Now that the mud has settled after CM Punk took over as the brand new World Heavyweight Champion at Saturday’s Foremost Occasion this previous weekend, it is time to put the items on the board for Survivor Collection: WarGames on Nov. 29.
Logan Paul returned to “Uncooked” on Monday to start rounding out the individuals for the annual Survivor Collection cage match. Paul was on Punk’s aspect when The Imaginative and prescient arrived to wreck Punk’s championship acceptance speech to start out the night time, however shockingly (not likely) turned on Punk and selected The Imaginative and prescient ultimately, whereas Jey Uso took Punk’s aspect. The remainder of Uncooked was a middle-of-the-road affair anchored by a superb section between Dominik and Rey Mysterio. Penta bounced again from his Intercontinental title loss on Saturday to beat El Grande Americano. And AJ Types and Dragon Lee efficiently defended the World Tag Staff titles in opposition to Finn Balor and JD McDonagh.
It wasn’t a game-changing night time of wrestling following Saturday Evening’s Foremost Occasion, however the night time served as a table-setter with lower than two months to go till Survivor Collection. Not all the pieces hit, and several other of the matches have been of the stay-busy selection, however we’re beginning to see some course heading into subsequent month’s PLE.
Nov. 3 ‘Uncooked’ outcomes
Roxanne Perez and Raquel Rodriguez defeat Stephanie Vaquer and Nikki Bella by pinfall
Penta defeats El Grande Americano by pinfall
The Kabuki Warriors (Asuka and Kairi Sane) defeat Lyra Valkyria and Bayley by submission
World Tag Staff Championship: AJ Types and Dragon Lee defeat Finn Balor and JD McDonagh by pinfall
CM Punk and Jey Uso vs. The Imaginative and prescient (Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed) ends in double depend out
WarGames alliances are taking form
A collective groan swept over the WWE Universe when Logan Paul got here to the help of freshly minted World Heavyweight Champion CM Punk after Bron Breakker and Bronson Reed attacked him to kick off “Uncooked.” The universe corrected itself when Paul leveled Punk with brass knuckles, then handed them to Paul Heyman, seemingly in solidarity with The Imaginative and prescient, to finish the present. Paul has change into a rankings enhance mercenary of kinds, who exhibits up when it appears like issues are getting stale. His ruse to attract Punk into believing they have been on the identical aspect was well dealt with, as Paul additional cemented himself as an easy-to-hate heel. The payoff of Paul laying out the champion was price a cringeworthy opening to “Uncooked.” The query now’s whether or not Paul can be an actual a part of The Imaginative and prescient transferring ahead, now that Seth Rollins is out with an harm and has been booted out of the group.
Paul would not have faction-leader qualities, but when he is a cog in The Imaginative and prescient’s system, he might give the faction a lift. If nothing else, the stage is being set for Survivor Collection: WarGames subsequent month. Paul is forming a group with Reed and Breakker in opposition to what seems to be Punk and Jey Uso. Roman Reigns and Jimmy Uso will doubtless be a part of Punk and return Punk’s favor for serving to them beat The Bloodline eventually yr’s Survivor Collection. LA Knight will doubtless fill in for the fifth spot on Punk’s group, however who can be The Imaginative and prescient and Paul’s fourth and fifth members? We’ll see over the subsequent few weeks, but when I needed to take a wild guess, Austin Concept might use one thing significant to do as of late.
All of this can preserve Punk busy till it is determined who would be the first to problem him for the World Heavyweight Championship.
Extra ‘Uncooked’ takeaways
• “You retain my father’s title out of your mouth,” was such a scathing line for Dominik Mysterio to ship to his father, Rey, in reference to the late, nice Eddie Guerrero.
Rey appeared after being sidelined with an harm since WrestleMania for a superb section wherein he interrupted his son’s gloating about being the “king of the luchadores” to run down an inventory of lucha libre legends. The checklist ended with Guerrero earlier than Dominik slapped Rey throughout the face together with his response. There was some physicality, as Rey hit his son with a 619 earlier than Dominik scurried out of the ring.
Wholesome once more, Rey can resume his seemingly neverending feud with Dominik. However Rey turns 51 years outdated in December and is inching nearer to retirement. His son often is the one to ship him out when that point comes. Dominik continues to show his worth as a superb heel, however now he can resume his feud together with his legendary father.
• “Uncooked” normal supervisor Adam Pearce introduced Rusev vs. Damian Priest and Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Sheamus would be the first two opening-round matches within the match to find out John Cena’s closing opponent. We will go forward and cross Priest and Nakamura off the checklist of potential winners, contemplating Cena has had memorable feuds with each Rusev and Sheamus. It will be actually troublesome to pin down who Cena’s closing opponent can be. Hopefully, it is dealt with the best approach.
• Stephanie Vaquer has her first title challenger. Raquel Rodriguez will problem Vaquer for the Ladies’s World Championship subsequent week after Rodriguez and Roxanne Perez defeated Vaquer and Nikki Bella in a tag match on Monday. It is exhausting to determine precisely the place that is going as Vaquer has taken a liking to Bella, who retains dragging her into some nonsense. Bella has been apologetic, however how lengthy can this friendship final?
• Kabuki Warriors will problem Charlotte Aptitude and Alexa Bliss for the WWE Ladies’s Tag Staff Championship within the close to future. After beating Bayley and Lyra Valkyria, Asuka and Kairi Sane have been run off by Aptitude and Bliss, signaling a tag group title match is on the horizon. As a lot as folks have loved Aptitude and Bliss as champions, the rightful house owners of these tag titles could be Asuka and Sane. So long as the tag titles aren’t forgotten about, this all works for me.
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