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On Saturday evening in Cincinnati, Ohio, WWE hosted a live event under the Starrcade label, which will air as a one-hour special on the WWE Network tomorrow. The show initially started with a tribute video to Hall of Famers Ric Flair and the late-great Dusty Rhodes, as Elias greeted the audience with a concert of his own.
Ric Flair came out along with Nia Jax, Tamina, Alicia Fox, and Mickie James. Jax started singing and wasn't very good at it, out came Sasha Banks, Bayley, Ember Moon, and Dana Brooke and set up the first match of the evening, an eight women tag team bout.
#1. Sasha Banks, Bayley, Ember Moon, and Dana Brooke vs Nia Jax, Tamina, Alicia Fox, and Mickie James
Solid match to start proceedings here, nothing over the top as both the babyface and heel team had their moments. Sasha Banks and Bayley had a strong outing for the faces, whereas, Nia Jax put up another dominating performance. Banks eventually made Alicia Fox tap out to the Bank Statement to pick up the win and kick-off Starrcade in a perfect manner.
Result: Sasha Banks, Bayley, Ember Moon, and Dana Brooke def. Nia Jax, Tamina, Alicia Fox, and Mickie James
#2. Drew McIntyre vs Finn Balor
The first singles match of the evening featured two of Monday Night Raw's top stars as former Universal Champion, Finn Balor faced-off against Drew McIntyre in a one-on-one bout. McIntyre, who in recent weeks has been on absolute fire, ignited a rivalry against Balor very recently on the red brand.
The two men put together a decent enough bout with 'The Scottish Psychopath' eventually picking up the win via a Claymore Kick. Hard luck for Finn Balor though, who despite a resilient effort wasn't able to do much.
Result: Drew McIntyre def. Finn Balor
#3. The B-Team vs The Revival
Former Raw Tag Team Champions, The B-Team, has gotten lost into the shuffle on the Raw Tag Title scene ever since the dropped the belts to the duo of Drew McIntyre and Dolph Ziggler (who eventually lost it to The Shield).
In order to make sure they don't get further mixed into the shuffle, the duo of Curtis Axel and Bo Dallas needed to make sure they had come out victorious tonight against former two-time NXT Tag Team Champions, The Revival. Much to everyone's shock, The B-Team did manage to secure a huge win when Bo Dallas surprisingly pinned Scott Dawson.
Result: The B-Team def. The Revival
#4. The Bar vs The New Day- (SmackDown Live Tag Team Championships)
The Bar and The New Day have been engaged in a long-term intense feud for several months now and ever since The Bar had captured the SmackDown Live Tag Team Titles from the trio of Xavier Woods, Kofi Kingston, and Big E on SmackDown Live, the New Dy have been desperately trying to win back the straps.
At Starrcade, New Day once again challenged the duo of Sheamus and Cesaro but was unable to capture the belts on this occasion as well, as 'The Celtic Warrior' connected with a brutal Brogue Kick on Big E to secure the pinfall win and retain the SmackDown Live Tag Titles.
Result: The Bar def. The New Day to retain the SmackDown Live Tag Team Championships
#5. Bray Wyatt vs Baron Corbin
Raw Commissioner Baron Corbin issued an open challenge to anyone on the roster and it was eventually answered by the returning Bray Wyatt, who obviously came out as the substitute to his former Wyatt Family stablemate Braun Strowman, who, unfortunately, has been sidelined with an elbow injury, thanks to Corbin himself.
Wyatt went on to pick a massive win over Corbin after hitting the Sister Abigail's kiss.
Result: Bray Wyatt def. Baron Corbin
#6. Charlotte Flair vs Asuka
Having turned heel a week ago at Survivor Series, former SmackDown Live Women's Champion, Charlotte Flair faced-off against 'The Empress of Tomorrow' Asuka in a WrestleMania 34 rematch. Having already conquered Asuka's winning streak at 'Mania 34, Flair was once again looking to secure another huge win over the former NXT Women's Champion.
As expected, this was yet another classic bout between Flair and Asuka and much like the previous two occasions (the second one being very recently at the Mixed Match Challenge), 'The Queen' Charlotte Flair defeated Asuka via a roll-up pin.
After the match, Flair cut a promo about knocking down Ronda Rousey.
Result: Charlotte Flair def. Asuka
#7. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Rey Mysterio- (WWE United States Championship)
Both Rey Mysterio and WWE US Champion, Shinsuke Nakamura were guests on The Miz TV, as Mysterio, who was wearing a neck brace, spoke about the WWE legends who competed at Starrcade. In response, Nakamura stated that he is quite clear of the fact but claimed that he doesn't care about Starrcade.
After a little back-and-forth between Miz and Mysterio, Nakamura attacked the latter from behind, as an official ran down to the ring and rang the bell to start a match between Nakamura and Mysterio.
Mysterio did defeat Nakamura but wasn't able to win the US Title, as The Miz ran down to cause a DQ finish. Rusev and Lana also ran down to the ring and set up a tag team bout.
Result: Rey Mysterio def. Shinsuke Nakamura via DQ
#8. Rusev and Rey Mysterio vs The Miz and Shinsuke Nakamura
Solid back-and-forth tag team match here, with Rusev picking up the win for the babyface team after pinning The Miz.
Result: Rusev and Rey Mysterio def. The Miz and Shinsuke Nakamura
#9. AJ Styles vs Samoa Joe- (Steel Cage Match)
Since losing the WWE Championship to Daniel Bryan on SmackDown Live, AJ Styles finally made his much-awaited return to in-ring competition, as he went head-to-head against arch-rival Samoa Joe inside a Steel Cage.
Joe and Styles quite arguably had the best match of the evening, as 'The Phenomenal One' marked his return to WWE via a huge win after making Joe tap out to the Calf Crusher. This was by far the best bout of the evening.
Result: AJ Styles def. Samoa Joe
#10. Seth Rollins vs Dean Ambrose- (WWE Intercontinental Championship Steel Cage Match)
The main event of the evening featured two of WWE's biggest rival going at it in yet another Steel Cage Match, as former Shield brothers Seth Rollins and hometown hero Dean Ambrose went head-to-head with each other in a one-on-one match with the WWE Intercontinental Championship on the line.
Rollins and Ambrose have always lived up to expectations everytime they have gone head-to-head with each other inside the squared circle and last night was no different either. Both men put together a tremendous match with each other and the Cincinnati crowd was firmly behind Ambrose as well, despite him being the heel.
Rollins eventually defeated Ambrose to retain the Intercontinental Championship.
Result: Seth Rollins def. Dean Ambrose to retain the WWE Intercontinental Championship
