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WWE MONDAY NIGHT RAW HOLT REPORT
FEBRUARY 6, 2017
PORTLAND, OR.
REPORT BY JOHN STEWART, CORRESPONDENT
DARK MATCH
(1) Curtis Axel pinned Bo Dallas. Dallas gets a big pop from fans. He got a lot of heel heat as the match began. Back and forth match. Axel wins with a Perfect Plex to the delight of fans.
(2) Rusev pinned Sin Cara. Lana comes out to a great reaction and proceeds then to insult the crowd and talks about how handsome her husband is. He comes out to a lot of boos. Lots of kids cheered for Sin Cara. Rusev dominates the match. Crowd eventually star a “let’s go Rusev” Chant. He got his heel back taunting the crowd after every offensive move. Sin Car got a burst of offensive and slammed Rusev with what looked like an angle slam. Rusev would recover and make him submit for the win.
RAW NOTES…
-Raw announcers were announced and Michael Cole got booed.
-Stephanie McMahon almost fell coming down the ramp to the delight of the fans
-Roman Reigns got a lot of cheers
-Crowd not into the Cruiserweights
-New Day is still really over
-Crowd was really into the Sami Zayn vs. Chris Jericho match. Jericho was over big
-Jack Gallagher had the best reaction out of the Cruiserweights. The crowd was chanting “boring” during the six-man tag, though. Lots of people got up and went to concessions or bathroom. It’s almost as if it was halftime or something.
The crowd was really into the Samoa Joe vs. Roma Reigns match. Reigns had the loudest chant of night next to Goldberg while making his comeback. Reigns had a strong babyface reaction from fans. Crowd really into Braun Strowman as well both times he came out.
AFTER RAW…
Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman came out to the largest pop of the night. Heyman issued an open challenge to anyone in the back since Goldberg had left. Big Show accepted the challenge to a huge ovation. Big Show got F5’d and that ended the night.
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