{"id":104423,"date":"2020-09-14T08:46:27","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T13:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=104423"},"modified":"2020-09-14T13:22:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-14T18:22:43","slug":"wwe-monday-night-raw-primer-9-14-raw-gets-in-your-face-drew-vs-lee-dominik-vs-rollins-in-a-cage-asuka-defends-against-mickie-street-profits-vs-cesaro-nakamura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/09\/14\/wwe-monday-night-raw-primer-9-14-raw-gets-in-your-face-drew-vs-lee-dominik-vs-rollins-in-a-cage-asuka-defends-against-mickie-street-profits-vs-cesaro-nakamura\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER 9\/14:  Raw Gets \u201cIn Your Face,\u201d Drew vs. Lee, Dominik vs. Rollins in a Cage, Asuka Defends Against Mickie, Street Profits vs. Cesaro &amp; Nakamura, Raw&#8217;s Greatest Creation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-655229429\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3><strong>WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>ORLANDO, FL. AT THE THUNDERDOME IN THE AMWAY CENTER<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>SEPTEMBER 14, 2020<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>AIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EST<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>BY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM SPECIALIST<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Announcers: Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton, Samoa Joe<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Top Three Developments from Last Week<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>WWE Champion Drew McIntyre gave Randy Orton three Claymore Kicks. The first was when he interrupted Orton\u2019s show opening promo, as Drew returned driving an ambulance into the arena. The next was during a match with Orton and Keith Lee. The third was when Orton was being interviewed leaving the arena. Several weeks ago, Orton gave McIntyre three kicks to the head.<\/li>\n<li>Cedric Alexander turned on Ricochet and Apollo Crews during a six-man tag match eventually won by the Hurt Business (MVP, U.S. Champion Bobby Lashley, and Shelton Benjamin). Later, the four-man Hurt Business featuring Cedric defeated Apollo &amp; Ricochet &amp; the Viking Raiders.<\/li>\n<li>Retribution interrupted a handicap match between Nia Jax and the Riott Squad (following another handicap match between the Squad and Shayna Baszler in which Liv Morgan pinned Shayna) and cut their first on-air promo since \u201cdebuting\u201d many weeks ago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Items Advertised by WWE for Tonight<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>To counter Monday Night Football which returns tonight with two games including my N.Y. Giants taking on the Pittsburgh Steelers in the 7:10 p.m. game (I will be watching Raw late tonight), WWE gets \u201cIn Your Face.\u201d Here\u2019s what\u2019s advertised:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drew McIntyre goes one-on-one with Keith Lee.<\/li>\n<li>Dominik Mysterio and Seth Rollins clash in a Steel Cage Match.<\/li>\n<li>Raw Women\u2019s Champion Asuka defends against Mickie James.<\/li>\n<li>The Street Profits battle Cesaro &amp; Shinsuke Nakamura in a Champions vs. Champions Match.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Non-Title Match: WWE Champion Drew McIntyre vs. Keith Lee<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Well that didn\u2019t take long. Keith Lee, who made his Raw debut the night after SummerSlam, is set to take on WWE Champion Drew McInytre in a non-title match tonight.<\/p>\n<p>In that debut, Keith took on Randy Orton, who is set to challenge Drew for the WWE Championship at Clash of Champions. The match ended when Drew interfered, who was getting revenge for Orton attacking him earlier. Keith acknowledged Drew as his friend when Drew was taken to a local medical facility following Orton\u2019s third attack on him that night.<\/p>\n<p>Keith and Drew haven\u2019t said anything significant to each other on social media, but for some reason Drew and Tyson Fury have trash-talked each other (we know where that\u2019s headed). There was a video several weeks ago of Keith and Drew \u201csparring\u201d in advance of their title matches during SummerSlam weekend where Drew defended against Orton and Keith defended the NXT Championship against Karrion Kross. Here\u2019s that clip if you so desire to check it out:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drew McIntyre and Keith Lee lock up in a champion sparring session\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NmuSATpwvqo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I don\u2019t like Keith getting involved in another match that will likely have shenanigans. He\u2019s already had two matches with Orton that ended in a DQ (or non-finish \u2026 yeah, I call it DQ). I\u2019m of the old school mentality of building someone up with strong wins before moving them into a bigger match, let alone with your current champion.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Steel Cage Match: Dominik Mysterio vs. Seth Rollins<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>In the latest chapter of the feud between Seth Rollins and the Mysterios, Rollins and Dominik go one-on-one in a steel cage match tonight. Last week, Dominik defeated Murphy in a street fight. Murphy was looking to even the score since he was \u201ccast aside\u201d by Rollins following their tag team match loss to Dominik and Rey at Payback. Following the match Murphy was beaten down with a kendo stick by the entire Mysterio family (Dominik, Rey, Angie and Aalyah). This was revenge for the kendo stick beatdown Dominik got from Rollins and Murphy many weeks ago. Here\u2019s the family following the attack:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Mysterio family on finally getting payback: WWE Network Exclusive, September 7, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jLBUvggQxwo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This was Rollins before Raw last week:<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-680942365\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Penance isn\u2019t paid by polishing rust on a sinking ship. Dig deeper, my disciple.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ForTheGreaterGood?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ForTheGreaterGood<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Seth Rollins (@WWERollins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWERollins\/status\/1303116717250539520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 7, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I\u2019m admittedly mentally exhausted thinking about this match. There\u2019s not much more to say after seeing versions of these people feuding for over three months now. I\u2019d like to see Rollins do something else as well as Dominik. He\u2019s done a nice job, and I want to see if he can move from Rollins. That said, I would think the end point of this feud is Rey vs. Rollins, so we\u2019ll see if something happens tonight to point us in that direction.