{"id":107052,"date":"2020-10-26T16:06:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T21:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=107052"},"modified":"2020-10-26T16:06:56","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T21:06:56","slug":"wwe-monday-night-raw-primer-10-26-hell-in-a-cell-fallout-next-up-for-new-wwe-champion-randy-orton-awesome-aspirations-for-money-in-the-bank-retribution-hurt-business-bray-wyatt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/10\/26\/wwe-monday-night-raw-primer-10-26-hell-in-a-cell-fallout-next-up-for-new-wwe-champion-randy-orton-awesome-aspirations-for-money-in-the-bank-retribution-hurt-business-bray-wyatt\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER 10\/26:  Hell in a Cell Fallout, Next up for New WWE Champion Randy Orton, Awesome Aspirations for Money in the Bank, Retribution-Hurt Business-Bray Wyatt"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3411989165\" 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 26, 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>In the opening match, The Hurt Bussiness (U.S. Champion Bobby Lashley, MVP, Cedric Alexander, and Shelton Benjamin) defeated Retribution (T-Bar, Mace, Slapjack, and Mustafa Ali) when Lashley tapped out T-Bar. Before the match \u201cThe Fiend\u201d Bray Wyatt appeared with Alexa Bliss, followed by Retribution coming out, and then the Hurt Business. Bray reappeared after the match and attacked all of Retribution with the Hurt Business looking on.<\/li>\n<li>A.J. Styles with his new \u201cheavy\u201d Jordan Omogbehin defeated Matt Riddle. Here\u2019s A.J. in a WWE exclusive:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Who is AJ Styles\u2019 new \u201cfriend?\u201d: WWE Network Exclusive, Oct. 19, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x9o9dnXHqBc?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>Braun Strowman defeated Keith Lee in a rematch. Afterwards Keith kicked Braun on the bits. Here\u2019s Keith in a WWE exclusive:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Keith Lee isn\u2019t finished with Braun Strowman: WWE Network Exclusive, Oct. 19, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TYAzPKmYr3I?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>Hell in a Cell Results Pertinent to Raw<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>R-Truth defeated Drew Gulak to retain the 24\/7 Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Elias defeated Jeff Hardy via DQ when Jeff hit Elias with a guitar. The match came about because of Jeff attacking Elias after he performed a song last week on Raw. Here\u2019s Jeff in a WWE exclusive:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jeff Hardy admits to losing his cool on Elias: Hell in a Cell Exclusive, Oct. 25, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6ORq5Skc1IY?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>The Miz defeated Otis to win the Money in the Bank contract. Tucker hit Otis with the MITB briefcase with the referee not looking, betraying his former Heavy Machinery partner. Here\u2019s Miz in a WWE exclusive discussing the possibility of cashing in MITB:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Will The Miz cash in on Raw tomorrow night?:Hell in a Cell Exclusive, Oct. 25, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oWT4zlcv3ek?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>Bobby Lashley defeated Slapjack of Retribution to retain the U.S. Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Randy Orton defeated Drew McIntyre in a Hell in a Cell match to win the WWE Championship. Here\u2019s Randy in a WWE exclusive:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Randy Orton\u2019s 14th World Title reign is the sweetest yet: Hell in a Cell Exclusive, Oct. 25, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fIr0c13xqro?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>Items Advertised by WWE<\/h4>\n<p>We move past Hell in a Cell and start to turn our attention towards Survivor Series. Yes folks, it\u2019s that one time of the year where Raw and Smackdown face each other in the battle for brand supremacy. Last year, NXT joined the fray and won, which proved they were the superior brand!<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m sorry. I\u2019m not proud. I dread this time of year. You all must share in my pain. Maybe they won\u2019t do brand supremacy this year. Yeah not likely, but one can hope!<\/p>\n<p>WWE does not have any advertised items yet, as is typical the day after a PPV. Let\u2019s look at the major developments from last night and last week.<\/p>\n<h4>New WWE Champion Randy Orton<\/h4>\n<p>Last week, Randy Orton closed the show inside the Hell in a Cell cage talking about his history inside the ominous structure. Now-former WWE Champion Drew McIntyre came out and cut open the cage. The show ended with them staring at each other with Drew entering the cage. Last night, Randy won his 14th overall world championship in WWE when he defeated Drew for the WWE Championship inside Hell in a Cell. While Randy has been involved in several championship matches at the Hell in a Cell PPV, it was the second time he won the title inside the \u201ccell\u201d at the event. At the first event in 2009 he defeated John Cena. He retained the title over Sheamus the following year. Drew had been champion since WrestleMania when he defeated Brock Lesnar. He retained the title in his last two defenses against Randy at SummerSlam and Clash of Champions, in which they had an ambulance match. In his reign he retained over Big Show, Seth Rollins, and Dolph Ziggler.<\/p>\n<p>We move forward with Randy as champion and await his first challenger. With Survivor Series as the next PPV, we\u2019ll see if they hold off on setting anything up and go with the \u201cchampion vs. champion\u201d match with Randy facing Universal Champion Roman Reigns. Last year they didn\u2019t do that as Brock Lesnar defended the WWE Championship against Rey Mysterio while Bray Wyatt defended the Universal Championship against Daniel Bryan.