Seth Rollins vs. Sheamus
We return from commercial and Seth Rollins is finishing up his entrance. Already in the ring is the WWE United States Champion, Sheamus. Sheamus jumps off to an early offensive lead in this match.
Sheamus continues to establish his dominance over “Mr. Money In The Bank” when all of a sudden we hear a siren. Yup, it’s “The King of Swing” ladies and gentlemen. When was the last time he has he done the Cesaro Swing, by the way? Anyways, Cesaro smirks at Sheamus, who acknowledges him from the ring, as we head to a mid-match commercial.
We return from commercial and Sheamus is still in control. Cesaro works his way to ringside and while taunting Sheamus, distracts him long enough for “The Celtic Warrior” to turn around into a Curb Stomp from “Mr. Money In The Bank” for the 1-2-3.
Winner: Seth Rollins
After The Match
Cesaro enters the ring, takes his watch off and puts it in his pocket. He takes his sport coat off and mocks Sheamus’ pose. Then, he hits the U.S. champ with his Neutralizer finisher and mocks him some more. His theme plays again as he stands over a beaten down Sheamus. We head to another commercial break after this match.
Rusev & Lana Parody The U.S. National Anthem
When we return from commercial, out comes Rusev and Lana. They stay at the top of the stage for a promo segment. Lana talks about how it was in this city, Baltimore, that the U.S. national anthem was written. She sings a parody version of the first verse, putting over Rusev in the punch line. From there, the real Russian national anthem plays as Rusev waives around the Russian flag at the top of the stage. We get some WWE Network plugs from the announcers and then head to another commercial.
Sami Zayn & Adrian Neville vs. Tyler Breeze & Tyson Kidd
We’re back from the break and the first thing we see is Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn in the ring. Neville is holding up the NXT Championship. On the other side, already in the ring, is Tyler Breeze and Tyson Kidd. The fans break out into “Ole” chants as soon as the bell rings as the announcers promote this week’s NXT Takeover 2 special on the WWE Network. Zayn and Breeze start things off for their teams, with Zayn establishing control over Breeze early on.
Breeze and Kidd keep tagging in and out, keeping a fresh man on Zayn as the announcers promote all-things NXT on commentary. Adrian Neville has yet to appear in the match thus far, as the announcers point out. Just as I say that, several minutes into the match, Zayn tags Neville in. Neville takes the hot tag and is flying all over the place, hitting any-and-everything that moves.
After taking out everyone in front of him, Neville finally gets to the top rope and hits his crazy spinning-flipping high spot for the pin. Sorry NXT fans, I don’t remember the name of that move off of the top of my head. Anyways, great match and a great showcase of some of NXT’s finest talents. We head to commercial.
Winners: Sami Zayn & Adrian Neville
Jerry Springer Moderated Discussion With The Bella Twins
When we return from commercial, Stephanie McMahon’s theme music hits and out she comes. The purple carpet is laid out in the ring as Stephanie gets a cheap pop for beginning by saying, “god it’s great to be back in Baltimore.” She references her past family turmoil by pointing out that she once wrestled her own father in this building. With that said, she claims it’s time to reconcile The Bella Twins and she says there’s only one person she thinks can help. The “Jerry, Jerry” fans break out in B-More as she introduces Jerry Springer.
Springer comes to the ring with his security guard, “Jason.” I thought his security guard was some dude named “Steve” who looked like a steroid’d-up Cal Ripken Jr? Anyways! Springer gets in the ring, thanks Steph and talks about how he’s dealt with family dysfunction for years.
Jerry first introduces Brie Bella, who comes out to her own new theme music, as per the orders of Stephanie McMahon on last week’s RAW. Highlights are shown of Nikki screaming at Brie to quit last week, followed by Brie hittnig Nikki. Jerry then brings up the fact that Brie apologized on Twitter. Springer asks her why. Brie says she doesn’t forgive Nikki for all that she’s done but that she shouldn’t have stooped to her classless level. Springer then brings out Nikki.
Nikki comes out to the usual Bella Twins theme song to zero reaction from the Baltimore crowd. Nikki talks about accepting Brie’s Twitter apology but notes that she doesn’t forget all the years of being treated like a second-class sister.
They show an edited highlight package from the first two seasons of Total Divas that shows Brie being “selfish” to Nikki. From there, they show footage of the Bella Twins’ father and mother asking for Jerry to help them reconcile. Brie then tells Nikki that she broke her heart but that she still has “J.J.” in her corner. J.J. is their younger brother.
Jerry “surprises” the Bella Twins by “revealing” that J.J. is here tonight. Out comes J.J. This is exactly as bad as you’d expect. My god. J.J. teases siding with Nikki but ultimately sides with Brie. Nikki and Brie get into a cat fight with Springer caught in the middle. J.J. gets sucked into the middle of the fight as well. Stephanie attends to Jerry as the Bella Twins continue to scuffle. They bring out the stretcher for Jerry, who is caught on camera smiling at Steph, who is smiling back and then they quickly go back to looking concerned, etc. The announcers sell the fact that Springer hurt his ankle. Anyways, this appears to be over for now at least. Thank god. We head to commercial.
Goldust & Stardust vs. Los Matadores
We return from commercial and see highlights from last week’s RAW of The Dust Brothers beating up Jey Uso and attacking his “injured” knee. From there, Goldust and Stardust make their way to the ring. The announcers mention Goldust & Stardust vs. The Usos for the tag-titles at Night Of Champions. A pre-taped interview with The Usos air as The Dust Brothers continue to make their way to the ring. Already in the ring, are Goldust and Stardust’s opponents for tonight, Los Matadores.
The bell rings and here we go. Matadores starts things off with Stardust. Stardust establishes control over Matadores and then tags in his big brother, Goldust. The fans in Baltimore are chanting something, but I can’t quite make out what it is. Meanwhile, Matadores gets control over Goldust and then both of the Los Matadores hit a big double-team spot on Goldust on the floor.
Out of nowhere, the Dust Brothers hit the “Dark Matter” finisher on Matadores for the 1-2-3. Goldust and Stardust continue their winning ways.
Winners: Goldust & Stardust