9th November Edition Of The

Monday Night Raw & Wrestling News

MizTV in the Bank obnoxiously opened the show to promote brand new episodes of Miz and Mrs, and their six man tag main event, where Drew McIntyre and the New Day were set to face Miz, Morrison and an unhinged, unhappy Randy Orton. Orton interrupted FROM OUTTA PARANOIA, begging Miz to cash-in his title shot right now, but Drew and the New Day came out for a brawl instead. Randy seeing threats from every angle was superbly performed, juggling feuds with Drew and Miz, despite tagging with the latter.

Tom Phillips promoted the final appearance of the Undertaker at Survivor Series. Ha, final appearance for the Undertaker. Good one, Phillips.

Hot off his decisive loss to Jeff Hardy, Star WWE is High On Backstage Elias... continued his feud with Jeff Hardy and lost to Matt Riddle in an action-packed triple threat last chance match to decide the last Team Raw member for Survivor Series.

My Captain, oh my captain AJ Styles welcomed his team down to the ring later on - declaring Riddle as the answer to their problems. He was the missing piece, and now they can all get along. Which led to everyone not getting along. Riddle said he had an idea for how everyone can chill out-Matt, that’s a violation of the Drug Testing poli-oh right, codenames. He wanted to give everyone codenames. This was bad WWE comedy… that actually worked with Riddle’s delivery. His natural charm billowed through when he wished Keith a real life happy birthday. Happy birthday Keith! This led to your friend Mark’s favourite indie tag team from 2018 - they’re just not as good anymore - Riddle and Lee taking on Sheamus and Braun Strowman with AJ as the special guest referee. They had another really fun, action-packed match, with big beefy spots and an awesome Lee hot tag that even involved Spirit Bombing Riddle onto Sheamus. Which apparently doesn’t hurt you when you’re the weapon. Braun and Sheamus fought over who got to finish the match, which Riddle capitalised on with a roll up to win. How will they co-exist?! The men’s Survivor Series team storyline has been refreshingly fun for a change, with one hell of a Raw line-up, Riddle and Lee actually getting some wins, and a brilliant comedy performance from Captain AJ.

The women’s side isn’t so good. It has the fun of Nia Jax putting Lana through a table every week, but the awkward, one-dimensional act of Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke sap the energy out of any segment they’re part of. Which makes no sense when you’ve got perfectly good Nikki Cross and Naomis with nothing to do at Survivor Series. Shayna Baslzer made Lana tap in a minute first, which led to Mandy and Dana stopping Nia putting her through the table - blonde power! - but then confusingly told Lana to leave them alone backstage afterwards.

And then Asuka defended her Raw Women’s title against Jax later on, while Lana, Dana and Mandy cheered for the Champion. Baszler caused the DQ, and Nia put Lana through the announcer’s table. Nia and Shayna are great, but the rest of the team infighting is repetitive with the men doing the same thing, and nowhere near as good.

Alexa Bliss, meanwhile, has a really intriguing story with Nikki Cross bubbling away backstage. Cross told Bliss to choose between her and the Fiend… and she Let Him In.

The Hurt Business beat up 24/7 champion Drew Gulak for having the audacity to wear a clip-on tie - which, to be fair, is very practical when the major hazard of your job is surprise roll-ups - so R-Truth won it back. Who then lost it to to Akira Tozawa in a 7 person title match later on, who lost it to Erik of the Viking Raiders, who lost it to Drew, who lost it to Tucker, who lost it back to Drew, who lost it back to Tucker, who lost it to Gran Metalik, who lost it to Lince Dorado, who lost it to R-Truth for his 44th reign. I’m so sorry, Erik and Tucker.

Caruso alert! Charly announced Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin will be facing the New Day for the Raw tag team titles next Monday.

But before then, the Hurt Business has to get through Titus O’Neil. Which Bobby Lashley did in seconds.

Angel Garza tried to chat up your mum again. In what is actually my favourite thing on Raw right now, faces and heels showed they can be mates.

