{"id":106185,"date":"2020-10-12T11:59:36","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T16:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=106185"},"modified":"2020-10-12T11:59:36","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T16:59:36","slug":"wwe-monday-night-raw-primer-10-12-2020-draft-night-two-ko-vs-black-in-no-dq-match-bye-bye-messiah-battle-royal-to-determine-challenger-for-asuka-mustafa-ali-talks-retribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/10\/12\/wwe-monday-night-raw-primer-10-12-2020-draft-night-two-ko-vs-black-in-no-dq-match-bye-bye-messiah-battle-royal-to-determine-challenger-for-asuka-mustafa-ali-talks-retribution\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER 10\/12:  2020 Draft Night Two, KO vs. Black in No-DQ Match, Bye Bye Messiah, Battle Royal to Determine Challenger for Asuka, Mustafa Ali Talks Retribution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3162379286\" 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 \/>\nOCTOBER 12, 2020<br \/>\nAIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT<br \/>\nBY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM CONTRIBUTOR<\/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>Drew McIntyre accepted Randy Orton\u2019s challenge to a Hell in a Cell match at the so-named PPV for the WWE Championship. Later in the evening Orton, Dolph Ziggler, and Robert Roode defeated Drew and the Raw Tag Team Champions the Street Profits (Montez Ford &amp; Angelo Dawkins).<\/li>\n<li>Seth Rollins demanded an apology from Murphy. He attacked Seth, despite indicating to Aalyah Mysterio that he\u2019d apologize. During the attack Seth apologized to Murphy to try and get him to stop, but then attacked him instead. Aalyah came out asking him to stop.<\/li>\n<li>Mustafa Ali was revealed as the leader of Retribution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Draft Results and Items Advertised by WWE for Tonight<\/h4>\n<p>Tonight\u2019s edition of Raw will feature the conclusion of the on-air draft, which continued on Talking Smack after Smackdown on Friday night. In Friday\u2019s Smackdown primer, you\u2019ll find the list of who\u2019s eligible to be drafted tonight. Here\u2019s who\u2019s on their way out of Raw and here\u2019s who\u2019s coming so far:<\/p>\n<p>Drafted to Smackdown:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seth Rollins<\/li>\n<li>Bianca Belair<\/li>\n<li>Dominik &amp; Rey Mysterio<\/li>\n<li>Murphy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Drafted to Raw:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Naomi<\/li>\n<li>The Miz &amp; John Morrison<\/li>\n<li>Smackdown Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston &amp; Xavier Woods<\/li>\n<li>Tucker<\/li>\n<li>Drew Gulak<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Besides the continuation of the draft, here\u2019s what\u2019s advertised for tonight. Their official preview is not posted as of this writing, but they have four items advertised officially:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>KO to face Black in No Disqualification Match<\/li>\n<li>Seth Rollins bids farewell to Raw<\/li>\n<li>Battle Royal to decide Asuka\u2019s next challenger<\/li>\n<li>Mustafa Ali to speak about his Retribution reveal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>No-DQ Match: Kevin Owens vs. Aleister Black<\/h4>\n<p>The ongoing feud between Kevin Owens and Aleister Black added another chapter last week. Kevin had \u201cThe Fiend\u201d Bray Wyatt on the KO Show, but Bray appeared on the big screen via the Firefly Funhouse. In advance of their match on Smackdown, Bray warned that Kevin had no idea what he was getting himself into, but he would find out. Kevin, not wanting to wait, decided to pursue Bray. As he was making his way up the ramp, Aleister attacked him with his signature Black Mass.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, these two go at it in a no-DQ match. They are also eligible to be drafted, as is Bray and his newest follower Alexa Bliss, so it\u2019ll be interesting to see if any of these parties change address. Here\u2019s Aleister issuing the challenge to Kevin which led to this match:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aleister Black wants a barbaric rematch with Owens: WWE Network Exclusive, Oct. 5, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OaYaPSj2Ph4?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 have a real strong feeling on how this will play out. I\u2019m more curious where everyone ends up after the draft. I could see a little alliance with Aleister, Bray, and Alexa. With the Hurt Business drafted to Raw and assuming Retribution stays put, I could see Aleister going to Smackdown. You don\u2019t want three heel stables on the same show, that is if you consider the Hurt Business heel the way they\u2019ve been framed against Retribution. In the end, they could go either way with everyone. I don\u2019t think there\u2019s great consequence to what they do here.