{"id":87637,"date":"2019-10-14T14:15:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-14T19:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=87637"},"modified":"2019-10-14T14:15:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-14T19:15:10","slug":"wwe-raw-primer-10-14-draft-night-two-raw-tag-team-championship-becky-lynch-vs-sasha-banks-for-draft-position-update-on-weekend-draft-picks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/10\/14\/wwe-raw-primer-10-14-draft-night-two-raw-tag-team-championship-becky-lynch-vs-sasha-banks-for-draft-position-update-on-weekend-draft-picks\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE RAW PRIMER 10\/14: Draft Night Two, Raw Tag Team Championship, Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks for Draft Position, update on weekend draft picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2835974106\" 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 \/>\nDENVER, COL. AT THE PEPSI CENTER<br \/>\nOCTOBER 14, 2019<br \/>\nAIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. ET<br \/>\nBY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><em>Announcers: Vic Joseph, Jerry \u201cThe King\u201d Lawler, Dio Maddin<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Arena and Items Advertised by WWE<\/h3>\n<p>WWE returns to the Pepsi Center in Denver, CO. for tonight\u2019s episode of Raw. WWE ran Raw and Smackdown as well as their Main Event and 205Live tapings here last September. The building opened in 1999 and is home to the NBA\u2019s Denver Nuggets and the NHL\u2019s Colorado Avalanche. WWE was an on-again off-again guest early on in the arena\u2019s existence but has ran shows more frequently in the last five years.<\/p>\n<p>Night two of the draft takes place tonight and we are in full swing headed towards Crown Jewel, which takes place on Halloween this year at 1:00 p.m. EST. Here\u2019s what\u2019s advertised thus far for tonight\u2019s show. They have a light preview out as of this writing, most likely because the focus will be on the draft:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Lynch and Banks to renew hostilities and determine first pick on Night 2 of WWE Draft<br \/>\n\u2022 The Viking Raiders to challenge Dolph Ziggler &amp; Robert Roode for the Raw Tag Team Championship<\/p>\n<h3>Matches &amp; Segments:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Draft: Night Two<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The draft continues and will be completed tonight. This was essentially a draft from scratch after WWE had the wild card rule for the past five to six months which for all intents and purposes ended the roster split. That ends with the completion of the draft.<\/p>\n<p>One of the notable selections was the first overall pick, Raw Women\u2019s Champion Becky Lynch as she was drafted to Raw and remains on the show in which she\u2019s been the champion since WrestleMania. Other notable wrestlers coming to Raw are Kevin Owens and Randy Orton. Roman Reigns was drafted to Smackdown along with Braun Strowman and \u201cThe Fiend\u201d Bray Wyatt. Smackdown Tag Team Champions The Revival (Scott Dawson &amp; Dash Wilder) were drafted to Smackdown. Wade Keller\u2019s Smackdown report has the full list of who was drafted where on night one.<\/p>\n<p>Following night one, additional picks were made according to WWE.com:<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-714740027\" 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<ul>\n<li>Raw: EC3 (what\u2019s the point), Eric Young (again what\u2019s the point), and Sin Cara<\/li>\n<li>Smackdown: Apollo Crews, Drew Gulak, Heath Slater, Tamina, and the B-Team (Bo Dallas &amp; Curtis Axel)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I thought for every two picks Smackdown got, Raw got three. Anyway, night two of the draft is tonight. Here\u2019s some WWE exclusives with others that were drafted to Raw:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lashley reacts to being selected by Raw: SmackDown Exclusive, Oct. 11, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qWPwZCYg8fI?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>https:\/\/youtu.be\/gnh3H9ZG3vMm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: This draft has been criticized enough, so I won\u2019t pile on. The only thing I\u2019ll say is if you\u2019re going to do a draft, take the time to watch one and see how it works. Watching that show on Friday told me they didn\u2019t have a clue, or they did and decided they knew better and we\u2019ll do it our way because it\u2019s entertaining and funny that way. WWE knows there\u2019s competition now, don\u2019t they?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cross-Brand Match for Who Drafts First: Raw Women\u2019s Champion Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks of Smackdown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Didn\u2019t we just do this?<\/p>\n<p>On Friday Night Smackdown, Universal Champion Seth Rollins defeated Roman Reigns via DQ when \u201cThe Fiend\u201d Bray Wyatt interrupted their match and went after recent rival Rollins. He dragged him under the ring like the Undertaker before him and gave him the Mandible Claw. As a result, Raw got the first pick and took Becky Lynch who currently holds the Raw Women\u2019s Championship (what a concept).