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Raw shocker: Triple H helps Kevin Owens win WWE Universal Championship

There was bound to be excitement at the conclusion of Monday Night Raw considering the vacant WWE Universal Championship was to be contested in the main event with a new champion crowned. It's just that no one watching expected what transpired.

At the conclusion of a Fatal 4-Way elimination match that included all sorts of twists and turns, Kevin Owens pinned Seth Rollins -- thanks to interference and a turn by a returning Triple H -- to become just the second universal champion to date.

Let's take a look at how we got here.

The title, vacated 24 hours after Finn Balor became the first universal champion by defeating Rollins at SummerSlam, was up for grabs on Raw.