{"id":89632,"date":"2019-11-25T17:27:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-25T23:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=89632"},"modified":"2019-11-25T17:27:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T23:27:31","slug":"wwe-raw-primer-11-25-survivor-series-fallout-u-s-championship-a-return-to-in-show-feuds-following-brand-supremacy-battles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/11\/25\/wwe-raw-primer-11-25-survivor-series-fallout-u-s-championship-a-return-to-in-show-feuds-following-brand-supremacy-battles\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE RAW PRIMER 11\/25: Survivor Series Fallout, U.S. Championship, A Return to In-Show Feuds Following Brand Supremacy Battles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3369397649\" 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 \/>\nNOVEMBER 25, 2019<br \/>\nCHICAGO, ILL. AT THE ALLSTATE ARENA<br \/>\nAIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 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, Survivor Series Results, Top 10 Moments from Last Week, and Items Advertised by WWE<\/h3>\n<p>So, who hasn\u2019t had enough wrestling the last three nights? If that\u2019s you, well WWE rolls out another episode of Monday Night Raw tonight. They remain in the Allstate Arena as they have since Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the results of Survivor Series. Check out Wade Keller\u2019s PPV for more details on each match:<\/p>\n<h3>Kickoff Show:<\/h3>\n<p>\u00b7 Robert Roode &amp; Dolph Ziggler won a tag team battle royal for the Tag Team World Cup trophy. Well, it should have been them.<br \/>\n\u00b7 Lio Rush retained the NXT Cruiserweight Championship over Akira Tozawa of Raw and Kalisto of Smackdown.<br \/>\n\u00b7 Raw Tag Team Champions the Viking Raiders (Erik &amp; Ivar) defeated Smackdown champs New Day (Big E &amp; Kofi Kingston) and NXT champs Undisputed Era (Bobby Fish &amp; Kyle O\u2019Reilly).<\/p>\n<h3>Main Show:<\/h3>\n<p>\u00b7 Team NXT won the women\u2019s triple threat Survivor Series match when Rhea Ripley hit Riptide on Sasha Banks to be the sole survivor.<br \/>\n\u00b7 NXT North American Champion Roderick Strong defeated U.S. Champion A.J. Styles and Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura<br \/>\n\u00b7 Adam Cole retained the NXT Championship over Pete Dunne<br \/>\n\u00b7 \u201cThe Fiend\u201d Bray Wyatt retained the Universal Championship over Daniel Bryan<br \/>\n\u00b7 Team Smackdown won the men\u2019s triple threat Survivor Series match when Roman Reigns eliminated Keith Lee of team NXT to be the sole survivor.<br \/>\n\u00b7 Brock Lesnar retained the WWE Championship over Rey Mysterio<br \/>\n\u00b7 NXT Shayna Baszler defeated Raw Women\u2019s Champion Becky Lynch and Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion Bayley.<\/p>\n<p>Here are WWE&#8217;s picks for the top 10 moments of last week\u2019s Raw:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top 10 Raw moments: WWE Top 10, Nov. 18, 2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1Yyw0rvBE_U?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>WWE.com thus far does not have their official preview up likely due to last night being Survivor Series. We know of one match in which A.J. Styles will defend his U.S. Championship against Humberto Carrillo. We\u2019ll preview that match here and look at some of the big takes from the show last night as well as from Raw last week. We put Survivor Series behind us now as well as all the brand supremacy craziness and start to turn our attention towards TLC, which rolls in Sunday, December 15. I very much look forward to previewing that show with long-time PWTorch columnist Greg Parks on Wrestling Night in America one week before on December 8.<\/p>\n<h3>Matches &amp; Segments:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>U.S. Championship: A.J. Styles (champ) vs. Humberto Carrillo<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2663750852\" 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, Humberto Carrillo defeated Karl Anderson of the O.C. with the Street Profits in his corner. They weren\u2019t originally there but came down as the rest of the O.C. (Luke Gallows and A.J. Styles) were getting involved.<\/p>\n<p>Before the match, A.J. Styles said he would have loved to put the title on the line against Carrillo, but Carrillo disrespected him a week earlier (glad he gets to make that decision). This week no such luck for A.J. as he must defend his title. He previously retained over Carrillo at Crown Jewel. Here\u2019s A.J. on Twitter:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dream match Sunday. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SurvivorSeries?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SurvivorSeries<\/a><br \/>Dream crusher Monday. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Raw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Raw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xL4oYgPFXc\">https:\/\/t.co\/xL4oYgPFXc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AJ Styles (@AJStylesOrg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJStylesOrg\/status\/1196900119133773826?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 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 still don\u2019t see Carrillo winning the title here, although I don\u2019t necessarily rule it out. If he doesn\u2019t, you hope he\u2019s not damaged in the process having lost as much as he has thus far on the main roster. He got a token pin over A.J. a few weeks ago and beat Anderson last week, someone he should beat. That\u2019s the problem with jamming new talent right into title pictures from the get-go if you don\u2019t want to put the title on them.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Big Takes from Survivor Series<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Charlotte Flair &amp; Asuka<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Charlotte Flair and Asuka have been on the dance floor in many ways over the past two years. You go back to Asuka winning the 2018 Royal Rumble and challenging Flair unsuccessfully for the Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship at that year\u2019s WrestleMania. Earlier in this year, just prior to \u2018Mania, she took the same title off Asuka in an unannounced match on Smackdown. Recently, they\u2019ve been at it in tag team matches as Charlotte has paired with both Natalya and Raw Women\u2019s Champion Becky Lynch. Last night at in the triple threat women\u2019s Survivor Series match, they got into it which lead to Asuka spraying green mist in Charlotte\u2019s eyes and then she walked out on team Raw.<\/p>\n<p>Asuka currently holds the Women\u2019s Tag Team Championship with her Kabuki Warrior partner Kairi Sane. They paired with Charlotte, Natalya, and Sarah Logan in the Survivor Series match last night. Sane was eliminated by Sasha Banks of Smackdown. As a result of what happened between Charlotte and Asuka, look for that to continue and Charlotte possibly going after the tag titles with Natalya. They were supposed to challenge them a few weeks ago, but Natalya couldn\u2019t be at the show. Asuka had a little trash talk for Charlotte on Twitter. Also, take a look at this video on WWE Japan\u2019s Twitter account, where Asuka and Sane were visibly upset:<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Charlotte is not the Queen\ud83e\udd2e <br \/>I am the Empress\ud83e\udd21 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JyaXhWnuuq\">pic.twitter.com\/JyaXhWnuuq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The legendary Empress ASUKA \/ \u4f1d\u8aac\u306eASUKA\u7687\u540e (@WWEAsuka) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEAsuka\/status\/1198852927680602112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWEJapan\/status\/1198838554987679745?s=20<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seth Rollins and Kevin Owens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prior to the men\u2019s Survivor Series triple threat match, team captain Seth Rollins had words with teammate Kevin Owens. He questioned his loyalty to Raw, considering he took part in the WarGames match the night before on Tommaso Ciampa\u2019s team. Owens said his participation was to get revenge on Undisputed Era for them attacking him on Raw last week. He also said he loves NXT, but they don\u2019t need him right now. He turned the tables on Rollins and questioned his loyalty, and then put out the Shield fist bump. For those new to the game here, he was referring to Rollins turning on his Shield brothers Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose back in mid-2014.<\/p>\n<p>Owens eliminated Shorty G of Smackdown in the match but was then eliminated by his NXT teammate of the night before, Tommaso Ciampa. Rollins eliminated hometown favorite Mustafa Ali of Smackdown and Ciampa but was then eliminated by NXT\u2019s Keith Lee.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: Based on that interaction and given how Rollins has gotten such a negative reaction as of late, look for more to develop between Rollins and Owens. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised at some point if Rollins turns heel on Owens at some point and they have a feud. You have to make sure you position Owens as a strong babyface to make it effective. Here in 2019, his booking has been subpar at best.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next Challenger for Brock Lesnar<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last night, Rey Mysterio failed to capture the WWE Championship in a no-holds barred match against Brock Lesnar. His son Dominick, who had been taken out by Lesnar on Raw almost two months ago, came out in an attempt to help his father. They each gave Lesnar a low blow, a dueling 619, and frog splashes off the top rope. Lesnar fought them off, and eventually hit his F5 on Rey for the win.