Fulton and Wolfe set up a double team hold and kick finish. Good match.
– Tucker Knight defeated Dan Matha
Knight won with a Thesz Press. Matha sure is big.
– Richard Swann defeated Tino Sabbatelli
Great showing by both men, Sabbatelli is the next star and Swann is amazing. Swann hit a 450 splash for the win, then celebrated by dancing with referee Drake Wuertz to his awesome new theme song.
– Patrick Clarke comes out and cuts as excellent promo about how he is the future of the WWE. He also says WWE doesn’t need Shelton Benjamin because they’ve got Rich Swann, and they don’t need Rhyno because they already have Oney Lorcan.
Then he talked about Tough Enough being a stupid show and mentions he’s now the youngest performer on the roster after the cuts that took place last week.
– Ember Moon defeated Aliyah
Moon won with what was formerly called the O-Face, I love the wrestling!
– No Way Jose, Oney Lorcan, & Angelo Dawkins defeated The Authors Of Pain & Riddick Moss
Jose pinned Moss after a Cobra Clutch Slam. Oney Lorcan is great, this was a fun show.
I’m here for the last NXT Orlando show at the Armory before we move on to a new venue. Expecting 350 tonight.
– Richard Swann defeated Steve Cutler
The rugged Cutler put a hurting on Swann early, not allowing him space to build momentum. Crowd was with Swann and he was finally able to hit a 450 off the second rope for the win. After the match he celebrated with some fancy dance moves.
– Aliyah defeated Liv Morgan
A lot of athletic maneuvers by these two friends in an attempt to one-up each other. Morgan hit a high spinning heel kick for a near fall, then went for a tornado DDT, but had it countered into a bridging German suplex for the win. The two slapped hands post-match to show respect.
– Alexander Wolfe & Sawyer Fulton defeated Niko Bogojevic & Tucker Knight
Big mean guy match here with a lot of physicality. The new team of Bogojevic and Knight had the advantage before Tucker hit his arm on the post. Bogojevic got caught in a Regal Stretch submission by Wolfe.
– No Way Jose defeated Riddick Moss
Early shenanigans by Moss not wanting in the ring and Jose stealing Moss’ gold vest to dance around in. Crowd was very into Jose here. Jose hit the big wind up punch and the half nelson slam for the win. Jose celebrated with the crowd after getting the win.
– Oney Lorcan defeated Tino Sabbatelli
Intense match, Sabbatelli had control the entire way until Lorcan used his one chance and laid in some hard corner splashes and a running blockbuster for the win.
– Billie Kay defeated Ember Moon
Kay took the majority of this one before Moon was making her comeback. As Moon went to the top she wasn’t able to connect, crashing to the mat, and allowing Kay to vulture a win.
– The Authors Of Pain defeated TM61
The Authors of Pain were methodical and destructive early on, using frequent tags and isolation. Thorne took the bulk of the beating, including a bear hug and being ran into the buckles. The finish saw Miller go for a crossbody, but Selmani held on and rolled through for the pin.
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– Mojo Rawley defeated Buddy Murphy
Rawley claimed, very loudly, “Ladies and gentlemen, this man gets no chicks!’ and proceeded to atomic drop him several times. Lots of playfulness from the crowd with “Let’s go Blake” chants. Rawley won with some kind of rolling punch. It was pretty quick.
– Wesley Blake defeated Andrade “Cien” Almas
Blake was the hometown guy, so he worked as a babyface and went over. Almas went back to his CMLL days and played a pretty vicious heel. Blake won with a frog splash.
– Bayley & Carmella defeated Mandy Rose & Daria Berenato
Carmella came out and did a completely new pre-match promo without using the Enzo & Cass catchphrases. Berenato & Rose cut a pretty good heel promo on her in the ring before Bayley came in for the save. Berenato has a cool MMA fighter look to her, although she took her gloves off right after she was tagged in.
Bayley pinned Berenato with the Bayley-to-Belly.
– Hideo Itami defeated Austin Aries with the Busaiku knee in a good match. Itami was over big.
