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Falls Count Anywhere Match: Seth Rollins vs. Erick Rowan

As a warmup for WWE Universal Champion Seth Rollins’ impending Falls Count Anywhere title defense against “The Fiend” Bray Wyatt this Thursday, Rollins competed in a separate Falls Count Anywhere Match against former Wyatt Family member Erick Rowan.

After spending recent months setting himself apart from former ally Daniel Bryan, Rowan was looking to make a statement here in his first match since being drafted to Raw. The action quickly spilled to the outside, with Rowan taking control at the edge of the ramp.

The fighting drifted out into the crowd and up the stairs into the concessions area of the arena. Rollins picked up a post normally used to put up rope barries and utilized it as a weapon, but Rowan regained dominance a few moments later by sending Rollins crashing into a merchandise wall.

Rowan followed it by driving Rollins through the table with a uranage, but it only scored him a near fall. After a commercial break, things were back at ringside where Rollins sent Rowan crashing into the steel steps. He tried to follow it with a suicide dive but was met with steel stairs held by Erick Rowan.

With Rowan back in control, he carried Seth Rollins up the ramp and onto the stage. Rowan cleared the announce table and looked to use the Iron Claw Slam to put Seth through it, but Rollins slipped out and managed to nail a Stomp that drove Rowan’s head into the table.

After only earning a near fall, the action spilled off the ramp and into the backstage area. There was a struggle over a ladder, which led to Rollins hitting a Stomp on Rowan into the ladder. Rather than consider that enough, Rollins rolled Rowan under a wooden pallet on a nearby forklift.

Screaming at personnel nearby, Seth Rollins demanded someone get in the forklift and turn it on. An employee finally complied, lowering the pallet at Seth’s instruction until it pinned Rowan against the concrete floor. Seth stood on the forklift pallet as the referee counted the pinfall to give Rollins the victory.

Grade: A+, This turned into a really fun Falls Count Anywhere Match. From concessions to the stage and backstage, great stuff here from both Rollins and Rowan in a hard-fought match with an interesting finish. 

Aleister Black cut another backstage promo

Continuing the night’s trend of repetitive promos, we got some great delivery from Aleister Black in a promo that still felt basically like all of the ones we’ve seen from him recently. Aleister Black was as intimidating as ever, but didn’t directly call anyone out or further things.

Grade: B+, There are extra points here for especially intense delivery by Aleister Black, but overall this was basically what we’ve seen from him many times before.