WWE Uncooked is having some issue adjusting to its new schedule.
Again in September, it was introduced that WWE Uncooked can be shifting to a two hour program for its ultimate days on the USA Community forward of the crimson model’s transfer to Netflix in January. The primary two-hour version of Uncooked befell on October seventh.
The episode started with CM Punk asserting that he can be taking a go away of absence after his Hell in a Cell match with Drew McIntyre. Punk additionally had a staredown with Seth Rollins, who declared that he wished to destroy Bronson Reed.
Elsewhere on the present, Jey Uso retained his Intercontinental Championship in a match in opposition to Xavier Woods, and Sheamus bested Pete Dunne in a Good Ol’ Donnybrook Match. The principle occasion noticed Gunther efficiently defend his World Heavyweight Championship in a battle in opposition to Sami Zayn.
There was only one girls’s match on the present, a multi-woman tag that noticed Natalya, Zelina Vega, Lyra Valkyria, Katana Probability & Kayden Carter defeat the Pure Fusion Collective (Sonya Deville, Shayna Baszler & Zoey Stark) and the Unholy Union (Alba Fyre & Isla Daybreak) by pinfall.
In line with a report from Fightful Choose, there was inner frustration concerning the reserving of the ladies’s match and the seeming lack of route for all of the members concerned. As well as, a industrial performed throughout nearly all of the match, including to the frustration.
That very same report signifies that WWE Uncooked is going through “rising pains” with a transfer to 2 hours as a substitute of three. Nonetheless, the report additionally notes that formatting this system wasn’t too troublesome as WWE has been presenting two hour SmackDowns every week for 25 years.
WWE Uncooked For October 14th Was Pre-Taped
Because of the firm’s roster touring to the UK for a tour quickly, the October 14th episode of Uncooked was additionally taped on October seventh. Full spoilers for the October 14th episode of Monday Evening Uncooked may be discovered right here.