WWE RAW Coverage: Bayley Gets Shot at Flair, Goldberg Ready to Rumble

January 3, 2017 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

There were a few cool moments this week on RAW, including a rare Goldberg appearance and an awesome Last man Standing match between Braun Strowman and Sami Zayn that ensured the first RAW was a solid one. Away from a few throwaway segments, this week’s RAW began to set the table for what is going to be a special Royal Rumble.

Matches:

WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens vs. Seth Rollins: A great opening match as the two traded moves back and forth the entirety of the match. However, after Rollins sent Owens to the outside, the Universal Champion hit Rollins with the ring bell to lose via DQ. As a result of the win, Rollins was allowed to accompany Roman Reigns for his match with Chris Jericho later in the night.

WWE RAW Tag Team Champion Cesaro vs. Karl Anderson w/Luke Gallows: Another solid back and forth as Anderson never looked out of place. Cesar’s athletic ability was showcased fully thanks to a litany of Elbows, Uppercuts, Suplexes and Drop Kicks. However, after Gallows knocked Cesaro off the top rope, Anderson hit a beautiful Diving Neckbreaker from the top rope for the win.

Last Man Standing: Braun Strowman vs. Sami Zayn: Strowman got the win with a Running Powerslam on the outside and completely decimated Zayn, blowing up his eye and hurling him into the guard rail after medical personnel tried to stretcher Zayn out of the arena. Zayn gave Strowman a fight and a half, but Strowman definitely made a statement.

Titus O’Neil vs. Xavier Woods w/Big E. Langston and Kofi Kingston: An awful match that O’Neil dominated, but Woods got the win with the Rollup counter.

Cedric Alexander w/Alicia Fox vs. Drew Gulak w/Tony Nese: Gulak took advantage of a distraction from Nese and won with a School Boy and some tights.

United States Champion Roman Reigns vs. Chris Jericho: Reigns got the win with the Spear after Jericho hit his head on the exposed turnbuckle in a match Jericho nearly won on several occasions.

Brian Kendrick vs. TJ Perkins: Kendrick was the heel as usual, but Perkins got the win with the Knee Bar.

Colin Cassady w/Enzo Amore vs. Rusev and Jinder Mahal: The numbers game caught up as Rusev won with the Running Kick.

#1 Contenders Match for RAW Women’s Championship: Nia Jax vs. Bayley: Thanks to a distraction from Sasha Banks, Bayley hit the Belly-to-Bayley from the top rope for the win.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13874 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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