A bunch of guys picked him up and then dumped him over the top, so he was the first guy out. The match started with Curtis Axel ripping his AxelMania shirt in the middle of the ring. Kickoff Show Match #2: Andre The Giant Memorial Battle Royal This was early in the New Day’s run and they won the Tag Team Titles for the first time pretty soon after this.) I really liked the Cesaro and Kidd as a team. That kind of finish where somebody steals the pin isn’t that new or fresh. Cesaro and Kidd are the best team in WWE, so I’m glad they’re still the tag champs. There were pinfall attempts by guys who weren’t legal and the ref had a hard time keeping track of it too. It had a lot of fun moments, but it was also tough to keep track of the last few minutes because they were trying to cram so much in there. It went 9:58.Īnalysis: **1/2 That was a chaotic tag match. The replay showed that Cesaro made the tag on Jimmy’s leg before the splash, so it was legal. The announcers said apparently there was a tag. Cesaro tossed him out of the ring and covered Big E for the win. They did this double suplex into slam spot out of the corner with three guys involved in each variation of it. The announcers lost track and the fans were probably confused too. There were all kinds of crazy spots by everybody in the match.
That pinfall ended when others broke it up. Back in the ring, Big E hit the Big Ending on one of the Matadores with Kingston helping to send the guy into the mat. Naomi hit the Rear View (aka Flying Ass) to take out Natalya. Naomi hit a dive over the top with Jimmy to take out two guys. Natalya tripped up Torito and applied the Sharpshooter on him outside the ring. Torito went for an attack on Woods with a headscissors. Things went wild from there with everybody getting involved including Kidd hiding behind Natalya. They did a corner spot with Cesaro doing the superplex spot on Big E, then Jimmy was suplexed onto Cesaro and there as a double Matadores spot with a Powerbomb into a Backstabber. Kingston was launched into Cesaro by Big E and that was good for a two count. Big E was legal and he hit a splash on Cesaro. Cesaro cut off Jimmy with a huge uppercut. Kidd jumped off the top to go after Jimmy, but he ate a superkick too. Kingston hit a springboard attack on one of the Matadores.
Jimmy hit running butt splash on Kidd, then Cesaro, then one of the Matadores and Big E too. Jimmy tagged in and nailed a Samoan Drop on Kidd followed by superkicks on three guys. Cesaro did the swing leading to a tag by Kidd and a dropkick to drop Kingston. Jey was taken to the back by the trainer while Jimmy remained on the apron. Jey was dealing with a shoulder injury coming in. There was an attack by Cesaro on Jey where he tossed his shoulder into the barricade.