WrestleMania 33 Kickoff Show Results – Apr. 2, 2017 – 3 Matches

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TPWW

Apr 2, 2017

April 2, 2017
Orlando, Florida – Camping World Stadium

Kickoff Show Panel

Renee Young, Booker T, Jerry Lawler and Shawn Michaels are on the panel.

They talk about how hot it is and how that may affect the wrestlers. It’s about 90 degrees F in Orlando.

Still early, so the stadium still seems about 60% empty.

Charly Caruso and Maria Menounos are at the “Social Media Lounge.”

Sirius XM host Sam Roberts is in a tuxedo and is outside talking with fans.

The panel just talks about and “analyzes” the matches tonight.

They say it’s the biggest entrance ramp in WrestleMania history. 80 yards from the entrance to the ring.

Lita joins the panel, replacing Jerry Lawler to talk about the women’s championship matches.

Cruiserweight Championship
Neville (c) vs. Austin Aries

This match is up first, starting at about 5:38 ET. The stadium is starting to fill up now. Seems mostly full. Still bright and pretty sunny out, which is sort of giving this match an “exhibition” feel.

Tom Phillips and Corey Graves are on commentary.

Aries controlled the match early, causing Neville to go outside to regroup a couple of times. Five minutes into the match, there is a commercial.

Neville hit a nasty looking snap German suplex, landing Aries right on the back of his head. Another big German suplex, but Aries kicked out. Aries hit a “discus five-arm” out of nowhere, but Neville rolled outside, then kicked Aries in the head. He went to the top for the red arrow, but Aries went up and hit a top rope frankensteiner. Top rope 450 by Aries but Neville kicked out. Last-chancery submission by Aries, but Neville raked the injured eye socket of Aries, causing him to writhe in pain. Neville went to the top and hit the Red Arrow for the pin.

Winner: Neville

Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal

Participants: Mojo Rawley, Apollo Crews, The Big Show, Curt Hawkins, Braun Strowman, Goldust, R-Truth, Primo, Epico, Curtis Axel, Bo Dallas, Jinder Mahal, Sami Zayn, Mark Henry, Sin Cara, Titus O’Neil, Fandango, Tyler Breeze, Dolph Ziggler, Rhyno, Heath Slater, Jason Jordan, Chad Gable, Jey Uso, Jimmy Uso, Konnor, Viktor, Kalisto, Aiden English, Simon Gotch, Tian Bing, Killian Dain

Michael Cole, JBL and Byron Saxton are on commentary for this match.

Lots of wrestlers are currently in the ring already.

Big Show gets an entrance. Braun Strowman gets an entrance.

Kalisto is eliminated.

Simon Gotch is eliminated by Strowman.

Heath Slater is eliminated by Braun Strowman.

One of the Usos is eliminated by Big Show.

Goldust eliminated by Big Show.

Konnor eliminated by Big Show.

Big Show and Strowman face off in the middle of the ring, but Zayn attacks Strowman and it turns into a rumble.

Big Show is eliminated by Strowman from behind.

Viktor is eliminated by Strowman.

Everyone tries to eliminate Strowman and they do…

Braun Strowman is eliminated by about ten guys.

Curt Hawkins is eliminated by someone. Bad camerawork and the commentators aren’t mentioning when people are eliminated. Hard to keep up. Big mess.

Dolph Ziggler keeps being thrown out and hanging onto the ropes about 10 times.

R-Truth is eliminated by Ziggler.

Rhyno eliminated by Ziggler.

Aiden English is eliminated by American Alpha.

Primo is eliminated by American Alpha I think.

The other Uso is eliminated by American Alpha.

Jason Jordan is eliminated by Dain and Breezango.

Gable is eliminated by Dain and Breezango.

Breezango are both eliminated by Tian Bing.

Sin Cara is eliminated by Mark Henry.

Mark Henry is eliminated by a few guys together.

This sucks.

Bing is eliminated by a Dolph Ziggler superkick.

Epico eliminated by Zayn.

Bo Dallas eliminated by Mojo.

Still in the ring: Luke Harper, Titus O’Neil, Killian Dain, Dolph Ziggler, Jinder Mahal, Mojo Rawley, Apollo Crews, Sami Zayn

Apollo Crews eliminated by someone.

Ziggler eliminated by Mojo.

Luke Harper is eliminated by a Titus big boot.

Last 5: Titus O’Neil, Sami Zayn, Killian Dain, Mojo Rawley, Jinder Mahal

Titus eliminated by Sami Zayn.

Last 3: Mojo Rawley, Jinder Mahal, Killian Dain

Killian Dain and Mojo face off in the middle of the ring. Mojo nails Dain with a football-like hit and knocks him down.

Jinder knocks Mojo through the middle ropes and goes to work on him outside. Rob Gronkowski is in the front row and Jinder gets in his face. Jinder takes Gronk’s drink, drinks it, and throws it in Gronk’s face as Gronk looks furious. Gronk then climbs over the barrier and takes off his shirt, then walks into the ring. Gronk nails Jinder Mahal with a big football-like hit. Mojo gets in the ring and celebrates with Gronk, then Gronk exits the ring.

Killian Dain is eliminated by Mojo Rawley.

Mojo Rawley and Jinder Mahal are the last 2.

Jinder is on the apron… Mojo nails him with a forearm and knocks him out for the win.

Winner: Mojo Rawley

After the match, Rob Gronkowski gets back in the ring and celebrates with Mojo Rawley in a “bro-like” manner.

Interview: Paul Heyman

Paul Heyman was interviewed by Charly Caruso and Maria Menounos and did his usual Lesnar schtick that he has done 6,000 times.

Intercontinental Championship
Dean Ambrose (c) vs. Baron Corbin

This match has been moved to the kickoff show I guess.

Tom Phillips, David Otunga and JBL are announcers. Hopefully JBL is not on every match…

Crowd seems really dead for this match. After some back and forth for about 10 minutes, Ambrose went for the Dirty Deeds, but Corbin blocked it. Corbin slammed his shoulder into both the turnbuckle and the steel steps after going after Ambrose but missing.

Corbin went for Deep Six but Ambrose blocked it, then tried his “off the ropes” clothesline move but Ambrose gave him a big boot and hit a Deep Six, but Ambrose kicked out. Both guys look like they are profusely sweating. JBL says it’s “10 degrees hotter than hell.” Ambrose hit his clothesline off the ropes out of nowhere then went for the Dirty Deeds but Corbin blocked it and slammed Ambrose down. Corbin went for the End of Days but Ambrose reversed, kicked Corbin in the stomach and hit the Dirty Deeds for the win.

Winner: Dean Ambrose