5 Ups & 10 Downs From WWE Raw (Nov 15)
2. Makeshift Matches Eat ~40 Minutes
Boy, it’s a good thing the Usos decided to invade Raw Monday night, and then Seth Rollins decided to interfere in an ensuing tag match, triggering a second impromptu bout.
Otherwise, what would Raw have done with its first 40 minutes of programming?
Raw opened with Big E trash-talking Roman Reigns, then calling out Kevin Owens. But afterward, the Usos jumped the WWE Champion. Riddle saved, and Sonya Deville did her best Teddy Long impersonation and made a tag team match. That barely lasted 2 minutes, as Rollins interfered for the DQ, only for Randy Orton to make the save. This of course triggered a six-man tag when we came back from commercial.
So we endured all of that for a six-man that ended with Rollins pinning Riddle… why? It was just an ending they felt they could book, gave Seth a win and didn’t spoil the Usos/RK-Bro match.
More importantly, we killed 20% of Raw programming for the night with that! Now that’s how you generate content!