<\/em><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2282660442\" 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<h4>Seth Rollins Bid Farewell to Raw<\/h4>\n<p>As I mentioned, Seth Rollins was taken in the first round and drafted to Smackdown. He now joins the show on which his former Shield teammate Roman Reigns is the Universal Champion but is now aligned with Paul Heyman. Joining Seth though are all constituents with whom he\u2019s been involved for the last several months in his disciple Murphy as well as Dominik &amp; Rey Mysterio. I talked about what happened with Seth, Murphy, and Aalyah Mysterio (Rey\u2019s daughter and Dominik\u2019s sister) last week. Prior to that segment, Seth &amp; Murphy defeated Humberto Carrillo &amp; Dominik.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight Seth, who has been known as the Monday Night Messiah for most of this year, bids farewell to Raw. He has been on the show since the roster split returned in 2016, where he was the #1 overall pick. He was #1 overall in last year\u2019s draft as well, when he was taken by Raw on night two, the night he was eligible. In 2017 and 2018 there were no drafts but rather \u201cSuperstar Shakeups\u201d where random wrestlers just moved to their new shows. Here\u2019s Seth after Friday night where he vows to potentially be the \u201cSmackdown Savior\u201d:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seth Rollins set to be \u201cSmackDown\u2019s Savior\u201d: SmackDown Exclusive, Oct. 9, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f6OwMuiRSiQ?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\u2019m glad Seth is moving after over three years on the same show. It\u2019ll be interesting to see him share an address with newly turned heel Roman Reigns, and more interesting to see if a conflict between them brews in the near future. I\u2019m not looking forward to more between him and the Mysterios, but I\u2019d imagine that story will come to an end soon and everyone will move on to other things.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Dual-Brand Women\u2019s Battle Royal for Raw Women\u2019s Championship Match<\/h4>\n<p>There will be a dual-branded battle royal to determine Asuka\u2019s next challenger for the Raw Women\u2019s Championship. The same was done a few months ago to determine a challenger for Bayley and the Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship. Ironically, that was won by Asuka, who got a match against Bayley at SummerSlam but came up short. She did defeat Sasha Banks on that night to regain the Raw Women\u2019s Championship.<\/p>\n<p>WWE does not list all the participants, but I\u2019d imagine it\u2019s all hands-on deck. As I indicated earlier Bianca Belair is headed to Smackdown and Naomi is headed to Raw. Asuka, Nia Jax, Shayna Baszler, Mandy Rose, and Dana Brooke are staying put on Raw. Sasha Banks remains on Smackdown. We\u2019ll find out where all the other women are headed tonight. See my Smackdown primer on Friday for a link to the list of who\u2019s eligible to be drafted tonight.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: There\u2019s a lot of chatter about Bayley, who\u2019s currently the Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion, being drafted to Raw. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if she wins this and challenges Asuka. This would all be interesting given she\u2019s facing Sasha Banks for the Smackdown title inside Hell in a Cell at the upcoming appropriately named PPV. As far as the battle royal tonight, it\u2019s a bit of a cheap way to determine a challenger, but they just want to get everyone on the show with the draft taking place. I don\u2019t mind it occasionally, but they already did it in August so it would have been nice to do something else.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Mustafa Ali Talks Retribution<\/h4>\n<p>As I indicated earlier in the top three developments, Mustafa Ali revealed himself as the leader of Retribution last week. This after MVP made another effort to recruit him to the Hurt Business as well as Ricochet and Apollo Crews. U.S. Champion Bobby Lashley &amp; Shelton Benjamin of the Hurt Business defeated Ricochet &amp; Crews prior with Ali in their corner prior to the reveal, which happened after Ali fought MVP to a no-contest. Retribution got involved in the match and eventually Ali said \u201cget them\u201d referring to the Hurt Business.