WWE Chairman Vince McMahon was reportedly unhappy with the original Monday Night Raw plans yesterday.
The original Raw plans were advertised by WWE ahead of the show airing, including a non-title match between Bobby Lashley and Sheamus. However, McMahon decided to make adjustments to the show. PWInsider’s Mike Johnson reports that McMahon was “extremely unhappy” with the original rundown.
“PWInsider.com was told by several that Vince McMahon, extremely unhappy with the original plans for Monday Night Raw, “ripped up the script” several times, including the original plans and then the initial rewrite,” said the report.
Johnson’s sources also said that “…McMahon then began requesting new ideas, some of which we are told were good, and others no so good, but rejected everything pitched to him before decreeing the new plans for last night’s episode.
Creative issues with Vince McMahon
The report states that WWE made no official plan for the episode until 6 pm est. While it isn’t uncommon for WWE to change plans before a show, yesterday’s episode was challenging. The report called yesterday “…one of the “longest” days in a long time for the WWE Creative team.” Johnson also noted that “One source who went through the process described it as “the loudest and angriest” they’d ever seen McMahon on a show day.”
Monday Night Raw results
The main event of Raw featured the team of Bobby Lashley & MVP vs. RK-Bro for the Raw Tag Team Championships. RK-Bro successfully retained their title when Riddle pinned MVP. After the match, Lashley attacked Riddle with his spear move. However, Randy Orton landed an RKO on Lashley, and the show ended with RK-Bro posing with their titles.
Instead of facing Lashley, WWE had Sheamus compete in a triple threat match against Drew McIntyre and Damien Priest for the United States Championship. Priest successfully retained the U.S title after pinning McIntyre.
More results from yesterday’s Raw episode:
- Rhea Ripley def. Shayna Baszler
- Viking Raiders def. Jinder Mahal & Veer
- Karrion Kross def. Humberto Carrillo via submission
- Nia Jax def. Charlotte Flair
- Omos def. John Morrison
- AJ Styles def. Xavier Woods via submission
