WWE changed things up with their handling of the final live event in 2023, but these changes were welcomed by the Superstars at the show.
The December 30, WWE live event took place at the KIA Forum in Inglewood, California. The show was the last event on WWE’s record-breaking Holiday Tour. The event marked the second match for CM Punk since returning to WWE at Survivor Series. The Best in the World defeated Dominik Mysterio, whom he also defeated at the December 26 event in MSG.
WWE Makes Changes to Live Event
With this show being WWE’s last of 2023, the promotion wanted to make things easier for the Superstars traveling for New Year’s. PW Insider reports that the show was structured to get talent done and out so they could head to LAX for red-eye flights home. This is something that likely may not have been done regularly for anyone except the very top Superstars under the previous McMahon-led regime.
This effort to get talent out as early as they could led to a steel cage match and a World Heavyweight Championship match going on early, and the card was “haphazard” compared to the more traditional WWE events. This was all designed to thank talent for their week of hard work over the tour by getting them back home ASAP. One WWE Superstar even joked that the scene backstage was like Home Alone 2, as everybody was racing for and through the airport to get to their respective flights.
It appears that former SmackDown women’s champion Carmella suffered an injury during the most recent WWE Live Event from North Charleston Coliseum in North Charleston, SC.
The event that took place Saturday night featured a triple threat match involving The Staten Island Princess, The Raw Women’s Champion Bianca Belair and Asuka.
Early in the match, Carmella got out of the ring and wouldn’t get back in. Her opponents started calling her chicken and the audience started chanting it too.
However, when Bianca tried to do a backflip over her, the WWE star appears to have hit her head in the corner and suffered a legitimate injury.
she got up on her own to walk away which is good, but they were like shielding her eyes from the bright lights #WWENorthCharleston
The referee threw the x sign and medical staff arrived to check on the female star. The good news is that she was able to walk back on her own, though the staff was shielding her eyes from bright lights:
Carmella’s husband and WWE announcer Corey Graves wasn’t happy that he found out about the injury via Twitter. He made a post about it, though it was deleted quickly:
Bianca Belair went on to win the match and she celebrated with the fans. There is no word yet on if Carmella’s injury is anything serious but we’ll keep you posted on her status.
WWE confirmed that they will be returning to Canada later this year. The company announced the news during the SmackDown broadcast, confirming that they will be holding a couple of live events there later this year.
The first event will be on Wednesday, December, 29 from the Coca-Cola Coliseum in Toronto. The second will be on Thursday, December 30 at Place Bell in Laval, Quebec.
These will be the first WWE shows in Canada since the coronavirus pandemic forced them to halt touring last year. The last WWE event in the country was a Raw episode on February 24, 2020.
The event from Winnipeg was the final WWE show before their last Saudi Arabia event in Super Showdown that took place on February 27.
The show saw an appearance from the Beast Incarnate himself, Brock Lesnar. It also featured a number of WWE stars which have since been released.
The list of stars that were on the show but are no longer with the promotion includes names such as Aleister Black, Buddy Murphy, Erick Rowan, and more.
It’s unknown whether these events will be under the Raw or SmackDown brand so it’s hard to say which stars may make an appearance. We will keep you posted on the lineup for the show.
Yesterday, the State Farm Arena in Atlanta noted on its website that a planned Smackdown event on 9/17 will no longer be taking place from the venue. Today, the Stephen O’Connell Center in Gainesville, Fl has announced that a WWE house show event scheduled for August 8th, 2021 has also been canceled.
“The WWE Supershow originally scheduled for August 8 in Gainesville will no longer be taking place. Refunds are available from original points of purchase,” the venue’s website reads.
The show had 2,233 tickets distributed and it is believed the venue was set up for 3488 fans.
The WWE Supershow in Gainesville, FL has been canceled.
Last check (5 days ago) I had it at: Available Tickets => 1,255 Estimated Capacity => 3,488 Tickets Distributed => 2,233 (64%) pic.twitter.com/ZMbzhVh1Nu
Atlanta’s State Farm Arena posted yesterday that the planned Smackdown on September 17th will no longer be taking place there. WWE has not provided any updates on this. As of this writing, WWE.com still lists the Smackdown for that day as taking place in Atlanta.
