{"id":7691,"date":"2016-01-08T23:05:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T05:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=7691"},"modified":"2016-01-09T00:44:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-09T06:44:14","slug":"jericho-replacing-cena-starting-friday-in-houston","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/08\/jericho-replacing-cena-starting-friday-in-houston\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Houston Notes &#8211; Lesnar&#8217;s return, Jericho for Cena, main event, Sin Cara replaced, post-WM32 SD return date, NBA legend attends, refunds, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4021843287\" 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>WWE returned to Houston on Friday night, which included a rare house show appearance by Brock Lesnar, but follow-up on John Cena&#8217;s injury situation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WWE Live News &amp; Notes 1\/8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Brock Lesnar defeated former WWE World Hvt. champion Sheamus in the pre-intermission match. Lesnar, who was accompanied by Paul Heyman,\u00a0went all-out in 8-10\u00a0minutes of work delivering multiple suplexes to fulfill the &#8220;Suplex City&#8221; marketing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE announced at the start of the show that co-headliner John Cena was injured and would not be at the show. Ring announcer JoJo offered refunds within the first 20 minutes of the show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Chris Jericho was named Cena&#8217;s replacement before the show on the advertising. He was then Cena&#8217;s actual replacement on the show opposite U.S. champion Alberto Del Rio.<\/p>\n<p>Del Rio started the show with a promo, said he did not have to wrestle since Cena was injured, and was interrupted by Jericho.<\/p>\n<p>Jericho then pinned Del Rio clean in a non-title match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The main event was Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens in a Street Fight for the Intercontinental Title. 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