For those of you wondering why Raw Women’s Champion Becky Lynch and Universal Champion Seth Rollins were not at Raw this week, it’s because they are still on vacation after getting engaged a few days ago. These days, it seems like wrestlers are more open to taking time off and that is a good thing. Last week, Corey Graves and Carmella were given time off to they could go on vacation.
PWInsider reports that things were very smooth backstage at Raw and moreso than they have been in a long time with very little changes before they went on the air. The only thing that changed was the Viking Raiders’ planned squash match being changed so they could be added to the tag team turmoil match.
In other news, Tucket Knight from Heavy Machinery has been working hard at losing weight and that hasn’t gone unnoticed.
Bayley and other WWE Superstars were a little late getting to the arena because they had to drive through local flooding. Drake Maverick noted that he was not able to make it to Raw because of the flooding but he was indeed backstage. They just did not have any creative for him this week.
I’m told that the reason why Stone Cold Steve Austin was added to the September 9th Raw at MSG was simply to help boost ticket sales. They also wanted to do something special for those shows since it’s the first TV they’ve done there since 2009. The Undertaker is scheduled for the September 10th SmackDown at MSG.
