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WWE Monday Night Raw 6/20/2016 Reaction

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This week’s Monday Night Raw kicked off with Dean Ambrose showing up to the arena in a taxi. He gave the driver a hefty tip and walked away. Suddenly, Ambrose began chasing after the car and banging on the window. The driver opened the door and Dean Ambrose grabbed his newly acquired WWE Title.

Dean Ambrose then comes down to the ring and was greeted by a thunderous “you deserve it!” chant from the crowd. Dean Ambrose said that Roman Reigns claims he is “the guy” and was wondering if that made him “the dude”. Roman Reigns interrupted to a chorus of boos from the crowd. A fan in the front row was holding up a gigantic “Reigns loves soccer” sign for some reason. Roman Reigns even addressed the crowd by saying that he didn’t care what they had to say, he was here to congratulate Dean Ambrose. This enraged the crowd and a loud “you can’t wrestle” chant broke out. Reigns once again addressed the crowd and said “to all the guys chanting you can’t wrestle, sit down, take a sip of your beer and shut your mouth”.

Roman Reigns says that he has a rematch clause and he wants his rematch. Seth Rollins then stormed down to the ring and demanded that he wanted a rematch. This led to Shane McMahon coming down to the ring and setting up the main event for the evening. It will be Seth Rollins versus Roman Reigns, the winner will face Dean Ambrose for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

Reaction: What an awesome way to open the show. Roman Reigns was terrific in this promo. Reigns barking back at the crowd is something I’ve been wanting to see for a long time. Hopefully he continues to do so, it will make things much more entertaining. If Roman Reigns keeps throwing the negativity right back at the people that dislike him, I think it will help him tremendously in the long run.

Kevin Owens vs Sami Zayn

Like all Zayn and Kevin Owens matches, this was a very entertaining match. It was back and forth the entire time and came to an end when Zayn countered Owens’ Pop Up Powerbomb into a roll up for the victory. After the match, Owens and Zayn continued to brawl and it took a dozen referees to break up the brawl. However, when Raw returned from commercial break they were still fighting backstage. It took the great Fit Finlay to finally hold Sami Zayn back.

Reaction: The announcers were mentioning that hopefully Zayn can move onto his next chapter and stop battling with Kevin Owens. With the brand split coming up, I wouldn’t be surprised if Owens and Zayn wind up on separate shows. Michael Cole even hinted at that after the brawl was finally broken up.

The revolving door of returning previous General Managers as John Laurinaitis showed up. He suggested that he should be the new Smackdown GM. Shane McMahon interrupted Laurinaitis and asked him to leave. Before he left, Laurinaitis shouted “People power!” into the microphone.

Enzo & Cass vs the Vaudevillians

This was a quick match with Enzo and Cass getting the victory via the Bada Boom Shakalaka (formerly called the Rocket Launcher).

Reaction: This was a good match that made Enzo and Cass look strong. The John Laurinaitis segment was amusing, but if he shows up 10 more times throughout the show like Teddy Long did, it will get annoying quick.

AJ Styles came down to the ring and addressed the finish to last night’s match where the Club interfered and cost Cena the match. Styles claimed that Gallows and Anderson had no business getting involved in the match. Styles called Gallows and Anderson to the ring to apologize to him. Both Gallows and Anderson apologized to AJ. Styles then called John Cena down to the ring so that Gallows and Anderson could apologize to him. John Cena didn’t accept the apology from Gallows and Anderson. AJ Styles then gave Cena the opportunity to face any member of the club tonight. Cena immediately responded that he wants to face Styles right now and sprinted towards the ring. Styles then said that he wasn’t going to wrestle tonight because he had to do the Stone Cold podcast later.

John Cena vs Karl Anderson

During the match, Cena kept glancing towards the entrance ramp because he was expecting interference from Styles and Gallows. As soon as Cena hit the AA, AJ Styles and Gallows came down to the ring and ambushed Cena. Gallows and Anderson hit the Magic Killer on Cena and then AJ followed it up with a Styles Clash.

Reaction: This was a very short match with a predictable outcome. As heels often do, Styles lied to Cena and attacked him from behind. Next week, I’m sure John Cena will get his revenge and there will be a rematch at WWE Battleground.

Renee Young was interviewing Becky Lynch backstage when Natalya attacked her once again.

Baron Corbin vs Zack Ryder

The crowd was pretty quiet during this match. Ryder got in some offense but lost quickly due to a punch in the face, followed up by the End of Days. After the match, JBL proclaimed that Baron Corbin will be the World Champion one day.

Reaction: This was an alright match. At least Corbin didn’t wrestle Dolph Ziggler again, so that is a step in the right direction.

WWE Women’s Championship Match: Paige vs Charlotte (c) 

Dana Brooke kept getting involved in the match and it led to Paige losing the match. As Paige was distracted by Dana Brooke, Charlotte hit the Natural Selection for the victory. After the match, Charlotte and Dana Brooke start beating down Paige when Sasha Banks comes to save the day. Sasha Banks and Paige clear the ring, but Charlotte forgot to bring her title. Sasha Banks held up the WWE Women’s Championship to thunderous applause from the crowd.

Reaction: The match itself was very short but what happened after it was great. Charlotte versus Sasha Banks for the Women’s Title? Sounds good to me.

The Wyatt family made their long-awaited return to a great reaction. Bray Wyatt asked the crowd if they missed him and the crowd went bananas. The New Day interrupted before Bray Wyatt could really say anything. Xavier Woods kept staring at Bray Wyatt as if he was in a trance because of the power of the Wyatt Family.  After the New Day was done making jokes about the Wyatt Family, Bray Wyatt said he knew the New Day’s future. Wyatt then started a “New Day falls” chant and told them to run.

Reaction: Is Xavier Woods going to follow the buzzards and join the Wyatt Family? If so that would be amazing. Even if he doesn’t, I’m looking forward to the Wyatt Family versus the New Day.

Rusev was supposed to have a match with Titus O’Neil but Titus attacked him before the bell rung. Titus beat down Rusev for embarrassing him in front of his family last night at WWE Money in the Bank.

Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns (Winner Becomes #1 Contender for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship)

The crowd was chanting “you can’t wrestle” again at Roman Reigns at the beginning of the match. This match was really fast paced and the crowd was into it. Rollins bounced off the second rope into an unbelievable Superman Punch but Rollins kicked out at 2. Reigns hit a Spear on Rollins and they both landed on the Spanish announce table. The table didn’t break but both Reigns and Rollins were counted out. Shane McMahon comes out and was about to order for the match to continue, but Dean Ambrose cuts him off. Dean Ambrose says that he will fight them both. Shane McMahon then makes the main event for WWE Battleground,  it will be Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns vs Dean Ambrose (c) for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

Reaction: I figured that the triple threat match for the title would be held off until Summerslam. I’m not going to complain about getting to see it sooner.

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