WWE Roadblock Coverage: Owens Still Champ, Flair and Banks Steal Show, Again

December 19, 2016 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

 

Roadblock felt like a great episode of RAW thanks to the return of Neville and spectacular performances by Cesaro, Sheamus and of course, Charlotte Flair and Sash Banks. But more hijinx between Kevin Owens, Chris Jericho and Roman Reigns washed away any momentum this event could have had, making it an above average event overall.

In the end, this event forces you to think again, why does the WWE have to have two events a month now? The PPV era is dead, replaced with an “event” system that does nothing other than make you think that by watching you’re going to see something “special.” That just hasn’t been the case the majority of the time.

Matches:

Kick-Off: Big Cass vs. Rusev: A disaster as Cass’ concerns for Enzo cost him the match as he was counted out, giving the win to Rusev.

RAW Tag Team Champions: The New Day: Kofi Kingston and Big E. Langston w/Xavier Woods vs. Sheamus and Cesaro: The new Day escaped pitfall on a plethora of occasions, but it was on the strength of a fake tag by Cesaro that allowed Sheamus to pick up the win with a Rollup after Kingston hit the Trouble in Paradise on Cesaro.

Braun Strowman vs. Sami Zayn: Strowman decimated Zayn for the entire 10 minutes but he survived and hit a Helluva Kick at the end of it all to prove he did more than just squeak by.

Chris Jericho vs. Seth Rollins: A great encounter that unfortunately felt like a RAW match after Owens interfered again, costing Jericho the match as Rollins reversed the Codebreaker and transitioned into a Pedigree for the win.

WWE Cruiserweight Champion Rich Swann vs. TJ Perkins vs. Brian Kendrick: Perkins and Kendrick nearly won on several occasions with submissions, but Swann got the win with the Rich Kick. After the match, Neville hit the ring and took out both Swann and Perkins.

30-Minute Iron Man Match: WWE RAW Women’s Champion Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte: This was arguably their best encounter yet as they went back and forth for the entire match. After Flair got a pinfall with the Natural Selection/Blockbuster/Diamond Dust variation from the top rope, Banks got a fall with a disgusting looking pinning combination. After Banks got a tap out with the Bank Statement, Flair got a tap out of her own with the Figure-Four with just three seconds left. Once in Overtime, Flair got the win with the Figure-Eight to reclaim the WWE RAW Women’s Championship.

WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens vs. Roman Reigns: An evenly-matched encounter that ended with Reigns being DQed after Chris Jericho hit Owens with the Codebreaker. After the match, Rollins hit the ring and took out Jericho with the Pedigree while Reigns nailed Owens with a Spear. Jericho and Owens were also Double-Powerbombed through announce tables.

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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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