{"id":108530,"date":"2020-11-23T15:47:15","date_gmt":"2020-11-23T21:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=108530"},"modified":"2020-11-23T16:28:57","modified_gmt":"2020-11-23T22:28:57","slug":"wwe-monday-night-raw-primer-11-23-survivor-series-fallout-expectations-for-major-stories-moving-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/11\/23\/wwe-monday-night-raw-primer-11-23-survivor-series-fallout-expectations-for-major-stories-moving-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER 11\/23: Survivor Series Fallout, Expectations for Major Stories Moving Forward, Bliss vs. Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1467812258\" 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 \/>\nNOVEMBER 23, 2020<br \/>\nORLANDO, FL. AT THE THUNDERDOME IN THE AMWAY CENTER<br \/>\nAIRS ON FOX NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EST<br \/>\nBY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><em>Announcers: Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton, and Samoa Joe<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Match Results and Segments from Last Week<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Drew McIntyre and Randy Orton opened the show building towards their WWE Championship match later in the show. The Miz and John Morrison interrupted with Miz threatening to cash in his Money in the Bank contract.<\/li>\n<li>WWE Women\u2019s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax &amp; Shayna Baszler and Lana defeated Raw Women\u2019s Champion Asuka and Mandy Rose &amp; Dana Brooke. Mandy was storyline injured in the match, covering for a legitimate injury suffered two weeks ago. Nia put Lana through the announce table with a Samoan Drop AGAIN after the match.<\/li>\n<li>Team Raw was shown bickering backstage. A.J. Styles handed out Raw t-shirts.<\/li>\n<li>Dana Brooke was attacked backstage when asked about Mandy\u2019s condition. It was announced later that they removed from team Raw in favor of Lacey Evans &amp; Peyton Royce.<\/li>\n<li>Bray Wyatt and Alexa Bliss appeared from the Firefly Funhouse hyping Bray\u2019s match with the Miz later. Bray went on to defeat Miz. Miz tried to get out of it, but Alexa said that \u201che said no.\u201d Alexa and Nikki Cross got into an altercation before the match.<\/li>\n<li>New Day (Kofi Kingston &amp; Xavier Woods) defeated the Hurt Business (Cedric Alexander &amp; Shelton Benjamin to retain the Raw Tag Team Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Retribution (Mustafa Ali, Slapjack, T-Bar, and Mace) defeated Team Raw (Braun Strowman, Keith Lee, Sheamus, and Riddle).<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Hardy attacked Elias backstage after Elias posted photos looking for who attacked him during the Intercontinental Championship tournament over the summer. Elias still thinks Jeff did it.<\/li>\n<li>Angel Garza offered a rose again.<\/li>\n<li>Drew McIntyre defeated Randy Orton to regain the WWE Championship. Earlier in the evening, Sheamus gave him some items he though he\u2019d never see again. It was a kilt and a sword, and he came out sporting said items.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are the exclusive interviews from last week:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The New Day proclaim to be \u201ckings\u201d of tag team division: WWE Network Exclusive, Nov. 16, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gLawMKMBvSw?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=\"The New Day proclaim to be \u201ckings\u201d of tag team division: WWE Network Exclusive, Nov. 16, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gLawMKMBvSw?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=\"Drew McIntyre celebrates his second WWE Championship victory: WWE Network Exclusive, Nov. 16, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fn7sk6yGiuc?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>Survivor Series Results<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cMr. Money in the Bank\u201d The Miz won a dual-branded Battle Royal (Kickoff Show).<\/li>\n<li>Team Raw (Braun Strowman, A.J. Styles, Riddle, Sheamus, and Keith Lee) swept team Smackdown (Kevin Owens, King Corbin, Seth Rollins, Otis, and Jey Uso in the men\u2019s Survivor Series match.<\/li>\n<li>Smackdown Tag Team Champions the Street Profits (Montez Ford &amp; Angelo Dawkins) defeated Raw Tag Team Champions New Day (Kofi Kingston &amp; Xavier Woods).<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Champion Bobby Lashley, representing Raw, defeated Intercontinental Champion Sami Zayn of Smackdown.<\/li>\n<li>Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion Sasha Banks defeated Raw Women\u2019s Champion Asuka.<\/li>\n<li>Lana was the sole survivor for the women\u2019s Team Raw (herself, Women\u2019s Tag Team Champions Nia Jax &amp; Shayna Baszler, Peyton Royce, and Lacey Evans) defeating Team Smackdown (Bianca Belair, Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, Natalya, and Bayley.<\/li>\n<li>Universal Champion Roman Reigns defeated WWE Champion Drew McIntyre because of outside interference by Jey Uso.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Here are the exclusive interviews from last night:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sami Zayn cries injustice after Survivor Series loss: WWE Network Exclusive, Nov. 22, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qVMarW_FATY?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=\"Lana in shock after being sole survivor for Team Raw: WWE Network Exclusive, Nov. 22, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nUeUMaXyll4?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=\"Sasha Banks states she\u2019s the SmackDown Women\u2019s division: WWE Network Exclusive, Nov. 22, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JgGRX8tBf3I?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=\"The Hurt Business are hungry for more: WWE Network Exclusive, Nov. 22, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qmw1ixpJDpw?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=\"The Street Profits show respect for The New Day: WWE Network Exclusive, Nov. 22, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/W_-kiHrVqRg?