Kevin Owens vs. Ezekiel in a Hell in a Cell rematch has been announced for next week’s WWE Raw.
The match was set up in a promo segment on this week’s episode. Following an Ezekiel win over Otis, Ezekiel issued the challenge to Owens for next week. Owens said that he would only agree to the match if Ezekiel admitted that he was Elias.
Ezekiel said that he was Elias, and Owens agreed to the match. Ezekiel then told Owens that he had lied just to get the rematch, and he was not Elias, then hit Owens with a flying knee strike.
Owens defeated Ezekiel with a stunner in a singles match at Hell in a Cell on June 5 in Rosemont, Illinois.
Next week’s Raw takes place at the INTRUST Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas on Monday, June 13.
Elias returned to WWE TV tonight on Raw, though he claimed that he’s actually his younger brother.
As Kevin Owens talked about his loss to ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin at WrestleMania 38, Elias came out with a new look, no longer sporting a beard and wearing wrestling trunks. Elias told Owens that he was not Elias, but Elias’s younger brother, Ezekiel. Owens was confused and didn’t believe him. After Ezekiel made comments about Owens’ loss, Owens left.
Elias has not been on television since last July, when he lost to the since-released Jaxson Ryker. He had been feuding with Ryker after the two lost a Raw Tag Team Championship match to AJ Styles and Omos. In vignettes that aired the following month, Elias was shown destroying his guitar, signifying the end of that incarnation of the character. However, he remained off television until tonight.
Having been on the main roster since 2017, Elias had mainly used a gimmick where he would play the guitar during segments and prior to matches. He is a former WWE 24/7 Champion.
Two new matches have been announced for next week’s Raw.
A strap match between Jaxson Ryker and Elias will take place. A final Raw Money in the Bank men’s qualifying match has also been announced, with Randy Orton, AJ Styles, and Drew McIntyre battling it out in a triple threat match after all three lost qualifying matches on tonight’s show.
Ryker and Elias have been feuding ever since Elias abandoned Ryker in a tag team match, effectively ending their alliance. The two have faced off in singles matches on Raw for the last two weeks, but both times Elias opted to walk out of the match, causing Ryker to win by count out.
Orton, Styles, and McIntyre all took part in qualifying matches for Money in the Bank tonight. Styles lost to Ricochet after The Viking Raiders interfered, taking out Styles’ tag team partner Omos. McIntyre lost to Riddle after a roll-up, and Orton lost to John Morrison after Riddle came out on his scooter to chase The Miz around ringside, causing Orton to become distracted.
Two new matches, including a Tag Team title match, have been added to this week’s WWE Raw.
AJ Styles & Omos will defend their Raw Tag Team titles against Elias & Jaxson Ryker on Raw this Monday night. A singles match between Randy Orton and Xavier Woods has also been added to the show.
Ryker defeated Styles on last week’s episode of Raw after Elias interfered and attacked Styles. Omos emerged after the match and confronted Elias, sending both him and Ryker away.
Orton will face Woods after Riddle managed to defeat Woods on last week’s Raw. Woods has been feuding with RKBro in recent weeks after Orton attacked both Woods and Kofi Kingston unprovoked following an eight-man tag team match where RKBro and The New Day teamed together.
A number one contender’s match with Drew McIntyre facing Kingston has already been announced for this Monday’s Raw. The winner will challenge for Bobby Lashley’s WWE Championship at Hell in a Cell on Sunday, June 20. McIntyre and Kingston’s number one contender’s match has a stipulation where — if Lashley or MVP interfere or even come out to ringside — Lashley will be suspended without pay for 90 days.
Shayna Baszler vs. Reginald is also set for this Monday’s Raw. Plus, The Miz will return to host a Miz TV segment with Raw Women’s Champion Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair. It will be Miz’s first appearance since losing to Damian Priest in a zombie lumberjack match at WrestleMania Backlash earlier this month.
Elias replaced Shane McMahon for his match against Braun Strowman tonight at Fastlane.
