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WWE RAW REPORT: ARE ANDERSON AND GALLOWS WITH STYLES?, WATCH YOUR BACK, NEW DAY SHOWS WHO IS THE KING OF THE TAG TEAM DIVISION,, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2016-04-25 23:03:00

We are back and John Cena will be back on Raw after Memorial Day.

Match Number Two:  Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson versus Jimmy Uso and Jey Uso

Anderson and Jimmy start things off and Jimmy and Karl exchange punches.  Jimmy with chops.  Jimmy floats over on an Irish whip and he hits a flying forearm to the head.  Jimmy with a chop and shoulder in the corner.  Jey tags in and hits a forearm into the corner.  Jey with chops.  Anderson with a jumping leg lariat and he sends Jey into the turnbuckles and kicks Jey.  Gallows tags in and punches Jey.  Jey goes for a cross body but Gallows catches him.  Jey with a dragon whip and then Jimmy tags in.  Jey and Jimmy with forearms.  Jey tags in but Gallows with a clothesline for a near fall.  Gallows with a punch.   Gallows kicks Jey in the corner. 

Anderson tags in and he backs Jey into the corner and works on the arm in the ropes.  Anderson with a snap mare and knee drops to the injured arm.  Anderson with a leaping knee drop and he gets a near fall.  Anderson with an arm bar.  Jey wtih an arm drag and punch.  Jey with a punch but Anderson with a back elbow and he gets a near fall.  Gallows tags in and he punches Jey in the corner and follows with a Kane-esque uppercut.  Gallows with a knee and elbow drops for a near fall.  Gallows knocks Jimmy off the apron.  The referee sends Jimmy to the apron and Anderson tags in and he puts Jey over the apron and connects with an elbow to the chest.

Anderson gets a near fall.  Anderson with an arm bar.  Anderson gets a near fall.  Gallows tags in and Jey punches Gallows but Gallows punches back.  Gallows with a forearm to the back and then he applies a key lock.  Gallows with a kick and he puts Jey on the turnbuckles.  Jey with elbows to Gallows and he kicks Anderson off the apron.  Gallows pushes Jey off the turnbuckles into the ringside barrier as we go to commercial.

We are back and Gallows with a punch to Jey followed by an Irish whip.  Jey goes to the turnbuckles and hits a missile drop kick.  Both men are down.  Jimmy and Anderson tag in and Jimmy with clotheslines followed by an uppercut and Samoan drop.  Jimmy with a running butt splash and then Gallows goes over the top rope to the floor.  Anderson with a clothesline.  Gallows sends Jey into the crowd.  Jimmy wtih a suicide dive to Gallows.  Anderson hits Jimmy from behind and sends him into the ring post.  Gallows tags in and he hits a boot to the head.  Anderson tags in for Magic Killer and the three count.

Winners:  Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson

After the match, Anderson brings Jey back into the ringside area and work over Jey.

Roman Reigns' music plays and he goes after Anderson and then he fights with Gallows in the ring and Reigns clotheslines Gallows over the top rope to the floor.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Renee Young is with AJ Styles.  She brings up AJ's win and she asks him how is he preparing for his match against Roman Reigns.

Karl and Luke interrupt and they want to talk to AJ.  They bring up the Roman Reigns situation.  Karl says Roman started the fight.  Luke says they are not going to jeopardize his opportunity.  Karl says he knows that AJ can win the WWE Title on his own, but they want to make it a fair fight.  Luke says the Usos will help Roman.  Karl says they have his back.  Luke says their friendship is forever and they shake hands and hug.

Michael Cole mentions the match between Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn at Payback and we see a video package about the history between Owens and Zayn going all the way back to Royal Rumble.

Kevin and Sami said they hit it off as soon as they met.  Kevin says they worked for the same company and got lumped in together.  Sami mentions that he was at Kevin's wedding and was there when Kevin's son was born.  We see when Sami Zayn won the NXT championship in 2014 and . . . Kevin's betrayal leading into Owens beating Zayn for the title.  Owens says it was hard for him to see Zayn win the title first.  Zayn says that Kevin told him they were not friends, they were brothers.  Zayn says most brothers do not stab each other in the back.  Owens says Zayn should have seen it coming.  Owens says he was the one to put Zayn on the shelf. 

