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After taping the November 8 episode of SmackDown in Manchester, England, WWE also recorded matches and segments for the November 11 episode of RAW.
The company usually tapes SmackDown and RAW on separate nights during the biannual UK tour. However, they decided to record both shows back-to-back on Friday, meaning results and spoilers are available for Monday’s RAW three days before the episode will air.
The most recent episode of the Red brand’s show mostly revolved around Seth Rollins, who could not decide whether or not to accept Triple H’s offer to join Team NXT ahead of Survivor Series.
Did the former Universal Champion opt to align with his long-time mentor? And which NXT Superstars made their presence felt on the show?
In this article, let’s take a look at 12 spoilers from the pre-recorded episode of RAW.
#1 The Kabuki Warriors retained against Becky Lynch & Charlotte Flair
One week after Charlotte Flair and Natalya defeated Asuka and Kairi Sane on RAW, Becky Lynch and Flair joined forces to challenge The Kabuki Warriors for the Women’s Tag Team titles in the first match of the night.
NXT Women’s Champion Shayna Baszler, who faces Lynch and Bayley in a Champion vs. Champion vs. Champion Triple Threat match at Survivor Series on November 24, appeared at ringside to get a closer look at one of her upcoming opponents.
Unfortunately for Lynch, another of her Survivor Series rivals – SmackDown Women’s Champion Bayley – proved to be a distraction after she began to attack Baszler at ringside.
This caused Lynch to focus on the action outside of the ring, allowing Asuka to roll “The Man” up to retain the Women’s Tag Team titles for The Kabuki Warriors.
Baszler then scurried away, while Bayley gained the upper hand ahead of Survivor Series by attacking Lynch.
#2 Drew McIntyre defeated Sin Cara
The action kept on rolling immediately after the first match, with Drew McIntyre earning a very positive reaction from the United Kingdom crowd ahead of his one-on-one battle with Sin Cara.
It will come as no surprise that Sin Cara, who has not won a RAW match since November 2016, failed to produce a shock against one of the Red brand’s top draft picks.
The finish saw McIntyre hit his trademark Claymore on his masked opponent to pick up a predictable win.
#3 The 24/7 Championship match ended without a winner
R-Truth received an opportunity at the 24/7 Championship in a handicap match against both Singh Brothers.
Unfortunately for the 21-time Champion, he failed to realise that the current Champion – Samir Singh – could simply run away and still retain his title, and that is exactly what he did.
WWE has three days to produce the full episode of RAW, so there is a chance that any backstage segments (and possible title changes) might not have been shown to the Manchester crowd.
#4 Seth Rollins received boos from the UK crowd
Seth Rollins received loud boos as he began to cut a promo about Triple H’s NXT offer. The crowd cheered when he mentioned his Universal Championship loss to “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt, while they booed again when he said he is the best wrestler in the world.
He then issued an Open Challenge for the United Kingdom's "best" to face him in a match.
Seconds later, Imperium’s music hit, setting up a dream match between Rollins and WWE United Kingdom Champion WALTER.
#5 Seth Rollins defeated WALTER via disqualification
Seth Rollins looked on course to defeat WALTER as he prepared to hit a stomp after a superkick. However, the rest of Imperium rushed into the ring, just like The Undisputed ERA on the last episode of RAW, to cause a disqualification.
The Street Profits and Kevin Owens then made the save to set up an eight-man tag team match.
#6 Seth Rollins’ makeshift team defeated Imperium
The finish to the eight-man tag team match saw Kevin Owens hit a stunner on Fabian Aichner and Seth Rollins hit a stomp on Alexander Wolfe.
Rollins then pinned Aichner to pick up the 1-2-3 for his team.
#7 Randy Orton agreed to face The O.C.
The O.C. mocked Humberto Carrillo and Ricochet backstage and said they would face the two men later in the night if they can find themselves a partner.
Randy Orton then appeared and agreed to team with the babyface duo of Carrillo and Ricochet, teasing a possible face turn.
#8 Andrade defeated Cedric Alexander
Andrade and Cedric Alexander are both contenders to be WWE’s Breakout Star of 2019 after picking up a series of victories on main-roster television throughout the year.
This one-on-one match ended up going the way of Andrade, who earned the win with a Hammerlock DDT.
#9 Lana is pregnant!
Lana could hardly be heard over the raucous boos and “Boring!” chants from the Manchester fans.
Rusev’s wife revealed that she is nine weeks pregnant and that Rusev – not Bobby Lashley – is the father. She announced the news by claiming she has a “little machka” inside her, and the baby cannot be Lashley’s because they only got together seven weeks ago.
Lana and Rusev went on to have a disagreement about trust and their relationship in a segment that has been widely mocked on social media by the fans who were in attendance.
Lashley then raced down to the ring and took out Rusev with an almighty chokeslam.
#10 Erick Rowan won a squash match
With no Daniel Bryan or Luke Harper by his side, Erick Rowan has been left to go it all alone as a member of the RAW roster following the 2019 draft.
This week's taping saw him take on the role of The Viking Raiders by recording a dominant victory over local talent Soner Dursun.
#11 The Viking Raiders defeated Flash Morgan Webster & Mark Andrews
Speaking of The Viking Raiders, the RAW Tag Team Champions were in action in the next match on the card.
This was not quite the squash match that they usually compete in on Monday nights – Flash Morgan Webster and Mark Andrews are former NXT UK Tag Team Champions after all – but it was still a relatively comfortable win, with The Viking Raiders hitting their double-team finisher on Andrews to seal the victory.
#12 Orton, Carrillo & Ricochet defeated The O.C.
The main event saw Randy Orton team with Humberto Carrillo and Ricochet against AJ Styles, Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows.
Much of the match revolved around the dissension between tag partners Orton and Ricochet, which allowed The O.C., specifically Styles, to take advantage.
In the end, the makeshift trio worked well together and surprisingly emerged with the victory after Carrillo hit a moonsault to earn a huge pinfall win over Styles.
Ricochet and Orton exchanged words post-match, seemingly confirming that they will feud with each other in the future.
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