WWE Live Event Results from Miami, FL (12/30): Steel Cage Match, AJ Styles defends, Ellsworth squashes Hawkins

– Tag Team Turmoil Match for the Smackdown Tag Team Championship:
American Alpha (c) def. The Usos, The Ascension, ‘The Fashion Police’ Breezango, The Vaudevillains, and ‘The Beauty and The Man-Beast’ Heath Slater & Rhyno

Eliminations were as follows:

• Breezango eliminated Slater & Rhyno after Fandango rolled up Rhyno after Breeze was hit with the GORE! GORE! GORE!
• AA eliminated Breezango with a bulldog from the top giving respect (an ode) to the legendary tag team, The Steiner Brothers.
• AA eliminated The Vaudevillians when Jordan hit English with an Olympic Slam/Angle Slam.
• AA eliminated The Ascension when Gable pinned Victor after nailing him with a ‘Chaos Theory Suplex’.

AA eliminated The Usos via Grand Amplitude. Usos got the biggest reaction of all the tag teams. At one point during the bout, there were dueling “Let’s go Usos/Alphas” chants.

– Singles Match for the Smackdown Women’s Championship:
‘Five feet of Fury’ Alexa Bliss (c) def. ‘Straight Fire’ Becky Lynch via pinfall to retain her championship by using a handful of tights to get the victory.

Becky received a good ‘babyface’ reaction from the people in attendance.

The Last No Chin Music!!!! 🤘👊🔥of 2016 By @realellsworth from #WWEMiami Against @TheCurtHawkins #NoChinMusic #HappyNewYear pic.twitter.com/cvIXoq0X7t

— david (@iambeast305) December 31, 2016

– ‘Turtle without a shell’ James Ellsworth def. Curt Hawkins via pinfall with a ‘No Chin Music’ in about 11 seconds. But, hey Ronda Rousey lasted longer than Hawkins! That’s impressive. But, Hawkins you gotta ‘FACE THE FACTS!’

The crowd seemed to be enjoying this comedy break matchup after two title matches!

– ‘The Lone Wolf’ Baron Corbin def. ‘The Lucha Dragon’ Kalisto after nailing the luchador with the ‘End of Days’.

Kalisto seemed to be extremely over with the kids in the crowd. Corbin was hated.

– Non-title Steel Cage Match:
‘The Showoff’ Dolph Ziggler def. IC Champion ‘The A-Lister’ The Miz in a great 24-minute bout after Maryse accidentally slammed the cage door on her husband’s face (The Moneymaker, Remember?) and Ziggler floored the IC champ with a Superkick.

Both men put forth a great performance and it was evident to the fans in attendance. The crowd hated Miz. SHEER HATRED.

– ‘The Fearless’ Nikki Bella def. ‘The Queen of Harts’ Natalya via pinfall. Bella won the match with the ‘help’ of Carmella’s interference. Bella shoved Natalya into Carmella and then hit the Rack Attack 2.0 for the 1-2-3.

– 6-Man Tag Team Match:
The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt, Randy Orton & ‘The Brawler from the Backwoods’ Luke Harper) def. Apollo Crews, Jack Swagger & Mojo Rawley via pinfall.

The crowd chanted “We want Randy” when Randy was on the apron waiting to be tagged in and “RKO” when he was in the ring involved in the bout. Completely overshadowed the rest of the guys.

– Triple Threat Match for the WWE Championship:
‘The Phenomenal’ A.J. Styles (c) def. ‘The Lunatic Fringe’ Dean Ambrose and ‘The Face that Runs the Place’ John Cena to retain his title in a 20 minute main event bout.

Styles brought a chair in the ring and nailed Cena. Ambrose kicked him and went for Dirty Deeds on the chair but Styles hit him low and pinned him with the school boy pin.

Post-match, Cena floored him with the ‘Attitude Adjustment’ (AA) to send the fans home happy.

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