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COMPLETE RAW REPORT AND THOUGHTS

By Mike Johnson on 2016-05-02 21:01:00

WWE Tag Team champions The New Day & Colin Cassady vs. The Dudley Boyz & The Vaudevillains

New Day and Gotch went back and forth.  They tagged in Big Cass, who worked over Gotch in the corner  You really get an idea of how tall Cass is when he's next to Xavier Woods.   They beat on Gotch in the corner  and stomped away at him in the corner.  Woods played the trumpet to rile up the crowd.  Woods tagged in and nailed a series of chops.  Bubba blind-tagged in and drilled Woods with a big boot.

Bubba began beating Woods as he screamed at the Vaudevillains that "that's how you do it.  D-Von tagged in and used a number of body blows, then tagged in English, daring him to do something.   Bubba nailed Woods across the back with a smashing blow.  Bubba cinched in a side chinlock.  He tagged Woods with a series of rights but was caught with a kick to the head.  Bubba crashed down and Woods fought to try and make the tag.  Ray grabbed his leg to prevent the tag.

D-Von tagged in and continued beating on Woods.  He missed a flying headbutt off the ropes, which allowed Kingston to make the tag and clean house on D-Von with several clotheslines.  Kingston nailed the Boom Drop.  English hit the ring, which distracted Kingston and allowed D-Von to nailed him from behind and sent Kofi to the floor.  They sent Kingston into the ringpost as they went to commercial.

When they returned, English had Kingston trapped in a side chinlock and scored several two counts.   The Dydleys, English and Gotch continued working over Kofi.  Kingston tried to fight his way out but was overwhelmed.  English tagged back in and dared Kofi to fight him.  D-Von nailed a suplex for a two count.  They worked over Kingston for a long time.

Kingston finally dropkicked The Vaudevillains down.  Cass got the hot tag to a nice pop and began using his power to toss the Vaudevillains around.  He nailed a big Fall Away Slam on English, followed by a Stinger Splash.  English was drilled with the Empire Elbow but Bubba made the save.  Bubba and Gotch were dispatched.  E nailed a belly to booty suplex on Gotch on the floor.

Bubba tagged in and he grabbed Cass with a big back suplex but Cass kicked up at two.  The Dudleys set up for 3D but Kingston nailed a big flying bodypress to take out Bubba.  Cass nailed The East River Crossing on D-Von and scored the pin.

Your winners, Big Cass & The New Day!

Solid, entertaining tag match.

They plugged it was The Rock's birthday.

The announcers recapped the AJ Styles vs. Roman Reigns issues and the Charlotte/Charles Robinson situation at Payback.

Becky Lynch vs. Emma

As I mentioned in an Elite audio earlier today, this was originally planned for last night's PPV.

Lynch was in control early with a number of deep armdrags.  Emma went to the floor but Lynch nailed a knee off the apron.  She tossed Emma back in but only garnered a two count.  Lynch nailed several elbows and went to the ropes but Emma pulled her feet out from under her.  Lynch crashed to the ring and Emma worked her over on the mat.

Emma drilled her with several kicks to the back.  Lynch fired back with right hands but was nailed.  Emma set herup and nailed a Butterfly suplex for a two count.  Emma used a top wristlock to work over Lynch as the crowd tried to rally her to fight back.  Lynch dropped down with a jawbreaker but was caught with a boot to the face for another two count.

Emma used the ropes to work over Lynch.  Emma nailed Lynch with a flying cross body into the corner with a two count.   Emma's looking good and aggressive here.   Lynch nailed a series of right forearms and finally nailed a clothesline with authority. Lynch nails some nice offensive manuevers and drilled her with an exploder for a two count.

Emma is drilled into the mat face-first.  Lynch went after Emma, who was in the ropes.  Emma drilled Lynch as the referee was trying to get between them, catching her in the eye.  She drilled Lynch and scored the pin with the Snow Plow.

Your winner, Emma!

Solid match.

Another promo pushing the return of Primo and Epico.  What about Torito?

Dean Ambrose came out for the Ambrose Asylum.  He brought about Stephanie McMahon.  She thanked him for having her and put over the set as being eclectic and palacial.  Uh, OK.  Ambrose questioned the entire Stephanie being nice thing, saying it's not the Stephanie he knows.  He said that after last night, she must be ready to rage.  She said that after last night, it's a new era and they have arrived.  The crowd didn't agree with her when she played to them.  He asked her to describe the photo on the Titantron - it was Roman spearing her at Wrestlemania.  She said that she got a little overzealous and got in the ring where she didn't belong and Roman taught her a very valuabe lesson.  Dean brought up the return of Shane after seven years and said that everyone loves Shane.  She agreed. 

Ambrose grilled her about getting speared by Roman and she said she was overzealous and learned a good lesson.  He then drilled her about having made all these sacrifices to her father and the company for all these years and asked if Shane did the same, yet now she has to run the show with him.  Stephanie's facials during all this as she was trying to hold it in was amazing.  She finally said that we're all about new eras and learning lessons, so she canceled The Ambrose Asylum after his four week run.  He said that was fine and took his plant and went to leave but Stephanie then announced that Chris Jericho was returning to host The Highlight Reel.

Jericho came out and met Ambrose face to face at ringside.  They brawled and Jericho got the better of him and nailed Dean with the Codebreaker.  He saw the potted plant and nailed Ambrose in the back of the head with it, shattering it and leaving him laying.  Good segment.

Coverage concludes on Page 3!

 


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