WWE Raw: 10 Things You Might Have Missed (Mar 7th)
8. Two Matches, Two Roll-ups
After the Shane McMahon segment, Raw went right into a Kevin Owens-Neville match that turned out to be a great little TV match. Neville almost scored the win after a corkscrew splash from the second rope, but Owens kicked out, then rolled "The Man That Gravity Forget" up (with a handful of tights) for the win. The next match on the show pitted Brie Bella against Summer Rae, and it didn't have much in common with the Owens-Neville bout - except the finish. This time, Lana came out to the ring, her entrance distracted Brie, and Summer rolled her up for the win. It's hard to book so much TV each and every week and keep things fresh - as such, WWE is reluctant to give away decisive finishes for free. Still, the fewer wrestlers who score real wins, the fewer stars the company has. You'd think someone would have learned that by now... or at least been a bit more creative when it comes to screwjobs.
Scott Fried is a Slammy Award-winning* writer living and working in New York City. He has been following/writing about professional wrestling for many years and is a graduate of Lance Storm's Storm Wrestling Academy. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/scottfried.
*Best Crowd of the Year, 2013