WWE RAW Coverage: Lesnar and Owens Hungry for Gold

More Brock Lesnar on RAW is always a good thing and this week’s RAW certainly delivered on that end. Simply put, seeing Lesnar destroy J & J security’s caddy was one of the coolest moments on RAW in 2015.

However with the unveiling of Stone Cold Steve Austin as the cover athlete of ‘WWE 2K16,’  on Monday, some fans were expecting an appearance from the rattlesnake himself.

Regardless of any lack of surprises, this was plenty of polish in the card as the return of Randy Orton and a healthy Rusev sets up another big pair of matches for Battleground. With just two weeks left to go before the event and more drama between Kevin Owens and John Cena, as well as a match of the year candidate main event with Cena and Cesaro and there wasn’t much more than you can ask for.

Matches:

The Big Show vs. Intercontinental Champion Ryback: Both guys beat on each other and Show nearly got the win after a Chokeslam and a second rope Elbow, but The Miz, who was heckling both Ryback and Show ringside, interfered to get the match thrown out. After the bell, both Ryback and Show hit their finishers on Miz, but Ryback got the last laugh after he took out Big Show.

Brie Bella w/Alicia Foxx and Divas Champion Nikki Bella vs. Paige: Brie got the win with the Facebuster after Paige took out Foxx and Nikki on the apron. After the match, Nikki hit the Rack Attack for the win.

Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus: Reigns appeared to have the win in hand after the Superman Punch, but more mind games from Bray Wyatt, or at least someone that looked like him, derailed the match and earned Sheamus the win via count-out.

Bo Dallas vs. Dean Ambrose: A quick encounter that saw Ambrose get the win with The Dirty Deeds in a match essentially just put together to keep Ambrose on TV.

R-Truth vs. Wade Barrett: It took a lot longer than most people expected, but Barrett eventually got the win with the Bullhammer Elbow.

Kalisto and Sin Cara vs. Big E. Langston and Kofi Kingston w/Xavier Woods: The Lucha Dragons were awesome, but the numbers game and the power game of Langston did them in as Langston and Kingston hit the Big Ending/Facebuster combination.

United States Champion John Cena vs. Antonio Cesaro: After Kevin Owens wanted his shot at the title, Cesaro demanded a rematch and forced Owns out of the ring to start the match. Just like the last time these two battled, Cesaro was on his game, delivered strikes and Suplex variations, but Cena was always a signature move away from evening things up. After Cesaro and Cena traded submissions Cesaro continued to marvel with three Gordbusters in a row, but again, Cena kicked out. Climbing up and countering the Swing into a DDT, Cena worked his tail off in this match too. After the Frankensteiner, Cena hit his Swinging Facebuster, but Cesaro still has some fight left in him.

Quickly fighting back, Cesaro hit a beautiful Spinning European Uppercut for a near-fall. The action then spilled to the outside before Cena countered a Superplex into his signature Rocker Dropper from the top, but Cesaro again kicked out. Cesar then hit his Pop-Up European Uppercut but didn’t hit Cena flush and Cena kicked out. Xena then hit the Attitude Adjustment out of nowhere, but Cesaro surprisingly kicked out. Just like their last match, Cesaro hit the Giant Swing and then transitioned flawlessly into the Sharpshooter and then the Crossface, but Cena then lock in the STF, but Cesaro countered that into a Suplex for a near-fall. After Cena missed the Stunner, Cesaro nailed the Neutralizer, but Cena kicked out, again. As the crowd chanted Cesaro’s name he hit his no-leverage Superplex to continue the onslaught.

But again, Cena fought back, this time with the Photobomb, but couldn’t get a decent cover on Cesaro and the match continued. After Cesaro went for a top rope Neutralizer, Cena countered and finally for the win with the second rope Attitude Adjustment. After the bell, Owens hit the ring, but Cena hit the Attitude Adjustment on him as well to end the show.

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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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