“Friday Night Smackdown on September 17 will no longer take place in Atlanta. Refunds are available at all points of purchase,” the State Farm Arena update reads.
WWE had 14,000 fans in the Toyota Center in Houston last night for Smackdown. They are expected to have around 10,000 for Money in the Bank on Sunday. Around 8000 fans are then expected for RAW on Monday.
Stephanie McMahon spoke to Variety recently about what going back out in front of live audiences means for the company.
“I think I can speak for everybody that touches the WWE Universe — whether it is our fans, our Superstars, our employees, or our partners — we absolutely cannot wait to get back together and come back home where we belong,” she said. “And even though we never went off the air and we continue to produce our content, even though we brought in nearly a million virtual fans over this time period through the ThunderDome with over 70 plus live shows, there’s still just such a huge component missing without fans physically in attendance.”
Stephanie McMahon is promising fans that live shows will feature a different look and feel when it comes to production and creative.
During an interview with Variety, McMahon explained how excited WWE is to get back to live shows, stressing how important fans are to the wrestling experience.
“I think I can speak for everybody that touches the WWE Universe — whether it is our fans, our Superstars, our employees, or our partners — we absolutely cannot wait to get back together and come back home where we belong,” McMahon told Variety. “And even though we never went off the air and we continue to produce our content, even though we brought in nearly a million virtual fans over this time period through the ThunderDome with over 70 plus live shows, there’s still just such a huge component missing without fans physically in attendance.”
WWE’s Chief Brand Officer also revealed how the company’s stint inside the Thunderdome taught the crew many lessons, describing how WWE plans on using those lessons to create change at the upcoming live shows.
“In the ThunderDome, we were able to experiment with different types of technology,” stated McMahon. “And we needed to over-deliver for our partners and our fans watching at home. But now we have the ability to apply all of those learnings to the live event experience with our fans. So from a production and storytelling standpoint, it will look and feel different.”
McMahon continued, “We’re going to have a new set design, a new presentation of our talents, different locations, and arena setups. We’re going to be utilizing augmented reality in a way that we never have before. We experimented with it a lot during Thunderdome, but it is now going to be incorporated into our talent entrances. There’s also going to be animated graphics. It’s going to be so exciting and so different than anything we’ve done before.”
The interview could be alluding to other interviews where Stephanie McMahon has stated that WWE has some surprises in store for SummerSlam. It’s also been rumored that WWE will have special “themed” live events to drive ticket sales.
In May, WWE announced they would return to live events beginning in July 16 with a 25-city tour, starting with the return’s debut at the Toyota Center in Houston for SmackDown.
WWE’s announcement about their return to touring in July focused mainly on main roster shows in Raw and SmackDown. This led to many wondering about their plans for NXT.
The latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter provides some update on the plans for the Black and Yellow brand. It suggests that the company plans to bring it out of the performance center soon.
According to reports from the newsletter, NXT talents have been told that the brand will start running live events once again in July. Though the officials haven’t given any dates for the same.
The idea is to run shows in 200 to 400 seat buildings. Similar to what the brand was doing when they ran the central and northern Florida coconut loop.
It’s unknown whether the company plans to continue taping NXT TV episodes in the PC without an audience or if they will be held with fans in attendance as well.
WWE announced their return to touring with a 25 city tour last month. Their loop starts with the July 16 episode of SmackDown from Houston. Though the company has only confirmed 6 locations for the tour so far.
– The New Day reacted to what happened with The Dudley Boyz at Saturday night’s WWE Network special from Madison Square Garden in New York City. The New Day ended up making Kyle Edwards walk away from the interview with a box over his head. Video below:
– During a No Disqualification Match against Roman Reigns at last night’s WWE live event in Bangor, Maine, Bray Wyatt suffered bad cuts to his head and hand. It was reported that the hand injury came from a kendo stick shot where his trainers attempted to tape Wyatt up and continue the match. Ultimately, Bray lost the match. Below are tweets obtained from reporter Jon Alba:
Bray Wyatt's head busted open the hard way here at #WWEBangor. No DQ match with Reigns. Doctors out but he's good. #WWE
The following are results from the WWE live event in State College, Pennsylvania. The event was held on Friday, January 24, 2014.
