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NXT Royal Oak, MI, live results: Baron Corbin vs Apollo Crews vs Samoa Joe vs Finn Balor

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From the Royal Oak Music Theater in Royal Oak, MI | Submitted anonymously

Enzo and Big Cass vs the Vaudevillians

Enzo did a rap before the match. Vaudevillians have a new heel theme. Lots of comedy spots. Crowd LOVES Enzo. Vaudevillians were pretty over and got cheered until they got the heat on Enzo, Cass got the hot tag, and they won with the rocket launcher move. Fun tag match, crowd was into it.

Carmella vs Alexa Bliss

Carmella did her speech before the match. Crowd loved her. Alexa got heat for being from Ohio. Alexa did a really good job of getting the heat and Carmella did a quick comeback and won with her submission. Surprisingly good match that the crowd was pretty into, Alexa had good heat and Carmella got her chants.

Elias Sampson vs Johnny Gargano

Elias got a lot of heat early on for some reason. He played a song for Detroit before the match to solid boos and Johnny interrupted him. Johnny was over despite being from Cleveland, even got a “Johnny Wrestling” chant. Back and forth match. Crowd was into the heat spots. Crowd blew up for a dive from Johnny to the outside where there was almost no floor space. There was some near falls and Elias won with his neckbreaker. Crowd booed like hell. Great match. Crowd gave a standing ovation to Johnny after the match.

Tye Dillinger vs Sami Zayn

Crowd was into Tye’s entrance. Sami was SUPER over. The story at the beginning of the match was that Sami’s reaction made Tye jealous. The worked heel only to the extent that he wasn’t cheered. Back and forth match where the crowd was into everything Sami did. Some comedy spots with the 10 sign. Tye got the heat, Sami did a comeback and Tye got injured and carried off to the back and they rang the bell. Sami lead a 10 chant and did a speech thanking the fans. Sampson interrupted and beat up Sami and Sami fought him off with a Helluva kick.

Intermission

Women’s Champion Bayley vs Nia Jax

Crowd loved everything Bayley did. The match was similar to their Takeover match. Bayley won with the Belly to Bayley. A fan threw her a Bayley Club shirt and she put it on and celebrated with the crowd afterwards.

American Alpha vs. NXT Tag Team Champions Dash and Dawson

Gable and Jordan got a huge reaction. Dash and Dawson were also there. Crowd loved Jordan and Gable. Match was back and forth at the beginning and then Dash and Dawson got the heat on Jordan. Gable got the heat and American Alpha did some double team stuff and then Dawson started getting the heat on Gable. Jordan exploded with the hot tag. American Alpha hit their finisher and dash pulled the ref out of the ring and got DQ’ed. Chorus of boos. American Alpha got a standing ovation after the match.

Baron Corbin vs Apollo Crews vs Samoa Joe vs Finn Balor

All guys got a great reception and Corbin got plenty of boos. Joe and Corbin disposed of Crews and Balor and then Balor turned on Joe. Balor and Crews disposed of Corbin and Joe and shook hands and went back and forth. Now came in and went one and one with Crews. Then Corbin and Crews. Then Corbin and Balor. Then Joe and Balor. Then Joe and Crews. Corbin and Joe double teamed Balor. Corbin turned on Joe again and then put the beat down on Balor. Joe disposed of Balor and put the beat down on Balor and them Balor got a comeback in on everyone and did the stomp to Crews’ back. Match broke down into a four way brawl. Joe had the clutch on Baron, Crews hit the standing moonsault on him and went for a pin, Balor jumped off the top and hit Crews with the Coup de Grace and pinned Corbin for the win and celebrated after the match. Great back and forth match. Crowd was into it the whole time.

Great show with no real lowlights. Most over was probably Balor or Sami.

WWE Ft. Meyers, FL, results: Roman Reigns vs. Rusev, Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens

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Opened with national anthem (took photo as it ended). Arena doesn’t seat a lot (lowers are 21 rows deep, no club/uppers). Of seats available, floor is sold out, bowl is about 75%.

Dolph Ziggler vs. Tyler Breeze

Ziggler got a nice pop while Tyler Breeze had lots of pictures being taken during his entrance, he had his live cell phone tron). Crowd HEAVILY behind Ziggler. Ziggler mocked Breeze’s pose in the corner to a big cheer. Ziggler won on a super kick. Nothing you wouldn’t expect from these guys. Solid, fun match, but nothing overly special.

Curtis Axel vs. Braun Strowman

Axel got no real crowd reaction, though a couple of people cheered) while Strowman got CHEERS, believe it or not…entered to a weird non-theme, just some rumbling sounds that sounded like the noise when the Star Destroyer is slowly passing overhead in Star Wars… NO tron image… “fireflies” came out from stands. Strowman tried to draw heat, and was cheered. Finally got some boos when he went into the slow, submission offense. Strowman won with his shoulder-carry side drop slam… and was cheered again. Axel never knocked Strowman off his feet. Not a single semi-interesting spot or moment in the match. Strowman is SO dull.

Ambrose cut a promo on Owens on the tron next previewing their IC Title match tonight.

