Smackdown – January 2, 2015: The New Year’s Hangover
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January 2, 2015
Location: Norfolk Scope Arena, Norfolk, Virginia
Commentators: Michael Cole, Tom Phillips, John Bradshaw Layfield
Erick Rowan vs. Bray Wyatt
R-Truth/Usos vs. Goldust/Stardust/Adam Rose
Jey gets popped in the mouth by Rose but knocks Adam and Stardust off the apron before backdropping Goldust out next to them. Jimmy (Uso, not Little Jimmy) comes in with some clotheslines for Rose and there goes the orange shirt. Everything breaks down and Truth dives onto Goldust, setting up the superkick and Superfly Splash to Rose for the pin at 8:20.
Ryback vs. Big Show
Cesaro/Tyson Kidd vs. Los Matadores
Dean Ambrose vs. Curtis Axel
The match never starts as Ambrose goes after Axel before the bell and lays him out with Dirty Deeds.
We look at the end of Raw again. Lesnar standing off in the background and looking annoyed intrigues me.
Ascension vs. ???/???
Rusev vs. Roman Reigns
Another thing working against this match was how obvious the ending was. The only question was whether it would be Ryback, Big Show or both guys interfering to cause the DQ. In other words, we sat through a boring match with an obvious ending to continue a feud that not a lot of people want to see to end a really dull show. Happy New Year people.
Results
Bray Wyatt b. Erick Rowan – Sister Abigail
Usos/R-Truth b. Adam Rose/Goldust/Stardust – Superfly Splash to Rose
Big Show b. Ryback via countout
Cesaro/Tyson Kidd b. Los Matadores – Powerbomb/Blockbuster combo to Diego
Ascension b. ???/??? – Fall of Man to #1
Roman Reigns b. Rusev via DQ when Big Show interfered
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