Owens mentions what he did to John Cena on his first night on Raw and it has gotten better for him.  Zayn says he got the call that Kevin was going to debut while he was recovering from his injury.  Sami says that was his debut and it really stung.  We see Zayn eliminating Owens at the Royal Rumble.  Zayn says he enjoyed costing Kevin his chance.  Owens says if it is personal, it is because of what Sami did.  Kevin says he is the victim. 

Sami says it is still a race.  It all comes down to the desire to be the best.  Neither are going to advance their careers until it is settled.

Match Number Three:  Sami Zayn versus Rusev (with Lana)

Zayn avoids Rusev until Rusev with kicks and forearms to back Zayn into the corner.  Rusev kicks Sami.  Rusev chokes Zayn.  Rusev with shoulders in the corner.  Rusev sends Zayn to the mat while the crowd cares more about Lana.  Zayn with forearms but Rusev with forearms.  Zayn with a head scissors and side head lock take down.  Rusev with a knee to the head followed by a shoulder tackle and Zayn goes down.  Zayn leaps over Rusev and then Rusev charges at Zayn but Zayn drops down and Rusev goes to the floor.  Zayn goes for a slingshot cross body but Rusev catches Zayn and hot shots Zayn onto the apron.

Rusev Irish whips Zayn but Zayn leaps onto the ringside barrier and he connects with a moonsault.  Zayn flips over Rusev from the apron but Rusev with a jumping spin kick.  Rusev puts Zayn on the turnbuckles and connects with a forearm.  Rusev punches Zayn but Zayn punches Rusev off the turnbuckles.  Rusev with a round kick that sends Zayn to the floor and we go to commercial.

We are back and Rusev with a front face lock.  Rusev with a suplex from a front face lock and then he hits a second one.  Zayn with a clothesline.  Zayn with forearms followed by a clothesline.  Zayn misses a punch but Zayn counters a belly-to-back suplex attempt with a lateral press for a near fall.  Zayn with a double jump cross body for a near fall.  Rusev gets a near fall after a fallaway slam.  Rusev escapes an arm drag from Zayn and hits a super kick for a near fall.    Rusev stomps on the back and he tries for the Accolade but Zayn escapes and gets the three count with a rollup.

Winner:  Sami Zayn

After the match, Lana goes old school Three Live Kru by throwing her shoes at Zayn.

Kevin Owens attacks Zayn from behind on the stage.

Owens stands over Zayn.  

Renee Young is in the interview area with Apollo Crews.  Renee asks Apollo about how will he stand out.  Apollo says he can do things that no one else can do.

Stardust arrives and Apollo says he is glad to see Cody before their match.  He says that he enjoyed working with Cody's dad in NXT and Dusty gave him his name.

Stardust says that not even the great Dusty Rhodes can make Apollo a star.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Four:  Apollo Crews versus Stardust

They lock up and Crews with a side head lock and shoudler tackle.  Crews with a drop kick for a near fall.  Crews gets Stardust up for a suplex but Stardust gets to his feet.  Stardust sends Crews to the apron and then he hits a neck breaker for a near fall.  Stardust with punches and kicks to Crews.  Stardust stomps on the back and then he throws off the gloves.  Stardust with knees to the midsection followed by a snap mare and arm bar.  Stardust with knees.  Crews goes for a sunset flip but Stardust drops down for a near fall.  Crwes with punches and a kick to the temple.  Crews with a Stinger Splash and jumping back elbow followed by a standing moonsault for a near fall.

Crews with a waist lock and he blocks a kick from Stardust.  Crews with an enzuigiri followed by a tossed sit out power bomb for the three count.

Winner:  Apollo Crews

Dean Ambrose walks in the back as we go to commercial.

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