Our WWE Clash in Paris results for tonight include The Wyatt Sicks defending the WWE Tag Team Championships against The Street Profits, Nikki Bella challenging Becky Lynch for the Women’s Intercontinental Championship, Sheamus and Rusev clashing in a Good Ol’ Fashioned Donnybrook match, Roman Reigns seeking vengeance against “The Tribal Theif” Bronson Reed, John Cena battling Logan Paul, and Seth Rollins defending the World Heavyweight Championship in a fatal-four against Jey Uso, LA Knight, and CM Punk. Here’s our review and grades for tonight’s show, live from the Paris La Défense Arena in Nanterre, Paris, France.
WWE Clash in Paris Card:
- John Cena vs. Logan Paul
- World Heavyweight Championship Match: Seth Rollins (c) vs Jey Uso vs. LA Knight vs. CM Punk
- Good Ol’ Fashioned Donnybrook Match: Sheamus vs Rusev
- Roman Reigns vs. Bronson Reed
- Women’s Intercontinental Title Match: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Nikki Bella
- WWE Tag Team Championship Match: The Wyatt Sicks (Joe Gacy & Dexter Lumis) (c) vs The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins)
WWE Clash in Paris Results:
Roman Reigns vs. Bronson Reed w/Paul Heyman
Reed mocks Reigns by raising the ones in the air. The crowd boos and sings for Reigns. Reed and Reigns lock up, which leads to a stalemate. Reigns tries a shoulder block, but Reed doesn’t budge. Reigns shrugs off Reed’s shrug. Reed tries a shoulder block. Reigns stumbles, but doesn’t go down. Reed and Reigns get in each other’s faces. Reigns tells Reed to do it again. Reed hits the ropes, and Reigns surprises Reed with a nasty uppercut. Corner 10 punches by Reigns. Reigns attempts to lift Reed for a Samoan Drop. Reigns’ legs give out, and Reed lands on Reigns. Reed tosses Reigns out of the ring. Reed dives off the apron and lands a shoulder block. Reigns eats a uranage on the commentary desk from Reed. Reigns fires back with punches.
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Reed gets ping ponged off the ring post. Reigns celebrates. Reed runs Reigns over with a clothesline. Reigns tries to fire up. Reed crushes Reigns with a World’s Strongest Slam.Reed works over Reigns. Samoan Drop by Reed. Reigns kicks out. Reed parades around with the shoes he jacked from Reigns. Reigns tries to fire back, but Reed cuts him off with a few vicious strikes. Reed tries to jack Reigns’ shoes again, but Reigns kicks him away. Reigns lands a few punches. After two attempts, Reigns sends Reed out of the ring with a clothesline. Reigns catches Reed with the drive-by. Reed counters Reigns’ Superman punch with a uranage followed by a senton. Reigns tries another Superman punch.
The Finish
Reed counters with a Death Valley Driver. Reigns kicks out. Reigns surprises Reed with two Superman punches. Reed kicks out. Reigns sets up a Spear. Reed blocks it with a running dropkick. Reigns falls to the floor. Suicide dive by Reed. Reigns narrowly avoids a Tsunami from Reed. Reigns tries another Spear. Reed catches Reigns, head-on, and turns the Spear into a sit-out powerbomb! Reigns kicks out! Reed goes up top. Reigns cuts Reed off with a Superman punch. While Reed is hunched over up top, Reigns takes Reed off the top with a Samoan drop. Reed gets to his feet just in time to get cut in half by a Spear from Reigns. Reigns pins Reed.
Winner- Roman Reigns
After the match, Heyman checks on Reed. Reigns rolls back in the ring and steps up to Heyman. Heyman melts like butter; he tells Reigns that he loves him, that the world is Reigns’, Reigns is still his Tribal Chief, and more. Heyman hands Reigns his shoes back. Reigns smiles and locks Heyman in a Guillotine. Heyman taps out and eventually passes out.
