{"id":56206,"date":"2018-03-04T14:22:38","date_gmt":"2018-03-04T20:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=56206"},"modified":"2018-03-04T14:22:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-04T20:22:38","slug":"3-3-wwe-chicago-ill-lesnar-vs-kane-reigns-vs-cena-womens-four-four-seth-balor-vs-bar-hardy-vs-bray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/03\/04\/3-3-wwe-chicago-ill-lesnar-vs-kane-reigns-vs-cena-womens-four-four-seth-balor-vs-bar-hardy-vs-bray\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/3 WWE in Chicago, Ill.: Lesnar vs. Kane, Reigns vs. Cena, Women&#8217;s Four-on-Four, Seth &#038; Balor vs. The Bar, Hardy vs. Bray"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-300611244\" 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<br \/>\nMARCH 3, 2018<br \/>\nCHICAGO, ILL. AT UNITED CENTER<br \/>\nREPORT BY CHRIS SAMSA, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Please send results of live events you attend to <a href=\"mailto:pwtorch@pwtorch.com\">pwtorch@pwtorch.com<\/a>. Thank you! Also, please include any photos you take of either the arena setting, entrance stage, and clear pictures of wrestlers on way to ring or inside the ring.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I\u2019m used to seeing WWE events at the Allstate Arena, and I didn\u2019t expect this experience to be as different as it was. The United Center\u2019s capacity for WWE is probably around 18,500 and Allstate Arena caps out at around 14,500. In addition to its greater capacity, The United Center is a more modern facility; the ceiling is much higher, the aisles are wider, and the seats are bigger and more comfortable.\u00a0The acoustics and relative intimacy at The Allstate Arena are legendary; crowds can pick up on chants, react entirely in unison, and become a part of even the least exciting house shows. I found the United Center\u2019s more expansive layout to be a detractor from what is usually a very immersive Chicago WWE experience. I was physically more comfortable in my wider, padded seat, and I think The United Center is a fine option for bigger WWE shows that can sell 18,000+ tickets, but I didn\u2019t feel as connected to the action as I have in the past at The Allstate Arena.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The available seats were very close to capacity. I had a friend who bought a ticket from TicketMaster on Saturday morning and the best he could get was a single seat in the upper corner of the stadium. They didn\u2019t sell the seats that would typically be behind a bigger TV production stage, but other than those sections, no sections were empty or closed off. I\u2019d guess they had a crowd in the 17,000+ range.<\/p>\n<h3>The Card<\/h3>\n<p>(1) Matt Hardy defeated Bray Wyatt in 7:00.\u00a0This match was really exactly what you\u2019d expect. Bray\u2019s entrance is still over and the crowd participated in Matt Hardy\u2019s delete chants pretty well. Hardy hit the Twist of Fate to win.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Mustafa Ali beat\u00a0Jack Gallagher and Lince Dorado and Ariya Davari in about 10:00.\u00a0Mustafa Ali is from Chicago and he is very over with the Chicago crowd. He got a great pop and he was the focal point of this match. Everyone except Ariya Davari got a good amount of offense in, Jack Gallagher executed a few strong headbutts to clear the ring and they all participated in some high-flying cruiserweight spots. Late in the match Ali went through an impressive sequence, taking everyone out. He eventually ended the match with an inverted 450 splash on Gallagher. After the match, Ali grabbed his daughter and brought her into the ring. They waved to a very appreciative crowd.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Braun Strowman beat\u00a0Elias.\u00a0Elias did a pretty long musical segment, nothing groundbreaking, but it was entertaining and he got some good heat. He referenced the Bulls as a team that \u201cused to be good,\u201d which was appropriate as you could look up to the Bulls championship banners from the 90\u2019s. Braun interrupted Elias mid song and came out to a great pop. It was nice to see Braun have an actual bell to bell, one on one match. It didn\u2019t go too long and Braun handled most of the offense, eventually hitting the running powerslam for the pin. The crowd chanted \u201cone more time\u201d and Braun obliged with one more running powerslam after the bell. I thought it was interesting that Elias didn\u2019t get his finisher in at all, even against a guy like Braun who we\u2019d expect to kick out of a finisher, maybe WWE is protecting that move so it can get over when he\u2019s in the ring with a weaker opponent.<\/p>\n<p>(4) Karl Anderson &amp; Luke Gallows beat Heath Slater &amp; Rhyno and The Revival and The Miztourage.\u00a0The babyface team here handled most of the offense in a mostly comedic match. Anderson eventually pinned one of the Miztourage guys after a Magic Killer.<\/p>\n<p>(5) Brock Lesnar (w\/Paul Heyman) beat Kane in 35 seconds.