U.S. Champion Alberto del Rio vs. Chris Jericho: non-title

Crowd member (a kid) allowed to introduce next match. Jericho (introduced to MASSIVE pop) vs Del Rio (boo’d widely, though a pocket of cheers in one section). Non-title match. Del Rio tore up the sign of the fan in the backwards red hat who’s always at these shows and thee the pieces back at him. No idea what the sign said. USA chant, even though Jericho’s Canadian.  Jericho wiped his armpits and under his crotch with ADR’s shirt when he laid it on the turnbuckle, then threw it to the crowd (ew?). During the match, Del Rio grabbed the fan’s hat and flung it to the back row of the floor seats. Del Rio had the arm breaker over the ropes til the 5 count which was a nice spot.

Jericho rolled out of the arm breaker and into the Walls (crab-style). Del Rio reached the ropes for the break. Jericho hit the Codebreaker for the win after avoiding the top-rope stomp while tied up in the second rope. The 10 kids around me were REALLY into this match. It was as entertained as I’ve ever been by an ADR match, though I typically find him really boring. Jericho signed autographs and had fun pumping up the crowd after the match… seemed to be enjoying himself. 

WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day vs. The Usos

New Day introduced to mixed response, but most people responded…Big E and Kofi twerked over the smoke blasts while Xavier danced between them…Big E did snow angels in the ring…I love these guys) vs Usos (got a nice, all-positive reaction). Xavier borrowed (and then returned) a sign saying RIP with the trombone and held it up with the other members around him. Kofi and Xavier in the match. Teams traded dancing/taunting funny spots early. Spot of the match: with one Uso standing on the second ripe and holding the top rope up, the other five through his legs to the outside. Big E distracted the ref from an Uso pin, distraction allowed Xavier to get the pin on a roll up to retain.

Really good match, though Big E stole it for me, taunting the announcers (he ate some paper he took from one of them) and fans and dancing around. Big E attacked Usos as soon as the bell ended the match and cleared the ring to dance around as a team. Usos attacked New Day and hit the big splash on Big E after a minute and posed with the belts before leaving them in the ring. Big E sold his left leg on his way up the ramp, but that may have just been him being Big E goofy.

WWE I-C Champion Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens

Owens was booed and walked up to barricade and stared down a kid for a moment to taunt him, while Ambrose got big cheers at least on par with Ziggler, only more sustained through the entrance, though not QUITE what Jericho got. KO attacked Ambrose before he entered the ring as he stood on the apron and posed with the belt. Ref started the match as soon as Ambrose was standing up in the ring. Ambrose hit the dive through the ropes after KO started with all of the offense. KO hit the cannonball for a two count. A

mbrose suplexed KO off the top (Ambrose was standing on the second rope) then went for Dirty Deeds but was blocked. Ambrose connected on his rebound clothesline for two and the top rope elbow to a standing KO for a near-fall. Ambrose countered Popup Powerbomb with a hurricanrana, then kicked out of the PuPB when KO hit it the second try. After distracting the ref by undoing the turnbuckle, KO grabbed a chair but was caught by the ref. Ambrose tried a roll-up but KO kicked out. Ambrose’s rebound clothesline was ducked, but he twisted it into Dirty Deeds for the pin. Really good match, as you’d expect.

> Intermission

Becky Lynch vs. Tamina (w/Alicia Fox as special ref

Tamina was with Naomi… Titantron showed Sasha Banks’ name first and I got excited… no real response for Tamina while Lynch got a nice positive response. A “Becky” chant prematch and a few during. Becky got no offense for the first 75% of the match but won on a roll-up. Alicia played no role. Tamina and Naomi attacked Alicia and mostly Becky post match and Natty made the surprise save to a nice pop. Natty applied the sharpshooter to Tamina for a minute before Tamina and Naomi escaped.

Bray Wyatt vs. Kane

Wyatt was with Braun… cheered during entrance with plenty of fireflies), while Kane got a MASSIVE pop, like Jericho. Big “Kane! Kane!” cheer prematch. Wyatt did a small DX-like crotch chop as a taunt to the crowd at one point, which was odd. More of the HHH crotch flick than the full-fledged chop. Anyway… Bray was boo’d throughout the match. Braun and Kane had a stare down at one point. Fun spot where each did their special sit-up (Bray’s crab, Kane’s sit) at the same time… didn’t let it breathe, though, and it was over too quick to enjoy, unlike the Brock/Taker one at SS. Strowman interference allowed Bray to hit Sister Abigail for the pin. People boo’d a LOT. I didn’t realize people anywhere still loved Kane like this (and not just in the “you’ve done a lot for us, so I like and respect you” way).

Nice “thank you fans” video shown on tron. Well edited as always.

WWE Champion Roman Reigns vs. Rusev (w/Lana)

Lana cut a promo to major boos while Reigns got biggest pop of the night, though may have been only slightly more than Kane’s. Reigns entered through the crowd. CONSTANT pro-Roman chants. The people love Roman Reigns. A Lana distraction allows Rusev to lock in the Accolade. Reigns gets out of it and hits a spear for the pin fall victory. Entertaining match.

WWE Charleston, WV, results: Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens

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– The night starts off with an announcement from JoJo about Roman Reigns not being here. 

– Kevin Owens interrupts and challenges Ambrose to an IC title match later tonight. Ambrose attacks him from behind and accepts the challenge as Owens retreats to the back. 

– Dudleys & Tommy Dreamer vs. The Wyatt Family (Harper, Rowan and Strowman) in a tables match

The Wyatts win with a double choke slam on Dreamer through a table. 

– Neville def. The Miz

Neville wins with the Red Arrow.

