Stone Cold Steve Austin returns with a bang for WWE Raw Reunion

The largest reunion in Raw history began with a familiar if somewhat surprising face 16time World Champion John Cena made an unannounced appearance to kick off Raw Reunion and The Cenation Leader was alternately bemused at the friendly reception excited for the Legends slated to return and happy to return to his ldquofamilyrdquo as he called the WWE Universe during the chokedup final moments of his addressAccording to WWE Cena also gleefully traded a couple of bars with The Usos when the erstwhile battlerappers hit the scene and called him out moments later but what was shaping up to be a fourman dance alongside Jimmy amp Jeyrsquos father Rikishi was spoiled by the arrival of Raw Tag Team Champions The Revival who emerged for their bout with The Usos with DVon Dudley in tow And with that Raw Reunion was offFittingly the first match of Raw Reunion was a throwback in every sense of the word In the ring were The Revival and The Usos continuing the kind of oldschool tag team rivalry that both tandems made their bones off of Around the ring were the teamsrsquo enforcers famous tag team veterans mdash DVon Dudley backed up the Raw Tag Team Champions while Rikishi flanked his sons at ringside And at commentary was Booker T the twotime Hall of Famer who cut his teeth as one half of Harlem Heat in WCWLast week Cedric Alexander shocked the world by defeating Drew McIntyre The towering Scot made sure the former WWE Cruiserweight Champion wouldnrsquot even have an opportunity to do so again as he exited the ring to attack Alexander halfway up the ramp before the bellThe Scot added a sinister twist to the manoeuvre sending Alexander careening facefirst into the ring in a clear message that insubordination will not be tolerated and any instance in which McIntyre is made a fool of will be repaid with punishmentSamoa Joe saw a cheap nostalgia ploy that took the spotlight off of Superstars like himself but at least one Superstar took exception to that characterization Roman ReignsJoe certainly proved his inring skill with an extended dismantling of Reignsrsquo left shoulder if anything saved Roman it was his simple refusal to stay down The Big Dog kicked out of several pin attempts and escaped the Coquina Clutch by sending his foe tumbling through the ropes Joe rushed the ring quickly in response but his overzealousness got the better of him Reigns launched himself fullbore into a Spear just as Joe got to his feet chopping the big man down to seal a victorySamoa Joe and Roman ReignsAre AJ Styles Luke Gallows amp Karl Anderson mdash the nefarious trio now calling themselves The OC as in Original Club mdash truly the most dominant group on Raw It might be true these days but the good brothers certainly got put in their place by a pair of dominant factions during The Phenomenal Onersquos bout against Seth Rollins The proceedings were interrupted by Triple H amp Shawn Michaels who evened the odds in DX garb The OC threw caution to the wind and AJ took a disqualification loss when Gallows amp Anderson jumped Rollins in the middle of the match rather than allow Styles to potentially suffer the StompWhen Styles Gallows amp Anderson regrouped at ringside Road Dogg and XPac emerged from behind the curtain as did Kevin Nash and Razor Ramon in nWo gear It was as Dogg said The OCs vs The OGs and in this case the former didnrsquot want none They did however get something as they made their retreat The two famous words delivered by Rollins himselfWas last weekrsquos harsh confrontation between Raw Womenrsquos Champion Becky Lynch and Natalya a heatofthemoment spat or something deeper about to surfaceAll signs point to the latter as Lynch and Natalya came to blows when The Queen of Harts crashed Beckyrsquos interview on ldquoA Moment of BlissrdquoWhat was Raw Reunion at the end of the day If you ask one Superstar in particular it was a family reunion mdash and the man in question was never known for his sentimentality None other than ldquoStone Coldrdquo Steve Austin closed out the biggest reunion in Raw history following up an emotional speech by Hulk Hogan with a thankyou to the Legends on stage the crew who helped assemble the arena and the WWE Universe in attendance and at home all of whom are members of the WWE family as far as The Rattlesnake is concernedThat meant Raw Reunion was a celebration for all of them and Austin expressed his gratitude for everyone who made it happenCatch up on all the latest sports news and updates here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates