{"id":36402,"date":"2016-12-16T22:54:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-17T04:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=36402"},"modified":"2016-12-16T22:55:47","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T04:55:47","slug":"1216-wwe-rochester-n-y-new-day-merchandise-moving-fans-start-leaving-reigns-owens-main-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/12\/16\/1216-wwe-rochester-n-y-new-day-merchandise-moving-fans-start-leaving-reigns-owens-main-event\/","title":{"rendered":"12\/16 WWE in Rochester, N.Y.: New Day merchandise moving, fans start leaving during Reigns-Owens main event"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3445201717\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3>WWE LIVE EVENT REPORT &#8211; &#8220;Holiday Tour&#8221;<br \/>\nDECEMBER 16, 2016<br \/>\nROCHESTER, N.Y. AT BLUE CROSS ARENA<br \/>\nREPORT BY MATT PRENTICE, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT<\/h3>\n<p><em>Estimated Attendance: 4,000. The lower level was about 75 percent full and the upper level was nearly empty, although those seats were not made available until the day of.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(1) Kofi Kingston &amp; Big E defeated Cesaro &amp; Sheamus and Enzo Amore &amp; Big Cass and Karl Anderson &amp; Doc Gallows to retain the\u00a0WWE Raw Tag Team Championships.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Neville defeated Jinder Mahal.<\/p>\n<p>Jinder Mahal issued an open challenge, which was answered by the Big Show, who left Mahal lying.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Sin Cara &amp; R-Truth &amp; Goldust &amp; Darren Young (w\/Bob Backlund) defeated Epico &amp; Primo &amp; Curtis Axel &amp; Titus O\u2019Neil.<\/p>\n<p>(4) Seth Rollins defeated Rusev (wLana).<\/p>\n<p>~Intermission~<\/p>\n<p>(5) Bayley &amp; Alicia Fox defeated Charlotte &amp; Nia Jax (w\/Dana Brooke) with special referee Emmalina.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3664741404\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>(6) Braun Strowman defeated Sami Zayn.<\/p>\n<p>(7)\u00a0Roman Reigns defeated Kevin Owens to retain the\u00a0WWE United States Championship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FINAL THOUGHTS: <\/strong>House show in Spring 2015 was double the attendance. \u00a0Jojo was the ring announcer for the night. \u00a0A ton of New Day merchandise was moving; they were very over. \u00a0Seth Rollins was also given the big star welcome by the crowd. Zayn and Strowman went close to 10 minutes in a one-sided affair. \u00a0Very pro-Reigns crowd for the main event, but a noticeable number\u00a0of people were filing out before and during the match, not something you\u2019d ever see happen during past John Cena-headlined shows in Rochester.<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THIS PREVIOUS WWE LIVE EVENT REPORT:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/12\/12\/1211-wwe-white-plains-n-y-reigns-pins-universal-champ-owens-backlund-makes-appearance-plus-rusev-lana-neville-new-day-sasha\/\">12\/11 WWE in White Plains, N.Y.: Reigns pins Universal Champ Owens, Backlund makes appearance, plus Rusev, Lana, Neville, New Day, Sasha<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<div>\n<p><em><strong>Please send any news tips and results to: pwtorch@gmail.com.<\/strong>\u00a0For instance, let us know if you hear a pro wrestling reference on a popular talk show, see a pro wrestling related Tweet or Instagram from celebrity, hear an ad for matches advertised for an upcoming WWE event, or anything else pro wrestling related that\u2019d be of interest to our readers.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If you attend a live event, please send results.<\/strong>\u00a0We don\u2019t set up correspondents ahead of time and count on readers like you to send an email with a report on live events you attend \u2013 not just WWE, but also ROH, NXT, international groups. and anything else.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2342894058\"><div id=\"pwtor-1822428259\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE LIVE EVENT REPORT &#8211; &#8220;Holiday Tour&#8221; DECEMBER 16, 2016 ROCHESTER, N.Y. 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