– The Social Outcasts defeat The Ascenion & Los Matadors

Outcasts come out and cut a funny promo that ends with Heath Slater leading the crowd in a song of Country Roads. Really great stuff here. 

– R-Truth defeated Stardust

Incredible work by Stardust who got some major boos from the crowd with his heel work. Match saw very few bumps taken by both men yet it was very well received by the audience and was really entertaining.  

– US Champion Alberto Del Rio defeated Kalisto

ADR held the ropes during the pin. Crowd was pretty dead during this ainly because the previous 2 matches were so awesome.

– Becky Lynch def. Tamina (w/Naomi)

Becky wins then gets attacked by both girls after. Nattie makes the save and then celebrates with Becky. 

– Sheamus def. Jack Swagger

Swagger came out to defend the honor of the West Virginia crowd in light of Sheamus’ comments against them.

– WWE Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose def. Kevin Owens to retain

Owens stared down several small children in attendance. He also told a young teenage female that her sign looked like it was made by a blind 5 yr old. In a move that was a class act, Kevin gave a quick and discreet fist bump to a young handicapped child who was being held up by what appeared to be his mother on his way back up the ramp. Ambrose made sure to high five all those at ringside who wanted one. He made several trips around the ring and up and down the ramp. He had also gotten a haircut since he was last seen on television.

All in all, it was a really fun show and everyone who performed put forth a lot of effort. Only complaint would be the way security acted. Multiple times during the show they would motion for fans to sit down in their seats. They also wouldn’t let fans who weren’t setting ringside or along the guardrail to come up and try and get a high five before or after a match. This upset a lot of parents and children and was pretty sad to see.

NXT Chicago, IL, live event results: (evening show): Finn Balor vs. Apollo Crews vs. Baron Corbin

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Standing room only crowd. Super lively crowd, lots of chants all night.

– NXT Tag Champions Dawson and Wilder beat Ezno and Cass when Enzo got pinned via roll up. Good match, Dawson and Wilder are great heels. Enzo was super over. Cass is ok as a “house of fire” babyface but he missed a few spots.

– Carmella submitted Alexa Bliss with her leg choke thing. Bliss is great, crowd loved to hate her. Match was fine.

– Elias Sampson and his guitar beat Bull Dempsey. Sampson sang a song about how much Chicago sucks. Decent match: two standard mid card guys doing mid card things.

– NXT Divas Champion Bayley (so so over) beat Nia Jax with the Belly to Bayley. Pretty similar to the London match, but no chokehold.

> Intermission. They were selling autographed 11x14s and tons of shirts.

– Sami Zayn def. Tommaso Ciampa in an incredible match that felt like a typical ROH match. Highlights include Zayn’s Blue Thunder Bomb and Tommaso hitting a power bomb into a backstabber.  Zayn won with the corner kick.  After, he and Tommaso hugged and Zayn gave him the ring.

– Eva Marie over Peyton Royce.  I know it is the gimmick and she’s kinda over (not as over as Zayn, Finn nor Bayley) but Eva just can’t wrestle.  She’s not even passable.  Poor Royce was dragging her around.  Eva’s timing was off all match and it showed.  Crowd stopped caring halfway through.

– NXT Champion Finn Balor over Apollo Crews and Baron Corbin. Before the match, Balor did the Bullet Club guns to Crews and Corbin.  Loud Bullet Club and Too Sweet chants, which Finn encouraged.  Finn even did the “gun gesture to a prone opponent” like Kenny Omega did to AJ Styles the night after WK 10.  Standard triple threat where one guy sold on the outside while the other two went at it.  Finish was pretty good – Corbin hit his spinning slam on Crews, made the cover only for Finn to hit the double foot stomp for the win. After, Finn celebrated with Bayley (who had a Balor Club shirt and was Too Sweeting everyone at ringside) and they brought some kids in the ring to take pictures.

NXT Chicago, IL, afternoon results: Finn Balor vs. Sami Zayn

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– 1:00 pm card at the Portage Theatre

– Enzo and Big Cass over NXT Tag Team Champion Dash and Dawson via DQ. Ref was pulled out of the ring after Air Enzo on a pin attempt. Solid match, great starter.

– Tomasso Ciampa def. Bull Dempsey by submission. Split crowd, Bull was hilarious.

– Elias Sampson def. Tye Dillinger by pin. Dillinger was over, Sampson was booed.

– NXT Women’s Champion Bayley def. Alexa Bliss. Bayley hits the Bayley to Belly for the pin and win.

– Apollo Crews def Baron Corbin. Standing moonsault to standing shooting star press into the pinfall. This was the best spot and match of the night in my opinion. 

– Nia Jaxx and Eva Marie def. Carmella and Peyton Royce. Leg drop from Jaxx onto Royce for the pin. Eve Marie didn’t do a bad job at all. 

– NXT Champion Finn Balor def. Sami Zayn to retain. Balor pinned him after hitting the Coup De Grace. Multiple Bullet club references. Crowd was split. Awesome match.

WWE New Delhi, India live event results: Roman Reigns vs. Big Show, several Indian talents work against Gable & Jordan

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Bray Wyatt def. Kane

Enormous pop for both of them afteward despite the match being a little sloppy.

WWE Tag Team Champions New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) def. the Usos and Prime Time Players in a three-way to retain

Most entertaining bout of the night and cloud cheered and laughed alot. Usos did a suicide dive as well. Kofi interfered to help for the win. They all get beat down by the faces after the match. “New Day sucks” chants throughout, but the crowd loved their antics.

