Results, Recap, Review of WWE Roadblock: End of the Line 2016
Tonight was the last pay-per-view of the year for the WWE. Smackdown had a great show with Tables, Ladder and Chairs to close out Smackdowns pay-per-view year. Could Raw deliver with a great show to end the year? Well before I begin here are the results of tonights event.
-Pre-Show: Rusev defeated Big Cass by Countout
-Cesaro and Sheamus defeated The New Day to win the WWE Tag Team Championships
-Sami Zayn defeated Braun Strowman by lasting the 10 Minute Time Limit
-Seth Rollins defeated Chris Jericho
-Rich Swann defeated TJ Perkins and The Brian Kendrick to retain the WWE Cruiserweight Championship
-Charlotte Flair defeated Sasha Banks in Sudden Death Overtime in the 30 Minute Iron Man Match to win the WWE Raw Women’s Championship
-Kevin Owens defeated Roman Reigns by DQ to retain the WWE Universal Championship
The opening match of the night was for the WWE Tag Team Championship. The New Day came into tonight as the longest reigning WWE Tag Team Champions of All Time against the team of Cesaro and Sheamus. As far as I am concerned Cesaro and Sheamus have been long overdue for something big. I am so happy for two very talented performers who have been held down and held back. The New Day had an incredible run but it’s time to get some new tag teams in the mix. Sami Zayn has been a huge underdog for a long time., I love the way they have been building Zayn and Strowman with Mick Foley’s involvement. Zayn is another one who deserves more opportunity and hopefully we will see more out of him. The match had great storytelling and psychology which is something sorely lacked in this day in age.
Two guys have had a lot of opportunity in their time are Chris Jericho and Seth Rollins. Both are incredible performers and it’s nice to see them working together. Other then Hardy’s, Jericho is the only one in the business right now that knows how to keep reinventing himself and make others around him look good. I hope this isn’t the last time we see Rollins and Jericho because they had a really good solid match. I also love the solid ending of the WWE Cruiserweight Title match. Swann, Perkins, and Kendrick has a good match but afterwards Neville came out and attacked both Swann and Perkins making his presence known. I think Neville will make a great addition to the division and help elevate it even further.
When it comes to history and women’s wrestling you have to admit that Charlotte and Sasha Banks have set the bar seriously high for everyone. I really hate how they have passed the title around so much and make it seem like Sasha is not good enough to win on a pay-per-view. This was an incredible match but I am so sick and tired of this crap. The Raw Women’s Division is becoming so irrelevant with Charlotte winning every pay-per-view only to lose it on a meaningless Raw. If I were the other women of Raw my moral and self-esteem would be low considering they are not getting any chances. Smackdown has the better overall women’s division in terms of spotlight and giving opportunities. I was very disappointed in the outcome which in my opinion hurt the match to a certain degree. The Main Event was also hurt to a certain degree because it wasn’t title for title. I strongly believe that Roman Reigns should have put the United States Championship on the line. The match was very hard hitting and physical which a championship match should be. I do like that they brought Rollins and Reigns back together because they were awesome together in The Shield and they are better now since they have gotten a lot of success as singles competitors.
I think the Raw pay-per-view was decent. Other then Cesaro and Sheamus, I feel like I get more excited about Smackdown’s pay-per-views then I do Raw’s pay-per-views. I feel like Smackdown has the better matches and stories. I will give Roadblock at 7 out of 10 because the matches were really good but the outcomes weren’t special. At the end of 2016, Smackdown is ahead of Raw in stories, matches and pay-per-views. In 2017, Raw needs to pick up the pace, give more people opportunities and develop better stories. End of the Line was the end of the year of WWE pay-per-view and now we had into 2017 with the Royal Rumble. Who will have an impact on the Road to Wrestlemania? Stay tuned to find out.
