{"id":128667,"date":"2021-10-18T08:40:56","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T13:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=128667"},"modified":"2021-10-18T08:40:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T13:40:56","slug":"wwe-monday-night-raw-primer-10-18-charlotte-vs-bianca-for-raw-womens-championship-doudrop-vs-shayna-in-queens-crown-semi-finals-street-profits-vs-rkbro-in-non-title-match-wood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/10\/18\/wwe-monday-night-raw-primer-10-18-charlotte-vs-bianca-for-raw-womens-championship-doudrop-vs-shayna-in-queens-crown-semi-finals-street-profits-vs-rkbro-in-non-title-match-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW PRIMER 10\/18: Charlotte vs. Bianca for Raw Women\u2019s Championship, Doudrop vs. Shayna in Queen\u2019s Crown Semi-Finals, Street Profits vs. RKBro in Non-Title Match, Woods vs. Jinder in King of the Ring Semi-Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4190625073\" 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 18, 2021<br \/>\nSACRAMENTO, CA. AT THE GOLDEN 1 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>Xavier Woods defeated Ricochet to advance to the King of the Ring semi-finals.<\/li>\n<li>Cedric Alexander &amp; Shelton Benjamin defeated Mustafa Ali &amp; Mansoor.<\/li>\n<li>Shayna Baszler defeated Dana Brooke to advance to the semi-finals of the Queen\u2019s Crown tournament.<\/li>\n<li>Omos defeated Raw Tag Team Championship co-holder Riddle.<\/li>\n<li>Austin Theory defeated Jeff Hardy.<\/li>\n<li>Jinder Mahal defeated Kofi Kingston to advance to the semi-finals of the King of the Ring tournament.<\/li>\n<li>Raw and Smackdown Women\u2019s Champions Charlotte Flair &amp; Becky Lynch (respectively) and Bianca Belair &amp; Sasha Banks wrestled to a no-contest.<\/li>\n<li>Doudrop defeated Natalya to advance to the semi-finals of the Queen\u2019s Crown tournament.<\/li>\n<li>Smackdown Tag Team Champions the Usos (Jimmy &amp; Jey) defeated WWE Champion Big E &amp; Drew McIntyre via count out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Arena<\/h4>\n<p>WWE continues its tour of the west coast as they pull into the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento, CA. The five-year-old arena first hosted WWE events in October of 2016 beginning with No Mercy and held the infamous PPV where Seth Rollins and The \u201cFiend\u201d Bray Wyatt wrestled to a no-contest in a Hell in a Cell match.<\/p>\n<p>Five matches are advertised for tonight.<\/p>\n<h4>Raw Women\u2019s Championship: Charlotte Flair (champ) vs. Bianca Belair<\/h4>\n<p>Tonight, Bianca Belair challenges Charlotte Flair for the Raw Women\u2019s Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Bianca will be a busy woman this week since at Crown Jewel, she will challenge Becky Lynch along with Sasha Banks for the Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship. Things have been hectic with these women as they were on opposite sides of the tag team match that started as a brawl, then went to a match, and ended in a no-contest. Two weeks ago, they went one-on-one and that ended in a DQ when Becky Lynch got involved in the match.<\/p>\n<p>Becky is sure to be lurking around. Here she is in a WWE exclusive:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Raw belongs to Becky Lynch now: Raw Exclusive, Oct. 11, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L0kKccC0Phg?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: Logic would dictate that Bianca wins the title tonight since she\u2019s on Raw, and Charlotte is ticketed for Smackdown, right?<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Queen\u2019s Crown Semi-Finals: Doudrop vs. Shayna Baszler<\/h4>\n<p>Doudrop goes one-on-one with Shayna Baszler for the right to face Zelina Vega in the finals of the Queens Crown tournament which will take place at Crown Jewel in Saudi Arabia this Thursday. Zelina qualified this past Friday on Smackdown by defeating Carmella.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-851286773\" 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>Apparently, Shayna is anxious to get to Saudi Arabia. To each his\/her own:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It\u2019s been awhile since I\u2019ve been to Saudi Arabia. Long overdue for a return trip\u2026\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shayna Baszler (@QoSBaszler) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/QoSBaszler\/status\/1447921608673435653?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 12, 2021<\/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: You can make a case for all three women winning this tournament. Given how the Queen\u2019s Crown and King of the Ring are perceived, I would not be high on the winner\u2019s future in WWE.