Big E starts to hulk up as some fans rally. Owens kicks Big E around and talks some trash. Big E kicks out at 2 and Owens can’t believe it. Big E goes to fall back to the mat from the top but Owens turns that into a big Sunset Bomb. Owens slams Big E face-first into the steel, sending him to the mat. Owens climbs again but Big E meets him on the top rope and they trade strikes. Owens brings Big E back to the middle of the ring and keeps control. Owens stops him and then sends him into the steel to prevent the escape. Big E calls for the door to be opened now. Big E counters and launches Owens face-first into the steel for a 2 count. Owens drops Big E again and pounds on him. Owens with a huge moonsault for a 2 count. Owens climbs the cage but Big E grabs for him. We go to commercial.īack from the break and Owens has Big E trapped. Big E ends up going for the Spear between the ropes but he hits the steel head-on and goes down. They both come down and Big E smashes Owens. Big E climbs up as Owens gets close to the top. Big E gets jabbed and Owens climbs up to the top. Big E traps Owens between the ropes and the steel, working him over. Owens looks to climb but Big E crotches him on the top rope. Owens has the referee open the cage door again but Big E stops him. The bell rings and Owens goes right to escape but Big E attacks and stops him. Out next comes Owens to the ring as Mike Rome goes over the rules and the introductions.

Owens says everyone will finally rejoice when he wins the WWE Title, and tonight he will be the one to punish Big E, and that is no lie. He goes on about how he is the real WWE Champion and Big E is just holding onto the title until Day 1. Owens says Big E has been calling him a liar for months, but Big E is the real liar. The camera cuts backstage to Kevin Owens now. We go right to the ring and out comes WWE Champion Big E to the Steel Cage for this non-title match. He’s joined at ringside by Corey Graves and Byron Saxton. We’re live from the FedEx Forum in Memphis, Tennessee as Jimmy Smith welcomes us. He says tonight in the cage there is no easy way out and not only will he beat Owens, he will punish him. We cut backstage to a fired up WWE Champion Big E. Rollins laughs again and tells everyone to enjoy the show. He says at WWE Day 1 we will usher in a new year with a new champion, as he claims his rightful place as WWE Champion.

We see the cage being lowered around the ring as Rollins goes on, saying he will enjoy every second as they destroy each other. He laughs and says tonight Owens will find himself going one-on-one with Big E inside a Steel Cage. – Tonight’s WWE RAW opens up on the USA Network with a look back at last week and how Kevin Owens was added to the WWE Title match at WWE Day 1 with Seth Rollins and champion Big E.

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