– Johnny Gargano & Tommaso Ciampa defeated NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival by DQ
This was an incredible match, and these teams are going to tear the house down at TakeOver. Lots of back and forth, with some great heel shenanigans from the Revival. Tons of very close near falls, to the point that the crowd was honestly expecting Gargano & Ciampa to win. They had us in the palm of their hands.
Gargano & Ciampa Ciampa won by DQ after one of the Revival pulled the ref out of the ring after Gargano & Ciampa hit their finisher. Great crowd response afterward.
– NXT Women’s Champion Asuka defeated Nia Jax with a head kick to retain her title.
– Finn Balor & Shinsuke Nakamura defeated NXT Champion Samoa Joe & Bobby Roode
Nakamura’s charisma has to be experienced live to fully appreciate it. Huge pops for the faces, huge pops for the heels. Lots of heel shenanigans from Joe while Roode had the ref distracted. Nakamura didn’t really seem to do much, even off the hot tag.
Balor gets the pin on Roode off the Coup de Grace while Nakamura held Joe back.
After the match, Balor mentioned that it was his second anniversary of signing with NXT, and it had been the best two years of his life. He mentioned beating Roman Reigns on Raw, and said that he would beat Seth Rollins at SummerSlam and become the first WWE Universal Champion.
I’m here at NXT Cocoa with an expected crowd of 250.
– Niko Bogojevic defeated Patrick Clark
Major heat on Patrick, who has a nose guard thanks to his match with Hideo Itami last night. Clark was heckling fans, even telling Izzy that “Bayley sucks” and getting in others faces. Bogojevic is doing well already, a nimble and powerful big man.
Bogojevic even did a worm into an elbow drop before using the Vader Bomb for the win.
– Tucker Knight defeated Sawyer Fulton
Hard-hitting match with Knight using a running Thesz Press for the win.
– The Authors of Pain defeated Chris Atkins & Adrian Jaoude
Very quick match, double team finish on Atkins.
– Carmella defeated Mandy Rose
The NXT Florida farewell for Carmella. Rose took most of the offense before Carmella fired up, did an out of the corner headscissors, bronco buster, and locked in the Code Of Silence for the win.
Post-match she made her way around ringside, talking pictures and signing a few autographs before intermission.
– Mojo Rawley defeated Josh Woods
Big reaction and chanting for Rawley, sending him off in style. Woods took most of the match before Rawley hit the big punch splash in the corner for the win.
– In-ring promo with Riddick Moss, unbelievable mic work, he said he’s not a fan of the locker room, that he didn’t care who got drafted, and went on to say he was glad they’re all gone, that “Carmella can take her earrings and go back to Staten Island, How’s it going?”
He said that he could paint himself up and crawl around, or run around saying “I’m hyper,” that he doesn’t care about the “Goat Daniel Bryan or the homeless looking Mick Foley,” then got to Stephanie and looked in to the tripod cam and said “Sup, girl?”
He said that he is giving her one year to call him up or he’s taking his talents to greener pastures.
– Daria Berenato defeated Liv Morgan
Submission victory for Berenato with her head and arm leg scissor maneuver.
Great action with TM61 doing most of the work before Nakamura took the hot tag and worked with Sabbatelli. Sabbatelli dominated the tests of strengths before Nakamura took control. There was a near fall with everyone diving in to break it up.
TM61 hit stereo dives to the outside leaving Nakamura clear to hit the Kinshasa for the win.
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– The Usos defeated Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows
A basic opener tag team match, crowd was really behind the Usos. Anderson and Gallows were good at playing the heel tag team. They cut off the Usos, getting the heat for a while. Usos won with a double superkick to both guys and then a splash off the top to Anderson.
– Apollo Crews defeated Aiden English
I guess that fight in catering gave Simon Gotch a few days at home to relax. Crews knocked English out of the ring and English grabbed a mic, he said he was an artist and began singing, but Crews cut him off before he could finish.
English got the heat for a while, but Crews made a comeback, hitting his backdrop powerbomb for the win. A nice little match.
