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WWE MAIN EVENT REPORT: NEW DAY IN TRIOS ACTION; RUSEV; MATADORES/DUSTS ONE MORE TIME; AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2015-01-13 20:42:59
We are in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and your announcers are Tom Phillips and John Layfield.

We go to the Goldman Box with Stardust and Goldust. Goldust says they don’t hide behind masks. Stardust says they will beat the Matadores. At the Royal Rumble, the stars will align for Gol . . . and Stardust.

Match Number One: Goldust and Stardust versus Fernando and Diego (with El Torito)

Goldust and Fernando start things off and Goldust knocks Torito off the apron. Fernando punches Goldust. Stardust makes the blind tag but he is met with a clothesline from Stardust. Stardust is sent into the turnbuckles and Fernando with a chop. Fernando with an Irish whip but Fernando is sent to the apron. Stardust with a drop kick to knock Fernando off the apron.

Goldust tags in and he sends Fernando back into the ring and he gets a near fall. Stardust tags in and he kicks Fernando and he stomps on the midsection. Stardust gets a near fall. Stardust with a snap mare and he applies a front face lock. Fernando with punches but Stardust with a kick and he drops down to kick Fernando.

Fernando sends Stardust to the floor and Fernando falls to the mat, unable to make the tag to Diego. Diego and Goldust tag in and Diego with a double sledge and flying back elbows and punches. Diego stops Goldust and sends him into the ropes on a drop toe hold. Diego with a splash to the back and he goes to the floor. Diego with a shoulder from the apron followed by a sunset flip for a near fall. Goldust hits Diego from behind.

Torito gets on the apron in front of Goldust and Goldust brings Torito into the ring. Torito with a head scissors and Diego with a rollup for the three count.

Winners: Fernando and Diego

We go to commercial.

We are back and Tom Phillips mentions that Main Event will not air on the network next week. There will be a Santino Marella Royal Rumble Lottery Spectacular.

Before our next match the Ascension come to the ring and Viktor says people are upset that they compare themselves to the greatest tag teams of the past. There are no great tag teams of the past.

Konnor says that there is only one tag team of the future. Viktor reminds everyone they are the Ascension. Konnor welcomes everyone to the wasteland.

Match Number Two: Konnor and Viktor versus John Skyler and Someone Else

Viktor starts off and he punches and chops Skyler and then Viktor connects with Canadian Lifters. Konnor tags in and he connects with a forearm to the back . Viktor tags back in and he connects with another Canadian Lifter. Viktor clotheslines Skyler over the top rope to the floor. Konnor tags back in and sends Skyler into the ringside barrier a few times.

Skyler is rolled back into the ring and he knocks the other guy off the apron. Konnor with a clothesline and he tags in Viktor for Nuclear Fallout followed by the Fall of Man for the three count.

Winners: Konnor and Viktor

We go to commercial.

We are back with a look at the Lumberjack Match from Raw.

Now we take a look at the Contract Signing Ceremony from Raw.

Match Number Three: Rusev (with Lana) versus Justin Gabriel in a Non Title Match

Gabriel avoids Rusev in the corner. The crowd chants USA for the South African Gabriel and Rusev with punches to Gabriel. Rusev with kicks and knees in the corner. Gabriel with chops but Rusev with a kick and he goes for a power slam but Gabriel gets to his feet and he connects with forearms. Gabriel with kicks and chops but Rusev blocks a kick and he takes Gabriel to the mat but misses an elbow drop.

Gabriel with a punch but Rusev with an Irish whip. Rusev runs into Gabriel’s boots but Rusev with a round kick that knocks Gabriel off the apron. Rusev sends Gabriel back into the ring and he hits a series of elbow drops. Rusev with a head butt and he applies a rear chin lock with Gabriel’s arm trapped.

Rusev puts his body weight on Gabriel and then he connects with head butts to the back of the neck. Gabriel with punches followed by a jawbreaker. Gabriel avoids a charge into the corner and Gabriel with a kick and a double stomp from the turnbuckles. Gabriel with a springboard cross body and forearms.

