WWE RAW Coverage: New Tag Champs, Reigns Faltering

This was anything but a waste of a show. Christmas or not, this week’s RAW told some interesting stories and was full of surprises.

Matches:

John Cena vs. Elias Sampson: Cena eventually got the win with the Attitude Adjustment after Sampson escaped the STF a few times and hit some monster offense of his own. Overall, it was an awesome opening match that showcased Sampson as a credible heel.

Hideo Itami vs. Brian Kendrick w/Jack Gallagher: Itami won with the GTS, but you could have heard crickets in the background.

Bayley, Mickie James and Sasha Banks vs. Absolution: Paige, Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose: Lots of offense and spills to the outside and mayhem. Bayley hit her finish, but Paige eventually got the win with the Ram-Paige.

Heath Slater w/Rhyno vs. Kane: The Big Red Machine got the win with a Chokeslam on Slater. After the match, Rhyno tried the gore, but Kane hit the Chokeslam there too.

Finn Balor vs. Curt Hawkins: Balor won in a squash as WWE Creative continues to misuse the first ever Universal Champion.

Six-Man Tag Team Miracle on 34th Street Fight: Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Amore, Drew Gulak and Ariya Daivari vs. Cedric Alexander, Akira Tozawa and Mustafa Ali: A wacky won that saw Alexander beat Daivari with the Lumbar Check.

Intercontinental Champion Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe: Joe got the win via DQ as Reigns is all sorts of frazzled emotionally. Pushing the referee and trying to get revenge for his friend Dean Ambrose, Reigns is not thinking smart and Joe was on his game.

Braun Strowman vs. The Miztourage: Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel: Strowman squashed his opponents. What did you expect?

Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan vs. WWE RAW Tag Team Champions: The Bar: Sheamus and Cesaro: After avoiding his own immaturity and inexperience, Jordan scored the biggest pinfall victory of his career, giving him and Rollins the Tag Team straps.

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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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