– Kevin Owens did a backstage promo with Mike Rome, their new backstage announcer guy. Owens panned the camera down to show Rome with his legs spread wide apart to make him smaller than Owens, and he told him to stand up straight.
Owens then said even though Rome was now taller than him, it didn’t matter, because he’d still knock him out easily anyway. He then took the mic and cut a promo on Sami Zayn.
– Darren Young & Zack Ryder defeated The Ascension
Young and Ryder teamed up before their title matches this weekend. The Ascension got the heat on Ryder for a while, really building up the hot tag nicely, Young makes the hot tag and hits a few big moves. Ryder cuts off Konnor and hits the Broski Boot.
Young hits a back suplex onto the apron, the Gut Check, and then the Crossface Chickenwing for the win. Both guys looked strong in anticipation of their upcoming title matches.
– Sami Zayn defeated Kevin Owens
Owens is the best heel in the whole company. The way he can work a crowd is great. He attacked Zayn before the match, put on his hat, and danced around.
They had a nice match, but much shorter than I expected. Owens kept Zayn down for most of the match. Zayn made his comeback until Owens hit a giant superkick and went for the Pop-up powerbomb, but Zayn hit a tornado DDT and the Helluva Kick for the win. Short but safe. I’m sure these two can have a match in their sleep.
– Natalya defeated Alicia Fox
Natalya worked the match as a heel, arguing with the crowd, but there were still a lot of Natalya chants. I’m not sure people know she is supposed to be a heel. Natalya won with the Sharpshooter.
– The Shining Stars defeated Jack Swagger & Sin Cara
The Shining Stars cut a promo about how much they love Puerto Rico and how boring Delaware is. It was a boring match, Shining Stars won with their finish.
– WWE Champion Dean Ambrose defeated Seth Rollins to retain his title
This went a little over 20 minutes and it was a nice match. It was a generic house show version of one of their big main events, with a lot of playing to the crowd and stuff like that.
The crowd is conditioned to main event stipulation matches at these house shows I think, so they kept getting a “we want tables” chant going. Rollins teased it but then backed off for some big heat, Ambrose then went for it, but Rollins blocked it for more heat, then Rollins grabbed the mic and said he wasn’t going to use a table and risk getting disqualified.
They had a bunch of big near falls which were really good. Rollins at one point hit the superkick and went for a frog splash, but decided against it and tried to walk out with the title belt. He gets to the top of the ramp before changing his mind after being heckled by fans, and goes back to the ring.
After a brief exchange, Ambrose hit Dirty Deeds to win the match.
Post-match, Ambrose starts cutting a babyface promo about how he’s a fighter, but he gets jumped by Rollins. Rollins grabs the title and cuts a promo saying he’s going to win at Battleground, when Roman Reigns’ music hits!
The crowd goes crazy, Rollins says, “Haha, very funny,” but then Reigns comes out from behind the curtain. The crowd comes unglued. Reigns comes down to the ring and hits the Superman Punch, followed by a spear on Rollins. Reigns raises the title belt and Ambrose gets back in the ring, but he just tosses the title to Ambrose and leaves.
NXT is in Lakeland, FL, tonight and expecting a crowd of 250.
– Niko Bogojevic defeated Patrick Clark
Crowd was all over Clark, chanting “You’re not Tough Enough,” and giving him the business. Bogojevic fired up and finished it off with a Vader Bomb for the win.
– Daria Berenato & Mandy Rose defeated Liv Morgan & Aliyah
The heels worked over Aliyah for most of the match. Morgan got the hot tag and tried to fight off the Rose interference, yet Berenato got what looked like a Hell’s Gate submission on Morgan for the submission win.
– Hugo Knox beat Steve Cutler
Hugo was back to being his happy party boy persona, while Cutler has been much more controlling in the ring lately as heel. Hugo won with what looked like a Playmaker.
– Mojo Rawley defeated Riddick Moss
The crowd chanted “You deserve it” in response to Rawley getting drafted earlier this week. There was early comedy before Moss took control. Rawley fought off the punishment and hit his big punch in fhe corner for the win.
