{"id":105249,"date":"2020-09-28T14:10:39","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T19:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=105249"},"modified":"2020-09-28T14:10:39","modified_gmt":"2020-09-28T19:10:39","slug":"wwe-monday-night-raw-primer-9-28-clash-of-champions-fallout-and-next-up-for-various-storylines-including-wwe-raw-womens-and-womens-tag-team-championships-retribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/09\/28\/wwe-monday-night-raw-primer-9-28-clash-of-champions-fallout-and-next-up-for-various-storylines-including-wwe-raw-womens-and-womens-tag-team-championships-retribution\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER 9\/28:  Clash of Champions Fallout and Next Up for Various Storylines Including WWE, Raw Women\u2019s, and Women\u2019s Tag Team Championships, Retribution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-621222322\" 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>WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER<br \/>\nORLANDO, FL. AT THE THUNDERDOME IN THE AMWAY CENTER<br \/>\nSEPTEMBER 28, 2020<br \/>\nAIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EST<br \/>\nBY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM SPECIALIST<\/h3>\n<p><em>Announcers: Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton, Samoa Joe<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Top Three Developments from Last Week<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Retribution cut their first in-ring promo and made their in-ring debut in the main event against The Hurt Business (Cedric Alexander, Bobby Lashley, and Shelton Benjamin). The match ended in a non-finish when more Retribution hench people got involved. Drew McIntyre and other Raw wrestlers made the \u201csave.\u201d We also learned the names of the male members of the stable. They are Slapjack, T-Bar, and Mace.<\/li>\n<li>Ahead of Clash of Champions, Randy Orton returned and reaffirmed he would be in the Ambulance Match for the WWE Championship against Drew McIntyre.<\/li>\n<li>Seth Rollins cast doubt over the Mysterio family as to whether Aalyah was Rey\u2019s daughter. He cited her checking on Murphy a week earlier following a steel cage match between Seth and Dominik. Rey said to leave his daughter out of things as she\u2019s 19 and na\u00efve, which did not sit well with Aalyah.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Clash of Champions Results Pertinent to Raw<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Asuka defeated Zelina Vega to retain the Raw Women\u2019s Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Bobby Lashley defeated Apollo Crews to retain the U.S. Championship.<\/li>\n<li>The Street Profits (Montez Ford &amp; Angelo Dawkins defeated Andrade &amp; Angel Garza to retain the Raw Tag Team Championship. The referee appeared to abruptly end the match when Angel Garza was injured.<\/li>\n<li>Bayley defeated Raw Women\u2019s Champion Asuka to retain the Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship. Asuka replaced Nikki Cross who was announced as not cleared to compete before the show. Sasha Banks attacked Bayley after the match.<\/li>\n<li>Drew McIntyre defeated Randy Orton in an ambulance match to retain the WWE Championship. Big Show, Christian, and Shawn Michaels got involved paying Orton back for attacks on them in recent months.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Items Advertised by WWE for Tonight<\/h4>\n<p>We come off Clash of Champions and start to think about the next PPV, which will be Hell in a Cell on October 25. We found out that the 2020 Draft will take place starting on the October 9 edition of Smackdown and conclude on October 12 edition of Raw. As is typically the case following a PPV, nothing is advertised yet for tonight. With the draft coming, most might not be as invested in what they see on TV since wrestlers will be changing addresses come a week from Friday. That said, we\u2019ll preview tonight\u2019s show in a little different format than normal. The report will primarily feature my analysis. We\u2019ll look at the top stories coming out of last week\u2019s show that weren\u2019t addressed last night as well as the major issues coming out of the Clash.<\/p>\n<h4>WWE Championship Picture<\/h4>\n<p>With Hell in a Cell around the corner, we\u2019ll most certainly find out who Drew\u2019s next challenger will be for the WWE Championship after he retained the title for a second time over Randy Orton. Whether that\u2019s determined tonight or over the course of the next few weeks remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, Braun Strowman cashed in his Money in the Bank contract on Universal Champion Roman Reigns and wanted a Hell in a Cell match. He wanted it to prevent the Shield from interfering as they had in previous weeks leading up to the announcement. That said, it\u2019s conceivable that either Keith Lee or Randy Orton can be positioned into the same match with Drew McIntyre. Last night\u2019s match between Drew and Orton had Big Show, Christian and Shawn Michaels get involved. No one has been pinned using a finisher either, thus those could be reasons WWE uses to justify putting them in a Hell in a Cell match. That would in theory prevent anyone from interfering and give Drew or Orton a chance to use their finishers to win the match.<\/p>\n<p>In the last two weeks we saw Drew and Lee wrestle to DQ (or non) finishes when Retribution got involved and last week Orton. Keith could make a case that he wants a match where no one (in theory) could interfere and they could have a decisive finish. Let\u2019s not rule out a triple threat Hell in a Cell either, which I don\u2019t think people would want to see, but it\u2019s something to think about.<\/p>\n<p>Typically, there\u2019s a match from Raw and one from Smackdown. I don\u2019t see another Hell in a Cell-worthy match on Raw, but we\u2019ll see what happens. Here\u2019s Drew in a WWE exclusive after last night:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drew McIntyre shows off Ambulance Match battle wounds: WWE Network Exclusive, Sept. 27, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1dBryB23W4I?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<h4>Raw Women\u2019s Championship<\/h4>\n<p>It\u2019s likely there will be another match between Asuka and Zelina Vega, given what happened after the match last night. Vega has primarily managed Andrade and Angel Garza but separated herself from them a few weeks ago. She defeated Mickie James last week to earn the right to face Asuka last night. Given the depth chart on Raw, it doesn\u2019t seem likely Asuka will move on to someone else until the draft. Whether they do a rematch tonight or build up to another at Hell in a Cell remains to be seen but given the post-match angle I could see a rematch tonight. It\u2019s hard to know when Vince McMahon makes the decision on things of this nature. Here are Asuka and Vega in separate WWE exclusives:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Asuka laughs off wild night at WWE Clash of Champions: WWE Network Exclusive, Sept. 27, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zZ8LX9DRB4A?