{"id":86162,"date":"2019-09-16T14:21:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T19:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=86162"},"modified":"2019-09-16T15:24:08","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T20:24:08","slug":"wwe-raw-primer-9-16-clash-of-champions-fallout-gable-vs-corbin-for-the-crown-from-a-monster-to-a-fiend-hey-man-im-the-boss-cedric-isnt-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/09\/16\/wwe-raw-primer-9-16-clash-of-champions-fallout-gable-vs-corbin-for-the-crown-from-a-monster-to-a-fiend-hey-man-im-the-boss-cedric-isnt-done\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE RAW PRIMER 9\/16: Clash of Champions Fallout, Gable vs. Corbin for the Crown, From a Monster to a Fiend, Hey Man I\u2019m the Boss, Cedric Isn\u2019t Done"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2554925818\" 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 \/>\nKNOXVILLE, TENN. AT THE THOMSON-BOLING ARENA<br \/>\nSEPTEMBER 16, 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, Clash of Champions Results, and Items Advertised by WWE<\/h3>\n<p>Clash of Champions is now behind us and we get ready for Raw tonight as WWE heads over to the Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, TN. The arena opened in 1987 but didn\u2019t start hosting televised WWE events until 2001 with the April 16th episode. On that night, Triple H defeated Jeff Hardy for the Intercontinental Championship. Various Raw, Smackdown, and other now-defunct WWE events have come from this arena. Raw\u2019s last appearance was in November of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the Clash of Champions results from last night:<\/p>\n<p>Pre-Show:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Drew Gulak defeated Lince Durado and Humberto Carrillo to retain the Cruiserweight Championship<\/li>\n<li>A.J. Styles defeated Cedric Alexander to retain the U.S. Championship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Main Show:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Robert Roode &amp; Dolph Ziggler defeated Seth Rollins &amp; Braun Strowman to win the Raw Tag Team Championship<\/li>\n<li>Bayley defeated Charlotte Flair to retain the Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship<\/li>\n<li>The Revival (Scott Dawson &amp; Dash Wilder) defeated New Day (Big E &amp; Xavier Woods) to win the Smackdown Tag Team Championship<\/li>\n<li>Alexa Bliss &amp; Nikki Cross defeated Fire &amp; Desire (Sonya Deville &amp; Mandy Rose) to retain the Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship<\/li>\n<li>Shinsuke Nakamura (w\/Sami Zayn) defeated The Miz to retain the Intercontinental Championship<\/li>\n<li>Sasha Banks defeated Becky Lynch via DQ. Lynch retains the Raw Women\u2019s Championship<\/li>\n<li>Kofi Kingston defeated Kofi Kingston to retain the WWE Championship<\/li>\n<li>Erick Rowan defeated Roman Reigns with the help of a returning Luke Harper<\/li>\n<li>Seth Rollins defeated Braun Strowman to retain the Universal Championship. Bray Wyatt attacked Rollins after the match.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There\u2019s one match, the King of the Ring final, advertised for tonight. Otherwise they\u2019re just following up on some high points from last night\u2019s show. I\u2019m sure more specific matches and segments will be announced later in the day. We turn our attention now towards Hell in a Cell, coming October 6, a quick turnaround. Here is what WWE is advertising thus far for tonight\u2019s show:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The King approaches<\/li>\n<li>Back on Boss Time?<\/li>\n<li>What will be the fallout from The Fiend\u2019s ruthless assault on Rollins?<\/li>\n<li>Alexander the second?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Matches &amp; Segments:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>King of the Ring Final: Baron Corbin (Raw) vs. Chad Gable (Smackdown)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have reached the end of the line with the King of the Ring tournament as the finals take place tonight. WWE moved this from Clash of Champions where it was originally slated to happen. Last week on Raw Baron Corbin won a triple threat match between him, Ricochet, and Samoa Joe. The triple threat match came about as a result of Joe and Ricochet working to a double pin two weeks ago. Corbin eliminated Cedric Alexander that same night.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1925552037\" 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>Chad Gable defeated the \u201cBest in the World\u201d Shane McMahon in a heavily criticized two-out-of-three falls match at last week\u2019s Smackdown in Madison Square Garden. Kevin Owens was the special guest referee. Shane inserted himself into the tournament when WWE announced Elias was injured. I went into detail in my Smackdown On-Site report with parts of that segment that didn\u2019t make TV so please refer to that, Wade Keller, or Brandon LeClair\u2019s Smackdown report for more details.