priest leaned into the conversation, noting that the “American Nightmare” wasn't exactly innocent in his efforts in their championship match.

“Kind of convenient that you forgot that I put you through that table too,” Priest responded. “I am glad you came out and found me, though, because honestly, at some point, I would have just gone and found you. I'm glad you mentioned The Bloodline, because there's a lot of talk about this story of yours, like, I don't even know what it is. I mean, there's people involved in your story that sent Jimmy Uso here last week and how did that work out for you? There's people involved in your story who are standing in this ring right now. At this point, your story's gotta be that you failed.”

When Rhodes suggested that they could work the match right here and right now, Priest turned him down, suggesting that he has a grander venue in mind.

“Cody, are we going to pretend that you don't know I have a match tonight with Jey?” Priest noted.  “But I do like this, I do like this idea; we do have a big match coming up, so maybe it's Cody Rhodes versus Damian Priest at Crown Jewel.”

“I accept. But what do we do now?” Rhodes responded. “You're standing there, I'm right here; why don't we give everyone a preview of Crown Jewel right now?”

And preview it for the fans they did, with Rhodes fighting head-to-head against the current Undisputed WWE Tag Team Champions before Dominik Mysterio and Rhea Ripley marched out to the ring to further uneven the odds, and Jey Uso emerged to keep working alongside his former championship-winning partner.

Though Rhodes was eventually Pillmanized over the course of the proceedings, with WWE opting to go with the “broken leg” angle in the same year as they played up his “broken arm” against Brock Lesnar during their trio of matches, in the end, the match is set, the conditions have been met, and the “American Nightmare” will be taking his talents to Saudi Arabia for a match once more.

Though there isn't a title, the Money in the Bank briefcase, or anything more than pride on the line in the match – a confusing angle, considering Priest should be focusing on cashing in his MitB contract – at the end of the day, both performers are now on the card in a grudge match of sorts, and in the end, that's all that matters.