WWE Belfast Live Event Results
4/20/16
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Results Courtesy of @WDSWWE
#1 Match – Cesaro vs Stardust
A decent opener that saw Stardust stalling for the first half of the match with a bit of comedy from Cesaro & Stardust. After teasing the Cesaro Swing several times, Cesaro finally did it and put on the sharpshooter straight after for the tap out victory. Great reaction for Cesaro here and Stardust got the usual Cody chants.
#2 Match – Heath Slater & Bo Dallas vs Darren Young & Zack Ryder
Social Outcasts cut a pretty entertaining promo insulting Belfast before the match. This resulted in Darren Young interrupting who got a very little reaction followed by Zack Ryder who got a good reaction. Social Outcasts controlled the match, Ryder got the hot tag and won with the Rough Ryder.
#3 Match – Rusev vs Jack Swagger
Greg Hamilton who was assisting JoJo with ring duties went into the crowd and let a kid introduce the following match. Rusev got a good heel reaction and not many people really cared about Jack Swagger here. He tried the “We The People” chant a few times but it didn’t really have the same reaction in Northern Ireland as it would in America. After a decent enough match Swagger put Rusev in the Ankle Lock, Rusev was able to pull the ring apron up which distracted the ref which allowed Rusev to poke Swagger in the eye this then resulted in Rusev winning with the Accolade. A few “We Want Lana” chants from where I was sitting.
#4 Match – Big E & Xavier Woods vs The Uso’s vs The Dudleys (Tag Title Match)
Everyone was shocked that Kofi was not with New Day, New Day did not cut a promo before the match as well so no reason was given at the show for Kofi not being there. A “Where is Kofi” chant started before the match which Xavier replied with “We Don’t Know”. The match started with some entertaining stuff from New Day which had the whole arena laughing. The match consisted of The Dudleys dominating The Uso’s until The Uso’s had to tag in Big E. During the match Bubba brought out a table but put it back under the ring. After a few close falls from both teams one of the Uso’s (Can’t remember which one) hit a splash on Bubba then Woods threw him out of the ring and stole the pin. Great reactions for all three teams in this one!
Intermission
#5 Match – Sin Cara vs Tyler Breeze
Not much from this match was very rememberable. A few comedy spots with Sin Cara mocking Tyler Breeze but Tyler Breeze’s losing streak continues here as Sin Cara wins with the Senton Bomb.
#6 Match – Charlotte (with Ric Flair) vs Sasha Banks vs Becky Lynch (Women’s Title Match)
Becky Lynch got a HUGE reaction here! In my opinion the biggest pop of the night. Sasha Banks got a great reaction as well but not as big as Becky. I expected this to be match of the night and I was correct! This match was very similar to their WrestleMania 32 match with Sasha & Becky teaming up on Charlotte for the start. As the match went on the crowd became more and more behind Becky eventually not wanting Sasha or Charlotte to win. After a bit of help from Ric Flair, Charlotte rolled up Becky and used the ropes to get the win. Becky received a great ovation after the match! Credit to all 3 Women in this match!
Main Event – Roman Reigns vs Sheamus (WWE Title)
Sheamus came out to a huge pop, Sheamus then got on the mic and told us how Dublin was the greatest city in the World not Belfast. Which got a great heel reaction. Sheamus started singing which got interrupted by Roman Reigns and an arena filled with boo’s! The main face of the company got the biggest heel reaction of the night here! Any positive reaction I could hear was from kids. Most people were behind Sheamus throughout this one. Sheamus dominated the match, throwing him into the ring steps at one stage. Reigns then used the 10 Beats of the Bodhran on Sheamus but did it 20 times. (Was shocked Romans fans could count to 20 here!) After kicking out of a Brogue Kick, Roman connected with the Spear after trying a few times. This was the typical Roman Reigns type of match here. Gets beat down for 10 minutes or so, does 3 or 4 moves, kicks out of a finisher and wins. A pretty disappointing main event to be fair! Roman then stayed around the ring after the match for about 1 0 minutes to take photos with the fans.
Biggest Face Reactions
Becky Lynch
Sheamus
Cesaro
Sasha Banks
New Day
Biggest Heel Reactions
Roman Reigns
Charlotte
Rusev
Stardust
The Dudleys
Felt like the show ended half an hour earlier than usual. Also rather than replace Bray Wyatt who got injured it just seemed like WWE sent Kane, Erick Rowan and Strowman to the other show and scrapped 1 match for the Belfast show. Crowd seemed almost sold out and were very loud throughout the night. Not the best show WWE has seen in recent years but was still good enough!
Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.
