3/19 WWE in Cedar Lake, Tex.: Owens & Sami vs. Orton & Nakamura, Charlotte vs. Ruby Riott, Usos vs. Rusev Day and Benjamin & Gable

WWE LIVE EVENT RESULTS
MARCH 19, 2018
CEDAR LAKE, TEX. AT HEB CENTER
REPORT BY CODY MASTERS, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT

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The arena was approximately 70 percent full. A.J. Styles was advertised to be here but was not.

(1) Bobby Roode defeated Jinder Mahal and Baron Corbin. Roode was super over. Mahal got lots of heat, but not the good kind. Just boo’d, without really doing anything to deserve it.

(2) Breezeango & Zack Ryder defeated Primo Colon & Mike Bennett & Mojo Rawley. Primo came out solo. Breezeango got biggest pop. Mojo got no reaction and played up the field with Ryder, like it was something anyone still cared about.

(3) Dolph Ziggler defeated Sin Cara. Okay. Ready for this… Sin Cara has the biggest pop of the night so far, and I already know the next two matches results. Huge ovation and chants. Still does the “Lucha Lucha” gestures. After the loss, he got solo time in the ring to soak up the acclaim. No one knew if they should boo or cheer Ziggler. No record scratch, but still came out to no music at first. Played up both face and heel moments during the match. At one point, my girlfriend asked if he was a good or bad guy, so that pretty much sums it all up. Lots of false finishes. They really gave Sin Cara some big spots in this match and let him look like he might actually win several times.

(4) The Usos defeated Rusev Day and Shelton Benjamin & Chad Gable. The Usos got biggest pop of everyone here. Some Rusev Day chants, but not anywhere near what I expected. He played up a heel role pretty big throughout the match though.

(5) The Bludgeon Brothers defeated The Ascension. Exactly what you’d expect out of this match. Erik Rowan is a BIG dude. In a random, only at house show moment, after the match was over, Harper started taking all the turnbuckle pads off and throwing them at the ref and time keeper.

(6) Charlotte defeated Ruby Riott (w/Sarah Logan, Liv Morgan) via DQ to retain the WWE Smackdown Women’s Title. The crowd had phone with this one. Riott Squad went after crowd in a big way. Logan and Morgan interfered after about five minutes, bringing out Lynch and Naomi. Lynch challenged Riott Squad to a six woman tag match.

(7) Charlotte Flair & Becky Lynch & Naomi defeated The Riott Squad. Charlotte got the biggest pop, but the fans were super behind Becky throughout the match. Even though her timing was off at times, Liv Morgan played the heel role better than either of her partners.

(8) Randy Orton & Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn in Street Fight. Owens had a lot of fun heeling off against rowdy crowd members. Orton got a bigger pop than Nakamura. Orton looked like he barely cared. Hardly sold chair shots. Just stared and chewed his gum obnoxiously. Owens and Zayn were full-blown BFF’s again, kissing each other on the cheek and giving back massages throughout the match.

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