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\u2019re now past Survivor Series and for some, mercifully so. We head towards TLC, which we learned last night will take place on Sunday December 20. It will be the first PPV emanating from Tropicana Field, home of the MLB AL Champion Tampa Bay Rays, in Tampa, FL in the series of shows that will take place in that venue starting with Smackdown on December 11. In the next few weeks, I will be making an announcement, which involves the TLC PPV, so pay attention to that either here or follow me on Twitter @FrankPeteani.<\/p>\n<p>WWE\u2019s preview is not up yet which is typical for the night after a PPV. They tend to post it closer to showtime. With nothing to preview I\u2019ll briefly touch on what I expect moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>UPDATE: They have since announced Nikki Cross vs. Alexa Bliss.<\/p>\n<h4>What\u2019s Next for WWE Champion Drew McIntyre<\/h4>\n<p>With TLC coming our way in a month, I would expect a challenger to be lined up for Drew McIntyre, who regained the WWE Championship last week from Randy Orton. Here are some possible candidates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Randy Orton \u2013 While they\u2019ve had a series of matches going back to SummerSlam, I don\u2019t put it past WWE to have them go one more time. TLC could a fitting final match.<\/li>\n<li>Sheamus \u2013 Drew\u2019s long-time friend was trying to get him on team Raw, but Drew was focused on regaining the championship. Sheamus presented him with a family heirloom last week, which helped Drew win back the title. With Sheamus technically being a heel, it wouldn\u2019t be surprising to see him turn on his friend setting up a title match at TLC. It was at that event in 2009 where Sheamus first won the title, defeating John Cena.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe Fiend\u201d Bray Wyatt \u2013 You can\u2019t count out Bray, and TLC would be a time where they\u2019d shoehorn him into a gimmick match, which is better suited for Bray. It would be a short build an odd to see them in a gimmick match when they have no history, but WWE has done this before so it wouldn\u2019t surprise me.<br \/>\nBraun Strowman \u2013 He seems more like a Royal Rumble opponent, but I can\u2019t count him out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On the lower end there\u2019s Keith Lee and A.J. Styles. Styles could make the case he \u201ccaptained\u201d team Raw to a clean sweep of Smackdown. Keith has a brief history with Drew, but I don\u2019t see them wanting to move forward with that right now. The Miz is always looming with the Money in the Bank contract.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-968024631\" 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>Raw Women\u2019s Champion Asuka<\/h4>\n<p>The way they\u2019ve been presenting Asuka, what goes on with her isn\u2019t really a major story, given they\u2019ve been more focused on Lana as of late. Even though she had a title match with Asuka recently, I would suspect she could make a case for another since she was the sole survivor last night. I would do that on Raw and build up somebody else for TLC (assuming the title will be defended on the show). There\u2019s a lot of chatter about Charlotte Flair coming back. There have been a few cryptic tweets suggesting so including these:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"zxx\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MPQNIGls9Q\">pic.twitter.com\/MPQNIGls9Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlotte Flair (@MsCharlotteWWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsCharlotteWWE\/status\/1329123374853926915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 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\">I miss you<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Charlotte Flair (@MsCharlotteWWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsCharlotteWWE\/status\/1329130002567270403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rhea Ripley could be summoned from NXT. She lost to Io Shirai last week in an attempt to regain their women\u2019s championship, suggesting she could be main roster bound. I\u2019m going to say it. Asuka is a champion of convenience. I\u2019m not sure she\u2019d have been champion had Becky Lynch did not go out on maternity leave combined with Charlotte getting hurt. She\u2019s just keeping the seat warm and I believe Charlotte will be the one to regain the championship, and then they pivot to Charlotte vs. Rhea for the title. Shayna Baszler is a possibility, but I need to see her moved away from Nia Jax to believe it. I think she\u2019s babysitting Nia because they don\u2019t want to use Nia in a singles\u2019 role.<\/p>\n<h4>Growth in The Hurt Business?<\/h4>\n<p>I don\u2019t think their quest for gold is over. I believe at some point Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander will unseat New Day for the Raw Tag Team Championship. They had a chance last week, but that doesn\u2019t preclude them from getting another. Look for a mechanism to get to another title match. I didn\u2019t mention Bobby Lashley as a possible challenger to Drew McIntyre, but he remains a remote possibility despite being the U.S. Champion. He\u2019s doing some of his best work under the guise of MVP. At some point I\u2019d like to see that parlayed into a championship run.<\/p>\n<h4>Other Expectations and Final Thoughts<\/h4>\n<p>We head towards December, which is typically a time where things tend to be a little quiet. The Royal Rumble is right around the corner. I expect \u201cmaintenance\u201d storylines for a little while meaning nothing big until they get ready to gear up for WrestleMania season. Everything will be different this year as we continue to navigate the COVID pandemic, so it\u2019ll be interesting to watch things come together. I\u2019m sure they will try to get some semblance of crowds as they move into Tropicana Field. Hopefully, they put shows together that make us want to watch as we head towards the holidays!<\/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-3979929342\"><div id=\"pwtor-3863256266\"><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 NOVEMBER 23, 2020 ORLANDO, FL. 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