– NXT Women’s Champion Asuka defeated Billie Kay to retain her title
Well-paced match, not much doubt that Asuka had this one. Asuka Lock for the submission win.
In-ring promo with Danielle, who said she wants to be the greatest women’s wrestler of all time. She mentioned training with Rikishi and that all the women who were called up inspired her.
– No Way Jose defeated Josh Woods
Crowd had a blast with Jose’s antics and he hit his finish for the win before celebrating some more.
– Hideo Itami & TM61 defeated Buddy Murphy & The Authors Of Pain
The Authors of Pain did a lot of damage to TM61 early on. The match built to an Itami hot tag and him running wild. He was able to hit his running kick on Murphy for the win.
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– WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day defeated The Wyatt Family
– Alberto Del Rio defeated Zack Ryder in about 12 minutes
– Mark Henry & Jack Swagger defeated Curtis Axel & Bo Dallas when Henry pinned Axel after the World’s Strongest Slam
– John Cena & The Usos defeated The Club (AJ Styles, Karl Anderson, & Luke Gallows)
There was a brief dance-off spot during the match, which Gallows ended after attacking Cena. This led into a brawl with the heels attacking the faces.
– Becky Lynch defeated Natalya with the Dis-Arm-Her
– Neville defeated Chris Jericho
Jericho spoke for a few minutes about how the city was a dump and how he broke Neville’s ankle. Neville got Jericho’s scarf in the beginning of the match, wore it, and then wiped it on his armpits, which disgusted Jericho.
– WWE World Heavyweight Champion Dean Ambrose defeated Kevin Owens & Seth Rollins to retain his title
Ambrose pinned Owens to get the win. Owens started off outside of the ring in a chair cheering on Rollins and encouraging him to get in the ring with Ambrose. Later when Owens was involved he made a remark to Rollins that “I’ve been doing all of the work!”
The Civic Center was between 50-75% full, although a lot of the empty seats didn’t show as available on the Ticketmaster website. Estimated 2000 in attendance.
– Enzo & Cass def. The Dudley Boys (9:50)
Enzo & Cass were over huge, and the entire crowd sang along with the intro promo. During the entrance, Bubba threw a small boy’s sign on the ground that said “It’s my birthday”. Bubba then took another kid’s sign at ringside before the match, but Enzo stole it back & gave the the kid his shirt. Good house show match. Enzo pinned D-Von after the rocket launcher.
– Sasha Banks def. Summer Rae (4:38)
Sasha won when Summer submitted to the Banks Statement. About what you’d expect from these two; not horrible but not good. Sasha was over with the crowd, but took a bump on a spinning wheel kick that showed a lot of light.
– Golden Truth def. Breezeango (8:10)
R-Truth’s entrance made the entire crowd respond loudly. Fandango is from Maine so he got some cheers here & there. They did a comedy spot where Goldust gave everyone atomic drops, including R-Truth. Pretty fun match. The crowd got up for this and reacted surprisingly well given how these guys are positioned on TV. R-Truth beat Tyler Breeze via pinfall with a slingshot sunset flip from the apron.
– Darren Young (w/Bob Backlund) def. WWE I-C Champion The Miz (w/Maryse) by countout (15:20)
The Miz cut a pre-match promo counting the days he’s been IC champion (104) & claimed to be the “greatest technical wrestler of all time”. The crowd totally died for this early but got into it more as it went along. There was actually a short dueling chant between kids evenly split between Miz & Darren Young.
The biggest pop came when the ref threw Maryse out. When Miz tried to walk out with the title, Backlund stopped him.
Not a great match. Young kicked out of the skull crushing finale, and won by countout when Miz ran into the crowd to escape. Lame finish to a bad match that was mostly rest holds.
– Kane & The Big Show def. The Vaudevillians (3:14)
Faces won via pinfall after delivering chokeslams to both Vaudevillains. This was basically a glorified squash match. The crowd popped big for Big Show & Kane’s entrances and signature moves.