Reigns stands on the commentary desk and signs the shoes he just got back from Reed. Reigns tosses the signed shoes into the crowd. Bron Breakker appears out of nowhere and Spears Reigns off the commentary desk. Officials help Reigns up the ramp. Breakker runs back down the ramp and lands ANOTHER Spear! Reed sends Reigns back into the ring and lands a Tsunami. Reed brushes through the security and hits what seems like his 57th Tsunami on Regins.
Grade: B
This was a star-making performance for Reed. Reigns went way out of his way to make Reed appear to be the biggest monster in WWE. Reed countered Reigns at every turn and somehow managed to make Reigns look small. Reed was never going to win this match, but there were points during that match that made the crowd and this writer believe it could actually happen. Despite looking great during the match, Reed and Breakker look even better after the utter destruction of Reigns after the match. This writer didn’t think Reed would be able to top his obliteration of Seth Rollins a few months back… This beating got uncomfortable. Amazing stuff.
WWE Tag Team Championship Match: The Wyatt Sicks (Joe Gacy & Dexter Lumis) (c) vs The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins) w/B-Fab
As the match starts, Ford steps up, but Dawkins holds Ford back. Dawkins is going to start. Ford doesn’t look pleased. Dawkins levels Gacy with a clothesline. Ford slaps Dawkins on the back to tag himself in. Dawkins rolls his eyes and goes out to the apron. Ford floors Lumis with a dropkick. Ford does a few backflips to avoid Lumis, but Lumis creepily crawls towards Ford. Dawkins and Ford flapjack Lumis. After a distraction, Ford is sent flying into the commentary desk. Lumis and Gacy take turns working over Ford. Ford manages to tag in Dawkins. Dawkins lands a dive and clears the ring.
Corkscrew splash followed by a falling enziguri by Dawkins. Spinning neckbreaker by Dawkins. Dawkins goes up top and crushes Gacy with a swanton. Gacy kicks at two. Suplex/Neckbreaker by Lumis and Gacy. Dawkins kicks out. Dawkins pounces Lumis into the air, and Ford catches Lumis with a suplex. Ford goes up top. Lumis crotches Ford on the top. Gacy takes out Dawkins outside the ring. Gacy tries a superplex. Dawkins tags himself in and pulls Gacy off the top in an electric chair. Doomsday Blockbuster by the Street Profits. Lumis breaks up the pin.
The Finish
Ford misses his Frog Splash. Gacy catches Dawkins with the Upside Down. Dawkins avoids a springboard moonsault. Gacy rolls out. Dawkins pounces Gacy into the barricade. Rowens gets in Dawkins’ face. Lumis sends Dawkins into the crowd. Ford dives over the ring post and lands on Rowan and Lumis. Ford tries to get back in the ring, but Nikki Cross grabs Ford’s leg. Uncle Howdy drops Ford with Sister Abigail outside the ring behind the referee’s back. Howdy sends Ford back in the ring. Lumis and Gacy hit The Plague for the win.
Winners and STILL WWE Tag Team Champions, the Wyatt Sicks!
Grade: C+
This was a fun match, but it didn’t feel like as big a deal as a title match should. This felt like a SmackDown main event, which isn’t a bad thing, but in a PLE setting, we need a bit more. The tension tease between Ford and Dawkins was a choice, especially since it didn’t lead to anything of note during the match. Let’s see what’s next for the Street Profits; hopefully, it’s more than just a tired tag team split that leads to a feud.
Women’s Intercontinental Title Match: Becky Lynch (c) vs. Nikki Bella
As soon as the bell rings, Nikki unloads on Lynch with strikes. Lynch rolls out. Nikki misses a baseball slide. Lynch tosses Nikki into the steel ring steps. Irish Jam by Lynch. Kick out by Nikki. Lynch works over Nikki. Nikki fires up, leading to a strike exchange. Lynch and Nikki trade wild punches. Nikki manages a series of clotheslines. Lynch rolls out. Baseball slide by Nikki. Nikki slams Lynch’s head off both commentary desks repeatedly. Lynch is sent back into the ring. Nikki tries a disaster kick, but Lynch was nowhere near. Nikki slams into the mat in hilarious fashion. Lynch was out of place, not sure what happened there. Lynch escapes the Rack Attack. Nikki lands a nasty elbow. Nikki goes up top. Lynch cuts Nikki off and lays in a flurry of headbutts.
