Commentators: Tom Phillips & Byron Saxton
WWE Main Event comes a day early, and LIVE, via the WWE Network tonight and PW Update has got all the coverage you could want/need/desire of the show, which will feature Daniel Bryan Vs. Kane and a rematch for the WWE Tag Team Titles as new champs The Usos defend against The New Age Outlaws.
Match Results
- Daniel Bryan defeated Kane via pinfall with a roll-up (16:44 shown) [**1/2].
- Nikki Bella [w/ Brie Bella] defeated Alicia Fox [w/ Aksana] via pinfall with the TORTURE RACK BACKBREAKER (4:39) [**].
- The Usos (c) defeated Los Matadores [w/ El Torito] when Jimmy Uso pinned Fernando with a SUPERFLY SPLASH to retain the WWE Tag Team Championship (8:30 or so shown) [***].
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OPENING VIDEO: The Authority tears Daniel Bryan down verbally, Bryan tears Kane down physically. We then cut to a montage of Bryan/Batista in the main event, followed by the beatdown on Bryan at the end.
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-Main Event Intro-
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Kane makes his way out for the opening match as Tom Phillips welcomes the home audience. He’s joined as usual by Byron Saxton, and the two talk about what happened last night on RAW. Kane’s opponent, Daniel Bryan, makes his way out second. Bryan is all seriousness, and makes the same face as the one on his t-shirt which is hilarious.
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Match #1: Daniel Bryan Vs. Kane
Bryan charges at Kane, and Kane backs him into the corner, clubbing him down to the mat with right hands. Kane with a running hook followed by stomps until the ref tries to separate them. Kane whips Bryan into the opposite corner and connects with a clothesline, and Bryan drops to the mat. Kane with a running stomp as a “YOU SOLD OUT!” chant starts up. Bryan gets sent into the ropes and Kane hits him with a knee to the gut followed by a dropkick to a seated Bryan for a 2-count. Kane grabs a chinlock as the crowd begins to chant Bryan’s name. Bryan gets sent to the apron and he sends Kane to the floor. Bryan connects with a kick followed by a flying splash…which is caught by Kane. Kane rams Bryan into the ring frame, then the barricade. Kane rolls Bryan halfway in and pulls at him, stretching him over the steel post. Kane rolls in and covers for a 2-count, then applies another chinlock.
Bryan gets to his feet and tries to break out then is sent to the corner. Bryan sends Kane into the middle turnbuckle with a drop toehold, then kicks the turnbuckle into Kane’s face. Bryan works Kane over in the corner with a series of strikes. Kane goozles him and sends him into the corner but Bryan powers out and connects with a series of kicks. Bryan with a series of rights in the corner mount until Kane shoves him off. Bryan grabs the legs and smashes the left knee against the steel post. Bryan grabs the leg and smashes it once more, then gets a running head start and dropkicks the knee back into the post. Bryan rolls in and starts with the YES! KICKS towards the knee. Bryan takes Kane to the mat with a dragon-screw legwhip. Bryan grabs the leg again and Kane tries to kick him off but Bryan hangs on and slams it against the mat. Bryan places the leg on the bottom rope and crushes the knee with a seated splash, followed by another.
Kane responds with a massive right that drops Bryan. Kane chokes Bryan against the middle rope with his knee, then kicks the chest. Kane with a scoop slam followed by a running elbowdrop for the 1…2…kickout. Kane slaps on a nervehold and the crowd wills Bryan to his feet. Bryan breaks out, ducks a clothesline, and dropkicks the leg out of Kane’s leg (LOVE YOU OWEN). Bryan with a series of kicks targeted at the knee, the crowd chanting along, then wrenches the leg around the middle rope. Bryan hits a running dropkick to the knee, followed by a corner dropkick to the mush. Bryan goes for another but Kane comes running out and hits a big boot for the 1…2…kickout. Now…commercial!
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Bryan escapes a slam attempt and dropkicks Kane, but runs right into a clothesline. Kane covers for the 1…kickout. Kane with a knee to the skull followed by a backbreaker, keeping him on the knee so he can push back on the chin and legs and exert more punishment. That’s some old-school stuff right there. Bryan tries to break out but Kane pushes his head back down. Bryan knees Kane in the face to finally create some separation and both men are down. Bryan kicks at Kane but jumps right into an uppercut off the second rope. Kane covers for 2, then reapplies a chinlock. This match is slooooooowwwwwww. Bryan breaks out and kicks Kane during an attempted backdrop attempt, then follows up with a springboard tornado DDT and both men are down.
