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AJ, Layla, Aksana, Alicia Fox and Tamina vs Natalya, Bellas and The Funkadactlyes in a 10 diva tag team match
Natalya and Alicia started things off, and Natalya tagged in Brie Bella. AJ came into the ring and ripped into Brie, but Brie hit the facebuster to pick up the victory for her team.
Winner (s): Bellas, Funkadactyles and Natalya
Rating: Dud
Analysis: That was a way to waste 3 minutes of our time. The only good thing was Natalya getting some air time.
Backstage, The Shield cut a promo about beating their opponents, and said they always made the locker room stand up and take notice when their backs were against the wall, and they’d do the same tonight.
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Main event time, and Daniel Bryan came out to a loud reception. “Yes” chants by the Second City crowd rang through the arena as Bryan made his way out first for his match. The crowd started a “Daniel Bryan” chant and Bryan said they were awesome. Bryan accused Triple H of getting into cahoots with Scott Armstrong, and said in two weeks’ time, he will win back his WWE championship. Bryan said he was tired of Orton hiding behind his boss’s skirt, and said at Battleground, he will beat Randy Orton. He then led the crowd in a loud “Yes” chant, which brought out The Shield.
Daniel Bryan and the 10 Superstars vs The Shield in a Handicap elimination match
Before the match began, Cody and Goldust jumped on The Shield, but were escorted out of the arena!
Jimmy Uso started things off against Seth Rollins, and tagged in Dolph Ziggler. Loud “Ziggler” chants by the Chicago crowd. Dean Ambrose tagged in and started laying into Dolph Ziggler. Roman tagged in and isolated Dolph Ziggler. Ambrose came in but was dropped by a drop kick! RVD came in and took Ambrose out with stiff kicks. Ambrose countered and spiked him head first to eliminate RVD!
Back from the break and Kofi was isolated by Dean Ambrose. Kofi came down with a huge crossbody for a 2 count. Ambrose planted Kofi head first to eliminate Kofi Kingston!
Titus came in next and ran over Dean Ambrose. Ambrose tagged in Roman Reigns, and the two big men went at it. Roman hit the spear on Titus to pick up the 3 count, and eliminated Titus O’Neil!
Justin Gabriel came in next and Roman hit the spear to eliminate Justin!
Ryder made his way into the match next, and dropped Roman with a dropkick. Ryder went for the Broski boot but Roman hit the spear to eliminate Ryder!
Bryan came in next and went at it against Roman! One of the Usos took advantage of Bryan’s attack and pinned Roman Reigns to eliminate the first member of The Shield as WWE went to commercial!
Back from commercial, as Darren Young was isolated by Ambrose and Rollins. A little fun fact: That was the first time Roman Reigns was pinned on the main roster. Young dropped Ambrose with a belly to belly throw. Rollins made the tag and came down with a huge knee to the head of Young to eliminate him!
Ziggler came in next but was dominated by Ambrose and Rollins. Ziggler hit the Zig Zag on Ambrose to eliminate the United States champion!
Rollins attacked Ziggler, but Ziggler hit a huge DDT and tagged in R – Truth! Truth hit a spinning crossbody and planted Rollins facefirst for a near fall. Rollins stomped Truth’s skull to the mat to eliminate Truth!
The remaining four superstars came in and attacked Rollins! Ambrose came back but Ziggler threw him out of the ring. Roman tried to attack, but was taken out by a double superkick by the Usos and then the top rope plancha by The Usos on Ambrose and Reigns! Back in the ring, Bryan hit Rollins with the swandive headbutt and put him down with the Busaiku running knee to pick up the victory for his team!
Winner (s): Daniel Bryan, Dolph Ziggler and The Usos
Rating: *** ½
Analysis: That was an outstanding main event match, and the psychology involved made it feel all the more special. The in – ring action was phenomenal, and the ending was well booked. This makes The Shield look strong although they lost, and Bryan keeps building momentum heading into Battleground PPV.
The show ended with Bryan standing in the middle of the ring, and led the crowd in a “Yes” chant.
Over – all rating of the show: *** ¾ (Out of 5 stars)
Analysis: That was yet another outstanding show, mainly because of the crowd. They were hot all night and made everything feel special. CM Punk’s reception might just be the biggest pop in the past decade, and the rest of the card was solid as well. There were two solid TV matches and the ending was phenomenal as well, with Daniel Bryan once again leaving his mark. That does it for this week’s review. Join us next week as we head into the final show before the Battleground PPV.
