This week’s episode of Monday Night RAW featured a 6-man tag team match as the main event. The O.C faced off against Ricochet, Rey Mysterio, and Humberto Carrillo. AJ Styles picked up the win for his team and the show ended after Randy Orton appeared and hit Styles with an RKO.
According to Dave Meltzer in the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter (subscribe here), Vince McMahon made a late change to this match.
The original script reportedly had Randy Orton in the spot of Mysterio. It also had the babyface side winning, instead of the O.C. This was all changed by Vince at a producers meeting before the show started.
Here is what Meltzer wrote:
Vince McMahon changed the main event at the producers meeting. I believe the idea was Orton & Ricochet & Carrillo were to beat Styles & Gallows & Anderson. The idea was Mysterio would help the faces win, perhaps countering McIntyre. Vince wanted it changed to Orton not wanting to team with those guys, so Mysterio was in the match, wanting Orton to hit the RKO out of nowhere on Styles, and to make that work, he wanted Styles to be coming off a pin, and Ricochet was the unlucky pick since he didn’t want to beat Mysterio.
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On a related note, check out the RAW matches that are currently rumored for TLC.