During the pre-show, it was announced that Shane McMahon had suffered a leg injury while training for tonight’s match. After he left the trainer’s room in a backstage segment on pay-per-view, he ran into Elias and Jaxson Ryker. Elias told Shane that he wanted to hold a concert at WrestleMania. This led to a situation later in the pay-per-view where Elias started to perform in front of Shane McMahon. Shane then told Elias he would be facing Strowman in his place. Strowman then arrived as Shane left.
The match didn’t last long, as Strowman pinned Elias with a running powerslam.
Shane McMahon and Elias have been feuding for the last month, with the story being that Shane is bullying Strowman by calling him stupid. In a confrontation during Raw last week, Shane attacked Strowman with a television camera, then took out two buckets of slime and poured it on Strowman.
Keith Lee is off tonight’s Elimination Chamber pay-per-view event.
WWE confirmed this afternoon on social media that Keith Lee would be unable to compete tonight, citing injuries sustained by Bobby Lashley’s attack two weeks ago on Raw. A fatal four way match will take place tonight on the pre-show prior to Elimination Chamber, with the winner facing Riddle and Lashley in a triple threat match for Lashley’s United States title. PWInsider originally reported this afternoon that Lee was off the event.
The participants for the fatal four way match include Mustafa Ali, Ricochet, Elias, and John Morrison.
The United States title match was set up two weeks ago on Raw when Keith Lee defeated Riddle. Lashley then came out and attacked both men, laying out Lee with steel stairs and putting Riddle in The Hurt Lock submission. It was later announced that both men would face Lashley in a triple threat match. On this past Monday’s Raw, it was mentioned on commentary that Lee may have been injured as a result of Lashley’s attack.
Carlito wrestled tonight on Raw for the first time in ten years.
He teamed with Jeff Hardy to take on Elias and Jaxson Ryker. Hardy scored the win for his team, hitting the swanton bomb after Carlito laid out Elias with the backstabber. Carlito’s previous match on Raw took place on April 12, 2010, in a losing effort against Evan Bourne.
Carlito made a surprise appearance at Sunday’s Royal Rumble event, competing in the men’s Royal Rumble match. He entered at number 8, and was eventually eliminated by Elias, which led to tonight’s match.
Signing with the WWE in 2003, Carlito won the United States title from John Cena in his first televised match on SmackDown the following year. Throughout his WWE career, he would eventually win the Intercontinental title as well as the WWE & World Tag Team titles with his brother Primo.
Carlito was originally advertised for the Legends Night edition of Monday Night Raw that took place last month. However, he didn’t appear at the event.
After first being introduced on WWE Main Event, Elias and Jaxson Ryker’s partnership made its way to Raw on Monday night.
Ryker stood alongside Elias as Elias performed on Monday’s Raw. Elias introduced Ryker as someone who knows the universal truth — that WWE stands for Walk With Elias. Ryker said Elias’ music has changed him and he’s been reborn by hearing the universal truth. Ryker called Elias a visionary. He said that — for far too long — Elias has been interrupted, disrespected, and attacked. Ryker said he’s here to stop that.
R-Truth then interrupted Elias’ performance. R-Truth apologized for interrupting Elias on Main Event and claimed that he’s not an interrupter. Elias asked R-Truth if he understood that he was interrupting him right now. R-Truth didn’t want to say anything because he didn’t want to interrupt.
A group of wrestlers then came down to the ring chasing after R-Truth’s 24/7 Championship. Ryker laid out Gran Metalik and threw Akira Tozawa outside of the ring onto Drew Gulak, Erik, and Lince Dorado.
Prior to last week’s Main Event tapings, Ryker (real name Chad Lail) had been off WWE television since being criticized by fellow roster members after tweeting “Thankful for the @POTUS we have! God bless America. Built of freedom. Forgotten No More” on June 1. Dave Meltzer wrote about the situation:
The Forgotten Sons were about to be programmed with the New Day for the Smackdown tag titles when Ryker made a tweet that offended a lot of the locker room (including both [Wesley] Blake & [Steve] Cutler publicly referencing it and disassociating themselves from him) and all were then taken off television. The tweet in question was Ryker praising Trump on 6/1 about an hour after protesters were tear-gassed to clear the way for him to go to the church. Wrestlers, who rarely break ranks among themselves in a public forum, including Blake, Cutler, Owens, Ricochet, Ali and Zayn immediately were critical of the statement although Ricochet was a little more careful just saying he hoped it was a bad attempt to get heat and not something he really believed.