– Fandango def. Justin Gabriel in the opening match of the evening. This was said to be a pretty good match.
– Alexander Rusev def. Zack Ryder in a singles match. Many in the building didn’t seem to be aware of Rusev, but the match was pretty good regardless.
– The Funkadactyls def. Alicia Fox and Aksana in a Divas tag-team match.
– Los Matadores def. 3MB in a tag-team contest. Heath Slater and Drew McIntyre represented 3MB in the ring for this match, which was mostly a comedy match.
– Kofi Kingston def. Ryback in a singles match. Many seemed surprise to see Kingston get the win.
– Rey Mysterio, Goldust & Cody Rhodes def. Alberto Del Rio & The Real Americans in a six-man tag-team match. This was one of the best matches of the evening. Mysterio pinned Swagger for the win.
– John Cena def. Randy Orton via Disqualification. Due to the DQ, Orton retained his WWE World Heavyweight Championship. This is the same exact match these two have been doing at all of the recent WWE live events.
The following are results from the WWE live event in Columbus, Ohio. The event was held on Sunday, January 19, 2014.
– The Prime Time Players def. Ryback & Curtis Axel in a tag-team match to open the show. The finish saw O’Neil hit his Clash Of The Titus on Axel for the pin.
– Alicia Fox def. Aksana in Divas action. This was the Fan’s Choice match. Finish saw Fox hit Aksana with her Watch Yo Face scissors kick for the 1-2-3.
– Xavier Woods def. Brodus Clay in singles action. This is the same match they’ve been doing for a while now, where Clay dominates throughout, gets cut off, eats a finisher and gets pinned in under two minutes.
– Goldust & Cody Rhodes def. The Real Americans to retain their WWE Tag-Team Championships. This was a solid 15-minute match that was said to be among the best in-ring action of the evening. The finish saw Goldust hit his sunset flip/powerbomb on Cesaro for the pinfall.
– Luke Harper & Erick Rowan def. Kane in a two-on-one handicap match. Brad Maddox came out after intermission and announced that Big Show wasn’t here due to travel issues, so Kane should technically win by forfeit. Maddox says he knows Kane still wants a match, so he has surprise opponents for him. This led to Harper and Rowan coming out. They beat Kane up for the most part and Rowan pinned him for the win after Harper blasted him with his clothesline.
– Alberto Del Rio def. Sin Cara in the second-to-last match on the card. This was said to be a pretty good match. The finish saw Del Rio force Sin Cara to submit to his Cross Armbreaker finishing hold.
– John Cena def. Randy Orton via Disqualification in the main event of the show. This is the same exact match they’ve been doing around the country, with Orton purposely low-blowing Cena as Cena was about to beat him, strictly to avoid losing his WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
The following are results from the WWE live event in Cincinnati, Ohio. The event was held on Saturday, January 18, 2014.
– The Prime Time Players def. Ryback & Curtis Axel in a tag-team match to open the show. The finish saw O’Neil hit his Clash Of The Titus on Axel for the pin. As PTP headed backstage, they were attacked by The Real Americans. Zeb Colter, who was in a wheel chair, cut a promo.
– Alicia Fox def. Aksana in Divas action. This was the Fan’s Choice match. Finish saw Fox hit Aksana with her Watch Yo Face scissors kick for the 1-2-3.
– Xavier Woods def. Brodus Clay in singles action. This is the same match they’ve been doing for a while now, where Clay dominates throughout, gets cut off, eats a finisher and gets pinned in under two minutes.
– Goldust & Cody Rhodes def. The Real Americans to retain their WWE Tag-Team Championships. This was a solid 15-minute match that was said to be among the best in-ring action of the evening. The finish saw Goldust hit his sunset flip/powerbomb on Cesaro for the pinfall.
–Intermission–
– Luke Harper & Erick Rowan def. Kane in a two-on-one handicap match. Brad Maddox came out after intermission and announced that Big Show wasn’t here due to travel issues, so Kane should technically win by forfeit. Maddox says he knows Kane still wants a match, so he has surprise opponents for him. This led to Harper and Rowan coming out. They beat Kane up for the most part and Rowan pinned him for the win after Harper blasted him with his clothesline.
