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The September 14, 2020 edition of Monday Night RAW was a substantial show, with lots of good wrestling on display. Unlike the Blue brand, RAW's march to Clash of Champions, aside from the Orton vs. McIntyre feud, seems inconsequential, as if nothing major is set to happen at that particular event. Regardless, there were some notable developments for the future, as well as some good wrestling.
Who got the most and least out of the September 14 RAW? Let's take a look.
Winner from RAW: Cedric Alexander
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Cedric Alexander is a full-blown heel now, defeating Ricochet and once and for all dissolving what was essentially a non-existent tag team anyway. The fact that the former Cruiserweight Champion has moved on to this is a big step up for him compared to what he was previously doing. Singles gold still doesn't seem likely, but at least he'll be taking part in any storyline that MVP's faction gets involved in.
The loss is just as big for Ricochet as the win was for Alexander. It looks like his road to nowhere on the main roster is just as sturdy as it ever was during his "tag team" with Cedric Alexander. Perhaps sending the former North American Champion back to NXT would be the wisest move.
Winner from RAW: Zelina Vega
After defeating Mickie James, Asuka found herself getting slapped by Zelina Vega, who declared she didn't care anymore about managing a team of ingrates and getting nowhere, before slapping the RAW Women's Champion.
Zelina Vega will probably get a title shot out of this. She has about as much chance against Asuka as does a snowball in July, but it's at least a showcase for her in a title picture. Expect her "ingrates" to get involved to liven up the situation.
Loser from RAW: Aleister Black
There's no real shame to losing to Kevin Owens, but remember that Aleister Black only just turned heel on RAW and still hasn't found himself in a good storyline since moving up to the main roster a year and a half ago.
As a result, the loss blunted a lot of the momentum he could have gained from his heel turn. Granted, he was distracted by RETRIBUTION, but WWE needs to be careful with how it plays Aleister Black, if it wants him to be a big force on RAW, that is.
Losers from RAW: Lana and Natalya
Lana has always been a joke character (except for a brief period in the summer of 2017), but there was more build for her new alliance with Natalya than there was for the Riott Squad of late, who seem to have lost match after match on RAW. Nevertheless, they beat Lana and Natalya in a forgettable match before Nia Jax and Shayna Baszler emerged from the commentary table and laid them out.
We'll just have to see what happens from here, but this story isn't gelling.
Winner from RAW: Keith Lee
Drew McIntyre and Keith Lee had a good match before RETRIBUTION came and laid them both out in RAW's main event. The ending helps because one gets the feeling that a full-blown Keith Lee vs. Drew McIntyre rivalry and match can headline RAW for a while. The fact that the former double NXT champion is in this spot suggests that the RAW creative brass is behind him. A betting man would imagine that he's going to have a big night at Survivor Series again. Might he even be an early Royal Rumble favorite?
Such thoughts are premature, but one can't help but think them. For now, Keith Lee will find himself involved with a major faction that's terrorizing the RAW roster, which won't exactly hurt his standing as WWE moves through its typically quiet final third of the calendar year before WrestleMania season starts in earnest in January. We'll just have to see what Keith Lee does between now and then. So far, so good for The Limitless One.
