There is a pre-sale going on right now for WWE Hell in a Cell tickets using the code word LAVIP.
Tickets are on sale now though Tuesday night at 10 p.m. Tickets will get on sale to the publc on 7/31.
The show takes place on 10/25 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, which is one of the company’s best drawing arenas ni the country and tickets were moving very quickly last night.
By Mike Hall
1. New Day (Xavier Woods & Big E w/ Kofi Kingston) vs Prime Time Players
New day went for cheap heat before the match, saying that the the Clippers sucked, the Lakers sucked, but LA stayed positive. They also sang a falsetto version of Queen’s “We are the champions,” which was ludicruosly comical and roundly booed for being awful, but it was hilarious. Prime Time Players sprinted out to interrupt. Basic tag match, crowd was really into Titus. Woods was pinned by O’Neil after clash of the titus. Afterwards, Big E rolled himself along the floor from the entire length from the ring, up the ramp to the curtain. PTP win in 10 minutes on the nose. Decent stuff.
2. Miz vs Fandango
After some brief early exchanges, Miz gets on the mic and says he’s an amazing dancer and was understudy to Michael Flatley. He then proceeds to Riverdance. Fandango takes him out. Miz gets the heat most of the way. Fandango makes a comeback, Miz cuts him off with a thumb to the eye and pins him with a skullcrushing finale in 8’45. Afterwards, Miz goes on a rant about being a great actor and the toughest guy in the building and says he’s a better actor than Joe Mangienello, who’s in attendance. Big Show comes out and knocks Miz out.
3. Adam Rose and Brad Maddox vs Curtis Axel and Damien Sandow
Axel and Sandow are back to looking super generic. Maddox gets on the mic before the match and addresses the crowd as San Diego for the cheap heat. He then says the crowd look overweight and unfit, like they all came from San Diego. The match is punctuated by Maddox and Rose doing jumping jacks and push ups during quiet moments. Eventually Axel pinned Rose with his facelock DDT thing in 6’34.
4. Luke Harper vs Jimmy Uso
Not a lot to this one. Uso hit a running dive on Harper towards the end. Harper pinned him after a discus clothesline in 8’22.
5. Sheamus vs Randy Orton
Sheamus did a lot of stalling early, sliding out of the ring about 4 separate times during the early exchanges. Crowd were super pissed. Randy eventually collared him and got him in the ring. Sheamus took control for a while until they went back and forth towards the end. Orton won with the RKO in 17’07.
Intermission.
6. Naomi and Sasha Banks w/Tamina vs Nikki Bella and Alicia Fox w/ Brie Bella
Standard stuff, Nikki was really over. Nikki pinned Naomi after the Rack Attack in about 11’00.
7. Kofi Kingston vs Cesaro
Kofi brought Big E and Xavier Woods with him. Cesaro got a decent reaction. Big E and Woods were ejected from ringside during the match. Cesaro submitted Kofi after a 35 rep giant swing into the sharpshooter in 12’58. Crowd loved it.
8. John Cena vs Kevin Owens – street fight.
Less than traditional house show crowd, about 80% cheering Cena and 20% cheering Owens. Fairly similar to their recent matches but with a few chair shots exchanged. Owens went through a table balanced between the outside corner of the ring and the guard rail. Owens kicked out of an AA. Cena kicked out of a pop up powerbomb. Cena eventually got the win with an AA through a table in the ring in 27’38.
Good show, not as good as the Decemeber house show. Nothing really stood out apart from the main event.
Best match: John Cena vs Kevin Owens
Biggest pop: Randy Orton
Biggest heat: New Day
by Bryan Rose, WrestlingObserver.com
Today is day 5 of the G1 Climax 25 tournament, being held at the Hiroshima Green Arena. For the first time in what seems like days we finally have both multiple cameras and commentary.
Nakamura, scheduled for a tag team match today, was removed from this card due to an injury to his left elbow, according to the ring announcer.
Tomoaki Honma, David Finlay, Ryusuke Taguchi and Mascara Dorada vs. Hirooki Goto, Jushin Thunder Liger, Tiger Mask and Yohei Komatsu
Not much to this match. Nothing wrong with it, but it was the atypical New Japan tag match. Liger gave Finlay the palm strike and Tiger Mask followed with a butterfly suplex off the top rope. Goto and Honma had a staredown after the match.
