{"id":115132,"date":"2021-03-15T14:20:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=115132"},"modified":"2021-03-15T14:20:21","modified_gmt":"2021-03-15T19:20:21","slug":"wwe-monday-night-raw-primer-3-15-all-mighty-episode-of-raw-new-day-vies-for-tag-team-gold-riddle-vs-ali-for-the-u-s-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/03\/15\/wwe-monday-night-raw-primer-3-15-all-mighty-episode-of-raw-new-day-vies-for-tag-team-gold-riddle-vs-ali-for-the-u-s-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER 3\/15:  All Mighty Episode of Raw, New Day Vies for Tag Team Gold, Riddle vs. Ali for the U.S. Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3047583994\" 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 \/>\nMARCH 15, 2021<br \/>\nTAMPA, FL. AT THUNDERDOME IN TROPICANA FIELD<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, and Samoa Joe<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Match Results from Last Week<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Bobby Lashley defeated the Miz to retain the WWE Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Drew McIntyre and Sheamus wrestled to a no-contest in a no-DQ match.<\/li>\n<li>Xavier Woods of New Day defeated Shelton Benjamin, co-holder of the Raw Tag Team Championship.<\/li>\n<li>U.S. Champion Riddle defeated Slapjack of Retribution.<\/li>\n<li>Nia Jax &amp; Shayna Baszler defeated Lana &amp; Naomi to retain the WWE Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship. Here\u2019s Naomi &amp; Lana in a WWE exclusive:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Naomi &amp; Lana need to take care of the Reginald situation: WWE Network Exclusive, Mar. 8, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SJZRsMubPGw?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>A.J. Styles defeated Randy Orton due to outside interference from Alexa Bliss.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Items Advertised by WWE<\/h4>\n<p>This will be the last Raw before Fastlane, which takes place this Sunday. No matches are announced from the Raw side, but we know of three matches for Smackdown. Big E vs. Apollo Crews for the Intercontinental Championship was announced late Friday\/early Saturday. Perhaps we\u2019ll find out tonight if WWE decides to put out anything from the Raw side on what\u2019s being billed as an \u201cAll Mighty\u201d episode of Raw. Here\u2019s what we know for tonight thus far:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WWE Champion Bobby Lashley&#8217;s All Mighty Era has begun<\/li>\n<li>Riddle to battle Mustafa Ali in a United States Title Match.<\/li>\n<li>The New Day to challenge Raw Tag Team Champions The Hurt Business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Bobby Lashley Reign Unfolds<\/h4>\n<p>WWE has advertised that tonight\u2019s episode will be built around Bobby Lashley\u2019s reign as WWE Champion beginning after retaining the title last week against the Miz. Two weeks ago, he defeated the Miz after getting the runaround throughout Raw, but finally defeated him in the main event, a lumberjack match. Here\u2019s Bobby on Twitter:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/fightbobby\/status\/1371218883605102594?s=20<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I see him defending the title at WrestleMania, it\u2019s just a matter of whom it\u2019s against. In all likelihood it\u2019ll be against Drew McIntyre, but he and Sheamus knocked each other out in their no-DQ match. They could be involved in a match at Fastlane, perhaps involving Braun Strowman, to decide the challenger.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>U.S. Championship: Riddle (champ) vs. Mustafa Ali<\/h4>\n<p>Tonight, Mustafa Ali will vie for the U.S. Championship as he challenges Riddle. Two weeks ago, Ali defeated Riddle in a non-title match after Riddle &amp; Lucha House Party defeated Retribution (T-Bar, Mace, and Slapjack. Ali was frustrated with Retribution following the loss.<\/p>\n<p>Riddle is early in his U.S. Championship run after defeating Bobby Lashley and John Morrison in a triple threat match at Elimination Chamber just under a month ago. Of course, Morrison took the fall and not the actual champion Lashley. Here\u2019s Ali in a WWE exclusive:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mustafa Ali plans to right many wrongs in U.S. Title Match: WWE Network Exclusive, Mar. 8, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uQiPKrJ_8qE?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 can\u2019t get too serious about this when Riddle is such a cheap and defined-down champion. I\u2019m sure the match will be good, but the outcome doesn\u2019t matter. Holding the U.S. Championship means nothing as far as I\u2019m concerned. It could go either way.<\/em><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2118689938\" 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 Tag Team Championship: Hurt Business\u2019s Shelton Benjamin &amp; Cedric Alexander (champs) vs. New Day (Kofi Kingston &amp; Xavier Woods)<\/h4>\n<p>Awwwwwwwwwwwww\u2026Thunderdome! Don\u2019t you dare\u2026be sour\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, New Day will once again try and become Raw Tag Team Champions as they challenge Shelton Benjamin &amp; Xavier Woods of the Hurt Business. The Hurt Business won the titles from New Day at TLC back in December.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to getting back involved with Hurt Business, New Day had been involved with Retribution in a series of various matches. They last defeated T-Bar &amp; Mace three weeks ago to, for the time being, put a wrap on that feud. Prior to Woods beating Benjamin last week, it was already known that the title match would take place tonight.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I\u2019m sorry I can\u2019t be more enthused, and I should be because WWE is giving me actual matches to preview. It\u2019s just we\u2019ve seen this match not too long ago, so it\u2019s hard to get excited about it. This is another match I could see going either way. They were oddly teasing friction between Benjamin &amp; Alexander shortly after winning the titles, but we haven\u2019t seen much of that lately.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. 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