Blake & Cutler, Ryker’s former stablemates in The Forgotten Sons, returned to WWE TV on SmackDown earlier this month and have aligned with Baron Corbin as his Knights of The Lone Wolf.
Jaxson Ryker emerged during tonight’s WWE Main Event tapings, aligning himself with Elias.
A tweet shortly before Raw started showed Elias and Ryker together during tonight’s Main Event tapings. According to a report on Fightful Select, Ryker’s appearance on Main Event is seen as a ‘dry run’ in order to see if the pairing worked.
Ryker had not been seen on television since May. After he and the rest of the Forgotten Sons debuted following WrestleMania 36, they were taken off television after Ryker voiced support for President Donald Trump on social media during the George Floyd protests earlier this year, which led to several upset people in WWE to respond.
Steve Cutler and Wesley Blake, who were also taken off television, were brought back this past Friday on SmackDown. They helped King Corbin even the odds against Murphy and the Mysterio family, helping Corbin score a win over Murphy on the show.
WWE has announced a couple of additions to the lineup for tonight’s episode of Raw.
An “exclusive interview” with WWE Champion Drew McIntyre will take place on Raw tonight. AJ Styles, Keith Lee, and Riddle are facing off in a triple threat number one contender’s match on tonight’s show to decide McIntyre’s challenger for TLC. That pay-per-view is taking place on Sunday, December 20.
WWE has also announced Jeff Hardy vs. Elias in a Symphony of Destruction match for tonight’s show. It’s a no disqualification, falls count anywhere match with various types of musical instruments surrounding the ring and available to use as weapons.
The first-ever Symphony of Destruction match took place on Raw in March 2018 and featured Braun Strowman defeating Elias. Strowman & Elias teamed together to defeat Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro in a Symphony of Destruction match on SmackDown this February.
On Raw earlier this month, Hardy defeated Elias in a Guitar on a pole match. They both took part in a triple threat Survivor Series qualifying match the following week but lost to Riddle. Two weeks ago, Hardy confronted Elias after Elias was putting up posters backstage and still blaming Hardy for his hit-and-run accident on SmackDown from this May.
Plus, tonight’s Raw will feature a Moment of Bliss segment with Randy Orton as the guest.
In his Main Event debut, Jeff Hardy lost to Ricochet in a close encounter that involved Elias, capping off a one-match show that was otherwise just Raw recaps.
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Ricochet defeated Jeff Hardy (7:21)
On the rare occasion where storylines that play out on the Raw spill over to Main Event, it instantly makes this show feel relevant and a lot more meaningful. Although this was one of those rarities, it was marred by the omnipresence of Elias.
Hardy vs. Ricochet was billed by Tom Phillips as being their first ever match together in WWE. At the bell, Elias was shown at the top of the ramp by the Titantron, mic’d up and strumming his guitar. Ricochet and Hardy complained to the ref, but they eventually shrugged it off and tried to carry on.
Elias played a song about sinning and sinners throughout the whole match. Rather than providing a soundtrack, it was just a distraction for the viewer. Phillips noted that we could buy his album on Apple Music.
Hardy and Ricochet went through a break but it was really just a vehicle to get to the post-match angle. It was largely a 50-50 match, all told. Hardy continually stared down Elias whenever he was facing the ramp.
It looked like Hardy had it won after he hit Whisper in the Wind, but Ricochet kicked out for a near fall. He went for the Twist of Fate, but Ricochet had it scouted and pinned Hardy with a backslide.
After the match, Hardy walked past Elias fuming and returned with a guitar which he smashed over Elias’ back. He gave a thumbs up to Ricochet for the match and walked to the back, leaving Elias laying.
Final Thoughts:
If Main Event played out with one angle per week alongside being a training ground for new talent — or for vets trying out new gimmicks — it would actually provide a function for the show.
