WWE RAW Coverage: Snorefest Before Hell in a Cell

October 25, 2016 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

With less than a week before Hell in a Cell, this week’s RAW was one that pandered and dragged.

Thanks to an arm wrestling match and a series of wasted segments and matches, this week’s RAW did anything but get people excited for Hell in a Cell.

At this point, it’s fair to say Smackdown is the better WWE show.

Matches:

Enzo Amore w/Colin Cassady vs. Karl Anderson w/Luke Gallows: Amore stole the win after Cassady nailed Anderson with a Big Boot on the apron before the referee’s back.

WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day: Big E. Langston and Kofi Kingston w/Xavier Woods vs. Sheamus and Cesaro: A wild one as Cesaro took out Kingston with a beautiful European Uppercut on the outside before Sheamus nailed Langston with the Brogue Kick for the win.

Arm Wrestling Match: Dana Brooke vs. Bayley: This was a boring segment that took entirely took much time. The fact that the crowd chanted “This is Stupid” only proved it. After she beat Bayley with her good arm, Brooke switched arms and just as she was about to win, Brooke attacked her and worked on her arm, slamming it on the table before Bayley hit her with the Bayley-to-Belly.

Curtis Axel vs. Bo Dallas: Axel almost won early with the Perfect Plex and got in a nice amount of offense, but Dallas stole the win with a School Boy.

The Shining Stars: Primo and Epico w/ Titus O’Neil vs. The Golden Truth: Goldust and R-Truth w/Mark Henry: After Mark henry took care of business on the outside, Truth and Goldust got the win with the assisted Little Jimmy.

Brian Kendrick vs. Rich Swann: Kendrick was his dangerous self as he worked on Swann’s neck, but Swann was wonderfully solid as he sold Kendrick’s strikes and nearly won on several occasions with some killer spots. After Kendrick went for the Bully Choke, Swann countered with a modified Rollup for the win.

Braun Strowman vs. Sami Zayn: Another disaster as Strowman left the ring after he threw Zayn into the guard rail after Zayn hit a few moves.

WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens vs. Chris Jericho vs. Seth Rollins: This was a two-on-one match as Owens and Jericho beat on Rollins, but they couldn’t put him away, even after Rollins missed a Frog Splash and Jericho hit the Code Breaker. Ironically Rollins ended up stealing the win with the double pin from the top rope following  a counter of a double team maneuver. After the match however, Jericho and Owens beat on Rollins on the outside. Rollins eventually fought back to make it interesting and hit the Powerbomb on the apron to end the show.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14316 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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