What audiences saw on Monday Night Raw was apparently a culmination of ideas approved by Vince McMahon, and one piece evidence that the show was changed is backed by the advertised matches originally planned, which included The Miz vs. John Morrison, Eva Marie vs. Doudrop, and a non-title match between Bobby Lashley vs. Sheamus.
Only one of those matches (Eva Marie and Doudrop) ended up happening as noted, while audiences witnessed a triple-threat match between Sheamus, Drew McIntyre, and Damian Priest for the United States championship title.
As for Bobby Lashley, he tag-teamed with manager MVP to take on RK-Bro to close out the night.
The matches were exciting in and of themselves, but at the same time, the came across as somewhat bizarre for being so largely disconnected to the prior week’s set-up.