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

    Submitted by Josh Long from Saturday, January 10th

    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

    > 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

    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

    Submitted by J.J. Williams

    – 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

    Submitted By Juan Cantu Jr.

    – 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

    Submitted by Ian Carey

    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

    By Greg Watson

    – 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

    Submitted by Brian Shaw

    – 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

    Submitted by Markus Spitzner

    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.

  • WWE Liverpool, England, house show results (11/8): Alberto Del Rio lets loose on a dead crowd

    Submitted by Stephen Lyon

    – Neville beat Stardust in the opener with the Red Arrow. Okay match. Neville got a pop for his finisher.

    -Damian Sandow beat Heath Slater in one minute with a roll up. Sandow was back in his old blue robe intellectual gimmick. This was a head scratcher. Either give these guys at least five minutes or don’t do the match at all. Why you would fly these guys to Europe to do a one minute match is baffling.

    – Luke Harper & Braun Strowman & Erick Rowan beat Ryback & the Usos. Decent match. Ryback did impressive standing suplex spots with both Harper and Rowan, but ‘couldn’t do it’ with Strowman, putting over how big Strowman was. Strowman made one of the Usos submit in his sleeper finisher.

    – King Barrett beat Fandango with the Bull Hammer. Crowd cheered Barrett and had no reaction for Fandango. Virtually nobody in the crowd did his dance.

    – Lucha Dragons beat Los Matadores and the Ascension in a triple threat match. Los Matadores came out, clearly as heels (they made fun of El Torito not accompanying them to the ring), yet virtually nobody in the youthful audience picked up on it. The finish saw the song ‘Bad to the Bone’ play out of nowhere (I was having Steve ‘Dr Death’ Williams NWA flashbacks, given it used to be his entrance theme for a period) and El Torito ran out, cleaning house on both Fernando and Diego. Kalisto pinned Viktor with the Salida del Sol. Crowd enjoyed doing the ‘Lucha Lucha’ arm wave.

    – NXT Women’s Champion Bayley & Natalya beat Sasha Banks & Naomi. It seemed like about 10% of the audience knew who Bayley was, and the rest didn’t. There was a very weak NXT chant that didn’t catch on and lasted just a few seconds. The work itself was fine, and amongst the better matches of the night. Banks was funny tying her hair back and mocking Bayley. Finish saw Natalya make Naomi tap in the sharpshooter.

    – U.S. Champion Alberto Del Rio beat Jack Swagger. This was the second best match on the show. Del Rio was great as a heel, begging off from Swagger and getting on his knees with his hand extended. Del Rio shook hands with both the referee and a fan in the front row to try convince Swagger to shake his hand, but it was all a heelish ploy. At one point Del Rio grabbed the mic and berated the crowd for being dead and asked why Liverpool Football Club suck so much.

    This got a mixed reaction, with some fans cheering because there are two Premier League soccer clubs in Liverpool, with there being Everton Football Club fans in the building, all happy at that comment. Swagger kicked out of a superkick and broke/reversed Del Rio’s armbar, before eventually submitting to the cross armbreaker.

    – Roman Reigns beat Bray Wyatt in a No Holds Barred match. Most heat and reaction on the show, and best match on the show. Crowd was 95% behind Reigns. They used a kendo stick, chairs and the ringside stairs as props. Reigns eventually brought a table in too. Reigns won after nailing Wyatt with a Superman punch, sending everyone home happy.

    Notes & Observations —

    – This felt like the least star power on a WWE house show on a U.K. tour for several years. The arena was packed. There were no sections curtained off, and I couldn’t see any empty seats in any sections, so I’d estimate the crowd to be at least 5-6000. It was mostly families with lots of kids, especially given the family-friendly 5pm start time.

    I’m aware of all of WWE’s current limitations at this time, and that this was at the start of a lengthy tour, and that some guys may have taken notice of Rollins injury and may be working even more safe than usual. But to me, this felt like a boring show. It was, essentially, a near-three hour version of WWE Main Event/WWE Superstars. Okay matches, featuring limited star power, involving people the main tv shows don’t feature. Even something as simple as the show’s tour programme told a story. The cover of the programme featured seven people, and only four of them (Paige, Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns, Kofi Kingston) are on the tour. And of those, only Reigns was on this show. The other three – John Cena, Brock Lesnar and Seth Rollins all aren’t even on the tour. I guess Rollins was, and his absence through injury was very unfortunate.

    There was a scary lack of crowd heat and crowd reaction for anyone or anything on this show, bar Del Rio vs Swagger (entirely due to Del Rio’s excellent work as a heel, predominately on the mic) and the Reigns vs Wyatt main event. People didn’t react to anything. Even kids didn’t seem that excited or were starting any chants.