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WWE MAIN EVENT REPORT: CRUISERWEIGHT TAG MATCH, CAN THE TITUS BRAND DEFEAT AXELMANIA, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2017-04-21 14:17:00

We are in Columbus, Ohio and your announcers are Tom Phillips and Corey Graves.

Match Number One: Curtis Axel versus Titus O’Neil

They lock up and Titus sends Curtis into the turnbuckles.  Axel with a waist lock into a side head lock.  Titus with a shoulder tackle and then he barks.  Titus slaps Axel and Axel with punches and kicks to Titus.  The referee pulls Axel out of the corner.  Axel with a few running shoulders into the corner.  Titus with an Irish whip but he runs into boots from Axel and Curtis gets a near fall. 

Titus with a punch and then he sends Axel shoulder first into the turnbuckle.  Titus puts Curtis’ head against the middle turnbuckle and he punches Curtis.  Titus with a chop across the chest and he gets a near fall.  Titus with a quarter nelson and chin lock.  Axel with a punch and chop followed by kicks and punches.  Axel with a kick to the chest and then he hits a running drop kick followed by a swinging neck breaker and a leap frog neck snap.

Axel with a running knee to the chest and he gets a near fall.  Axel goes to the turnbuckles but Titus grabs the ankle and Titus with a punch to stagger Axel and he hits Clash of the Titus for a three count.

Winner:  Titus O’Neil

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Match Number Two:  Ariya Daivari and Tony Nese versus Lince Dorado and Gran Metalik

Dorado and Daivari start things off and Daivari with a shoulder tackle and he gets a near fall.  Dorado with a sunset flip out of a Greco Roman Knuckle Lock and he gets a near fall.  Nese tags in and Dorado with a drop toe hold. Metalik tags in and Nese with a kick.  Metalik with a handspring back flip and then he comes off the ropes with a rana.  Metalik with a bulldog and he goes up top.

Metalik walks the ropes and hits an elbow drop for a near fall.  Metalik gets Nese on his shoulders but Nese escapes.  Metalik knocks Daivari off the apron when he tries to interfere.  Nese trips Metalik on his way to the floor and then pulls him to the floor as we go to commercial.

We are back and Nese with a slam to Metalik followed by a leg drop and he gets a near fall.  Daivari tags back in and he punches and kicks Metalik in the corner.  Daivari with a chop followed by a hard Irish whip for a near fall.  Nese tags in and he kicks Metalik.  Nese works on the neck and then he follows with a series of kicks and a leg sweep for a near fall.

Metalik with elbows and Nese goes after Dorado and that distraction allows Metalik to hit a DDT and both men are down. 
Dorado and Daivari tag in and Dorado with a clothesline and elbow.  Dorado with a rana and he chops Daivari.  Dorado with a springboard moonsault for a near fall.  Nese sends Dorado to the floor but Dorado with a super kick to Nese to send him to the floor.  Daivari with a spinebuster to Dorado for a near fall. 

Dorado with a handspring stunner and then Daivari goes to the floor.  Metalik and Dorado with stereo Asai moonsaults.  Dorado goes up top and Nese tries to stop Dorado but Metalik goes after Nese.  Nese sends Dorado into the ringside barrier and Daivari pushes Dorado off the turnbuckles to the floor.  Nese sends Dorado back into the ring and Daivari hits the short arm clothesline for the three count.

Winners:  Ariya Daivari and Tony Nese

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