Rich Swann (c) vs. Neville (WWE Cruiserweight Championship)
Winner: And the new WWE Cruiserweight Champion, Neville!
Highlights: Both Cruiserweights quickly locked in an very stiff and intense manner. Both men employed their agile flips to hop over each other, but Rich got the better of it by dropkicking Neville and landing a plancha on him to the outside. Neville soon recovered and turned the tables of Rich by striking him and slamming him down hard back in the ring. Neville got to the top rope and then landed a Shotgun Dropkick right through Rich’s chest. Neville picked up Rich for something big, but Rich almost rolled Neville up in a surprise pin. Neville escaped and continued his beating of Rich by landing a Snap Suplex on him. Neville then landed a nice Elbow Strike on Rich while he was trapped in the corner. Neville soon locked on a submission hold on Rich right in the middle of the ring.
Neville released the hold and decided to drop a quick knee on Rich’s throat. Rich soon got locked into another tight submission hold. Rich suffered for a few moments before he made his escape, but he was unable to make a comeback. Neville grabbed ahold of Rich while he was on the outside and forced him into the security barrier over and over. Back inside the squared circle, Neville looked to land another top rope maneuver. But he flew right into Rich’s quick Superkick counter. Rich began pulling out all of his biggest moves on Neville during his exciting comeback sequence. Once Rich got ahold of Neville again, he stuffed him with grounded punches and a side kick. Rich reached into his unique repertoire once more to land some high-impact moves, but it didn’t finish off Neville just yet.
Rich found himself on the top rope again, but Neville struck him before he could pull off something magnificent. Neville flipped off the top rope after some back and forth brawling between him and Rich. Back on the mat, Neville landed a nice Superkick of his own on Rich and then looked to land a Deadlift German Suplex. But Rich responded with his devastating kick finisher and looked to get the winning pin. Neville managed to get his foot on the ropes to break up the pin, though. Rich went to the top rope to land another big splash, but Neville brought him back down to the mat with a Superplex. Neville then locked in his submission finisher and finally forced Rich to tap out.
Charlotte Flair (c) vs. Bayley (WWE Raw Women’s Championship)
Winner: And still the WWE Raw Women’s Champion, Charlotte!
Highlights: Charlotte went right into “WOO!” mode as soon as this title match got underway. Charlotte dominated Bayley during the match’s opening moments and even forced her right through the middle ropes. Both women soon got into a shoving match. Charlotte got shoved to the outside, got caught by Bayley by getting her slammed into the mat and then got caught with a mid-rope plancha on the outside. Charlotte couldn’t even catch a breather after all this as Bayley threw herself from the top rope right on her. The action continued on the outside when Charlotte recovered by using the ring apron and steel steps to incapacitate Bayley.
Back inside the ring, Charlotte got the upper hand on Bayley by striking her and using a Release Norther Lights Suplex. With Bayley locked in her grasp during a submission hold, the crowd chanted hard for her to recover. Charlotte broke her own hold and chose to punish her challenger with more strikes instead. Those strikes included strikes in the corner, of course. Bayley got back into the fight by looking for quick pins, but Charlotte countered back with a neckbreaker/Big Boot combo. Charlotte wrapped her legs around Bayley and tortured her with another submission hold. Bayley tried to escape by using a pinning attempt, but Charlotte escaped and punished her even more. Charlotte taunted Bayley far too much and forced her to grow even more enraged. Both women ended up clotheslining each other down to the mat.
When they both got back to their feet, Charlotte responded with a great number of chops. Bayley shook them all off and began using her unorthodox offense. Bayley made her way to the top rope and actually landed a slick “Macho Man” Elbow Drop. Bayley looked to land another big move, but Charlotte cut her off and managed to lock in her Figure Four Leglock. Bayley dealt with the pain from this submission hold and turned it around on Charlotte, but Charlotte rolled her back in order to lock in her Figure Eight variation. Charlotte signaled for her beautiful Moonsault, went airborne to land it and instead got caught by Bayley’s knees. Bayley got fired up and began beating down the title holder in the corner. Charlotte then got pushed to the top rope by Bayley, but Charlotte pushed her right over the top rope. While Bayley tried to recover on the ring apron, Charlotte laid her out with a Natural Selection on that very same part of the ring.
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WWE Royal Rumble 2017: The Results & Highlights You Need to Know