– Alberto Del Rio def. Sin Cara in the second-to-last match on the card. This was said to be a pretty good match. The finish saw Del Rio force Sin Cara to submit to his Cross Armbreaker finishing hold.
– John Cena def. Randy Orton via Disqualification in the main event of the show. This is the same exact match they’ve been doing around the country, with Orton purposely low-blowing Cena as Cena was about to beat him, strictly to avoid losing his WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
The following are results from the WWE live event in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The event was held on Sunday, January 12, 2014.
– Ryback & Curtis Axel def. Prime Time Players & 3MB in a triple-threat tag-team elimination match. 3MB was eliminated first, and then Axel and Ryback defeated PTP to win the match.
– Zack Ryder def. Bo Dallas in singles action. Dallas cut a promo talking about how he wouldn’t be defending the NXT title in this match.
– The Bella Twins def. Aksana & Alicia Fox in Divas tag-team action. This was a Fan’s Choice match, and the fans actually voted for a straight match instead of a dance competition.
– Alberto Del Rio def. Sin Cara in singles action. This was pretty much the same match they’ve been doing around the loop, including RAW last Monday night.
– Big Show def. Kane in singles action. Kane apparently worked the match in his old Kane gear, but without the mask or gloves, etc. After the match, Brad Maddox came out. He got in Show’s face too much and Show hit him with the KO punch.
– Fernando (with Diego & El Torito) def. Antonio Cesaro (with Zeb Colter) in a one-on-one match. There were a lot of comedy spots throughout this one.
– Goldust & Cody Rhodes def. Ryback & Curtis Axel in a tag-team match to retain the WWE World Tag-Team Championships. Ryback and Axel both ended up working twice in this show, as he worked this match and the opener.
– John Cena def. Randy Orton via DQ. With the disqualification, Randy Orton retained his WWE World Heavyweight Championship. This is the exact same match they’ve been doing for weeks now, with Orton low-blowing Cena on purpose just as he was about to lose.
The following are results from the WWE live event in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The event was held on Friday, January 10, 2014.
– Los Matadores (with El Torito) def. Ryback & Curtis Axel in a tag-team match to open the show. There were a lot of comedy spots throughout the match, which surprisingly enough, Los Matadores ended up winning.
– Alberto Del Rio def. Sin Cara in a singles match. This was pretty similar to their last match on WWE television on the “Old School RAW” show this past Monday night.
– The Bella Twins def. Aksana & Alicia Fox in Divas tag-team action. This was said to be pretty much exactly what you would expect.
– Goldust & Cody Rhodes def. The Real Americans to retain the WWE World Tag-Team Championships. This was said to be one of the better matches of the evening.
– The Prime Time Players def. 3MB in another tag-team match on the card. This was another comedy-spot-filled match that the crowd seemed to enjoy for the most part.
– Alexander Rusev def. Justin Gabriel in singles action. This was a filler match before the main event. Despite the lack of name value in the semi-main event of the evening, the actual ring-work said to deliver for the fans in this one.
– John Cena def. Randy Orton via Disqualification in the official main event of the evening. Due to the DQ finish, Orton retained his WWE World Heavyweight Championship. This was apparently the same finish they’ve been doing on all of their matches lately, with Orton hitting Cena with a low-blow to intentionally get disqualified just as Cena is about to beat him.
The following are results from the WWE live event in Glens Falls, New York. The event was held on Saturday, January 11, 2014.
– R-Truth def. Fandango in the opening match of the evening. There was a lot of dancing and comedy-style stuff in this one, which served as a decent way to open the show.
– Alexander Rusev def. Justin Gabriel. This match was actually pretty good, but the fans didn’t seem too aware of who the NXT star was. Gabriel had some impressive spots throughout the match, but came up short in the end as Rusev took the victory.
– Natalya & Emma def. AJ Lee & Tamina Snuka in Divas tag-team action. This was said to be pretty much exactly what you would expect. AJ was apparently pretty over in the building.
– Big E. Langston def. Damien Sandow in singles action to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Langston hit a bunch of power spots as he normally does in his match. Sandow had offense in spurts, but Langston pretty much picked up the easy win.
