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Your Raw Roundup at The Philly Voice: The Wyatts Stand Tall Heading into the Royal Rumble

 

 

The final Monday Night Raw before the 2016 Royal Rumble took place at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. It felt like the show, being a go-home Raw to a pay-per-view fell flat, and the audience didn’t really help matters any. They were quiet for most of the night, which translated into many flat segments when they really needed the fire of the crowd to come through on television.

And it didn’t. I actually felt bad for a lot of the talent going out there and receiving little to no reaction, especially heading into the Royal Rumble on Sunday. However, how Raw ended may have already answered a few questions we had going into Sunday all the way to WrestleMania.

 

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Your WWE Raw Roundup at The Philly Voice: Vince McMahon Spending the Holidays in Jail?

 

The Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., hosted the last Raw of 2015 on Monday night, and it was highlighted by the return of John Cena to in-ring competition as he took on the United States Champion, Alberto Del Rio. We also saw the return of the CEO of WWE, Vince McMahon, two weeks after getting hit with Roman Reigns’ Superman punch in Philly. And we got to see the dark side of Kevin Owens, which is always a good thing.

Despite filling out half the roster for Raw, as there was a live event in Allentown, PA going on at the same time, the show was enjoyable for the most part. In between the holidays, it’s a bit much to expect a great show, but this show was exactly what WWE needed – something to hook the audience to tune into next week’s show.

 

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Your WWE Raw Roundup at The Philly Voice: The 2015 Slammy Awards Edition

Last night, WWE presented its annual Slammy Awards show from the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Seth Rollins made a surprise appearance and won the Superstar of the Year Award, but that wasn't the only surprise in store for the night. We had a steel cage match main event, some surprise winners of certain Slammy categories, and we were graced with the presence of Paul Heyman.

Here's Rollins' speech after winning his Slammy.

 

 

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Your WWE Raw Roundup Is Now Available at The Philly Voice

 

Lesnar and Taker is set for Summerslam. They had a huge brawl on Raw last night, and it was awesome. I can't deny it. It reminded me of The Attitude Era. See the video exclusively on my Raw roundup at The Philly Voice.

 

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Your WWE Raw Roundup at The Philly Voice: The Lines Are Drawn for Battleground

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Monday Night Raw last night was one of the best episodes in a long time, and one of the best go-home shows before a big event or pay-per-view that I can remember. Seth Rollins and Brock Lesnar had a contract signing - and those always end well. The Divas division finally got a kick in its ass and new blood was plugged into a big angle to kick it off. Cesar and Rusev stole the show with an amazing match. To be blunt, if you're a wrestling fan and you missed the show, my recap is the only way to make you feel like you didn't.

 

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Your WWE Raw Roundup at The Philly Voice: Cena Defeats Cesaro in a Classic

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One of the best RAW's in a long time occurred Monday night from Chicago, and we were treated to not only an awesome demolition derby on J & J's 2015 Cadillac CTS via Brock Lesnar, but also a classic main event that we haven't seen on RAW in maybe years.

Yeah, it's been that long.

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Your WWE Raw Roundup at The Philly Voice: The Authority Takes Down Brock Lesnar

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Monday Night Raw emanated from Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis last night, and it was a pretty damn good show. We saw Seth Rollins and The Authority completely manhandle Brock Lesnar - something we haven't seen in a very long time. Kevin Owens and John Cena continued their streak of great promos, and this will lead to a United States Championship match at Battleground next month. Bray Wyatt played more mind games with Roman Reigns and Rusev may have a found a new main squeeze. All that and more at The Philly Voice.

 

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Your Raw Roundup at The Philly Voice: Brock Lesnar Is Back

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Even though he was advertised for Raw next week, Brock Lesnar made his surprise return to WWE last night, becoming the #1 contender for Seth Rollins' WWE World Heavyweight Championship. From a storyline perspective, it makes sense since Rollins has gotten so cocky and annoying the last few months, especially with The Authority. Triple H still likes Rollins as his guy, but he's just given him the biggest test. This should be good.

Bray Wyatt's promo directed towards Roman Reigns was fantastic. That's the Wyatt we all love. And Kevin Owens made even more of a name for himself after attacking Machine Gun Kelly last night. What did he do? You'll just have to read to find out.

 

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We're now five days away from WWE's next pay-per-view, Money in the Bank. Dean Ambrose and Seth Rollins will battle in a Ladder Match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship, and the ending to Raw might surprise some of you. John Cena and Kevin Owens furthered their feud and were given the beginning of Raw to do so. This lead to a great Owens-Neville match for the NXT Championship. Ryback Shell-Shocked the Big Show. More things happened.

 

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WWE followed up a good Elimination Chamber event on Sunday night with a pretty good Monday Night Raw show last night from San Antonio. We got a great Kevin Owens-John Cena promo, a good storyline arc featuring Roman Reigns, and the return of Randy Orton and Big Show to WWE television. Dean Ambrose also made a surprise appearance and still has the WWE World Heavyweight Championship in his possession. But that's not all that happened...

 

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Your Raw Roundup Is Now Available at The Philly Voice

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WWE's Monday Night Raw last night - their last show at the Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York - was the go-home show to Elimination Chamber on Sunday. The cast of Entourage showed up to be the guest hosts, and did as little damage as possible. The Lana/Rusev storyline was furthered, and Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns stood together.

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Your WWE Raw Roundup Is Now Available at The Philly Voice

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Coming out of an excellent Payback pay-per-view, WWE was full-throttle building towards their next event, Elimination Chamber. The card is looking stacked already, and we have a WWE World Heavyweight Championship match to look forward to. We know the contenders for the Intercontinental Championship Chamber match and the WWE Tag Team Championship Chamber match. And John Cena was surprised by the guy who confronted him on Raw. 

 

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Your WWE Raw Roundup Is Now Up at The Philly Voice

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Last night's edition of Monday Night Raw was probably one of the better episodes in a long, long time. The Payback main event was changed, Sami Zayn made his main roster debut in his hometown in a phenomenal match with United States Champion, John Cena, and we saw a three-hour long celebration from the WWE Tag Team Champions, The New Day.

Didn't see it? No problem. I have everything you need to know and more right here on my Raw Roundup at The Philly Voice.

 

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Your Extreme Rules and Raw Roundup Are Now Up at The Philly Voice

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In case you've missed my last two WWE television reviews, they've been posted at The Philly Voice, beginning with the recap of Sunday's Extreme Rules pay-per-view. Did Seth Rollins retain his championship inside a steel cage against Randy Orton? 

Check out my Extreme Rules review right here at The Philly Voice.

 

Last night, WWE was live in Green Bay for Monday Night Raw. What was the fallout of Extreme Rules? Eyes are now set toward May's Payback pay-per-view, and the main event is set, but what is it?

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