Sheamus blew up at his longtime friend McIntyre backstage in frustration at his Survivor Series team, saying he wanted Drew to be on it, but McIntyre managed to cheer him up with some New Day power of positivity. This is building very neatly to Sheamus eventually turning on Drew, which is a feud I cannot wait for. Surprisingly, the Biker Mice From Mars then had match of the night.

Ricochet took on Ali, following RETRIBUTION’s beatdown of him the previous week, playing it up as though this was actually a long running personal feud. Which, in a way, it actually is, kind of, if you really grasp for it. Ricochet had trusted Ali in those neverending Hurt Business feud days of the Summer, and now he’s founded RETRIBUTION, just like how Cedric left him for MVP. They brought all that intensity to the ring, along with their incredibly athletic offence, which Ali won when Ricochet got distracted with taking out the Biker Mice. This did more for RETRIBUTION’s credibility than anything else they’ve ever done.

Definitely not Raw general manager Adam Pearce told Orton he’ll be defending his WWE Championship against Drew McIntyre next week, making the go-home show super stacked, and Randy continued to play up his Miz in the Bank tension in the main event, not tagging in once. Drew hot tagged over everyone, so Orton walked off, letting McIntyre pick up the win.

What did you think of 9th November Edition Of The Monday Night Raw? Let us know in the comments down below about 9th November Edition Of The Monday Night Raw. This was another enjoyable 9th November Edition Of The Monday Night Raw , which had some very enjoyable men’s team Survivor Series build, some great in-ring action, and a neat build for next week’s mini-PPV show. Again, this is what the standard of Monday nights should be.

Wrestling News

Murphy & Aalyah Plans Revealed?

In a year of uncertainty, anxiety and unprecedented change, you can always rely on one constant in the cluster funk that is 2020: Seth Rollins feuding with the Mysterios. Their rivalry stretches all the way back to May, which feels significantly longer than six months ago. Since then, Rey has lost an eye, his son Dominik made a very impressive in-ring debut, all four members Mysterios got some heartwarming, family bonding revenge with kendo sticks, and most recently, Seth’s former disciple Murphy has been getting increasingly close to Rey’s daughter Aalyah. Somehow, in a feud that had a man’s eyeball literally detached from his face, it’s the latter part that has been the most controversial. A vocal portion of WWE’s audience are very uncomfortable with consenting adult actors 32 year old Murphy and 19 year old Aalyah being in a romantic storyline. But a far larger portion love it, with any WWE clip on YouTube using her on the thumbnail getting significantly more views than average. Which means WWE might be about to step it up a gear. Dave Meltzer has pointed out the storyline has similarities with a Konnan angle in the Puerto Rican promotion CWC. If that’s the case, it means we’re headed towards a good old fashioned wrestling wedding between Murphy and Aalyah, with Seth Rollins revealing he manipulated the whole situation.

More WWE Releases

In more serious news however, with WWE’s continued delays in getting back on the road for live events, only managing to have their most profitable year ever in the company, more cutbacks have been made to their staffing, with wrestling news reporting that around 10-15 staff members have been let go. The most recognisable name is longtime ring announcer Tony Chimel, famed for his iconic call of Edge’s entrance, who had transitioned to a backstage role of production and overseeing ring crew in 2015. Jerry Soto, the longtime Spanish announcer, was also released, as well as Derek Casselman, their former Director of Venue Merchandise, who had been with WWE since 1993 and was reportedly well liked by many in the company. But, for a change, WWE are also on the receiving end of a release.

WWE Forced Out Of ThunderDome

WWE debuted their ThunderDome setup on the SummerSlam go-home episode of SmackDown, which managed to turn around their shows’ drastically falling ratings, and even won industry awards - with its massive atmosphere improvement over the Performance Center tapings. Due to travel restrictions, and the ThunderDome being complex to set up, WWE have made the Amway Center their semi-permanent home. But now, according to wrestling news, the venue is forcing WWE to move out by December 5th, under a month away, as the NBA is hoping to start up a new season there, with the Orlando Magic moving in. Whether WWE will continue to use the ThunderDome setup in a different venue or not is unclear, but the company have reportedly discussed new venues in Texas, Illinois and Florida. WWE’s current contract with the Amway Center expires on November 24, two days after Survivor Series.