WWE RAW Coverage: Goldberg Dominates, Reigns and Rollins Could Be Friends Again

November 1, 2016 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

A beefy card and the beginning of RAW putting their Survivor Series Teams together made for an intriguing episode of RAW that if anything could serve to be a great foundation for the RAW brand getting back on track.

Regardless, it lacked the sizzle that Smackdown has had with so many fun angles and plenty of depth. While it’s cool that Braun Strowman and Nia Jax’s months of squash matches now make sense that their on their respective Survivor Series teams, this booking unit hasn’t done enough to make RAW must-see.

At this point, if you had to watch one WWE wrestling show a week, RAW, would be the third-string quarterback behind Smackdown and NXT.

Matches:

Trick or Street Fight: Enzo Amore w/Colin Cassady vs. Luke Gallows w/Karl Anderson: This was a silly little match that saw Enzo and Cass use Pumpkin Pies and Kendo Sticks before Cassady put Anderson through a table, which allowed Amore to get the win with the DDT from the top rope (while Gallows had a Pumpkin on his head.)

WWE Cruiserweight Champion Brian Kendrick vs. TJ Perkins: A good back and forth until Perkins set Kendrick out of the ring with a Hurricanrana. With the ref counting, Kendrick made sure he didn’t get back in the ring and kept his title even in defeat via count-out. After the matchup, Perkins latched on the Knee Bar on the outside while Kendrick clutched his title.

Battle Royal for Spot on RAW Survivor Series Team: Sami Zayn vs. Jinder Mahal. vs. Curtis Axel vs. Darren Young. vs. Goldust. vs. Cesaro vs. Sheamus vs. Neville vs. Braun Strowman vs. Titus O’Neil: Zayn held his own throughout, but in the end, after several eliminations, Braun Strowman, who also absorbed a ton of punishment, got the win after he eliminated Zayn.

Cedric Alexander, Lince Dorado and Rich Swann vs. Drew Gulag, Anthony Nese and Ariya Daivari: Lots of spots in a fun cruiserweight encounter where Swann got the win with the Rich Kick and the Jackknife cover.

Nia Jax vs. Bayley: Jax was dominant and got the win with the Samoan Drop.

Cesaro and Sheamus vs. The Shining Stars: Primo and Epico: A glorified squash match that saw Cesaro nail Epico with an Uppercut, while Sheamus got the submission win with the Cloverleaf.

United States Champion Roman Reigns vs. Chris Jericho w/WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens: Owens took advantage of every opportunity he had to help Jericho and if anything, it kept Y2J in the match longer and forced Reigns to slow down his assault. Although Reigns hit the Samoan Drop, a Sit-Out Powerbomb and a few other power moves, Jericho was able to latch on the Walls of Jericho a few times to slow Reigns down. However after a Superman Punch on the apron, Reigns hit the Spear before Owens interfered to get the match thrown out. After the match, Owens and Jericho hit the Assisted Code Breaker, but Seth Rollins soon joined the party and beat on both Jericho and Owens to end the show.

After the dust settled, Rollins and Reigns were left staring at one another. Can these two put the band back together?

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13872 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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