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s Gable in a WWE.com exclusive following his win, as well as Corbin on Twitter who seems to have high aspirations:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chad Gable ready to make Baron Corbin fall hard: SmackDown Exclusive, Sept. 10, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DoQOLRVWDUk?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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Now this is a pre-bday dinner and an easy way to spend 500 bucks. Now just wait till I become <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KingCorbin?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KingCorbin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vvU82euQec\">pic.twitter.com\/vvU82euQec<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Corbin (@BaronCorbinWWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BaronCorbinWWE\/status\/1172306358982471680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Corbin and Gable go one-on-one tonight for the King of the Ring \u201ctitle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: This is a mess on a lot of levels. I don\u2019t care that the finals are Gable vs. Corbin. It wouldn\u2019t have been my pick, but it doesn\u2019t bother me. It\u2019s how they got here. Getting to the triple threat last week was stupid. I don\u2019t understand why they needed it. Replacing Elias with Shane the way Shane replaced Miz in the World Cup last year is dumb. Tuesday night\u2019s ending was a debacle. Go find my guest editorial here at PWTorch.com on King of the Ring: A Chance to Elevate or an Opportunity to Agitate. They chose the latter. I don\u2019t care who wins.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Storyline Follow-Up:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back on Boss Time? Following up on Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks Feud<\/p>\n<p>Last night at Clash of Champions, Raw Women\u2019s Champion Becky Lynch was disqualified when she inadvertently hit Sasha Banks with a chair. They ended up brawling through the crowd and then back into the ring. The announcers informed us Becky Lynch was DQ\u2019d, and eventually the ring announcer did as well, but the referee was unconscious from the point of getting hit by the chair and never officially made a call. Following the match, WWE announced Lynch had been fined $10,000. Prior to the announcement, she talked a little trash. Sasha showed her appreciated to Vince McMahon for the fine. Also, check out a WWE.com exclusive with Lynch:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Becky Lynch isn\u2019t finished with Sasha Banks: WWE Exclusive, Sept. 15, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v0dP7inYXkc?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\/BeckyLynchWWE\/status\/1173412165258305537?s=20<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3572650086\" 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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BeckyLynchWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BeckyLynchWWE<\/a> has been fined $10,000 for inadvertently striking a referee during her <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RAW?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RAW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WomensChampionship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WomensChampionship<\/a> Match against @SashaBanksWWE at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWEClash?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWEClash<\/a> of Champions. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0haBjGUjau\">https:\/\/t.co\/0haBjGUjau<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1173441647612497920?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 16, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/SashaBanksWWE\/status\/1173443945440976896?s=20<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: It was fine overall, but I felt kind of apathetic. It was a bit long. Screwy finishes are fine, but WWE does them too often as a means of getting out of a finish. It was dumb to for Becky to be DQ\u2019d by an unconscious referee. Who made the decision? Anyway, this feud has to have Hell in a Cell written all over it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe Fiend\u201d Bray Wyatt Attack on Seth Rollins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Seth Rollins retained his Universal Championship by defeating Braun Strowman in the main event of last night\u2019s show. He did so after hitting four Stomps, as well as pulling out a tool \u201cfrom the past\u201d in the Pedigree. Strowman kayfabe hurt his knee jumping off the top rope in a splash attempt on Rollins. Earlier in the evening, Strowman and Rollins lost the Raw Tag Team Championship to Robert Roode &amp; Dolph Ziggler.<\/p>\n<p>As Rollins was making his way up the ramp and celebrating with the crowd, the arena went dark. As he has done before, Bray Wyatt appeared and gave Rollins the mandible claw. The horror movie sounds played in the background. Previously on the Firefly Funhouse, Wyatt alluded to challenging the winner of the Universal Championship match, so this came as no surprise to those whom have been paying attention.