Monday Night Raw – February 29, 2016: We Waited 23 Years For This
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Night Raw
Date: February 29, 2016
Location: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
Commentators: Michael Cole, John Bradshaw Layfield, Byron Saxton
We open with a recap of HHH beating Reigns down last week to end the show.
Opening sequence.
Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks
Dolph Ziggler vs. The Miz
She turns the podium over and goes on a rant about how horrible Shane is and what it means that people cheer for him. Stephanie goes on about how Shane has been gone for years, which proves how little he cares about this whole place. This is a speech you could have said about the Rock before he returned in 2011 with some of the exact same lines.
Lucha Dragons vs. Rusev/Sheamus
Cara comes back with a tornado DDT and the hot tag brings in Kalisto to clean house with his bouncing offense. The hurricanrana driver (minus most of the drive) gets two on Rusev and Cara dives onto Barrett. That earns Cara a Brogue Kick though and Kalisto takes Sheamus down with a flip dive. Back in and Rusev kicks Kalisto in the head for the pin at 5:05.
Del Rio gives Kalisto the top rope double stomp post match.
We recap the opening segment.
Ryback vs. Adam Rose
New Day vs. AJ Styles/Chris Jericho
We look back at the Dudley Boyz beating up the Usos three weeks back.
Jey Uso vs. Bubba Ray Dudley
Jey goes right after him with right hands and drives Bubba up against the ropes for some shoulders to the ribs. A superkick puts Bubba down but D-Von pulls out a table to blast Jimmy in the face. Jey superkicks D-Von but eats a Bubba Bomb for the pin at 2:11.
Kevin Owens vs. Big Show
Brie Bella vs. Naomi
Lana comes out to shake her head at Brie.
Fabulous Freebirds Hall of Fame video.
We look back at Becky vs. Sasha from earlier.
Dean Ambrose vs. Alberto Del Rio
Ambrose is all bandaged up so Del Rio sends him out to the floor and into the barricade. Back in and Alberto rams shoulders into the buckle, followed by a DDT for two. The armbreaker over the top rope cranks on the bad arm even more but Dean counters the top rope double stomp. The Backstabber sends Dean outside again and now the double stomp connects from the apron. Dean beats the count back in at nine (because of course he does) so Alberto fires off kicks to the ribs.
Results
Becky Lynch vs. Sasha Banks went to a double pin
The Miz b. Dolph Ziggler – Rollup
Ryback b. Adam Rose – Shell Shock
Chris Jericho/AJ Styles b. New Day – Walls of Jericho to Kingston
Bubba Ray Dudley b. Jey Uso – Bubba Bomb
Big Show b. Kevin Owens via countout
Naomi b. Brie Bella – Crucifix neck crank
Dean Ambrose b. Alberto Del Rio via DQ when the League of Nations interfered
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