Raw August 29th 2016

Raw

Holy shit. This has got to have one of the best endings to an episode of Raw for a long time. Let's start though, from the beginning. 

Fatal 4 Way Panel 

At the start of the show, all four members of the Fatal 4 Way main event were sitting in the ring with Corey Graves who was asking them questions. Whilst answering Seth Rollins revealed to those who didn't see on Snapchat that the main event would be under elimination rules. After some roasting, and a great speech from Kevin Owens, a brawl ensued with the four superstars in the ring. The brawl left Roman Reigns standing and hopefully that doesn't foreshadow the ending of the main event. 

Chris Jericho defeated Neville

After Neville lost his spot in the main event to Kevin Owens because of an interference from Chris Jericho, Neville wanted revenge. It didn't go to plan though as Neville attempted a Frankenstiener, but Jericho caught him and reversed it in to the Walls Of Jericho, forcing Neville to tap out. I'm a bigger fan of Jericho and I was honestly expecting him to lose this so it was a pleasant surprise, however I think he's too old for him to get any major push. I think this win was a one time thing. 

Nia Jax defeated Local Talent

Another squash match for Nia, I think I've talked about how old these are getting so I'll leave with that. 

Sami Zayn defeated Jinder Mahal

He beat him with the Heluva Kick but like...ugh. When Jinder Mahal came back I was hoping he;d actually do something and not be like last time, but unfortunately he's had like two legit matches and been a jobber in both of them. I'm very disappointed with this. 

The New Day and Bayley defeated Gallows and Anderson and Dana Brooke

After hitting Dana Brooke with the Bayley to Belly Suplex, Bayley pinned Dana collecting the win for herself and The New Day.In my mind this was really the only logical finish, especially since Gallows and Anderson need to look strong against the New Day still, but Dana Brooke really doesn't anything like that at the moment.

Sheamus defeated Cesaro

I just don't get why Cesaro is already down 2-0. He's in my opinion the better performer and the favourite. Not saying Sheamus is at all bad but Cesaro has lost clean twice in the row to the Celtic Warrior, which isn't good for him. His most recent loss came from tapping out to the Clover Leaf and it was later reported that Cesaro had sustained a back injury during the match, no confirmation on if he'll be out for long or not. 

Braun Strowman defeated Americo

This is a rare time that I remember the name if the victim of the squash match, just because it was that stupid of a name. Same story for Braun Strowmans squash matches as Nia Jax's. They...must...stop. 

Darren Young defeated Titus O'Neil

This ever exciting rivalry continued in this match when Darren Young rolled up Titus to win the match. However after said match, Titus not only attacked Darren Young but Bob Backlund as well, giving Backlund a Big Boot and Darren a Clash Of The Titus. As I've said before I used to think this had potential but honestly I'm not a fan of either of these characters so this feud is boring to me, 

Kevin Owens defeated Seth Rollins, Big Cass, and Roman Reigns to become the new WWE Universal Champion

So this is where shit started to get interesting. The Fatal 4 Way match to crown the second ever Universal Champion. The first elimination came when Big Cass kicked out of a Superkick from Seth Rollins, but directly after took a Frog Splash from Kevin Owens, who pinned Cass and eliminated him. The match then went on with Owens, Rollins, and Reigns. It began to come to a climax when both Seth and Kevin were outside and on either side of the ring, and Roman kept running back and forth Superman Punching them. 

Roman then speared Seth Rollins on his way back from Superman Punching Owens, Just as he was picking him up to throw him in the ring...oh my goddddd it was Triple H. I literally went nuts, Triple H was back and he turned Reigns around and gave him a Pedigree. He then threw Reigns in the ring and Rollins right after. Rollins pinned and eliminated Roman Reigns leaving just him and Kevin Owens, and it seemed like Triple H was handing Rollins the win. Triple H threw Owens in to the ring and was picking him up, but at the last second turned around and kicked Rollins in the gut! He gave Rollins a Pedigree and just like Owens, I was shocked. It was madness how crazy the crowd was going and me. Owens hopped over and pinned Rollins, eliminating him and making himself the new Universal Champion.

Triple H walked over to a clearly upset Mick Foley and Stephanie McMahon and ripped the belt from them. He went back to the ring and handed Owens the belt, then raised his hand in victory. This has to be the most shocking ending to Raw is a very long time, this had me legitimately excited and I can't wait for them to hopefully make a feud out of Triple H vs Seth Rollins. 

I'm still excited about it and it's a day later I can't get over it. Either way

Until next time,

Devon Wizard