Gabriel tries for a quebrada but he is thrown to the mat by Rusev. Rusev with a boot to the back and he applies the Accolade and Gabriel taps out.

Winner: Rusev

After the match, Rusev is about to leave the ring, but he decides that he is not done and he hits a jumping thrust kick to send Gabriel to the mat.

We are reminded that Randy Savage will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame this year.

We go to commercial.

The New Day are in the Goldman Box and they talk about how this is a new day and a new beginning.

Match Number Four: Tyson Kidd, Cesaro, and Adam Rose (with Natalya and Exotic Express) versus Big E, Kofi Kingston, and Xavier Woods

Rose and Kingston start things off and they lock up. Rose with a wrist lock but Kofi with a leg sweep and splash for a near fall. Kofi with a wrist lock and Rose with a knee and Kidd tags in but Kofi with a hip toss and Big E tags in. Big E sends Kofi into the corner for a splash and Big E with a shoulder. Woods tags in for a hesitation wheelbarrow slam and a near fall. Kidd kicks Woods in the corner and follows with an Irish whip.

Woods with a kick and Honor Roll for a near fall. Woods with kicks but Kidd with an Irish whip and he knocks Rose and Cesaro off the apron. Kidd sends Woods into the ropes and he tags in Rose. Rose sends Woods into the apron and then he gets a near fall. Kidd tags in and he catapults Woods into a European uppercut and Cesaro gets a near fall.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Rose with a sleeper on Woods. Woods counters a suplex with an inside cradle for a near fall. Rose stops Woods from making the tag. Kidd tags in and he connects with forearms and punches. Cesaro chokes Woods while the referee was not looking and Cesaro tags in. Kidd with a slingshot leg drop to the apron followed by a hesitation drop kick from Cesaro.

Kidd gets a kiss from his wife and a high five from his tag team partner. Cesaro gets a near fall and then applies a reverse chin lock. Woods with punches and a forearm. Cesaro with a kick and then he knocks Big E off the apron. Woods with an enzuigiri and both men are down. Cesaro grabs Woods’ leg to keep him from making the tag at first but Kofi and Kidd tag in. Kofi with a springboard clothesline followed by clotheslines and a drop kick. Kofi with a flying clothesline.

Kofi with a New Day Boom Drop and then he sets for running knees into the corner. Kofi goes up top but Rose stops Kofi. Kofi with a shoulder followed by a springboard cross body and a near fall. Kofi runs into an elbow from Kidd. Ceasro tags and Kofi with a kick from the turnbuckles. Kofi goes for a double jump cross body but he is met with a European uppercut and Cesaro gets a near fall. Cesaro with forearms to Kofi.

Kofi with a boot to knock Big E off the apron. Cesaro with the Giant Swing and Kidd with a drop kick to the head while Rose pulls Big E off the apron. Cesaro gets a near fall but Woods breaks it up. Cesaro sends Woods to the floor. Kofi with an inside cradle for a near fall. Big E tags in and he connects with a clothesline and punches. Big E with a uranage to Kidd followed by a belly-to-belly suplex to Cesaro. Big E with a Warrior Splash to Kidd and Cesaro.

Big E gets Cesaro up for the Big Ending but Rose makes the tag. Big E biels Rose into the ring and he follows with a belly-to-belly suplex but Cesaro breaks up the cover. Woods with a Sunset bomb. Kidd takes care of Woods but Kofi with Trouble in Paradise to Kidd on the apron. Cesaro takes care of Kofi and sends him to the floor. Rose with a spinebuster to Big E for a near fall.

Rose with forearms but Big E with a clothesline and then Woods and Kofi come into the ring. Big E with a spear to Rose off the apron while Kofi and Woods hit planchas onto Kidd and Cesaro. Woods tags in and Big E gets Rose up for the Midnight Hour and the three count.

Winners: Kofi Kingston, Big E, and Xavier Woods

We go to credits.

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