Sheamus vs Curtis Axel
Really good match, worked within their hierarchy. Sheamus
lets Axel look really good here, whilst ultimately ending up the comfortable
winner. Sheamus is very giving here, letting Axel power out of the 10 Beats,
before Axel takes over after sending Sheamus throat first into the ropes.
Lovely running knee to the head sends Sheamus out of the ring. Loved Axel
putting Sheamus in the tree of woe, then hitting a running boot to the head
from the floor. Looked nasty. Even when Sheamus tries a comeback with a
slingshot shoulderblock, he gets caught by an Axel forearm to the face. In the
end, Axel makes the mistake of slapping Sheamus repeatedly in the face, firing
him up for a comeback. Sheamus basically rolls through him from that point, culminating
with the rolling senton and a Brogue Kick for three. Well worked to give Axel
the shine, but when Sheamus took control, Axel had no answer.
Nikki Bella vs Emma
This was Nikki’s first match after turning heel on Brie.
Short, but effective as she runs through Emma pretty easily. Cranks in a
front-facelock, rams Emma’s face into her knee then, after Emma misses a
crossbody, just whacks her with the forearm and the Rack Attack gets the
academic three. Effective.
Los Matadores vs Slater Gator
The Matadores are accompanied by Hornswoggle in a cow outfit
as well as El Torito, for reasons unknown. This is fun stuff, with Slater in
particular stooging about amusingly for the Matadores offence. Los Matadores
make everything look so smooth, just a fluidity to their movement. Titus O’Neill
coming in is the gamechanger, as he’s able to overpower Fernando, and send him
flying with a big hurling slam. Slater gets taken down with an enormous
flapjack, but after escaping a series of roll-ups, he nails a big implant DDT
for the win.
The Big Show vs Erick Rowan
Exactly what you’d hope for from these two, nothing pretty,
just two big boys battering each other. There’s a small run of Rowan working
the Big Show’s leg after a chopblock to the knee, but they wisely decide that
the crowd aren’t here for Erick Rowan’s limbwork, they want to see some big boy
shit, and that’s what they get. Big clotheslines from both men, massive
sounding chops by Show, running corner splashes from Rowan at full speed, even
a side Russian legsweep by Show…just full on collision from both guys. Really
good fun. Rowan even gets to slam Show for two, but as he tries raising Big
Show to his feet, he gets caught with a sudden KO punch for the win.
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