12/28 WWE in Allentown results: Bray Wyatt vs. Kane headlines show that ran opposite Raw
A good crowd and the arena was probably 85 percent full. I dressed as Bray Wyatt. It got good reaction from the wrestling fans, but when I got gas beforehand no one looked at me twice.You can see pic of me as Bray on Facebook.com/stephenrice or @srice8 on Twitter.
1. Dolph Ziggler beat Tyler Breeze (w/Summer Rae) in 11 minutes. Great back and forth match with terrific dueling roll up attempts at the eight minute mark. Ziggler won with a super kick.
2. Curtis Axel and Damien Sandow beat Los Matadores. Axel and Sandow (I nicknamed them Sandaxel) won in eight minutes. Not as good as the opener. The faces did get a good reaction. Axel won with a Perfectplex.
3. Fandango beat Bo Dallas. Not a great match. These guys capable of much better. There were "Bo-lievers" but the majority Fandangoed. Fandango won in six minutes with a face planter suplex rather than his top rope leg drop.
4. Luke Harper, Erick Rowan, and Braun Strowman beat The Dudley Boyz and Tommy Dreamer. Big ECW chants and good action. No tables or what's up by D-Von. Luke nailed Dreamer with his discuss clothesline to get the win.
Intermission.
5. Titus O'Neil over Stardust. There was a funny part where Stardust asked a fan for his beer and promptly poured it out. The fan was pissed but didn't charge the ring. Stardust worked the knee and Titus came back with the Clash of Titus to win in 11 minutes.
6. Charlotte beat Paige to retain the Divas Championship. Both women looked great and did dueling kip ups early on. Charlotte won in six minutes with her Figure Eight in a match that should have been given more time.
7. Kane beat Bray Wyatt. Bray had a little more offense overall. When Kane had the upper hand, the family members jumped in then team ECW evened odds. The Dudleys performed "What's Up" on Luke Harper. A table was set up. It appeared Bray would do Sister Abigail, but Kane countered into a chokeslam through table for victory in 14 minutes.
This would be a perfect venue for NXT. The arena is a bit small for a Raw or Smackdown. Fans were vocal and into it.
Biggest Pop
Dolph Ziggler
Most Heat
Stardust
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Here's another report of the same show.
12/28 WWE in Allentown results: "Stardust walked over and poured out my beer!"
We got in, I got my beer, and I was ready to go.
1. Dolph Ziggler beat Tyler Breeze (w/Summer Rae). Ziggler won a good, back and forth match with a super kick.
2. Curtis Axel and Damien Sandow beat Los Matadores. In all honesty, it was a nothing match. My section was bored and not impressed with chants of "boring" and a few people with "nobody cares" taunts.
3. Fandango beat Bo Dallas. Bo was sort of over with the adults, with my friend asking if his gimmick was Jesus. Fandango's dancing is over with the young ones. The match really wasn't special.
4. Luke Harper, Erick Rowan, and Braun Strowman beat The Dudley Boyz and Tommy Dreamer. Both teams were over, the Dudley Boyz got the typical "ECW" and "we want tables" chants (kind of funny how the reunion of ECW lasted longer than the original run of ECW). Good action, lots of near falls, and Luke got the pin on Dreamer.
Intermission. I got another beer.
5. Titus O'Neil over Stardust. Lots of Cody chants and Stardust stalling because of it. Eventually, Stardust walked over and poured out my beer! b*stard! The only people doing the Titus O'Neil bark were sort of drunk.
6. Charlotte beat Paige to retain the Divas Championship. Paige was welcomed HUGE here. Charolette got a good reaction (I'm assuming Paige was the face, it's honestly so hard to keep track of this). A good, competitive match with the crowd behind Paige the whole way, but nothing special.
7. Kane beat Bray Wyatt in a No DQ match. Bray got the cellphone light treatment. A good back and forth between the two when the rest of the Wyatt family came out and attacked Kane, then Dreamer and the Dudleyz made the save.