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: It\u2019s interesting to see them put the title on Orton when they appeared to line up heels in the draft for Drew McIntyre to work with over a period. They could be setting up a rematch, or Drew going off and doing sometime else and then reconvening with Randy down the line to get his win back. As far as Randy winning the title, I don\u2019t have a problem with it, but with which babyfaces is he working? Are they heading towards a title match with Edge? They haven\u2019t built up Keith Lee despite him beating Randy at Payback. Braun Strowman, I suppose is possible, but not all that exciting. They have damaged Ricochet, Matt Riddle, and had Jeff Hardy lose a DQ to Elias. Maybe they\u2019ll pull someone from the Hurt Business since they\u2019ve been portrayed as babyfaces? I really don\u2019t know, and spit balling is all I can do.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>New Mr. Money in the Bank the Miz<\/h4>\n<p>The Miz is now Mr. Money in the Bank as I mentioned earlier. It\u2019s the second time he possesses the contract after winning it in 2010 at the initial Money in the Bank PPV. Ironically, he cashed in on Randy Orton later in the year following Randy retaining over Wade Barrett on an episode of Raw in the Amway Center. Miz earned the right (sort of) to wrestle Otis for the contract at Hell in a Cell last night because of JBL ruling so during a Law &amp; Otis skit this past Friday on Smackdown.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3730270121\" 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>It will be interesting to see if Tucker gets involved with Miz &amp; John Morrison because of Tucker turning on Otis last night. We\u2019ll also watch to see when he cashes in.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: It doesn\u2019t matter what happened here because it\u2019s low card, and I don\u2019t want to give it too much thought. Miz has been jobbed out so much for me to care when he cashes in. Maybe Otis benefits from this, but I have my doubts.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Retribution and Hurt Business and \u201cThe Fiend\u201d Bray Wyatt (oh my)<\/h4>\n<p>I talked about what happened between Retribution, the Hurt Business, and \u201cThe Fiend\u201d Bray Wyatt last week in the top three developments. The story continued last night when Mustafa Ali, the new leader of Retribution, challenged Hurt Business leader MVP to a match between one guy from each of their groups. As I mentioned in the results of Hell in a Cell, U.S. Champion Bobby Lashley defeated Slapjack to retain the title.<\/p>\n<p>Ali and T-Bar of Retribution are the most vocal on social media. They put up a LOT of tweets. Here are the latest, which aren\u2019t much, but they like to cryptic:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Good thing God built me to last. Not done yet. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/HIAC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#HIAC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h3Karx2Msv\">pic.twitter.com\/h3Karx2Msv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mustafa Ali (@MustafaAli_X) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MustafaAli_X\/status\/1320539879034523648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 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\/TBARRetribution\/status\/1320769108858839048?s=20<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll find out how they move forward with this very strange dynamic between two heel factions (Hurt Business and Retribution) and heel Bray Wyatt.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: As a pilot, sometimes we do what\u2019s called a missed approach. When we\u2019re landing in bad weather conditions such as low clouds, the instruments in the airplane guide us down to a point where if we see the runway and the winds aren\u2019t howling, we can land. If we don\u2019t see the airport, we fly a missed approach procedure, and decide whether we\u2019re going to try another approach or divert to another airport. In the case of Retribution, the field is socked in, and the winds are howling. Divert the flight, land, send them back to the hangar, and take the gimmick permanently out of service! I don\u2019t understand Bray\u2019s involvement. You can say he\u2019s going babyface, but why? Besides all the others he\u2019s terrorized just did so to Kevin Owens and transformed Alexa Bliss against her best friend. I get he\u2019s cool to some, but with which heel do I want to see him work? Everyone that work with him is worse off afterwards. As far as the Hurt Business goes if they\u2019re turning them, then just do it. It\u2019s crazy they just turned Cedric Alexander against Ricochet to join the group, but the announcers have praised the move so why should I be mad at Cedric? Ricochet is a defined-down jobber. I\u2019ve clearly put more thought into this than Vince McMahon.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Other Match Results and Stories from Last Week<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Asuka defeated Lana to retain the Raw Women\u2019s Championship. She got her weekly Samoan Drop through the announce table courtesy of WWE Women\u2019s Tag Team Champion co-holder Nia Jax.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of Nia, she and her championship partner Shayna Baszler defeated Smackdown\u2019s Riott Squad (Ruby Riott &amp; Liv Morgan), Dana Brooke &amp; Mandy Rose, and Lacey Evans &amp; Peyton Royce in a fatal four-way to retain their titles.<\/li>\n<li>Raw Tag Team Championship co-holder Kofi Kingston of New Day defeated Sheamus one-on-one.<\/li>\n<li>Mustafa Ali of Retribution, in a backstage promo with his group, discussed his joining the group and their mission. He admitted to being the \u201chacker\u201d on Smackdown.<\/li>\n<li>The Hurt Business rejected Titus O\u2019Neil\u2019s request to join the group by attacking him backstage.<\/li>\n<li>Tucker &amp; El Gran Gordo (Otis) defeated the Miz &amp; John Morrison.<\/li>\n<li>Another episode of the Firefly Funhouse aired with Bray Wyatt. Alexa Bliss made her first appearance on the skit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Final Thoughts<\/h4>\n<p>I don\u2019t have much to add outside of what I\u2019ve talked about. Like anything with wrestling, we have to wait and see how things play out. It\u2019s just very strange to see where things are currently. With Survivor Series around the corner, and the imminent brand supremacy battles to take shape, we\u2019ll see what stories continue and what gets put on hold.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4150142674\" 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><em>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. Questions and discussion are welcome! 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