WWE European Tour results
May 18, 2014
Cardiff, Wales
Report by Tom Kennedy of Neath, South Wales

Pretty much the same as previous shows on the tour. Except no cage match - Kane and Big Show had a surprisingly entertaining table match instead,

At the start, Randy Orton trolled the crowd and challenged Roman Reigns. Reigns was attacked by Rybaxel, and Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose made the save. Main event for later on made by Raw GM Brad Maddox - Reigns vs. Orton in a Street Fight.

(1) Dean Ambrose & Seth Rollins beat Ryback & Curtis Axel.

(2) Rusev squashed Sin Cara.

(3) Divas champion Paige & Funkadactyls beat Tamina & Rosa Mendes & Layla in a six-Divas tag match.

(4) NXT champion Adrian Neville beat Bo Dallas to retain the NXT Title. Dallas looks as if he's going to be an entertaining heel when he finally joins main roster. Awesome finisher from Neville. He spun in about 12 different directions off the top rope before landing on Dallas.

(5) Big Show beat Kane in a Tables match. Maddox took a chokeslam from Kane after the match after coming out and persuading him not to attack the refs.

(6) Mark Henry beat Fandango in a Dance-off. Fandango took a slam and Henry brought a couple of fans into the ring to moonwalk with him.

(7) IC champion Wade Barrett beat Rob Van Dam, Big E., and Jack Swagger (w/Zeb Colter) in a four-way match to retain the Intercontinental Title. Barrett retained after he pinned Swagger. Zeb did some great mic work trolling the crowd. Included was Zeb pretending to think he's still in England before singing some Tom Jones for the crowd. Also, Barrett worked the crowd well - everyone joined in with "I'm afraid I have some Bad News." Good match with some good spots. Barrett was practically a babyface in this match.

(8) Roman Reigns beat Randy Orton in a Street Fight main event. Ambrose, Rollins, and Rybaxel all got involved, then Orton took a spear for the pin. The crowd went home happy.

Biggest Pops: Most of the roster on show got a fair pop from the crowd. Orton coming out right from the offset probably was the biggest of the show.

Overall, the crowd was mostly into the show. Big E. needs to find something to get himself over - his reaction from the crowd was one of the weakest. An enjoyable show, but Daniel Bryan not being present was a disappointment. But, at least most people knew beforehand. The last time WWE came in November people around me were still thinking Bryan was on the show. He had been switched to the Glasgow show on the same day which already had C.M. Punk and John Cena on the card. A little kid in a Daniel Bryan t-shirt burst into tears at the time when Big Show came out instead.

WWE is coming back in November - maybe we'll finally get to see the flying goat live and in person then.

[Torch art credit Cory Gould (c) PWTorch.com]

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