WWE RAW Coverage: The Club is Back Together

January 2, 2018 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

Asuka beats Alexa Bliss. Roman Reigns beats Samoa Joe. Finn Balor reunites with Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. Kane Chokeslams Brock Lesnar and he laughs it off

This was a solid episode of RAW that actually managed to get people excited. Add it the blossoming drama and silliness of Jason Jordan and Seth Rollins and this was a great way to start the year, even if the end of the show felt a bit flat.

Matches:

WWE RAW Tag Team Champion Jason Jordan w/WWE RAW Tag Team Champion Seth Rollins vs. Cesaro w/Sheamus: Cesaro worked on Jordan’s legs throughout, but after Rollins took out Sheamus on the outside, Jordan hit the Grand Amplitude for the win. A definite learning lesson for Jordan, Rollins isn’t impressed with Jordan’s cockiness.

Apollo Crews w/Titus O’Neil and Dana Brooke vs. Bray Wyatt: Brooke and O’Neil caused a distraction that almost gave a very game Crews the win, but Wyatt countered Crews’ finisher into the Sister Abigail for the victory. After the match, Matt Hardy shot some promo and promised Wyatt he was always around him.

Non-Title: WWE RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss vs. Asuka: Bliss was dominant at times, but Asuka got the win with the Armbar in a match that dragged at times but began to lay the seeds in their eventual Wrestlemania matchup.

Braun Strowman vs. Rhyno w/Heath Slater: Strowman squashed both Rhyno and Slater, getting the win over the former ECW Champion with the Running Powerslam. After the match, Strowman delivered a hearty helping of Powerslams to both Rhyno and Slater.

Intercontinental Champion Roman Reigns vs. Samoa Joe: Reigns fought Joe and the need within himself to do over the edge against Joe, but he couldn’t put Joe away. After the referee almost DQed Reigns for accidentally hitting him, Joe almost won with a Urinage Suplex, but Reigns got the win with the Spear.

Goldust and Cedric Alexander vs. Drew Gulak and Ariya Daivari: A fun aside that saw Goldust surprise with some high-flying maneuvers and Alexander win with the Lumbar Check.

Finn Balor, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs. Elias Sampson, Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel: The Club squashed their opponents as a Magic Killer and the Coup De Grace sent Dallas and company packing.

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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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