Yuji Nagata and Captain New Japan vs. Yujiro Takahashi and Cody Hall
The funny thing about this match is that the producer’s audio became audible during the match and could be heard for a lt of the match. Apparently there have been audio troubles all night as audio dubbing during non-licensed NJPW music has been pretty bad. The match itself was just there, nothing special, with Nagata submitting Hall with the white eyes armbar.
Karl Anderson and Tama Tonga vs. Yoshi Hashi and Tomohiro Ishii
Another simple tag match. Yoshi Hashi missed the senton, Tonga came back with a sliding elbow and took out Ishii then Anderson pinned him with the gun stun. A lot of the focus on the match was between Ishii and Anderson, who are facing off on the next show. They had fun exchanges when they were in the match.
Satoshi Kojima and Michael Elgin vs. Kazuchika Okada and Gedo
This was originally supposed to be a six man, but with Nakamura out this was changed to a tag. Gedo was worked on for a lot of the match. Elgin did a somersault leg drop off the middle rope that the camera totally didn’t get. Kojima and Okada had a nice exchange which ended when Kojima laid him out with a lariat. He followed with another one on Gedo and pinned him. Just another tag, though probably one of the better ones tonight as everything looked pretty good.
Bad Luck Fale vs. Doc Gallows
This wasn’t very good. It felt plodding, and a lot of it was on the outside where they threw each other into the barricades. Back in the ring it was mostly just tests of power and not anything particularly interesting. Gallows got out of a Bad Luck Fall, but Gallows escaped and superkicked him. He hit the ropes to do something else but Fale caught him with a grenade and pinned him.
Toru Yano vs. Hiroyoshi Tenzan
Nothing that memorable until the finish, though not for good reasons. Yano did his normal tricks and spent most of the match working over Tenzan, including using wrist tape to keep him out of the ring and stuck to the guardrail. Tenzan made a comeback and stiffed Yano with a headbutt so bad not only did he completely open up Yano, he busted himself open. Yano was bleeding buckets and it was a nasty scene. They went to the finish quickly after with Yano doing the distracting ref/low blow roll up finish, giving him the surprise win.
Katsuyori Shibata vs. Togi Makabe
This was good, but felt pretty short. Would have been a better match if a bit longer. Not as intense as other battles either of the two have had in the past. A lot of back and forth offense between these two, and they worked stiff, with lots of lariats and forearm battles. Makabe got a good nearfall after hitting the kneeling powerbomb. Shibata caught him with a sleeper, put him in a seated position then hit the penalty kick to pick up the win.
AJ Styles vs. Kota Ibushi
Amazing match, easily the best this tournament has seen so far. A lot of real good back and forth action here. Crowd really got into it in the end, primarily because some of the back and forth counters were really amazing. These guys have great chemistry. Ibushi went to do his deadlift German suplex at one point but AJ countered like he was going to piledrive him on the apron but Ibushi countered with a hurricanrana to the outside. At one point there was a bunch of amazing back and forth counters I can’t even describe which ended with AJ taking out Ibushi with a tombstone for a nearfall. Ibushi also kicked out of the Bloody Sunday DDT. Styles was going for something on the top rope but Ibushi countered with a hurricanrana off the top rope and followed that with the phoenix splash for the win.
Hiroshi Tanahashi vs. Tetsuya Naito
Naito stalled a lot early and was a total heel throughout the match, disrespecting Tanahashi many times throughout, including spitting at him. He’s really adapting well as a heel. He got the advantage eventually and took out Tanahashi on the outside on top of a table that didn’t break. Naito got the heat on him in a slow, methodical madder. Tanahashi made a comeback and went back and forth with Naito. Tanahashi went for two high fly flows but Naito got the knees up after the second. Tanahashi blocked a tornado DDT attempt and hit a spinning neckbreaker. Tanahashi looked to do something but Naito caught him and hit him with what looked like a standing sliced bread #2 for the win. Finish came suddenly and out of nowhere, but this was a really well worked match in terms of telling a story, which was Naito going full fledged heel throughout the match. Second best match of the night under the co-main.
By Nathan Ludwig
Women of Honor Internet Exclusive Match – Mandy Leon d. A girl whose name I did not catch. Not a good match, but everyone was into Mandy regardless.
