WWE Raw: Results, Review, and Analysis for November 12th, 2018
WWE Raw airs their go-home show before Sunday’s Survivor Series PPV. Which performers will round out the men’s and women’s Survivor Series team? What will Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon have to say about Team SmackDown and her brother Shane?
It’s the last episode of WWE Raw before Survivor Series, and Raw still has some work to do before the pay-per-view. Neither the men’s or the women’s Survivor Series have been totally filled out, so there should be a lot of excitement (or drama) trying to complete the team tonight.
Alexa Bliss particularly hasn’t done any booking of her women’s Survivor Series team as captain. Will she play favorites and stack her team full of her heel cohorts Mickie James, Alicia Fox, and The Riott Squad (probably), or will she be able to give credit where credit is due and ask Sasha Banks, Natalya, Bayley, and Ember Moon to join her team (probably not)?
There are two more spots left for the men’s Team Raw, after Drew McIntyre, Dolph Ziggler, and Braun Strowman were booked last week. It looks like former Raw GM Kurt Angle is too defeated to join the team now, but will he find a way to make it this week?
Wouldn’t you know it – this week we also will be graced with the presence of Brock Lesnar and his new Universal Championship (can you hear the sarcasm?). Brock will likely be here to offer a last message to WWE Champion AJ Styles before their match on Sunday. Excuse me – I mean, Paul Heyman will likely be here to offer a message to AJ Styles before Sunday.
Don’t forget also that we still have a lot of work to do booking which Tag Teams will be a part of the Survivor Series Elimination match between the teams of Raw and SmackDown! I mean, does either Raw or SmackDown actually have more than five tag teams a-piece that there would really have to be any choosing going on? Regardless, I think the WWE Tag Team Divisions are grossly underutilized (ahem, The Revival), so I’m still pretty excited for this segment tonight.
Not to be outdone of course, Raw Commissioner Stephanie McMahon will be on Raw tonight to address the actions of her brother Shane at Crown Jewel. To be honest, I’m surprised Stephanie didn’t come out first-thing last week to go off on Shane, so I’m sure the week of stewing will result in Stephanie having a lot to get off her chest.
Tune into WWE Raw to find out the answers to all these burning questions, plus see all the other action tonight on the USA Network, 8PM/7PM Central, and be sure to follow along with us here for all the live results, review, and analysis of tonight’s show!