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>King of the Ring Semi-Finals: Xavier Woods vs. Jinder Mahal<\/h4>\n<p>Xavier Woods will take on Jinder Mahal for the right to face Finn Balor in the finals of the King of the Ring tournament, which also takes place at Crown Jewel this Thursday. Last week, WWE teased the possibility of Woods facing Kofi Kingston in this week\u2019s match, but Jinder defeated Kofi with Veer and Shanky at ringside.<\/p>\n<p>Xavier and Kofi (New Day) as well as Jinder and Shanky are ticketed to officially start on Smackdown this Friday. Here\u2019s Xavier in a WWE exclusive and Jinder on Twitter:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Xavier Woods is more than ready to become King of the Ring: WWE Digital Exclusive, Oct. 11, 2021\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OVgrfb5hU74?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>https:\/\/twitter.com\/jindermahal\/status\/1446634718930276357?s=21<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: It\u2019d be more interesting to see a match with Xavier and Finn, but I\u2019m guessing they\u2019re going with Jinder. That\u2019s not inspiring at all.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>WWE Champion Big E &amp; Drew McIntyre vs. Dirty Dawgs (Dolph Ziggler &amp; Robert Roode)<\/h4>\n<p>Big E and Drew McIntyre will pair up again this week to take on Dolph Ziggler &amp; Robert Roode in a rematch from two weeks ago. That contest was won by Big E &amp; Drew.<\/p>\n<p>The match came about after Drew challenged Big E to a WWE Championship match. Ziggler and Roode came out and Ziggler discussed his history with both men. Big E came to the main roster in late 2012 as Big E Langston and was Ziggler\u2019s \u201cheavy\u201d so to speak. Drew returned to the WWE in 2017 after being let go three years prior. After a brief stint in NXT, where he defeated (ironically) Roode for the NXT Championship, he came to the main roster in essentially the same role with Ziggler. They had a stint as Raw Tag Team Champions, and Drew helped Ziggler win the Intercontinental Championship briefly in 2018. Ziggler said there would be no Drew or Big E winning Money in the Bank without him.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3454216000\" 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>Last week as I mentioned earlier, Drew and Big E lost to the Usos via disqualification. Like what happened in the women\u2019s tag match, things broke down at the end. They fought on the outside until the referee counted them out. This Thursday at Crown Jewel, Big E puts the WWE Championship on the line against Drew, who hopes to begin his third reign as champion. Here\u2019s a little sarcasm from Drew on Twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well I am a sucker for first-time matches <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Qbk11M62NW\">https:\/\/t.co\/Qbk11M62NW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Drew (@DMcIntyreWWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DMcIntyreWWE\/status\/1449467161869697024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2021<\/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\u2019d complain about repetitive matches, but what\u2019s the point? Seeing Drew\u2019s tweet, at least we\u2019re not the only ones thinking it. It\u2019s hard to see last week as anything but a way to build tension between upcoming opponents. The problem with this is that they\u2019ve shown respect towards each other, so why would I think there\u2019s tension? Just because they have a match coming up, I\u2019m to believe they have issues with each other. Do the Dodgers and Braves hate each other because they\u2019re in the NLCS, or the same for the Red Sox and Astros in the ALCS (there actually may be something there but I digress). The way they were both presented last week was awful, and to be honest it made me less interested in the upcoming match (as if I was looking forward to it in the first place but again, I digress).<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Non-Title Match: Raw Tag Team Champions RKBro (Randy Orton &amp; Riddle) vs. Street Profits (Montez Ford &amp; Angelo Dawkins)<\/h4>\n<p>RKBro will take on the Street Profits in a non-title match as the Profits make their return to Raw. They were drafted to Smackdown last fall but drafted back a few weeks ago. They were the Raw Tag Team Champions from February of 2020 until being drafted to Smackdown where they did a title switch with New Day, the Smackdown Tag Team Champions at the time.<\/p>\n<p>RKBro will defend their titles against A.J. Styles and Omos at Crown Jewel.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: Who else can see the Profits being added to the match to make it a triple threat?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. 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