WWE RAW Coverage: The Boys Are Back in Town

August 21, 2018 Patrick Hickey Jr. Professional Wrestling 0

With a solid Summerslam behind them, the WWE kept up the pace and delivered a fine episode of RAW that showcased the surging youth on the roster in the form of The Riott Squad, The Authors of Pain, The Revival and Elias Sampson. Wins by Bobby Lashley and Dean Ambrose were good moves as well and an enjoyable main event capped off a show that leaves them with a few different ways to go.

Matches:

Baron Corbin vs. Bobby Lashley: Corbin was smart and beat on Lashley on the outside and used power moves on the inside, but Lashley won with the Dominator variation.

Bayley, Sasha Banks and Ember Moon vs. The Riott Squad: Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan: Riott got the win with The Riott Kick on Banks after Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan used the numbers game to their advantage.

Dean Ambrose w/Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins vs. Dolph Ziggler w/Drew McIntyre: Ambrose got the win with the Dirty Deeds after Rollins took out McIntyre on the outside. Sporting more power maneuvers and strikes, this is a much different Ambrose.

Elias Sampson vs. Curt Hawkins: Elias got the win with the Drift Away in a match that Hawkins tried hard to win early on.

The Authors of Pain: Akam and Rezar vs. Titus Worldwide: Titis O’Neil and Apollo Crews w/Dana Brooke: TAOP got the win with the Final Chapter in one of their most dominant performances yet.

The Revival: Scott Dawson w/ Dash Wilder vs. WWE RAW Tag Team Champion Bo Dallas w/Curtis Axel: Dawson dominated and won with a nice Package DDT variation.

The Revival: Dash Wilder w/ Scott Dawson vs. WWE RAW Tag Team Champion Curtis Axel w/Bo Dallas: Wilder got the impressive win with the Gory Bomb variation.

WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns vs. Finn Balor: This was a war that saw Balor drive fans crazy with all of the offense, but he couldn’t put Reigns away. Reigns as well, hit Balor with everything he had. After a pair of Superman Punches, Reigns went for the Spear, but Braun Strowman hit the ring. However, Reigns wasn’t distracted enough and won with the Spear.

HOWEVER, Braun Strowman cashed in his Money in the Bank contract. HOWEVER, Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins hit the ring and the bell never rang. Strowman attacked The Shield, but they battled back and cleared the ring and then Triple Powerbombed Strowman through the announce table after a Reigns Spear on the outside.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 13890 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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