Changes made to WWE Raw due to travel issues

Travel issues prevented some of the Raw roster from appearing on Monday’s show.

Raw opened on Monday night with announcer Corey Graves mentioning that travel issues prevented some of the roster from appearing on the show. Prior to Raw, it had been reported by Sean Ross Sapp and Andrew Zarian that Raw had to be re-written extensively as a result of the travel issues. Dave Meltzer has also confirmed travel issues caused much of Monday’s show to be changed.

“The changes in tonight’s Raw are due to travel issues, not the idea of the script changing,” Dave Meltzer wrote on Twitter. “But a large percentage of the roster wasn’t there, some weren’t going to make it and others were getting in late so a lot of changes and backup plans were put in place in recent hours.”

“50% of the Raw roster has still not arrived to Seattle, due to travel issues, and there have been major rewrites for Monday Night Raw this evening,” Zarian wrote Monday afternoon.

Matches and segments that were scheduled for Monday’s Raw include Becky Lynch & Lita defending the WWE Women’s Tag Team titles against Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez, Matt Riddle returning in a match against The Miz, and promos from Cody Rhodes and Damian Priest.