WWE Live show results
March 15, 2014
Austin, Tex.
Report by Milan Gohil of Austin, PWTorch reader

Here are results for Saturday night's Austin house show at the Frank Erwin Center on-campus at the University of Texas. Estimated attendance was about 8,000 - the floor was at capacity and the lower bull was three-fourths full. The bowl sections near the entrance ramp were entry and the upper deck had about 500 fans in one section. Plenty of families were in attendance. No return date was announced.

Thirty minutes before showtime, WWE aired the Hogan-Andre WrestleMania 3 Rewind from WWE Network. Unfortunately, the video stream kept breaking up and the video cut away just as the match began. Justin Roberts then promoted the Network via the PA system. The Network was HEAVILY promoted during the course of the event.

(1) WWE tag champions The Usos beat the Real Americans and Rhodes Brothers in a three-team match to retain the Tag Titles. I was surprised Zeb Colter made an appearance. Great action from Cody and the Usos. Dustin's huracanrana looked brutal! Cesaro's swing was quickly interrupted by Cody.

(2) Darren Young quickly beat Titus O'Neil. Titus then made an open challenge...

(3) Kofi Kingston beat Titus O'Neil in similar fashion. Wade "Bad News" Barrett then walked down to the ring for his match with Kofi, but Titus and Barrett double-teamed Kofi. Darren Young then made the save and Brad Maddox made an appearance at the ramp to order a tag match.

(4) Kofi Kingston & Darren Young beat Titus O'Neil & Wade Barrett. Decent match from a group that has been demoted to Superstars.

(5) Sheamus beat Alberto Del Rio. This was the match of the show! Sheamus and Del Rio battled into the crowd as Del Rio tried to head backstage several times during the course of the match. I enjoyed the multiple false finishes! Side note: Del Rio tossing Rick "The Sign Guy's" red baseball hat into the crowd was classic. Thankfully, Rick had another red hat on-hand.

[Intermission]

(6) Natalya & Eva Marie beat Alicia Fox & Layla. Fans were able to choose either a dance-off or tag match via text. Thankfully, we were spared the dance-off! Natalya won via Sharpshooter. I thought it was an awful match. A.J. Lee was advertised for this match during the voting period, but she was sent to Laredo. More on the split-crew issue later.

Damien Sandow appeared on the video screens several times prior to his match to ask the crowd for their support. When they booed, Sandow vowed to punish Texas native, Mark Henry, later in the evening.

(7) Austin resident Mark Henry beat Damien Sandow. Many power moves from The World's Strongest Man. Henry won with a series of powerslams. At the conclusion of the match, Mark addressed the rumors of his pending retirement. Henry claimed he had "a lot of gas left in the tank" and would not be retiring any time soon.

(8) WWE World Hvt. champion Randy Orton beat John Cena in a steel cage match to retain the WWE World TItle. Typical match from these two. The end came after Orton decked the referee and low-blowed Cena, which gave the Viper plenty of time to escape the cage.

After the match ended, the cage lifted and Orton attempted to attack Cena with a folded chair. After Orton struck Cena once, Cena dodged the second swing and gave Orton an Attitude Adjustment to send the crowd home happy.

Overall, tonight's WWE show was very underwhelming. The split-crew house show tours seriously water down the talent pool for each event. Specifically, the lack of the three main uppercard acts (Daniel Bryan, The Shield, and the Wyatts) really hurt tonight's event. The January 2013 house show was much better! Finally, I feel that a major market like Austin got the B-Show tonight despite a Cena vs. Orton main event.

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