Both men get up and it’s Bryan with YES! KICKS to the knee, but Kane catches him with a right hook. Bryan backflips out of the corner, ducks a clothesline, and goes for an O’Connor Roll. Kane blocks it so Bryan dropkicks him out to the floor instead. Bryan gets a head of steam and takes out Kane with a tope suicida between the ropes. Bryan rolls Kane in and heads to the top, connecting with a missile dropkick for the 1…2…kickout. Kane gets to his knees so Bryan peppers him with kicks to the chest. Kane ducks the kill shot and sends Bryan into the ropes, connecting with a sidewalk slam for the 1…2…kickout. Kane heads to the top turnbuckle and connects with a flying clothesline. Kane signals for the Chokeslam, but Bryan ducks it and kicks Kane in the head, knocking him down. Bryan heads to the top and delivers a flying headbutt for the 1…2…kickout.
Bryan with more kicks in the corner to Kane’s hurt knee, but he runs into a right hand. Kane sits on the top turnbuckle and picks Bryan up, choking him. He breaks the hold and Bryan catches him with an enziguri to the face. Bryan scales to the top but Kane blocks the hurricanrana and Bryan crashes to the mat. Kane follows it with a running DDT for the 1…2…kickout. Kane can’t believe it. Kane trash talks Bryan then hits a short-arm clothesline. Kane goozles Bryan, but Bryan escapes with a roll-up for the 1…2…3!
Winner [via Pinfall]: Daniel Bryan (16:44 shown)
- Jon’s Thoughts: It had its few moments, especially towards the end, but overall this match was just too slow to get into. Bryan and Kane were great partners, but they don’t really mesh together well as opponents, at least in my experience.
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LAST NIGHT ON RAW: The Usos win the WWE Tag Team Championship.
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MAIN EVENT HYPE: Usos/NAO rematch later tonight.
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-Commercial Break-
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Phillips announces that Main Event will be live every Tuesday night at 8pm/7pm Central starting next week on the WWE Network. Poor ION Network.
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Kane is shown angrily walking backstage, when Josh Matthews stops him for some words. Matthews asks Kane if he’s angry at himself for losing to Daniel Bryan, and Kane says he isn’t. Kane says Bryan got lucky, then says what he got angry about is the fact Bryan keeps challenging the COO of this company. Kane says Bryan is not fit for a match with him, let alone Triple H, then vows to get that little runt.
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Nikki Bella makes her way out for the next match, joined by her sister Brie Bella. Her opponent, Alicia Fox, is out second, joined by Aksana.
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Match #2: Nikki Bella [w/ Brie Bella] Vs. Alicia Fox [w/ Aksana]
Fox with a side headlock to start. Bella whips her into the ropes and gets dropped with a shoulderblock. Fox misses an elbowdrop and Bella takes Fox to the mat with a wristlock, wrenching the arm to increase the pain. Bella takes Fox down with a fireman’s carry and transitions into an armbar. Fox backs Bella into the ropes, but Bella ducks a clothesline and connects with a tilt-a-whirl headscissors. Bella goes into the corner mount then takes Fox out of there with a monkey flip. Aksana distracts Bella, allowing Fox to attack her from behind. Fox covers for 2, then tries again with the same results. Fox slaps on a headscissors as Brie cheers her sister on at ringside in the shrillest of voices. Bella bridges up, creating a pinfall attempt for 2. Fox kicks out then dodges a clothesline by hanging onto the ropes. Fox with a Northern Lights Suplex for the 1…2…kickout.
Fox chokes Bella against the middle rope, then takes her to the mat with a snapmare. Fox slaps on another reverse chinlock, grabbing the hair to bring her to the mat. Bella gets to her feet but gets struck in the back and Fox attempts a backslide. Bella flips through and hits a clothesline, followed by a dropkick. Bella with a back bodydrop, then jaws at Aksana who’s on the apron. Brie rips Aksana off the apron and Fox rolls up Bella for the 1…2…kickout. Bella picks Fox up and hits the Torture Rack Backbreaker for the 1…2…3!
Winner [via Pinfall]: Nikki Bella (4:39)
- Jon’s Thoughts: A decent match that I feel like I’ve seen a hundred times already. This feud has been going on for about a decade or so on this show.
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-Commercial Break-
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SMACKDOWN HYPE VIDEO: The Big Show returns this Friday.
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New WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos are out for the next match, Siva Tau entrance and everything. One kid they cut to doesn’t do the USO callback, which made smile. Renee Young steps inside the ring for a pre-match interview. Jimmy Uso says it hasn’t even sunk in yet, and they’re still on cloud nine. Jimmy says when you work at something and achieve that goal, it feels great. Jey Uso says everyone is excited for them, and the crowd cheers, everyone except The New Age Outlaws anyway. Jimmy speaks some Samoan. Young asks what’s next and they say they’re going to WrestleMania XXX.