– The Usos def. Luke Harper & Erick Rowan of The Wyatt Family in tag-team action. The Wyatt Family entrance seemed to be cool to the fans in Glens Falls. There was a lot of heat for this match live in the building. In the end, The Usos got the 1-2-3.
– Wade Barrett def. The Miz in singles action. The Miz actually worked as a babyface throughout this match. Barrett had some decent heel heat from the fans. Barrett got the win in this one.
– Bray Wyatt def. Daniel Wyatt in a Steel Cage Match. Daniel Bryan was actually introduced as Daniel Wyatt according to our live correspondent. After the match, The Usos came out to try and save Daniel from a beatdown from The Wyatt Family, but he turned on them.
– CM Punk def. The Shield in a Three-On-One Handicap Match in the official main event of the evening. This was said to be one of the best matches on the card. In the end, Punk managed to get by all three members of The Shield and pick up the win.
The following are results from the WWE live event in Fairfax, Virginia. The event was held on Sunday, January 5, 2014.
– The Usos def. Luke Harper & Erick Rowan in a tag-team match to open the show.
– R-Truth def. Bo Dallas in a non-title match (Dallas is the NXT Champion). Truth picked up the win with the Lie Detector.
– The Prime Time Players def. 3MB in a tag-team match. Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre represented 3MB in this one.
– The Miz def. Fandango in singles action. This was said to be mostly a comedy style match that Miz won with the Figure Four.
– Natalya & Emma def. AJ Lee & Tamina Snuka in Divas tag-team action. This was the Fan’s Choice match. The straight tag-match option actually won the voting.
– Bray Wyatt def. Daniel Bryan in a Steel Cage match. This was said to be an actual competitive match, and not a one-sided beatdown by Wyatt as mentioned in previous weekend house shows. The finish came when Bryan, who had the match won, got the cage door slammed on his head by Erick Rowan. After the match, Bryan teased that he wasn’t going to shake Wyatt’s hand, but ultimately did.
– Bad News Barrett def. Justin Gabriel in a singles match. Barrett cut a promo prior to the match.
– Big E. Langston def. Damien Sandow in singles action to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship. Langston picked up the win via his Big Ending.
– CM Punk def. The Shield in a three-on-one handicap match. This was pretty much what you would expect, with Punk getting the win in the end via his GTS on Ambrose.
The following are results from the WWE live event in Greensboro, North Carolina. The event was held on Saturday, January 4, 2014.
– Sin Cara def. Ryback in the opening match of the evening.
– Alexander Rusev def. Zack Ryder.
– The Bella Twins def. Aksana & Alicia Fox in Divas tag-team action.
– Dolph Ziggler def. Alberto Del Rio in what was said to be a great match.
– Goldust & Cody Rhodes def. The Real Americans to retain the WWE Tag-Team Championships.
– Brodus Clay and Tensai fought to a No Contest. Kane ended up chokeslamming both guys at the finish.
– Big Show def. Kane via the Knockout Punch.
– John Cena def. Randy Orton via Disqualification. They did the same finish they’ve been doing every night with Orton hitting Cena with a low-blow to end the match by DQ and retain his WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
The following are results from the WWE live event in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The event was held on Friday, January 3, 2014.
– Sin Cara def. Ryback in a singles match to open the show. The finish came when Cara reversed Ryback’s Shellshock attempt into a pin.
– Alexander Rusev def. Zack Ryder via Submission after applying the Camel Clutch.
– The Bella Twins def. Alicia Fox & Aksana in a Fan’s Choice match. They voted for a Dance Off, and as is always the case, it turned into a regular match.
– Tensai def. Brodus Clay in a singles match. Clay attacked Tensai on his way to the ring. Clay beat Tensai up a lot before the match, but ended up getting rolled up in about two minutes once the match actually began.
– Dolph Ziggler def. Alberto Del Rio in a singles match. This was said to be one of the best matches of the evening. Ziggler got the win in the end with his Zig-Zag finisher.
–Intermission–
– Great Khali def. Curtis Axel in a singles match. The finish came when Khali hit Axel with his giant chop for the pin.
– Goldust & Cody Rhodes def. The Real Americans to retain their WWE Tag-Team Championships. This was said to be another one of the better matches on the card..