Love Preet def. Jason Jordan

Jason cut a heel promo about India not having talented wrestlers during the morning tryouts, but was defeated by the Indian wrestler eventually who got the crowd roaring with “Jai Hind” chants.

WWE Divas Champion Charlotte def. Summer Rae to retain

People loved Summer and crowd was completely supporting her, chanting her name since she was babyface. She used her old aggressive NXT moveset including diving cross bodies. Woos for Charlotte, though she got boo’ed for using a dirty moveset. She won with the figure 8. Physical match. Lots of “We Want Sasha” chants.

Dolph Ziggler def. Tyler Breeze

Tyler’s selfie video was not live and he didn’t get that much a reaction, but “you look stupid”: chants. Crowd erupted for Ziggler. Physical and long match with Ziggler dominating and making fun of Breeze’s narcissism throughout. Crowd loved it. “This is awesome” chants.

Rusev def. Ryback

Huge pops for both the wrestlers. Very physical match. Crowd not to Happy that Ryback lost but he got them cheering once more when he thanked them by saying, “Namaste“.

D. Raftar def Chad Gable

Gable was seeking redemption for Jordan but got squashed. Raftar was slightly stiff but was very over with the Indian crowd. Few local Haryanwi, Punjabi and Hindi sentences to end the segment.

WWE Champion Roman Reigns def Big Show to retain

Show teased the crowd by initially not getting in the ring. He ended up dominating the match. He also yelled at a kid to shut up at ringside. Reigns had the underdog comeback and tried to knock him down with superman punches and finally a spear for the win. He thanks the roaring crowd and says this was the best crowd he has ever faced. 

*****

Biggest pops:

– Almost everyone: Roman Reigns, Dolph, Ryback, Big Show, both the divas, Kane, Bray wyatt and Usos. Even the others got good enough pops and people were just having a good time. Electrifying atmosphere to say the least.

Apparently the matches on the second day of the our were more physically intense, and people were surprisingly very impressed with the intensity, especially in the Divas match.

WWE Monroe, LA, house show results: Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens

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Chris Jericho def. U.S. Champion Alberto Del Rio in a non-title match.

JoJo announced to the house that John Cena is out due to a shoulder injury. She informed the crow refunds were available for the next twenty minutes.  Before she could finish Alberto Del Rio interrupted and cut a promo on Cena. Del Rio received heat from the crowd during his promo. He even mentioned pro wrestling.

Chris Jericho interrupted  Alberto to a big pop from the crowd. Lots of Y2J cheers broke out in the audience. ADR started cutting a promo on Jericho, until he took the mic. Jericho said “Welcome to Monroe is Jericho.” Jericho is majorly over with the crowd which is expected considering his resume. During the promo Jericho called Del Rio “Alberto Del Jackass” & said it was Spanish for jackass.

Fast start to the match, Jericho hits DEL RIO with mic and runs him into the corner. Jericho ripped ADR’s shirt off and started chopping him. When the action spilled outside, Jericho wiped his arm pits with the ripped shirt & rubbed it in Del Rio’s face. Alberto ran Jericho ran into guard rails and started arguing with Rick the sign guy. Del Rio doesn’t seem not to Rick very much so he took his hat and threw it. Rick even had a rubber chicken that Jericho used on Del Rio. Back in the ring, there were a few false finishes for both guys. Del Rio used the outside ropes to apply the cross arm breaker, but the ref broke it up.

Jericho tried to apply the walls but got super kicked instead on the reversal by Del Rio. Alberto got Jericho in another cross arm breaker and the crowd cheering for Y2J. Del Rio got caught in the Walls but Jericho was forced to break after Alberto managed to get the rope. Alberto used the ref as a distraction to rake the eyes. Soon after, Jericho hit code breaker for the 3 count.

Titus O’Neil def. Stardust

Titus got a good reaction from the crown on his way to the ring. A lot of people doing his signature bark or whatever it is.  Sign guy has his hat stolen by Stardust, but luckily  he has backup. Cody chants start to break out.  Titus steals the hat back from Stardust and gives it back to Rick. The match has started but no action other than stealing & retrieving the hat.  Stardust slides out of ring before any action takes place and gets some boos for his actions. More Cody chants break out among the crowd.

Titus gets upper hand early. Stardust needs a break, so he retreats into the crowd. Cody chants start again. Titus slaps Cody on the chest in the corner and the crowd wants him to do it one more time. Titus obliges and sends him into another corner and again another slap on the chest.  Crowd asks for yet another so being the generous guy he is O’Neil gives Stardust another one and sends him into another corner. Stardust rolls out of the ring to escape.

Stardust gets heat from the after an eye rake & has the upper hand. Stardust goes for cover, two count.  A lot of people yelling Cody.  Stardust hisses at Charles Robinson after two count, Charles hisses back. Stardust has the upper hand.  Titus chant breaks out. Stardust tried to use the ring post but Titus reversed. Soon after O’Neil hits the Clash of the Titus for the three count.

R-Truth def. Heath Slater

R-Truth out first for his match. He raps down the aisle. Good reaction, a lot of people saying what’s up. Leads crowd in what’s up chants.  Slater out next. No social outcasts with him. Little to no reaction on his way to the ring.

