{"id":60208,"date":"2018-05-20T15:00:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-20T20:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=60208"},"modified":"2018-05-20T15:00:58","modified_gmt":"2018-05-20T20:00:58","slug":"5-19-wwe-in-amsterdam-styles-club-vs-nakamura-the-bar-hardy-vs-rusev-carmella-vs-becky-aleister-black-vs-wolfe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/05\/20\/5-19-wwe-in-amsterdam-styles-club-vs-nakamura-the-bar-hardy-vs-rusev-carmella-vs-becky-aleister-black-vs-wolfe\/","title":{"rendered":"5\/19 WWE in Amsterdam: Styles &#038; Club vs. Nakamura &#038; The Bar, Hardy vs. Rusev, Carmella vs. Becky, Aleister Black vs. Wolfe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2112802088\" 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 \/>\nMAY 19, 2018<br \/>\nAMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS<br \/>\nREPORT BY ADAM BAR, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT<\/h3>\n<p>(1) The Bludgeon Brothers beat New Day and The Usos to retain the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Titles.\u00a0Thought I\u2019d give a \u201cshort&#8221; recap of last night\u2019s Smackdown show in Amsterdam. All three\u00a0teams seemed to have fun in there. Short match.<\/p>\n<p>(2) Aleister Black beat\u00a0Alexander Wolfe after Black Mass.\u00a0Pretty decent and maybe the only \u201cserious\u201d match of the night. It was Aleister&#8217;s birthday and the crowd kept singing all kinds of Dutch birthday songs (we have three well-known birthday tunes we can do at birthday) and it was sung extremely loudly and was a contrast to the serious faced Black who no sold it completely.\u00a0Aleister did a little speech at the end which I found a little weird in that in the Netherlands, wrestling, skating, and soccer are &#8220;number 1.&#8221; Holland is not a very patriotic country (they are very pragmatic: If the national team wins we shout \u201cWe won!!\u201d if we lose, they say \u201cThey lost.\u201d But he got a good pop for that.\u00a0He also said he was planning to give a little speech but was lost for words because of the amazing reception.<\/p>\n<p>(3) Naomi &amp; Charlotte &amp; Asuka beat Sonya Deville &amp; Mandy Rose &amp; Lana.\u00a0The crowd was super into this one as well. A little sloppy at times, but a fun six minute match with Lana turning the chants of the positive &#8220;Rusev Day!\u201d into boo\u2019s with her heelish antics. Asuka won this one for the team, but Lana looked better than expected and pulled off some nice moves.<\/p>\n<p>(4) Daniel Bryan &amp; Tye Dillinger beat The Miz &amp; Big Cass.\u00a0All four were met with a great reception. The heels were booed and faces where cheered. Of course, Bryan had the pop of the night but not much more than an Asuka or Becky Lynch later on. The crowd was actually very enthusiastic for all the women wrestlers, which was different than the &#8220;bathroom breaks&#8221; a few years back.\u00a0Solid 12 minutes-ish tag with the wrestlers having fun and playing to the crowd, who eat everything up.\u00a0The Miz was treated with taunts \u201cPannekoek\u201d the whole match, which he didn\u2019t get and asked Cass a few times, \u201cWhat does that mean??\u201d\u00a0Well, it means &#8220;Pancake&#8221; and it describes a person that is&#8230; well&#8230; a pancake. Dutch people use it in that form if a person is \u201cdweeb\u201d I guess is the best translation.\u00a0A quarter into the match Cass seemed to tweek his knee and was limping the rest of the match. Not only that, but when the action was going on in the ring he was cursing to the turnbuckle and pulling all kinds of faces hiding his dissapointment. It even looked like he was crying at one point. But then he\u2019d tag in and limp badly when doing the moves he was doing. It could be a work, as there was no X sign, but he did limp back with help of the ref and I even saw Tye seeking eye contact and mouthing &#8220;You okay?\u201d\u00a0As I read that he did the same limping the days before, it could be a work, but it didn\u2019t look that way.\u00a0He did a pretty convincing job if it was a work.<\/p>\n<p>(5) Jeff Hardy beat Rusev.