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Raw Women\u2019s Championship: Asuka (champ) vs. Mickie James<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Mickie James gets a shot at gold as she challenges Asuka for the Raw Women\u2019s Championship. She last pursued the title around three years ago when she challenged Alexa Bliss. Mickie\u2019s last title reign in WWE was back in 2010 when she held the previous version of the Women\u2019s Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Mickie returned to Raw recently and after an unceremonious first match with Natalya, she \u201cthrew down the gauntlet\u201d so to speak by telling Asuka she was going after the championship. In true WWE format, last week they teamed together and defeated Natalya &amp; Lana. Asuka and Mickie have battled over WWE gold before as they wrestled for the NXT Women\u2019s Championship at Takeover: Toronto back in 2016. Here\u2019s a WWE exclusive interview with Mickie:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Is Mickie James ready for Asuka?: WWE Network Exclusive, September 7, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/utuCpYml4MM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: While I would have preferred this be saved for Clash of Champions, I look forward to this match. They can get a great match out of each other, and I wouldn\u2019t mind a series of matches. Shenanigans are likely though with Natalya &amp; Lana seemingly involved.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Champions vs. Champions Match: Street Profits (Raw Tag Team Champions) vs. Cesaro &amp; Shinsuke Nakamura (Smackdown Tag Team Champions)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Last week, the Street Profits once again defeated Andrade &amp; Angel Garza. Following the match, Cesaro &amp; Shinsuke Nakamura from Smackdown made a surprise appearance. They traded verbal insults including Cesaro referring to the ridiculous series of challenges the Profits and Viking Raiders had a while back and Angelo Dawkins referring to Cesaro &amp; Nakamura as \u201cThe Bar 2.0.\u201d (Cesaro &amp; Sheamus were multiple-time tag team champions as The Bar from 2016-2019) Cesaro challenged the Street Profits to a champions vs. champions match.<\/p>\n<p>The Street Profits interrupted Cesaro &amp; Nakamura on Smackdown by crashing their \u201cchampionship lounge,\u201d distracting &amp; causing them to lose their non-title match with Lucha Houe Party. Tonight, thanks to the \u201cquarterly brand-to-brand invitational,\u201d these two teams face off in a non-title champions vs. champions match. Cesaro &amp; Nakamura were none too pleased at the Street Profits following their antics on Smackdown. Here they are on Twitter as well as a WWE exclusive:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">who messed our <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/championslounge?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#championslounge<\/a>? we make them pay what <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/streetprofits?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#streetprofits<\/a> did. pay you back double!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/%E5%80%8D%E8%BF%94%E3%81%97%E3%81%A0?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#\u500d\u8fd4\u3057\u3060<\/a> !! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/irGwZrvLrS\">pic.twitter.com\/irGwZrvLrS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shinsuke Nakamura (@ShinsukeN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShinsukeN\/status\/1304601810171318273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">Why? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/smackdown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#smackdown<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pmDD8o6Xae\">pic.twitter.com\/pmDD8o6Xae<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Swiss (@ClaudioCSRO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClaudioCSRO\/status\/1304611818892075009?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cesaro &amp; Nakamura don\u2019t need luck: WWE Network Exclusive, September 7, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3xDum3cSmNk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: If this leads to a match where the titles are merged and the tag champions float between the shows, I will sign for that. If the women\u2019s tag team titles can float between shows, so can the men\u2019s titles. There\u2019s not enough depth nor do you need two sets of tag team championships. I\u2019d go so far as to say that for the women\u2019s singles title, but one thing at a time.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Mandy Rose<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>It was announced by the Miz on Talking Smack that Mandy Rose was traded to Raw. Mandy had recently feuded with her former best friend Sonya Deville after Sonya corroborated with Dolph Ziggler to keep Otis (Heavy Machinery) and Mandy apart earlier in the year. She eventually became romantically involved with Otis and would frequently accompany him to the ring.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2442198422\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>WWE framed this on their website as another way for Miz and John Morrison to get Otis to part with his Money in the Bank contract. They have been trying to get it from him the last few weeks. Here\u2019s Mandy\u2019s response on Twitter, as she retweeted WWE\u2019s announcement:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230; what? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mr3wqDwQ0K\">https:\/\/t.co\/mr3wqDwQ0K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mandy (@mandysacs) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mandysacs\/status\/1304808350417256448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 12, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I was wondering what had happened to the Otis-Mandy storyline. This just adds someone to the mix for Raw. No offense to Mandy, but I don\u2019t see her having any impact unless WWE surprises us with bigger plans.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Other Match Results &amp; Notable Segments from Last Week<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Peyton Royce defeated her former IIconics tag team partner Billie Kay. They hugged after the match. Here\u2019s Peyton in a WWE exclusive:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Where is Peyton Royce\u2019s head at?: WWE Network Exclusive, September 7, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/810Af3Trels?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Aleister Black took on some nobody and then Kevin Owens in Raw Underground. Dabbo Kato got involved and slammed both men.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Final Thoughts<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>I don\u2019t agree with Raw loading up a show just to compete with Monday Night Football, especially if they\u2019re going to pull shenanigans in matches that don\u2019t deserve them. I don\u2019t care so much about Dominik vs. Rollins since we\u2019ve seen it 20 million times, but the other matches deserve a real ending and a proper build for that matter (especially Drew vs. Lee). That said, by the time this report comes out I will have been on Wrestling Night in America with Pro Wrestling Torch columnist Greg Parks. Check that show out as well as this past Friday Night Smackdown Wade Keller Pro Wrestling post show where Wade and I broke down Smackdown!<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. Questions and discussion are welcome! Thank you for reading.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2146316159\"><div id=\"pwtor-1278982162\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER ORLANDO, FL. 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