Episode 1
1. ACH d. Takaaki Watanabe – lots of chops back and forth. ACH is ridiculously entertaining no matter what he does. Watanabe was fine here – a fun if unspectacular opener. ACH won with the 450 splash.
2. House of Truth (Dijak and Diesel) vs War Machine (Hanson & Rowe) – War Machine won via pinfall in an OK match, nothing amazing. Lots of power spots and “Babytista” and “Tinytista” chants for Diesel. I kinda feel bad for him but he seems to take it in stride.
Adam Cole on commentary for the next match:
3. The Kingdom d. reDRagon via pinfall after an assisted spike piledriver – this was my favorite match of the night. Maria, Taven and Bennett are great at working the crowd and making fun of them and Fish and O’Reilly are just as fun to watch as ACH. A really solid tag match and great fun to see live. The little things you might not see on TV like an obnoxious fan trying to start a chant and Bennett stopping him with just a look that cracked everybody up or Fish proclaiming that he and O’Reilly “collectively, we are sportsMEN!” Super duper fun.
Post match, Kingdom beat down reDRagon until Cole stopped them and ultimately sided with Fish & O’Reilly. Future Shock chants from the crowd. This led to a reunion later in the show.
Episode 2
1. Adam Page d. Tim Hughes – superfast squash match, Page won with the Rite of Passage ASAP.
Page was really laying into his young boy Colby, screaming at him, shoving him and making him pull up his kneepads.
Whitmer egged on Page to call out and challenge Jay Briscoe to the gasps of the crowd.
Steve Corino got into it with Whitmer and had to leave for a bit to cool off. The longest build in wrestling continues…
2. Dalton Castle d. Silas Young via pinfall. Castle is as over as the Bucks. No exaggeration there. His shirt was selling like hotcakes and he had the crowd eating out of his hand. After Dalton won, Silas said Castle’s nothing without his boys. He challenged Dalton to another match where if Silas won, he gets Dalton’s boys so he can teach them how to be real men. Lots of “Silas likes boys” chants after that, for better or worse.
3. Moose d. Will Ferrarra via pinfall. Moose in a squash. Crows loves to chant Moose a lot, but he still has a long way to go to hold an audience the whole time. Not much to the match.
4. The Young Bucks d. Roppongi Vice via More Bang For Your Buck after a wild, fun match. You know what you’re getting with a Bucks match and these 4 worked well together – essentially a PWG match in ROH. The Addiction (with Sabin) attacked afterwards, tying one of the Bucks to the ropes and beating down the other. They mocked the Bucks and gave them their own superkick party, too sweeting each other the whole time.
Future of Honor Internet Exclusive Match: A tag team with a cauliflower gimmick (with actual cauliflower) d. QT Marshall & Punisher Martinez. One of the cauliflower guys looked like a smaller Dr. Death Steve Williams and actually looked pretty good, winning with a 450 splash. I just couldn’t hear what their names were.
Episode 3
1. The Briscoes d. The Bloodbound Warriors (Red Scorpion & Grey Wolf) via pinfall. Crowd didn’t know what to make of the Bloodbound. “Ascension” chants and what not. Average match. Briscoes beating tag teams left and right leading to a tag title shot soon, I would assume.
Jay Briscoe accepted Page’s challenge after he said he didn’t even know who Page was, which got a good laugh from the crowd.
2. Roderick Strong d. Donovan Dijak via pinfall after the sick kick. Typical fun, stiff Roddy match. Dijak looked better here with Strong than he has lately. Lethal and the House of Truth beat down Roddy after the match.
3. The Addiction d. Future Shock(!) via pinfall after a whole bunch of shenanigans involving the Kingdom & The Young Bucks which led to a big schmoz between the heels and faces. I guess Cole is a full on face now. It was a pretty good match until the end just fell apart with all the interference.
Episode 4
1. Jay Briscoe d. Adam Page via DQ when Page hit Briscoe with a chair. Not much to it, really. Colby interfered and hit Briscoe with one of Whitmer’s crutches earlier on. Mark Briscoe came out for the save after the match when the Decade was beating on Jay. Jay cut a promo on Page promising to satisfy his death wish.
2. Caprice Coleman d. Cedric Alexander via pinfall when Moose came down and snatched the wrench away from Cedric (after Veda snuck it to Cedric) leading to Caprice getting the distraction win. Very WWE match and this very WWE feud continues.
