WWE Raw: Results, Highlights, Analysis, and Grades for Feb. 12

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Sheamus (w/ Cesaro) vs. Roman Reigns

Result: Roman Reings defeated Sheamus via pinfall

Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars

What kind of time machine did we fall into that brought us to 2015? First Bayley vs. Sasha, now late 2015’s WWE Championship feud gets rekindled. When does Jack Swagger face Alberto Del Rio?

Snark aside, this is a match between two former world champions who have no problem hossing it up to pop the crowd. Take the rolling senton on the floor, for example – that can’t be comfortable for either guy, but it gets a reaction, so there it is.

A lot of this match was basically a string of signature type maneuvers. But when you combine the sheer power and determination of the hoss style with a bunch of signature moves, you get something exciting. Two and a half hours into the show, you need that.

The closing sequence was terrific, if a bit sloppy. Sheamus’s bicycle knee looked like it caught a bit more jaw than actually intended. Reigns countered with a spear that looked like he knocked himself out. Can we get the future face of the company a move that he can execute without concussing himself? Like, transition the powerbomb into his actual finisher somehow? For a football player, he’s got no tackling skills.

Ivory to the Hall of Fame

The cynic in me says WWE is capitalizing on the GLOW hype from last year by putting Ivory in the Hall of Fame now. She had a solid career, but this is the equivalent of the Baseball Hall of Fame inducting a guy like Tim Raines, or Jim Rice. Well, if Koko B. Ware is in, why not Ivory? Good for her.