{"id":85843,"date":"2019-09-09T13:11:49","date_gmt":"2019-09-09T18:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=85843"},"modified":"2019-09-09T13:11:49","modified_gmt":"2019-09-09T18:11:49","slug":"wwe-raw-primer-9-9-if-you-want-to-sign-this-contract-gimme-a-hell-yeah-triple-threat-kotr-raw-final-war-of-the-horsewomen-mysterio-vs-metalik-cedric-vs-the-phenomenal-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/09\/09\/wwe-raw-primer-9-9-if-you-want-to-sign-this-contract-gimme-a-hell-yeah-triple-threat-kotr-raw-final-war-of-the-horsewomen-mysterio-vs-metalik-cedric-vs-the-phenomenal-one\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE RAW PRIMER 9\/9: If You Want to Sign This Contract Gimme a Hell Yeah, Triple Threat KOTR Raw Final, War of the Horsewomen, Mysterio vs. Metalik, Cedric vs. the Phenomenal One"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2528136188\" 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 \/>\nNEW YORK, N.Y. AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN<br \/>\nSEPTEMBER 9, 2019<br \/>\nAIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT<br \/>\nBY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><em>Announcers: Michael Cole, Corey Graves, Renee Young<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Arena and Items Advertised by WWE<\/h3>\n<p>We are less than one week away from Clash of Champions and WWE has a huge pit stop this week, as they bring both Raw and Smackdown \u201chome\u201d to Madison Square Garden in New York City. You could do a report on the history and what Madison Square Garden means to WWE. The arena opened in 1968 and is considered the \u201cmecca\u201d of professional wrestling. There are tons of great memories starting with the Bruno Sammartino years, the first WrestleMania as well as 10 and 20, the first SummerSlam as well as in 1991 and 1998, the night that \u201cStone Cold\u201d Steve Austin gave Mr. McMahon a stunner for the first time in 1997, many more Raw and Smackdown events, and the return of the Rock to in-ring action in 2011 when he teamed with his future WrestleMania opponent John Cena. Even Ring of Honor and New Japan Pro Wrestling snuck in here earlier in the year with the G1 Supercard, an even I had the pleasure of attending. WWE\u2019s relationship with MSG ended in 2005 when the operating cost became unfavorable to WWE. They patched things up a year later and had the September 11th edition of Raw in 2006, another event I attended. They were to have the 20th edition of SummerSlam in 2007, but WWE instead had the event in what was known at the time as the Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, N.J.<\/p>\n<p>With Monday Night Football set to have its annual doubleheader tonight, WWE has certainly gone out of its way to advertise what they are doing. Here\u2019s what\u2019s on tap thus far for tonight:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cStone Cold\u201d Steve Austin to moderate Universal Championship contract signing between Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman<\/li>\n<li>Raw King of the Ring Semifinal Match becomes a Triple Threat<\/li>\n<li>The battle of WWE\u2019s Four Horsewomen<\/li>\n<li>Rey Mysterio returns to action against Gran Metalik<\/li>\n<li>Cedric Alexander looks for payback against A.J. Styles<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Matches &amp; Segments:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Universal Championship Contract Signing: \u201cStone Cold\u201d Steve Austin to Moderate Signing Between Champion Seth Rollins and Challenger Braun Strowman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Raw Tag Team Champions Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman attempted to sign the contract for their Universal Championship match at Clash of Champions. They were interrupted by the O.C. (U.S. Champion A.J. Styles and Luke Gallows &amp; Karl Anderson). Styles would make fun of how championship matches are awarded in WWE (it\u2019s as if he knows us) and eventually all three men got into the ring. Styles tore up the contract, and eventually Rollins and Strowman cleared the ring. They went on to defeat Gallows and Anderson in an \u201cimpromptu\u201d non-title match. Following the match, all three men beat down Rollins and Strowman and were eventually assisted by Robert Roode &amp; Dolph Ziggler. Roode &amp; Ziggler challenge Rollins &amp; Strowman for the Raw Tag Team Championship at Clash of Champions. No babyfaces came to help Rollins &amp; Strowman.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the evening WWE announced that Hall of Famer \u201cStone Cold\u201d Steve Austin, who had already been announced for the MSG show, would moderate the contract signing tonight. Austin has one of the more memorable moments in WWE MSG history from September 22, 1997:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;Stone Cold&quot; Stunner Leads to Arrest: Raw - September 22, 1997\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/leG3Aq4orCo?