{"id":89257,"date":"2019-11-18T14:11:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T20:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=89257"},"modified":"2019-11-18T14:17:17","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T20:17:17","slug":"wwe-raw-primer-11-18-final-survivor-series-hype-on-raw-whos-the-captain-frenemies-pair-up-rey-preps-for-the-beast-major-chance-for-hawkins-ryder-nattie-vs-the-empress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/11\/18\/wwe-raw-primer-11-18-final-survivor-series-hype-on-raw-whos-the-captain-frenemies-pair-up-rey-preps-for-the-beast-major-chance-for-hawkins-ryder-nattie-vs-the-empress\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE RAW PRIMER 11\/18: Final Survivor Series hype on Raw, Who\u2019s the Captain, Frenemies Pair Up, Rey Preps for the Beast, Major Chance for Hawkins &#038; Ryder, Nattie vs. The Empress"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2485789633\" 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 \/>\nBOSTON, MASS. AT THE TD GARDEN<br \/>\nNOVEMBER 18, 2019<br \/>\nAIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8 P.M. EST<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, Top 10 Moments from Last Week, and Items Advertised by WWE<\/h3>\n<p>WWE returns to a familiar destination in the TD Garden in Boston, Mass. for tonight\u2019s Raw. The show appeared in March of this year in the run-up to WrestleMania. The arena opened in 1995 and has been a frequent host to both WCW and WWE events. From 2011-2017 there was one PPV per year including the 2014 Money in the Bank where Seth Rollins procured the contract with the help of Kane.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the YouTube clip of the top 10 moments of last week\u2019s show:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top 10 Raw moments: WWE Top 10, Nov. 11, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2PDVZGUfBOE?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>This will be the final show from the Raw side before Survivor Series, as we get ready for the 33rd version of that event coming next Sunday as well as NXT: Takeover coming this Saturday. Here is what\u2019s lined up for tonight:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seth Rollins to wager his Survivor Series berth against Andrade<\/li>\n<li>Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair to compete in tag team action<\/li>\n<li>Rey Mysterio to appear live before challenging Brock Lesnar at Survivor Series<\/li>\n<li>Zack Ryder &amp; Curt Hawkins to challenge Raw Tag Team Champions the Viking Raiders<\/li>\n<li>Natalya to battle WWE Women\u2019s Tag Team Champion Asuka<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Matches &amp; Segments:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Team Raw Captain Spot: Seth Rollins vs. Andrade<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week it was announced that Seth Rollins would captain team Raw in the Survivor Series triple threat match against team Smackdown and team NXT. He will line up alongside Ricochet, Randy Orton, Drew McIntyre, and Kevin Owens. He had an impromptu match last week against NXT UK Champion Walter which lead to the Imperium (Walter, Fabian Aichner, Alexander Wolfe, and Marcel Barthel) taking on Rollins, Owens, and the Street Profits (Montez Ford &amp; Angelo Dawkins). Rollins stomped Wolfe to pick up the win.<\/p>\n<p>Back to Survivor Series, Zelina Vega and Andrade had something to say about Rollins being team captain. Rollins responded via Instagram:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/Zelina_VegaWWE\/status\/1195427116977917952<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-941300313\" 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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWERollins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWERollins<\/a> es el consentido de casa pero no el mejor!!\u2019 Tendr\u00e9 que trabajar al triple para ganarme un lugar en el universo de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FutureOfWWE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FutureOfWWE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R6miZvFq5J\">https:\/\/t.co\/R6miZvFq5J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 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Andrade did not partake in last year\u2019s festivities. Rollins was the Intercontinental Champion and defeated then-U.S. Champion Shinsuke Nakamura. Unrelated to this topic, Nakamura ironically walks into this year\u2019s event as the IC Champ.