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The Finish
Superplex by Lynch. Nikki kicks out, but Lynch immediately transitions into an armbar. Nikki reverses it into a pin. Lynch kicks out. Nikki traps Lynch in the Fearless Lock. Lynch reverses it into the DisArmHer. Nikki counters with an electric chair drop. Nikki manages to trap Lynch in the Fearless Lock again. Lynch crawls to the bottom rope to break the hold. Lynch rolls out. Nikki follows and gets whipped into the ring steps. Lynch sets up a Manhandle Slam on the ring steps. Nikki reverses it into a Bella Buster on the steps. Nikki sends Lynch back in the ring and hits the Manhandle Slam! Lynch kicks out! Nikki traps Lynch in the DisArmHer! Lynch reverses the hold into the Lynch-pin for the win!
Winner and STILL Women’s Intercontinental Champion, Becky Lynch!
Grade: C
This match was… fine. If the tag title match felt like a SmackDown main event, this one was more like the SmackDown match before the main event. This wasn’t terrible, but it wasn’t good either. Nikki looked rough to start, but got it together by the end of the match.
Good Ol’ Fashioned Donnybrook Match: Sheamus vs. Rusev
Sheamus and Rusev trade shots. The fight spills out of the ring. Rusev sends Sheamus into the barricade. Rusev sets up two tables. Sheamus blocks Rusev suplex and lands one of his own out on the floor. Rusev surprises Sheamus with a few shots from a kendo stick. Sheamus rolls out to the apron. Ten beats of the Bohdren by… Rusev? Sheamus is rocked. Rusev tries a whip, but Sheamus whiffs on an Irish Curse Backbreaker. Sheamus just says screw it and does the move again, the right way. Rusev goes down after a series of kendo stick shots from the Celtic Warrior Sheamus.
Sheamus tosses a few chairs into the ring. Rusev manages to send a chair into Sheamus’ face with a spinning heel kick. Rusev wears Sheamus out with a chair before setting one up in the corner. Sheamus sits up and begs Rusev to hit him. After a few stiff kicks, Sheamus yells for Rusev to come on. Rusev grabs a chair. Sheamus blocks it and lands a high knee. Rusev manages to kick out before the three count. Sheamus blasts Rusev with the ten beats. Sheamus gives Rusev another ten beat against a bar set up outside the ring. Rusev tries to escape through the crowd. Sheamus cuts Rusev off and gives him another ten beats against the barricade using a shillelagh. Irish cross by Sheamus. Sheamus dives off the top into a kendo stick shot from Rusev.
The Finish
Rusev uranage suplexes Sheamus off the ring steps through the bar! Rusev sends Sheamus back into the ring and locks in the Accolade. Sheamus escapes and slams Rusev to the mat. The fight spills out of the ring. Sheamus and Rusev fight on top of a few whiskey barrels. Rusev traps Sheamus in the Accolade on the barrels. Sheamus fights out of the hold. Sheamus picks up Rusev and leaps off the barrels with a white noise through two tables! Rusev is amazingly the first person to get back in the ring.
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Rusev gets to his feet and grabs the shillelagh. As Rusev winds up to strike, Sheamus obliterates Rusev with a Brogue Kick! RUSEV KICKS OUT! Machka Kick by Rusev! Running knee by Sheamus! Rusev suplexes Sheamus and lands a corner Machka Kick! Sheamus drops to his knees. Rusev shatters the shillelagh on Sheamus’ back. Sheamus kicks out! Rusev locks in the Accolade with the shillelagh in Sheamus’ mouth. Rusev leans all the way back. Sheamus has no choice but to tap out.
