WWE RAW Coverage: OC Rules

The return of Rusev, the conclusion of the King of the Ring Tournament and more dominance from AJ Styles and Bray Wyatt made for an enjoyable, but far from stellar episode of RAW. With just three weeks to build for the next event, the sense of urgency was not there.

Matches:

The OC: United States Champion AJ Styles, Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson vs. The Viking Raiders: Erik and Ivar and Cedric Alexander: Evenly-matched until Styles blind tag allowed him to beat Alexander with the Phenomenal Forearm. After the match, the battling continued until Styles hit Alexander with a Top Rope Styles Clash.

King of the Ring Final: Chad Gable vs. Baron Corbin: Gable kicked out of everything and slapped on the Ankle Lock and hit the Chaos Theory, but couldn’t beat Corbin. The former RAW GM then won with the End of Days.

Ricochet vs. Mike Kanellis: Ricochet got the win in the impromptu match after Maria said Ricochet was the father of the couple’s unborn child. By the end of the match, Rusev return and Maria confirmed he was the father.

Rusev vs. Mike Kanellis: A Big Boot and The Accolade. Game Over.

Rey Mysterio vs. Cesaro: Mysterio got the win with Powerbomb variation in a mediocre contest that had everything to do with Cesaro making him look good.

WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions: Nikki Cross and Alexa Bliss vs. Smackdown Women’s Champion Bayley and Sasha Banks: After Bliss was injured, Cross held her own until Banks won with the Bank Statement and then tried to take out Cross with a chair before Becky Lynch made the save. When Bayley looked to give the numbers advantage, Charlotte Flair took out Bayley and Lynch got the last chair shot in.

Lacey Evans vs. Dana Brooke: After she nailed Brooke with the WOman’s Right, Evans won with the Sharpshooter- a clear message to Natalya Neidhart.

Universal Champion Seth Rollins vs. WWE RAW Tag Team Champion Robert Roode w/Dolph Ziggler: Rollins got the win via DQ after Ziggler got involved. Soon enough, The OC hit the ring and Anderson and Gallows hit The Magic Killer before Styles finished him off with The Styles Clash. Kane then made the save and ended the show with three awful Chokeslams and an attempt at some fire before Bray Wyatt arrived and took him out with the Mandible Claw.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 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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