Rob Van Dam, Dolph Ziggler & Kofi Kingston vs Jack
Swagger, Bad News Barrett & Seth Rollins
This is almost indisputable proof that the format of a 6-man
tag can cover up the faults of almost all it’s participants to create a decent
bout. If I had to create a list of my least favourite wrestlers, then Ziggler,
Rollins, pre-New Day Kofi and tubby 2014 RVD would all be quite high on the
list, and you wouldn’t put faith in Swagger and Barrett to carry them. Yet,
this ends up being pretty fun. Swagger is undoubtedly the MVP of the bout: he
lays in some nice blows to Kofi at the start and gets great height on a Swagger
Bomb when RVD is the face-in-peril. He even manages to make offence from the
two least convincing offensive wrestlers in the company – Zigger and Kofi –
look believable despite being the largest man in the bout. Rollins and Barrett
are also decent at controlling RVD before it all breaks down on the hot tag,
leaving Kofi and Rollins alone. A passable little sequence ends with Rollins
hitting the Kerb Stomp to win.
Fandango vs Bo Dallas
Not even a match – Summer Rae comes out to fight with
Fandango’s replacement dancer Layla, and the distraction lets Dallas hit the
Bo-Dog for the win.
Rybaxel vs R-Truth & Xavier Woods
Sometimes you get surprised out of nowhere by a match that
exceeds any expectations you had for it. Loved Woods at the start, as he’s
paired up with Ryback and lays in his strikes and kicks sufficiently that you
buy he’s actually hurting the big guy. Ryback takes control awesomely, catching
Woods in the air and swinging him fluidly into a big powerslam that looked
great. Rybaxel are really fun shit-talking idiot bullies in this, with Ryback
being especially good at it. Axel hits a brutal looking running knee to the
face. Woods gets the hot tag and it all breaks down with Woods taking a huge
bump over the top to the floor. In the ring, Truth misses a corner splash and
Axel swiftly hits the
Axeliser to win.
Really dug all this.
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