Roman Reigns vs. Kevin Owens (United States Championship):
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Result: Roman Reigns pins Kevin Owens to retain.
Grade: 6/10
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This was a good match, but nowhere near the quality that you’d expect from Owens and Reigns. Their matches as of late have not been as high-quality, and the result was incredibly predictable here. Rollins and Jericho coming out was obvious from the start, and it did little to excite as we have seen them interfere in these matches so many times.
Why WWE decided to give us Reigns vs. Owens again is beyond me, as it is one of their biggest matches for the Rumble. Shouldn’t they be saving the two’s eventual clash for the PPV? The result here was awful as well, with Owens once again losing clean to Reigns.
The US champion should not be beating the Universal champion clean, especially considering Owens is yet to feel like a deserving champion. WWE continue to book him extremely poorly, and he has lost a lot of credibility in recent months, despite being Universal Champion.
Reigns is being booked like Superman more and more once again, which is why fans continue to reject him. Reigns and Rollins leaving JeriKO flat on their backs is another boring and repeated ending to Raw, with the whole ‘Shield’ partnership between Reigns and Rollins starting to wear thin.
The action here was solid, but the booking in Raw’s main event scene continues to be abysmal, and this was another showcase of that. This did nothing to increase fan anticipation for Owens and Reigns’ clash at the Rumble, but rather made fans less anticipated for it.
An extremely weak way to end the show, with Owens and Reigns being booked extremely poorly here.
Check out the match here:
Overall Grade for December 26th Raw: 5.5/10
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