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411’s WWE Main Event Report 08.07.13
Hello and welcome to another Main Event report written up by yours truly. We have The Shield in six man tag action tonight so this episode is already looking a lot better than the effort from last week. Shall we? Lets hold hands and take a journey together.
SHOW… ON!
WWE Championship Roll Call:
WWE Champion: John Cena
World Champion: Alberto Del Rio
IC Champion: Curtis Axel
US Champion: Dean Ambrose
Unified Diva’s Champion: AJ Lee
WWE World Tag Team Champions: Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns
– Miz and Matthews are on commentary tonight.
We’re back with the faces in control. Jimmy hits a splash on Reigns in the corner! Reigns immediately fights back with a huge clothesline and tags in Ambrose. Miz calls The Shield “rabid wolverines” as Vince screams into his headset. Ambrose goes to work on the arm for a moment and tags in Rollins. Rollins snapmares him over and kicks him in the back of the head followed by a headlock. The crowd is quick to clap their hands together for some Uso revival time. Rollins cuts Jimmy off as he gets to his feet and gives him a suplex. He fights back though and tags in Jey. Jey hits a few clotheslines and an uppercut to Rollins. The crowd starts a “we want Mark” chant Reigns tags in and delivers a sideslam. Reigns delivers an Irish whip and hits a huge clothesline for two. In comes Ambrose and Jey. The heels take turns tagging in and beating up Jey. The crowd is very hot for this match. Ambrose dominates with stomps and knee drops. In comes Rollins who chokes Jey in the corner. Jey fights back with a series of rights and tries vaulting over Rollins for a tag. Rollins catches him and drops him throat first over the top rope. In comes Reigns. Reigns keeps Jey grounded and the crowd wants Henry. The Shield is doing a great job of keeping Jey isolated. In comes Rollins and they hit a nice double suplex on Jey. TWOOO. Stomps by Rollins follow up. A decent sized “Tyler Black” chant actually starts up. Jey dropkicks Ambrose and Rollins. Jey makes the tag to Henry and the crowd loses their shit. He hits a double shoulder tackle on both men and dominates both men. He tosses them both into the corner and hits a running splash onto both men. He scoop slams Ambrose. Reigns tugs Mark to the outside. Jimmy delivers a splash off the top rope! Rollins kicks him in the back of the head from the top rope and Ambrose crawls on Jimmy for the win! This was an energetic match that was entertaining throughout. The Shield utilized the numbers game, as they do so well, for the win. Good match.
OFFICIAL RESULT The Shield @ 13:57 via pinfall
RATING: ***
– The Shield cut another fantastic promo from backstage. They run over their accolades and say that everybody on the roster is so far behind them. There is no ending to justice. BELIEVE IN THE SHIELD.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Natalya @ 5:02 via submission
RATING: *1/2
RAW REBOUND: They air a video package glossing over the Punk/Lesnar brawl on Monday. Awesome stuff. This brawl managed to get me even more excited for their showdown at Summerslam.
We’re back with Axel in control. He has a headlock applied as Sin Cara fights to his feet. Before Cara can gain any momentum he gets taken down with a dropkick. More chops from Curtis. He hits a modified neckbreaker and covers Sin Cara for two. He stays on him with a few elbow drops to the sternum. He misses on the third attempt! Cara fights back with a few kicks to Axel. Axel cuts a clothesline attempt off and clubs him down to the mat. He gets aggressive and pummels away at him with rights and lefts to the head and torso. Sin cara floats over a standing Axel after making it to his feet. Sin Cara jumps to the top rope and hits a dropkick. Both men are down. They both make it to their feet at five and Cara hits a handspring back elbow followed by a huricanrana. He goes upstairs again and hits a crossbody for TWO. Sin Cara goes back to work and hits a standing Sliced Bread for two. Axel goes upstairs for an ax handle after recovering but gets caught with a dropkick to the face. TWO. Sin Cara drags him to the corner. Cara sets up for a moonsault! Axel gets his knees up and hits a nice back suplex though. He lifts Sin Cara up and hits a neck breaker for the victory.This was a pretty good match between the two. Sin Cara seems to be adapting to the WWE Style slowly but surely. I gotta wonder if it’s too late for a push at this point though.
OFFICIAL RESULT: Curtis Axel @ 11:47 aired via pinfall
RATING: **1/2
OVERALL: Tonight we had a great six man tag, a passable divas match, and a solid bout between Axel and Sin Cara to cap off the show. I can’t complain about a good chunk of quality wrestling. Thumbs up this week.
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