Today we present you WWE Stomping Grounds 2019 Main event nightmare and 4
Botches you may have missed
WWE Stomping Grounds is in the history books and it seems the show
was pretty decent overall.
A fast-paced night of action, the show saw both the United States
and Cruiserweight titles change hands in the show, with Ricochet
and Drew Gulak having the best nights of their WWE careers.
Toppling Samoa Joe with his 630, Ricochet’s win was great to see,
and was a huge change on the main roster.
After the match, Ricochet was greeted backstage by the likes
of Triple H, Seth Rollins, Curt Hawkins, Zack Ryder, Carmella
and Charlotte Flair, who all congratulated the new champion
though it’s the actions of one more star that has everyone talking.
During a photoshoot as the new United States Champion, Ricochet
was confronted by AJ Styles, flanked by Gallows and Anderson,
who told the high flyer he’ll see him tonight on RAW.
Styles is already a former two time United States Champion, and could
be eyeing up his third reign with the Red, White and Blue title,
though the pair will meet in non-title action tonight.
Drew Gulak also had a great night for himself at Stomping Grounds, as
205 Live kicked off the night on the pre-show by becoming the new Cruiserweight Champion.
Meeting Akira Tozawa and now former champion Tony Nese, Gulak got the
pinfall on Tozawa, something Nese won’t be pleased about.
The fact that Nese wasn’t pinned to lose his title could set up a feud
between the former and new champion,
which could deliver some epic matches on the purple brand.
With these smaller, faster Superstars picking up huge wins last night, it
it seems a change is coming to WWE programming, If it hasn’t come already.
Though these two matches both saw huge title wins, one Superstar
who was able to retain their gold was Universal Champion Seth Rollins,
who was able to keep hold of his title against Baron Corbin
and special guest referee Lacey Evans.
Despite a war with the former RAW General Manager and some effective
storytelling given Evans’ beef with Rollins’ real-life girlfriend Becky
Lynch, fans were having none of it, lambasting the entire match with a
series of chants.
Chanting ‘this is stupid’ to Evans being in the match, even though
she probably made the most sense as referee was one thing,
but the crowd started chanting AEW, Boring, Moxley and a Lets Go
Cena/Cena sucks chant really brought the match down.
This isn’t the first time that fans have tried to take over a Rollins main event
as they did similar trolling during last year’s Iron-Man match
against Dolph Ziggler at Extreme Rules, and it is interesting to see
how much fans will sabotage a match of someone they claim to like.
Booing Evans anytime she was on-screen, the former US Marine
was anything but impartial, constantly changing the match
to cater to Corbin’s needs and even delivering a low-blow on the Architect.
Things did start to turn around though when Becky Lynch showed up
and attacked the Southern Belle, giving her man enough time
to drop Corbin with a curb stomp and to get a pinfall victory thanks to
a real referee.
Post-match, Rollins and The Man stood tall, the clearest reference
to their shoot relationship on WWE TV, and the RAW Women’s Champion
sent out the following tweet explaining her actions.
“You can slow count, you can slap him in the face, but if you nutshot
him then expect an ass whooping.”
A great ending to a mixed main event, it’ll be interesting to see what WWE
have in store for their hottest power couple tonight on RAW.
Though Stomping Ground had some epic matches and ended with
arguably the two most popular Superstars today standing tall
the show wasn’t exactly perfect.
During the night, there were some botches along the way and though
some were more obvious than others, there are some you may have missed.
Here are 4 botches you may have missed at the show:
4: Cruiserweight mishaps
Though Drew Gulak is the new WWE Cruiserweight Champion,
this huge title win did not come easy.
With the 205 Live bout once again relegated to the kick off show,
all three men involved gave their all to capture the title,
and prove why the purple brand belonged on the main card.
An excellent match, the contest saw just one major botch,
when Akira Tozawa fell off the apron, even though
it was obvious he was meant to stay there to be rolled up.
Rolling up Nese, Tozawa nearly had the match won, as Gulak
was late to break up the pin, meaning Tozawa nearly accidentally won the match and the title.
Though all three men went in trying to prove why 205 Live doesn’t belong
on the pre-show, botches like this, and a new champion
almost being accidentally crowned, won’t help the Purple brand’s
chances of making it to the main card anytime soon.
3: Lacey Evans Vs. Becky Lynch
Becky Lynch may have main evented WrestleMania 35 against
Ronda Rousey and Charlotte Flair, but last night,
it was The Man’s job to set the tone for the night in the show’s
opener against her nemesis Lacey Evans.
Though the Southern Belle put up a good fight throughout the
match, it became clear that the wheels came off
at some point during the match, and Lynch was forced to call
much of the action as it happened.
The Man has become known for calling spots loudly, but tonight it
was extra noticeable, at one point demanding
a back elbow before the next manoeuvre.
At one moment during the match, all the former US Marine had to do
was walk into a kick from the second rope, though there was
far too big a gap when Lynch delivered the move, meaning
the Man was forced to climb the ropes and try again.
An awkward match, this definitely wasn’t the way to start the show,
and though both women would play much bigger roles later on,
there’s no salvaging this opening contest.
2: Tucker’s Moonsault
At Stomping Grounds, Tucker and Otis were given their first opportunity
at championship gold on the main roster,
when they compete for the SmackDown tag team titles.
Taking on Daniel Bryan and Erick Rowan, the former NXT tag team
certainly stepped their game up in their quest to become the new champs,
but there was one painfully awkward moment during the match.
When Tucker headed to the top rope to deliver a Moonsault on
Bryan, the colossal star missed his cue,and even though the YES!
Man rolled out of the way to dodge the manoeuvre, Tucker still managed
to kick the former World Champion on the back of his legs,
so the move wasn’t a total waste.
Luckily, Bryan was able to recover and continue the match, as the
small botch was easily covered by both stars,
and will have been completely missed by many fans.
1: Ricochet’s interesting night
Though he has held gold in promotions like Ring of Hour, New Japan,
Dragon Gate and NXT, Ricochet had never held a
championship on WWE’s main roster, until last night.
After qualifying for the bout on the past week’s RAW against
4 of RAW’s very best, the Aerial Assailant made the most
of his opportunity, toppling Samoa Joe to win the United States title.
Levelling the Samoan Submission Machine with his 630 finisher, the
match was epic, but did have it’s fair share of botches along the way.
The problems for Ricochet started the moment he came into the ring
as the former NXT star slipped on his own attire during his entrance,
and though fans are often told about how graceful and quick
on his feet Ricochet is, this didn’t exactly help his image
Shortly after, the new champ would land on his knees when hit with a
clothesline that should’ve knocked Ricochet flat on his back.
Despite these botches, the match was still an epic encounter, as
as Ricochet started his first US title reign,
in a match many fans have considered the best of the night.
Back to WWE now and Stephanie McMahon has held her own against reporters accosting her at the airport, and for once it’s not TMZ.
Instead it was WrestlingNews.co who caught up with the company’s Chief Brand Officer while she was headed for her ride and signing autographs for nearby fans.
Whilst the majority of questions were predictable, McMahon was thrown a curveball with a question about AEW, but handled it like a pro.
When asked if the new promotion founded by Cody and the Young Bucks was competition to the WWE, McMahon went on the record saying.
“You know, I think it’s going to force everybody to be the best that they can.”
It may have been a cliché answer, but McMahon definitely made the right call, as avoiding the question would’ve
had fans speculating the company’s running scared, and now Stephanie can focus on how to improve the WWE alongside her father Vince and real-life husband Triple H.
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