BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Following an action-packed Tag Team Match on the SummerSlam Kickoff, Sami Zayn & Neville are on the rise, while the most decorated tandem in history, The Dudley Boyz, may be on the outs.
For the second time this week, a miscommunication between Bubba Ray & D-Von Dudley proved costly for the brothers in camouflage. Six days earlier, The Dudleys lost to WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day after a misstep.
Sami Zayn and Neville clash with Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley in the second match of the SummerSlam 2016 Kickoff: Courtesy of the award-winning WWE Network.
Things had started out well, however, for Bubba Ray & D-Von at The Biggest Event of the Summer. Competing in the Barclays Center, the same building where they returned to WWE a year ago, The Dudleys used their brute force (and a blindsiding forearm) to counteract their opponents’ speed and agility.
The ingenuity of Zayn & Neville nonetheless showed through, especially when Neville leapt off his partner’s back to connect with a spinning aerial attack reminiscent of his Red Arrow finisher. Bubba put his team back in the fight, but missed the mark on a huge senton splash off the middle rope.
Zayn displayed his strength moments later, hitting D-Von with a Blue Thunder Bomb, only for Bubba to stomp out The Underdog from the Undergound’s pin attempt. The Dudleys returned fire with their signature back suplex/neckbreaker combination, but this time, Neville broke up the fall.
When it looked like Bubba Ray & D-Von were able to dismantle The Man That Gravity Forgot with a 3-D, Neville sprang out of the move and dodged a subsequent clothesline from Bubba, causing the brothers to collide. Zayn was quick to take advantage, nailing Bubba with a Helluva Kick and setting him up perfectly for Neville’s match-winning Red Arrow.
With this big win under their belt, what’s next for the high-flying former NXT Champions? Just as important, how will the brawlers from Dudleyville rebound from their latest stumble?
Sami Zayn and Neville compliment each other after defeating The Dudley Boyz at SummerSlam 2016.
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Following an action-packed Tag Team Match on the SummerSlam Kickoff, Sami Zayn & Neville are on the rise, while the most decorated tandem in history, The Dudley Boyz, may be on the outs.
For the second time this week, a miscommunication between Bubba Ray & D-Von Dudley proved costly for the brothers in camouflage. Six days earlier, The Dudleys lost to WWE Tag Team Champions The New Day after a misstep.
Sami Zayn and Neville clash with Bubba Ray and D-Von Dudley in the second match of the SummerSlam 2016 Kickoff: Courtesy of the award-winning WWE Network.
Things had started out well, however, for Bubba Ray & D-Von at The Biggest Event of the Summer. Competing in the Barclays Center, the same building where they returned to WWE a year ago, The Dudleys used their brute force (and a blindsiding forearm) to counteract their opponents’ speed and agility.
The ingenuity of Zayn & Neville nonetheless showed through, especially when Neville leapt off his partner’s back to connect with a spinning aerial attack reminiscent of his Red Arrow finisher. Bubba put his team back in the fight, but missed the mark on a huge senton splash off the middle rope.
Zayn displayed his strength moments later, hitting D-Von with a Blue Thunder Bomb, only for Bubba to stomp out The Underdog from the Undergound’s pin attempt. The Dudleys returned fire with their signature back suplex/neckbreaker combination, but this time, Neville broke up the fall.
When it looked like Bubba Ray & D-Von were able to dismantle The Man That Gravity Forgot with a 3-D, Neville sprang out of the move and dodged a subsequent clothesline from Bubba, causing the brothers to collide. Zayn was quick to take advantage, nailing Bubba with a Helluva Kick and setting him up perfectly for Neville’s match-winning Red Arrow.
With this big win under their belt, what’s next for the high-flying former NXT Champions? Just as important, how will the brawlers from Dudleyville rebound from their latest stumble?
Sami Zayn and Neville compliment each other after defeating The Dudley Boyz at SummerSlam 2016.
