WWE Superstar Spectacle 1/26/2021

 WWE Superstar Spectacle 1/26/2021

They did an opening package talking about how great India is and WWE's history there. 

We got a package on Guru Raaj. He comes from a small town in India and had to work hard to get here. He knows taekwondo.

Finn Balor vs Guru Raaj

They said Raaj was once run over by a cow. Raaj rolled out of a wristlock. Rajj sat down when Finn had him from behind and did a split and snapmared him. Raaj did a nice leapfrog and a dropkick. Raaj did a sunset flip on Balor and Finn rolled out and dropkicked him.

Raaj came back with chops and a back elbow. He then did an awkward kip up into a dropkick. Finn did a running slingblade and ran into a gamengiri. Guru did a nice kick combo and downed Finn, then he did a top rope cross body for 2.

Balor countered out of a move and did a slice then a nasty John Woo in the corner. Finn then hit a top rope double stomp and a 1916 head and arm brainbuster.

We got a video on Giant Zanjeer. He had to quit school to feed his family. He is taller than Khali. 

We got a video of Shanky. He was in some movies

Rey Mysterio, Ricochet, Giant Zanjeer and Dilsher Shanky vs Dolph Ziggler, King Corbin, Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura

Shanky picks on Dolph early and corner splashes Dolph and Nakamura. Corbin gets put in the corner and ZanJeer splashes him too. Corbin and Dolph pick on Rey. Ricochet gets in and does his backflip into a hurricanrana on Dolph. He does a northern lights suplex to Dolp then flips into another suplex. Zanjeer gets back in and shoulders everyone down and Shanky follos with an elbow on Cesaro. Zanjeer powers out of a 3v1 and Zanjeer throws Ricochet onto their opponents, but Cesaro dumps him outside from behind. Shanky big boots Cesaro then Rey 619's him. Rey then climbs on Shanky's shoulders and splashes Cesaro for the win. This was fine for what it was - a short multi-man match. Zanjeer can move a bit but it's clear both him and Shanky do not have much of an arsenal yet. 

Paul Heyman and Roman Reigns are in the back. Paul said its Day 149 of Reigns' title reign. They say Happy Republic Day, which I assume is an Indian holiday.

We get a video package on Jeet Rama. He was a 3x Indian champion and his grandfather was a national champion too. He says Jeet means "Power".

AJ Styles vs Jeet Rama

Corey said we are "taking a ride down Jeet Street". Jeet does a nice arm takeover. AJ spears him in the corner and Jeet gives it back to him. Jeet then does another arm takeover. AJ slingshots over the top into a forearm on Jeet. Rama hit some bad punches on AJ and head and arm suplexed him twice. Jeet hit a nice german on AJ. AJ took control again. Jeet went for more corner spears and then AJ rolled him for a calf crusher. Jeet bangs the back of AJ's head off the mat to get out. Jeet does a nice belly to belly on AJ and goes for a belly to belly off the top, but Omos holds onto AJ and Jeet falls. AJ then hits the phenomenal forearm and wins it. Jeet's been training for 6 years and he is still really limited but he did okay. He's still really green.

We get a package on Rinku Singh.

Then the New Day comes out, wishinbg a Happy Republic Day and putting over the show. The Street Profits said they wanted to introduce them too and we see some kind of Indian dance.

The Great Khali did a promo...I don't know whether it was in English or Hindi as it was unintelligeble.

Charlotte Flair and Sareena Sandhu vs Natalya and Bayley

Charlotte is wearing India's colors. Natalya runs off of Charotte's back and Charlotte hits some chops on Bayley. Sareena came in and splashes both of her opponents. Sareena isn't actually from India. Her and Charlotte dance and we cut away and return. Charlotte exploder suplexes Natalya and Bayley. Sareena armdrags Bayley and botches a headscissors.

Sareena then butterfly suplexes Bayley. We are told Sareena is a full-time nursing student. Sareena then hits a messy neckbreaker. Natalya indian deathlocks Sareena, but she reverses it into a leglock. Natalya mounted and pounded on Sareena and Charlotte hit a nasty face kick on Bayley on the outside. Natalya sharpshooters Sareena but Charlotte breaks it up with a Natural Selection and Sareena wins it. This wasn't good and Sareena is very green. 

Ric Flair comes out and we get a video package on Kavita Devi. She said thousands of girls look up to her. The announcers said Devi would join us in the future.

Ric Flair did a promo. He wished everyone a Happy Republic Day.
 

The Bollywood Boyz and Jinder Mahal vs Drew McIntyre, Indus Sher and Rinku Saurav

Jinder does a promo and said they should celebrate him and 1.4 billion came to watch him. Drew said it's good to see his old buddy again. He said you don't interrupt Ric Flair when he is talking and said this isn't about Jinder. Drew says he has his own 3 man band of destruction with him today.

Drew nails Samir in the corner and Rinku hard shoulders Samir. I'm pretty sure the announcers confused who was who and Samir took a double hiptoss. Samir was then gorilla pressed onto his partner on the outside. Drew's team poses as we go to break.

Back from break and Indus splashes the corner as Samir moves. Jinder then throws Indus' shoulder into the post. Samir came off the top with a euro uppercut then Sunil dropped the elbow on Indus from the top. Jinder puts Rinku in an armlock and then gets suplexed by him.

Drew gets in and cleans house with a belly to belly on Jinder, then he neckbreakers him. Jinder does a big flying knee to Drew. Sher comes in and backdrops Sunil then Drew does a claymore to Jinder. One of the big guys jumps off the top with an elbow while his partner holds him to win.

All of the Indian guys and some of the dancers then come up and clap with Triple H as fireworks go off. 

Overall thoughts: The show wasn't anything special. It had a bunch of green wrestlers who are there for their skin color and little else. Most of the matches were short and nothing special.