WWE RAW Coverage: Elimination Chamber Ready

The go home show before Elimination Chamber, this week’s RAW delivered from in terms of both storyline and in-ring action The John Cena/Antonio Cesaro match was perhaps the best match on RAW in 2014 and the continued tease of The Shield and Wyatt Family bout was enough to get you to salivate.

While Elimination Chamber won’t be anywhere as enjoyable as Wrestlemania 30, this week’s RAW did an excellent job of making you think it could be.

Matches:

Christian vs. Daniel Bryan: Christian took advantage of interference from Kane and worked over Bryan on the outside of the ring. Once inside the squared circle, Christian worked on Bryan’s arm with a variety of strikes and a nifty Tornado Arm-Breaker. Unable to put Bryan away, Christian got frustrated and allowed Bryan to get back into the encounter. Using kicks and counters, Bryan evened things out, but Christian was never out of the match. Continuing o work on Bryan’s shoulder, Christian went for the Kill Switch twice and Bryan countered it both times. The first time Bryan was unable to lock in the Crossface-the second time he rolled up Christian for the win. After the win, Kane announced that Bryan would wrestle again, against Kane himself.

Kane vs. Daniel Bryan: Kane continued to work on Bryan’s injured shoulder with strikes and modified Irish whips into the turnbuckles. But after a top rope Front Dropkick and a slew of strikes, it appeared Bryan was back in it. Unfortunately for Bryan, Kane was just getting started. Continuing the onslaught on the outside again, Kane got DQed, leaving Bryan in terrible shape for the Elimination Chamber.

Santino Marella w/Emma vs. Fandango w/Summer Rae: Marella was in control and Emma delivered the Fireman Spin on Summer Rae on the outside, but their budding relationship got the best of them. Distracted, Marella lost to Fandango via a beautiful Michinoku Driver.

Mark Henry vs. Roman Reigns w/Seth Rollins and WWE United States Champion Dean Ambrose: A clean win for Reigns after the Superman Punch/Spear combination. Although Henry put up a dominating performance, Reigns hit a Samoan Drop and several other power powers that put him over the top. After the match, Ambrose beat on Henry, much to the discontent of Reigns and Rollins.

Kofi Kingston vs. Jack Swagger w/Zeb Colter: Kingston nearly won with an SOS, but Swagger had his leg on the ring rope. After Kingston hit the top rope splash, Swagger rolled Kingston over into the Patriot Lock and earned the submission victory.

Intercontinental Champion Big E. Langston vs. Drew McIntyre and Jinder Mahal: While two-thirds of 3MB had their away with Langston for a while, the Intercontinental Champion won after he delivered a pair of the Big Ending.

Antonio Cesaro w/Zeb Colter and Jack Swagger vs. John Cena: This match proved that Cesaro can hang in the ring with the best in the company- if you didn’t know that already. Several different times it appeared Cesaro had the win, but Cena was ever vigilant. European Uppercuts, Giant Swings, Superplexes, Cena took it all. After a slew of counters, Cena won with nasty clothesline and an Attitude Adjustment.

Los Matadores and Sin Cara vs. Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper and Erick Rowan: This was deliciously sad to watch. The Family completely decimated the luchadores, who could barely get a tag in. Although Sin Cara had some luck against the trio, Harper nailed him with a vicious Discus Lariat and Wyatt followed up with the Sister Abigail for the win.

WWE Tag Team Champion Billy Gunn w/Road Dogg vs. Jey Uso w/Jimmy Uso: A quick match that saw Uso reverse a Fameasser and roll up Gunn for the win.

WWE World Heavyweight Champion Randy Orton vs. Sheamus: A tough encounter that saw Orton take a beating. Sheamus also took some damage, fighting off Orton’s signature offense. Just when it appeared Sheamus had the match in his grasp, The Shield interfered to get it thrown out. Soon enough, John Cena, Daniel Bryan and The Family were in the ring as well.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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