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WWE's Holiday Tour - Orlando, FL
I attended the second event of this year's Smackdown Holiday Tour here in Orlando, FL. The following are the quick results from the show, along with some notes:
Six Women Tag Team Match - Bianca Belair, Naomi and their surprise partner, Rhea Ripley def. Pure Fusion Collective - Shayna Bazler, Zoey Stark and Sonya Deville
Andrade "El Idolo" def. Carmelo Hayes
Fatal Four Way for the WWE Tag Team championship - DIY retained their titles after defeating Street Profits, Motor City Machine Guns and A-Town Down-Under
Bailey defeated Tiffany Stratton
New Bloodline - Jacob Fatu and Tama Tonga w/ Solo Sikoa defeated Jimmy and Jey Uso with help from Solo after the ref was distracted checking on Jacob Fatu. After the match, The Bloodline beat up the Usos for a bit, before Solo bringing a table into the ring. As Solo started setting up the table in the corner, Jimmy and Jey gave sidekicks to Tama and Jacob that resulted in them landing out of the ring. They waited for Solo to finish setting the table and when he turned and saw he was alone in the ring with his twin brothers, Solo tried to do the Yeet motion and get the crowd behind him, only to receive a double sidekick and them being speared through the table by Jey. The Usos celebrated with the fans for a little while before going to intermission.
Katana Chance and Kayden Carter def. "Unholy Union" - Alba Fyre and Isla Dawn
Street Fight for the WWE Women's Championship - Nia Jax (c) def. Michin
Steel Cage Match for WWE Championship - Cody Rhodes retained after defeating Kevin Owens. Good back and forth match that saw both men using the cage to punish the other. They exchanged finishers towards the end of the match, both kicking out in what were great false finishes. KO then hit "Cross-Rhodes" on Cody for another near fall, only for Cody to return the favor with a Stunner for one more near fall. Cody then started climbing the cage and KO crawled towards the cage door. Cody jumped to the floor with KO coming out the door just a second later, giving Cody the win.
There was a lot of good work up and down the card. Everyone also seemed to be enjoying themselves. There was also a lot of interaction with the crowd during and after the matches, with the babyfaces taking the time to shake hands with as many people as they could at ringside. The Usos and Cody took a lot of time to sign autographs, shake hands and take pictures with the ringside before intermission and at the end of the show respectively.
All in all, a really good show. On a side note, this was my grandson's first time attending a WWE event and it was so awesome to see his face light up every time another wrestler would come out for their match. He and my daughter are huge Rhea Ripley fans. They were a bit bummed out because we thought Rhea would be in the RAW brand tour, so when they heard her entrance music play they jumped out of their seats and that moment alone served as a nice set up for the rest of the evening. Seeing his reactions and his excitement all night brought me memories of my first show back in Puerto Rico almost 40 years ago. It actually made my evening so much better. Being there with my entire family made for a different kind of enjoyment of the show.
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