Hardy and Ricochet should have a been an intriguing matchup, but it was by the numbers. It will be interesting if they reference the post-match spot with Elias at all in future.
Date: November 9, 2020 Location: Amway Center in Orlando, FL
The Big Takeaway —
Next week’s Raw will feature a WWE Championship match between Randy Orton and Drew McIntyre, plus New Day defend the tag titles against Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander.
McIntyre won a six-man tag match with New Day over Orton, Miz and Morrison. Orton didn’t get involved in the match.
Matt Riddle qualified for Team Raw after defeating Elias and Jeff Hardy. He also went on to get the pin in a tag match with Keith Lee over Sheamus and Braun Strowman.
Bray Wyatt was not on the show. Alexa Bliss appeared briefly in a backstage segment with Nikki Cross.
Raw was quite bad, at least until the last 40 minutes or so (which featured Ali vs. Ricochet and the six-man main event).
Show Recap —
They announced that Drew McIntyre, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods will face Randy Orton, Miz and John Morrison tonight. Also, Asuka faces Nia Jax, which they said could be one of the main events of WrestleMania if it were for the championship.
MizTV with The Miz & John Morrison
They let Morrison come out to his own music but he still acted like Miz’s parrot. Miz hyped tonight’s main event and plugged his show. He was going to introduce New Day but Randy Orton interrupted.
Orton didn’t appreciate that Miz thought his show was more important than any match he is in. Orton accused Miz of calling Stamford to put him in this situation because the briefcase was the only way he could win the title.
Orton said they kicked Miz out of the locker room years ago and wished they never let him back in. He also told Morrison that he took his ball and went home years ago just to wrestle in the minor leagues.
Orton turned his back and offered Miz a shot. Miz and Morisson decided to play nice instead. Miz said they just wanted to get closer to the tag team championships.
New Day interrupted. They thought it was funny that the men in the ring were going off with verbal strong style so they wanted to go in the ring to laugh at them for it. As soon as New Day hit the ring, Orton gave Kingston an RKO. Miz and Morrison tossed Woods from the ring.
McIntyre sprinted out to go after Orton but Miz hit him from behind with the briefcase. Miz and Morrison held up McIntyre so Orton could give him an RKO. Orton left on his own.
Orton was good on the mic here. Kingston came across like a geek after getting RKO’d.
Triple threat qualifying match: Matt Riddle defeated Elias and Jeff Hardy (8:55)
Elias was in the ring for a promo. He began playing guitar but stopped early on purpose in anticipation of someone interrupting. He started playing for real but was interrupted by Hardy.
Matt Riddle is, in fact, “Riddle” now. His tron only shows his last name and that’s how he was introduced.
They went to break less than 2 minutes into the match. Elias was in control before and after the break. Hardy made a comeback which led to everyone trading moves. Hardy set up Riddle for the Twist of Fate but Elias caught him with a knee strike. Riddle then gave Elias a Bro Derek for the pinfall win. Riddle qualifies for Team Raw. Not much of a match.
Styles (with Jordan Omogbehin) spoke to Adam Pearce in the back. They shook hands. After Pearce left, Charly Caruso asked Styles what the conversation was about. Styles said it wasn’t about anything, they were talking as friends. She asked if he was happy about Riddle qualifying and he said yes. He thought Riddle was what they were missing. Sheamus interrupted.
Sheamus wasn’t happy because he didn’t like Riddle and threatened to kick his head off if he stepped out of line. Styles thought they should have a team meeting tonight. Caruso asked Sheamus how he thought Styles was doing as team captain. Sheamus said Styles wasn’t his captain. Braun Strowman showed up too just to say that Styles wasn’t his captain either.
Elsewhere, Mustafa Ali said Ricochet was a good guy and courageous for standing on his own. However, you can’t change anything on your own. Mia Yim said it was easy to feel alone when you were misguided. Ali said, “we will not rest until we shut you down.” (Yim made mention of being laughed at by a green and pink-haired person, which is likely a reference to Asuka.)
