WWE Roadblock

Roadblock

Promotional poster featuring Triple H and Dean Ambrose
Tagline(s) Road Closed Ahead
Theme
song(s)		 "Out of the Black" by Royal Blood
Information
Promotion WWE
Brand(s) WWE
NXT
Date March 12, 2016
Attendance 9,333
Venue Ricoh Coliseum[1]
City Toronto, Ontario, Canada
WWE Network event chronology

Fastlane (2016) Roadblock NXT TakeOver: Dallas

Roadblock was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It took place on March 12, 2016 at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] Nine matches (including two dark matches) were contested on the event. The main event saw Triple H defeat Dean Ambrose to retain his WWE World Heavyweight Championship.

Background

Other on-screen talent
Role Name
English Commentators Byron Saxton
Michael Cole
John "Bradshaw" Layfield
Spanish Commentators Carlos Cabrera
Marcelo Rodriguez
Brazilian Portuguese Commentators Marco Alfaro
Roberto Figueroa
Lívio Reis

Roadblock, was first rumored to be called March to WrestleMania: Live from Toronto,[2] consisted of professional wrestling matches that involve wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds or storylines that play out on WWE's primary television programs, Raw and SmackDown, along with WWE's developmental branch NXT. Wrestlers portrayed heroes or villains as they follow a series of events that build tension and culminate in a wrestling match or series of matches.[3][4]

On the February 29 episode of Raw, Dean Ambrose challenged Triple H to a match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Later that night, Triple H interfered in Ambrose's match against Alberto Del Rio, causing a disqualification. Ambrose attacked Triple H, but Triple H stopped his onslaught with a Pedigree. He then accepted the challenge before attacking Ambrose again.[5] The match was scheduled for Roadblock.[6]

On the March 2 episode of NXT, NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival were scheduled to defend their titles against Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady at Roadblock.[7]

At Royal Rumble, Brock Lesnar eliminated Luke Harper, Erick Rowan and Braun Strowman of The Wyatt Family from the Royal Rumble match. However, the trio re-entered the ring and eliminated Lesnar from the match.[8] On the March 3 episode of SmackDown, a match between Brock Lesnar and Bray Wyatt was scheduled for Roadblock.[9]

On March 8, WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day were scheduled to defend their titles against Sheamus and King Barrett (of The League of Nations), at Roadblock.[10][11]

On March 11, a non-title match between Divas Champion Charlotte and Natalya was scheduled for the event.[12] In a pre-recorded segment aired immediately before the match, Natalya goaded Charlotte into putting her title on the line. It would be the last televised WWE Divas Championship match.

Reception

The event received mixed reviews. Jason Powell of Pro Wrestling Dot Net commented, "Overall, Roadblock is what most of us thought it would be. They weren't going to shake up the WrestleMania lineup three weeks away. I know some fans convinced themselves it was possible, but it just never struck me as being realistic regardless of whether it would have made for a better WrestleMania lineup".[13]

James Caldwell of Pro Wrestling Torch wrote that Roadblock was a "glorified house show for the most part, but the toned-down, less-corporate production value was refreshing for a WWE broadcast". Regarding the main event, Caldwell said that the "false finish for Dean was interesting in that WWE is lacking goodwill heading into Mania and going that far with a false finish straddled the line of being more of a turn-off than heat-generator".[14]

John Powell of Canoe.ca summed up that there were "no surprises at a solid Roadblock... Although the overall show was far better than any of the WWE's recent pay-per-views, Roadblock did nothing at all to fuel any kind of excitement for WrestleMania or its feuds". For the main event, Powell wrote, "In the match of his career, Ambrose proved beyond a shadow of a doubt he is main event material, perhaps soon to be following in the legendary but demented footsteps of another unorthodox superstar, one Mick Foley". Powell also praised Canadians "Natalya, Chris Jericho and Sami Zayn all putting in exceptional performances", as well as the four NXT wrestlers who proved "why NXT is still the show to watch each and every week". However, commentator JBL was criticized after he "literally loses his mind and starts yelling". his grade went to Triple H vs Dean Ambrose with 8 and a half out of 10 while Brock Lesnar vs Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper got the worst with 5 out of 10 overall grade was 8 out of 10.[15]