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I don\u2019t necessarily rule it out, but I doubt they take Rollins off the team in favor of Andrade. I could see a feud developing between the two, and down the line it may involved Vega and Becky Lynch although I don\u2019t know if they want to draw attention to Becky and Rollins being a couple as they did earlier in the year. I don\u2019t think that did either one of them any favors. If you watch the Instagram video, it\u2019s funny to hear Rollins talk about \u201cwhether they love or hate me.\u201d We heard that for years with John Cena and even a little with Roman Reigns. We never heard that with Daniel Bryan or C.M. Punk that I recall. (Okay, let\u2019s not go down this rabbit hole.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Raw Women\u2019s Champion Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair in a Tag Team Match<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last week, Charlotte Flair and Natalya were to challenge to Kabuki Warriors (Kairi Sane &amp; Asuka) for the WWE Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship. Natalya couldn\u2019t be there and was replaced by Charlotte\u2019s long time (I don\u2019t know anymore) Raw Women\u2019s Champion Becky Lynch. Becky was working on her finishing sequence when NXT Champion Shayna Baszler got involved and then Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion Bayley jumped in and went after Baszler. Becky who had been distracted by everything going on got rolled up by Asuka to allow the Warriors to retain.<\/p>\n<p>Winning the titles would have made Charlotte the second women\u2019s grand slam champion after Bayley, holding every women\u2019s singles title (NXT, Smackdown, Raw) and the tag titles. Becky would have been \u201cBecky Two Belts\u201d again (sort of, I guess). Tonight, Becky and Charlotte team up again against an unknown team.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: Let me get this out of the way. I\u2019m sick of Becky and Charlotte being within 100 yards of each other. Also, why couldn\u2019t they just wait until tonight to have Charlotte &amp; Natalya challenge for the titles? Why can\u2019t they just do it tonight? Whatever, anyway, I get the sense Survivor Series will be wrapped into this. They haven\u2019t named the women\u2019s team yet, but I don\u2019t see anyone besides Charlotte being the captain, right? Now since there\u2019s a Trump wall between Smackdown and Raw but not between NXT, I could see a couple of the NXT women show up. Rhea Ripley, Tegan Nox, Dakota Kai, and Mia Yim were on Smackdown Friday taking on Nikki Cross, Dana Brooke, Carmella and Sasha Banks.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rey Mysterio to Appear<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2687640065\" 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>Rey Mysterio is set to challenge Brock Lesnar for the WWE Championship at Survivor Series. Two weeks ago, on Raw, Lesnar officially moved from Smackdown to Raw and began looking for Mysterio. He attacked several backstage people and eventually commentator Dio Maddin. As a side note, Maddin was not on last week\u2019s show. Nonetheless after the attack Mysterio showed up and attacked Lesnar, striking him on his knee.<\/p>\n<p>Neither gentleman was on last week\u2019s show. Rey appears tonight ahead of his challenge to Lesnar at Survivor Series. Here was a tweet from Rey a few weeks ago after the attack:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Son <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/35_Dominik?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@35_Dominik<\/a> that one was for you! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LoveYpu?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LoveYpu<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YuGSRUQMRg\">https:\/\/t.co\/YuGSRUQMRg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u265bRey Mysterio\u2754 (@reymysterio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reymysterio\/status\/1191601074639134721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 5, 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: WWE.com says in its preview that \u201cthere\u2019s always the possibility that Lesnar isn\u2019t far behind.\u201d It\u2019s pretty fair to expect him and Heyman to show up. I look forward to this, but I\u2019m also a mark for Mysterio. He\u2019s on my roster any day of the week if I\u2019m starting a wrestling company.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Raw Tag Team Championship: Viking Raiders (champs) vs. Zack Ryder &amp; Curt Hawkins<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Former Raw Tag Team Champions Zack Ryder &amp; Curt Hawkins earned a shot at the titles via winning a triple threat tag team match over the O.C. (Karl Anderson &amp; Luke Gallows) and the Street Profits at a house show in Mannheim, Germany. 