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Seth Rollins and Buddy Murphy defeat Samoa Joe and Kevin Owens

Monday Night Raw January 27: Raw Tag Team Championship Match

Before the Match

An interview segment between the four participants revealed that Rollins stored the AOP in his dressing room. This allowed the Viking Raiders to find them and start a fight in the back. Raw went to a commercial, but Joe and Owens should now have a fair fight against Rollins and Murphy (at least that’s the idea).

Part 1

Joe and Rollins started the match with Joe scoring a stiff right hand and Rollins rolled to the outside for a breather, came back in, and tagged in Buddy Murphy. Murphy took a headbutt, a chop, several jabs, and a shoulder tackle from Joe before Kevin Owens tagged into the match. Owens connected with a Vader Bomb/Elbow smash and tagged Samoa Joe back in. Joe hit Buddy with another elbow, slammed Buddy into the turnbuckle, and tagged Kevin. Owens and Joe continued with quick tags isolating Buddy Murphy.

Rollins stole a quick tag, came into the match, and double-teamed Joe to switch the momentum. Joe back body dropped Rollins to the outside where Kevin Owens hit him with a cannonball off the apron, and then Joe shoved Murphy to the outside and hit a suicide dive sending the program to commercial.

Part 2

Back from commercial, the announce team informs us that Samoa Joe got hurt on his dive just before the break. Owens now has to compete against Murphy and Rollins in a handicap match. Rollins/Murphy had the advantage, but Owens connected with a DDT on Murphy and then a frog-splash on Rollins for a near fall. Murphy regained control of the match with a leg lariat and tagged Rollins not the match. Hitting the pop-up power bomb, Kevin Owens got another near fall. Rollins had to break up another near fall after Owens hit a top rope senton. KO hit Rollins with a cannonball to the outside and then a stunner, but Murphy rolled Owens up for the three count.

Match Ratings

Six dimensions combine to make up the overall rating. Matches score ratings of 1-10 only if the match lasts for a minimum of 5 minutes.

  1. Match Quality– Was the match well wrestled or sloppy?
  2. Audience Engagement– Did the live audience care about the match?
  3. Competitiveness– Was the match competitive or one-sided?
  4. Stakes – Did the match matter?
  5. Finish– Did the match end in a satisfying manner?
  6. Performance: (1) Poor (2) Below Average (3) Average (4) Above Average (5) Excellent
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