WWE Raw 12-15-2014 Review and Results

After a pretty good Sunday that saw Cena put Seth Rollins through a table 3 times, the Chain Gang Soldier had a very rough Monday. It all started well for Cena, Jericho was the GM and he was getting a match with Seth Rollins. Jericho made a cage match as the main event in the opening segment. Jericho also made a match between himself and Paul Heyman for later on in the night. Obviously a set up for a returning star. Let’s count the 3.

1. The Beast is loose in the Village again

With it officially being the kick off to Royal Rumble, we all knew Brock was coming back at some point. They advertised the match with Cena the night before on the PPV. Once Jericho made the match with himself and Heyman, it was a guarantee we were going to see Brock on Raw. With the obvious happening it was still nice to see the champion make an appearance. I’m even going to over look the fact that Brock forgot to bring the belt with him, the first time he appeared. I missed not having the champion and deep down so did you. I get what Vince was saying about Brock being a special attraction, he comes beats someone up and leaves, he can’t do that every week but the champion can’t be a special attraction the champion has to be your workhorse. In this segment, Paul tried anything he can think of to get out of the match, even writing Jericho a check. None of it worked, Jericho was going to go on with the match until out came the Beast. Brock destroyed Jericho and eventually landed the F5 to end the segment. To tell you how this Raw was, this was the first must see thing that happened and it happened at the end of the 2nd hour.

2. Rise of the Roman Empire

Roman is clearly the guy WWE wants to take over Cena’s spot. If that wasn’t obvious go back to TLC when he interfered in Cenas match and then for whatever reason took out Fandango right after Brock took out Jericho. Was that WWE way of foreshadowing? Are they trying to tell us that Roman is definitely the guy to beat Brock at Wrestlemania? I believe the answer to those questions is yes, and it shouldn’t be. That painstakingly awkward promo from TLC proved that. Roman just can’t cut promos, and he’s still green in the ring. Roman clearly has the look and the IT factor but nothing else is good enough.

3. The Architect is a workhorse

A dependable person who does a lot of work over a long period of time, is the definition of workhorse. WWE have had a few workhorses, John Cena, Steve Austin, Bret Hart, Triple H, the list goes on but you can add one more to that list, Seth Rollins. It seems every week we mention the good parts of Raw and Rollins is involved in those segments. This rocket ship push that Roman is seemingly getting deserves to go to Rollins. Rollins is better in the ring, on the mic and has been here since his debut. Seth is deserved Superstar of the Year, Seth deserves a title run and Seth earned his spot at Wrestlemania, that all seems to be pushed to the side do to Romans return which will be very unfortunate. On Raw Rollins held his own in the opening segment with 3 of the best talkers in professional wrestling, Cena, Jericho and Heyman. This lead to the cage match which Rollins won after an interference from Brock. After a F5, a Curb Stomp and Heyman/Rollins handshake. Rollins escaped the cage leaving Cena laid out in the ring. Even though it wasn’t a pinfall and it wasn’t clean, it was nice seeing Seth go over here to end the show.

The final hour really saved this show. Nothing of interest happened beforehand. This seems like the typical, end of the year blow off Raw. Lesnar and Rollins were the MVPs of the show. I give the episode a hard C

Results

Big Show and Luke Harper Defeated Dolph Ziggler and Erick Rowan. Show pinned Rowan