WWE RAW Coverage: Banks Wins RAW Women’s Championship

October 4, 2016 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

Take away a wonderful main event between Charlotte Flair and Sasha Banks and this was a mediocre episode of RAW.

Growing pains are rough in wrestling. With Kevin Owens and Chris Jericho over as a team and Seth Rollins surging as a face, this week’s RAW had a few fun moments, but this week’s episode was all about building for the future.

Make no mistake- Roman Reigns and Rusev have the best United States title feud in years and the resurgence of Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson make the Tag Team Division far more formidable. Add in the promise of Braun Stowman facing a quality competitor next week and no squash matches for Bo Dallas and Nia Jax and it’s easy to see RAW is moving in a much better situation.

Matches:

Cruiserweight Champion TJ Perkins vs. Brian Kendrick: Perkins started off hot, but Kendrick told a different story as he nailed Perkins with a Big Boot and a Neckbreaker (while he had Perkins’ hand in the turnbuckle post.) After the commercial break Perkins fought back and locked on the Knee Bar, but Kendrick escaped and went on the offensive again, hitting the Sliced Bread #2 for the near-fall. Kendrick then latched on the Bully Choke, but Perkins escaped. After a Wrecking Ball Dropkick, Perkins looked to go for the Fireman’s Pele, but Kendrick raked Perkins’ eyes and then went for the Choke again, this time getting the submission victory.

Braun Strowman vs. Chase Silver: Another squash as Strowman hit a few modified Shoulder Blocks and won with the Running Powerslam. After the match, Strowman demanded tougher competition.

Sami Zayn vs. Titus O’Neil: Zayn got the win with the Exploder and Helluva Kick, putting an end to the “Titus Brand” nonsense.

The Golden Truth: Goldust and R-Truth vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson: R-Truth had his moments, but Gallows and Anderson won with The Magic Killer.

WWE Tag Team Champions: The New Day: Big E. Langston and Xavier Woods w/Kofi Kingston vs. Chris Jericho and WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens: Seth Rollins played a key role as his interference cost Jericho the win as he had Woods in the Lion Tamer. With Owens out of the equation, Woods and Langston won with the Midnight Hour. After the match, Rollins hit Jericho with the Pedigree.

Rich Swann vs. Tony Nese: Best match of the night up until that point as there was plenty of back and forth. Ness got the win with the Pump-Handle Driver.

Sheamus and Antonio Cesaro vs. Raul White and Michael Carradine: Another ugly match that saw Sheamus and Cesaro dominate. Sheamus got the win with the Brogue Kick.

RAW Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair w/Dana Brooke vs. Sasha Banks:A ton of consenters and near-falls and in spite of a few botches, this was a war. Flair hit the Corkscrew Moonsault on the outside, the Natural Selection and plenty of Boots, but couldn’t put Banks away. On a counter of a Tilt-a-Whirl Slam, Banks was able to lock on the Bank Statement and then counter Flair’s pinning combination into the maneuver again, earning the RAW Women’s Championship for the second time in her career.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14321 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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