WWE Smackdown results: Bray Wyatt and Dean Ambrose warm up for Ambulance Match
Wyatt downs Erick Rowan; Ambrose clobbers Curtis Axel
Saturday 3 January 2015 14:52, UK
Bray Wyatt and Dean Ambrose warmed up for their Ambulance Match on Raw by making big statements on Friday Night Smackdown.
Wyatt bested his former Wyatt Family brethren, Erick Rowan, with a crunching Sister Abigail, while Ambrose launched a blistering assault on Curtis Axel before their bout even began.
The Eater of Worlds and The Lunatic Fringe also addressed each other, vowing to come out on top when they square off in Texas on Monday evening.
Wyatt and Ambrose’s Ambulance Match will be the first contested on Raw, with the others – Kane v Shane McMahon (2003), Kane v John Cena (2012) and Ryback v Cena (2013) – fought on pay-per-view.
Elsewhere on Smackdown, Roman Reigns toppled a giant; The Ascension impressed again; and the burgeoning tandem of Cesaro and Tyson Kidd defeated a couple of high-octane bullfighters.
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Reigns made Big Show pay for interfering in his main-event match with United Stats Champion Rusev by Superman punching The World’s Largest Athlete, throwing him over the announce desk and then overturning the table onto his prone body.
Big Show had earlier beaten Ryback via count-out after KO Punching The Big Guy out of the ring but Ryback still had enough strength to muscle free from a post-match Accolade by Rusev.
The Ascension, meanwhile, followed up their win over The Miz and Damien Mizdow on Raw by downing a pair of local competitors, and Cesaro and Kidd vanquished Los Matadores' Diego and Fernando.
Plus, new WWE Tag Team Champions The Usos banded with R-Truth to conquer Goldust, Stardust and Adam Rose when Smackdown headed to Norfolk, Virginia for its maiden show of 2015.
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