{"id":55648,"date":"2018-02-20T12:45:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T18:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=55648"},"modified":"2018-02-20T12:45:33","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T18:45:33","slug":"2-18-wwe-rio-rancho-new-mexico-rusev-still-working-heel-styles-vs-ko-sami-charlotte-four-woman-match-plus-ziggler-new-day-orton-nakamura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/02\/20\/2-18-wwe-rio-rancho-new-mexico-rusev-still-working-heel-styles-vs-ko-sami-charlotte-four-woman-match-plus-ziggler-new-day-orton-nakamura\/","title":{"rendered":"2\/18 WWE in Rio Rancho, New Mexico: Rusev still working as a heel, Styles vs. KO &#038; Sami, Charlotte in four-woman match, plus Ziggler, New Day, Orton, Nakamura"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2831193122\" 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<br \/>\nFEBRUARY 18, 2018<br \/>\nRIO RANCHO, NEW MEXICO AT THE SANTA ANA STAR CENTER<br \/>\nREPORT BY ROBERT VALEJOS, CORRESPONDENT<\/h3>\n<p>Although the attendance was sparse at the beginning of the show, near the end the arena was seemingly three-fourths of the way full. Above-average attendance for this area. Albuquerque\/Rio Rancho typically gets a live event every six months.<\/p>\n<p>(1) Bobby Roode defeated Baron Corbin and Jinder Mahal (with Sunil Singh) to retain the United States Title.\u00a0The crowd was really into Roode, with several \u201cBobby, Bobby\u201d chants breaking out. Mahal got a nice heel reaction after cutting a pre-match promo.\u00a0Basic match that was essentially a handicap match. Corbin worked really hard to get boos from crowd (he succeeded). Corbin has a presence live that does not come across on television.\u00a0Both Mahal and Roode attempted more athletic moves than typically seen on SmackDown.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Dolph Ziggler defeated\u00a0Sin Cara.\u00a0Sin Cara got a good reaction from the children in the audience.\u00a0Ziggler was clearly the heel here. He spent the first part of the match avoiding Sin Cara by touching the ropes and asking for a time-out.\u00a0Once the match got going both men exchanged high-flying moves before the other kicked-out.\u00a0Eventually Ziggler got the win. This was a little long, but the crowd was against Ziggler by the finish.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Zack Ryder &amp; The Asension\u00a0defeated Mojo Rawley &amp; Mike Bennett &amp; Epico.\u00a0Nobody got a significant reaction, until \u201cRyder cants surfaced before he was tagged-in. Rawley spent a large portion of the match taunting the crown.\u00a0Probably the quietest the crowd was the entire night.<\/p>\n<p>(4) Becky Lynch &amp; Naomi defeated Ruby Riott &amp; Liv Morgan (w\/Sarah Logan).\u00a0Both Lynch and Naomi received big pops, especially among the young girls. The reaction to the Riott Squad sounded indifferent.\u00a0Basic tag match. Naomi did several impressive acrobatic moves.\u00a0After the match Lynch and Naomi did a dance routine, to a nice reaction.<\/p>\n<p>(5) Randy Orton &amp; Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Rusev &amp; Aiden English. With the exception of English everyone initially got a massive face reaction.\u00a0Arguably, Orton got the loudest pop of the night.\u00a0At the start of the match Nakamura grabbed a microphone and mocked English.\u00a0The match saw Nakamura take a beating for large portion, eventually Rusev got booed by the crowd.\u00a0The building went nuts when Orton tagged-in, chanting \u201cRKO.\u201d Orton got the pin over English.<\/p>\n<p><em>Intermission <\/em><\/p>\n<p>(6) Charlotte defeated Carmela and Natalya and Lana to retain the Smackdown Women\u2019s Title.\u00a0Tepid reaction to Lana, fans sang along to Carmela\u2019s entrance, face-reaction to Natalya, Charlotte got a big face pop.\u00a0Fun match with some entertaining comedy.\u00a0Charlotte really commands her surroundings, and makes her moves look impressive even to those in the \u201ccheap seats.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-791700011\" 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>(7) The Usos defeated The New Day, Shelton Benjamin &amp; Chad Gable, and The Bludgeon Brothers to retain the SmackDown Tag Titles. The heels got a mild reaction, The Usos gat a decent pop, while The New Day got a massive reaction.\u00a0Good match, where everyone involved got a moment to shine. As the match wore on, the Usos stole the pop from the New Day.\u00a0Also, their music (without them rapping) sounds really solid over a p.a. system.<\/p>\n<p>(8) A.J. Styles defeated Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn in two-on-one handicap match to retain the WWE Championship.\u00a0In general, the crown seemed fatigued throughout this match.\u00a0Zayn\u2019s music got a pop, but he delayed coming out for a few minutes. Owens cut a promo to a phone when he walked out, (I believe it is circulating on Twitter). Styles got a nice reaction, about a tier below Orton\u2019s reaction from earlier, about on-par with The New Day, Nakamura and Charlotte.\u00a0Lots of stalling by Owens and Zayn, at one-point Styles threatened to walk-out, and went past the floor section into the lower-bowl.\u00a0The crowd was mild until Styles hit the \u201cPhenomenal Forearm\u201d\u00a0As people exited they cheered Styles,\u00a0 he thanked the crowd.<\/p>\n<p><strong>FINAL THOUGHTS:\u00a0<\/strong>Overall fun show, quality wrestling with good pacing. The crowd being somewhat dead for the main event seemed to be a result of tired children, and parents holding those sleepy kids.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THIS RECENT REPORT:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/02\/19\/2-18-njpw-sydney-australia-okada-white-ospreay-vs-bullet-clubs-cody-buck-plus-iishi-susuki-omega-sanada-kushida\/\">2\/18 NJPW in Sydney, Australia: Okada &amp; White &amp; Ospreay vs. Bullet Club\u2019s Cody &amp; Buck, plus Iishi, Susuki, Omega, Sanada, Kushida<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1572981392\"><div id=\"pwtor-1732939263\"><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 FEBRUARY 18, 2018 RIO RANCHO, NEW MEXICO AT THE SANTA ANA STAR CENTER REPORT BY ROBERT VALEJOS, CORRESPONDENT Although the attendance was sparse at the beginning of the show, near the <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/02\/20\/2-18-wwe-rio-rancho-new-mexico-rusev-still-working-heel-styles-vs-ko-sami-charlotte-four-woman-match-plus-ziggler-new-day-orton-nakamura\/\" title=\"2\/18 WWE in Rio Rancho, New Mexico: Rusev still working as a heel, Styles vs. KO &#038; Sami, Charlotte in four-woman match, plus Ziggler, New Day, Orton, Nakamura\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-results","category-results_houseshows"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/RusevWK2_3x2_600.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55649,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55648\/revisions\/55649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}