WWE RAW Coverage: Triple H Helps Owens Claim WWE Universal Championship

August 30, 2016 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

If you took out the last five minutes of this week’s RAW, the show would have been a complete bust.

However, with the crowning of a new Universal Champion in Kevin Owens and an appearance from Triple H, this week’s episode of RAW leaves plenty to discuss and a plethora of creative opportunities.

It didn’t matter that the rest of the card was squash-Match filled and featured poor storyline and  was just a sluggishly paced mess.

Owens’ capturing of the WE Universal Championship changes everything.

Matches:

Chris Jericho vs. Adrian Neville: Jericho got the win with a rare Lion Tamer, but Neville nearly won on several occasions with his usual assortment of high-flying offense.

Ion vs. Nia Jax: Another squash as Jax got the win with the modified Death Valley Driver.

Jinder Mahal vs. Sami Zayn: Mahal dished out some punishment, but Zayn got the win with the Exploder and Helluva Kick.

Mixed Six-Man Tag: WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day Kofi Kingston Big E. Langston and Kofi Kingston and Bayley w/Xavier Woods vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson and Dana Brooke: A fun match where The New Day got most of their licks in. Was weird to see Brooke use the Club wolf hand gesture a few times, but it is what it is. Bailey got the win with the Belly-to-Bayley.

Best of Seven: Match Two: Sheamus vs. Cesaro: Sheamus got the win with the Cloverleaf after Sheamus Back Body Dropped Cesaro into the ring post on the outside. Cesar was in control for most of the match, hitting a ton of technical offense, but overall, this was a weak match compared to their first encounter.

Braun Strowman vs. Americo: Another squash as Strowman beat his opponent with a modified version of his Reverse Chokeslam. After the match he pulled off his opponents mask.

Darren Young w/Bob Backlund vs. Titus O’Neil: Young got the win with a Rollup, but O’Neil nailed Young with the Clash of the Titus and took out Backlund after the match.

Universal Championship Four-Way: Seth Rollins vs. Colin Cassady vs. Kevin Owens vs. Roman Reigns: Cass was eliminated first after an Owens Frog Splash in a match that was hampered by commercial breaks. Ironically from there Reigns and Rollins battled for the majority of the rest of the match, but Owens popped back in and nailed both Rollins and Reigns with Cannonballs before he was forced to kick out of a Superman Punch. Reigns then hit Owens with another Superman Punch and nearly beat Rollins with his Sit-Out Powerbomb variation. After Reigns hit the Spear on Rollins on the outside, Triple H appeared and hit the Pedigree on Reigns on the outside. Once Rollins pinned Reigns, Triple H nailed Rollins with the Pedigree as well, allowing Owens to win the WWE Universal Championship.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14260 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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