{"id":97262,"date":"2020-05-11T12:30:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-11T17:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=97262"},"modified":"2020-05-11T12:30:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T17:30:42","slug":"wwe-raw-primer-5-11-money-in-the-bank-fallout-the-viper-has-a-rated-r-hunter-the-man-to-confront-money-in-the-bank-winner-next-up-for-the-profits-and-the-raiders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/05\/11\/wwe-raw-primer-5-11-money-in-the-bank-fallout-the-viper-has-a-rated-r-hunter-the-man-to-confront-money-in-the-bank-winner-next-up-for-the-profits-and-the-raiders\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE RAW PRIMER 5\/11: Money in the Bank Fallout, The Viper Has a Rated-R Hunter, The Man to Confront Money in the Bank Winner, Next up for the Profits and the Raiders"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3213594125\" 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 \/>\nORLANDO, FL. AT THE PERFORMANCE CENTER<br \/>\nMAY 11, 2020<br \/>\nAIRS ON USA NETWORK, 8:00 p.m. EDT<br \/>\nBY FRANK PETEANI (@FrankPeteani), PWTORCH SPECIALIST<\/h3>\n<p><em>Announcers: Tom Phillips, Byron Saxton, Samoa Joe<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Top 10 Moments from Last Week\u2019s Show:<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Top 10 Raw moments: WWE Top 10, May 4, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/n3U2r9GD8XU?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>Money in the Bank Results Pertinent to Raw<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Bobby Lashley defeated R-Truth. MVP was to have been R-Truth\u2019s original opponent. Here\u2019s a WWE exclusive with Lana detailing the win (seriously):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lana gives lengthy details on V.I.P. celebration for Lashley\u2019s win: WWE Exclusive, May 10, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cd0LzA-3Fr4?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>Drew McIntyre defeated Seth Rollins to retain the WWE Championship. This was Drew before the match:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Drew McIntyre\u2019s mindset remains the same: WWE Exclusive, May 10, 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZRQ-jpNwaIY?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<ul>\n<li>Asuka defeated Carmella, Lacey Evans, Dana Brooke, Shayna Baszler, and Nia Jax.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We move past Money in the Bank and head towards Backlash, which we learned will take place on June 14 next month. Backlash first took place in 1999 and was frequently the follow-up to WrestleMania. It was dormant from 2010 to 2015 and returned in September of 2016 and has been randomly placed in WWE\u2019s PPV chronology. The last event took place two years ago following the first WWE Saudi Arabia show, the Greatest Royal Rumble.<\/p>\n<h3>Items Advertised by WWE<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Becky Lynch to confront Women\u2019s Money in the Bank contract holder Asuka this Monday on Raw<\/li>\n<li>Edge is on the hunt for Randy Orton<\/li>\n<li>How will the Street Profits-Viking Raiders rivalry evolve?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Raw Women\u2019s Champion Becky Lynch to Confront Money in the Bank Contract Holder<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Sunday:\u00a0<\/strong>Before we get on with the (Quarantine) Mother\u2019s Day festivities, I started the Raw primer as I do usually every Sunday. Last week, they told us Becky Lynch would confront the Money in the Bank winner on Raw next week (tonight). Is that a tell that either Nia Jax, Asuka, or Shayna Baszler are winning the match? What happens if Lacey Evans, Dana Brooke, or Carmella wins the match? Do they or whomever wins Money in the Bank have the right to cash in on the champion of their choosing? If I remember correctly, I thought Edge went from Raw to Smackdown in 2007 when he cashed in on the Undertaker. I could be wrong. That said, WWE acknowledged Becky\u2019s Raw title run with 397 days being the most days holding it in history. The championship became brand specific during the second iteration of the roster split which began in July of 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday:\u00a0<\/strong>We know now that Asuka won the Money in the Bank contract. Asuka has been a longtime rival of Becky Lynch after defeating her at the Royal Rumble in 2019 to retain the Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship at the time. One year later, Becky would return the favor at the 2020 Royal Rumble and defeat Asuka to retain the Raw title. At the time, Becky claimed Asuka was \u201cone more debt\u201d she had to pay as the loss hung over her head for a year. She would subsequently defeat Asuka on Raw.<\/p>\n<p>Just when Becky thought she rid herself of a monkey on her back so to speak, Asuka now looms as the Money in the Bank contract holder. Tonight, Becky confronts Asuka.<\/p>\n<p><em>Frank\u2019s Analysis: Given how they\u2019ve built up Asuka in recent times, I\u2019m not surprised she got the nod last night. To be honest, when she stood above everyone during the entrances last night, I knew she was winning. I\u2019m good with this. Asuka is a talent and should be pushed as such. I\u2019ll admit I wasn\u2019t ready to go back to the Becky-Asuka feud so soon, but Asuka is a different character than what she was a few months ago at least to me. I\u2019m curious how it plays out. I am concerned about how they feel about Shayna Baszler, as she was a non-factor at best. I would think she, Asuka, Becky, and even Nia Jax would be the players for the Raw title over the next year. We\u2019ll have to watch and see how things play out.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>Edge on the Hunt for Randy Orton<\/h3>\n<p>When we last saw WWE Hall of Famer Edge and Randy Orton, Edge defeated Orton in a Last Man Standing match at WrestleMania. At the time it was the culmination of a longtime friendship and rivalry which reignited when Edge returned at the Royal Rumble earlier in the year. Edge eliminated Orton, and Orton RKO\u2019d him the following night on Raw after it appeared they were going to start working together again as Rated RKO. As we headed towards WrestleMania, Orton went so far as to RKO Edge\u2019s wife and fellow WWE Hall of Famer Beth Phoenix. Orton\u2019s claim was he loved Edge like family and wanted to take him out so he could be home with his wife and children and not put his health at risk wrestling.