Winner- Rusev
Grade: B
This match was phenomenal! Rusev and Sheamus, once again, attempted to murder each other for our enjoyment. This was the equivalent of two gladiators fighting to the death in the colosseum. This is how you pay off a blood feud. No gummy bears or silliness required.
John Cena vs. Logan Paul
Cena and Paul lock up. Cena grabs a side headlock. Clean break by Cena. Paul and Cena have a test of strength. Paul floors Cena with a cheapshot. Cena retreats to the corner. Paul lands a few punches. Paul works over Cena. The crowd is all over Paul. Cena avoids an uppercut and floors Paul with a lariat. Paul responds with a delayed vertical suplex. Cena kicks out. Paul continues his assault. Paul charges in, but is met with another clothesline from Cena. Cena lands a few shoulder blocks and the five knuckle shuffle. Paul escapes the AA and lands a buckshot lariat. Paul tries the Paul from Grace. Cena gets his knees up. AA by Cena. Paul kicks out!
Cena tries another AA. Paul lands on his feet and puts Cena in the Octopus. Cena escapes and rolls Paul into the STFU. Paul gets to the ropes. Cena escapes the Protoplex and hits a ZigZag. Cena manages to kick at two. Tornado DDT by Cena. Paul tries another buckshot lariat. Cena reverses it into the End of Days. Yes, you read that correctly. Paul misses a running elbow in the corner. Double underhook facebuster by Cena. Kick out by Paul. Swiss Death Uppercut by Paul. Paul mocks Cena with the five moves of doom. Cena reverses Paul’s AA into an AA of his own. Paul kicks out again. Rana by Cena, followed by a Code Red for a near fall. Paul surprises Cena with the Right Hand of Doom. Cena kicks out!
The Finish
Cena struggles to get to his feet. Paul kips up and goes up top. Paul from Grace by Paul. instead of going for the pin, Paul goes back up top and lands another Paul from Grace. Kick out by Cena. Paul tries another AA. Cena counters and blasts Paul with the Styles Clash! Kick out by Paul! Paul dives off the top. Cena rolls through and lands the AA!. Cena tries to roll into another AA. Paul escapes and lands the Right Hand of Doom. Cena bounces off the ropes and hits another AA! Cena collapses on top of Paul. The referee counts to three.
Winner- John Cena
Grade: B+
Cena spent the first ten minutes of this match throwing lariats as if WWE were the Tokyo Dome. Both Cena and Paul pulled out moves we haven’t seen them do before. Cena did his best Kojima impression, while Paul paraded around the ring like Hangman Page, and Claudio Castagnoli did the fusion dance. Pale imitations aside, this was an amazing contest. Cena and Paul both went deep into their bags tonight and gave us the definition of a back-and-forth contest, with each competitor seemingly hitting their finishes 5873 times. The multiple finisher kick outs were a bit much, but considering how fun this was, this writer will allow it… this time. At this point, we all have to admit Paul is good at this.
World Heavyweight Championship Match: Seth Rollins (c) vs Jey Uso vs. LA Knight vs. CM Punk
The bell rings and everyone stares each other down. Punk superkicks Jey. Rollins and Knight look shocked. Rollins rolls out of the ring. Knight rolls up Punk for a two count. Knight and Punk brawl. Rollins attacks both men from behind. Rollins tosses Knight out of the ring. Jey surprises Rollins with a crossbody off the top for a two count. Punk works over Jey. Punk sets up his running knee, but Rollins yanks Punk out of the ring and tosses him into the crowd. Rollins rolls in and crushes Jey with a running knee. Rollins mocks Punk by doing the GTS taunt. Knight blasts Rollins with a right hand. Jey and Knight ping pong Rollins with punches. Jey knocks Knight into the corner.
