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WWE SUPERSTARS REPORT: A SOCIAL OUTCAST PARTIAL REUNION, SWAGGER VERSUS MAHAL

By Richard Trionfo on 2016-08-28 01:05:00

We are in Brooklyn, New York and your announcers are Tom Phillips and Corey Graves.

Match Number One:  `Jack Swagger versus Jinder Mahal

Swagger starts a USA chant and Mahal attacks Swagger from behind and knocks him to the floor.  Mahal with forearms and he runs Swagger into the apron a few times.  Mahal sends Swagger back into the ring and he hits a jumping knee to the chest and gets a near fall.  Mahal punches Swagger and he applies a reverse chin lock.  Swagger with punches but Mahal with an Irish whip and he sends Swagger into the turnbuckles and then he hits a clothesline and gets a near fall.

Mahal with a drop kick to the upper back.  Mahal with a jumping knee drop and he gets a near fall.  Mahal with a rear chin lock.  Mahal sends Swagger to the mat and connects with a few knee drops but when he goes for a third one, Swagger gets his feet up and Mahal goes to the mat.  Swagger punches Mahal.  Mahal with an Irish whip but he misses a splash.  Swagger with a running clothesline and a running knee into the corner followed by a belly-to-belly slam.

Swagger with a running clothesline and he gets a near fall.  Swagger with a We the People Double Jump Swagger Bomb, but Mahal is able to take advantage of some extra actions by Swagger.  Mahal gets his feet up but Swagger blocks a kick and applies the ankle lock.  Mahal tries to get to the ropes but he has to tap out.

Winner:  Jack Swagger

We see footage of Finn Balor after he won the Universal Title.

We go to commercial.

We are back and we see Finn Balor on Raw after he relinquished the Universal Title.
We go to commercial.

We are back with footage of Bayley’s debut on Raw.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Two:  Bo Dallas and Curtis Axel versus Goldust and R Truth

Goldust and Bo start things off.  They lock up and Dallas misses a punch and Goldust taunts Dallas.  Goldust with a shoulder tackle and reverse atomic drop and Goldust asks Dallas if he is okay.  Goldust with a punch and Truth tags in.  They hit a double straitjacket side Russian leg sweep.  Truth with a split and then he dances around before hitting a leg drop and getting a near fall.

Truth tells Bo to stop before punching him and Truth dances.  Bo returns the dance challenge.  Truth with a split and hip toss.  Axel comes in and so does Goldust.  Axel and Bo go to the floor as we go to commercial.

We are back and Truth with a side head lock take down.  Truth with a flapjack and Curtis backs into the corner.  Bo distracts Truth and Curtis with kicks to the knee followed by a Northern Lariat.  Axel kicks Truth and sends him into the turnbuckles.  Axel with kicks in the corner and the referee warns Curtis.

Axel with a snap mare and leap frog neck snap for a near fall.  Curtis with an arm bar and Truth with punches but Axel with a forearm and drop kick.  Axel chokes Truth in the ropes.  Curtis with a kick and Bo tags in and hits a clothesline and then Axel with a knee.  Bo gets a near fall.  Bo with a reverse chin lock.  Truth with punches but Bo sends Truth to the mat by the hair.

Bo calls for a BO TRAIN and he does one in the ring around Truth.  Bo mocks Goldust by doing Truth’s bunny dance.

Truth with a leg lariat and both men are down.  Curtis and Goldust tag in and Goldust with clotheslines and Goldust with a drop down uppercut.  Goldust knocks Bo down on the apron and hits a twisting bulldog followed by a power slam for a near fall.  Truth is sent to the floor by Bo.  Goldust sends Bo to the floor.

Truth makes the tag and they hit a power bomb and elbow drop combination followed by a jackknife cover on Axel to win.

Winners:  Goldust and R Truth

We go to commercial.
We are back with a look at the qualifying matches to determine who will wrestle for the vacant Universal Title.

We go to credits.

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