Overall it was a decent show, but who was the genius who thought it would be a great idea to run a house show while raw was on the air.
A good crowd and the arena was probably 85 percent full. I dressed as Bray Wyatt. It got good reaction from the wrestling fans, but when I got gas beforehand no one looked at me twice.You can see pic of me as Bray on Facebook.com/stephenrice or @srice8 on Twitter.
1. Dolph Ziggler beat Tyler Breeze (w/Summer Rae) in 11 minutes. Great back and forth match with terrific dueling roll up attempts at the eight minute mark. Ziggler won with a super kick.
2. Curtis Axel and Damien Sandow beat Los Matadores. Axel and Sandow (I nicknamed them Sandaxel) won in eight minutes. Not as good as the opener. The faces did get a good reaction. Axel won with a Perfectplex.
3. Fandango beat Bo Dallas. Not a great match. These guys capable of much better. There were "Bo-lievers" but the majority Fandangoed. Fandango won in six minutes with a face planter suplex rather than his top rope leg drop.
4. Luke Harper, Erick Rowan, and Braun Strowman beat The Dudley Boyz and Tommy Dreamer. Big ECW chants and good action. No tables or what's up by D-Von. Luke nailed Dreamer with his discuss clothesline to get the win.
Intermission.
5. Titus O'Neil over Stardust. There was a funny part where Stardust asked a fan for his beer and promptly poured it out. The fan was pissed but didn't charge the ring. Stardust worked the knee and Titus came back with the Clash of Titus to win in 11 minutes.
6. Charlotte beat Paige to retain the Divas Championship. Both women looked great and did dueling kip ups early on. Charlotte won in six minutes with her Figure Eight in a match that should have been given more time.
7. Kane beat Bray Wyatt. Bray had a little more offense overall. When Kane had the upper hand, the family members jumped in then team ECW evened odds. The Dudleys performed "What's Up" on Luke Harper. A table was set up. It appeared Bray would do Sister Abigail, but Kane countered into a chokeslam through table for victory in 14 minutes.
This would be a perfect venue for NXT. The arena is a bit small for a Raw or Smackdown. Fans were vocal and into it.
Biggest Pop
Dolph Ziggler
Most Heat
Stardust
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Here's another report of the same show.
12/28 WWE in Allentown results: "Stardust walked over and poured out my beer!"
We got in, I got my beer, and I was ready to go.
1. Dolph Ziggler beat Tyler Breeze (w/Summer Rae). Ziggler won a good, back and forth match with a super kick.
2. Curtis Axel and Damien Sandow beat Los Matadores. In all honesty, it was a nothing match. My section was bored and not impressed with chants of "boring" and a few people with "nobody cares" taunts.
3. Fandango beat Bo Dallas. Bo was sort of over with the adults, with my friend asking if his gimmick was Jesus. Fandango's dancing is over with the young ones. The match really wasn't special.
4. Luke Harper, Erick Rowan, and Braun Strowman beat The Dudley Boyz and Tommy Dreamer. Both teams were over, the Dudley Boyz got the typical "ECW" and "we want tables" chants (kind of funny how the reunion of ECW lasted longer than the original run of ECW). Good action, lots of near falls, and Luke got the pin on Dreamer.
Intermission. I got another beer.
5. Titus O'Neil over Stardust. Lots of Cody chants and Stardust stalling because of it. Eventually, Stardust walked over and poured out my beer! b*stard! The only people doing the Titus O'Neil bark were sort of drunk.
6. Charlotte beat Paige to retain the Divas Championship. Paige was welcomed HUGE here. Charolette got a good reaction (I'm assuming Paige was the face, it's honestly so hard to keep track of this). A good, competitive match with the crowd behind Paige the whole way, but nothing special.
7. Kane beat Bray Wyatt in a No DQ match. Bray got the cellphone light treatment. A good back and forth between the two when the rest of the Wyatt family came out and attacked Kane, then Dreamer and the Dudleyz made the save.
Overall it was a decent show, but who was the genius who thought it would be a great idea to run a house show while raw was on the air.
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