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WWE's European tour continued with the latest live event in Helsinki, Finland, featuring the Smackdown roster. Some fans in attendance claimed that the arena had 90% occupancy for the live event, which marked WWE's return to Finland in nearly 10 years.
With four Championship defences, the event had a total of eight matches.The absence of top-tier Smackdown superstars like Roman Reigns, Becky Lynch and Elias resulted in The New Day, Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn pulling off double duties.
The results and highlights from the show are provided below:
#1 R-Truth and Carmella vs Andrade and Zelina Vega
This was a solid opener. Andrade recieved the loudest negative reactions from the fans. Truth pinned him with a roll-up to get the win.
Carmella and R-Truth def. Zelina Vega and Andrade
As Truth and Carmella were about to celebrate with a 7-second dance break, Lars Sullivan made his way out and destroyed R-Truth. He was wearing a black attire instead of the usual red.
#2 Xavier Woods vs Sami Zayn
Sami Zayn dissed the crowd before the match began. Woods came out alone and quickly defeated Zayn with a roll-up. The match lasted nearly a minute.
Xavier Woods def. Sami Zayn
While making his way out for his match against Samoa Joe, Matt Hardy was attacked from behind by the United States Champion. Joe stated that he won't defend his Championship in Finland and went to the back.
#3 Naomi vs Charlotte Flair
Charlotte Flair reminded the fans how she had unfairly lost her Smackdown Women's Championship at WrestleMania and vowed to regain it. Both Flair and Naomi recieved good reactions.
The match was good and it ended when 'The Queen' pinned Naomi with a roll-up, with her feet at the ropes for extra leverage.
Charlotte Flair def. Naomi
#4 Daniel Bryan and Rowan(c) vs The Usos vs Rusev and Shinsuke Nakamura (with Lana) for the Smackdown Tag team Championship
Prior to the match, Rusev cut a promo noting how much he likes Sweden and Norway but not Finland. The crowd was in favour of Rowan for some reason. Lana received a great response as well.
At one point, when The Usos hit the Splash on Rusev, it felt like they were going to win the titles. However, Bryan took the advantage as he pushed Usos out of the ring and pinned Rusev to pick up the win for his team.
Daniel Bryan and Rowan def. Rusev and Shinsuke Nakamura and The Usos to retain the Smackdown Tag team Championship
#5 The IIconics (Peyton Royce and Billie Kay)(c) vs Asuka and Kairi Sane for the WWE Women's Tag team Championship
Once again, the crowd was hot for both the teams. Paige, the manager of Asuka and Kairi Sane, was not at ringside for this match.
It was a fun match. With extra support from Peyton, Billie Kay pinned Sane to grab the win.
The IIconics def. Kairi Sane and Asuka to retain the WWE Women's Tag team Championship
After the match, Kairi Sane and Asuka continued their assault on the Champions and the segment ended with Peyton Royce recieving an Insane Elbow.
#6 Samoa Joe(c) vs Matt Hardy for the WWE United States Championship
Matt Hardy came out and demanded a shot at the US title. The match was short and Joe picked up the win when Hardy passed out to the Coquina Clutch.
Samoa Joe def. Matt Hardy to retain the WWE United States Championship
#7 Kofi Kingston (with Xavier Woods)(c) vs Kevin Owens for the WWE Championship
The Champion and Owens both recieved amazing responses from the fans. The bout ended quickly when Sami Zayn attacked Xavier Woods and interfered into the match. Zayn and Owens then beat down Kingston.
Kofi Kingston def. Kevin Owens via disqualification to retain the WWE Championship
Post-match, Kofi challenged Owens and Zayn to face The New Day in a No disqualification tag team match, which they accepted.
#8 The New Day (Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) vs Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens in a No DQ match
The fans noted it to be a pretty good ending for the show. Woods took out Owens by delivering an Elbow drop through the table. Kingston then hit the Trouble in Paradise on Zayn and pinned him for the victory.
The New Day def. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn
The WWE Champion concluded the live event by thanking the crowd for supporting him and said that Big E might be back with them when WWE returns to Finland.
One of Samoa Joe's colleagues had harsh words for him HERE
