Is there anyone even close to being on the “Neville Level?” A six man tag team match on WWE RAW proved to everyone, once again, that they have a lot of talent but not much substance elsewhere. It will be Akira Tozawa or Daivari who faces the king at SummerSlam, which will almost definitely be on the kick-off show. Not that it is a bad thing, especially since they will get much more time on there, but there needs to be a savior to feud with Neville and make it important.
Austin Aries was the closest, but he was still pretty far away. Do they have any other options? Could it be a guy in NXT that gets called up? Hell, maybe WWE lets Neville reign for an entire year. At least fans care about Neville to get a reaction out of him. The division is hurting and I think WWE knows that. Hence, you see no championship changes and a rotating cast of characters.
Triple Threat Match
Strowman starts to stir. Reigns notices. Reigns tries to spear Strowman but Strowman gets a boot up. Strowman picks up Reigns and drives him back first into the ring post. Strowman clotheslines Joe. Strowman picks up Reigns and tosses him into the ring steps. Strowman runs over Joe. Strowman picks up Reigns and tosses him into the ring like a lawn dart. Strowman picks up the ring steps and throws them into the ring. Joe surprises Strowman with an enziguri. Strowman surprisingly falls like a sack of bricks. Running senton to Strowman by Joe. Joe runs into the ring and sentons Reigns as well. Reigns kicks out. Joe sets the steps up in the corner. Joe tries to sends Reigns into the steps but Reigns counters it into a Samoan Drop. Joe counters and locks in the Coquina Clutch. Strowman hits the ring and runs over both Joe and Reigns. Strowman power slams Joe. Reigns breaks up the pin. Strowman slams Reigns into the turnbuckle over and over again. Strowman picks up the steps. Reigns Superman punches Strowman. Reigns hits Strowman in the head with the steps. Strowman tumbles out of the ring. Reigns spears Joe for the win.
All three men gave us a great main event, even though it was not ending the show. Why? I have no unearthly idea why this was a decision that was made. Anyways, I do think that Roman Reigns winning this week was the right call. Have either Joe or Braun stand tall next and then Brock Lesnar potentially run through all four men in two weeks. The intensity of this match, along with the speed of all three heavyweights shows us that Paul Heyman is right: this is the mos talented group of “heavyweights” in quite some time. When I mean heavyweights, I mean guys that are over 260 and look like heavyweights. Not Punk, Austin, Rollins, Edge, Cena, etc. These guys are viewed in a different way. Not a better way, but different.
Tonight was a good night for all three men. The only change would have been Brock Lesnar should have done SOMETHING in this segment.
