WWE Salt Lake City, UT, live results: Owens vs. Zayn; Lesnar vs. Big Show
Submitted by reader Tim Gronos
– Enzo Amore & Big Cass defeated Rusev & Jinder Mahal
Enzo and Cass were really over. Lana cut a promo pre-match. She got sent to the back after distracting the ref for a second time. Cass hit a big boot on Mahal and Enzo followed with a splash for the win.
– WWE Cruiserweight Champion Neville defeated Cedric Alexander to retain his title
Alexander did lots of high flying and acrobatic moves, including a springboard clothesline to pop the crowd. There was a great near fall from that one. Neville eventually won by submission with the Rings of Saturn.
– Golden Truth, Curtis Axel & Sin Cara defeated The Shining Stars, Bo Dallas & Titus O’Neil
Sin Cara got a big pop and did some aerial moves. R-Truth did a comedy spot where he was picking up all members of the heel team and dropping them on his knee and he picked up the ref. Goldust and R-Truth got the win with a tandem finishing move. Braun Strowman attacked Axel after the match.
– Brock Lesnar defeated Big Show
Lesnar reversed a chokeslam into an F5 to get the win. Big Show got a lot of cheers after the match.
– Bayley defeated Raw Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair by DQ when Dana Brooke interfered.
Bayley got a lot of cheers and might have been the most over person on the show with the exception of Lesnar. Dana Brooke came out to interfere, then Alicia Fox was next. Nia Jax and then Sasha Banks’ music hit, with Banks carrying a crutch. The match turned into a six-woman tag.
– Bayley, Sasha Banks & Alicia Fox defeated Raw Women’s Champion Charlotte Flair, Nia Jax & Dana Brooke
Bayley pinned Charlotte with the Bayley-to-Belly.
– Raw Tag Team Champions Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson defeated The New Day and Cesaro & Sheamus to retain their titles
The New Day team was Kofi Kingston & Big E with Xavier Woods at ringside. Gallows looked really impressive in the match, busting out some athletic maneuvers. Anderson eventually rolled up Cesaro with his feet on the ropes to retain.
– WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens defeated Sami Zayn in a street fight to retain his title
Owens attacked Zayn before the match started. He grabbed a kendo stick only to be taken down. Owens set up chairs facing each other at one point and went for a powerbomb, but Zayn reversed it and Owens went back first through.
Owens later set Zayn on a table and went to the top rope, but Zayn pulled him off and he front flipped through the table. Zayn pulled out another table. The two eventually battled on the ropes until Owens used the pumphandle neckbreaker through the table for the win.
He got on the mic and said the show isn’t over and went for the pop-up powerbomb but Zayn countered into a dropkick. Zayn nodded to the crowd to end the show.