

They exchanged punches, Balor with a jumping kick, Rollins with a jumping kick, Balor with an elbow to the chest to the mat and Rollins with an eye poke that the referee didn’t see. Balor up top again, he jumped for the Coup de Grace, Rollins avoided it, Balor got a rollup for two and they each hit forearms to the face at the same time.

Rollins charged, Balor got a Slingblade and a dropkick into the turnbuckle. Rollins countered a Slingblade, Seth hit his own Slingblade and hit a superkick for two. Balor with a double stomp to the chest for two. Rollins was up top, he jumped off, Balor got the knees up and a cradle for two. Rollins jumped up top leading to the superplex into the Falcon Arrow combo for the two count. Balor up top, so Rollins tripped him up to crotch Balor on the top rope. Rollins drove Balor’s neck into the top rope, Rollins charged, Balor hit a jumping kick to the head. That led to a break.īalor was in control with a DDT for a two count. Rollins bailed to the floor, so Balor hit a somersault dive over the top to the floor. The referee asked Rollins if he wanted to have the match, Seth agreed and it started.īalor with a dropkick to the turnbuckle. Balor hit a Slingblade on the floor and Balor hit Rollins with the steel steps. Rollins managed to knock Balor down, then Rollins ran the ropes and hit a suicide dive on the floor. Balor tossed Rollins over the commentary table and into the ring. Rollins left the ring, so Balor tackled him over the barricade. Rollins earned that title shot several weeks ago, so I figured they were just waiting until the right time to announce it for the Day 1 PPV.įinn Balor made his entrance and attacked Rollins with a trip followed by punches. Rollins went over his nicknames about being a visionary, revolutionary and he is Seth Freakin’ Rollins.Īnalysis: There’s the first match announced for Day 1. Rollins said that it will be the first day of the new year and the first day of his championship reign. A graphic was shown on the screen confirming the news. Rollins said that the breaking news is that at Day 1 in Atlanta, Georgia it’s going to be Big E vs. Rollins claimed he was in a good mood tonight because he’s got a secret. Rollins did a promo saying you might expect him to be in a bad mood, but nobody can keep him down. Slight changes once in a while is a good thing. There are some new official Raw graphics as well and they look pretty good. They did a rundown of what’s coming up on Raw this week. The announce team of Jimmy Smith, Corey Graves, and Byron Saxton were on hand to welcome us to the show. Raw started with Seth Rollins making his entrance looking ready for a match. It’s taking place at the UBS Arena at Belmont Park in Elmont, NY. This is the Raw Deal for episode #1487 of Monday Night Raw.
