WWE Main Event TV report

Tuesday, 26 August 2014 19:30

By Chris Aiken

August 26, 2014

WWE Main Event from Ontario, CA featured a lot of hype to further future storylines. Brock Lesner vs. John Cena for the WWE title at Night of Champions received the majority of the hype. Besides building up that match with recaps and video packages, the show included three first-run matches.

Rob Van Dam beat Seth Rollins via countout. Early on, they exchanged shoulder tackles and each ducked the other’s spinning kicks before a standoff. Rollins kicked RVD in the gut and he put the boots to him. Van Dam cut off Rollins and played to the crowd, allowing Rollins to hit him from behind to regain the advantage. Van Dam and got two nearfalls with a schoolboy and a leg scissors rollup before nailing Rollins with a roundhouse kick. Rollins took a clothesline over the top rope to the floor then RVD did a plancha to the outside. The crowd started an “ECW” chant. Out at ringside, Rollins clotheslined RVD on the floor before a commercial.

After the break, Rollins had RVD in a wrist lock then turned that into a hammerlock before he rammed RVD into the ringpost. Rollins got heat on RVD and worked the arm. Van Dam countered Rollins and sent him face-first into the second turnbuckle. RVD started a comeback and began to work the arm. He gave Rollins a receipt by ramming him into the post moments later. Following a springboard into a kick off the second rope, RVD did his rolling thunder. Van Dam leaped to the top turnbuckle but Rollins shoved him off the top and RVD crashed into the barricade. The referee began to count.

Van Dam barely broke the count and Rollins began to pummel him more before throwing him back out to the floor. At ringside, Rollins twice rammed RVD into the barricade. Van Dam reversed a whip and sent Rollins into the barricade. RVD made it back in the ring and Rollins got counted out. Afterwards, Rollins attempted a sneak attack with the briefcase but Van Dam cut him off and stood victorious.

Adam Rose (with the Rosebuds) beat Curtis Axel. A pre-taped skit set up the match as Rose invited Axel to join his party. Axel in no uncertain terms declined. Rose called him a lemon and Rose added he would make lemonade. In the match, Axel took most of the offense and Rose arguably showed more fire during his offensive flurries than he had in his previously televised matches. When Axel got heat on Rose, the Rosebuds put on their figurative rally caps and led cheers that included chanting Rose’s theme song. Rose made a comeback and dove off the second rope with a flying hurricanrana. Axel took a clothesline in a corner and Rose went for his finisher. Axel avoided the party foul but he missed a splash in a corner. Rose delivered the party foul for the pin.

Goldust & Stardust beat Los Matadores (with El Torito). Goldust got the early advantage but a matador delivered an ax handle off the top. Moments later, Stardust did a cartwheel into a dropkick. Fernando did a Frankensteiner before tagging Diego, who did a senton from the apron into the ring followed by a monkey flip. Matadores cut the ring in half. Goldust ran wild after a hot tag. Goldust gave one matador a running powerslam before a commercial.

After the break, the Rhodes brothers cut the ring in half much like the matadors did earlier. The crowd started an “Ole” chant. Stardust and a matador collided mid-ring. They both tagged out and the fresh matador ran wild despite a brief hiccup. The matador did a flying headscissors only to miss a senton bomb off the top. Stardust tagged in and used a reverse Russian leg sweep to get the pin. Afterwards, Stardust grabbed Torito by the horns like a dastardly heel and he threw him through the ropes to the floor before he posed with Goldust to close the show.