WWE RAW Coverage: Gallows and Anderson Debut

April 12, 2016 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

The debut of Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows and some fantastic in-ring work made sure that the high from Wrestlemania continued this week on RAW. Although Roman Reigns still has plenty of work before he’s more than a nine o’clock Champion, AJ Styles and Sami Zayn pulled their weight and made this week’s episode more than watchable.

Matches:

Winner Gets Shot at Intercontinental Champion: Kevin Owens vs. Cesaro: This was a war, but one that was plagued by two commercial breaks. Owens hit Cesaro with a Super Kick and a Frog Splash, but Cesaro’s Spinning European Uppercut and the Neutralizer earned the Swiss Superman the win.

Tag Team Tournament for Shot at New Day: The Lucha Dragons: United States Champion Kalisto and Sin Cara vs. The Dudley Boys: Bubba Ray and Devon: After they took out Kalisto, the Dudley’s beat on Sin Cara and got the win with the 3D.

WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair w/Ric Flair vs. Natalya Neidhart: This was a fun one as Neidhart hit a rare German Suplex and the two traded moves throughout. However, things got spicy when Neidhart locked the Sharpshooter and got Flair to tap, but when Flair’s Nature Boy Papa pulled out the referee out of the ring, Neidhart earned the win by DQ, but not the title.

Tag Team Tournament for Shot at New Day: Jimmy and Jey Uso vs. The Social Outcasts: Curtis Axel and Heath Slater w/Adam Rose and Bo Dallas: The Usos won with a Rollup in a waste of a match, but the debuting Karl Anderson and Luke Gallows hit the ring and destroyed them.

AJ Styles vs. Sami Zayn: Another enjoyable match but one that was killed by a pair of commercial breaks that ruined the pace. Regardless Zayn nearly won with a beautiful Blue Thunder and Styles was also dominant with an assortment of strikes and suplexes. After Styles nearly won with a Calf Killer, Zayn countered the Powerbomb from the top rope, but Styles was able to hit the Springboard Forearm for the win.

Apollo Crews vs. Adam Rose w/Bo Dallas: Rose wasn’t about lay down, but Crews got the win with the Toss Powerbomb after the Enzigieri.

WWE World Heavyweight Champion Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt w/Braun Strowman and Erick Rowan vs. The League of Nations: Sheamus and Alberto Del Rio w/ Rusev: Reigns caught a beating here, but ironically worked well with Wyatt. Not so ironically, Wyatt did most of the heavy lifting in the ring until Rusev got involved, forcing Braun Strowman and Erick Rowan to hit the ring and even things out. Wyatt eventually got the win with the Sister Abigail on Del Rio, as Reigns nailed Sheamus with The Spear during the count.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14267 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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