<\/p>\n<p>TLC is the next PPV event and then the Royal Rumble. Lesnar usually does not work the \u201cB\u201d events, but we\u2019ll see what happens considering Dominick at one point used a chair in the match. They can always have a \u201cchairs\u201d match although I can\u2019t remember the last time Lesnar worked a match of that kind.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I didn\u2019t like the framing of Mysterio here. It made it look like the only way he could win was by using weapons and having his son help him. I get he\u2019s way smaller than Lesnar, but Mysterio has made a career of going toe to toe with big guys you would never depict him fighting against. I think we\u2019d have been better served if he got some offense in, but just came up short. I also wonder if something develops with Dominick down the line, meaning him turning on his father.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Next Up for Raw Women\u2019s Champion Becky Lynch<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the main event last night, NXT Women\u2019s Champion Shayna Baszler defeated Smackdown Women\u2019s Champion Bayley and Raw Champ Becky Lynch in a triple threat match. Baszler won by tapping Bayley to her Kirafuda Clutch.<\/p>\n<p>After the match, Becky went after Baszler as she was celebrating on the announce table. She put her through it, and then gave her a double leg drop. She then held up her Raw title to close out the show. Since this was the last match, many were expecting Ronda Rousey to appear but that did not come to fruition. Becky of course defeated Ronda and Charlotte Flair at WrestleMania to win both the Raw and Smackdown Women\u2019s Championships. Baszler is a close friend of Ronda\u2019s, and they are half of the Four Horsewomen of MMA with NXT\u2019s Jessamyn Duke and Marina Shafir.<\/p>\n<p>With Survivor Series behind us, we likely start to see who will be positioned as Becky\u2019s next challenger.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I was not in the majority of people expecting Ronda Rousey. I wasn\u2019t a big fan of what they did to end the show, but I guess I can buy it. That said, they have brought up the fact that Becky lost to Asuka earlier in the year. I could see her being positioned as Becky\u2019s challenger in the near future to allow Becky to get rid of that \u201cdemon\u201d if you will. Charlotte is involved too based on last night, so we\u2019ll see how it all comes together.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Other Results and Issues from Raw Last Week Not Addressed at Survivor Series<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 AOP attacked Curt Hawkins &amp; Zack Ryder before their championship match against the Viking Raiders, and thus could not compete. Hawkins &amp; Ryder did partake in the tag team battle royal.<br \/>\n\u00b7 Lana said she has filed for divorce from Rusev. Rusev must stay 90 miles \u2026 no 90 feet from her. Her new boyfriend Bobby Lashley went on to defeat No Way Jose.<br \/>\n\u00b7 In a match to determine the Raw team captain for last night\u2019s triple threat match, Seth Rollins defeated Andrade via DQ when Lucha House Party got involved. After the match, Rollins told Andrade \u201cwe\u2019ll do this again.\u201d<br \/>\n\u00b7 Buddy Murphy defeated Akira Tozawa. Funny, shouldn\u2019t Murphy have gotten the slot in the triple threat match for the NXT Cruiserweight Championship against Lio Rush on the pre-show and not Tozawa?<br \/>\n\u00b7 Erick Rowan won a squash match and talked to his whatever in the cage that has a camera in it.<br \/>\n\u00b7 Asuka defeated Natalya.<br \/>\n\u00b7 Randy Orton and Ricochet teamed to challenge the Viking Raiders for the Raw Tag Team Championship. The match ended in a no-contest when wrestlers from Smackdown and NXT got involved and broke out into a brawl leading into Survivor Series.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Summary &amp; Closing Thoughts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am thankful we are done with the brand supremacy craziness and can get back to normal. I\u2019ll talk about some of the stuff pertinent to Smackdown in Friday\u2019s primer, but I\u2019m curious where things go there as well as what happens on Raw. It\u2019s clear the crowd has rejected Rollins, so they\u2019ll have to do something there. Owens is in an interesting spot. McIntyre eliminated Walter early but then was eliminated by Reigns. There are worse things than getting eliminated by someone still viewed as the top guy, but it\u2019s still bizarre to see how he\u2019s been booked. I\u2019m curious to see how people are positioned going forward coming out of last night as we head towards the holidays and eventually \u201cWrestleMania season.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Follow Frank on Twitter @frankpeteani. Questions and discussion are welcome! 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