The Beast in the East

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The Beast in the East
File:WWEtheBeastIntheEast.jpg
Promotional poster featuring Brock Lesnar
Information
Promotion WWE
Date July 4, 2015
Attendance 8,646[1]
Venue Ryōgoku Kokugikan
City Sumida, Tokyo, Japan
WWE Network event chronology
Money in the Bank (2015) The Beast in the East Battleground (2015)
WWE Live events chronology
First The Beast in the East Live from Madison Square Garden

The Beast in the East was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It took place on July 4, 2015, at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan in the Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. It aired live on the WWE Network and live on J Sports in Japan. The replays aired on J Sports 4 in Japan. Additionally, it would be available on demand on both the WWE Network and J Sports.[2] It was also the first WWE event to be broadcast live from Japan.[3] The Beast in the East was available to subscribers of the WWE Network, in over 140 countries.[4][5]

Seven matches were contested at the event, with two of the matches shown exclusively on J Sports. The main event saw John Cena and Dolph Ziggler defeat Kane and King Barrett. In other matches, Chris Jericho wrestled his first televised match since Night of Champions, defeating Neville, Finn Bálor defeated Kevin Owens to win the NXT Championship, and Brock Lesnar defeated Kofi Kingston.

Background

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See also: Professional wrestling

The Beast in the East consisted of professional wrestling matches involving wrestlers from scripted feuds or storylines that played out on WWE's primary television programs, Raw, SmackDown and 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.[6][7]

On May 28, 2015, it was revealed that Brock Lesnar was scheduled to appear at the July 4 live event in Japan.[8] This would mark Lesnar's first non-PPV match for WWE since 2004. Lesnar reportedly requested a spot on the show so he and Brad Rheingans could go to Tokyo to visit Masa Saito, who was in bad health.[9] WWE then released a promotional video announcing that the show would no longer be a house show, and would be broadcast live on the WWE Network.[10] One day later, WWE revealed the entire match card for the show. One of the matches scheduled for the event, The New Day vs. Tyson Kidd and Cesaro, could no longer take place due to Tyson Kidd suffering an injury, which was expected to take him out for over a year.[11][12] Kidd & Cesaro were replaced by The Lucha Dragons.

Kevin Owens defended his NXT Championship against Finn Bálor at the event. At NXT TakeOver: Rival in February 2015, Owens had captured the NXT Championship while Bálor won a tournament to become number one contender.[13] On the March 25 episode of NXT, Owens prevailed over Bálor, who had dispensed with his 'Demon' facepaint, saying that he didn't need the 'Demon' to beat the champion; in the match Owens took advantage of a (kayfabe) leg injury.[14] However, Bálor earned another title shot at NXT TakeOver: Unstoppable in May when he beat Tyler Breeze.[15] Bálor vowed that at Beast in the East Owens would 'meet the Demon'.[16]

Hideo Itami and Tatsumi Fujinami were also advertised to appear.[17][18]

Other on-screen talent
Role Name
Commentators Byron Saxton
Michael Cole

Event

Dark matches were held, where Cesaro defeated Diego by submission and The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) defeated The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods).

The first match televised was between Chris Jericho and Neville, where Jericho defeated Neville by submission, after Jericho countered a Red Arrow attempt and locking Neville in the Liontamer.

The second match televised was the triple threat match between the Divas Champion Nikki Bella, Tamina and Paige, which Nikki won by pinning Tamina, after a forearm strike to her face.

The third match televised was between Brock Lesnar and Kofi Kingston, where Lesnar pinned Kingston, after an F5. After the match was over, Lesnar would deliver more German suplexes to Kingston and he drops him with another F5. Big E and Xavier Woods come to save Kingston, but they took F5's by Lesnar for their efforts.

Finn Bálor celebrating his victory after defeating Kevin Owens for the NXT Championship.

The fourth match televised was between Finn Bálor and Kevin Owens for the NXT Championship, where Bálor pinned Owens, after a second Coup de Grâce.

The fifth and final match televised was a tag team match between John Cena and Dolph Ziggler taking on against Kane and King Barrett, where Cena and Ziggler defeated Kane and Barrett, after Ziggler performed a superkick on Barrett and Cena dropping the latter with an Attitude Adjustment for the pin.

Reception

The Beast in the East received generally positive reviews from critics. The Owens-Bálor match was highly praised. PWInsider.com's Mike Johnson called it "a great main event level" match.[19] PWTorch.com's James Caldwell gave the match a four-and-a-half-star rating, the highest rating of the night.[20] 411Mania.com's Larry Csonka praised the look of the show, saying it was far away from "the usual and sanitized WWE TV event".[21]

Results

No. Results Stipulations Times[22]
1D Cesaro defeated Diego by submission Singles match[Note 1][23] 8:13
2D The Lucha Dragons (Kalisto and Sin Cara) defeated The New Day (Big E and Xavier Woods) Tag team match[Note 1][23] 6:31
3 Chris Jericho defeated Neville by submission Singles match[24] 16:20
4 Nikki Bella (c) defeated Tamina and Paige Triple threat match for the WWE Divas Championship[24] 7:03
5 Brock Lesnar defeated Kofi Kingston Singles match[24] 2:36
6 Finn Bálor defeated Kevin Owens (c) Singles match for the NXT Championship[25] 19:25
7 John Cena and Dolph Ziggler defeated Kane and King Barrett Tag team match[24] 23:50
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  • (c) – refers to the champion(s) heading into the match
  • D – indicates the match was a dark match

Aftermath

At the 2015's San Diego Comic-Con International on July 9, a Bálor-Owens rematch for the NXT Championship was scheduled for the next NXT TakeOver show in August 2015.[26] Owens later requested for the stipulation of a ladder match, saying that he did not want to suffer NXT General Manager William Regal costing him the title in a situation alike the Montreal Screwjob. Though Bálor never had competed in a ladder match before, he accepted the stipulation[27][28] and defeated Owens.[29]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 This match was only broadcast in Japan as part of the J Sports broadcast.

References

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External links

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