Eventually The New Age Outlaws make their way out to end this terrible in-ring interview. Road Dogg and Billy Gunn aren’t dressed for competition, wearing jeans, and Dogg is limping. Dogg tells “Tanya” she’s doing a great job then has Gunn show her out of the ring. Dogg craps on Detroit for some heel heat, then asks Gunn if he can feel the awe from standing in the ring with the luckiest boys in the world. Dogg says they came out here to tell The Usos face to face that they’re going to have to postpone the rematch due to an injury from last night. Dogg says when they return 100% the titles will come back home.
GM Brad Maddox makes his way out to remind everyone he still works for the WWE. Maddox confirms Dogg’s injury and says the Outlaws will get their rematch when they’re better. Maddox says they have promised the WWE Universe a tag team title match, and introduces their new opponents: Los Matadores! The New Age Outlaws are now on commentary. This match is next!
- Jon’s Thoughts: …Yeah let’s not give The Usos a live mic for awhile.
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Match #3: The Usos (Jimmy & Jey Uso) [w/ El Torito] Vs. Los Matadores (Fernando y Diego) [w/ El Torito] for the WWE Tag Team Championship
The Usos and Los Matadores trade crowd callback chants. Jey with a side headlock on Matador 1 (Epico). Matador 1 whips Jey into the ropes but gets taken down with a shoulderblock. Matador 1, Fernando apparently, tries a couple of pin attempts to no avail then both men trade armdrags before both going for dropkicks. Fernando with a hammerlock, but Jey reverses into one of his own. Fernando gets taken down with a shoulderblock then hits a hip toss followed by an armdrag takedown. Jey grabs an armbar, but Fernando escapes and stops a right hand so he can do an “OLE!”. Jey jumps over a legsweep attempt then slingshots Diego (WHEN DID THEY TAG?!?) into the corner. Apparently that was Jimmy the whole time and now Jey tags in for a 2-count. THIS IS NOT GOING WELL FOR ME. Jey does the “OLE!” then backdrops Diego out to the floor. Jey catches Diego with a tope suicida. Fernando then hits Jey with a flying splash, then Jimmy catches both Matadores with a splash. All four men are down as we go to commercial.
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Jey tags back into the match after the Matador gets a roll-up on Jimmy for 2. The Usos hits a double legdrop and Jey covers the Matador for a 2-count. Maybe it’s Diego? I don’t know anymore, this sucks. Jey slaps on an overhead hammerlock. Diego kicks Jimmy off and tags in Diego. They hit a Total Elimination and Fernando covers for back to back 2-counts. Diego tags back in and covers for 2, then tags Fernando back in. Fernando with a slingshot senton for the 1…2…kickout. Diego tags back in and slaps on a reverse chinlock. Jey and Diego collide into one another with clotheslines. Jimmy and Fernando both tag in. Jimmy with a superkick followed by a right hand and Bubba Bomb. Jimmy gets the crowd clapping and misses the corner butt splash. Jimmy and Fernando trade Tombstone attempts, then Fernando hits Jimmy with a swinging DDT for the 1…2…kickout.
Fernando with a springboard splash, but ends up running into a Samoan drop by Jimmy for the 1…2…Diego breaks it up. Diego gets sent into the corner, doing a headstand, and Jey superkicks him off. The Usos drop Fernando with a double superkick and Jimmy finishes him off with a SUPERFLY SPLASH for the 1…2…3!
Winners and STILL Tag Team Champions [via Pinfall]: The Usos (8:30 or so shown)
- Jon’s Thoughts: I’m an idiot and couldn’t figure out the way to tell Los Matadores apart until halfway through the match so I apologize for how terrible this recap is. My own idiocy aside this was a fun match and a fresh matchup, if you don’t count the many times The Usos faced Primo & Epico back in the day. Definitely more preferable than another goddamn NAO match, that’s for sure.
Post-Match: The Usos celebrate and Billy Gunn shoves El Torito as The New Age Outlaws leave the commentary table. Torito gets super angry and jumps on Gunn, ramming him with a series of rights before hitting a hurricanrana. Torito escapes attack attempts and lures Gunn into the ring. Los Matadores stand in front of El Torito, then all three hit him with a slam. Los Matadores celebrate to close the show.
- Jon’s Thoughts: Was totally expecting an NAO ambush, instead Los Matadores get to drop Billy Gunn and end the show standing tall. Cool beans. Overall this show wasn’t much better than previous editions so don’t think WWE pulled out the stops here. They definitely didn’t but they probably didn’t really care to, despite it being live. It’s the C-show and will remain so.
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