\u00a0Chants for both. Slow, old school match, with Jeff getting a good beat down but ending victorious with a Swanton at the end.<\/p>\n<p>(6) Becky Lynch beat Carmella via DQ. This was a\u00a0surprisingly good match.\u00a0I feel Carmella is getting there. She is loudly boo\u2019d, so doing that job well, and keeping up with Becky. It was a fast-paced ten minute match with too many holds, submissions, and highspots to mention. Really impressed with both and the crowd loved Becky!<br \/>\nOne of the loudest entrance pops (with Bryan and Asuka and the last match\u2026) I think.<\/p>\n<p>(7) A.J. Styles &amp; Karl Anderson &amp; Luke Gallows beat Shinsuke Nakamura &amp; The Bar (Sheamus &amp; Cesaro).\u00a0Pretty good main event with all men getting in their signature moves.\u00a0Gallows and Anderson where also pretty over, but oddly enough The Bar was even more! Lots of pops for Shaemus and Cesaro. And even a little odder (I took a friend along that has never seen wrestling since the late-&#8217;90s when he saw just \u00a0one match, so extreme novice) and he said: Why are Gallows\/Anderson and Styles acting like heels and the Bar as babyfaces?\u00a0It was rather strange. Not that the crowd noticed: they loved the club, but the way the match was booked.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER NOTES:\u00a0<\/strong>It was a two-and-a-half hour show and for a house show pretty decent&#8230;\u00a0This was my second house show ever in Holland. Last one was in 1992 ! With Big Bossman, Kerry Von Erich, I.R.S., and the Undertaker\u2026\u00a0So finally back!\u00a0I have been watching wrestling since 1981\/\u201982 and have been to three WrestleManias, some Raw tapings, and quite a few indy shows the last few years because of my heavy traveling work as a musician.<br \/>\nBut in the end it was nothing more than a fun night out to see the &#8220;Superstars&#8221; on my turf, but perfectly fine. My non-wrestling-fan-friend was thoroughly entertained.\u00a0No storylines, no pyro, and only two-star matches, but all in all I think the audience enjoyed the night and was far more into it than I was expecting. The Dutch can be a little &#8220;stand off-ish&#8221; and not really vocal about things, even though they enjoy it. But they where far more vocal and into it than I thought beforehand.\u00a0So all in all: a good night out!<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-816971009\" 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>Kind regards from a VIP member since 2013 and still enjoying the content.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT THIS RECENT REPORT:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/05\/18\/5-18-wwe-in-sheffield-england-styles-vs-nakamura-daniel-bryan-vs-miz-aleister-black-vs-wolfe-tyler-bate-in-uk-six-man-tag-hardy-vs-rusev\/\">5\/18 WWE in Sheffield, England: Styles vs. Nakamura, Daniel Bryan vs. Miz, Aleister Black vs. Wolfe, Tyler Bate in UK six-man tag, Hardy vs. Rusev<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-261631740\"><div id=\"pwtor-464397953\"><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 MAY 19, 2018 AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS REPORT BY ADAM BAR, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT (1) The Bludgeon Brothers beat New Day and The Usos to retain the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Titles.\u00a0Thought I\u2019d give <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/05\/20\/5-19-wwe-in-amsterdam-styles-club-vs-nakamura-the-bar-hardy-vs-rusev-carmella-vs-becky-aleister-black-vs-wolfe\/\" title=\"5\/19 WWE in Amsterdam: Styles &#038; Club vs. Nakamura &#038; The Bar, Hardy vs. Rusev, Carmella vs. Becky, Aleister Black vs. Wolfe\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":705,"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-60208","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\/10\/HardyJeff_artTB_3x2_600.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60208","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=60208"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60211,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60208\/revisions\/60211"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}