WWE RAW Coverage: The Club Reborn

The first RAW of the Heyman era featured a heck of a lot of in-ring action and some interesting storyline (Maria Kanellis pregnant and destroying her husband on the mic), but it wasn’t a huge leap ahead in any stretch of the imagination. 

Away from the reformation of The Club, RAW needs help.

Matches:

Falls Count Anywhere Match: Braun Strowman vs. Bobby Lashley: These guys beat the holy hell out of each other, but after Strowman Speared Lashley through the LED board, the match ended in a No-Contest.

The New Day: Big E. Langston and Xavier Woods vs. The Viking Raiders: Erik and Ivar: After Samoa Joe got involved and Kofi Kingston came to his rescue, this got restarted as a Six-Man tag.

The New Day: WWE Champion Kofi Kingston, Big E. Langston and Xavier Woods vs. Samoa Joe and The Viking Raiders: Erik and Ivar: 

Lots of back and forth, but the shift Joe capitalized and won with the Kokina Clutch.

Cesaro vs. No Way Jose: This had more to do with the 24/7 title as R-Truth and Drake Maverick fought before Cesaro took out Jose with a Neutralizer on the outside.

Lacey Evans w/Baron Corbin vs. Natalya Neidhart: Evans got the win with the Women’s Right after Nattie was too busy yapping with Corbin.

Two-Out-Of-Three-Falls The Miz vs. Elias: After the two traded pitfalls, The Miz won with a Figure-Four.

Maria and Mike Kanellis vs. Universal Champion Seth Rollins and WWE RAW Women’s Champion Becky Lynch: Maria said she was pregnant and Mike got tapped out by Becky with the Dis-Arm-Her. A weird segment that felt out of place.

Carmella vs. Alexa Bliss w/Nikki Cross: After she called out Bliss, Carmella wasted no time and won with a Rollup.

Nikki Cross w/Alexa Bliss vs. Carmella: Although Carmella was solid, Cross won with the Neckbreaker variation.

United States Champion Ricochet vs. AJ Styles: This happened quick and Styles won with the Phenomenal Forearm, but Ricochet’s leg was under the rope. Once another ref hit the ring and the match was restarted and the call was reversed. With Gallows and Anderson ringside this time around, Ricochet dominated before Styles went on a tear with a Brainbuster and Rock Bomb. However, won with a pinning combination out of nowhere. After the match, Styles beat on Ricochet before Gallows and Anderson hit the Magic Killer and Styles nailed him with the Styles Clash from the top rope.

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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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