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Last week on Raw, the Viking Raiders (Erik &amp; Ivar) defeated Flash Morgan Webster &amp; Mark Andrews in a non-title match. At Survivor Series, the Viking Raiders take on NXT Tag Team Champions Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish &amp; Kyle O\u2019Reilly) and Smackdown Tag Team Champions New Day (Kofi Kingston &amp; Big E) in a triple threat match.<\/p>\n<p>Hawkins and Ryder challenge the Raiders for the Raw straps tonight.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: As much as I have a partiality towards Hawkins &amp; Ryder with them being from Long Island, I don\u2019t see how this is anything other than a quick match. I\u2019m sure the NXT guys will get involved building up the Survivor Series match.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Natalya vs. Woman\u2019s Tag Team Champion Asuka<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Two weeks ago, on Raw, Natalya and Charlotte Flair defeated Women\u2019s Tag Team Champions the Kabuki Warriors in a non-title match. Natalya tapped Asuka out to her Sharpshooter. As I wrote earlier, they were to challenge for the titles, but Natalya couldn\u2019t be there and was replaced by Becky Lynch.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, Natalya goes one-on-one with Asuka. I couldn\u2019t find any history of a singles match between these two.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: See my notes on Becky and Charlotte teaming up earlier.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Other Match Results and Notable Segments from Last Week<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Drew McIntyre defeated Sin Cara. Sin Cara has asked for his release from WWE.<br \/>\nThe 24\/7 Championship was defended. I forgot if Truth was the champion or one of the Singh Brothers. Who cares.<\/li>\n<li>Vic Joseph called the fans \u201cfinicky\u201d when Seth Rollins got a mixed reaction upon his entrance. Is that a graduation, a demotion, or a lateral move from \u201cfickle?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Andrade defeated Cedric Alexander.<\/li>\n<li>Aleister Black asked somebody to knock on his door for the 6,738th time.<\/li>\n<li>Lana lied about being pregnant. Bobby Lashley beat up Rusev. The story still sucks.<\/li>\n<li>Erick Rowan won a squash match and debuted something in a cage. Remember Jake \u201cThe Snake\u201d Roberts\u2019 snake Damien? It\u2019s his son. No wait, it\u2019s Koko B. Ware\u2019s bird Frankie\u2019s son. I don\u2019t know.<\/li>\n<li>Randy Orton &amp; Ricochet &amp; Humberto Carrillo defeated the O.C. Throughout the show tension was teased between Orton and Ricochet. Orton warned Ricochet not to let him get in his head. It appears Orton is turning babyface?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Summary &amp; Closing Thoughts<\/h3>\n<p>Overall, it wasn\u2019t a terrible Raw last week from a wrestling standpoint. The problem, at least for me, is this Lashley-Lana-Rusev story drags the show down. It\u2019s doing none of them any favors. It\u2019s not putting good heat on Lana and Lashley. Rusev looks like a big doofis. It really ruins the whole show. If somebody thinks that\u2019s good TV, that\u2019s your business. The ratings continue to drop, and wrestlers keep asking for their release. Now you\u2019re seeing Oney Lorcan wanting to leave. Storylines are not consistent week to week. You\u2019re made a fool to pay attention because one week they\u2019ll do one thing and the next week another (example is the Becky-Charlotte-Natalya situation with the Kabuki Warriors). I\u2019m hoping once this Lana-Rusev story ends and we get past Survivor Series, we can get back to some semblance of normal, whatever that may be.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CATCH UP&#8230;\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/11\/11\/heydorns-wwe-raw-report-11-11-alt-perspective-coverage-of-the-live-show-including-lanas-big-announcement-becky-lynch-addresses-survivor-series-opponents-womens-tag-team-title-match-and-more\/\">HEYDORN\u2019S WWE RAW REPORT 11\/11: Alt Perspective coverage of the live show including Lana\u2019s big announcement, Becky Lynch addresses Survivor Series opponents, women\u2019s tag team title match, and more<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. Questions and discussion are welcome! 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