This week’s RAW started as WWE RAW Women’s champion Charlotte Flair came out to the arena. She demanded appreciation and farewell before joining SmackDown from next week. Since Bianca Belair was challenging her for the title tonight, Charlotte said that she did not deserve the opportunity.
Bianca Belair came out to the arena. She said that she very much deserved the title match and she was going to get the title from her. She also said that at the end of the Crown Jewel event she would be holding both and RAW and SmackDown Women’s Championships. Charlotte Flair try to attack her but she evaded and tried to attack Charlotte but she escaped.
WWE RAW 18.10.2021 Results & Ratings
Match 1 – King of the Ring tournament semi final – Xavier Woods defeated Jinder Mahal
It was quite predictable. And we have predicted it earlier in our King of the Ring preview story that is Xavier woods and Finn Balor would be the two finalists. Xavier Woods pinned Jinder with a Flying Elbow.
Match 2 – Austin Theory defeated Jeff Hardy
It was a rematch from last week and same result was repeated. Another jobbing day for Jeff Hardy and it was more of a clean victory for Austin Theory this time. After the match, Austin took a selfie with Jeff’s unconscious body once again. Jeff this time stood up and beat him down to take a selfie with his unconscious body.
Match 3 – Drew McIntyre and Big E defeated The Dirty Dawgs
This was a rematch from two weeks ago and nothing changed from the result that occurred on that night. There was an opportunity to build up the feud between McIntyre and Big E. But there was nothing more than arguments, so it was quite a poor booking. Big E pinned Robert Roode to earn the victory for his side.
Match 4 – Mansoor defeated Cedric Alexander
The match was short but it was good. It gave Mansoor a good boost before his match. But Cedric needed this win for a boost for the Hurt Business.
Match 5 – RK-Bro vs. The Street Profits ended in a no contest
The match was going really well. It was quite a fun Tag Team action. But at the end of the match AJ Styles and Omos interfered and badly beat down both RK-Bro and the Street Profits.
Match 6 – Queen’s Crown tournament semi final – Doudrop defeated Shayna Baszler
This whole Queen’s Crown tournament turned out to be a complete joke. The tournament completely ruined the momentum of two different wrestlers, Liv Morgan and Shayna Baszler. It should have been these two women fighting on the finals, and Shayna needed to win it more than anyone. But the momentum was completely ruined. This must have been the worst piece of booking of this year so far.
Match 7 – Finn Balor defeated Mace
The match was short but fun. It was booked just to promote Balor before the tournament. He pinned Mace with Coup de Grace. We hope Balor wins the tournament as well.
Match 8 – WWE RAW Women’s Championship – Bianca Belair defeated Charlotte Flair by DQ, Charlotte retained
We seriously do not understand what is wrong with WWE. They had an amazing chance to switch the champions without their titles. But Charlotte Flair cannot lose. She just cannot. Now she will hand over the title once she goes to SmackDown. This is just plain and simply terrible. There was no need for her to retain the title. She decided to disqualify herself intentionally and got Beat Down by Bianca after that. Bianca stood tall as this week’s RAW went of air.
Overall, this was a terrible week of Monday Night RAW. We have seen some of the worst piece of bookings this week. The Queen’s Crown tournament semi final, The RAW Women’s championship match, it was terribly bad. How can WWE compete with AEW with such awful bookings? Is it the end of the promotion? And there is no sign of improvement either. We give it 1.5 stars out of 5.
Sportzwiki Ratings – 1.5/5