Genre: Wrestling
Produced By: WWE
Format: Pay-Per-View
Date: February 21 2016
Location: Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Attendance: 14,406
The final WWE Pay-Per-View event before WrestleMania 32 took on greater importance this year. Since the Royal Rumble match had been for the WWE Title, this PPV would determine the challenger to the top title at WM. Most predicted a Roman Reigns win beforehand, with an increasingly high number of fans hoping that Dean Ambrose would get the opportunity to headline Mania instead. As it turned out, the safe bet was the smart one to take, although the (not unexpected) reaction to the outcome of the main event means that it will be another tough Road To WrestleMania for Roman.
The Kick-Off Show featured a Two Out Of Three Falls bout for the United States Title between Kalisto and Alberto Del Rio, which followed the usual 2/3 formula: heel loses the first fall so that he can cheat to gain an advantage and win fall two, weakening the babyface to help him try and win fall three. It was more entertaining than that, though: an ADR chairshot and Stomp CHECK (delivered quickly over the ropes this time to make it look more believable) caused the first two falls, and after some nifty exchanges (including a Stomp over the ringside barricade), a roll-up by Kalisto earned him the win (I thought a Salida Del Sol would have been more appropriate to truly draw a line under this dragged-out feud).
Visit our Wrestling sub-page for full article by clicking here
No comments:
Post a Comment