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STARDUST & GOLDUST vs. THE USO'S vs. THE MIZ & DAMIEN MIZDOW vs. LOS MATADORES: I thought this match might be good since, with eight guys wrestling, it wouldn't be boring. Sadly, it didn't turn out all that great. I'd much rather see The Uso's vs. The Wyatt Family on every ppv until the end of time. To add salt to the wound, The Miz and his shadow won the tag titles. Ugh. *1/2 (out of ****)
NATALYA & NAOMI & EMMA & ALICIA FOX vs. PAIGE & SUMMER RAE & CAMERON & LAYLA: I always rag on the women's division because, let's face it, there's never been a good match or interesting storyline ever. The WWE doesn't even try to create long-term, compelling feuds with these women so why should I care? Paige was the lone one left in this traditional SS elimination match and lost. 1/2*
DEAN AMBROSE vs. BRAY WYATT: These two sort of tried a B-version of a tough, hard NJPW match. Didn't entirely work. Ambrose got DQ'd when he used a chair and then jumped off the top rope and elbow dropped Wyatt through a table...setting up next month's TLC match. **
ADAM ROSE & THE BUNNY vs. TITUS O'NEILL & HEATH SLATER: What's worse? A guy in an Easter Bunny suit wrestling or an entire 5 person team of Doink the Clowns? Discuss. -No Stars-
AJ LEE vs. NIKKI BELLA: Nikki won the coveted women's title. Okay. I guess at least AJ tries. Like swimming up river, though. *
JOHN CENA & RYBACK & DOLPH ZIGGLER & THE BIG SHOW & ERICK ROWAN vs. RUSEV & MARK HENRY & SETH ROLLINS & KANE & LUKE HARPER: This match, literally, was an hour long (granted, the opening package and entrances took over ten minutes and the post-match meltdown was about five). It was a typical RAW main event until the end. Mark Henry got KO'd and pinned by The Big Show to start the match...which makes no sense since later The Big Show KO'd his own teammate, John Cena, and then shook HHH's hand. Rusev jumped through the Spanish announce table and got counted out. Ziggler was the lone good guy left and won thanks to Sting coming out and helping him after Sting gave HHH the Death Drop or whatever his finisher is called. HHH knocked out a few refs to prevent Ziggler from winning and Sting saved the day. This means HHH and Stephanie are out as RAW's evil bosses. Good. This was a mediocre match. Good finish, though. Really, for a free ppv (the WWE Network numbers were so bad that they decided to give everyone this show for free which would have helped if the ppv wasn't awful) you'd think they'd try and showcase the best of WWE to get new subscribers. This was the worst ppv I've seen in years. Good ending but...like putting lipstick on a pig, no? **