Drew Gulak, wearing a suit, approached the Hurt Business. Basically, he wanted to join but they turned him down. Bobby Lashley was going to grab him by the tie but it was a clip-on tie so it came right off. MVP couldn’t believe he approached them wearing a cheap tie so they beat him up. R-Truth showed up and pinned Gulak to win the 24/7 title.
There was a Veterans Day video.
Shayna Baszler (w/Nia Jax) defeated Lana (1:53)
Lana had second thoughts before coming to the ring. They aired a replay of every time Jax put her through a table along with a counter on the screen.
Baszler won quickly with the Kirifuda Clutch. (She could have won moments earlier by pinfall but pulled Lana up at two.)
Baszler and Jax were going to put Lana through the table again but Mandy Rose and Dana Brooke (who were on commentary) stopped them.
[Second hour]
There was an awkward meeting backstage with Lana, Rose and Brooke. Lana thanked them for helping her but they were annoyed and told her to stay out of their way. Either somebody flubbed a line or they wrote dialogue that didn’t make any sense.
Team Raw team meeting
Styles introduced each member of Team Raw. Riddle had on different gear than what he wore earlier. They all stood facing the hard camera which looked completely unnatural.
Styles reiterated that Riddle was their missing piece. This led to an argument. Riddle thought all they needed were code names. (He also wished Keith Lee a happy birthday.) Riddle said Styles was “Skipper” and Sheamus was “Fireface.” Sheamus didn’t like this. Sheamus thought Riddle’s name should be “Dopey.” Riddle laughed and said he was right.
Styles stopped him from continuing. Styles mentioned the roll that Jey Uso was on and also put over Seth Rollins, Kevin Owens and Baron Corbin.
Styles called himself the captain again which almost led to another argument. Styles cut them off and said he spoke to Pearce and had a match made: Sheamus and Strowman against Riddle and Lee. Styles would be the special referee. They argued.
This really sucked.
Keith Lee & Matt Riddle defeated Braun Strowman & Sheamus – with referee AJ Styles (12:25)
Strowman and Sheamus had the heat on Riddle. Riddle kicked Styles by accident so Styles couldn’t count when Sheamus put Riddle in a schoolboy. Sheamus got in Styes’ face so Riddle tried another kick but Sheamus ducked and Styles got kicked again.
Strowman and Lee ran at each other but Styles somehow got between them and got crushed. This led to Big Jordan getting in the ring which… led to a break. After the break, Jordan was back outside the ring and Styles was fine.
Lee made a big comeback which included him chucking Sheamus’ body into Strowman. Lee also powerbombed Riddle on top of Sheamus. Lee followed with a big clothesline on Strowman for a nearfall. Sheamus tagged himself in and nailed Lee with a knee strike and Brogue Kick.
Riddle tagged in and gave Sheamus a German suplex for two. Riddle followed with strikes but Strowman got in his way which allowed Sheamus to knock him down. Sheamus set up for the Brogue Kick but Strowman tagged himself in. Strowman set up for the powerslam but Sheamus tagged himself in. Sheamus also knocked Strowman off the apron with a Brogue Kick.
Riddle then caught Sheamus in a schoolboy for the pinfall win. Two wins tonight for Riddle. The action following the break was good.
Alexa Bliss plucked petals off flowers in the back when she was approached by Nikki Cross. Bliss was happy to see her for the first time in he a while. Cross reminded her that she saw her last week. Bliss hoped that Cross has been enjoying the funhouse and thought about inviting her on.
Cross was worried about Bliss and “him.” Cross said she was there for her. She warned Bliss about the Fiend before saying Bliss needed to choose between her and him. Bliss blew petals in her face and said she chose “him.” Bliss laughed and walked off.
Caruso said Shelton Benjamin and Cedric Alexander would face New Day for the tag titles next week.
MVP and Lashley came to the ring. MVP said Benjamin and Alexander would win the tag titles and Lashley would make short work of Sami Zayn.
Titus O’Neil interrupted. He said they disrespected him a few weeks ago. MVP had respect for him and offered him an opportunity to walk away or else. O’Neil refused and questioned Lashley’s pride considering he never defends the title. Lashley offered him a title match right now.
