WWE RAW Coverage: Poor Enzo

December 6, 2016 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

Away from Rusev’s decimation of Enzo Amore and Seth Rollins calling out Triple H, this week’s episode was a flat outside of the ring. However, while the in-ring action was solid, no Goldberg, Brock Lesnar and the Charlotte and Ric Flair closer made for an uneventful night that continues to prove RAW is the #2 show when compared to Smackdown Live.

Matches:

The Big Show w/Universal Champion Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins: Show fought hard and wasn’t about to go down, but Owens’ big mouth earned him Chokeslam from the apron, into the ring. Show then walked out on the match, giving Rollins the win via count-out. With the win in hand and Owens’ down Rollins hit the Pedigree.

Ariya Davairi vs. Jack Gallagher: Similar to their match on the premiere episode of 205 Live, Gallagher won with the Running Drop Kick in the corner. But after the match, Davairi beat on the ankle on the “Extraordinary Gentleman.”

WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens vs. Sami Zayn: Owens took a beating as Zayn hit a beautiful Half Nelson Suplex, but he couldn’t put KO away. Owens fought back with his Superplex Driver and a pair of Cannonballs in the corner. Zayn fought back with the Tight Rope Tornado DDT, a Dragon Suplex, An Exploder (he hit the move earlier on the outside) and the Blue Thunder, but Owens kicked out again. Owens eventually hit the Pop-Up Powerbomb for the win.

WWE Cruiserweight Champion Rich Swann vs. TJ Perkins: Lots of spots in a highly-athletic contest. After Swann escaped the Knee Bar and the GTS Pele Kick, Swann hit the Rich Kick for the win.

Bayley vs. Alicia Fox: A physical contest that Fox was in control of until Bayley got the win with the Belly-to-Bayley Suplex.

Mark Henry vs. Titus O’Neil: Henry won with the World’s Strongest Slam in less than 10 seconds.

United States Champion Roman Reigns vs. Chris Jericho: An enjoyable match with plenty of back and forth as Reigns dominated but couldn’t put Jericho away early. Jericho got a bit ahead of himself when he missed a Baseball Slide on Reigns, which allowed The Big Dog to hit the Drive By. Jericho then countered the Superman Punch into a Lionsault for a near-fall. Reigns fought back with a Samoan Drop and a Superman Punch, as well as his Sit-Out Powerbomb off a Codebreaker counter. It then took Jericho three times to get Reigns in the Walls of Jericho and although he nearly won, Reigns escaped. Kevin Owens then hit the ring and nailed Reigns with a Super Kick, allowing Jericho to hit the Code Breaker for a near-fall. Jericho then told Owens he didn’t need him, but soon enough Reigns hit the Spear for the win.

Rusev vs. Colin Cassady: This match never happened as fans got to see Enzo Amore in a hotel room with Lana before Rusev beat on him.

Winners Face Tag Team Champions The New Day Next Week: Sheamus and Cesaro vs. Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson: This match got thrown out as both teams decided to beat on New Day instead of each other.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 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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