WWE Raw delivered yet another packed episode en route to the WWE Day 1 PPV event, this week. A Women’s Title match served as the headliner of the show while a Steel Cage match featuring the WWE Champion was also on the card. Apparently, the original listings for these two matches were altered, leading up to the show.
As seen on this past Monday, WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch retained the title over Liv Morgan in the main event match. The show opened with WWE Champion Big E defeating Kevin Owens in a non-title bout. This match took place inside the Steel Cage which saw interference from Seth Rollins.
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The WWE Champion looked forward to standing tall with his title raising high above his head, Bobby Lashley hit the ring to take him out. During the commercial, he would go on to defeat Big E, Rollins, and Owens and make his presence felt on the championship picture.
Now, it’s been claimed that the plan was to close WWE Raw December 6 episode with the Steel Cage match and then the Lashley angle, according to PWInsider. However, then a push was made to go with Morgan vs. Lynch matchup.
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The decision was made to go with the title match in the main event after it was pointed out how this week was marking the 17th anniversary of WWE Hall of Famers Lita and Trish Stratus headlining RAW. Even Liv Morgan admitted in a recent interview that how she’s been paying homage to those two WWE legends by wearing dresses similar to those.
The third-hour viewership dropped significantly compared to the first and second hour of this week’s WWE Raw. The first hour drew 1.669 million viewers, the second hour drew 1.636 million viewers while the third hour drew 1.494 million viewers. The drop was noticed specifically due to the scheduling of the female division match in the third hour.
But then people in WWE were pointing to the strong success of Morgan vs. Lynch when it comes to the digital front. As of this writing, the match has gained 726,000 views on YouTube. It was also noted that the original plan for the WWE RAW opener was to have an in-ring segment with Big E and Owens setting up the Steel Cage match but that never took place.