3. Cheeseburger d. Brutal Bob Evans via countout when Evans tried to put Cheeseburger through a table but Cheeseburger reversed it and Evans ended up going through the table. Not a good match but the kids love Cheeseburger.
Bobby Fish on commentary for the next match:
4. Jay Lethal b. Hanson via pinfall after two lethal injections to retain the ROH World TV Title. Good, fun match. A little sloppy at times, but Hanson worked hard to keep up with Lethal. Hanson even did a semi-botched lethal injection on Lethal to a good pop. Hanson wouldn’t go down after one lethal injection so he got a second one for his trouble. Lethal did the triple tope spot and even knocked Hanson into the crowd on the third one.
Post-match Roddy and reDRagon came out and threatened Lethal, since they’re all gunning for one title or the other (Strong and O’Reilly for the World Title, Fish for the TV Title).
Overall, a fun show with a few really good matches and nothing too terrible (maybe the Cheeseburger/Evans match)
Nathan Ludwig
@loogenhausen
By Chris Lozano
There was a meet and greet before the show. Fans that purchased a signed guitar got a private meet and greet with Jeff Jarrett after the show.
Here are the results for the show.
PJ Black defeated Sanada in a NEX*GEN title tournament match. Black got some mic time.
Bobby Roode did an in ring segment and cut a heel promo on the crowd. Fans chanted “TNA sucks” but he turned on them and said that the crowd in Vegas sucks. Roode said that he would win the tournament and would take the GFW title back to TNA. Nick Aldis came out and then he was attacked by Kongo Kong. Kong and Roode attacked Aldis. Roode locked Aldis in the crippler crossface.
Lucha action is next… Phoenix Star, Zokre, and MIsterio, Jr. beat Steve Pain, Bestia 666, and Blood Eagle. The crowd was into this and there was a bunch of Lucha Libre fans in the crowd.
The Bollywood Boys beat The Akbars.
Kushida beat Virgil Flynn.
Karen Jarrett came out and talked about the women of GFW. Lei’D Tapa came out with her manager. I didn’t catch his name. This led to the women’s match. Christina Von Eerie beat Micke James and Lei’D Tapa in a Triple Threat Match. This was a women’s title tournament match.
Jigsaw beat Sonjay Dutt. Good fast paced action here. This was a NEX*GEN title tournament match.
Chael Sonnen did a heel promo in the ring. He was great. He spotted Phil Baroni in the crowd and had some words with him. Sonnen announced taht Firgil Flynn will get a chance to wrestle in the NEX*GEN tournament. PJ Black was not happy about this and he came out and superkicked Flynn.
Brian Myers defeated Chris Mordetzky. This was a Global Championship tournament match. Both guys worked really hard. Mordetzky has improved a ton since he left WWE.
Reno SCUM defeated Los Luchas. Another really good match. There were fans that popped for Reno SCUM since they are from Vegas.
Bobby Roode defeated Kevin Kross. Good match but it looked like Kross might have been injured in the match. Not sure.
Jeff Jarrett came out to the ring and thanked the fans. Bobby Roode came out and cut a promo on Jarrett. Jarrett took off his jacked and looked like he was ready to fight Roode.
Main event time: Nick Aldis defeated Kongo Kong. This was a Global title tournament match. Kong is really agile and was doing some cool moves for a guy his size.
Good night. Mostly wrestling and the show breezed by. It ran about 3 and a half hours. Great turnout. Hopefully this is the start of something good.
By Brian Hoops
1953 – Blue Demon defeated El Santo in Mexico City, Mexico, for the NWA
World Welterweight Title
1955 – Frank Jares defeated Sonny Myers for the NWA Southern Junior
Heavyweight Title in Birmingham, Alabama.
1958 – Sonny Myers won a tournament final in St. Joseph, Missouri to win
the Central States Heavyweight Title.