Some boos when he hits the ring, Slater gyrates on the apron some.  Truth does a what’s up chant with a good reaction. Slater tried one man band, only to be met with a lot of boos. After truth plays to crowd, slater tries & Immediately met with boos. Both wrestlers exchange dabs. Match has started but no action.  Slater asks crowd if they want a dance off and kicks truth which got some heat. R-Truth gets win in a 5 minute match after a roll up.

Ryback def. Heath Slater

Slater demands the music be cut & requests a new opponent. The big guy accepts his request.  Ryback got a good pop. Slater cuts promo saying Ryback doesn’t want to eat him because he’s filthy & he stinks like everyone from Monroe.  Ryback hits spine buster followed by meat hook. Shell shock delivered for the 3 count.

Connor’s cure video package played.

Dolph Ziggler def. Tyler Breeze

Breeze doing his usual reclining in the corner. Ziggler runs towards him forcing him to move. A Tyler’s Gorgeous chant broke out.  Crowd firmly behind Dolph in this match. Breeze arguing with the sign guy.  Lockup around the ring to start the action. Breeze wins the exchange & reclines in the corner.   Dolph working the arm pretty fast. Tosses Tyler with arm drag & mocks him. Ziggler on offense sends Tyler out & when he tries to escape Dolph brings him back. Breeze sends Dolph out of the ring. Ziggler makes it back on 9. 

Tyler on the offensive. Crowd urging Dolph. He explodes for some punches but misses a splash attempt in the corner. Crowd starts chanting Ziggler while he gets worked over.ziggler explodes for a flurry & hits a spinning neck breaker after a splash in the corner. Famouser attempt misses. Breeze back on offensive.  Dolph hits famouser, kick out. Both men have traded false finishes. Ziggler hits a good super kick for a two count. Zig zag off a power bomb attempt from the corner gets a 3 Count.

> Intermission

Brie Bella (w/Alicia Fox) def. Tamina with Summer Rae as ref

Tamina out first. Brie is out to a major pop, accompanied by Alicia Fox. After getting pummeled, Brie works an arm. Tamina works her over. Brie kicks Tamina with “yes” chants from the crowd. Taunts w/ happy bday.  Brie rolls up Tamina for two. Tamina back on offensive. Bella manages to gain the upper hand but the running knee can only get a two count. After help from the ref, who had been barking at Tamina to get off the hair during the match, Brie gets the pinfall.

– Dean Ambrose video promo plays

Kalisto and El Torito def. Los Matadores

Lucha chants break out. Kalisto starts but tags in el torrito upon request. El torrito gets pressed by his former partner outside the ring. Kalisto gets the hot tag & cleans house. He hits his finisher for the three count.

Intercontinental Champion Dean Ambrose def. Kevin Owens

Owens attacks before the bell. Shows off to the crowd with the belt.  Owens beats down Ambrose & teases throwing an Ambrose Asylum shirt to the crowd, but drops it on the floor. Owens chops Ambrose in the corner, but Ambrose reverses with his own chops but meets a head butt. Two count for Owens. Ambrose locked in a submission attempt and manages to escape. Owens getting great crowd heat. Owens grabs the stick and calls it the Kevin Owens show on the mic. Missed running senton by Owens & Dean is on the offensive.

Nice running bulldog by Ambrose & Owens rolls out after Ambrose climbs the ropes. Dean flies through the ropes to the outside taking out Owens. Owens back on offense after sending Ambrose throat first into the ropes. Dean gains the advantage & hits a suplex from second rope.  Dirty Deeds attempt blocked.

Owens sends Ambrose into ropes for pop up power bomb. Ambrose hits his trademark clothesline from the ropes. Ambrose kicks out of popup power bomb. Owens argues it was a 3. KO takes off the turnbuckle cover and gets caught. He tries to use a chair but gets stopped by the referee. Dirty Deeds gets a three count.

WWE Alabama house show results: Montgomery & Mobile

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> Saturday, January 9 | Montgomery, AL | Submitted anonymously

– The Wyatt Family over Dudleyz & Tommy Dreamer when Luke pinned Dreamer

– Neville over Bo Dallas

– Jack Swagger over Bo Dallas

– Fandango & Goldust over the Ascension

– Kane over Bray Wyatt (Wyatts, Dudleys & Dreamer run in, Harper gets 3D’d.)

– Divas Champion Charlotte over Becky Lynch

– WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day (Big E/Xavier Woods) beat The Usos

– WWE Champion Roman Reigns over Sheamus

> Sunday, January 10 | Mobile, AL | Charles Humphreys

– Luke Harper, Erick Rowan, & Braun Strowman def. Dudley Boyz & Tommy Dreamer after a Harper discus clothesline to Dreamer and pin.

– Jack Swagger def. Bo Dallas via the Ankle Lock.

– Fandango & Goldust def. The Ascension after Goldust hit the Final Curtain.

– Divas Champion Charlotte def. Becky Lynch to retain after she reversed a roll-up and pulled the tights. Great match.

– Kane def. Bray Wyatt after hitting a chokeslam. The Wyatt Family interfered, bringing out the Dudleys and Dreamer. Harper got 3D’d for his trouble.

– Neville def Adam Rose after hitting the Red Arrow.

– WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day def. The Usos after Xavier pulled the tights on a schoolboy. Usos got their heat back post-match.

– WWE Champion Roman Reigns def. Sheamus after hitting a spear.

– Fun show. Attendance looked to be about the same as last year which was around 2,000. 

