Saturday, November 19, 2022

RAW & SmackDown | Best Moments & Honorable Mentions | 3rd Edition

Welcome back to the blog. The build up to Survivor Series continued this week, particularly with the WarGames teams starting to take shape, the match line up is looking quite interesting with more to be added of course.

(the usual disclaimer: below are the Best Moments and Honorable Mentions of the shows, no disrespect intended to anyone that did not make the cut)

Best Moments
The Brawling Brutes, Sheamus, Butch and Ridge Holland and Drew McIntyre kicked off the show ahead of their WarGames Match against the Bloodline, Sami Zayn interrupted before Sheamus could announce the fifth man for their team, after the main event, the fifth member of the team was revealed to be Kevin Owens. (SmackDown)

The SmackDown World Cup continued, Ricochet defeated Mustafa Ali & Butch defeated Sami Zayn in the first round.

The Semi Finals were announced: Braun Strowman vs. Ricochet & Santos Escobar vs. Butch. 

Seth Rollins talked about events of last Monday Night, including Austin Theory's failed cash in, which was met with 'that was stupid' chants, He mentioned he would be taking on Finn Balor later on with the US Title on the line, Bobby Lashley interrupted Seth, their confrontation was then interrupted by Mustafa Ali, which led to a match between Lashley vs. Ali, which The All Mighty went on to win. (RAW)

Austin Theory talked about his time as Mr. Money in the Bank and why he cashed in on Seth Rollins for the United States Championship. Dolph Ziggler interrupted the interview, later in the show, their match ended via referee stoppage. (RAW)

A masked individual appeared on the other side of the door as LA Knight was leaving and talking to Megan Morant, this was followed by a quick Uncle Howdy vignette, after the commercial break we saw Knight on the floor after he was attacked. (SmackDown) 

Seth Rollins defeated Finn Balor to remain United States Champion. Theory attacked Rollins the Champion afterwards. (RAW)

Honorable Mentions
Samantha Irvin announcing The Imperium to the ring. (Smackdown)

AJ Styles challenged Finn Balor for a match at Survivor Series. (RAW)

Mia Yim rejected Bayley's offer to join Damage CTRL and decided to join the team of Bianca Belair, Alexa Bliss and Asuka for Survivor Series WarGames. Rhea Ripley joined Damage CTRL for Survivor Series. (RAW)

During the show in a backstage segment, The Usos asked Karrion Kross if he was the fifth member of The Brawling Brutes and Drew McIntyre's team, Kross said no, interesting to note Bray Wyatt was wandering nearby. (SmackDown) 

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