1961- In Minneapolis, MN; AWA Champion Gene Kiniski wrestled Verne Gagne to a 60 minute draw, Wilbur Snyder beat Hard Boiled Haggerty and Leo Nomellini beat Bob Geigel
1961 – At Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri; Bobo Brazil defeated Larry Hennig (sub. Rip Hawk), Tiny Smith defeated Don Leo Jonathan via dq and Dick the Bruiser defeated Bob Ellis in three falls
1964 – In Minneapolis; The Crusher beat AWA Champion Verne Gagne via dq, Mitsu Arakawa beat Wilbur Snyder, Mad Dog Vachon beat Jack Lanza and Larry Hennig drew Dale Lewis
1966 – In Chicago; AWA Champion Mad Dog Vachon beat Ernie Ladd, AWA Tag Team Champions Dick the Bruiser & the Crusher beat the Assassins and Verne Gagne beat Chris Markoff
1972 – In Tampa, Florida; (Winner to meet NWA Champion Dory Funk Jr) Buddy Colt beat Mr Wrestling Tim Woods, Paul Jones beat Don Curtis and Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens drew Jack Brisco & Johnny Walker
1973 – In Honolulu, Hawaii; AWA Champion Verne Gagne beat Superstar Billy Graham on a 3rd fall dq, AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat Ken Patera & Billy Robinson, Ripper Collins & Ed Francis beat Neff Maiava & Sam Steamboat in 2 out of 3 falls to win Hawaiian tag title and Hard Boiled Haggerty beat Ric Flair
1974 – In Kansas City, Mike George & Bob Geigel & Bobby Bold Eagle defeated Don Fargo & Bob Orton & Bobby Garcia, Killer Karl Krupp defeated The Viking, Pat O’Connor & Omar Atlas & Bill Kersten defeated The Interns & Dr. Ken Ramey and in a Russian Chain Match: Harley Race defeated Bob Brown
1974 – In Peoria, Illinois; AWA Tag Team Champions Nick Bockwinkel & Ray Stevens beat The Crusher & Wahoo McDaniel and Greg Gagne beat Larry Hennig
1977 – Captain USA (Big John Studd under a mask) defeated Bruiser Brody
for the American Heavyweight Title (later to become the World Class
World Heavyweight Title) in Ft. Worth, Texas.
1980 – Ken Mantell defeated Wahoo McDaniel in a tournament final to win
the Mid-South Louisiana Heavyweight Title. The tournament was held
after Junkyard Dog had been forced to vacate the title after he was
blinded by the Fabulous Freebirds.
1981 – In Chicago, Illinois; AWA Champion Nick Bockwinkel beat The Crusher,
AWA Tag Team Champions Greg Gagne & Jim Brunzell beat Adrian Adonis & Jesse Ventura,
Jerry Blackwell beat Baron Von Raschke and Tito Santana no contest Sheik Adnan
1983 – Jimmy Garvin defeated Kevin Von Erich in Ft. Worth, Texas to win
the American Heavyweight Title (later to become the World Class World
Heavyweight Title).
1983 – Jerry Lawler defeated Ken Patera for the AWA International
Heavyweight Title in Memphis, Tennessee
1988 – In Memphis, TN; AWA Champion Jerry Lawler drew Kerry Von Erich, Robert Fuller & Jimmy Golden beat Jeff Jarrett & Jimmy Valiant and Phil Hickerson beat Scott Steiner
1999 – At the Fully Loaded PPV in Buffalo, New York; Jeff Jarrett
defeated Edge to win the Intercontinental Title; D’Lo Brown defeated
Mideon to win the WWF European Title and Big Bossman defeated Al Snow to
win the Hardcore Title.
2009 – In Toronto, Ontario at Night Two of ROH’s Death Before Dishonor; Kenny Omega & The Briscoes beat Austin Aries & Kenny King & Rhett Titus and Chris Hero beat Lance Storm.
2009 – In a TNA Ultimate X Match, Manik won the TNA X Division Title over Sonjay Dutt and Greg Marasciulo.
By Matt Prentice
NXT Live – July 25, 2015
Palm Beach County Convention Center
West Palm Beach, FL
NXT debut in this venue. Very large crowd queuing in lobby before the show. Building setup for roughly 1,200 and was a near-sellout. Mix of families and NXT regulars who frequent shows up and down the Florida coast. WWE does a great job with the NXT Florida circuit and has built up quite a strong following with local fans.
-Uhaa Nation def Solomon Crowe via pin
-Dawson/Wilder def Dawkins/Fulton via pin
-Bull Dempsey def Mike Rallis via pin
-Eva Maria/Lena def Jessie/Cassie via pin
-Vaudevillians def Blake/Murphy w/ Alexa Bliss via pin
~Intermission~
-Bayley def Emma and Dana Brooke via pin in a 3-way match
-Samoa Joe def Tye Dillinger via submission
-Finn Balor def Tyler Breeze via pin, retains NXT Championship.
