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It was the penultimate episode of Monday Night Raw ahead of Survivor Series this week and WWE made the trip over to British shores to present their two main roster shows from Manchester, England.
Whilst Monday Night Raw housed a number of Survivor Series announcements, there wasn't anything groundbreaking that took place on this week's show which could easily be described as a solid show that didn't see many stars forced to break a sweat throughout the show.
Whilst there were a number of memorable moments this week since AOP lifted their first Championships on the main roster, there were also a number of botches that the casual wrestling fan may have missed.
#3 The Brawl That Started It All
This week's episode of Raw kicked off with Baron Corbin, who named Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre as the first two names for the Raw Survivor Series team before he was interrupted by Braun Strowman.
Strowman took out the security who were surrounding the ring to protect Baron Corbin and actually tripped over one of the men as he looked to take them all out in record time. He then turned his attention to the crowd of WWE stars on the ramp and brawled with Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre.
What wasn't picked up on the TV cameras was the fact that Drake Maverick fell over when he was trying to run away, but managed to pick himself back up and head to the back before he was stood on. There were a number of botches throughout the segment as the WWE Universe took over and refused to allow Corbin to speak, but the biggest issue was the fact that there were too many people on stage and they all got in each other's way.
#2 Drew McIntyre isn't selling
Kurt Angle's ankle lock was always seen as one of the submissions that many stars were unable to get out of, but last night on Raw, Drew McIntyre proved that times have definitely changed. It was Angle's first match on Raw in more than 12 years and he was able to lock in the ankle lock on McIntyre, but he was able to fight out.
As the video below shows, McIntyre sold the ankle injury for a few seconds before he lifted Angle up for the Angle Slam and then went on to lock in the Ankle Lock on Angle himself where he wrapped his legs around the WWE Hall of Famer in order to force him to tap. Somehow McIntyre went from being unable to put pressure on his left leg to be able to use it to pick up the win in a matter of seconds, which is quite impressive.
#1 Why aren't you counting?
Alexa Bliss announced an Elimination rematch between Natalya, Sasha Banks, Bayley, and The Riott Squad last night on Raw which saw Natalya announce that she would be wearing her late father's sunglasses to bring her luck.
Nattie was about to force Sarah Logan to tap to the Sharpshooter before Ruby Riott picked up the glasses and snapped them in front of her. The match then came to an end as Nattie sat crying and Riott, Logan and Morgan made their way up the ramp. The fans in attendance were so confused that they decided to remind the referee that he should be counting The Riott Squad out and that would then be the end of the match.
The WWE Universe can be heard on the following video counting to ten to remind the referee, but there was still no definitive end to the match and no official announcement from the ring announcer either.