– John Cena def. Randy Orton via Disqualification in the official main event of the evening. Orton purposely hit Cena with a low-blow, which caused the DQ finish and allowed him to retain his WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
The following are results from the WWE live event in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The event was held on Sunday, December 29, 2013.
– Rey Mysterio & Sin Cara def. The Real Americans (with Zeb Colter) in a tag-team match to open the show. The finish came when Sin Cara pinned Cesaro.
– Justin Gabriel def. Tyson Kidd in singles action. The finish came when Kidd countered a top-rope hurricanrana attempt into a pin.
– Natalya def. AJ Lee in a Non-Title Divas match. Natalya picked up the win via submission by way of her Sharpshooter.
– Ryback def. Zack Ryder in singles action. The finish came when Ryback pinned Ryder after hitting him with his Meathook clothesline and Shellshock finisher.
– Big Show def. Kane via the Knockout Punch in a Steel Cage Match.
–Intermission–
– Los Matadores & El Torito def. 3MB in a six-man tag-team match. 3MB was represented by Drew McIntyre, Jinder Mahal and Ricardo Rodriguez. 3MB were dressed up as New Year’s Babies. The finish came when El Torito pinned Rodriguez.
– Dolph Ziggler def. Alberto Del Rio in a singles match. Booker T served as the special guest referee. The finish came when Del Rio pushed Booker, who pushed him back right into a Zig-Zag from Ziggler.
– John Cena def. Randy Orton via Disqualification in a singles match, which served as the main event of the evening. The finish came when Orton low-blowed Cena on purpose to get DQ’d.
The following are results from the WWE live event in Newark, New Jersey. The event was held on Saturday, December 28, 2013.
– The Real Americans def. Los Matadores and 3MB in an elimination match for a shot at the WWE Tag-Team Championships later on the show.
– Sin Cara def. El Local in a singles match. Local was most likely Ricardo Rodriguez under a mask.
– Brie Bella def. Alicia Fox in a Lumberjill match with the X-Factor.
– The Great Khali def. Curtis Axel with his big chop. Not the greatest match on the show by any means.
– Goldust & Cody Rhodes def. The Real Americans to retain the WWE Tag-Team Championships. This was apparently one of the best matches of the night.
– Zack Ryder def. Brodus Clay with his Rough Ryder off the top rope. This was apparently somewhat of a squash match up until the fluke finish.
– Big Show def. Kane via the KO punch in a steel cage match. Booker T served as the special guest referee for this one.
– John Cena & Rey Mysterio vs. Randy Orton & Alberto Del Rio in a tag-team match, which served as the main event of the evening. Mysterio hit Del Rio with the 6-1-9, which led right into an Attitude Adjustment from Cena for the 1-2-3.
The following are results from the WWE live event in Indianapolis, Indiana. The event was held on Friday, December 27, 2013.
– Dolph Ziggler def. Ryback in a singles match to open the show.
– Wade Barrett did a Bad News Barrett segment.
– Natalya def. AJ Lee (with Tamina Snuka) in Divas action. This was a non-title match.
– The Miz did a MizTV segment which ended up featuring Kofi Kingston, Vickie Guerrero and The Prime Time Players. All of this led to a match being set-up.
– The Prime Time Players def. The Miz & Kofi Kingston in tag-team action when Miz left Kingston hanging.
– Wade Barrett def. Tyson Kidd in singles action.
– The Usos & Daniel Bryan def. The Wyatt Family in a six-man tag-team steel-cage match. This was said to be one of the better matches of the evening.
–Intermission–
– Big E. Langston def. Damien Sandow and R-Truth in a triple-threat match to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
– Mark Henry def. Fandango (with Summer Rae). This started off as a Dance Off and then turned into a match when Fandango attacked Henry from behind.
– CM Punk def. The Shield in a three-on-one handicap match which served as the main event of the evening. This was apparently another one of the best matches on the show.
The following are results from the WWE live event in Yakima, Washington. The event was held on Sunday, December 8, 2013.
– Big E. Langston def. R-Truth and Curtis Axel in a triple-threat match to retain his WWE Intercontinental Championship.
