By Jason Powell, ProWrestling.net Editor (@prowrestlingnet)
WWE has announced the following matches and events for Monday’s WWE Raw television show.
-Big E and Drew McIntyre meet face to face.
-Sasha Banks and Bianca Belair vs. Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch.
-Doudrop vs. Natalya in a Queen’s Crown tournament first round match.
-Dana Brooke vs. Shayna Baszler in a Queen’s Crown tournament first round match.
-Kofi Kingston vs. Jinder Mahal in a King of the Ring tournament first round match.
-Xavier Woods vs. Ricochet in a King of the Ring tournament first round match.
Powell’s POV: The winners of the respective tournament matches will meet in the semifinals. Zelina Vega and Carmella will meet in the Queen’s Crown tournament semifinals, and Sami Zayn will face Finn Balor in the KOTR semifinals on Smackdown. Raw will be live from San Francisco, California at Chase Center. Join me for my live review every Monday at 7CT/8ET. Dot Net Members have access to my same night audio review after each episode.
The bracket makes it look like they are finally going to break up New Day. My thought is either Xavier gets jealous when Kofi wins and he loses and end up costing Kofi the match against Ricochet. Or both win and Kofi cleanly beats Xavier in the semis and Xavier gets jealous and costs Kofi the final match. I guess they could go with Kofi as the heel, but Kofi is not a heel. Although I suppose they could repackage him and align him with Crews and Azeez in an African faction.
Lots of possibilities.