<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks renew their feud which recently took them inside Hell in a Cell. That match saw Becky retain her title in what was one of the better matches of the night. The winner of tonight\u2019s match picks first from tonight\u2019s pool. Here\u2019s WWE\u2019s tweet about the match and a exclusive interview with Becky after being picked first:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1183049782509670400?s=20<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2634452743\" 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><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Becky Lynch well-suited as WWE Draft first pick: SmackDown Exclusive, Oct. 11, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j0P-L4yGuJs?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: Isn\u2019t the draft ongoing from Friday? Why do we have to determine who goes first tonight? Are they separate drafts? WWE just finds reasons to have these matches, but they make no sense. Also, as I pointed out in my primer on Friday and as Wade Keller did in his Smackdown report, why do the wrestlers care if their show drafts first? On Friday, Rollins and Reigns didn\u2019t even know on what show they\u2019d be drafted. This whole thing is just a mess.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Raw Tag Team Championship: Dolph Ziggler &amp; Robert Roode (champs) vs. The Viking Raiders (Erik &amp; Ivar, challengers)<\/p>\n<p>Last week on Raw, the Viking Raiders defeated Raw Tag Team Champions Dolph Ziggler &amp; Robert Roode in a non-title match. The match was previously unadvertised, and it wasn\u2019t even talked about until the Raiders came out and the announce team said they would be taking on the champions. Check out Wade Keller\u2019s Raw report last week where he discusses the issues with that. Nonetheless, the match had good action and went around 17 minutes. It ended when they gave Ziggler their signature Viking Experience finisher.<\/p>\n<p>As a result of that win, WWE has granted the Viking Raiders a championship match tonight.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I do have to say overall, they\u2019ve done a decent job building up the Viking Raiders. They won a number of squash matches and recently got involved with the O.C. This feels like a crescendo. I just wish the titles and beating the champions in a non-title match actually meant something. They do this over and over again for it to feel special. The champions, at least on the tag team side and the mid-card level are poorly protected. They also do the \u201cbeat the champion, earn a title shot\u201d formula way too often. It\u2019s ok to do so but pick and choose your spots and frame both the match and winning it as a big deal. They just throw these sorts of things out there and don\u2019t treat it as important, so why should we? Could you imagine teams like the Rock \u2018n Roll Express, Midnight Express, Freebirds, Von Erichs, Hart Foundation, British Bulldogs, Harlem Heat, Road Warriors and all those great tag teams mixed into this formula? None of them would have ever felt special as we think of them now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Match Results and Notable Segments from Last Week<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2022 During the opening segment they immediately went to Randy Orton and King Corbin double teaming Rusev. They then showed a video of Bobby Lashley in Rusev\u2019s house with his wife Lana getting into bed together. What a disgrace of an angle. Grow up WWE.<br \/>\n\u2022 Natalya defeated Lacey Evans in a last woman standing match.<br \/>\n\u2022 Aleister Black defeated the Singh Brothers (Sunil &amp; Samir) in a handicap match.<br \/>\n\u2022 Rey Mysterio shed light on his relationship with Cain Velasquez, revealing he\u2019s his son Dominick\u2019s godfather.<br \/>\n\u2022 The O.C. defeated Lucha House Party.<br \/>\n\u2022 New WWE Women\u2019s Tag Team Champions The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka &amp; Kairi Sane) defeated Raw Women\u2019s Champion Becky Lynch and at-the-time Smackdown Champion Charlotte Flair.<br \/>\n\u2022 Ricochet defeated Apollo Crews.<br \/>\n\u2022 They followed up on the much-criticized Hell in a Cell match between Seth Rollins and Bray Wyatt with about a half hour to go in the show.<br \/>\n\u2022 Braun Strowman and Tyson Fury had a pull-apart brawl. WWE had a press conference to announce their match at Crown Jewel. Here\u2019s both men in separate exclusive interviews and also an exclusive of what happened when Raw when off the air:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tyson Fury not taking WWE opportunity for granted: WWE Exclusive, Oct. 11, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6e7pBKVZbiM?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=\"Braun Strowman reveals \u201cskull-toughening\u201d prep for Tyson Fury: WWE Exclusive, Oct. 11, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ad-LHoDO8uw?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=\"Braun Strowman and Tyson Fury brawl continues after Raw: Exclusive, Oct. 7, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xOZ6cdDJlz0?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<h3>Summary &amp; Closing Thoughts<\/h3>\n<p>With AEW Dynamite taking shape now and shows like NWA Powerrr getting positive reviews, it befuddles me that WWE continues to put out a subpar product on both Raw and Smackdown. The storyline with Rusev and Lashley is trash, calling Chad Gable \u201cShorty Gable\u201d is stupid (although I hand him some blame for that), the draft is a mess, here with go with not talking about Saudi Arabia, and on and on. It gets increasingly tough to stay invested in this product. We\u2019ll see how they handle tonight, and if they learned from their mistakes on Friday. I wouldn\u2019t go to the betting window on that.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. Questions and discussion are welcome! 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