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Monday Night Raw was stacked this week as the King of the Ring Tournament continued and the build-up to Clash of Champions reached its peak as two huge matches were announced. Seth Rollins and Braun Strowman will defend their Raw Tag Team Championships against the mismatched team of Dolph Ziggler and Robert Roode before the two men will then face off in the main event with Rollins' Universal Championship on the line.
Raw was live from New Orleans and saw a huge main event match between Braun Strowman and AJ Styles for the United States Championship, even though Strowman already holds the Raw Tag Team Championship.
As ever, it was an incredible episode of Monday Night Raw, but with every live show there is always the risk of botches and here are just a few that many eagle-eyed members of the WWE Universe were able to pick up on this week.
#4. Seth Rollins is on a trip
Seth Rollins and Becky Lynch got engaged last week and were both on a trip to Hawaii this week which meant that they weren't part of this week's episode of Raw, but Seth Rollins was part of a pre-recorded backstage segment where he accepted Braun Strowman's challenge for the Universal Championship at Clash of Champions in a few weeks time.
The backstage interview saw Strowman seemingly lay down the challenge as they celebrated winning the Raw Tag Team Championships following last week's show. The issue with the backstage segment was the fact that the corner on one side of the screen said "last week" whilst the other side of the screen tried to state that it was "Live." It was slightly confusing and many members of the WWE Universe have taken to Social Media to point out how confusing this entire segment was.
#3. Braun Strowman is fighting for the Universal Championship?
Braun Strowman was present this week on Raw without his partner Seth Rollins and was part of a backstage interview with Kayla Braxton where he was asked about his main event match against AJ Styles. The Monster Among Men fought The Phenomenal One for the United States Championship in the main event, but when asked about the match he stated that he was fighting for the Universal Championship instead.
It's easy to see why Braun would be confused, after all, he's fighting for the United States Championship this week, he won the Raw Tag Team Championships last week and in a few short weeks, he will be challenging Seth Rollins for the Universal Championship. Despite this, it was the United States Championship that he was fighting for this week, so it was a huge mistake on his behalf.
Styles vs Strowman wasn't without botches either since AJ Styles slipped on the middle rope as he looked for the springboard moonsault. The ropes have hindered Styles on a number of occasions, but this was a slip that could have cost him the pin since the slip meant that Strowman was able to kick out at two.
#2. Drew McIntyre vs Ricochet
Ricochet picked up one of the biggest wins of his career this past week on Raw when he was able to defeat Drew McIntyre in what was easily the match of the night. Even though the match had the crowd chanting "This is Awesome" it doesn't mean that it was without botches since there was a point in the match where McIntyre was supposed to be thrown out of the ring, but instead, he received a back elbow from The One and Only as he pulled his arm back.
The duo later went on to re-do the spot that saw McIntyre thrown from the ring which made it obvious that the botch was not supposed to happen. The two men were able to pull the match back and put on a fantastic show where Ricochet was able to knock off The Scottish Star who many believed was the favorite to win the whole tournament, it will be interesting to see how The One and Only fares against Samoa Joe next week when he collides with the Samoan Submission Machine in the quarter-finals of the King of the Ring Tournament.
#1. Tag Team Turmoil
Eight tag teams were part of a turmoil match this week on Raw where the winner would be handed a shot at the Raw Tag Team Championships at Clash of Champions next month. As ever, when there are several teams included in a match there is always a number of botches.
The referee was then in on the action when The Revival joined the action since he was out of position talking to Robert Roode in the corner when he should have been watching for pins. The commentary team called him up on the fact that he wasn't there for a pin and it wasn't counted.
Dolph Ziggler was then stuck in enemy territory when he was in The Revival's corner and decided to throw elbows to get him out of danger. Interestingly, Dash Wilder wasn't on the corner when he threw the second elbow, which means that there wasn't anyone there to take the elbow so he just threw it at the rope.
Ziggler and Roode were still able to come out on top despite the issues with the official and will now challenge for the Raw Tag Team Championships at Clash of Champions.
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