WWE Bossier City, LA, house show report: Chris Jericho vs. ADR, Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens

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By Charlie Beuttel

– After the National Anthem, U.S. Champion Alberto Del Rio came out first and cut a promo saying he didn’t have a opponent tonight and that he was leaving because of Cena’s injury. Jericho interrupted Del Rio and said they should wrestle.

– Chris Jericho defeated U.S. Champion Alberto Del Rio via pinfall by codebreaker

Y2J came out to a very loud pop. Both wrestlers played well to the crowd very well. The match was very action packed as both men were able to hit their finishers.

– Titus O’Neil defeated Stardust via pinfall by Clash of the Titus.

It was a very simple match. The crowd yelled “Cody” most of match.

– R-Truth def. Heath Slater 

Truth got a very loud pop. Both wrestlers played with the crowd as truth would shout whats up and crowd would shout it back. slater would get booed. Truth won in a very quick match.

– Kalisto and El Torito def. Los Matadores

Crowd very dead in this match. Quick back and forth match. Kalisto and El Torito won after kalisto finisher.

– Dolph Ziggler def. Tyler Breeze

Ziggler came out to a huge pop. Good match as both guys fought hard back and forth. A lot of close pinfalls. Ziggler won via pinfall by using Zigzag.

– Brie Bella def. Tamina with Summer Rae as guest referee

Tamina was the aggressor most of the match. After a close pinfall Tamina and Summer got into a shoving match until Brie snuck up and rolled up Tamina for a pinfall victory.

– Ryback def. Rusev

Match started with chants for Lana. Crowd was very involved in this match. The fight was back and forth until lana tried to interfere by coming on to the apron.  Rusev got the upper hand by superkicking. Ryback escaped Rusev’s submission hold and hit the Shellshock for the win.

– IC Champion Dean Ambrose def. Kevin Owens

Owens dominated first half of match then the match went back and forth.  oth men were able to hit their finishers. Near the end, Owens exposed the turnbuckle and grabbed a chair but wasn’t able to use it. Ambrose then hit Dirty Deeds for the win.

NXT Citrus Springs, FL, results: Rich Swann, Biff Busick, Finn Balor, Bayley title match

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– Rich Swann defeats the debuting Chris Gerard (aka Biff Busick) with his standing 450. Good showing here by both newcomers.

– Elias “The Drifter” Samson defeated Steve Cutler w/ his neck breaker finish. A lot of heat on Elias now with “Drift Away” chants.

– Eva Marie, Emma & Billie Kay w/ Dana Brooke & LeFort defeated Liv Morgan, Adrien Reese, & Carmella. Eva held the tights and got the pin on Reese. A lot of booing for Eva here, two heel managers at ringside got a lot of distractions going.

– Promo segment w/ Noah Kekoa saying he no longer wants us in his Friend Zone before Bull Dempsey came out to talk to him about being friends. Noah got upset with Bull and called him fat over and over before Bull laid him out and did his seated splash to teach Noah a lesson.

– Tye Dillinger defeated Levis Valenzuela Jr. Fun match with comedy early on, the crowd chanted diece for Levis as opposed to Tye’s ten. Dillinger got the upper hand and picked up the win with his knee finisher.

– Hype Bros defeated BAMF w/ Alexa Bliss & Tucker Knight and Hugo Knox in a triple threat tag match. Crowd was hot for Tucker and Hugo, singing the Silver Boots song for Tucker. Blake and Murphy heckled the crowd for cheering the other teams so much. A lot of action before the Hypes got the win.

– Apollo Crews defeated Alex Riley w/ his big slam. Tough guy match here. Apollo had a lot of support so Riley taunted the crowd back.

– NXT Women’s Champion Bayley defeated Peyton Royce in a NXT Women’s Title Match w/ the Belly to Bayley. This Citrus Springs crowd was even rowdier than the recent Full Sail taping, singing both Bayley songs. Bayley danced along to them as Peyton sassed the crowd. Bayley even did some mat work tonight such as a surfboard. After doing ten punches in the corner, the crowd chanted Ten as per Dillinger so Bayley did his hands routine and even a cartwheel to a huge pop. Peyton escaped one Belly to Bayley but couldn’t avoid it the second time. Great match here. Hope to see more.

– NXT Champion Finn Balor, Enzo Amore, & Big Cass defeated Tino Sabatelli & NXT Tag Champions Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder. Dash & Dawson got a lot of heat on Big Cass in this match before the hot tag to Finn who cleared house and scored the win. Faces went around the ring for high fives to send everyone home happy. Enzo even stopped to talk to some younger fans and pose for pictures, these three are great.

WWE Houston, TX, results: Brock Lesnar vs. Sheamus; Lana returns

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– Chris Jericho def. US Champion Alberto del Rio in a non-title match

The night started out with the announcer informing the crowd that John Cena is injured and will not be at the show tonight. Alberto Del Rio then interrupted her and made his way to the ring. He talked for a while, the lights go out and Y2J’s music hits. He cuts a promo about Houston wrestling and their fans’ legacy. Jericho challeges Del Rio to a match. Del Rio talks his trash and tries to walk away by chest slapping Jericho. Match begins, back and forth, a little slow at times. Y2J comes out victorious after kicking out of repeated submissions. ADR missed his finisher, Y2J hits the Code Breaker and it’s over.

