WWE Down Under Tour Results

[Big Pete]

Totally forgot this was on, received an invite but it wasn't on the cards for me.

Results:

Sydney, July 31st
Hart Dynasty def. Straight Edge Society (Gallows and Mercury). Kane attacked the SES and vowed revenge for Taker.

MVP def. Cody Rhodes

Alberto Del Rio def. Chavo Guerrero Jr.

Layla defended her Women's Title against Kelly Kelly

Big Show def. Drew McIntyre

Matt Hardy def. Christian

Dolph Ziggler defended his IC Title against Kofi Kingston

Kane defended his World Title against Jack Swagger and Rey Mysterio

Melbourne, August 1st
The Hart Dynasty defended the WWE Tag Titles against the Straight Edge Society

Alberto Del Rio def. Chavo Guerrero Jr.

Natalya and Kelly Kelly def. LayCool

Drew McIntyre def. Matt Hardy

Dolph Ziggler defended his IC Title against Christian and Kofi Kingston

Cody Rhodes def. MVP

Big Show def. Jack Swagger

Kane defended his World Title against Rey Mysterio

Brisbane, 2nd of August
Big Show won the Battle Royal for the Brisbane Cup. Match also featured: Ziggler, Kingston, Christian, Matt Hardy, Chavo Guerrero, McIntyre, Rhodes, Del Rio, Hart Dynasty, MVP and Swagger.

Layla defended her Women's Title against Kelly Kelly

Alberto Del Rio def. MVP

Hart Dynasty def. Straight Edge Society

Dolph Ziggler defended his IC title against Kofi Kingston, Christian and Matt Hardy

Rey Mysterio def. Jack Swagger

Kane defended his World Title against The Big Show

Adelaide, 3rd of August
Matt Hardy def. Christian

Kelly Kelly and Natalya def. Layla and Serena

Alberto Del Rio def. Chavo Guerrero

MVP def. Cody Rhodes

The Hart Dynasty defended the WWE Tag Team Titles against the Straight Edge Society

Dolph Ziggler defended the IC Title against Drew McIntyre and Kofi Kingston

Big Show def. Jack Swagger

Kane defended his World Title against Rey Mysterio

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Pretty sure there was one more show to be held in WA.

Reporters said each show was good with the IC Title, Tag Titles and Mysterio getting the majority of the reactions.

Alberto Del Rio was also fairly popular with the crowd too.

Any idea why Punk didn't take part? Would have felt ripped off not to of seen him.

 

[The Piper]

I went to the Sydney show.

Sydney, July 31st
Hart Dynasty def. Straight Edge Society (Gallows and Mercury). Kane attacked the SES and vowed revenge for Taker.

I thoroughly enjoyed the opening tag team match. Luke Gallows was fantastic at getting the crowd stirred up! D.H Smith was impressive. Best match of the night. Kane came out and messed everyone up. Then said that Mysterio is now responsible for Undertaker's vegetated state.

I was real pissed that Punk never showed and got bagged for my SES shirt from 7 year olds for no reason!

MVP def. Cody Rhodes

Boring. Best part was when MVP made a comment about having a VB after the match.

Alberto Del Rio def. Chavo Guerrero Jr.

Del Rio got great heat from the crowd. But I thought they could have had him against someone else like Christian or Hardy, instead of vs Chavo who noone cared for, then having both those faces against each other later.

Layla defended her Women's Title against Kelly Kelly

Yeah, a woman's match. Kelly Kelly's a good sort. Layla was good at grabbing heat.

Big Show def. Drew McIntyre

Really cool match imo. McIntyre made the foreseeable jokes about Australian's being Britain's criminals.

Matt Hardy def. Christian

Hardy got the biggest cheer of the night! Which sucked because I like Christian (who got the Aussie Aussie Aussie chant going). The crowd ended up treating him like a heel. I don't know why they keep putting these two against each other? Christian can't be heel.
Hardy is a popular man wherever he goes. A push coming up?

Dolph Ziggler defended his IC Title against Kofi Kingston

This was ok. Ziggler's promo must have been written by a toddler. Then he won by cheating. I nearly caught Kofi's sweatband.

Kane defended his World Title against Jack Swagger and Rey Mysterio.

This was ok. Really short match. Swagger was in it for a second. Neither Swagger or Rey got on the mic. So many kids came to see Rey and it felt like he was in the ring for no time at all. I thought that was poor. But all hit there finishers which was cool. It just seemed like they were all late to catch the flight to Melbourne and all rushed off as soon as the bell went.

Then on the way out the entire stadium broke into loud, random Ric Flair WOOOOS for some reason!

 

[Big Pete]

Really appreciate the report, Piper thank you.

McIntyre is very promising. He has the potential to be absolutely awesome.

Surprised Hardy is still over. Hasn't been relevant for awhile and he's not in the best of shape. Suppose they must remember him for his work back in 2008.

Mysterio doesn't surprise me as much. He's wrestling injured at the moment, so they probably kept it short to limit any risk.

 

[Jono1987]

Jeez looking at those cards I'm glad I didn't spend my hard earned on some tickets.

 

[Bulldog Force]

They should really bring a RAW and SMACKDOWN live event to Australia and tape them for the states!

 

[Big Pete]

Not a bad idea, although there would be no fan interaction and the cards wouldn't be as good.

On the plus side, it would be different and unpredictable (or at least in a WWE sense).

 

[The Piper]

I got my ticket a week or two before the draft, expecting to see Jericho, Edge, Morrison, Undertaker and Punk at this point in time. So I was disappointed. But still an enjoyable experience.

 

[Big Pete]

That would suck, especially if you paid top coin.

Same thing happened to me and my dad when WCW came to town. He bought a ticket real early in the piece and was promising me guys like Hogan, Macho and the like so I went into it expecting WCW 1998. In the end, we got treated like extras in a solid edition of WCW 2000.

Smeh.

 

[IanG]

They should really bring a RAW and SMACKDOWN live event to Australia and tape them for the states!

They did that to a certain extent back in 2002 with the Global Warning Tour. I don't think it was shown on TV back there but was put out on Video and DVD.

Just a bummer they haven't com back to Newcastle. They've been here 3 times and it's been packed out everytime. I've been to all 3 of them as well. 2005 Wrestlemania Revenge Tour, 2006 Summer Slam Tour and 2007 Smackdown/ECW Tour

 

[RedVDave]

All mid-carders in my book, that line-up seriously lacks starpower.

 

[Shaun Hewitt]

Matt Hardy, Christian, Kane, Big Show and Rey are the only ones i'd pay money to see from the above. Call me a cynic but hey.

 

[Big Pete]

:lol: That's probably more than most.

I would've gone to see Drew and Dolph, both of whom I rate very highly.

Christian, Mysterio, Show and Tyson Kidd would've sweeten the deal.