The latest Live Event featuring the Raw roster took place in Syracuse, New York on St. Patrick’s Day. The Live Event was reportedly a decent outing for the Raw roster on Friday.The Live Event featured the defence of two championships, two high profile tag team matches and a massive main event.
#1 Raw Tag Team Championship – Triple Threat Match (Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson (C) vs. The New Day vs. Sheamus & Cesaro)
The Live Event kicked off with a championship match to entertain the fans. The match was a standard tag team bout with plenty of back and forth action. Gallows and Anderson retained their title after some hard fought action.
The New Day was represented by Big E and Kofi Kingston alone. Xavier Woods was notably absent during the Live Event. Earlier there was some St.Patrick’s Day fun before the match began.
Result: Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson retain the Tag Team Championship
#2 Big Cass vs. Jinder Mahal
With Rusev out of action, Jinder Mahal made his way to the ring by himself to battle Big Cass. Big Cass had a dominant outing against Mahal and gained some much-needed momentum heading into his Tag Team Championship match at WrestleMania.
Result: Big Cass defeats Jinder Mahal
#3 WWE Cruiserweight Championship (Neville (C) vs. Rich Swann)
The crowd was into the match for the most part. The fast-paced action had the crowd invested from the get-go. Neville once again faked an injury and overcame Rich Swann to retain the championship.
The heat was tremendous on Neville after he faked an injury to pick up the win. Neville is becoming one of the biggest heels on the roster.
Result: Neville retains the WWE Cruiserweight Championship
#4 Goldust, R-Truth, Sin Cara and Curtis Axel vs. The Shining Stars, Bo Dallas, Titus O’Neil
In what was considered to be a throwaway match, the jobber faces squared off against the jobber heels. Sin Cara once again wore his black mask. After some decent back and forth action, the faces picked up the win.
Result: Golden Truth, Sin Cara and Curtis Axel defeat The Shining Stars, Bo Dallas and Titus O’Neil
#5 Finn Balor and Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens and Samoa Joe
The real action began in the second half of the evening. Finn Balor returned to Live Event action to team up with Sami Zayn. The duo took on the heel team of Kevin Owens and Samoa Joe. The match got a great response from the crowd.
Balor and Zayn showed great teamwork during the match and delivered a tremendous performance. After some great tag team action, Balor picked up the win for his team when he delivered a coup de grâce to KO following a Helluva Kick.
Result: Balor and Zayn defeat Owens and Joe
#6 Bayley and Sasha Banks vs. Charlotte and Nia Jax
The only women’s match of the night saw WWE Raw Women’s Champion Bayley team up with her friend Sasha Banks to take on the unlikely duo of Charlotte and Nia Jax. The Boss and Hug Connection prevailed after being on the receiving end of some nasty punishment.
After the match, the faces celebrated their hard fought win, and the heels made their way backstage. The women were more over than most of the male wrestlers on the roster.
Result: Bayley and Sasha Banks defeat Charlotte and Nia Jax
#7 Roman Reigns vs. Braun Strowman
Roman Reigns took on the “Monster Among Men” Braun Strowman in the main event. The match was reportedly solid but not spectacular. It was a typical slugfest between two powerhouses. Strowman owned the match for the most part, but Roman fought back and delivered a vicious spear to claim the victory.
Result: Roman Reigns defeats Braun Strowman
