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WWE/NXT Live Event Reports, March 13-17: Nakamura’s Smackdown Debut, NXT Send-Offs & More!

WWE returned to the road in full force this past week. The Raw and Smackdown brands held their first house shows since WrestleMania, while NXT had two different groups touring. 

One of those NXT tours marked the farewell appearances for Shinsuke Nakamura, Tye Dillinger, and Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder of The Revival — all four of whom got called up to the main roster following WrestleMania. 

The quartet closed both the Spartanburg, S.C., and Concord, N.C., shows with The Revival making a babyface turn, followed by a farewell promo during which each man got to speak. Wilder, however, did not wrestle in Concord due to what was diagnosed as a broken jaw. You can check out video of the end of the Spartanburg event here. It was a big week for Nakamura, who also made his in-ring debut for Smackdown at the April 17 event in Bowling Green, KY, where he defeated Dolph Ziggler.

That Bowling Green event was the only house show for either main brand that included any of the roster changes that took place during the "Superstar Shake-Up." 

The Raw tour did include a return to the road for the Hardys, and while Roman Reigns was held out of matches to sell the attack on last week's episode of Raw, he and Braun Strowman did have a brawl at all three Raw events; each time that brawl ended with Reigns putting Strowman through a table.

Here are all the results.

 

RAW

April 14, Providence, RI

The Hardys def. Big Cass & Enzo Amore, Cesaro & Sheamus and Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows in a Fatal Four Way to retain the Raw Tag Titles.
Jinder Mahal def. Curtis Axel.
Neville def. Austin Aries to retain the Cruiserweight Title. 
Bayley def. Charlotte Flair, Nia Jax and Sasha Banks in a Fatal Four Way to retain the Raw Women's Title.
Big Show def. Titus O'Neil.
Sami Zayn & Seth Rollins def. Kevin Owens & Samoa Joe.

April 15, Champaign, IL

The Hardys def. Big Cass & Enzo Amore, Cesaro & Sheamus and Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows in a Fatal Four Way to retain the Raw Tag Titles.
Sami Zayn def. Curtis Axel.
Neville def. Austin Aries to retain the Cruiserweight Title. 
Bayley def. Charlotte Flair, Nia Jax and Sasha Banks in a Fatal Four Way to retain the Raw Women's Title.
Big Show def. Jinder Mahal.
Chris Jericho & Seth Rollins def. Kevin Owens & Samoa Joe.

April 16, Cincinnati, OH

The Hardys def. Big Cass & Enzo Amore, Cesaro & Sheamus and Karl Anderson & Luke Gallows in a Fatal Four Way to retain the Raw Tag Titles.
Sami Zayn def. Curtis Axel.
Neville def. Austin Aries to retain the Cruiserweight Title. 
Bayley def. Charlotte Flair, Nia Jax and Sasha Banks in a Fatal Four Way to retain the Raw Women's Title.
Big Show def. Jinder Mahal and Titus O'Neil in a Handicap Match.
Chris Jericho & Seth Rollins def. Kevin Owens & Samoa Joe.

 

SMACKDOWN

April 15, Springfield, MO

Heath Slater & Rhyno def. Breezango.
Apollo Crews def. Curt Hawkins.
Mojo Rawley def. Dolph Ziggler.
Luke Harper def. Erick Rowan.
Dean Ambrose def. Baron Corbin to retain the Intercontinental Title.
Naomi def. Carmella, Mickie James, Tamina Snuka and Becky Lynch in a Fatal Five Way to retain the Smackdown Women's Title.
The Usos def. American Alpha to retain the Smackdown Tag Titles.
Randy Orton def. AJ Styles and Bray Wyatt in a Triple Threat to retain the WWE Title.

April 16, Cape Girardeau, MO

Heath Slater & Rhyno def. Breezango.
Apollo Crews def. Curt Hawkins.
Mojo Rawley def. Dolph Ziggler.
Luke Harper def. Erick Rowan.
Dean Ambrose def. Baron Corbin to retain the Intercontinental Title.
Naomi def. Natalya, Carmella, Mickie James, Tamina Snuka and Becky Lynch in a Six Pack Challenge to retain the Smackdown Women's Title.
The Usos def. American Alpha to retain the Smackdown Tag Titles.
Randy Orton def. AJ Styles and Bray Wyatt in a Triple Threat to retain the WWE Title.

April 17, Bowling Green, KY

Tyler Breeze, Fandango & Mojo Rawley def. Konnor, Viktor & Jinder Mahal.
Kevin Owens def. Sami Zayn to retain the U.S. Title.
Luke Harper def. Erick Rowan.
Shinsuke Nakamura def. Dolph Ziggler.
Naomi def. Natalya, Tamina Snuka, Carmella, Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch in a Six-Pack Challenge to retain the Smackdown Women's Title.
The Usos def. American Alpha to retain the Smackdown Tag Titles.
Randy Orton def. AJ Styles and Baron Corbin in a Triple Threat to retain the WWE Title.

 

NXT

April 13, Atlanta, GA

Kassius Ohno def. Dan Matha.
Kimberly Frankele & Ruby Riot def. Daria Berenato & Mandy Rose.
Aleister Black def. Kona Reeves.
Tye Dillinger def. Patrick Clark.
The Authors of Pain def. #DIY and The Revival in a Triple Threat to retain the NXT Tag Titles.
Asuka def. Ember Moon to retain the NXT Women's Title.
Hideo Itami & Shinsuke Nakamura def. Andrade Almas & Bobby Roode.

April 14, Spartanburg, SC

Kassius Ohno def. Kona Reeves.
Andrade Almas def. Dan Matha.
Ember Moon & Ruby Riot def. Kimberly Frankele & Mandy Rose.
Aleister Black def. Patrick Clark.
Hideo Itami & Shinsuke Nakamura def. The Revival.
The Authors of Pain def. #DIY to retain the NXT Tag Titles.
Asuka def. Daria Berenato to retain the NXT Women's Title.
Bobby Roode def. Tye Dillinger to retain the NXT Title.

April 14, St. Augustine, FL

Roderick Strong def. Cezar Bononi.
Billie Kay & Peyton Royce def. Macey Estrella & Victoria Gonzalez.
Buddy Murphy def. Adrian Jaoude.
Dylan Miley def. Steve Cutler.
No Way Jose def. Riddick Moss.
Liv Morgan def. Bianca Blair.
Akira Tozawa def. Tony Nese.
SAnitY (Alexander Wolfe, Killian Dain & Nikki Cross) def. Otis Dozovic, Tucker Knight & Sarah Bridges.

April 15, Concord, NC

Kassius Ohno def. Kona Reeves.
Kimberly Frankele & Ruby Riot def. Daria Berenato & Mandy Rose.
Aleister Black def. Andrade Almas.
Hideo Itami def. Patrick Clark.
The Authors of Pain def. #DIY to retain the NXT Tag Titles.
Asuka def. Ember Moon to retain the NXT Women's Title.
Tye Dillinger & Shinsuke Nakamura def. Scott Dawson & Bobby Roode.

April 15, Gainesville, FL

Liv Morgan def. MaryKate.
Otis Dozovic, Tucker Knight & HoHo Lun def. Kishan Raftar, Gabriel Ealy & Uriel Ealy.
Oney Lorcan def. Chris Atkins.
Dylan Miley def. Steve Cutler by DQ.
Killian Dain (def. Montez Ford.
Buddy Murphy def. Brennan Williams.
Nikki Cross def. Sarah Bridges.
No Way Jose & Roderick Strong def. Riddick Moss & Tino Sabbatelli.

 

 

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