\u00a0Kane came out first, then Paul Heyman came out with Brock and did his announcement. He announced Brock from the \u201cultimate corner,\u201d trolling a smart Chicago crowd who knows the rumors of Brock heading back to UFC. Brock\u2019s entrance got a pretty tame mixed reaction, but Heyman\u2019s schtick got the crowd riled up. As for the match, Brock pinned Kane in 35 seconds after two suplexes, a reversed choke slam, and an F5. Brock and Heyman ran off to the back immediately with no victory celebration at all. The crowd was disappointed, but in more of a \u201cshrug your shoulders and move on\u201d kind of way. Brock might have helped WWE sell some tickets to fill up the United Center, but he didn&#8217;t evoke much reaction from the crowd either way.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4236388520\" 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>Intermission<\/p>\n<p>(6) Asuka &amp; Sasha Banks &amp; Mickie James &amp; Bayley defeated Alexa Bliss &amp; Nia Jax &amp; Sonya Deville &amp; Mandy Rose (w\/Paige).\u00a0I thought this was a strange lineup with the recent alliance between Mickie James and Alexa Bliss and the tension between Bayley and Sasha Banks, but they ended up working it all into the story of the match. Sasha kept stealing tags from Bayley or tagging herself in once Bayley was in the ring. This got Sasha some heat because Chicago always wants Bayley. Eventually Bayley tagged herself in and, after battling Alexa for a while, she went to tag in Mickie James and Mickie kicked her in the head, starting a ringside brawl between the two. During all of that, Asuka was finally tagged in and she submitted Sonya Deville with an arm bar. After the match, Mickie left the match at Alexa\u2019s side and Sasha hung tight to Asuka. Asuka kept trying to involve Bayley in the victory celebration but Sasha kept excluding Bayley as they headed to the back.<\/p>\n<p>(7) Finn Balor &amp; Seth Rollins beat The Bar via DQ.\u00a0This was a really entertaining match. The Bar did their usual quick tags while Seth and Finn each had time periods where they worked tirelessly to get back to their corner to make a tag. Just when it looked like Seth &amp; Finn were going to get the momentum, Sheamus hit Finn with a chair and got The Bar DQed. Finn &amp; Seth took the offense to The Bar after the bell and each hit their finishers before giving the crowd an extended exit.\u00a0This felt like it could have been the main event of the evening. It was the longest match of the night, it built really well and the babyfaces ended up looking strong, even though they didn\u2019t land the titles.<\/p>\n<p>(8)\u00a0Roman\u00a0Reigns beat John Cena.\u00a0This match was very methodical. It started slow, built to a couple of spots where the crowd thought Cena was going to get the win, but eventually Reigns hit the spear and got the pin. While Reigns was doing his victory parade around the ring posts, Cena got up behind him and the crowd expected a surprise AA to send us home happy, but what we got was Cena raising Roman\u2019s hand in victory and heading to the locker room.<\/p>\n<h3>Crowd Reactions<\/h3>\n<p>-Kind of surprisingly, Seth Rollins got the biggest pop of the night. When his music hit, the reaction was loud and overwhelmingly positive. His Monday Night Rollins shirt was also one of the first to sell out in common sizes.<\/p>\n<p>-Mustafa Ali has become quite a hometown hero, he got a great reaction when he was announced during the cruiserweight fatal four way.<\/p>\n<p>-Braun Strowman got a great reaction when he interrupted Elias. Braun is obviously very big with the crowd, but it also helps that he interrupts a really strong heel act.<\/p>\n<p>-John Cena got his typical loud, but mixed reaction. The crowd skewed younger than usual, so Cena got more cheers than boos.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1572712926\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>-Roman Reigns got the usual negative reaction when his music hit. His performance in the match wasn\u2019t particularly strong, so he didn\u2019t end up winning the crowd over by the end of the match like he had been during his Intercontinental Title run.<\/p>\n<p>-Only one C.M. Punk chant that I could decipher, of course it was during the low point of Cena v. Reigns<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Please send results of live events you attend to <a href=\"mailto:pwtorch@pwtorch.com\">pwtorch@pwtorch.com<\/a>. Thank you! Also, please include any photos you take of either the arena setting, entrance stage, and clear pictures of wrestlers on way to ring or inside the ring.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THIS PREVIOUS REPORT:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/03\/04\/3-2-wwe-kalamazoo-mich-reigns-vs-elias-headlines-plus-miztourage-womens-four-four-seth-vs-cesaro-braun-vs-kane-matt-vs-bray\/\">3\/2 WWE in Kalamazoo, Mich.: Reigns vs. Elias headlines, plus Miztourage, Women\u2019s Four-on-Four, Seth vs. Cesaro, Braun vs. Kane, Matt vs. Bray<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1972859143\"><div id=\"pwtor-1985190641\"><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 MARCH 3, 2018 CHICAGO, ILL. 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