Bobby Lashley (w/MVP) defeated Titus O’Neil to retain the US Championship (1:05)
Lashley won quickly with a spear and Hurt Lock.
This was bad. Lashley couldn’t quite get the Hurt Lock applied because O’Neil was too big and immobile. Lashley seemed to know that it didn’t look good so he went into the ropes to buy time (knowing the ref wouldn’t call for the bell if they were in the ropes) but O’Neil was tapping anyway. Lashley eventually locked in the hold and stepped away from the ropes. The ref finally called for the bell even though O’Neil was tapping the entire time.
In the back, Sheamus was pissed and complained about his match to McIntyre. McIntyre said he should perhaps avoid Brogue kicking his teammates. Sheamus said he hated his teammates as much as McIntyre hated his. McIntyre started doing the “New Day rocks” clap. Sheamus called him a lunatic.
They reminisced about teaming together and drinking kegs years ago. This caused Sheamus to calm down. Sheamus wished him luck and said they could go for beers later. McIntyre said they could have more than a few pints when he wins the title back.
Non-title match: Raw Women’s Champion Asuka defeated Nia Jax (w/Shayna Baszler) via disqualification (7:50)
[Third hour]
I erased my recap of this match because it doesn’t matter. Asuka had Jax in the Asuka Lock but Baszler broke it up for the DQ.
Jax and Baszler beat up Rose and Brooke and Lana (who had been watching at ringside) after they got involved. Jax put Lana through the table again. Jax told Lana she was dragging them down.
Sarah Schrieber interviewed Truth about having to defend his title in a seven-way match. Truth didn’t seem to understand that he had to be in the match until she made it clear. He did some “comedy” until his music began playing and he went to the ring.
Angel Garza promo. I think he said he’s vying for every woman in the world. I wish him luck.
Akira Tozawa defeated R-Truth, Drew Gulak, Gran Metalik, Lince Dorado, Erik and Tucker to win the 24/7 Championship (0:24)
Tozawa pinned Truth quickly as everyone else brawled to win the belt.
This led to everyone pinning each other to win the belt in the following order: Erik beat Tozawa, Gulak beat Erik, Tucker beat Gulak, Gulak beat Tucker, Tucker beat Gulak, Gran Metalik beat Tucker, Lince Dorado beat Gran Metalik, Truth beat Lince Dorado. They all ran after Truth. This was embarrassing.
Mustafa Ali (w/Retribution) defeated Ricochet (13:58)
Ricochet sent Ali off the apron with a hurricanrana. Retribution surrounded him to cause a distraction. They cut to break just as Ali was about to give him a swinging neckbreaker.
Ali used another neckbreaker after the break for two. Ricochet came back with a dragon suplex. They traded counters until Ricochet hit a northern lights suplex and floated over into a brainbuster for a nearfall. Ali followed with a great-looking backstabber off the top for a nearfall.
Ali taunted and slapped Ricochet who fired back with a forearm and reverse rana. Ricochet did a springboard corkscrew dive onto Retribution on the outside (minus Yim). Ricochet tried a Pheonix splash but Ali moved and applied a Koji Clutch. Ricochet passed out and the ref called for the bell. Ali wins. Fun match.
Pearce told Orton that he will defend the title against McIntyre on Raw next week. Orton shoved him against the wall. Pearce said he was just the messenger. Orton told him to tell the “staff” that they can go to hell.
Six-man tag match: Drew McIntyre and Raw Tag Team Champions Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods defeated WWE Champion Randy Orton, The Miz & John Morrison (13:11)
New Day took out Miz and Morrison with dives. McIntyre taunted Orton who watched from ringside as they went to break less than 3 minutes into the match.
A distraction allowed the heels to take control of Woods after the break. Miz wanted to tag Orton but he didn’t want to get involved (in case he had to face McIntyre). Miz used It Kicks in the corner but Woods came back with a clothesline and tagged in McIntyre.
McIntyre handed out suplexes before suplexing both Miz and Morrison at the same time, which looked great. McIntyre gave Morrison a neckbreaker and Future Shock DDT as he stared at Orton.
McIntyre set up for the Claymore kick but decided to slide Morrison over to the corner so Orton could tag in. Orton teased tagging in but didn’t.
