WWE weekend live results: Owens vs. Reigns; Styles vs. Ambrose
Sunday —
Submitted by reader Conor Tripp from Fayetteville, NC
– Dolph Ziggler defeated Intercontinental Champion The Miz in a non-title match
Miz cut a promo, stating there is a clause in his contract that says he doesn’t have to defend the IC title in dumps like Fayetteville. Shortly after Maryse got ejected, Ziggler hit a superkick to get the win.
– American Alpha, The Hype Bros & Apollo Crews defeated The Vaudevillains, The Ascension & Curt Hawkins after a Grand Amplitude on Konnor.
– Baron Corbin defeated Jack Swagger in a quick match with the End of Days.
Corbin then cut a promo saying he’s capable of beating anyone in the back and asked who wanted some.
– Kalisto defeated Baron Corbin
Kalisto came out and got a quick pinfall off of a roll-up.
– Kane defeated Bray Wyatt w/Luke Harper with the chokeslam.
– SmackDown Tag Team Champions Heath Slater & Rhyno defeated Breezango to retain their titles after Rhyno got the pin with a Gore.
– SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defeated Alexa Bliss, Nikki Bella, Carmella, and Natalya in a fatal five-way match to retain her title after submitting Bliss.
– WWE World Champion AJ Styles defeated Dean Ambrose in a street fight to retain his title
Styles got a solid 50/50 reaction, which is kind of surprising for a house show. Ambrose definitely got the biggest pop of the night. Ellsworth was announced as the guest timekeeper.
After a fun match involving kendo sticks and chairs, Styles won following the Phenomenal Forearm. He tried to continue to beat Ambrose with the kendo stick, but Ellsworth made the save with the No Chin Music. Ambrose then hit Dirty Deeds, and they celebrated to send the crowd home happy.
Submitted by reader Darren Sanders from Charleston, SC
– Raw Tag Team Champions The New Day defeated Enzo Amore & Big Cass, Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson, and Sheamus & Cesaro to retain their titles when Xavier Woods pinned Anderson.
– Sin Cara defeated Curtis Axel
– Sami Zayn defeated Rusev
– Darren Young & The Golden Truth defeated Titus O’Neil & The Shining Stars
– Seth Rollins defeated Chris Jericho with a Pedigree.
– Neville defeated Bo Dallas
– Bayley, Sasha Banks & Alicia Fox defeated Charlotte Flair, Dana Brooke & Nia Jax after Banks pinned Brooke.
– United States Roman Reigns defeated WWE Universal Champion Kevin Owens to retain his title
This was billed as title vs title, but Owens hit the ring and announced Stephanie McMahon informed him that only the US title would be on the line. Reigns was very over as the cheers outweighed the boos unlike on TV.
Monday —
Submitted by reader RIley Bryant from Florence, SC
– Dolph Ziggler defeated Intercontinental Champion The Miz in a non-title match
The Miz announced that his lawyer said he doesn’t have to defend the title, so it became just a normal match. Ziggler won with a superkick. That was the biggest pop of the night.
– American Alpha, The Hype Bros & Apollo Crews defeated The Ascension, The Vaudevillains & Curt Hawkins
Just your basic face vs. heel tag match. American Alpha was the most over out of all of them, with a nice hot tag to Jordan.
– Baron Corbin defeated Jack Swagger
Corbin won in a nothing match. He got on the mic and said he wanted to beat someone else up, so he challenged anyone to come out and face him. Kalisto accepted.
– Kalisto defeated Baron Corbin
Kalisto won in about 15 seconds.
– Kane defeated Bray Wyatt
Luke Harper was ringside. Wyatts had a ton of heat. Kane won with a chokeslam to a huge pop.
– SmackDown Tag Team Champions Heath Slater & Rhyno defeated Breezango to retain their titles
– SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defeated Nikki Bella, Carmella, Natalya, and Alexa Bliss in a fatal five-way match to retain her title
Lynch got the win by submitting Bliss.
– WWE World Champion AJ Styles defeated Dean Ambrose in a street fight to retain his title
James Ellsworth was the special guest timekeeper. He took a bump on the safety barrier early on and didn’t get back up for the rest of the match. Styles won by throwing a guy’s soda in Ambrose’s face and capitalizing with a Phenomenal Forearm.