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-967797373\" 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>Here we are a little over a month after WrestleMania (it feels like a year), and WWE has told us Edge and Orton will be on Raw tonight. They said Edge will be \u201con the hunt\u201d for his longtime friend and rival, but it\u2019s not clear as to whether they will have a match. Here\u2019s the video WWE showed us, which Orton retweeted:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEXT WEEK.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWERaw?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWERaw<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdgeRatedR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EdgeRatedR<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandyOrton?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RandyOrton<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mB5Xh0pNN7\">pic.twitter.com\/mB5Xh0pNN7<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/1257502199061590019?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2020<\/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: Greg Parks and I talked about what may be next for Edge when I was on Wrestling Night in America last week. My thought was he would likely be at SummerSlam, perhaps involved with A.J. Styles or someone like that. I didn\u2019t he\u2019d be back now, much less getting involved with Orton again. It is the night after Money in the Bank, and I don\u2019t care what anybody says. Edge made the cash-in cool. That said, I don\u2019t suspect a match is on the docket for tonight. They could be setting something up for the next PPV or planting seeds for something at SummerSlam.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>The Next Phase of the Raw Tag Team Champions the Street Profits and the Viking Raiders<\/h3>\n<p>Last week, the Viking Raiders (Erik and Ivar) defeated the Raw Tag Team Champions the Street Profits (Montez Ford &amp; Angelo Dawkins) in a non-title match. The Viking Raiders last held the titles from October of 2019 until January of this year when they lost to Seth Rollins &amp; Murphy. The feud between the two teams has been rooted in the Profits \u201cfollowing\u201d the Raiders becoming tag team champions but not actually defeating them. The Raiders surrendered the NXT Tag Team Championship last year following their call-up to Raw. The Profits would subsequently win the championship at Takeover 25. They were moved to Raw and won the titles from Rollins and Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s been a back-and-forth on Twitter between the teams. WWE\u2019s website has the full docket of tweets. Here\u2019s a sample:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Well, we have won more titles than you two, all around the world&#8230; we can beat you guys at anything. Ax tossing, Feast Eating, Boat Rowing, Combat, Cartwheels, and People Tossing<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MontezFordWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MontezFordWWE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Erik_WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Erik_WWE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AngeloDawkins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AngeloDawkins<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeWantTheSmoke?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WeWantTheSmoke<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/JoinTheRaid?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#JoinTheRaid<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CNNhk8UXPX\">https:\/\/t.co\/CNNhk8UXPX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MEYcH8w0Is\">pic.twitter.com\/MEYcH8w0Is<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ivar (@Ivar_WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ivar_WWE\/status\/1259229731821584386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>WWE is not advertising that there will be a match tonight, instead questioning how their \u201crivalry will evolve.\u201d I can\u2019t help but think we\u2019ll get a title match, if not tonight but soon.<\/p>\n<p>Frank\u2019s Analysis: I don\u2019t have much to add other than I like the fact we\u2019re getting a serious feud budding between the teams. I like when the Profits stay in the lane of being serious with their comedy mixed in with the right dose. I\u2019m down on the Raiders, but I wonder if they\u2019re moving away from their costume-wearing grovel-talking weirdness and heading towards just an ass-kicking top-end team.<\/p>\n<h3>Other Match Results and News Items from Last Week<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>A.J. Styles won a Last Chance Gauntlet match to earn the final spot in the Money in the Bank match which was ultimately won by Otis of Smackdown. Styles had the briefcase but dropped it into Otis\u2019 hand. I suppose you have the \u201cmaintain possession\u201d of the briefcase to win it. WWE should have had Mike Pereira from the NFL on hand to explain possession the way he has to explain it during the broadcast of football games. Maybe they\u2019ll bring him in this week, I don\u2019t know.<\/li>\n<li>Brandon Vink &amp; Shane Thorne defeated Ricochet &amp; Cedric Alexander.<\/li>\n<li>NXT Women\u2019s Champion Charlotte Flair defeated Liv Morgan in a non-title match.<\/li>\n<li>In advance of defending the WWE Championship against Seth Rollins, Drew McIntyre defeated Murphy in a non-title match.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Final Thoughts<\/h3>\n<p>I enjoyed Money in the Bank in the grand scheme of things, and I\u2019m genuinely curious where they go with Asuka and Otis. I can\u2019t be sold that Otis is going to hold on to the contract given the controversy, and we\u2019ll see if they address it tonight with A.J. Styles being on Raw. I\u2019m very intrigued by the handshake between McIntyre and Rollins after the WWE Championship match and what it means. Outside of that and everything else discussed in this report, we chug along with the empty arena shows.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Follow Frank on Twitter @FrankPeteani. 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