WWE RAW Coverage: Owens Celebrates, Fans Fall Asleep

Away from Seth Rollins’ apparent face-turn and more drama between the New Day and Gallows and Anderson, this week’s episode of Monday Night RAW was an absolute snoozer. With no Triple H and a slew of squash matches, there was little reason to tune in.

Matches:

(Non-Title) Bailey vs. WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair w/Dana Brooke: A sluggish pace early on and a few botched spots didn’t help what could have been an amazing match. Flair worked on Bayley’s knee throughout the match with strikes and submissions and even used the turnbuckle post to get an advantage. But once Flair and Brooke got their line son communication crossed, Bayley capitalized with the Bayley-to-Belly for the win.

Bo Dallas vs. Kyle Roberts: Dallas got the squash win with the Roll of the Dice.

Chris Jericho vs. Seth Rollins: This wasn’t nearly as exciting as it could have been. Jericho was more entertaining here, but the match was far from the athletic showcase it could have been. Rollins was sharp with the Sling Blade and Blockbuster and escaped the Walls of Jericho on two separate occasions. After Rollins countered the Code Breaker, Rollins finished off Jericho with the Pedigree.

Best of Seven: Match Three: Sheamus (2-0) vs. Cesaro (0-2): Sheamus decimated Cesaro with all-out offensive performance, getting the win with the Brogue Kick to go up 3-0.

Big Cass and Enzo Amore vs. The Shining Stars: Primo and Epico: Cass and Amore dominated, but Epico stole the win with the Rollup and a handful of tights.

Mia Jax vs. Ann Esposito: Another squash as Jax won with the Fireman’s Carry Powerslam.

Darren Young w/Bob Backlund vs. Jinder Mahal: Young got the win with the Gut Check and then fought with Titus O’Neil on the outside.

Sin Cara vs. Braun Strowman: Cara and Strowman fought it out on the outside in a boring battle that the big man won via count-out. After the match, Strowman ran Cara over to make a statement.

WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn: Best match of the night, but a weaker one by their standards. Owens was tough as usual and Zayn fought back hard as the underdog. Zayn nearly won with the Blue Thunder Bomb, but Owens dodged a Half Nelson Suplex but got nailed with an Exploder Suplex. Owens then escaped the Helluva Kick and after they traded counters on the apron, Owens hit a corner Clothesline and a Cannonball, but Zayn countered with a Half Nelson Suplex for a near-fall. The action then went to the outside where Zayn hit another Half-Nelson Suplex. Once back in the ring however, Owens countered a Helluva Kick and won with the Pop-Up Powerbomb.

After the match, Roman Reigns hit the ring and Chris Jericho came to support Owens, but soon enough RAW GM Mick Foley was on the ramp and announced Reigns will have a shot at Owens next week and if he wins, he’ll get a title shot at Clash of Champions.

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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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