Intermission
– WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte (w/Dana Brooke) def. Alicia Fox (6:13)
Average women’s match at best. The crowd wasn’t particularly into it. Charlotte pinned Alicia at 6:13 after Dana distracted Alicia and Charlotte rolled her up. Post match, Dana & Charlotte double teamed Alicia until Sasha ran out for the save which got the biggest pop of the match.
– Baron Corbin def. Titus O’Neil (2:16)
Corbin attacked Titus before the bell. Corbin pinned Titus after rolling him up & putting his feet on the ropes. There wasn’t much to this. Some people did the Titus gator noises.
– US Champion Rusev (w Lana) vs. Kalisto vs. Sami Zayn vs. Cesaro (14:08)
This was easily the best match of the night. Lana’s prematch promo got good heat as she called Augusta a “pathetic village”. Kalisto was the most over guy with the kids with lots of “Lucha” chants. Good reactions for Cesaro & Zayn too.
Rusev wins via submission when Kalisto submitted to the Accolade. All 3 babyfaces hit their finishers on Rusev after the match. They played each of their entrance themes as all three guys danced around the fallen Rusev to send the crowd home happy. Cesaro even did the Alex Wright dance.
Overall this wasn’t a very good show, but the main event saved it.
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– WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day (Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods) def. Braun Strowman & Erick Rowan to retain their titles
New Day came out to a huge reaction. Strowman got dumped over the ropes and Woods did a flip over the ropes onto him. Kingston hit Rowan with Trouble in Paradise for the pinfall at 11:09. Good opener.
– Sheamus def. Sin Cara
Sheamus won with the Brogue kick in 7:03. Sloppy in parts, big botch on a sunset flip by both. Sheamus cut a promo after the match calling Canada a third world country and said that he’s the best and can beat anyone in the locker room. Apollo Crews then came out, setting up the next match.
– Apollo Crews def. Sheamus
Sheamus went for White Noise and Crews rolled him up for the pin in 1:37
Kevin Owens promo on Sami Zayn. Says he can’t wait to beat Sami and then get out of this place because it sucks.
– Titus O’Neil & Cesaro def. Bo Dallas & Curtis Axel
Cesaro gave Dallas the swing and then the Sharpshooter. Dallas tapped out 5:49 into the match. Really fun match, crowd really into both teams. Lots of comedy with the Social Outcasts. Cesaro and O’Neil made a great team.
– Darren Young def. I-C Champion The Miz by DQ
Miz cut a promo saying that he was the best technical wrestler of all time. Young won by DQ in 10:00 when Maryse just held on to Young’s leg, not hitting, just grabbed onto his leg. Miz was great at getting heat and the crowd loves to hate him.
– Sami Zayn def. Kevin Owens
Zayn won in 8:02 after Owens beat him down the whole match until Zayn out of nowhere hits the exploder into the corner, then the Helluva kick. Owens got on the mic a few times and trashed the city like he always does. Good match.
– WWE Women’s Champion Charlotte def. Natalya to retain her title
Cheers for Natalya, because she’s Canadian and a lot of heat for Charlotte. Charlotte won in 10:00 after she rolled Natalya up and put her foot on the ropes. Sloppy in parts and a bit out of sync at times.
– The Usos def. Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows
Good heat for Gallows and Anderson. Not much of a reaction for the Usos. The Usos hit a splash on Anderson for the pin 12:12 into the match. It was fine.
– WWE World Heavyweight Champion Dean Ambrose def. AJ Styles and Seth Rollins to retain his title
Ambrose got a big reaction and retained in about 15 minutes after Styles hit Seth with the Phenomenal Forearm, then Ambrose hit Styles with Dirty Deeds.
Overall a decent show, with a pretty receptive and hot crowd. Top bowl had more then half of it blocked off and what was open in the upper bowl was about 50% full. The floor looked to be sold out with a few seats at the back left open here and there.
