Source: Jorge & Prowrestling.net
Dark Match:
Alexander Rusev (w/Lana) beat Darren Young in 4:00. The match was held prior to the Main Event taping, which started roughly 40 minutes before it aired on WWE Network. As for the match, nothing to it. Weak kicks by Rusev. Faint USA chants. Rusev won with the Camel Clutch.
WWE SmackDown (Airing Friday):
The broadcast team came out for Smackdown, so this is likely where the television show will begin.
There was a promo by Batista putting over his accomplishments since he’s returned and complaining about being booed and forced into a Triple Threat at WrestleMania. Out came Triple H to tell Batista that he would be wrestling tonight on Smackdown…
Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose (w/Roman Reigns) beat Jinder Mahal and Drew McIntyre in 4:00. Corporate Kane, Corporate Road Dogg and Corporate Billy Gunn came out onto the stage and introduced The Shield’ss next opponents, Rybaxel…
Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose (w/Roman Reigns) beat Ryback and Curtis Axel in 8:00. Rollins curb stomped Axel for the win. The highlight was a nice dive by Rollins. Post match, Rollins did a second dive on Ryback, threw him in for a superman punch from Reigns and a triple power bomb. They taunted Kane, Road Dogg, and Gunn, who were still on the stage…
Sin Cara defeated Damien Sandow in 2:00. Nothing special fans were sleeping…
Somber serious Big Show promo with Rene Young talking about The Wyatt’s having a big problem with him tonight… Batista vs. Sheamus is announced for Smackdown later…
Fandango (w/Summer Rae) defeated Goldust in 5:00. Fandango won after catching Goldust with a kick to the head as he was entering the ring. The last minute featured a lot of fumbling and will take some editing to fix.
Sheamus beat Batista by DQ in 6:00. Batista bailed before Sheamus could hit the Brogue Kick. Sheamus chased him to the floor and Batista hit him with a chair a couple of times for the DQ. Batista threw Sheamus back inside the ring and hit the Batista Bomb. Batista grabbed the mic and asked Triple H if he and the fans were happy. He said he is winning the WWE Championship at WrestleMania and the fans have to deal with it. The match was clunky and both men looked lost at points. The editing team will be busy with the last two matches.
There was a backstage promo with Bray Wyatt discussing John Cena and slaying the giant…
The Bella Twins beat AJ Lee and Tamina in 3:00. Vickie Guerrero was on commentary. Tamina had enough of AJ and pushed her down. She tagged her in and threw her right into Nikki Bella, who hit the X Factor for the win…
Santino and Emma were at a restaurant on a date. Emma said Santino is a friend with benefits. Santino wanted to tell her something, but Emma said she felt the same way….they will always be the best of friends. Santino was gonna puke. She gave him water, which he spit in her face. Not funny comedy. Pure cheese…
Jack Swagger (w/Zeb Colter, Cesaro) beat Jimmy Uso. Swagger won via submission. Hot offense from Jimmy…
Mark Henry beat The Miz in 4:00. Miz threw Henry over the top rope to show he could eliminate him in the Andre The Giant Battle Royal. Henry threw Miz into the steps, and eventually performed a half hearted World’s Strongest Slam for the win…
Boston gets Money in The Bank on June 29.
Alexander Rusev and Lana came out and cut a promo on stage.
In the main event, Bray Wyatt defeated The Big Show with the Sister Abigail. After a short match between the two, Erick Rowan and Luke Harper and got involved and attacked Show. The show ends with The Wyatt Family standing over The Big Show.
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