WWE Geneva live results: Ronda Rousey’s house show debut

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– Raw Tag Team Champions Matt Hardy & Bray Wyatt defeated The B-Team (Curtis Axel & Bo Dallas) and Heath Slater & Rhyno to retain their titles

The match wasn‘t anything special, but they weren’t trying to make it a classic and the crowd was into it. The B-Team were pretty over, though Wyatt got the best reception.

The B-Team botched a double team move that was supposed to be an Irish whip into a DDT at one point. Hardy and Wyatt retained with a double Sister Abigail.

– WWE Cruiserweight Champion Cedric Alexander defeated Mustafa Ali to retain his title

There were a few “CM Punk” chants at the start, but those turned into cheers and “This is awesome” chants as the match went on. The match itself was easily the best of the night. They didn’t do dives outside of the ring, but Alexander won after a fast-paced match.

– Zack Ryder & Chad Gable defeated Goldust & Mojo Rawley

Gable got a huge pop during his entrance, with Goldust being pretty over despite being a heel. Gable picked up the victory for his team after a standard 10-minute tag match.

– Finn Balor defeated Baron Corbin

Balor got a massive ovation during his entrance, and Corbin received some cheers as well. Corbin got a good amount of heat during the match. It ended after Balor hit the Coup de Grace.

– Raw Women’s Champion Nia Jax defeated Alexa Bliss, Bayley, and Sasha Banks to retain her title

This was alright. Bayley and Banks finally fought with each other near the end. Bayley seemed like she was laughing during a spot where her and Banks were slapping each other in the face for some reason. Bliss then took them out and ran right into a Samoan drop from Jax for the finish.

– Intercontinental Champion Seth Rollins defeated Jinder Mahal to retain his title

Mahal was heavily booed out of the building, while Rollins got a huge ovation with a massive “Burn it down” chant. While the match was fine, and probably one of the better Mahal matches, it was a bit slow paced.

Rollins picked up the victory after hitting Sunil Singh with a Buckle Bomb into Mahal and then hitting a Curb Stomp. Solid match with some comedy in it.

– Ronda Rousey, Natalya & Ember Moon defeated Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan & Mickie James

The match was mostly built around the hot tag for Rousey. Natalya and Moon would try to tag her in, but they’d get beat down just before they could. After about eight minutes, Rousey finally got tagged in. She smashed James with some stiff punches and takedowns before hammering both Riott and Morgan with stiff punches again.

The last spot was Rousey taking down James and locking in her armbar for the submission. This was a solid match and the crowd was into Rousey, who was making her house show debut and was originally advertised to face James in a singles match before it was changed.

 – Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman & Bobby Lashley defeated Kevin Owens, Sami Zayn & Samoa Joe

Owens, Zayn, and Joe came out to mixed reactions. Lashley got a normal babyface pop, while Strowman got a huge reception an tons of cheers.  There were loud “Roman sucks” chants when he came out, but kids and other adults cheered when his music hit.

The match wasn‘t anything fancy, but Strowman was the MVP of it. Reigns pinned Joe with a spear, which came after Lashley and Strowman hit their finishing moves on Owens and Zayn.