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

Natalya and Alicia Fox defeated the Bella Twins when Nattie made Brie tap. Seed was planted for a Nattie, Tyson, Nikki angle

Highlight Reel with Rusev. Jericho makes fun of Lana. Seed planted for Rusev vs Ryback

Ascension vignette

New Day defeated Gold and Star Dust with Midnight Hour

Kane defeated Adam Rose after choke slamming Rose and the Bunny. Then tombstoned the Bunny

Lesnar takes out Jericho before Y2J vs Heyman started

Roman Reigns lays out Fandango and punches Big Show

Jimmy Uso defeated Miz after Jey Uso hit Miz with a Slammy

Seth Rollins escaped the cage to defeat John Cena after a F5 from Lesnar and Curb Stomp from Rollins

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Raw 12-8-2014 Review and Results

To be quite frank, for a go home show, the Slammy awards and ROH putting on a barnburner of a PPV the night before, Raw sucked. It was a boring 3 hours, that the only must see thing to happen was Ambrose entrance into the arena.

1. The Slammy awards fell flat

The Slammy awards are a good way to help a struggling talent with a new gimmick. Remember how great Owen Hart was with his 2 time Slammy award winner gimmick? The closest we got to allowing the Slammy become a gimmick for someone is Mizdow won a Slammy but Miz accepted it and talked. Miz even thanked his money maker instead of Mizdow. Also the winners were so obviously rigged from the start. The first award given out on Raw so happen to go to Sting while Rollins was out there, so Rollins took it. Match of the Year went to Team Cena vs Team Authority, now I follow a lot of wrestling fans on Twitter and I didn’t see anyone picking that as MOTY. Which brings us to the most obvious one, Roman Reigns has missed nearly half the year and won Superstar of the Year. That is a joke. We all know Roman is being pushed as the next guy, so WWE put this award on him when he didn’t deserve it.

2. Winging the Divas Division

After last night I truly believe that the WWE has no idea what it’s doing in the Divas Division. Since they so obviously fixed the Slammy’s why have AJ win Diva of the Year? It does nothing for her career and doesn’t help anyone else’s, example of that would’ve been Paige’s. Furthermore with the exception of the short shot of the Divas lined up waiting to see who won, Nikki, Brie and Paige weren’t even on the show. AJ was twice, and your champion wasn’t, guess that falls in line with the men’s champion not appearing. I thought this whole thing was a set up to slowly get AJ out of the title picture and lead to Nikki vs Brie at Wrestlemania for the Championship, now it doesn’t look like the case. They’d rather have the same promos and matches they’ve got with AJ for last 2 years. Someone should let AJ know that we get it, she doesn’t look like the typical diva and she isn’t the typical diva, she needs a new shtick!

3. TLC Build

The one thing I do believe the WWE did right last night was the build to all the main attractions to TLC. From Ambrose arriving in an ambulance filled with tables, ladders and chairs, to putting in a small hint of doubt to the “experts” who think Cena is obviously going to win. Let’s start with the Stairs match between Show and Rowan. Rowan is being booked extremely strong against Show, getting the advantage in most of the one on one encounters with Show doing everything he can to keep Rowan off him. On top of that last night Rowan took out Harper after a one on one match that Rowan won by DQ. Rowan is being booked perfectly, as long as they stop calling him Big Red and explain to us what a stairs match is. Ryback needs a quality match for his first big 1 on 1 feud and insert one of the most consistent and dependable wrestlers of the last 16 years, Kane. Kane brings out the best in everyone and Ryback is no exception but again what exactly is a Chairs Match? On to the Ladder match which I think should close the show. I understand why it won’t but the way Dolph has been pushed the last month, hes been the MVP of the main event scene and a title match to close the show would be nice to see, its been a while. The seeds of doubt in the Tables Match were planted last night, first with Paul Heyman getting in Seth Rollins head in the back, then Seth with the help of J&J security putting Cena through a table. The Heels stood tall to end Raw, I wouldn’t expect this to be the case on Sunday, as I see all the faces in the main event picture getting wins.

Very lackluster and boring Raw. WWE can be better and has to be better. C-

Results

Seth Rollins defeated Dolph Ziggler via Curb Stomp

Sting wins this is Awesome Moment Slammy, Rollins accepted

Kofi Kingston defeated Star Dust via Cross Body

Warrior wins Surprise Return of the Year Slammy. A video for warrior is shown

Natalya defeated Charlotte via Small Package in a non title match

Streak conquered wins Shocking Moment Slammy, Heyman accepts

Bray and Dean get into an altercation

AJ Lee wins Diva of the Year, she accepts

Erick Rowan defeated Luke Harper by DQ

Mizdow wins LOL moment of the year, Miz accepts

Swagger and Rusev get into an altercation

Uso’s/Ryback defeated Miz/Mizdow/Kane via Shell Shock to Miz

Team Cena vs Team Authority wins Match of the Year, Ziggler accepts

AJ Lee defeated Summer via Black Widow

Chris Jericho wins Extreme Moment, Fandango accepts

Roman Reigns wins Superstar of the year, Roman accepts

John Cena def. Big Show via DQ

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