Kevin Owens and the WWE champion Big E faced each other inside a steel cage on tonight’s edition of Monday Night Raw from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, TN.
After weeks and weeks of build-up, Owens finally snapped on Big E and the WWE Universe. He turned heel and attacked Big E a few weeks ago on an episode of Monday Night Raw.
Tonight the reigning champion put all the animosity to the rest as he bested the challenger in the opening fight of the night with a ‘Big Ending’.
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Big E bested Kevin Owens in a steel cage match
As soon as the bell rang, Owens attempted to escape, but Big E attacked and stopped him in his tracks. After exchanging some blows, Kevin approached a referee to open the steel cage again, but Big E stopped him after he booted Owens. KO again started to climb the cage before Big E simply swept his legs.
Somewhere right now, @AJStylesOrg just winced…@FightOwensFight#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/UWh3QsOWed
— WWE (@WWE) December 7, 2021
However, as the match progressed, the fight got more physical. Owens surprised everyone with his resilience and his high-risk maneuvers.
During the match, Big E had the upper hand on Owens after he rubbed Owens’ face on the steel cage, rendering him blind for a while. The champion then went for the ‘Spear’ between the ropes, but he hit the steel head-on and went down.
The steel cage is unforgiving!#WWERAW pic.twitter.com/PT3UDLq0am
— WWE on BT Sport (@btsportwwe) December 7, 2021
To double the offense, Owens climbed the cage as Big E was still recovering in the ring. The former Universal champion then hit Big E with a huge moonsault for a two count.
😲😲😲😲😲@FightOwensFight brings the fight to @WWEBigE in this #SteelCageMatch on #WWERaw! pic.twitter.com/1E2TUx3PKd
— WWE (@WWE) December 7, 2021
Owens showed the WWE Universe the true genus by putting over Big E well while still making the opponent work hard. Eventually, Seth Rollins made his way out to make matters worse. He distracted the two athletes inside the ring.
The jerk store just made a delivery…@WWERollins#SteelCageMatch#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/x9jP0yMgR7
— WWE (@WWE) December 7, 2021
However, none of it mattered because, after multiple back-and-forth strikes, the reigning WWE champion won the match when he delivered a devastating Big Ending off the top rope and made his way out of the steel cage.
BIG CAGE ENDING!!!@WWEBigE#SteelCageMatch#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/mxNa4FOGV4
— WWE (@WWE) December 7, 2021
Bobby Lashley enters the ring and put everyone on notice
After the match, The Visionary of the Drip made his way inside the ring to get the better of the WWE champ. However, E was more than ready as he laid waste on Rollins.
𝑪𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒆
𝑱𝒐𝒌𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕
𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒂𝒎
𝑺𝒕𝒖𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒊𝒅𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖@WWEBigE@WWERollins@FightOwensFight#WWERaw pic.twitter.com/UFfaF5bktn— WWE (@WWE) December 7, 2021
However, the champ’s troubles weren’t over as Bobby Lashley made his way out and attacked him with a vicious spear of his own, teasing his involvement in the title picture as well.
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Lashley is now involved too! 😳#WWERAW pic.twitter.com/TXH9Bxc6Oz
— WWE on BT Sport (@btsportwwe) December 7, 2021
This is an interesting move, as Big E was the one who pinned Bobby Lashley and won the WWE Championship after cashing in his Money in the Bank contract.
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For now, WWE is booking Seth Rollins and Big E for the title match for the next month. However, it looks like Bobby Lashley will be added to the mix as well.
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