– Xavier Woods def. Hunico in a regular singles match. This was said to be a pretty good, fast-paced singles match.
– The Bella Twins def. AJ Lee and Tamina Snuka in Divas tag-team action.
– Randy Orton def. Daniel Bryan to retain the WWE Championship. Kane came out to distract Bryan, leading to an Orton RKO for the pin. After the match, Mark Henry came out to clean house and help force Orton to get back in the ring, where he took a beating from Bryan.
– Los Matadores def. 3MB in what was basically a comedy tag-team match. Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre represented 3MB in this one.
– The Great Khali and Natalya def. Fandango and Summer Rae in a mixed-tag-team match. Fandango came to the ring with a heart around his belly-button and words that read, “I Love Nattie.” Natalya forced Summer Rae to tap to the Sharpshooter, giving her team the submission win.
– CM Punk def. Luke Harper of The Wyatt Family in the main event. Bray Wyatt was at ringside for the match. Bray got involved in the action multiple times, but in the end, Punk still pulled off the victory.
The following are results from the WWE live event in Spokane, Washington. The event was held on Sunday, December 8, 2013.
– The Usos def. The Real Americans in what was said to be an entertaining tag-team match to open the show.
– Alexander Rusev def. Zack Ryder in what was basically a squash match win for the NXT star.
– Kofi Kingston and The Miz ended in a No Contest due to interference from The Shield and Goldust and Cody Rhodes.
– Goldust and Cody Rhodes def. Seth Rollins and Roman Reigns in an excellent tag-team match to retain the WWE Tag-Team Championships.
–Intermission–
– Dean Ambrose def. Dolph Ziggler and Damien Sandow in a triple-threat match to retain the WWE United States Championship. This was said to be one of the best matches on the show.
– Ryback def. Santino Marella in what amounted to basically a squash match victory for Ryback.
– John Cena def. Alberto Del Rio to retain the World Heavyweight Championship. This was said to be the same basic Cena-Del Rio match we’ve seen a thousand times in the past.
The following are results from the WWE live event in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The event was held on Saturday, December 7, 2013.
– Big E. Langston def. R-Truth and Curtis Axel in a triple-threat match to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship.
– Xavier Woods def. Hunico in what was said to be a pretty good match.
– AJ Lee and Brie Bella started to have a singles match, but it turned into a Divas tag-team match.
– The Bella Twins def. AJ Lee & Tamina Snuka in Divas tag-team action.
– Randy Orton def. Daniel Bryan to retain the WWE Championship in what was said to be the best match on the show. Bryan had Orton in the “Yes! Lock” but Kanye appeared, allowing Orton to hit the RKO on Bryan for the win. After the match, Mark Henry came out and threw Orton back into the ring to get beat up by Bryan.
–Intermission–
– Los Matadores def. 3MB in a comedy tag-team match.
– The Great Khali def. Fandango in a Dance Competition. This was the “Fan’s Choice” pick of the evening. The options were regular match or Dance Competition and the fans chose the latter. Khali won the dance-off and then Fandango challenged him to a regular match, which Khali also won.
– CM Punk def. Luke Harper (with Bray Wyatt) in the main event of the evening. Despite Bray interfering multiple times throughout the match, Punk got the win.
The following are results from the WWE live event in Stockton, California. The event was held on Friday, December 6, 2013.
– The Usos def. The Real Americans in a lengthy tag-team opener.
– Alexander Rusev def. Zack Ryder via Submission.
– The Funkadactyls def. Alicia Fox & Aksana in Divas tag-team action. Apparently The Funkadactyls botched a sunset flip spot off the apron pretty bad during the match.
– Kofi Kingston and The Miz fought to a No Contest. The Shield interfered, causing the non-finish. Miz was busted open hardway around the mouth during the match.
– Goldust & Cody Rhodes def. Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns to retain the WWE Tag-Team Championships in a lengthy and entertaining match.
– Ryback def. Santino Marella in a comedy match.
– Dean Ambrose def. Dolph Ziggler to retain the WWE United States Championship in what was said to be another great match on the show.
– John Cena def. Damien Sandow and Alberto Del Rio in a Handicap Match which served as the main event of the evening. They did a ton of promo work before the match even began.
