Notably, GUNTHER vs. Sheamus (the only former King of the Ring wrestling Monday) is a much-anticipated rematch from their WWE Intercontinental Championship feud and the celebrated WrestleMania 39 triple threat that also involved McIntyre; McIntyre himself will be facing Balor in their first TV singles match since 2019; Balor is 3-1 against McIntyre, though two of those wins came by disqualification. Mysterio vs. Kingston, meanwhile, will be just their second singles match ever, with the first coming all the way back in 2008 (in another tournament match, which Mysterio won). Ricochet and Dragunov have never shared the ring before in any capacity.

In the women's tournament, all four "Raw" contests are first-time TV matches. Valkyria and Asuka have minor history, as Asuka and Kairi Sane successfully defended their WWE Women's Tag Team Championship against Valkyria and her then-friend Tatum Paxley before losing the belts at Bianca Belair and Jade Cargill at Backlash — aside from that, the women involved in the four matches have only wrestled in multi-person matches, on house shows, or in battle royals and Royal Rumbles. Vega was the first and most recent woman to win the Queen of the Ring — which was dubbed Queen's Crown at the time — in 2021.