{"id":66474,"date":"2018-09-24T13:50:01","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T18:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=66474"},"modified":"2018-09-24T13:50:01","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T18:50:01","slug":"9-1-wwe-in-cleveland-ohio-styles-vs-samoa-joe-charlotte-asuka-vs-becky-carmella-bryan-vs-miz-new-day-vs-the-bar-truth-vs-shelton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/09\/24\/9-1-wwe-in-cleveland-ohio-styles-vs-samoa-joe-charlotte-asuka-vs-becky-carmella-bryan-vs-miz-new-day-vs-the-bar-truth-vs-shelton\/","title":{"rendered":"9\/1 WWE in Cleveland, Ohio: Styles vs. Samoa Joe, Charlotte &#038; Asuka vs. Becky &#038; Carmella, Bryan vs. Miz, New Day vs. The Bar, Truth vs. Shelton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-314619751\" 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><p><em>This report was mistakenly not published earlier this month, so we&#8217;re presenting it on the site a few weeks late. Thanks to our correspondent!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>WWE SMACKDOWN LIVE EVENT<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>SEPTEMBER 1, 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>CLEVELAND, OHIO AT WOLSTEIN CENTER<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>REPORT BY DARRIN GOATS, PWTORCH CORRESPONDENT<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>If you attend a live event, please send results in the format of the following report to <a href=\"mailto:pwtorch@pwtorch.com\">pwtorch@pwtorch.com<\/a>. Thanks!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I estimate a crowd of 3,000 in attendance tonight.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The Wolstein Center has a capacity of 13,000.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The normal venue of Quicken Loans Arena is undergoing renovations this summer and is closed for events.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>(1) The New Day defeated The Bar to retain the Smackdown Tag Team Championship when Kofi Kingston pinned Sheamus. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(2) Naomi pinned Sonya Deville (w\/Mandi Rose).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>Sonya Deville brought crowd heat that Cleveland was a town of losers and that is why Lebron James left.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">(3) <\/span>The Usos defeated Sanity via pinfall.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">(4) <\/span>Rusev &amp; Lana defeated Andrade &#8220;Cien&#8221; Almas &amp; Zelina Vega via by double submission. Aden English had interfered to disrupt Almas.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Both Rusev and Lana applied the Accolade on Almas and Vega.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">(5) <\/span>Shinsuke Nakamura defeated Jeff Hardy to retain the United States Championship.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2723048258\" 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><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">(6) <\/span>Daniel Bryan pinned The Miz after landing the running knee.\u00a0Bryan is still the most over WWE Superstar as the crowd just soaked it up with the \u201cYes\u201d chants.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The Miz played up the heel even though being from Cleveland calling the fans \u201csweat hogs\u201d and glad he moved out of the city.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">(7)<\/span><span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span>R-Truth pinned Shelton Benjamin.<\/p>\n<p>(8) Charlotte Flair defeated Carmella to retain the Smackdown Women\u2019s Championship with a DQ victory over Carmella after Becky Lynch interfered.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>A double team followed and Asuka made the save.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>This led to Charlotte challenging both Becky Lynch and Carmella to a tag team match.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p>(9) Charlotte Flair &amp; Asuka defeated Carmella &amp; Becky Lynch when Carmella tapped out to the figure eight by Charlotte<\/p>\n<p>(10) A.J. Styles defeated Samoa Joe to retain the WWE Championship after landing a phenomenal forearm. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Top babyface reactions<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Daniel Bryan<\/li>\n<li>The New Day<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Hardy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Top heel reaction<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0s<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Miz<\/li>\n<li>Samoa Joe<\/li>\n<li>Andrade &#8220;Cien&#8221; Almas<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>FINAL THOUGHTS:<\/strong> No return date was announced by the WWE.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The crowd was very enthusiastic, and the WWE Superstars were interactive with the fans by taking selfies with people in attendance and singing autographs after each of their matches. The live event was a nice break from attending a Raw event.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Even though this event lasted closed to three hours, the matches were fast paced and rolled them out one after another.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>You didn\u2019t have to sit around during long commercial breaks. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-653915842\" 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<hr \/>\n<p><em>If you attend a live event, please send results in the format of the following report to <a href=\"mailto:pwtorch@pwtorch.com\">pwtorch@pwtorch.com<\/a>. 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