WWE Rumors: Vince McMahon's Reason for Booking Reigns vs. Big E vs. Lashley Revealed
As per Dave Meltzer of Wrestling Observer Radio (h/t WrestlingInc.com's Jason Ounpraseuth), the first arrangement required the six-man label group match between New Day and The Bloodline to close Raw.
All things considered, that match filled in as the opener, with Universal hero Roman Reigns scoring the success for his group after obstruction from Bobby Lashley. That prompted Lashley, Reigns and WWE champion Big E getting down to business in a Triple Threat headliner.
Meltzer noticed that WWE Chairman Vince McMahon was such a fanatic of the Reigns versus Huge E versus Lashley Triple Threat match at live occasions in Augusta, Georgia, and North Charleston, South Carolina, that he needed it to happen on Raw also.
It was likewise announced by Meltzer that the change was made with an eye toward boosting Raw's evaluations as it clashed with Monday Night Football.
The choice was fruitful, as Raw arrived at the midpoint of 1.86 million watchers and a 0.49 rating in the 18-49-year-old segment, per Showbuzz Daily. As per WrestlingInc.com's Marc Middleton, Raw was up 7.37 percent in generally speaking viewership and 13.95 percent in the demo.
It denoted the main Raw with Big E as WWE champion after he traded out his Money in the Bank contract on Lashley the earlier week, and it likewise highlighted Reigns, who is a SmackDown Superstar.
With both Big E and Reigns working twice on the show, Raw had the option to hold the interest of fans much better than the earlier week.
WWE has held nothing back on Raw since the beginning of the NFL season, and in light of the positive additions it saw last week, that could keep on being the case pushing ahead.