New Day (Kofi/Xavier w/ Big E) vs League of Nations (Barrett/Sheamus) – Pre-Match promo by Xavier giving a reason why he was not with Franceska 2; she was sick because Wade spit on her – New Day picked up the victory after Kofi hit Trouble in Paradise on Sheamus
Stardust v.s. Sami Zayn – Big pop for Sami – Stardust took a while at the beginning of the match to play the crowd – lots of Cody chants – Zayn won with Helluva Kick – Post Match Stardust was in the ring and said he wasn’t leaving without a win in the W/L column and issued an open challenge
Stardust v.s. Mark Henry – Mark Henry answers the open challenge – Henry makes quick work of Stardust w/ World’s Strongest Slam
Cass & Enzo w/ Carmella v.s. Dash & Dawson (Non-Title) – Good match; Enzo saw the majority of the action on the Cass/Enzo side of things – Cass & Enzo picked up the win via Rocket Launcher
Victor v.s. Goldust – Goldust won with a roll-up pinfall – The Ascension started with a post-match beatdown on Goldust – R-Truth came out for the save – After thwarting the beatdown Truth and Dust had a moment in the ring – Golden Truth chants until they left
Natalya vs Charlotte – Both traded teasing the Sharpshooter/Figure Four on each other; opposing maneuvers. – Charlotte picked up the victory after Ric Flair interrupted a submission attempt by Nattie.
Chris Jericho vs Jack Swagger – Jericho with a pre-match promo on being the best in the world and his displeasure in coming out to AJ Styles chants – Swagger had the ankle lock set in until Jericho reversed it into a codebreaker for the victory
Luke Harper v.s. Dean Ambrose – Ambrose picked up the win after hitting Dirty Deeds twice and Bray Wyatt was ejected from ringside – Post match Wyatt came back out to start a beatdown on Ambrose – The New Day came out for the save and pushed Bray back – New Day & Ambrose participate in a dance off in the ring as the show ended.
Side Notes: – Best reactions of the night were: Dean, Sami, Cass/Enzo, and the New Day – Surprising no Miz/Ziggler – they usually hit this live event due to its proximity to Cleveland. – Through connections I made my way backstage and a friend had an odd conversation with Bray Wyatt about him getting dreadlocks soon? Not sure the truth behind that but sounds weird for a cult leader.
– Fandango and Damien Sandow over Stardust and Tyler Breeze via pinfall.
– R-Truth over Health Slater (w/ Bo Dallas) via pinfall. Double team on Truth which brings out Goldust for the save. Crowd chants “GOLDEN TRUTH” as Truth and Goldust hug and dance.
– Rusev w/Lana over Sin Cara via submission.
– Dolph Ziggler and Big Show over Luke Harper and Braun Strowman via pinfall.
– Alicia Foxx, Paige and Sasha Banks over Naomi, Cameron and Tamina via Sasha’s Bank Statement submission.
– Ryback over Viktor (w/Konner) via pinfall
– Kane over Bray Wyatt via pinfall in a Saginaw street fight. The end came when there was a run-in by Harper and Rowan as Kane was getting a table. Ziggler and Big Show ran in to chase off the Wyatt clan which led to Kane chokeslamming Bray thru a table for the pin and win.
Elias Samson beat Josh Woods. Elias was the face tonight, as Woods interrupted his song about Citrus Springs. Hard hitting match. Woods has a lot of impressive wrestling ability.
Cameron beat Aliyah and Billie Kay in a triple threat match. Aliyah was the face in peril during this match against two heels. Cameron scored the pin on Aliyah after a few hope spots.
Bull Dempsey beat Angelo Dawkins. Comedy early on with Bull doing jumping jacks to annoy Dawkins. Seated splash off the top by Bull for the win.
In ring interview with Noah Kekoa, says he’s here for the people and this is his friend zone. Acting shy and naive.
Asuka and Carmella beat Alexa Bliss and Emma. Stat reaction for Asuka. Entertaining match as the faces were very over. Asuka caught Alexa with her submission for the win.
Tye Dillinger beat Tino Sabatelli. Tye was the face tonight, got worn down by Tino early on before hitting his exposed knee finish for the win.
Rich Swann and Levis Valenzuela beat Marcus Louise and Sawyer Fulton. Another great performance by Swann. After a lot of punishment by the heels, Swann made the hot tag to Levis who got the win with the windup punch.
