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WWE Superstars results: Dudleyz vs. Sin Cara & Jack Swagger, Neville vs. Axel

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Neville defeated Curtis Axel

Superstars starts off with an intro that amusingly includes Brock Lesnar, then Neville and his cape come down the aisle to face Curtis Axel. Tom Phillips and Corey Graves are on commentary, and that team should be outstanding given their work in NXT.

Graves says that Axel wants to be the best Mr. Irrelevant ever. Neville starts with a schoolboy for two. He hits a step-up enzuigiri and sets Axel up for the Red Arrow, but Axel rolls out and eats a moonsault off the top.

Axel slows things down with a variety of armlocks, including one that showcases his ever-expanding bald spot. Axel has quite the Heyman hairdo in the works now. A step-up kick and Red Arrow get the win for Neville. 

The rise of Finn Balor on Raw is chronicled. A Cruiserweight Classic video showcases that tournament nicely before they air the entire segment with Balor and Seth Rollins from Raw. The US Title match between Mark Henry and Rusev from Raw is shown as well. It’s a shame they didn’t air Henry’s promo — it was excellent.

The staredown between Rusev and Roman Reigns is shown, as well as their brawl from Monday night. Rusev has some of the best facial expressions in the business, and that comes through wonderfully here.

The Dudley Boyz defeated Sin Cara & Jack Swagger

The Dudleyz come down to face the bizarre team of Sin Cara and Jack Swagger. Phillips gets a chuckle out of me when he says the Dudleyz are here to “make an impact.” Sin Cara and Swagger are out, with Sin Cara in new black and gold gear.

A big takedown by Bubba leads to him bullying Sin Cara around, but Sin Cara hits a spingboard crossbody and tags in Swagger. Swagger dominates a bit, but D-Von tags in and punches away in the corner. Swagger tosses Sin Cara onto the Dudleyz on the floor for an ad break.

Post-break, D-Von provides a chinlock which leads to Swagger playing the face in peril. Swagger hoists Bubba high and chucks him down to escape, then tags in Sin Cara who dives around and hits both guys.

A back elbow hits D-Von before the Asai moonsault gets two. The Dudleyz hit the 3D and that’s it for Sin Cara.

Sasha Banks highlight video airs, and then we see the Brock Lesnar and Randy Orton segment from Raw to close out the show.

WWE Main Event Results 12/29: Jack Swagger and Stardust bring the work rate

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R-Truth def. Heath Slater by pinfall

Full entrance for R-Trizzle, who thankfully remembers that he is in fact in Washington D.C. tonight. Eden can be seen laughing in the background at 1993’s catchphrase-du-jour, “Whoomp, there it is!” People over there, what’s up, indeed.

Rich Brennan informs me that his opponent, Heath Slater, finished #8 in the Slammy voting for Superstar of the Year. Huh.

Brennan and Byron Saxton hilariously talk about the prospect of The Big Show winning this year’s Royal Rumble, as Truth gets the shine. Our forgetful hero taunts Slater with what Byron calls the “jiggy jiggy” off a failed Irish whip, before dodging Heath and sending him crashing to the outside leading into commercials.

Slater the works the left knee forever when we get back, before we get a quick Truth comeback and a Lie Detector out of nowhere for the pinfall victory. This went over nine minutes (not including the commercials) and I felt every minute of it.

Titus O’Neil def. Adam Rose by pinfall

Adam’s TitanTron reminds me that they’ve mercifully dropped the Rosebush segments on RAW. And by the look of his morose, disinterested demeanour, he ain’t too pleased about it either.

Announcers mention that Titus and Darren have been dipping their respective toes in the singles competition waters of late. At least Titus, a Main Event fixture, has had those exploits televised. Young was reduced to defeating Curtis Axel in a dark match at this particular taping.

Trademark overhand chop in the corner from Mr. O’Neil, followed by the ol’ rib-breaker toss that he’s equally fond of – which I’m reliably informed is called the Pay Check.

Short match here that went just over four minutes. Quick heat segment from Rose after he used a rope break to his advantage, only to get cocky and allow Titus to come back at him with impressive fire.

Big boot, The Meltzer Bark, a stinger splash and a Clash of the Titus wraps it up for the big man. He millions-of-dollarses with a frankly quite befuddled and bespectacled old man afterwards to celebrate.

– Recap of the Vince angle from RAW, entitled “Arrested Developments” by the Main Event producer, in what may or may not be a nod at the greatest sitcom of all time (season four notwithstanding).

Jack Swagger def. Stardust by submission

Swagger dominates leading into an early commercial break. He then takes an impressive bump to the outside when we return, slamming off the ring steps after a failed corner charge.

Work rate disproportionate to a show of Main Event’s standing continues, as Stardust hits a massive superplex off the top rope to highlight the heat portion of the match.

Swagger then starts his comeback by foiling a subsequent Figure Four attempt, before hitting a running clothesline on the outside to get the crowd going.

Back in and Stardust dodges the Swagger Bomb, before hitting a Side Effect for two. A nice series of reversals follows, as Swagger catches ‘Dust off a Disaster Kick attempt, only to find himself sunset flipped. Swagger then avoids the pinfall by countering into the Patriot Lock, which Stardust escapes.

Finishing sequence sees Stardust land on his feet off a Swagger back suplex attempt. He immediately lines up the Queen’s Crossbow, only for Swagger to roll him into another Patriot Lock, which this time gets the tap. Really good effort from these two.

Final Thoughts

A second featured contest in as many weeks for Swagger and he again turns in a surprisingly good bout by C-show standards. Watch that and ditch the rest.