The Toronto crowd got to see their fellow Canadian and Stardust got to wrestle as if it were his final match as Stardust. StardustOkay, so a nice, lengthy match here - from out of nowhere too. But several suplexes later and an F-5 later, Brock stood victorious. Long enough that the crowd started to get antsy. Harper actually got a lot in, offense-wise.
So perhaps they're saving the full Brock/Bray feud for after WrestleMania? Because Bray didn't lay a finger on Brock here. It was really just Luke Harper fighting in place of Bray, with Bray hovering outside. It wasn't even the "handicap" match it was set up to be. WINNER, and still WWE Divas Champion: Charlotte Brock Lesnar vs. The feet-on-the-ropes finish wasn't the best, but overall it was good. And while it wasn't enough to make me truly buy her winning the title here, there were some nice close calls. she kept screaming "No!" Then she kicked out of the Natural Selection. The crowd was more or less ho-hum on the bout until Nattie refused to tap out to the Figure Four/Eight. Okay, so maybe they announced this match a few hours before the event, but still, it was a late addition. Swagger - the other unadvertised match on the card - this one got really good at the end. WINNERS, and still NXT Tag Team Champions: The Revival Charlotte vs.
Maybe they also didn't win because there are still taped NXT episodes airing after this special.
And maybe, like Becky, they'll move up to RAW without ever winning the "big one" down in NXT. Rarely do NXT stars as big as these two are fail this often. It's the way of NXT to just have a long procession of challengers becoming champs. I wondered if Enzo and Cass would take this one. Highly competitive encounter than ended with "throwback" stars Dawson and Wilder (I'M NOT SAYING DASH AND DAWSON, ONE IS A FIRST NAME AND ONE IS A.you know what? Nevermind) pinning Enzo after a Shatter Machine (is that really the finisher name?). Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady Awesome tag match here with a very NXT friendly crowd on hand for these two teams. WINNER: Chris Jericho NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival vs. Eventually, he tapped to the Walls of Jericho. Still, it was weird for Swagger to be the face here, with his "We The People!" schtick, in Toronto. Giving Swagger his most competitive encounter in a long time. But because these Network specials have a "house show" feel, it was allowed to be a bit more even. If this match were on RAW, it would have been a squash. Following a textbook, full-heel promo from Jericho where he claimed to hate Canada and all Canadian fans. Jack SwaggerA non-advertised, competitive match between Jericho and Jack Swagger (who Jericho actually had to remind people once beat him for the World Heavyweight Championship) happened just now. WINNERS, and still WWE Tag Team Champions: The New Day Chris Jericho vs. dropped him with the Big Ending and got the pin.
It was a good match overall, though IF the League were to win the tag belts, it wouldn't be with Barrett, who's the resident "on his way out" (according to rumors) jobber of the stable. Even if they were technically still heel, no one's cheering the League.
and Kofi both know how to work that style.Įven though Xavier saved the gold at the end with a ref distraction, the New Day were still the "heroes" here. Because they were beloved - BootyOs cereal and all (you can get an empty prop box over at ShopZone, btw) - and treated like babyfaces. And Toronto was definitely New Day country. "The Lads" portion of The League - Sheamus and Barrett. Sheamus and King Barrett So this was New Day vs. FYI, I'm also live-tweeting over at Let's dig in. Triple H is defending his WWE World Heavyweight Championship against Dean Ambrose (c'mon, Dean!), Brock Lesnar is facing Bray Wyatt (finally!), New Day squares off against the League of Nations, and - whadya know! - there's an NXT tag title match as well. Since, you know, once the aptly named Roadblock is over we'll really truly (this time for real) be on the Road to WrestleMania. Welcome to IGN's Roadblock live blog and results rundown! The.um.weird Network Special between Fastlane and WrestleMania 32 that doesn't feature Roman Reigns at all! Though there's a high probability that he'll do a run-in toward the end.