{"id":56905,"date":"2018-03-18T14:51:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T19:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=56905"},"modified":"2018-03-18T15:18:11","modified_gmt":"2018-03-18T20:18:11","slug":"3-17-wwe-odessa-tex-riott-squad-vs-charlotte-naomi-lynch-main-event-changed-styles-doesnt-appear-usos-defend-tag-titles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/03\/18\/3-17-wwe-odessa-tex-riott-squad-vs-charlotte-naomi-lynch-main-event-changed-styles-doesnt-appear-usos-defend-tag-titles\/","title":{"rendered":"3\/17 WWE in Odessa, Tex. (2nd report): Riott Squad vs. Charlotte &#038; Naomi &#038; Lynch, main event changed as Styles doesn&#8217;t appear, Usos defend tag titles"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2121748390\" 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 \/>\nMARCH 17, 2018<br \/>\nODESSA, TEX. AT ODESSA COLISEUM<br \/>\nREPORT BY RICHIE WONG, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/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>The main reason I am submitting this report was the advertised main event.\u00a0 The advertised main even was suppose to be A.J. Styles vs Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn on a two-on-one handicap match.\u00a0 That was the main even for the Lubbock, Tex. show.\u00a0 About a week up to the Odessa, Tex. show, the TV spot ads changed the main even into a four-way match that was suppose to be Sami Zayn vs. Kevin Owens vs. Baron Corbin vs. A.J. Styles.\u00a0 This was before the MSG show in which A.J. was &#8220;injured.&#8221;\u00a0 At the start of the show, it was announced that A.J. Styles was injured and will NOT be in tonight&#8217;s main event, so the main event was changed to a Odessa Tag Team Street Fight with Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn vs. Shinsuke Nakamura and Randy Orton.<\/p>\n<p>Ector County Coliseum is not a big arena.\u00a0 It seats about 5,000 people.\u00a0 Tonight&#8217;s&#8217; show was not sold out, but it was very full from my viewing point.\u00a0 I usually sit at ringside, but my friend who wanted to go is disabled, so the only section where ADA can sit was the middle riser section which was retailed at $35 per ticket.\u00a0 I bought four, so the party was me, my friend Chas who is in a wheel chair, and my friend Chris with his young son Zavriel.<\/p>\n<p>(1) Bobby Roode beat Baron Corbin and Jinder Mahal (w\/Samil Singh). Jinder Mahal has a lot of heel heat.\u00a0 Lots of negative boos towards him.\u00a0 Great match amongst the three.\u00a0 There were a couple of key spots that got the crowd to oooh and ahhh.\u00a0 Corbin&#8217;s &#8220;run to the outside and slide back in&#8221; spot is great to watch in person.\u00a0 He is fast!\u00a0 Mahal got a good ooh for his superkick and jumping knee strike.\u00a0 The finish came when Corbin was attacked and pushed out of the ring, Mahal attempts to put the Khallas on Roode, but he was able to escape the hold and wins with a Glorious DDT to Jinder Mahal.\u00a0 Nice opener.\u00a0 Side note: This was the same opener at the Lubbock, Tex. show, the difference was Roode was the U.S. Champion at the time.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Breezango\u00a0&amp; Zack Ryder defeated Mojo &amp; Mike Kanellis &amp; Epico.\u00a0Ryder is very over with the fans.\u00a0 Despite his lack of TV appearances and wins, the crowd loves them.\u00a0 Breezango also got a good reaction.\u00a0 I would have to say, if WWE is wanting the fans to play their roles, Odessa, Tex. is that town.\u00a0 Faces get cheered, heels get booed.\u00a0 Another note was Mike Kanelis &#8211; great performance from him.\u00a0 Finish was Zach Ryder hitting the Rough Rider on Mojo, I think.\u00a0 The action was a little chaotic towards the end where everyone was hitting each other.\u00a0 It&#8217;s similar to how other multi-person matches end where everyone hits each other and, in the end, the legal person hits their finisher and scores the pinfall.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Dolph Ziggler beat Sin Cara.\u00a0Odessa loves Sin Cara for some reason.\u00a0 Great match as always from Dolph.\u00a0 Finish came when Sin Cara attempted a moonsault, Ziggler gets his knees up and then hits his Zig Zag for the finish.\u00a0 This match was a repeat from the Lubbock, Tex. show.<\/p>\n<p>(4) The Usos beat Aiden English &amp; Rusev and Shelton Benjamin &amp; Chad Gable to retain the WWE Tag Team Titles.\u00a0The Usos were very over.\u00a0 Crowd cheers was loud.\u00a0 Also, Rusev has a good following as his team got cheers.\u00a0 The were not as loud as the Usos, though.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t recall the finish, but the Usos picked up the win.\u00a0 Benjamin and Gable got some heel heat as they stalled a lot.\u00a0 There were some chants of &#8220;Please wrestle&#8221; or &#8220;Let&#8217;s see some action.&#8221; Sometimes just stalling gets people to boo.\u00a0 Also, Benjamin and Gable did a spot where they kept blind tagging themselves in.\u00a0 That also drew a lot of boos.<\/p>\n<p>Intermission.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3901260136\" 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>(5) The Bludgeon Brothers beat The Ascension. The Ascension tried to get the upper hand by attacking the Bludgeon Brothers after the bell rings, but their attempts were futile.\u00a0 The Bludgeon Brothers won when Rowan hit a big boot. Pretty short match.<\/p>\n<p>(6) Charlotte beat Ruby Riott (w\/Riott Squad) for the Raw Women&#8217;s Title.\u00a0 Charlotte was about to make Riott tap out to the Figure-Eight, but the Riott Squad entered and ended the match in DQ.\u00a0 As the Riott Squad attacked Charlotte, Becky Lynch and Naomi ran out to make the save.\u00a0 During this melee, senior official Charles Robinson declared this is now a six-women tag match: Riott Squad vs Charlotte Flair &amp; Naomi &amp; Becky Lynch. Charlotte won after Riott tapped out to the figure-eight.<\/p>\n<p>(7) Randy\u00a0Orton &amp; Shinsuke Nakamura beat Kevin Owens &amp; Sami Zayn. Boos to the heels, Nakamura got a response, but Orton&#8217;s was loud.\u00a0 This was a fun match.\u00a0 There was a spot where KO and Zayn attacked Nakamura&#8217;s back with chairs.\u00a0 They did a con-chair-to spot on Nakamura&#8217;s back. A kendo stick was involved.\u00a0 The finish came when Orton put KO through a table, Orton RKO&#8217;d Zayn, and Nakamura hit the Kinsasha on Zayn for the finish.\u00a0 The crowd left home pretty happy.\u00a0 There was some disappointment that A.J. was not there.\u00a0 Some speculated maybe, just maybe he will come out and aid the faces since that&#8217;s what he did at the MSG show.\u00a0 But that wasn&#8217;t the case.<\/p>\n<p>FINAL THOUGHTS: Overall, good show.\u00a0 It was strange WWE came this early to Odessa, Tex. as they usually come around the summer time.<\/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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2096058833\"><div id=\"pwtor-2722451230\"><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 MARCH 17, 2018 ODESSA, TEX. AT ODESSA COLISEUM REPORT BY RICHIE WONG, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR Please send results of live events you attend to pwtorch@pwtorch.com. Thank you! 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