Monday, February 20, 2017

RAW

The show opens with a title card paying tribute to George "The Animal" Steele before going to a recap of last week's Festival of Friendship and KO attacking Jericho.

KO is in the ring.

Owens talks about his path to WWE and facing Goldberg at Fastlane. The fans chant Goldberg's name until KO keeps talking. He says Goldberg is overrated and he never bought into the hype, even when he was a kid.
Owens continues to give a great promo about how he will leave Fastlane as WWE champion. He even discusses his strategy by saying he will outlast Goldberg because whenever Goldberg's matches go long, the opponents usually win. In a bit of wordplay, he says he knows how to play the game better than anyone else.
He ends his promo by saying Goldberg's not next, he's nothing. Then he brings up Jericho, but before he actually explains his actions, he drops the mic and walks away.

Sheamus & Cesaro vs. Big Cass and Enzo Amore (Winner becomes #1 Contender to The Tag Titles)

Big Cass and Enzo Amore won and become #1Contenders to the WWE Tag Titles

After the break, WWE plays a video celebrating Bayley's big title win last week.


Akira Tozawa vs. Brian Kendrick


Tozawa refuses to shake Kendrick's hand, which angers Kendrick. He lays Akira out with a clothesline. He puts in the Captain's Hook and chokes him out before the ref even had a chance to ask for the bell. He grabs his jacket and leaves while the ref checks on Tozawa



Roman Reigns vs. Anderson & Gallows in a 2- on-1 handicap match.

Gallows grabs a chair, but Reigns hits big boots to both men. He picks up the chair and gets himself disqualified by taking out both men with it.
The fight ends when Reigns Spears Anderson out of midair.
Anderson & Gallows won by DQ

The New Day give another promo about ice cream and how they fixed the plans Bo Dallas ripped up last week. Lana reveals she has found the plans and reads off a list of ridiculous ingredients. Big E makes a Russian hacker joke and New Day hit the ring.


The New Day vs. Rusev and Jinder Mahal

New Day won

Austin Aries is in the ring to oversee the contract signing between Neville and Jack Gallagher. Gentleman Jack signs on the dotted line before Neville even comes to the ring.

Neville marches to the ring, signs the contract and then starts to leave. Gallagher invites him back for some tea and crumpets. Neville calls him a joke because he is an English stereotype.


Nia Jax vs. Jobber

Nia Jax won


Bayley is out respond to Charlotte's demands.

Bayley talks about her father taking her to shows and buying her all the shirts she wanted. She mentions him being in the crowd and says "Dad, I did it!" Then Stephanie McMahon comes out to rain on everyone's parade.
Stephanie questions if Bayley's dreams turned out how she hoped since Sasha Banks helped her win the title last week. She talks about her daughters idolizing Bayley because of what she stands for and asks if she is willing to sacrifice that to hold a title she didn't earn.
Stephanie badgers her to give up the title for the right reasons and Bayley removes it from her waist. Before she can hand it over, Sasha Banks' music hits and she heads to the ring telling Bayley to stop.
Stephanie says Banks is only talking her into keeping the title because she knows she can beat Bayley and not Charlotte. Bayley says Stephanie is right and the title is bigger than any of them. She talks about what the title means to her before saying she is never giving up the title.
Charlotte apologizes to Stephanie for how Banks and Bayley have represented the division. She says she is going to take the title back at Fastlane because she is the queen of PPV. Banks tells her to shut up and challenges her to a match. Charlotte accepts and claims she will put Banks in a wheelchair.


Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks w/ Bayley on commentary
Sasha Banks won

Sami Zayn vs. KO

Kevin Owens makes his way to the ring to face his long-time nemesis, Sami Zayn.
Samoa Joe ambushes Zayn as he heads to the ring and absolutely destroys him at ringside while Owens watches from the ring looking like he couldn't care less. he throws Zayn into the ring and the ref checks on him. Sami refuses to let him call off the match.
As soon as the bell rings, Owens rushes Zayn with a corner clothesline. He annihilates Zayn with a variety of moves to keep him down before hitting a Popup Powerbomb for an easy win.
KO won
Cole starts to ask some questions, but Heyman shuts him down and tells him to change his tone because Lesnar is in a bad mood. Lesnar stands up and Cole backs away. Brock picks up a chair and sits right in front of a camera, staring into it while Heyman delivers one of his classic promos from behind him. The camera slowly zooms in on Lesnar's face while he does his best angry face.

Big Show vs. Braun Strowman
Braun Strowman won
Can we talk about how Big Show has changed and looks insane.
After the bell, Reigns heads to the ring and goes right after Strowman. He hits the Superman Punch twice to knock him down. He sets up for a Spear, but Braun hits him with a dropkick.
The show ends with Strowman hitting Reigns with a powerslam and walking to the back.

80/80 it could've been better but it was a decent show and matches as we look close to Fastlane


RAW Aftershow: https://youtu.be/hUj2_rpesVU

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