John Cena & Kevin Owens Kick Off RAW
This week’s show opens up with John Cena coming out and making his way to the ring. We shoot to the announce table where Michael Cole, JBL and Byron Saxton are introducing us to tonight’s show. They say Booker T is busy with Tough Enough.
Cena’s music fades out and the fans start boo’ing and cheering. Cena starts by saying “The Champ Is Here.” Cena talks about this Sunday’s Money In The Bank pay-per-view. He brings up Kevin Owens and their rematch this Sunday.
Cena says his time is not over, he’s just getting started. He talks about fighting for good things. The fans break out into “Let’s Go Cena!” and “Cena Sucks!” dueling chants. Cena promises that his match this Sunday will be as good as their match at Elimination Chamber and also says he’s going to remind everyone that he’s the standard bearer.
Before he can continue, Kevin Owens’ music hits and out comes the NXT Champion to the top of the stage with a microphone. Owens says Cena is delusional if he thinks he’s going to beat him at Money In The Bank. He says he’s delusional if he thinks people want to see him come out and open RAW. He says he’s been opening RAW for ten years and the fans are tired of it.
Owens says they should give the fans something different tonight. He says instead of a U.S. Open Title Challenge, there should be an NXT Open Title Challenge. Cena says that’s a hell of an idea. He says he accepts. Owens tells Cena he’s once again being delusional.
He says he and Cena are fighting this Sunday, so no, Cena can’t fight him tonight. The fans boo. Cena mocks Owens for not wanting to fight him right now. Cena says when he holds an open challenge, it’s for anyone — no one is off limits, including Kevin Owens.
NXT Championship
– Kevin Owens (c) vs. Neville
Cena says the John Cena U.S. Open Challenge starts right now. He says it right in Owens’ face. He then says “you want some? come get some.” He drops the mic.
Owens says we should do this. Owens says he’s going to ignore all of that and he’s going to let whichever WWE Superstar who walks down the ramp to choose which title they want to fight for. They both wait.
Finally, Neville’s music hits and “The Man That Gravity Forgot” makes his way out. The announcers hype up wondering which title Neville will choose to fight for tonight.
Neville says he’s answered Cena’s U.S. Open Challenge before. He turns his attention to Owens and says just because he’s NXT Champion, he thinks he can disrespect anyone. He tells Owens he’s not worthy of the NXT title. He says as a proud former NXT Champion, he wants to beat Kevin Owens for the NXT Championship.
His music hits again as Cena leaves the scene. The announcers inform us that Cena is joining them on commentary and that Owens vs. Neville for the NXT title is up next. We head to our first commercial break of the evening.
When we return from the break, we see Neville and Owens squared off in the ring waiting for the bell to ring. We shoot to Cena, who is with the announce team on commentary for this one. Lilian Garcia does the formal introductions for this title match.
As soon as the bell rings, Owens runs away and goes outside the ring. Neville comes out after him, so Owens runs around the ring and runs back in the ring. Once back in the ring, Neville hits one move so Owens runs outside the ring again. Neville comes flying through the ropes and crashes onto Owens on the ground.
Neville rolls Owens back inside the ring and goes back to work on him. The finish comes when Neville goes for the Red Arrow three times, but Owens ultimately avoids it and hits the Pop-Up Powerbomb on him for the 1-2-3.
After the match, Cena stands up at the announce table and he and Owens have a staredown. Owens sits on the middle rope and invites Cena to come into the ring. Cena finally does, so Owens backs down and leaves as fans boo. We head to another break.
Winner and STILL NXT Champion: Kevin Owens
