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WWE House Show Report 5.02.15: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

May 2, 2015 | Posted by Larry Csonka

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* Tag Team – Fandango and Lucha Dragons v. Los Matadores and Adam Rose – Fandango got an incredible pop separate from Lucha Dragons, although together they had the crowd the whole match. ‎Mostly great acrobatics from Dragons and Matadores. Ended when the Dragons dove over the top to knock down the Matadores on the other side with Fandango getting the pinball after a leg drop from the top. Crowd was all over Fandango. Long one too — went about 15 minutes.

* Stardust v. R-Truth- Stardust took the mic beforehand. Mixed reaction to him, but a vocal one. Tried leaving until R-Truth came out. Good pop for him as he did his entrance. Better pop when he asked Halifax to say “What’s up.” Cody got some great heat mid-match when he took a timeout for a drink of water. Cody controlled most of it — think R-Truths only move was the finish that, until the 3 count hit, actually looked like Cody hit the move. Crowd was pulling for him though.

* Fan-voted Diva tag match – Summer Rae and Nikki v. Natalya and Emma – Biggest pop of the night so far for Natalya. Pretty solid action and the crowd was really, really into it. ‎Natalya ended it with a sharpshooter on Summer and the place went ballistic.

* Video package for the Ultimate Warrior Award going to Connor.

* Sheamus v. Ziggler – Pretty mixed reaction for Sheamus. I think most people remember him as a big fave the last time WWE was in town. ‎Great pop for Ziggler, but not bigger than Natalya. Solid “You Look Stupid” chant for Sheamus. He popped out, took the mic, got a great rise when he said he didn’t look stupid. Crowd broke into a “Yes” chant. Sheamus told Halifax to kiss his arse and tried leaving until Ziggler caught him on the ramp and brought him back in. Ziggler controlled early and the crowd loved it. Loved it more when Ziggler grabbed a table. Slow but steady action after Ziggler set the table up on the turnbuckle Sheamus then went hunting for a kendo stick and went to work on Ziggler with it for awhile. Then the chair came in and Ziggler ate some of that too before Sheamus sat on it to some heat while Ziggler recovered. He eventually got drop kicked right out of the thing and some back and forth ended with a great super kick from Ziggler. Ziggler grabbed the kendo stick and Sheamus begged not to be hit until Ziggler knocked him senseless to the outside. Some more good in-ring work ended in a White Noise through the table and “This is Awesome” chants. Sheamus then littered the ring with tables and chairs, putting the chairs on the table ‎only to be Famoused through it all for a 2 count. Ziggler took the win with a super kick/zig zag combo.

* Intermission time. Worth noting that Reigns got an incredible pop when they started throwing his t-shirts.

* Axel v. Ryder – Axel took the mic and did his Axelmania bit with a decent pop to calling it Halifaxel. ‎Not much reaction to Ryder. A standard match and a few Halifaxel chants later, Ryder had a pretty boring win.

* Swagger v. Kane – Great pop for Kane, decent one for Swagger too. Awesome “You Still Have It” chant for Kane as he controlled early on. Video screen at the start of the ramp stopped working mid-match. Swagger stormed back after getting dominated and got hit with a mix of “We The People/Swagger Sucks” chants before locking in an ankle lock. Kane got out and ended it with a chokeslam soon after. Kane seemed to have a legit limp — left straightaway and was the first victor now to involve the crowd at all afterwards.

* Video screen is working again! WWE Network plug.

* Main event. Rollins v. Reigns for the WWE title. Lots of support for Reigns, but definitely some boos mixed in. Similar reaction for Rollins but definitely more boos. Rollins got some great heat when he acted like he was giving his shirt away only to toss it ringside. More good heat by ducking out of the ring as soon as the bell went. When things got going, Reigns took him for a ride and the crowd, for the most part, was behind him. It went out side and Reigns went absolutely flying through the steel steps. Crowd showed no love for Rollins as he show boated back in the ring. Rollins then took over for a bit, and every time Reigns fought back, he had the crowd behind him. It stayed all Rollins though for several minutes and Reigns took a Lesnar-esque beating until Reigns landed a huge punch when Rollins went airborne. As Reigns mounted his offence, the crowd seemed to think he had a chance until Rollins stopped it with a kick to the head. Reigns then came back and was about to nail a spear until Rollins ducked out again to some more heat. He grabbed the belt and tried to leave until Reigns got him on the ramp. Then Kane came out, nearly distracting Reigns for a Rollins win. Reigns super punched Kane off the apron and set up for a spear that failed, but the superman punch that he hit knocked out the ref. Would’ve been an 11 count. Kane came in and chokeslammed Reigns, new ref comes out, Reigns still kicks out, crowd loves it. They go to tag team Reigns, he ends up spearing Kane, then Rollins hits Reigns for the win. Kane is ticked afterwards that he got speared and he chokeslams Rollins to a great pop before Reigns spears him to end the show. Got a great pop afterwards as he stayed in the ring to play the crowd. Pretty darn good show. Crowd was hot the whole night and not a sub-par performance on the card.‎

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