WWE Super-Show Down took place on Saturday 6th October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia. The card looks pretty good so let's take a look.
The first match is for the Smackdown Tag Team Championships as
The Bar challenge
The New Day. Sheamus and Cesaro catch Kofi Kingston attempting a suicide dive and wrap up round the ring post, giving them the advantage. Kofi manages to send Cesaro to the outside and then tags Xavier in. In the end, The New Day hit a backstabber/coup de grace combo on Cesaro to get the win. This was a good match and a good way to start the show.
Winners: The New Day (1 for 1)
Next is
Charlotte Flair challenging
Becky Lynch for the Smackdown Women's Championship. The match starts with them beating each other up before Becky pulls Charlotte out of the ring to the floor to get the advantage. Becky gets Charlotte in the Dis-Arm Her but she gets out of it and later on, stomps on the back of the knee to get back some momentum. Charlotte gets Becky in a Boston Crab but Becky rolls out of the ring and tries to leave. Charlotte stops her, rolls her back into the ring and pus her in the Figure 8. In desperation, Becky whips Charlotte with the belt to lose vua disqualification. After the match, Charlotte attacks Becky when she tries to leave but that turns out to be a bad idea as Becky fucks her up. I thought this was a good match and I was slightly disappointed that it ended in a disqualification. However, it showed Becky acting like a heel in the ring so I'm ok with it.
Winner: Charlotte Flair (1 for 2)
We get a musical interlude with
Elias and Kevin Owens before their match with
John Cena and Bobby Lashley. Lashley is dominant against both guys to begin with before Owens superkicks him and then stomps on him. Lashley hits a spine buster on Owens and he finally tags in Cena. Cena beats up Elias, hits an AA then a lightning fist to get the win. It would have been nice to see Cena wrestle a bit more but otherwise, it was a decent match.
Winners: John Cena and Bobby Lashley (2 for 3)
We now get Australia's two favourite females,
The IIonics taking on
Naomi and Asuka. Asuka and Naomi work well together before Billie Kay hits Asuka with a big boot to get the momentum. Asuka eventually manages to tag in Naomi. However, Billie holds Naomi up for Peyton Royce to knee her in the side of the head to surprisingly get the win. This was a short yet fun match.
Winners: The IIonics (2 for 4)
Next is a No-Disqualification match for the WWE Championship between
Samoa Joe and
AJ Styles. The match goes back and forth before Joe tries to use a steel chair but it gets dropkicked into his face. Joe hurts his knee when he goes through and Styles focuses on it. In the end, Styles gets Joe to submit to the calf crusher to get the win. This was a good match and the best one that they had.
Winner: AJ Styles (3 for 5)
We now get our 2nd women's tag match as
The Riott Squad take on
Ronda Rousey and The Bella Twins. During the match, The Bellas only tag each other. The Riott Squad wear down Nikki Bella and she eventually tags in Rousey, who proceeds to destroy them. Rousey goes on to get Sarah Logan and Liv Morgan to submit to a diuble armbar. This was another fun match to watch. However, it looks they are continuing to make Rousey invincible and I feel that it's not really necessary
Winners: Ronda Rousey and The Bella Twins (4 for 6)
Now a match that I was quite looking forward to seeing:
Buddy Murphy challenging
Cedric Alexander for the Cruiserweight Championship. Murphy immediately knees Alexander in the head to get an early near fall; then goes on to press home his advantage. Alexander hits a super kick to get back into it and they go on to hit some amazing moves such as a top rope Michinoku driver. Alexander comes close after hitting the Lumber Check but Murphy gets the win after hitting Murphy's Law. This was a great match and I'm so happy that Murphy got the win.
Winner: Buddy Murphy (5 for 7)
Our final tag team match pits the team of
Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler and Drew McIntyre taking on
The SHIELD. Early on, The SHIELD try to powerbomb Strowman through the announce table but Ziggler and McIntyre stop it and go on to wear down Seth Rollins. Strowman misses a splash, giving Rollins the chance to tag in Dean Ambrose. During the match, Roman Reigns accidentally hits Ambrose with a Superman punch then goes on to spear Strowman through the barrier. In the end, Ambrose hits Ziggler with Dirty Deeds to get the win. This was another enjoyable match.
Winners: The SHIELD (6 for 8)
The penultimate match is between
Daniel Bryan and
Hollywood Miz to determine the Number 1 Contender for the WWE Championship. As soon as the bell rings, Miz attacks Bryan focusing on the ribs. Bryan recovers and when Miz goes for the Skull Crushing Finale, Bryan reverses it into a small package and get the win...wait, what? The match was over in less than 3 minutes. What the fuck? This was such a disappointment as I was looking forward to this match. There's about a hour left of the show. Do we really need that long for the main event?
Winner: Daniel Bryan (6 for 9)
Well, I guess we're about to find out. It's
The Undertaker versus
Triple H "for the last time ever". Triple H plays mind games in the beginning and is able to shut down Undertaker quite quickly at the beginning. During the match, Kane and Shawn Michaels get involved and we get two ref bumps in a no disqualification match. In the end, they both try to hit their finishing moves and Triple H manages to hit the Pedigree to get the win. Afterwards, after a show of respect, Undetaker and Kane attack Triple H and Michaels just because...?
This match wasn't great. It was far too long and Undertaker did not look great, despite the best efforts of everyone else involved. Some of it didn't make sense either, such as the ref bumps in a no disqualification match. Whilst the ending means that we will see the return of Shawn Michaels, it would have been nice to see it a few years earlier.
Winner: Triple H (6 for 10)
The vast majority of Super Show-Down was really good with a nice house show feel to it. However, choosing to dramatically cut down a match that a lot of people were looking forward to seeing so that we can have a overlong crappy main event leaves a bad taste in my mouth. At least I can look forward to Evolution, which look pretty good at the minute.