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, Mustafa will speak about the reveal. It\u2019s ironic that he returned to Raw in late July. He won his first match back, which was a six-man tag, but lost the following week. Following that, Retribution started showing up. Ali went quiet for a while, so it\u2019s likely they will sell that it was his idea all along as Byron Saxton did last week. He\u2019s left cryptic tweets since Monday night. There are several, so I would include every single one of them. One interestingly \u201cwelcomes\u201d Kofi Kingston, who was drafted to Raw:<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-655701047\" 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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"no\" dir=\"ltr\">Hello, Kofi. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Kzeid4JCuH\">https:\/\/t.co\/Kzeid4JCuH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mustafa Ali (@MustafaAli_X) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MustafaAli_X\/status\/1314747363169390592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 10, 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=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They asked \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We asked \u201cWhy not?\u201d<br \/>@TBARRetribution @RETRIBUTIONMACE <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReckoningRTRBTN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ReckoningRTRBTN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/slapjackrtrbtn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SlapJackRTRBTN<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SRCGXij5bf\">pic.twitter.com\/SRCGXij5bf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mustafa Ali (@MustafaAli_X) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MustafaAli_X\/status\/1313859032806051840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 7, 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=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They want to watch the world end. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/knci8hJv6g\">https:\/\/t.co\/knci8hJv6g<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pHAhBxablC\">pic.twitter.com\/pHAhBxablC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mustafa Ali (@MustafaAli_X) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MustafaAli_X\/status\/1313606808846708736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 6, 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 recommended Ali go heel a while ago and might have even said so on the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post Show, where I was the cohost the night he returned. I\u2019m not sure this is going to work, given how badly received Retribution has been since they\u2019ve been on TV. Ali has been so defined down during his time on the main roster, so I don\u2019t know how he helps the group. Do we even want to help them? This is a group with dumb names and costumes that look like they\u2019d be on villains from a bad B-movie.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Other Match Results and Stories from Last Week<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Raw Women\u2019s Champion Asuka and Mandy Rose &amp; Dana Brooke defeated Zelina Vega &amp; Natalya &amp; Lana. Women\u2019s Tag Team Champion Nia Jax gave Lana another Samoan Drop through a table.<\/li>\n<li>Smackdown\u2019s Braun Strowman approached WWE official Adam Pearce looking for a match. Since he wasn\u2019t a Raw wrestler, he offered an \u201cexhibition\u201d match. Later, Keith Lee requested to be Braun\u2019s opponent. They fought to a double count-out.<\/li>\n<li>Nia Jax &amp; Shayna Baszler defeated the Riott Squad (Ruby Riott &amp; Liv Morgan) to retain the WWE Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship. Here\u2019s Liv in a WWE exclusive:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Is everything OK with Liv Morgan?: WWE Network Exclusive, Oct. 5, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-KZDjkvcb2c?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>Final Thoughts<\/h4>\n<p>It\u2019s always fun around the draft to see where everyone goes and what potential feuds will develop. Some things are silly like Kofi Kingston &amp; Xavier Woods winning the Smackdown Tag Team Championship and immediately being drafted to Raw. I wonder if there\u2019ll be a match with them and the Raw champs the Street Profits to merge the titles, or the Profits get shifted to Smackdown. If it\u2019s the latter, what does that mean for the titles? Are Kofi &amp; Woods re-christened as the Raw champs and the Profits rechristened as the Smackdown champs? This is what I don\u2019t like about \u201cshow specific\u201d champions. If it leads to one set of tag champions, which is all you need, then I\u2019m all for it. I wonder if they look to merge the women\u2019s titles too, which I\u2019d be for as well. Don\u2019t look at your phones tonight because I\u2019m sure the show will come at us like a firehose with all the happenings.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. Questions and discussion are welcome! 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