– Titus O’Neil beat Stardust

Before the match, crowd starts to chant ‘Cody Rhodes’. Stardust tries to out power Titus with chest chops but that didn’t work.  Stardust attacks the leg of Titus. Stardust goes for top rope move, but Titus catches and tosses him. Titus hits a boot to the head, setting up the train to the corner. Stardust stumbles out of the corner into the finishing move and that’s a three count for Titus.

– Ryback def. Rusev (w/Lana)

Pre-match promo with Lana talking trash about Houston sports and says the Dallas Cowboys are better than all of Houston. Lana claims Rusev will be next Heavyweight Champion. Rusev snatches the mic and claims that he hates American football, but if he had a team, it would be the Dallas Cowboys. Ryback’s music hits to a large pop. Strength vs. strength early. Cheap shot by Rusev when tied in the ropes when Ryback tries to break cleanly. Rusev gains upper hand. Rusev antagonizing the crowd by waving flag.  Rusev hands flag off to Lana and walks into a belly to belly suplex. Each trying to suplex the other back and forth with a show of strength. Finally Ryback tosses him up and over. Ryback sets up for Meat Hook and hits it.  He attempts a shell shock but Lana jumps on apron.  Distraction worked, and Rusev takes advantage by kicking him in the head. He locks the submission on Ryback, but fights through it. Rusev goes for the splash and misses. Ryback pops up, hits a power bomb and the big guy gets the pin.

– R-Truth def. Heath Slater

Dance off before the match until Slater cheapshots Truth. Action on the outside. Slater tries for the pin and grabs the middle rope for leverage, but ref breaks it up. That leads to Truth rolling him up for the pin. 

– Los Matadores vs. Kalisto and El Torito

Crowd going nuts for Kalisto. Matadores want Torito in there, and he puts on a show for the crowd. Matadores get the upper hand and beat up Torito. Kalisto finally gets tagged in and runs wild. Kalisto hit his finisher for the pin and win.

– Sheamus vs. Brock Lesnar (w/Paul Heyman)

Both are in the ring for intros. Paul takes mic from the ring announcer and begins to introduce Lesnar. They tie up and Lesnar hits a belly to back as the crowd chants “Suplex City.” Sheamus retreats. A few uppercuts from Sheamus, he reverses to the corner, Lesnar stops and pounds him, hitting a suplex on Sheamus. Action spills outside and Lesnar is thrown into the stairs and then back in. Sheamus chops Lesnar, but Brock is no selling it and suplexes Sheamus. Sheamus regains the advantage for a few near falls. Lesnar then hits back to back suplexes. Sheamus retreats and heads to the top, but Lesnar catches him for another suplex. Sheamus hits a brogue kick and goes for the pin, but he kicks out. Sheamus gets suplexed several times and gets hit with the F5 for the pin.

Intermission

– Houston will host Smackdown on the Tuesday after Wrestlemania. 

– Kevin Owens does a video promo challenging Dean Ambrose later on in the night. The ring announcer explains it will be a street fight.

– Brie Bella vs. Tamina (w/Alicia Fox) with Summer Rae as special ref

Very slow match. The end came when Tamina and Summer were getting into it and Brie hit a suplex to get the win. Usual “We want Sasha” chants.

– Video promo by Ambrose accepting Owens’ challenge.

– Tyler Breeze vs. Dolph Ziggler

Tyler was using the selfie stick, but it freezes up a couple of times on the big screen, then we get an error for ‘poor connection’. The crowd laughed. Usual good match with plenty of offense from both guys. Several near falls back and forth near the end. Breeze was thrown into the ropes and Ziggler hit a superkick to end it.

– IC Champion Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens street fight

Ambrose enters with kendo sticks in each hand. Fight starts off both men outside of the ring beating on another. Action spilled outside the ring and back into the ring and back outside several times. Lots of chair shows and a “we want tables” chant breaks out. Ambrose goes for the table, but Owens rolls him up for two to prevent it. Eventually, Ambrose set the table up, but got powerbombed through it. Owens goes for the pop-up powerbomb and Ambrose countered it by flipping Owens over. Ambrose hits Dirty Deeds on the shattered table for the clean win.

WWE Toronto house show results: John Cena vs. Alberto Del Rio

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Neville beat Miz

Miz did the old Rick Rude “What I’d like to have right now is for all you, fat, something, out of shape Toronto sweat hogs… keep the noise down…yadda yadda… while I take off my glasses”. Neville won with the red arrow.  Actually a pretty fun match.

The Ascension and Stardust vs the Hype Bros and Titus O’Neil

Titus pinned Viktor with the Clash of the Titus.  A few scattered NXT chants.

Big Show vs Mark Henry

Big Show won with a KO punch and Henry had to be helped to the back.  Show stalled a lot at the start of the match.

WWE I-C Champion Dean Ambrose vs Kevin Owens

Kids all cheered Ambrose but a lot of cheers from the adults for Owens.  Owens got some cheap heat for saying Quebec is better than Ontario.  Ambrose won with the Dirty Deeds.

Intermission

Divas Champion Charlotte vs. Becky Lynch

Charlotte played it up like she was doing a “Divas Open Challenge” then she couldn’t understand why Becky came out.  They had a match, and Charlotte won clean with the Natural Selection.

The Wyatt Family (Luke Harper, Braun Strowman, Erick Rowan) vs the Usos and Goldust

Crowd chanted “Take a shower” at Harper, and he played that up pretty nice.  This was a very PG show, which was fun to take little kids to.  One of the Usos pinned Harper.