<br \/>\nFrank\u2019s Analysis: It seems a bit soon to go to Wyatt being in the Universal Championship picture. With the announced draft taking place on October 11th and 14th, it may not be so sudden if they decide to put the title on Wyatt and move Rollins to Smackdown. I hadn\u2019t thought about that until I saw it on Twitter (moments ago admittedly), but it\u2019s not out of the realm of possibility. They have certainly made Wyatt feel like a special act.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cedric The Second: Fallout from Loss to A.J. Styles in the U.S. Championship Match<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the pre-show, A.J. Styles retained the U.S. Championship over Cedric Alexander who had his family at ringside in his hometown of Charlotte, N.C. Following the match, Styles\u2019 O.C. partners Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson got involved and triple teamed Alexander. They then made \u201ctwo sweet\u201d gestures towards the crowd.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander earned the championship match pinning Styles last week on Raw in a 10-man tag team match. Earlier in the night they had a one-on-one non-title match which ended with Alexander getting a DQ win when Gallows and Anderson interfered in the match. He was visibly disappointed in last night\u2019s result, as he told Sarah Schreiber in a WWE.com exclusive. The O.C. were also interviewed by Schreiber:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cedric Alexander disappointed in missed U.S. Title opportunity: WWE Exclusive, Sept. 15, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n2qCYgBVPKo?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=\"AJ Styles revels in serving Cedric Alexander a hometown defeat: WWE Exclusive, Sept. 15, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ukGNsMR_wwc?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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: This feud probably continues. They tend to pass the U.S. Championship around, so Alexander could win the title out of this, but it wouldn\u2019t be surprising if he doesn\u2019t. It was surprising to a degree this match was on the pre-show, but then again, it\u2019s not the first time a U.S. title match has been placed as such.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Other Match Results and Notable Segments from Last Week<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here are a few things from Raw that weren\u2019t furthered at Clash of Champions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Rey Mysterio defeated Gran Metalik<\/li>\n<li>Natalya defeated Lacey Evans via submission. They have traded wins the last two Raws.<\/li>\n<li>R-Truth lost and regained the 24\/7 Championship from former N.Y. Knick and current Boston Celtic Enes Kanter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Scheduled Draft<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As was reported here at PWTorch and by WWE last week, they announced their will be a two-night draft starting on the Friday October 11th edition of Smackdown and concluding on the October 14th edition of Raw. Several other wrestling media outlets reported as such as well as Fox Sports:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: The destiny of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWE<\/a>\u2019s Superstars will be determined during a two-night draft taking place live on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FridayNightSmackDown?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FridayNightSmackDown<\/a> on October 11 at 8 pm ET on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOXTV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FOXTV<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MondayNightRaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#MondayNightRaw<\/a> on October 14 at 8 pm ET on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usa_network?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USA_Network<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9huKsc7kRg\">https:\/\/t.co\/9huKsc7kRg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bHsMdfIufO\">pic.twitter.com\/bHsMdfIufO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE Public Relations (@WWEPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEPR\/status\/1173295803789692930?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOXSportsPR\/status\/1173320611445100544?s=20<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: In the previous roster split era from 2002-2011, the draft was how the rosters were \u201cshaken up.\u201d In this era, which began in 2016, we\u2019ve had the \u201cSuperstar Shakeup\u201d where we find out that wrestlers have been drafted to a show by hearing their entrance music and them coming out. It\u2019s to see them go back to doing it this way. They are certainly going all out to make the first two Smackdowns on FOX a big deal.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\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-2978068506\"><div id=\"pwtor-4171219665\"><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 KNOXVILLE, TENN. 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