Fans sang “Happy Birthday” to Balor before the match. After the match, the locker room brought out a cake for Balor, who shoved it into Breeze’s face.
Matt Prentice
By Stuart Aarons
Jojo was the announcer
Neville b Stardust
Enzo & Cass b The Ascension
Paige b Layla
R-Truth b King Barrett
Bray Wyatt b Mark Henry
Lucha Dragons & Zack Ryder b Los Matadores & Bo Daklas
Rusev b Jack Swagger – Lana attacked Summer Rae
Seth Rollins b Deam Amborse in a Texas street fight due to interference from Bray Wyatt
By Jay Williams
The venue had a good old time atmosphere with the ring and entrance being lit with not much else in terms of lighting. Kept the focus on the action. Enjoyable show, nothing different than most central Florida live events these days yet given a larger venue and a fresh crowd it felt special. One thing of note was Sasha Banks, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte had been advertised for this and the Palm Beach show on Saturday for some time now and they clearly were not here, in fact Sasha’s photo is still on the NXT twitter saying tickets are still available for Palm Beach.
1 Uhaa Nation b Mike Rallis, a lot of impressive speed by Uhaa, Mike had a full nelson applied a few times which received “Masterlock” chants. At one point Mike did a Florida State Tomahawk Chop taunt that got a rise out of the University of Miami locals. Uhaa wins with his standing shooting star press.
2 Dash Wilder b Angelo Dawkins, being from Ohio, Dawkins also taunted the locals by plugging The Ohio State University, Dash put up The U and got a nice reaction. Dawkins also wore a headband similar to LeBron James which got some chants until Dash pulled it off and threw it in to the crowd for another cheer. Dash Wilder picks up the win here.
3 Eva Marie & Lina b Jessie & KC, some real heat for Eva tonight “Let’s Go Eva! / Eva Sucks!” she handled it well, seemed more poised than the Full Sail tapings. Lina is a powerhouse at 6ft 250lbs and works as she should, nothing fancy, just the basics. Eva did some chain wrestling to start, working the arm, everything she did was fine and if she can get a little more comfortable and speed it up a bit, could be a lot of fun since clearly she has the most polarizing heat of any woman in this company.
4 Tyler Breeze b Bull Dempsey, an extended and more enjoyable version of their tv comedy match. They did the criss cross running the ropes spot for a good while, Bull was really moving. At one point Bull did the big jabs and elbow which got a “Dusty” chant and applause. Tyler wins it with the beauty shot.
5 The Vaudevillains b Blake Alexa Murphy Factor ( as they are now announced #BAMF ) via DQ in a tag title match, good back and forth match, really had everyone believing we could see a title change until Alexa slid in the ring and dove on a pin attempt to cause the DQ. The Vaudevillains posed with the titles after the match.
6 Scott Dawson b Tye Dillinger, this was a show stealer. Anyone who follows NXT live events knows that these two are some of the best in ring workers here, Dawson is a rough straight forward brawler and Dillinger in his Perfect 10 persona is a flashy yet technical wrestler. This match received the night’s first “This Is Awesome” chant, great work here by two quality wrestlers.
7 Bayley b Emma, & Dana Brooke in a triple threat match, the heel duo worked as a team early until Emma tried to steal a pin from Dana, this allowed Bayley to finally fire up and take them both on. Bayley is beloved, sometimes even more so at live events than tv tapings, the people were 100% behind her. Bayley got the win with the Belly-To-Bayley suplex, then proceeded to chase the referee Drake until he finally gave her a hug.
8 Finn Balor b Samoa Joe in an NXT championship match, the crowd went wild for Samoa Joe almost like they were surprised to see him, Balor also received a great ovation during his entrance yet once the bell rang it got weird, the crowd went silent, neither man was booed yet it was so divided that any time someone would try to chant for one or the other it wasn’t joined in. For the middle of the match there were more cheers for Joe, even by people wearing Balor shirts. By the final minutes of the match everyone was reacting to all the big spots, including dives to the outside and the finish of Balor’s stomp off the top rope.
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.