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: As I mentioned earlier, WWE is doing what it can to draw in viewers opposite Monday Night Football\u2019s 2019 debut. I\u2019m sure both Rollins and Strowman will be stoked to share a ring with Austin. Rollins was 11 and Strowman was 14 the night he stunned McMahon in MSG. As far as the contract signing tonight, I don\u2019t have much to add. I do find it silly when they do these things because why wouldn\u2019t there be a signing for at least every championship match?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>King of the Ring Tournament Raw Triple Threat Final: Ricochet vs. Samoa Joe vs. Baron Corbin<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3486994464\" 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>Last week on Raw, Baron Corbin advanced to the finals of the Raw side of the King of the Ring Tournament when he defeated Cedric Alexander in about 14 minutes. Later in the evening, Ricochet took on Samoa Joe to determine who would face Corbin tonight. That\u2019s where things got fuzzy as Ricochet and Joe worked to a \u201cdouble pin.\u201d Ricochet fought off Joe\u2019s Coquina Clutch on the top rope and both men fell to the mat with their arms draped over each other, shoulders down. Referee John Cone then counted to three. He would go on the headset to talk to another official and would take what he was told under advisement.<\/p>\n<p>Corey Graves went to interview Cone when Corbin walked in. Cone advised Corbin that management has decided neither Ricochet or Joe were eliminated, and thus the Raw finals of the King of the Ring tournament would be a triple threat match involving all three men. Here\u2019s a little Twitter trash talk between Corbin and Ricochet:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">How many of those tournaments did you get a redo in when you didn\u2019t get the job done the first time. I bet you love participation awards. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YpbPL3bRI4\">https:\/\/t.co\/YpbPL3bRI4<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RsLlQPOVYB\">pic.twitter.com\/RsLlQPOVYB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Corbin (@BaronCorbinWWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaronCorbinWWE\/status\/1169278802222100480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 4, 2019<\/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: There have been plenty of double-pins in WWE history. The match was either restarted, redone, or both men were considered defeated. I don\u2019t know what the better option was, but to have both men advance in the tournament is silly. Do they have triple threat World Series? Anyway, I get the sense they want Ricochet to go to the finals, and defeat both men at once in a \u201cdefy the odds\u201d type of story, but I\u2019m not 100% sure. I don\u2019t rule anything out at this point.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The War of the Four Horsewomen: Raw Women\u2019s Champion Becky Lynch &amp; Charlotte Flair vs. Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion Bayley &amp; Sasha Banks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A lot happened on Raw &amp; Smackdown last week involving these four women. Bayley turned on her partner Becky Lynch following their DQ defeat of WWE Women\u2019s Tag Team Champions Alexa Bliss &amp; Nikki Cross. The following night on Smackdown Bayley cut her \u201cheel\u201d promo. She talked about nothing changing, how hard she is working to lift the women\u2019s division, how she\u2019s doing it for the kids, giving people opportunities, and how she\u2019s facing the most selfish person at Clash of Champions in Charlotte Flair. Charlotte then came out and acknowledged how she is selfish, but there\u2019s no confusion or blind-siding. What you see is what you get. Sasha Banks then came out, and both women double-teamed and chair-shotted Charlotte.<\/p>\n<p>As they did with other matches for tonight, on Friday WWE announced that Bayley &amp; Sasha Banks will team up for the first time since WrestleMania and take on Becky Lynch &amp; Charlotte Flair. It\u2019s a \u201ccombination of matches,\u201d so to speak, from Clash of Champions. Bayley defends her title against Charlotte while Becky Lynch defends her title against Sasha Banks.<\/p>\n<p>Bayley made it a point to retweet WWE Now\u2019s video regarding the timeline of what has happened between these women:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;want what\u2019s best. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZSS6aA1ATS\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZSS6aA1ATS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bayley (@itsBayleyWWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsBayleyWWE\/status\/1169831023724486656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2019<\/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\u2019m not a fan of Charlotte turning babyface if that\u2019s what they\u2019re doing, and certainly don\u2019t want to see Becky &amp; Charlotte teaming together. I hated it when they teamed together against Natalya and Trish Stratus a month ago. Above all else, something with the horsewomen should be built over a period of time. At any rate, that\u2019s not what WWE does these days. This won\u2019t have a finish, and thus they can go to it later on. They need to explain to us why Becky and Charlotte are teaming together given what they\u2019ve been through over the past year.<\/em><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4040872122\" 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<h3>Rey Mysterio vs. Gran Metalik<\/h3>\n<p>Last week, Rey Mysterio was interview by Charly Caruso. He talked about how his son Dominick convinced him to keep fighting, and how he has watched him grow up and become a man. He later said he was not done.<\/p>\n<p>This past Friday, WWE announced that Mysterio goes one on one with Gran Metalik of Lucha House Party. It will be the first time these two go at it. WWE.com alludes to Dominick \u201cwatching closely.\u201d Cedric Alexander certainly expressed his pleasure at the announcement of this match:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">THERE IS NO FORM OF COMMUNICATION THAT COULD POSSIBLY DESCRIBE HOW MUCH I WANT TO SEE THIS MATCH!!!!!!!!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6x28T8IXG8\">https:\/\/t.co\/6x28T8IXG8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PRIME Alexander (@CedricAlexander) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CedricAlexander\/status\/1169978847204429824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2019<\/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: Gran Metalik is a good opponent to get Mysterio back on the winning track, unless they\u2019re going to run some kind of angle with Dominick or with the rest of Lucha House Party (Lince Dorado and Kalisto). It\u2019s not crazy to imagine Dominick teaming with his father to face two member or all of LHP.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Non-Title Match: U.S. Champion A.J. Styles vs. Cedric Alexander<\/h3>\n<p>Last week, Cedric Alexander failed to advance in the King of the Ring tournament as he was defeated by Baron Corbin. Prior to the match, he was attacked by the O.C. in the back:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The O.C. viciously attack Cedric Alexander backstage: Raw, Sept. 2, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yAngJd2q4iY?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>Cedric had been involved somewhat with the O.C., especially when he did a dive off the Titantron onto Gallows &amp; Anderson, The Usos, and Samoa Joe the night Joe and Roman Reigns were supposed to have a \u201cSamoan Summit.\u201d Nonetheless the attack hindered him in his match with Corbin. Tonight, he attempts to get a measure of revenge as he faces U.S. Champion A.J. Styles in a non-title match.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: All titles are supposed to be defended at Clash of Champions, and there isn\u2019t a U.S. Championship match set at the moment. This could certainly set that between these two men, if that\u2019s the way they\u2019re going. They can run some kind of angle or have Cedric defeat Styles, as they\u2019ve done in non-title matches recently, and have him earn the shot that way.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Other Match Results and Notable Segments from Last Week<\/h3>\n<p>#1 contenders for the Raw Tag Team Championship Robert Roode &amp; Dolph Ziggler defeated Zack Ryder &amp; Curt Hawkins. No love for Long Island huh WWE? (Just kidding, this match was actually too long.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lacey Evans defeated Natalya.<\/li>\n<li>Becky Lynch called Sasha Banks a little weirdo. Sasha should totally team with Ronda Rousey if she ever comes back and call themselves \u201cThe Little Weirdos.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>The Viking Raiders won another squash match. The jobbers heeled on Baltimore before the match.<\/li>\n<li>In the Firefly Funhouse, Bray Wyatt alluded to challenging the winner of the Universal Championship match at Clash of Champions. I could see him interfering and that\u2019s how they get out of the finish for that match.<\/li>\n<li>The Miz defeated Cesaro.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. Questions and discussion are welcome! 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