WWE Then Now Forever 10/19/20: Mustafa Ali STILL Has Some Explaining To Do…

Josh from Thirteen 10 has your look back and ahead as WWE brands march towards Hell In A Cell and Halloween Havoc!

Each week Josh from the Thirteen 10 brand has your look at all things WWE Raw, Smackdown, and of course NXT. Take a look at what happened on all three shows, and what will happen in the week ahead. Let’s dive in to see what our respective Red, Yellow, and Blue brands had to offer this week.

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WWE Monday Night Raw

Monday Night RAW Results – All the Lights on Ali

• Kevin Owens defeated Aleister Black in a No Disqualifcation Match
• AJ Styles defeated Seth Rollins and Jeff Hardy in a Triple Threat Match
• Mandy Rose & Dana Brooke defeated Natalya & Lana
• Angel Garza defeated Andrade
• Xavier Woods & Kofi Kingston (c) defeated Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode to retain the WWE Raw Tag Team Championship
• Ricochet defeated Cedric Alexander (w/ MVP, Bobby Lashley & Shelton Benjamin) by DQ
• Lana defeated Bianca Belair, Billie Kay, Dana Brooke, Lacey Evans, Liv Morgan, Mandy Rose, Natalya, Nia Jax, Nikki Cross, Peyton Royce, Ruby Riott, Shayna Baszler & Tamina in a Battle Royal to become the #1 Contender for the WWE Raw Women’s Championship

HOT or NOT

• Mustafa Ali segment seemingly cut. Is RETRIBUTION finished before it even begins? – NOT
• Triple Threat action – AJ Wins – HOT
• Andrade/Garza team and feud is over, no draft for Andrade but injury & out for 30 days – NOT
• Lana is no1 contender for Asuka next week, ok, I can get on boar with that – HOT
• Hurt Business 50/50 booking – NOT

Projection for this week’s WWE Monday Night RAW

Its PPV go home time once again and Hell in a cell only has 3 matches is surely at least another 2 from RAW will be added? Lets say Asuka retains over Lana and a new challenge steps up. We haven’t seen the woman ion Retribution in a while so kets say Mia Yim is next in line after an attack on a successful Asuka. Lets have Shelton & Cedric challenge New Day for Tag gold and Ricochet somehow gets a US title shot. Whats next for the Fiend & Alexa, will they set their sights on another tandem?

WWE NXT

WWE NXT Results

• The Undisputed Era (Roderick Strong & Bobby Fish) (w/ Kyle O’Reilly) defeated Danny Burch & Oney Lorcan to become the #1 Contender for the NXT Tag Team Championship
• Jake Atlas defeated Ashante Adonis
• Johnny Gargano defeated Austin Theory
• Candice LeRae defeated Shotzi Blackheart to become the #1 Contender for the NXT Women’s Championship
• Toni Storm defeated Aliyah (w/ Robert Stone)
• Imperium (Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel) defeated Drake Maverick & Killian Dain
• Damian Priest (c) defeated Dexter Lumis to retain the NXT North American Championship

HOT or NOT

• Opening Tag match was up against FTR vs Best friends over on AEW and this opener was a banger – HOT
• Undisputed Era storyline – who attacked Adam Cole? – HOT HOT HOT
• Toni Storm return – HOT
• Shotzi Blackheart vs Candice was one of the best Womans matches of the year – HOT
• Gargano brought out the best in Austin Theory – HOT
• Priest vs Lumis, Cameron Grimes interference – HOT
• Dain & Maverick continuation – HOT

Projecting next week’s WWE NXT

When NXT comes back around we will be one week away from Halloween Havoc which the entire wrestling world is clearly excited for. ‘Spin the wheel, make a deal’ I would love to see Dain & Maverick vs Imperium again next week along with build for Escobar vs Swerve at Halloween Havoc – perhaps the wheel will spin for a ladder match between the two? Very exciting week ahead as it will be yet another go home episode before a week of huge WWE shows. Who ever told you that wrestling was boring.

BONUS NOTE/NXTUK

If you haven’t yet taken the time to watch NXTUK’s Main event between Walter & Wolfe vs Dragunov & Dunne then I kindly advise you to head over to the WWE Network and check that out! Its up there for MOTY for me.

WWE Smackdown on FOX

SMACKDOWN Results

• Lars Sullivan defeated Jeff Hardy
• The New Day (Kofi Kingston, Xavier Woods & Big E) defeated Sheamus, Cesaro & Shinsuke Nakamura in a Six Man Tag Team Match
• Street Profits (Angelo Dawkins & Montez Ford) (c) vs. Dolph Ziggler & Robert Roode ended in a No Contest. Street Profits retain the WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship
• Roman Reigns (w/ Paul Heyman) (c) defeated Braun Strowman to retain the WWE Universal Championship

HOT or NOT

• Lars Sullivan push amidst all the controversy surrounding him – HOT
• New Day sendoff – HOT
• Ziggler & Roode in tag gold hunt – HOT
• Bayley refuses to sign contract to face Sasha – HOT
• Roman Reigns/Jey Uso feud just gets better every week and shows no signs of slowing, is the best WWE Television of the year? Perhaps so – HOT

Projecting next week’s WWE Smackdown on FOX

Go home show next week will heavily feature Sasha & Bayley as the contract will be signed for a Hell in a Cell match. Lets see Jey Uso get the better of Roman once again to stand tall. Ziggler & Roode will challenge Street profits to a match at Hell in a Cell. I want to go on record by stating that Smackdown is becoming must watch each and every week with this past week perhaps being the best smackdown of 2020.