John Cena beat U.S. Champion Alberto Del Rio by DQ

Del Rio wore long silvery pants.  Lots of near-falls, a ref bump, Del Rio using a chair, etc. ADR got DQ’d for a low blod. Cena got the last laugh, the kids all cheered, I spent $60 on Cena t-shirts and for the first time in over a decade actually cheered for the guy. Kids really LOVE Cena.

It was actually pretty fun.  I hadn’t gone to a house show since I was a teenager, but it was fun to go with kids.

WWE Providence, RI, house show results: John Cena vs. Alberto del Rio

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– Neville beat The Miz

– Hype Bros beat The Ascension

– Kane beat Bray Wyatt

– Ryback beat Rusev

– Big Show beat Mark Henry

– WWE Divas Champion Charlotte retained the belt in a triple threat against Paige and Becky Lynch

– John Cena defeated U.S. Champion Alberto Del Rio by DQ after Del Rio low blowed him. There was a spot where the ref got taken out. This caused Rusev to interfere in this match, but Cena took him out. 

WWE 12/6 Florence, SC, house show results: Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens

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– Neville def. Heath Slater

Fun match.  Scary moment early when Slater tipped Neville over the top rope and he landed on his head on the apron.  Neville hit the springboard moonsault to the outside and won with the Red Arrow, which the crowd loved.

– Braun Strowman & Erick Rowan def. Curtis Axel & Damien Sandow

Crowd was into Wyatt Family, doing firefly entrance.  Wyatts came out to nothing but spooky low wind sounds, no music.  Crowd cheered some for Sandow but not Axel.  Strowman got his submission on Axel for an instant tapout.

– Dolph Ziggler def. Tyler Breeze w/ Summer Rae

Match of the night.  One weird thing: Delphi’s hair was dry and therefore looked strange.  Dolph & Summer did a very long, very funny version of her scream spot.  Summer was ejected for hitting Dolph with her shoe. Lots of near falls; Dolph kicked out of a Beauty Shot and an Unprettier and Breeze kicked out of multiple superkick/fameasser combos.

– The Primetime Players def. Los Matadores

Basic tag match, centered early around Titus throwing big open hand slaps to the chest.  One matador took 4-5 slaps and the other took a walk when he tried to make the tag.  After some brawling, Darren & Titus both hit their moves and the ref counted two pins simultaneously.

– Becky Lynch & NXT Women’s Champion Bayley def. Sasha Banks & Naomi w/ Tamina

Bayley had her air dancers, and as such was the only person on this show with a special entrance. Sasha, Becky, Bayley, & NXT all got chants during this match.  A guy in the front row was dressed as Izzy, so Sasha snatched the the streamers from his arms and used them to mock Bayley’s entrance from the apron. She’s just so great at the little things.  Match was fun, basic stuff; Becky beat Naomi with the DisarmHer after Tamina’s distraction went awry. After the match, Bayley took time to individually wave to everyone she could see with a Hugger shirt.

– Kane def. Bray Wyatt

Good reactions but nothing special to the match.  Both guys did their spots and Kane won with a chokeslam.

– Ryback def. Rusev w/ Lana

Rusev had his personalized Bulgarian flag.  Lana still in a dress/braid instead of the power suit/bun.  She cut a promo before the match about her love for Rusev, then sang him “You Are My Sunshine,” which got loud boos.  Crowd was really into Ryback, lots of spontaneous “Feed Me More” chants as he fired up.  They had a good match; Ryback got out of the Accolade and hit Shellshocked for the win.

– Dean Ambrose def. WWE Intercontinental Champion Kevin Owens via DQ

Good reaction for both guys. Ambrose’s was all cheers and Owens’ was mixed, but both loud.  Match was good but not spectacular; Owens was DQ’d for using a chair, which he hilariously argued was too minor an offense for a DQ.  Owens then ate a Dirty Deeds on the chair after the match.

Crowd was energetic all night, much better than the previous show I saw in Greensboro.  Granted, this was a better lineup with something for everyone. 

WWE Leipzig, Germany house show results: Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens rages on

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From Arena Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany

– (Non-Title) 3-on-2- Handicap Tables Match: The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley & D-Von Dudley) defeated The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston & Xavier Woods). Kofi ate a 3D through a table.

– Zack Ryder defeated Darren Young via roll-up.

– Cesaro defeated The Miz. Longest match, Cesaro positively over with all of Germany.

– WWE Divas Champion Charlotte (c) defeated Alicia Fox and Paige in a triple threat match. At first, Paige and Alicia worked together, but then they got into a fight. Charlotte pinned Alicia.

– In a street fight, “Demon” Kane defeated The Big Show via chokeslam through a table.

– Curtis Axel defeated Bo Dallas via roll-up. Dallas protests after the match, challenges anyone in the back to a match. R-Truth answers. Dallas quickly backtracked, and challenged Truth to a dance-off instead.

– R-Truth defeated Bo Dallas.

– Dolph Ziggler defeated Tyler Breeze (w/ Summer Rae) via Zig Zag. Summer was ringside at first, but got caught interfering.

– Dean Ambrose defeated WWE Intercontinental Champion Kevin Owens via DQ after a chair shot. After the match, Ziggler, Breeze, Cesaro, the New Day, and the Dudleyz all came out. Owens took finishers from all the babyfaces to end the show.