WWE Tours *No Ticket Selling, Use Stickied Thread* - June 2023 Dublin Date Announced

WWE Munich Show 2013

Paul Heyman comes out (with a leg cast, braces etc and crutches) and bemoans CM Punk putting him in that condition and makes some wise cracks to get the Germans in attendance to boo him such as saying his Mic must have been made in Germany as it was dodgy to begin with. Out came CM Punk to a big pop and signaled he was going to hit a GTS on him, Heyman pleaded with him not to and to leave him alone which surprisingly he did (Heyman did look & sound a little pathetic afterall and Punk did make him say he loves Munich before hand) but when Punk left the ring to go away Heyman started mocking him, flexing his muscles behind him etc much to the crowds amusement / boos. At this point Punk turned back and shot him a look before quickly pulling out a kendo stick from under the ring apron and charged the ring and Heyman who essentially shat his pants at this. What followed was pretty much the same beat down from HIAC just without the cell.

Prime time players vs Hunico & Camacho

nice little opener, nothing too special but Titus was really trying to get the crowd into it. Hunico and Camacho got in some early offense but it was mostly the PTPs

Justin Gabriel vs Ryback

The Munich crowd chanted Goldberg at Ryback when Gabriel got in some decent early offense they actually seemed like they believed he could win but this was one house show (tour) match when the face wasn't going to pick up the win. Ryback was actually pretty impressive as he first hit a powerbomb then a military press slam and finally his Shell Shock on Gabriel before pinning him.

Antonio Cesaro vs The Great Khali

Cesaro is supposed to be heel and Khali face, but not tonight und nicht Auf München. It was role reversal time as Cesaro's pop upon entrance rivalled that of Cena, Punk or Bryan a fact further helped when he said a few words pre fight auf deutch (and that he wore a German Ice Hockey jersey to the ring). Khali played up his annoyance at being boo'd when he lifted up his arms attempting to get a crowd reaction and himself grabbed the mic and said he would beat Cesaro and then beat all of the people in the crowd. 1 night Face/Heel turn accomplished with ease and the match began. Despite having Cesaro in it, this match still included Khali so wasn't all that great but we got his Giant Swing spot on Khali which lead to the 3 count pin. he only did 3/4 rotations this time but damn if it isn't impressive live. He said a few more words in German afterwards but I couldn't properly make out what he said this time, he then wore a German flag like he would usually the Real Americans flag and headed off.

Brie Bella w/Nicole vs AJ w/Tamina

This match was billed by the ring announcer as for the Divas title but after AJ got some boos after bigging herself up on the mic she reacted by informing everyone in attendance that as a result of their actions she wont be defending her title there as they dont deserve a title match. As a result Brie was able to win the match which tbh wasnt great or all that memorable without any storyline repercussions

CM Punk & Daniel Bryan vs The Wyatt Family

This had been advertised as a handicap match but I guess Bray still isn't 100% as he watched from his rocking chair at ringside and although he did occasionally get involved it was (as on Raw & SD) mostly Harper who represented The Wyatts in what ended up a straight tag match. Nice little match and the crowd really got into the YES chants culminating when Bryan hit the shining wizard (think its still just refered to as the move that defeated Cena in WWE atm not by that name tho) on Harper as Punk hit a GTS on Rowan for the 3 count.

15min break followed by the Bellas coming out to announce 2 fellas who won tickets to mania

3MB (Slater & McIntyre w/Jinder) vs The Usos

The was a quick enough bout but The Usos looked good and worked the crowd hard with their I say U you so SO bit both before and throughout the match before winning with the double Superfly Splash.

IC Title match: Curtis Axel (c) vs R-Truth

Decent enough little match where Axel showed a good deal of personality mimicking Truths dancing and croth thrusting at one point and really got the crowd going which impressed me. near the end of this match he grabbed his belt at ringside and signalled that he had had enough of Truth though and went to leave the arena but Truth grabbed him and threw him into the ring belt and all, which he promptly then used to hit Truth and get himself DQd. Truth got the win but no title as Axel kept that but he didn't get to gloat about it as when he tried Truth who had recuperated caught him with a kick to the gut which he followed up with a Corkscrew scissors kick (wiki says he calls it a Truth Axe but ive never heard that tbh)

WHC match: John Cena (c) vs Alberto Del Rio

Cena got a good reaction but fair play to the Munich crowd they were good with the chants all night and we had the lets go Cena / Cena sucks chants going almost immediately - infact where I was sitting myself and the missus (who's reactions to many things at her first show was very funny) couldnt help but notice this little fat kid sitting all on his own (poor kid must been no more than 14 max, ran off the second it ended presumably to find a parent outside) chanting lets go Cena along with all the other kiddies (who werent sitting near us) while their was a big horde of 30ish year olds right behing him replying at the top of their lungs to each timid little chant of his,

The match was good enough especially considering the result was never ever in doubt for even a second. Alberto hit some really sweet kicks but the highlight came after the match and after Cena picked up the win with an attitude adjustment.

After the match Cena got on the Mic apologized that he couldn't say it in German but thanked the audience for a great night even though he said he knew they didn't want to hear it from him. Instead he called back out Cesaro (who he later referred to as Claudio) and asked if he would translate what he wanted to say - Claudio did so (again getting a great reaction when he came out) and it was all the usual stuff about how they WWE love coming to Germany etc but then Cesaro refused to translate a bit and Cena took back the mic saying Cesaro didn't want to talk about himself so he would. He gave the Daniel Bryan esque story about Cesaro having worked his way all around the world in small arenas and had finally worked his way up to working in the biggest company in the world and talked about how that night was a special homecoming of sorts (even though technically he is Swiss) infront of the biggest home audience he has ever been able to wrestle for. Cena gave him his belt asking him to hold onto it for him cos he will need to get used to how it feels and called him a future world champion.

After a few moments with the belt which the crowd loved he gave it back and if my German guesses are correct told Cena that he wants earn that belt for himself not just be given it... Cena looked confused... Cesaro waved and said tschüss (bye) and Cena left with the belt (German crowd loved that), Cesaro then said (I think) that he had worked for over 12 years to get to where he was right now and vowed to keep working so that the next time he is back here standing infront of the munich fans he will do so as the WWE champion!

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fun show and uaysus I wrote more than I expected there, knew he would but Cesaro clearly stole the show

Adiboo wrote: »

Fuck sake. You'd think they'd give him someone better to work with.

I was thinking that too but I guess they were just going for the big spot with his Cesaro Swing on the Giant Khali and knew they would have him out again later but I would have much prefered to see him vs so many other people and actually had to explain to the missus even though he is great the match will be pretty **** cos Khali can barely move.