Ambrose called out The Authority so that he could
continue his eternal fight with former teammate Seth Rollins. Instead he was
joined by John Cena. He was in the mood for a little Rollins bashing himself,
as Rollins’s interference had caused his championship match the previous
evening to end via disqualification. In Cena’s mind Rollins had denied him a
guaranteed title win.
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| "Did I ever tell you about my father?" |
Ambrose warned Cena, twice, not to get in his way. Cena
responded by taking off his shirt (to squeals of joy from some of the ladies in
attendance). Ambrose slipped off his jacket. Before their joint show of
machismo could progress further The Authority wandered out. Triple H started
announcing some matches but was cut off by Cena and Ambrose slipping from the
ring and rushing up the aisle to get their hands on ‘Mr Money in the Bank’.
A brawl ensued. Rollins quickly made his way backstage
with the faces in hot pursuit. Kane, Orton and the bosses were left looking
confused at ringside. Rollins would ultimately make his getaway in a car with
its keys handily left in the ignition. Someone’s lost an insurance claim there.
After a break Big Tripper announced Kane v Dean Ambrose
and John Cena v Randy Orton. Ambrose v Kane was bad enough, it’s a match we’ve
seen far too often this year. But throwing out Cena v Orton too? I can’t
believe anyone in WWE genuinely thinks that’s a good idea at this point. They’ve
had dozens of televised matches over the years and I can’t remember an audience
caring about a single one. Cena v Kane and Orton v Ambrose would have been more
appealing, and that’s with the overfamiliarity of Cena and Kane bouts taken
into consideration.
The first match of the night saw Dolph Ziggler regain the
Intercontinental championship from The Miz. They reused the finish of their
match the night before, but with ‘The Show Off’ reversing Miz’s pin into one of
his own, grabbing the tights for a turnabout is fair play moment. This marked the
second time ‘The Awesome One’ had held the IC strap for just one day. It also
marked the beginning of Ziggler’s third reign. I can only assume someone wants
to get back to the approach of titles changing hands multiple times during
feuds. I’m all for that. It makes things interesting and makes it clear the
belt is something all involved want to have.
After Jack Swagger had submitted Bo Dallas (a competent
affair) and Natalya had submitted Summer Rae (less competent but still very
much an affair) we got Kane and Ambrose’s match. They wrestled for about eight
minutes before Rollins appeared and caused a disqualification. Afterwards the
former Shield lads fought with ‘The Lunatic Fringe’ gaining the upper hand.
Rollins backed away from the ring, not wanting any part of a fight with Ambrose
ready for him. Cena, for the record, was nowhere to be seen here, despite him
starting the night by stating that all he wanted was to get his hands on
Rollins.
Backstage ‘The Game’ told Rollins to stop starting fights
and having The Authority finish them. Then Ambrose showed up, got taken out by
Jamie Noble and security as Triple H looked on, and found himself locked in a
room by Stephanie McMahon. I’ll be honest, I can think of worse fates than
being trapped and being at Stephanie McMahon’s mercy.
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| SPLASH! |
That was followed by the funniest moment of the show. In
the back Rollins approached Orton and apologised for not fighting his own
battles, promising a surprise for later in the show. Orton’s response: “Well… I
do like surprises.”
Mark Henry apologised to the American people for his
Night of Champions loss to Rusev. The Russians came out and offered Henry a
rematch. He accepted and lost. At this point I think the only honourable thing
for Henry to do is retire. He’s let the greatest nation in the universe down
far too often.
Adam Rose and The Bunny defeated Slater Gator. The Bunny
did not seem especially over and nobody seemed to be aware of the feud it’s had
with Slater and O’Neil. Rose was the one who got the win for his team (as he
should have been) with the Party Foul.
That was followed by Nikki Bella going all Brian Kendrick
and demanding she be referred to as ‘The’ Nikki Bella. She also said Brie
should drop the surname. This naturally ended in a shoving match, Brie Bryan
gaining the upper hand and sending her sister sprawling from the ring. Nikki
then lost a non-title match to AJ Lee as Paige sat on commentary saying a whole
lot of nothing.
Orton v Cena was the main event. In fairness to WWE it
was different from their (many) previous encounters because The Authority were
in ‘The Viper’s’ corner and there was a blocky object covered with a black
cloth near the announce desk. Y’know, exactly like the cloth that covered the
cinder blocks that took out Ambrose.
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| "Oh hi, Kane!" |
The match ended with a DQ when Cena put Orty in the STF
and Kane and Rollins immediately interfered to break the hold. It was the
second disqualification of the night and the third in two days. I’m not usually
bothered by disqualification finishes if they’re done for a reason, which the
Lesnar v Cena finish was. But I do think WWE went overboard here. If a
pay-per-view main event ends with a DQ than a clean finish should go on last
the following night. But hey, the RAW finish was done for a reason too so I
suppose an argument can be made in its favour.
Orton, Kane and Rollins knocked Cena about a bit before
taking him over to the announce desk. We were left to assume that the cloth was
once again covering cinder blocks, but it wasn’t. Instead Kane whipped it away
to reveal Dean Ambrose. No explanation for how Ambrose escaped from a sealed
room was provided. We were left to assume he can teleport. He attacked all
three Authority boys, eventually isolating Rollins in the ring. Before he could
really lay into him Kane grabbed him for a choke slam. Cena made the save but
it was too late: Rollins had escaped. He stood gloating in the crowd as the
show went off the air.
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