Before Jey can land his patented hip attack, Rollins clocks Jey and flattens Knight in the corner with a hip attack. Rollins Yeets. Rollins screams about not needing anyone. Punk, Knight, and Jey surround Rollins. Rollins is trapped. Knight, Punk, and Jey jump Rollins. Punk and Jey Yeet. Knight suggests they put Rollins through a table. Punk tells Jey to get the tables. Knight, Punk, and Knight roll out and set up a table. Jey superkicks Punk. Knight clotheslines Rollins over the barricade into the crowd. Knight is tickled by this, but as he grins like an idiot, Jey destroys him with a superkick. Jey hops the barricade and works over Rollins. Knight attacks Rollins from behind. Punk dives off the barricade onto everyone.
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Jey lands a series of hip attacks. Knight crushes Jey with a Burning Hammer. Punk surprises Knight with a shining wizard. Rollins immediately grabs Punk and lands a Pedigree! Punk kicks out. Rollins sends Knight into the turnbuckle with a buckle bomb. Frog Splash by Rollins to Jey. Jey kicks out! Knight drops the LA Elbow on Rollins. Knight sets up the BFT. Jey breaks it up with a superkick. Jey is clutching at his injured ribs. Rollins cuts Jey off up top. Jey pushes Rollins off the top. Knight leaps up top and sets up a superplex. Punk breaks that up and sends Knight and Jey flying with a tower of doom. Kick out by Knight.
The Finish
Knight sends Punk off the apron through a table. Knight avoids a Stomp and lands the BFT! Jey breaks up the pin! Knight and Jey trade punches. Knight tosses Jey out of the ring. Rope dive dropkick by Knight. Knight dribbles Jey’s head off the commentary desk. Rollins tries to sneak up on Knight, but ends up getting his head dribbled off the commentary desk as well. Knight clears the commentary desk. Knight lays Rollins on the desk and attempts a diving elbow drop. Rollins moves, and Knight destroys the commentary desk. Rollins turns around and walks into a dive from Jey. Jey sends Rollins back into the ring. Rollins and Jey trade superkicks. Jey tries a Spear. Rollins counters with a leaping Pedigree! Jey kicks out!
Jey avoids a Phoenix Splash, lands a superkick, and a Spear. Uso Splash by Jey! Punk breaks up the pin with a Macho Man Elbow off the top. GTS by Punk. While Punk is pinning Jey, Rollins Stomps Punk! Rollins pins Punk. Punk kicks out! Rollins rolls out of the ring and Stomps Knight and Jey! Rollins brings a chair into the ring and lays Punk’s head on it. Punk avoids getting murdered by a Stomp, and hits a GTS! Rollins bounces off the rope and falls on Punk’s shoulders. Punk sets up another GTS. Someone wearing a hood rolls into the ring and low blows Punk! The masked person takes off their hood, and it’s the Women’s Intercontinental Champion, Becky Lynch! Rollins Stomps Punk on a chair! Rollins pins Punk
Winner and STILL World Heavyweight Champion, Seth Rollins!
Grade: B
Multi-person matches are hit or miss. This was a hit. Yes, there were periods where the other competitors just disappeared for no real reason, but they were brief. After a slow start, this one started humming with so many big moves and nearfalls. The finish, coming with Punk getting screwed by Becky Lynch, is interesting to say the least. Punk’s wife may have something to say about Lynch costing her husband the championship. Let the SPECULATION BEGIN!
WWE Clash at Paris Review:
Tonight’s show featured solid in-ring action, but pacing issues (the first match seemed to take up the first 45 minutes of the show- they need to get to the point quicker) and some sloppiness (slowly turns and looks at Becky Lynch and Nikki Bella) took some of the steam off an otherwise ok PLE. The middle section of the show just felt like an episode of SmackDown. A good episode of SmackDown, but still, an episode of SmackDown.
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The TV write-off of Reigns was coming, as rumor has it, he will be filming a move soon. It just took too long getting there. Rusev and Sheamus tried to kill each other, and we were all entertained. The match of the night was John Cena battling Logan Paul. With everything that happened tonight, all of the focus and speculation is going to be on whether Lynch teaming with Rollins will lead to the return of the incomparable AJ Lee. What do you all think? Let us know in the comments!
Rating: B-
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