WWE RAW Coverage: Braun Wins Gauntlet, EC Teaser

A two-hour match and just enough teasing for Elimination Chamber made sure this was a solid week of RAW action.

Matches:

Elimination Chamber Gauntlet Match: Roman Reigns vs. Seth Rollins: A lengthy match that saw Reigns escape the Curb Stomp, but The Big Dog was ultimately pinned as Rollins countered a Rollup into one of his own.

Seth Rollins vs. John Cena: This was an amazing match. Rollins barely beat Reigns and Cena was all over him. Rollins, however, to his credit, fought hard and made Cena bring it every second of this match. Rollins eventually kicked out of the Attitude Adjustment and followed it up with a Superplex and a Falcon’s Arrow, but couldn’t put Cena away. Rollins then escaped an STF and a Super Attitude Adjustment and nearly put Cena away with his own finishing move. Cena then hit the AA, but then went for the maneuver again. That is what cost him the match as Rollins hit the Revolution Knee and the Curb Stomp for the win.

Seth Rollins vs. Elias Sampson: Rollins almost won several times with kicks and strikes, but Sampson picked up the win with the Big Boot and the Drift Away.

Elias Sampson vs. Finn Balor: This match was entirely too long. Everyone knew Balor was going to win and he didn’t disappoint, putting Sampson away with the Coup de Grace.

Finn Balor vs. Intercontinental Champion The Miz w/Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel: Interference from Dallas and Axel allowed Miz to get the win with the Skull-Crushing Finale.

Braun Strowman vs. Intercontinental Champion The Miz w/Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel: The Miz hung in there longer than expected, but Strowman got the win with the Running Powerslam after he kicked out of the Skull-Crushing Finale. After the match, Stroman hit Axel and Dallas with Running Powerslams, before he chased down Miz and hit him with the maneuver as well.

WWE RAW Tag Team Champions Sheamus and Cesaro vs. Apollo Crews and Titus O’Neil w/Dana Brooke: Another shocker as Crews and O’Neil won via Rollup.

Absolution: Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose w/Paige and WWE RAW Women’s Champion Alexa Bliss,  and vs. Sasha Banks, Mickie James and Bayley: Banks got the win with the Bank Statement and Absolution attacked Bliss, but James made the save.

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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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