DA' HELL HAPPENED #1: WWE Monday Night Raw, February 8th, 2016

A crazy sheep facing a lion, a Goldberg resurrection, and an emotional farewell compared to the likes of Edge's and Flair's. Here's what I thought about the February 8th edition of Monday Night RAW!
We kicked off with a very intense, yet fast contract signing that ended with chaos (unlike any other contract signing we have seen before, right?). The Beast made a quick work out of the brothers Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose, F5'ing the Lunatic Fringe for the second week in a row. Later in the night, Ambrose called out Lesnar to fight again with him, and after another F5 and a distraction provided by Reigns, Ambrose left Lesnar on the mat with a low blow.
I guess that Ambrose made himself the top babyface of the company. In-your-face actions to Lesnar, that never-die attitude, contribute to a big connection between him and the fans, leaving Reigns in the background. I guess WWE needs to change things a bit, or come FastLane, Ambrose will be the right man to go on and face HHH in Dallas.
Ziggler def. Owens. I guess there's nothing to talk about that. Very plane story, nothing new was told, nothing was added to this feud. Only a heel tactic used by a babyface can be a topic of discussion. Two talents being wasted. But that's nothing Dolph doesn't know about.
Divas Champion Charlotte def. Alicia Fox. Brie should have been there, but it's ok she wasn't because of Bryan. One more week to prepare the Divas Championship Match for FastLane.
Talk about a first. Switching from a show to another, The Miz and Chris Jericho created a moment never to be duplicated. After Styles came out, it felt like Miz was working as a punching bag for both Jericho and Styles, but it's good to see him two weeks in a row with something to work, because it shows WWE was attentive to his work as of late. Jericho and Styles couldn't have made a bigger hype for their second confrontation Thursday on Smackdown.
Bray Wyatt def. Ryback. The Eater Of Worlds Bray Wyatt was back with his Wyatt Family, as Ryback felt the wrath of the Bearded group after Kane and Big Show. It feels WWE is trying to elevate more guys, and one of them is Ryback, but 2013 is gone and fans could care less about him right now. Still, it was a solid match.
Adam Rose def. Titus O'Neil. Another name that feels like WWE is trying to elevate is O'Neil. He is getting good crowd reactions, and it will be very interesting to see if he leaves with something good when the Road to WrestleMania ends. As for Social Outcasts, the work is being very solid, but is yet to reach its peak. With all this competition going on in the tag team division, it's not guaranteed that they will defeat New Day someday and get the Tag titles, but it would catapult them into greatness.
Rusev and Alberto Del Rio def. Lucha Dragons. Soooo, Sin Cara is back, but Kalisto already has a singles title around his waist. I really want to know how WWE plans to have both being a tag team, and what will happen to Sin Cara. As for the match, it didn't bring much to both teams. No big hype was set for the US Title match at FastLane.
Tamina def. Becky Lynch. Isn't this acceptance from Sasha to team with Lynch a bit rushed? Yet, the story was very well told, and the match is well set for FastLane. Also, the match was good.
Dudley Boyz and Usos def. New Day and Mark Henry. Oh brother, oh testify! So good to feel The Dudleyz being relevant again. Heel turn set almost in perfection, with great timing ahead of The Biggest Show Of Shows. Now we only have to figure out if New Day will be given to feed both Dudleyz and Usos, or if Dudleyz and Usos eat each other alives, leaving New Day with Social Outcasts.
Daniel Bryan announces retirement. Well, only tears and tears and tears left in this one. I think my face is still wet with the tears I dropped. Very emotional moment. F' programming schedule and time limits. The roof was blown with all the intense and happy moments, but an ocean of tears were left as Bryan announced his retirement, talked about his father and the moment fans hijacked the Championship Celebration between Orton and Cena. Only time will tell if Bryan wants to continue working for WWE, or if the only thing that kept him in the company was the W in the middle. Thank you, Daniel Bryan.

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