WWE RAW: 5 things WWE got just right on this week’s episode (Oct 14, 2019)

The second night of the WWE Draft opened up to a huge match between two of the biggest faces of WWE’s women’s division. The result allowed RAW to make their first pick, and they wasted little time in opting for their Universal Champion.

As the night progressed, we saw the RAW Tag Team Championships changing hands, while many forgotten mid-carders got a chance to perform in front of the cameras once again.

Tyson Fury also made a return to the Red brand and may have provided the final blow to his rivalry with Braun Strowman which will unfold at Crown Jewel at the end of this month.

The show closed out a great episode of The Firefly Fun House which now opens up a huge match for the Crown Jewel event between Seth Rollins and The Fiend.

In this article, we will review all the things that the company got right on this week’s RAW and how it can benefit the Superstars in the weeks to come.

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#1 Gave Tyson Fury some more screen time

Jerry “The King” Lawler is slowly becoming a constant in the ring, as he once again made his way out to the middle this week on RAW, this time to officiate the contract signing between Braun Strowman and Tyson Fury.

Even though Braun Strowman now belongs to the SmackDown locker room, he still has some unfinished business that he addressed in the Red brand’s ring. The contract signing with Tyson Fury for their marquee match at Crown Jewel was just an excuse to once again have the two men in the ring to build up their feud.

Fury made it clear that he is comfortable with competing inside any ring and the WWE ring is no exception. He then crushed his pen before walking off to close out a decent segment.

By booking another segment like this, the company gave Fury some more time to get comfortable in the WWE ring and also with the WWE Universe.

The segment also allowed the people who are still unfamiliar with Fury to get to know him better and the threat he poses to the Monster Among Men.

#2 Gave Lacey Evans a story which can help her move up

Lacey Evans' move to the main roster was hyped a lot and The Sassy Southern Belle immediately got in contention for the RAW Women’s Championship.

After repeated attempts to win the title, The Lady was unsuccessful and pushed down the ranks in the weeks that followed. Evans then managed to get into a decent feud with Natalya which kept her relevant even though their matches weren’t up to the mark.

This week on RAW, Natalya challenged The Kabuki Warriors to a match and surprised everyone by picking Lacey Evans as her partner.

While the pairing seemed odd at first, it started to turn out to be something great for Evans. It seemed like Evans required someone to carry the first half of the match for her, which Natalya did perfectly before she could take the offense later on. Even though Evans ended up getting pinned, it was a decent outing for her.

A move to SmackDown could help her get in the SmackDown Women’s Championship picture sooner than later with the absence of Charlotte Flair on the brand.

#3 Crowned new RAW Tag Team Champions

The Viking Raiders have been extremely dominant since moving to the main roster and replicating their success from NXT very well on RAW. The company had been keeping them away from the RAW Tag Team Titles by giving them squash matches against local competitors, but it didn’t take them long to rise up the ranks and challenge for the Tag Team Championships.

The duo defeated Robert Roode and Dolph Ziggler last week in a non-title match and earned their first main roster title shot which they grasped with both hands.

They came out dominant and almost put away Roode and Ziggler in the opening minute of the match. After some great offense from Roode and Ziggler, the champions managed to slow down The Viking Raiders, but they couldn’t stop them from winning the match.

Erik & Ivar sent Ziggler for The Viking Experience and won their first main roster Championship in the process.

This was the right thing to do at a time when many good teams have been drafted to RAW and can give the dominant duo some great title defenses.

With Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode moving to SmackDown later in the night, we could see some good new competition for The Viking Raiders emerge in the coming weeks.

#4 Stacked up the mid-card

One of the highlights of RAW was the mid-card matches which have been missing since the past few months. A lot of forgotten Superstars who haven’t been seen in over a month on television got a chance to compete on the flagship brand this week.

Andrade, who had been missing since pushing Rey Mysterio to the brink of retirement, moved to RAW this week and got a huge match against Ali. Andrade picked up the victory in arguably the best match of the night which gave fans another good look at Andrade and Ali’s abilities.

Following that, Aleister Black got another match on television this week, as he fought the forgotten Eric Young in a winning effort. The match did what it was supposed to do and gave both men a match on the big stage.

Ricochet defeated Shelton Benjamin later in the night, while former Cruiserweight Champions Buddy Murphy and Cedric Alexander also got a match later on in the night.

The eight men managed to get some quality time on television which was the right thing to do on the second night of the draft. The entire point of the draft is to get new stars and build them up, and its the mid-card wrestlers that required the building which was done well on this week’s RAW.

#5 Picked the right Championships

After the opening match where the first picks for the night were on the line, RAW’s Becky Lynch defeated SmackDown’s Charlotte Flair to earn her brand the right to make the first pick.

Sasha Banks was supposed to represent SmackDown but an injury forced her out of the match and her spot was taken by Becky’s friendly nemesis Charlotte.

On Friday Night SmackDown, RAW made the first pick and immediately protected their Women’s Champion Becky Lynch. This week too they wasted no time and picked their Universal Champion Seth Rollins, as SmackDown picked Brock Lesnar immediately afterward.

This was the right call to make, as switching the two top Championships would have caused a lot of confusion and disruption right before Crown Jewel and Survivor Series.

Not only that but switching WWE Champion Brock Lesnar back to RAW wouldn’t have made much sense as he just returned to SmackDown after a long time.

Later in the night, SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley was also drafted to the Blue brand where she's a constant now.

With the two top men’s and women’s Championships remaining with their respective brands, WWE did the right thing to not cause too much disruption while moving many potential challengers for the titles to either brand.

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