Morrison tried a schoolboy with his feet on the rope but Woods pushed him off. Miz took out Woods while Morrison wiped out Kingston with a dive.
Miz tried a sneak attack but McIntyre gave him a spinebuster and hit Morrison with a headbutt. McIntyre followed with a Claymore kick for the pinfall win. McIntyre taunted Orton as they went off the air.
The final spot on Raw’s Survivor Series men’s team will be determined as Jeff Hardy, Riddle, and Elias face off in a triple threat qualifying match on Monday’s Raw. All three wrestlers lost their original qualifying matches. Hardy lost to AJ Styles, Riddle lost to Sheamus, and Elias lost to Keith Lee.
The winner of the second chance qualifying match will join Styles, Sheamus, Lee, and Braun Strowman on Team Raw for their traditional five-on-five Survivor Series elimination match against Team SmackDown. Kevin Owens, Jey Uso, Baron Corbin, and Seth Rollins have qualified for Team SmackDown thus far. Survivor Series is taking place on Sunday, November 22.
Hardy and Elias faced off on Raw last week, with Hardy defeating Elias in a Guitar on a Pole match.
Matt Riddle is now going by “Riddle” on WWE television after WWE adjusted his name.
WWE has also announced that Alexa Bliss will host a Moment of Bliss segment with Drew McIntyre as her guest on Monday’s Raw:
Drew McIntyre has had only one thing on his mind since WWE Hell in a Cell: Regain the WWE Championship. Alexa Bliss will welcome the Scottish Superstar to ‘A Moment of Bliss’ after hosting the current WWE Champion Randy Orton last week.
McIntyre made his championship intentions clear last week, but he’s not the only one who has targeted The Viper. The Fiend will deliver his own message to McIntyre on behalf of Bliss on Monday Night Raw. The Miz & John Morrison were also incensed after McIntyre Claymore Kicked The A-Lister’s Money in the Bank cash-in attempt.
Will ‘A Moment of Bliss’ serve as another trap for its latest guest? Or can McIntyre turn the tables on the host and his rivals?
Catch the always controversial talk show this Monday at 8/7 C on Raw on the USA Network.
Hardy vs. Elias at Hell in a Cell ended with Elias winning by disqualification when Hardy struck him with a guitar. Hardy stopped Elias from hitting him with the guitar and then used it himself.
After Hardy lost a Survivor Series qualifying match to AJ Styles on Raw this week, Elias laid out Hardy with a guitar shot from behind.
Elias returned to WWE television earlier this month and — though it was indicated that Hardy had been framed by Sheamus — blamed Hardy for being responsible for the hit-and-run angle where he was struck by a car on SmackDown this May
Hardy and Elias both moved to Raw in the WWE Draft.
Monday’s Raw will also feature Raw Tag Team Champions The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) vs. The Hurt Business (Shelton Benjamin & Cedric Alexander) in a non-title match and Women’s Tag Team Champions Shayna Baszler & Nia Jax vs. Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke in a non-title match.
Three Survivor Series qualifying matches are set for tonight’s post-Hell in a Cell edition of Raw.
WWE has announced that Jeff Hardy vs. AJ Styles, Sheamus vs. Matt Riddle, and Keith Lee vs. Elias will take place on Raw tonight. The winners will qualify for Team Raw in this year’s Survivor Series men’s elimination match.
The theme of last year’s Survivor Series pay-per-view was Raw vs. SmackDown vs. NXT. WWE has yet to announced the full details for this year’s elimination matches.
Survivor Series is taking place on Sunday, November 22. WWE has announced that they’ll be celebrating The Undertaker’s 30th anniversary at the PPV.
Appearances by new WWE Champion Randy Orton and former champion Drew McIntyre are also set for tonight’s Raw. Orton will appear on A Moment of Bliss with Alexa Bliss, while McIntyre will kick off tonight’s show. In the main event of last night’s Hell in a Cell PPV, Orton defeated McIntyre in a Hell in a Cell match to win the WWE Championship. This is Orton’s 14th reign as a WWE World Champion.
