The weeks after WrestleMania have a tendency to embody some shock returns and debuts, and tonight’s Monday Night time Raw match the invoice completely, that includes the return of a former WWE Champion. That Champion is none apart from the Celtic Warrior Sheamus, who hasn’t been within the combine for over 4 months. The final time Sheamus was within the ring was again on February 1st on the Royal Rumble, however Combat Night time lastly made its return on tonight’s Raw, and it was Austin Idea standing on the alternative aspect of the ring.
Funnily sufficient, Idea wasn’t truly supposed to be Sheamus’ opponent, as we noticed a backstage section earlier than the match the place Grayson Waller was talking to Raw Basic Supervisor Adam Pearce. Waller finally ends up getting Idea to step into his spot for the match, and when Idea asks who it’s in opposition to, Waller says it’s higher as a shock.
To say Idea is sad in regards to the reveal that the thriller opponent is, actually, Sheamus could be an understatement, however Idea appears to be like to make the perfect of it. Idea was the aggressor, however Sheamus quickly discovered his rhythm and unleashed a sequence of uppercuts on Idea. Idea evaded a cost and knocked Shemus down with a dropkick, however he showboated too early and shortly acquired clotheslined to the mat.
Sheamus hit a brutal backbreaker on Idea after which delivered a second backbreaker earlier than going for a cloverleaf and ultimately locking it in. Idea acquired to the underside rope and broke the maintain, and Idea rolled out in the direction of Waller, who seemed extremely responsible after primarily throwing Idea to the wolves.
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Sheamus ate some massive kicks after which slammed Idea down, and whereas Idea recovered slightly shortly, he acquired rocked with a vicious knee strike to the pinnacle proper after. Sheamus charged in the direction of Idea, however Idea managed to get out of the way in which, sending Sheamus into the ringpost. Idea then hit a blockbuster and went for the pin, however Sheamus kicked out.
Sheamus caught Idea and hit white noise from the highest rope. As Idea was yelling at Waller and asking him why he did this, Sheamus hit 14 Beats of the Bodhran after which taunted Waller on the surface. Sheamus arrange for the Brogue Kick and acquired it, going for the pin and getting the win in his grand return.
Sheamus appears to be like like he’s prepared to soar again into the principle occasion scene, and it is going to be fascinating to see who his first actual feud will probably be with. Raw has a number of new faces already and is probably going solely to acquire just a few extra as extra call-ups from NXT are revealed, so Sheamus ought to have a contemporary match-up before later.
As for Idea and Waller, that is the newest nail of their Tag Crew coffin, and it’s solely a matter of time earlier than Idea has sufficient of Waller’s manipulative methods and eventually activates him. It’s one thing WWE has been teasing for some time now, nevertheless it does look like we’re lastly nearing the end line of that chapter of the story.
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