#2 Backstage details on botched finish during The New Day vs The Hurt Business on RAW
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Last week on RAW, the Tag Team Champions The New Day took on The Hurt Business. However, the match ended in a double count-out and was later restarted.
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As per Bryan Alvarez of WOR, this was not the originally planned finish for the match on RAW. Kofi Kingston was supposed to be counted out while Shelton Benjamin was not.
''I was told that the finish of the match was supposed to be that the Hurt Business would win via count-out, but they are supposed to call it like a shoot, and they didn't get in the ring fast enough, and so the referee called it a double count-out.''
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He also revealed why WWE Superstar MVP asked for the match to be restarted and how the botch wasn't a major one but still wasn't the original plan.
''MVP the heel cuts the promo saying, 'the fans don't want to see this, you're not gonna take that, are you? Get back in this ring, and let's restart it.' So yes, it was a botch, but it wasn't like a big time botch. It was just one guy who didn't get back in, so instead of a normal count out, it was a double count-out." H/t WrestlingNews.co
Alvarez also commented on the fact that The New Day were acting unnaturally heelish on RAW last week and that may be part of some upcoming angle.
Edited by James Sullivan