Tucker Knight beat Axel Tischer with a butterfly suplex. Crowd was in to Knight here, a group of fans cheer for him at a lot of house shows, chanting for his silver boots and singing songs for him. Good match, a lot of hard hitting action.
The Vaudevillains beat Dash and Dawson by DQ in the main event. Back and forth match, well worked, finish came when English had hit the swanton and Dash pulled the ref out. Post match saw Enzo and Cass clear out Dash and Dawson, celebrating with the crowd to send them home happy.
Big Show defeated the Ascension in a handicap match. Played to the crowd a lot. Big Show won with a double choke slam.
Miz defeated Fandango, called out anyone else and Jack Swagger beat him within 30 seconds with an ankle lock. Miz then called out anyone else and Mark Henry came out and they had a dance contest. Mark Henry surprisingly had some good moves.
Hype Bros defeated Adam Rose and Bo Dallas. Hype Bros very over with the crowd.
Goldust defeated Stardust. An okay match. Crowd chanted Cody most of the match.
Tag Team Chamionship match
New Day defeated The Dudleyz and The Lucha Dragons. Fun match, Dudleyz hit Woods with a 3D after the match was over.
Charlotte defeated Paige to retain the title.
Luke Harper defeated R Truth in a surprisingly decent back and forth match.
WWE Chamionship Match
Roman Reigns defeated Sheamus by DQ when Sheamus threw a chair at Roman’s head. Reigns hit a spear to send the crowd home happy.
Loud pop for Neville and good heat Stardust. A good back and forth match finishing with Neville hitting the red arrow for the win.
Fandango & Damien Sandow vs. Adam Rose & Heath Slater
Another big pop for Fandango/Sandow and good heat Adam Rose pretty quiet for Heath Slater. Fandango wins with a roll-up on Slater.
King Barrett vs. Jack Swagger vs. WWE U.S. Champion Alberto del Rio
Barrett got really good heat. Lots of Rooney chants after Raw on Monday. Mix of boos and cheers for Swagger and similar for ADR although not as big a reaction. It’s a strange situation as no one seems to know who to get behind as although Barrett is in his home country he is definitely playing heel. Del Rio came out to his face music but was acting a mix of face and feel and Swagger was acting the face. All a bit confusing. ADR got the win with the arm bar on Swagger.
Luke Harper, Erick Rowan, Braun Strowman vs. Usos and Ryback
Again a good back and forth match with the Wyatts breaking character to be more traditional classic heels Wyatts get the win with Strowman submissin after four good Uso superkicks.
Unfortunately the crowd weren’t too hot for this. The only reason I can think is that there won’t be many people are NXT in the U.K so might not be familiar of the history of Sasha, Bayley and Becky. The crowd picks up with the hot tag to Becky who wins with the arm bar.
Lucha Dragons vs. Ascension vs. Los Matadores
One of Los Matadores hit an Eddie Guerrero Three Amigos to Sin Cara followed by the shimmy and chest beating which sadly didn’t get a massive reaction as I don’t think it landed that it was 10 years since Eddie’s death. George Thorogood’s “Bad to the Bone” hits and El Tortito enters and attacks Los Matadores causing confusion leading to Kalisto hitting the Salida del Sol to eliminate Ascension. Lucha Dragons get the win via another Eddie tribute with a Sin Cara frog splash.
No Holds barred: Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt
Reigns got the biggest pop of the night. A good match between both guys using the stairs, a kendo stick, 2 tables and chairs. Wyatt played a more classic heel role at one point shouting to the crowd, “Look at my muscles,” whilst he had Reigns in a rest hold. Both guys went though tables in good spots. Reigns eventually got the win after Bray a hit chair placed in corner between the ropes and then spear for the 123.
Notes:
– A good show unfortunately no proper mention of Eddie Guerrero just the couple of spots in the triple threat tag match.
I was at the Nottingham show in April and this was a much better show and much better crowd than last time. It was a full house and the show was announced by Eden. Pre-show, we had to vote to view a classic match on the TitanTron. We got Taker vs. Mankind at Survivor Series.