Larry Csonka from 411mania.com gave the event a 7 stars out of 10 rating. The highest rated match were the Ambrose-Triple H bout (****) and the lowest rated match were Stardust-Zayn (*). He stated, "I really enjoyed the [Ambrose-Triple H] match, it was a lot of fun and felt fresh, but it wasn't without its problems". Csonka also praised the NXT Tag Team Championship match (***1/2) and the WWE Tag Team Championship match (***).[16]

Results

No. Results Stipulations Times[14]
1D Manik defeated Dolph Ziggler Singles match 3:35
2D Goldust (with R-Truth) defeated Viktor (with Konnor) Singles match 6:44
3 The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) (c) (with Xavier Woods) defeated The League of Nations (Sheamus and King Barrett) Tag team match for the WWE Tag Team Championship[10] 9:49
4 Chris Jericho defeated Jack Swagger by submission Singles match[17] 7:54
5 The Revival (Scott Dawson and Dash Wilder) (c) defeated Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady (with Carmella) Tag team match for the NXT Tag Team Championship[7] 10:17
6 Charlotte (c) (with Ric Flair) defeated Natalya Singles match for the WWE Divas Championship[18] 13:37
7 Brock Lesnar (with Paul Heyman) defeated The Wyatt Family (Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper) 2-on-1 Handicap match[19] 4:03
8 Sami Zayn defeated Stardust Singles match[20] 12:33
9 Triple H (c) defeated Dean Ambrose Singles match for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship[6] 24:45
  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • D – indicates the match was a dark match

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "WWE ROADBLOCK NETWORK SPECIAL". RicohColiseum.com. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  2. ↑ "WWE Title match official for re-named Network special". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ Grabianowski, Ed. "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "Live & Televised Entertainment". WWE. Archived from the original on 18 November 2013. Retrieved 21 March 2012.
  5. ↑ Tedesco, Mike. "WWE RAW Results - 2/29/16 (Undertaker confronts Vince)". wrestleview.com. Retrieved February 29, 2016.
  6. 1 2 Clapp, John. "WWE World Heavyweight Champion Triple H def. Dean Ambrose". WWE. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  7. 1 2 Clapp, John. "NXT Tag Team Champions The Revival def. Enzo Amore & Colin Cassady". WWE. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  8. ↑ Caldwell, James. "1/24 WWE Royal Rumble PPV Results – CALDWELL’S Complete Live PPV Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  9. ↑ Martin, Adam. "WWE Smackdown Results - 3/3/16 (Ambrose vs. Owens)". wrestleview.com. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  10. 1 2 Clapp, John. "WWE Tag Team Champions Big E & Kofi Kingston def. Sheamus & King Barrett". WWE. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  11. ↑ "Heel vs. Heel title match added to WWE Roadblock special". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 8, 2016.
  12. ↑ https://twitter.com/MsCharlotteWWE/status/708489700374347776?s=09
  13. ↑ Powell, Jason. "3/12 Powell's WWE Roadblock live review". prowrestling.net. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  14. 1 2 Caldwell, James. "3/12 WWE Roadblock Results – CALDWELL’S Complete Live Report". Pro Wrestling Torch. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  15. ↑ Powell, John. "No surprises at a solid Roadblock". Canoe.ca. Slam! Wrestling. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  16. ↑ Csonka, Larry. "Roadblock review". 411mania.com. 411mania. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  17. ↑ Clapp, John. "Chris Jericho def. Jack Swagger". WWE. Retrieved March 12, 2016.
  18. ↑ Clapp, John. "Divas Champion Charlotte def. Natalya". WWE. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  19. ↑ Clapp, John. "Brock Lesnar def. Bray Wyatt & Luke Harper in a 2-on-1 Handicap Match". WWE. Retrieved March 13, 2016.
  20. ↑ Clapp, John. "Sami Zayn def. Stardust". WWE. Retrieved March 13, 2016.

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