By William Camacho
1st match: Prime Time Players b New Day ( Big E & Xavier)
Fun match, crowd into it, kofi inteferences, Prime Time players to
fans enjoyment.
2nd match: Miz b Fandango
Miz came out, bad mouths Bakersfield, Fandango dancing, Miz did his
lord of the dance impersonation.Crowd liked it, Miz hits his finisher
for the victory. Condors mascot comes out
followed by the BIg Show who lays the MIz out then leaves the ring.
3rd match: Sandow & Axel vs Brad Maddox & Adam Rose
No more macho Sandow or Axelmania. Maddox insults crowd, calls
everyone obese and LA rejects. Okay match, not as much reaction as
previous two from the crowd. Axel and Sandow win.
4th match: Luke Harper b Jimmy Uso
Okay match. Harper wins with his clothesline. Harper leaves, followed
by Jimmy Uso.
5th match: Randy Orton b Sheamus
Fun match, Randy biggest pop so far, lots of RKO chants throughout match.
Teases RKO a few times before finally nails it for the win.poses with
crowd afterwards.
6th match:Nikki Bella & Alicia Fox b Sasha Banks & Naomi with Tamina
Fun match, crowd was into it, nikki and Alicia were the babyfaces
getting the crowd to cheer them
on. NIkki hits her finisher on Naomi and pins her.
7th match: Cesaro b Kofi Kingston
Fun match, ref sends Xavier and Big E to the back after interferring.
Cesaro gets Kofi in the swing then puts him in the sharpshooter and wins.
Main Event: Cena b Kevin Owens in a street fight
Huge pop for Cena, lots of kids cheering Cena. Owens ask audience if
they’re tired of seeing john Cena for so many years. Chairs early on,
Owens takes a backdrop into two chairs, tables and guardrails,
brawling in the aisle and some in the crowd, Cena hits FU on Owens
through a table for the win, Huge pop.
Lilian gave away some autographed pictures and a copy of Daniel Bryan’s book.
Fun show when all was done.
By Adam Schwartz
Here’s a rundown of last nights WWE show in Bakersfield:
Show opened with Lilian singing the National Anthem
New Day came out and cut a typical heel promo insulting the crowd and back handedly complimenting us on staying positive in the face of all our setbacks (illiterate, etc.) Primetime Players music hits to start their match against Xavier and Big E. Pretty much the same match they’ve been having with PTP taking the win. New Day had huge heat with Bakersfield crowd.
Next out is The Miz with a promo about how he’s a movie star, etc. Fandango comes out and Miz goes over in a quick match. Miz gets back on the mic and talks about Big Show, when the local hockey mascot, a Condor interrupts and brings Show out. Show is already profusely sweating during his entrance, gives a KO punch and walks back.
Adam Rose is out next and has Brad Maddox, who is holding a mic, with him. Maddox introduces themselves as Handsome Man Fitness Express and insults the crowd for being fat and unhealthy. Curtis Axel and Damien Sandow came out to Axel’s old music. Axel was clean shaven and wearing shorts. Sandow was plain ole Sandow. Looks like they’re going to be even more forgettable now, but Sandow was hugely over with the crowd. Sandow got the pin for the win.
Luke Harper vs Jimmy Uso. Harper won. Pretty basic match.
Randy Orton vs Sheamus. We’ve seen it a hundred times but it was pretty good. Orton hung out and signed autographs for quite a while after winning.
After intermission was Naomi and Sasha Banks (w/ Tamina) against Nikki Bella and Alicia Fox. Solid match with Nikki getting the pin.
New Day came back out, this time for Kofi to take on Cesaro. Very solid match with the usual Cesaro spots. Cesaro Swing into Sharpshooter caused Kofi to tap.
The main event was a “Bakersfield Street Fight” with Cena vs Kevin Owens. Owens wasted no time bringing a chair into the mix. Cena upped the ante by pulling a table from under the ring. The fight went to the outside and resulted in Cena putting a metal guard rail in the ring. Stairs were used at one point too. Owens cut a mid match promo about how the crowd is tired of Cena being forced on them and asked a 5 year old boy in a KO shirt in the front row if he’s tired of Cena and he shouts “yes!” Then he went to a young girl in a Cena shirt and did the same thing. She stood up for Cena and yelled “no!” leading to Owens telling her dad that he is failing as a parent. Massive heat after that. Cena eventually wins after an AA through the table.
By Jeff Willard
First Match was Primetime Players Vs New Day. New Day cut a promo before the match talking about how they are the champs. PTP get the win with Titus getting the hot tag and hitting the Clash of Titus.
Second match was The Miz vs Fandango. Everytime Miz tried to take off his glasses the crowd booed him. They also had a dancing battle for about 2 minutes dancing back and forth. Miz got the win with an thumb to the eye and a Skull Crushing Finale. After the match Miz cuts a promo talking about how Ryback faked an injury and Bakersfield’s home team mascot came out and had Big Show come in the ring and KO Miz.
Third match was Adam Rose and Brad Maddox vs Curtis Axel and Damien Sandow. Curtis and Damien are now announced by there original names and both of them have there regular moveset and music. Curtis Axel wore shorts to the ring (I was the one who leaked it) Nothing special but a Brad did jumping jacks and push-ups but Sandow one with the You’re Welcome.
Fourth Match was Sheamus vs Randy Orton. This was just the same as there Battleground match. Randy one with an RKO and after the match Randy went around to all the fans and signed things and took pictures. The kid behind me was wearing a Cena shirt who wanted a high five but Randy made him take of his shirt. Randy was very over
Fifth match was Luke Harper vs the Uso who isn’t injured the match was back and forth but nothing special. Harper put his knees up during the splash and Harper hit the Discus Clothesline.
During intermission Greg Hamilton who is an NXT commentator I believe? Went around the ring and asked people who they think will win the main event (One of them was me) He announced that the Divas were next after intermission
Sixth match was Naomi and Sasha Banks vs Nikki Bella and Alicia Fox. Sasha Banks was announced for an NXT show on the same night but was at our house show. Nothing special again, Nikki got the hot tag and hit the Rack Attack on Naomi. Brie Bella was not there at all. Bellas were also the faces.
Seventh match was Cesaro vs Kofi Kingston. This match was nothing besides New Day attacking Cesaro everytime the referee was distracted…eventually Big E and Xavier got thrown out. Cesaro won with the Swing into the Sharpshooter.
Eighth match was the main event with Cena vs Owens in a Street Fight. Cena was the most over last night, they used tables, chairs, steps and Cena went in the crowd and grabbed a guard rail. They accidentally broke the leg of the first table so they had to get another. Owens was asking kids if they were tired if John Cena one said yes (he was also 5) The girl said no and Owens yelled at her and her family. Owens got suplexed on the ramp and hit with the guardrail. Cena got hit with a low blow, thrown into a chair and thrown through a table. The ending was when Owens went for a Pop-Up Powerbomb into a table but Cena jumped over him and hit the AA through the table. Again Cena was most over during the night and the match was very fun.