raw 9.14.20

**Emperor Smeat** · 09-15-2020, 09:04 PM

According to PWI, the reason for the weird finish in the RAW Women's title match was due to the ref thinking Mickie James suffered a legit injury.

The original planned finish was for James to tap out to Asuka's submission but because of the awkward way she rolled over into submission the spot, the ref thought she hurt herself and called for the match to be off.

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Originally Posted by PWI

As viewers of Monday Night Raw may have easily realized, the finish of Mickie James vs. Asuka did not go as planned last night.

The planned finish was for James to tap out to the Asuka Lock but the bell was rung prematurely while James and Asuka were grappling with James selling Asuka trying to lock her in a submission hold.

PWInsider.com has been told by numerous sources that the decision was made to ring the bell out of concern that James might actually have been out on her feet due to the way she was selling the move.

We are told James was actually fine and just did such an excellent job of selling that she was out of it that she fooled those overseeing the match, including the referee. We have heard different versions of who called for the finish, but the decison was made that the match be stopped out of concern for James, who was actually fine.