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WWE Live Results
August 13, 2016
Hidalgo, Tex.
Report by PWTorch reader Chris
The arena had some big empty sections; WWE usually sells out or comes close to it.
(1) Enzo & Cass beat The Dudleys. Enzo and Cass won with their finisher. Lots of heat for the Dudleys, while Enzo & Cass were loved by the crowd. Cass spelled out the “SAWFT” chant for the crowd.
(2) Zack Ryder beat Heath Slater within 10 seconds.
(3) Neville beat Bo Dallas with the Red Arrow. Bo got a good heel reaction. The crowd was hot for the match and Neville teasing his finisher before hitting it.
(4) Sin Cara & Cesaro & Golden Truth (R-Truth & Goldust) beat Shining Stars (Primo & Epico) & Tyler Breeze & Fandango in an eight-man tag match. Cesaro got a good crowd reaction and the crowd was hot for him. The Shining Stars got very little reaction despite the crowd being predominantly Hispanic. The match built to a hot tag to Cesaro and his Big Swing. He then got one of the Stars in the Sharpshooter for a quick tap-out.
(5) Randy Orton beat Bray Wyatt. Wyatt got a good pop when his entrance video played. Randy got an even bigger pop. Lots of loud cheers, by far the biggest to this point. The crowd chanted “RKO” start the match, pointing to WWE getting the RKO over. Orton almost hit an RKO, causing Bray to run out of the ring. Then, he returned and they went back-and-forth with a fairly even exchange of blows. The crowd began chanting “Randy” a second time. Bray then went for Sister Abigail, but Orton got out of it and hit the RKO for the three count.
[Intermission. The announcers pushed autographed Randy Orton and Dean Ambrose posters.]
(6) Becky Lynch & Naomi beat Natalya & Summer Rae. Becky got a good reaction, while the heels got flat reactions. Summer tapped to Becky’s armbar submission.
(7) Baron Corbin beat Jack Swagger. Corbin played a mean heel talking to the crowd and mouthing off to kids. Corbin won with End of Days.
(8) Kane beat IC champion The Miz (w/Maryse) via DQ when Miz used a chair on Kane. Before the match, Miz cut a promo about being the best technical wrestler in WWE and he would beat up anyone in WWE. Then, “Demon” Kane came out. The match ended with the DQ, then Kane hit a chokeslam in revenge. Kane got a pop on the way out.
(9) WWE World Hvt. champion Dean Ambrose beat Dolph Ziggler and Alberto Del Rio in a three-way match to retain the WWE World Title. Del Rio got a good pop from the mainly Hispanic crowd. Dean got a loud pop and he cut a promo in Spanish and English. Dolph got the least “positive” reaction. The crowd chanted “Let’s Go Ambrose” during the typical back and forth triple threat with everyone resting. There were multiple 2.5 counts traded between all three men before Ambrose won with Dirty Deeds on Del Rio.
Sounds like a pretty good show and glad to see Naomi is back. Thanks for posting this, much appreciated.