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Why Ricochet vs. Samoa Joe ended as a draw

Controversial finish

The second King of the Ring match of the night on RAW between Ricochet and Samoa Joe ended in a draw. The double pin left everyone confused and it was later revealed that both were going into the next round.

A triple threat match has been announced for next week with Barn Corbin joining Ricochet and Samoa Joe. Wrestling Observer Online have an update on the reason for it and state:

"The Ricochet match was designed to build up a match, a three-way match, for next week. It’s like, they had to get to a certain destination. The nature of how they got there wasn’t going to be as exciting as Cedric Alexander doing every cool thing that he knows and Baron Corbin being in the match.

So we’re doing a three-way, which actually makes no sense, but that’s what they are doing. The idea there is to showcase Ricochet, which is not saying that he is necessarily winning, he might be. But the idea is that in the match at the Garden, Ricochet is going to be the babyface against two heels and two big heels. And he’s not a big guy. So the dynamic is supposed to work for him.

I mean the match is for him. Just like the match with Cedric Alexander and Baron Corbin was clearly for Cedric Alexander but the nature of where they were going, which was the Garden with Ricochet in there against two heels necessitated that the heel wins, which was Baron Corbin. So that’s kind of the deal."