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><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Zelina Vega doesn\u2019t have to explain herself to anyone: WWE Network Exclusive, Sept. 27, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oppkl8dOKlU?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<h4>Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship<\/h4>\n<p>Shayna Baszler and Nia Jax were to defend the WWE Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship against Ruby Riott and Liv Morgan (Riott Squad) last night. WWE announced earlier in the day that Baszler and Jax, as well as Nikki Cross, were not medically cleared to compete. It was also announced on the kickoff show.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1803801470\" 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<p>There was a COVID-19 outbreak at the WWE Performance Center and there are multiple reports that show all three women were in contact with someone who had the virus, and thus had to quarantine. If this is true, and I say if only because I don\u2019t want to speculate, then it makes sense Jax and Baszler were not available to defend the titles last night. Last week they defeated Natalya &amp; Lana in a non-title match. Jax then gave Lana a Samoan Drop through the announce table. If the resolve is the match doesn\u2019t take place for a few weeks or even as far as Hell in a Cell, the quarantine scenario lines up. In any event, we\u2019ll find out tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently Jax was none too please with how the announcement was handled. She also insinuated that Baszler was expecting (a baby) in a separate tweet, but Baszler responded saying she was expecting to be heartbroken by the Vikings. Torch editor Wade Keller as well as Jason Powell and Jake Barnett from prowrestling.net know the feeling. I know the same feeling girlfriend, but with the Giants although they have sucked for years now. What was I talking about? Oh yeah, tweets:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lies <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XTvJsido1k\">https:\/\/t.co\/XTvJsido1k<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lina Fanene (@LinaFanene) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LinaFanene\/status\/1310349171405148160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/NiaJaxWWE\/status\/1310347912715460608?s=20<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m expecting&#8230;&#8230;to die from a broken heart caused by the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Vikings?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Vikings<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shayna Baszler (@QoSBaszler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QoSBaszler\/status\/1310352871020531719?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 27, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h4>Retribution<\/h4>\n<p>I was hoping to avoid this, but I suppose as the Raw primer author I must talk about Retribution. I talked about what happened last week in the top three developments. Most noteworthy is that Tom Philips framed their signing to WWE as given them the right to do whatever they wanted to whomever they wanted any time. He doubled down on that throughout the show, and if memory serves Byron Saxton and Jerry \u201cThe King\u201d Lawler backed him up. It was obvious that Mia Yim was the first person speaking in the show opening, and she said \u201cto WWE management, you think your company is safe because you gave us contracts? Think again.\u201d She then said her brothers and sisters are done being stepped on so they can get some imaginary brass bring. Another \u201cunnamed man\u201d who was Dominic Dijakovic and later revealed to be \u201cT-Bar\u201d ran off a bunch of mumbo jumbo about hellholes, infestations, whores, etc. They went on the attack throughout the night, later going after Titus O\u2019Neil and others.<\/p>\n<p>T-Bar has been the most vocal on Twitter. Their mission is to destroy the WWE. Don\u2019t the shareholders have something to say about this? If I were on the board, I wouldn\u2019t want to give these people contracts. I\u2019m not going to include every tweet, but here are a few \u201chighlights\u201d (if you consider anything this group does as a highlight):<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/TBARRetribution\/status\/1309729464268525568?s=20<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/TBARRetribution\/status\/1309561561992908800?s=20<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/TBARRetribution\/status\/1309515269925228544?s=20<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-291630708\" 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>It\u2019s interesting to see the group engage with people on social media. It may be by design, given how badly the angle has been received. Does WWE want them to own it, and have fans embrace it in a weird twisted way with the engagement? Who knows, but it\u2019s like nothing I\u2019ve even seen in \u201cinvasion stories.\u201d We\u2019ll see. As far as the involvement with the Hurt Business, I see that continuing since they don\u2019t have another group with which to feud. They could move on to something with Kevin Owens, unless he\u2019s not done with Aleister Black. Last week Black attacked Owens after he had Dabbo-Kato and Braun Strowman on the Kevin Owens Show ahead of their Raw Underground match which was won by Braun.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s be honest, Retribution is a hideous angle on many levels. My guess is it runs its course and they bring the wrestlers back and make NO mention of their involvement in the group. We\u2019ll find out what\u2019s next tonight.<\/p>\n<h4>Other Stories Not Addressed Last Night<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>A video was run on Bianca Belair outlifting someone at the gym.<\/li>\n<li>Apollo Crews defeated Cedric Alexander.<\/li>\n<li>Dolph Ziggler defeated Arturo Ruas in Raw Underground.<\/li>\n<li>The referee stopped a Raw Underground match between Riddick Moss and Erik of the Viking Raiders when Moss gave Erik a right roundhouse.<\/li>\n<li>Raw Women\u2019s Champion Asuka defeated Peyton Royce in a non-title match.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Final Thoughts<\/h4>\n<p>I don\u2019t want Retribution to bring the show down, but it\u2019s hard to not let the stench of the angle ruin my enjoyment of everything else. I am looking forward to seeing what\u2019s next for everything I mentioned in the report, including Drew McIntyre. Perhaps the draft will move things in a better direction across the board, and thus we have to be patient.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. 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