{"id":127877,"date":"2021-10-04T10:23:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T15:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=127877"},"modified":"2021-10-04T10:23:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T15:23:17","slug":"wwe-monday-night-raw-primer-10-4-draft-night-two-goldberg-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/04\/wwe-monday-night-raw-primer-10-4-draft-night-two-goldberg-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER 10\/4: Draft Night Two, Goldberg Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4134824487\" 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 \/>\nOCTOBER 4, 2021<br \/>\nCINCINNATI, OH. AT THE HERITAGE BANK CENTER<br \/>\nAIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT<br \/>\nBY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH.COM CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><em>Announcers: Jimmy Smith, Byron Saxton, Corey Graves<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Match Results from Last Week and Exclusives<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>WWE Champion Big E and Bobby Lashley wrestled to a no-contest when Cedric Alexander &amp; Shelton Benjamin returned to assist Lashley, and New Day (Kofi Kingston &amp; Xavier Woods) assisted Big E. Adam Pearce came out to announce that the match would restart later but take place inside a steel cage.<\/li>\n<li>Angel Garza (w\/Humberto Carrillo) defeated Viking Raider Erik (w\/Ivar).<\/li>\n<li>Reggie defeated Ricochet via DQ to retain the 24\/7 Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Keith \u201cBearcat\u201d Lee defeated Akira Tozawa.<\/li>\n<li>Damian Priest defeated Sheamus in a no-DQ, no count-out match to retain the U.S. Championship.<\/li>\n<li>Jinder Mahal and Veer &amp; Shanky defeated Jeff Hardy and Mansoor &amp; Mustafa Ali.<\/li>\n<li>After saying a bunch of stuff about \u2026 who cares actually \u2026 Karrion Kross defeated Jaxson Ryker.<\/li>\n<li>A.J. Styles defeated Riddle (Raw Tag Team Championship co-holder).<\/li>\n<li>Charlotte defeated Doudrop via distraction by Eva Marie to retain the Raw Women\u2019s Championship. Later, Shayna Baszler would attack Eva whom WWE acknowledges will be out of action.<\/li>\n<li>Big E defeated Bobby Lashley in a steel cage match to retain the WWE Championship. After the match, Drew McIntyre came out and pointed his sword at Big E, indicating he wants to challenge for the championship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Arena<\/h4>\n<p>WWE returns to the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, TN. for the first time since December of 2019. The arena opened in 1996 and is home to the NHL\u2019s Nashville Predators. It has been hosting WWE events since 1997 including the 2002 Judgement Day and 2014 Night of Champions PPVs.<\/p>\n<h3>Advertised Matches &amp; Segments<\/h3>\n<h4>Draft Night Two<\/h4>\n<p>Night two of the draft will take place tonight, bringing about the end of the televised portion of the 2021 edition. Here are the key picks from night one which took place this past Friday on Smackdown:<\/p>\n<h4>To Raw from Smackdown<\/h4>\n<p>WWE Champion Big E<br \/>\nBianca Belair<br \/>\nEdge<br \/>\nRey &amp; Dominik Mysterio<\/p>\n<h4>From NXT to Raw<\/h4>\n<p>Austin Theory<\/p>\n<h4>From Raw to Smackdown<\/h4>\n<p>Raw Women\u2019s Champion Charlotte Flair<br \/>\nNew Day (Kofi Kingston &amp; Xavier Woods)<br \/>\nJeff Hardy<\/p>\n<h4>From NXT to Smackdown<\/h4>\n<p>Hit Row (Isaiah \u201cSwerve\u201d Scott, Top Dolla, Ashante \u201cThee\u201d Adonis, and B-Fab)<\/p>\n<h3>Announced on Talking Smack<\/h3>\n<h4>Smackdown to Raw<\/h4>\n<p>Alpha Academy (Otis &amp; Chad Gable)<br \/>\nApollo Crews &amp; Commander Azeez<br \/>\nZelina Vega<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3701915585\" 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 to Smackdown<\/h4>\n<p>Drew Gulak<br \/>\nMace<br \/>\nMansoor<br \/>\nMustafa Ali<\/p>\n<h4>NXT to Smackdown<\/h4>\n<p>Aliyah<\/p>\n<p>The rest of the roster gets drafted tonight, including former WWE Champion Bobby Lashley and Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion Becky Lynch. Sasha Banks, Damian Priest, Sheamus, and others will find out their fates.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: It\u2019s really annoying when they draft a Raw champion to Smackdown. We\u2019re to assume Becky Lynch would get drafted to Raw now that Charlotte is on Smackdown, right? I can\u2019t see them wanting them on the same show. What do they do with the Raw title? Bianca is drafted to Raw now, but she\u2019s challenging Becky Lynch for the Smackdown title in a triple threat match at Crown Jewel. That makes it obvious she\u2019s not winning, which she wasn\u2019t anyway, but it\u2019s not the point. Anyway, there\u2019s no surprise with Drew going to Smackdown, but we\u2019ll see how the challenge to Big E last week plays out. Does Drew \u201cdo the job\u201d on the way out from Raw? What a preposterous trope WWE uses that does nobody any favors and doesn\u2019t even make sense.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Goldberg Returns<\/h4>\n<p>Goldberg returns to Raw tonight, likely to confront Bobby Lashley whom he challenged for the WWE Championship at SummerSlam. The match ended when Goldberg couldn\u2019t continue due to a knee injury. After the match, Lashley attacked Goldberg\u2019s son Gage.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Goldberg spoke from his home and said he would do anything to protect his son. He went so far as to say he would kill Lashley.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: Saying you\u2019re going to kill someone on a wrestling program is dumb for obvious reasons. What\u2019s worse is we\u2019re going to have to see Goldberg wrestle again. If SummerSlam is any indication of what he could do in the ring, you\u2019d think WWE would say is enough is enough. When Saudi Arabia calls, well, need I say more?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. 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