WWE Live Event Results: Daytona Beach, Florida (07/23/2018)

It was raining boos!
It was raining boos!

The men and women in red stopped over at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida for a live event. Surprisingly, the Raw Tag Team and the Intercontinental titles were not defended on the show that was headlined by a massive six-man tag team match.

The card featured one singles match, a triple threat title bout and the rest being tag team contests featuring notable talents of the roster. WWE even teased an epic Drew McIntyre vs. Roman Reigns feud which could be in store after SummerSlam.

So let’s get right into the results and highlights from the show:


#1 Apollo Crews, Titus O’Neil, and No Way Jose vs. The Ascension and Curt Hawkins

The show kicked off with an undercard match pitting the team of Titus Worldwide against jobber united aka The Ascension and Curt Hawkins.

The match was decent enough for an opener with Jose making it a fun-filled affair, at the end of which the babyfaces picked up the win with relative ease.

Crews, O’Neil and Jose def. Ascension and Hawkins

Elias and Bobby Lashley's segment

Drew McIntyre appeared on the big screen moments after the match and cut a promo directed towards Roman Reigns. This was followed by a segment featuring Elias and Bobby Lashley. The Drifter did his usual shtick by playing a song in the middle of the ring before he was interrupted by Lashley. Elias put forth the offer to sing 'Knockin’ on Heaven’s door' along with the Dominator but was greeted by a chorus of boos when he started the sing all by himself.

Lashley, though, joined in during the chorus and got a loud pop from the fans. Elias then tried to get one up against Lashley with a cheap shot but was taken out with a delayed vertical suplex. Lashley celebrated with the fans as his music closed out the segment.


#2 Sasha Banks and Bayley vs. Alicia Fox and Liv Morgan

It was a routine women’s tag team match with a lot of back and forth action before the build-up towards the babyface win began. Banks got the win for her team with Bank Statement on Morgan.

Banks and Bayley def. Fox and Morgan

A video package of a SummerSlam meet and greet session aired after the match.

#3 Kevin Owens vs. Bray Wyatt

The Eater of Worlds was quite over with the fans as delete chants echoed around the arena. Owens came out and was at his absolute best. He screamed at a fan who was tried to video record him during his entrance, delayed the match by rolling outside and appeared to be let down by the magnitude of boos he was getting. A master heel was at work and it was a pure joy to watch.

After a lengthy attempt at stalling the inevitable, Owens went for the cheap shot on Wyatt but blocked and did the spider walk. The majority of the match saw Owens on top with countless holds. He worked the match as a perfect heel with Wyatt being the all-out fan favourite. There was a time when ‘He’s got the whole world in his hands’ and KO sucks chants reverberated around the arena.

The finish of the match had Owens connecting with the Stone Cold Stunner on Wyatt only for a two-count. He failed at a Swanton Bomb and landed on the knees of Wyatt, who took advantage of the situation and delivered Sister Abigail for the win.

It should be noted that Wyatt showed off his brand new chest tattoo at the show. It’s much better than what Lesnar has. Check it out here.

Wyatt def. Owens


#4 Chad Gable and Zack Ryder vs. The Authors of Pain

Gable and Ryder got a decent reaction from the fans as the former American Alpha carried a densely bearded look. Eventually, they proved to be too little a competition for the former NXT Tag Team Champions as AOP picked up the win with the Last Chapter.

AOP def. Chad Gable & Zack Ryder

#5 Alexa Bliss (C) vs. Ember Moon vs. Natalya (Triple Threat for the Raw Women’s Championship)

A really solid Women’s Championship bout was the penultimate contest of the night. All three women put in a great performance as the fans in attendance were invested in the in-ring action.

Bliss deployed a smart strategy of grounding Moon outside the ring as she focused on Natalya. The finish of the match was pretty well-booked in terms of Bliss’ character too. Natalya had Bliss reeling in pain after being locked up in the Sharpshooter but Moon came and broke it up and hit Natalya with the Eclipse. Bliss, however, threw Moon straight into the ring post just when she went for the pinfall and stole the three-count over Natalya to retain the title.

Bliss def. Moon and Natalya

It was time for the main event of the evening as all the six men made their respective entrances. Jinder Mahal was the first to come out with Sunil Singh by his side. He tried to get some heat by coaxing the fans into meditating and he got what he wanted -- tremendous verbal backlash from the fans. Drew McIntyre (without Dolph Ziggler) and Constable Corbin joined Mahal in the ring as 3MB chants broke out. The babyfaces came out next as Roman Reigns was mercilessly booed.


#6 Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins and Finn Balor vs. Jinder Mahal, Drew McIntyre, and Constable Corbin

A customary brawl between all the superstars kicked off the match. The fans in Florida were behind Rollins, however, the same can’t be said about the Big Dog.” Let’s go, Rollins, Roman sucks” chants created a great atmosphere for the main event as McIntyre had his eyes firmly set on Reigns.

It seemed like WWE was testing a feud between McIntyre and Reigns, which could be introduced on TV after SummerSlam.

It was a generic finish as Reigns got the hot tag, who speared Mahal to get the win for his team. The babyface team celebrated with the fans to end the show on a happy note.

Reigns, Rollins and Balor def. Mahal, McIntyre and Corbin


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