The card included matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed heroes, villains, or less distinguishable characters in scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. They also renamed the event to Roadblock, which was a reference to its position on the "Road to WrestleMania". To further build towards the following month's WrestleMania 32, WWE decided to broadcast the event live and exclusively on their livestreaming service, the WWE Network. The American professional wrestling promotion WWE originally had a house show scheduled for March 12, 2016, at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and it was titled "March to WrestleMania: Live from Toronto". The event was held at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Other prominent matches included The New Day ( Big E and Kofi Kingston) retaining the WWE Tag Team Championship against The League of Nations ( Sheamus and King Barrett) in the opening bout, The Revival ( Dash Wilder and Scott Dawson) retained the NXT Tag Team Championship against Enzo Amore and Colin Cassady, Brock Lesnar defeated Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper in a 2-on-1 handicap match, and Charlotte retained the WWE Divas Championship against Natalya in the last televised defense of the Divas Championship. The main event saw Triple H defeat Dean Ambrose to retain the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Nine matches (including two dark matches) were contested at the event. The event's title was a reference to its position on the "Road to WrestleMania". The event aired exclusively on the WWE Network and took place on March 12, 2016, at the Ricoh Coliseum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. WWE Roadblock (originally titled March to WrestleMania: Live from Toronto) was the inaugural Roadblock professional wrestling livestreaming event produced by WWE. You can watch WWE Roadblock: End of the Line on the WWE Network or Sky Sports Box Office.Promotional poster featuring Triple H and Dean Ambrose Relive all of the action as it happened in the Mirror Sport WWE Roadblock: End of the Line Live Blog. Kevin Owens (c) defeated Roman Reigns by disqualification to retain the WWE Universal Championship Charlotte Flair defeated Sasha Banks (c) 3–2 in overtime in a 30-minute Ironman match for the WWE Raw Women's ChampionshipĦ. Perkins and The Brian Kendrick in a Triple threat match for the WWE Cruiserweight Championshipĥ. Seth Rollins defeated Chris Jericho in a singles matchĤ. Sami Zayn defeated Braun Strowman by lasting the 10-minute time limitģ. Cesaro and Sheamus defeated The New Day (Big E and Kofi Kingston) (c) (with Xavier Woods) to win the WWE Raw Tag Team ChampionshipĢ. It was the first women's Ironman match in the history of WWE's main roster and these two stars, who have done so much to elevate women's wrestling, deserve all the plaudits coming their way. Sasha - with blood flowing from her mouth and seemingly in absolute agony - had no choice but to surrender to another Figure Eight, as Charlotte became a four-time women's champion. Sudden death overtime was announced and they expertly teased a couple of quick pinfalls, before The Queen of WWE resumed her assault on the champion's tender leg. She applied her dad Ric Flair's signature Figure Four Leglock and bridged into her Figure Eight variation right before the bell, when the resilient Sasha was finally forced to submit, making it 2-2. The tide turned against The Boss when Charlotte began targeting her left leg with deadly precision, weakening the knee with repeated attacks as the final minute started to count down. WWE Roadblock: End of the Line 2016: As it happened He went to congratulate his friend Swann before blasting him in the face with a forearm and kicking the living daylights out of both him and Perkins in an intense and shocking heel turn. What followed was brilliant, as Newcastle's Neville made a long-awaited return from injury, which was greeted with plenty of fanfare from the debuting Austin Aries on commentary. Swann and Perkins teamed up to superkick Kendrick out of his boots, but as the two pals paused for breath, Swann did the same to Perkins, catching him totally unaware. The fan favourite looked an even greater underdog after evading Braun - who crashed through a barricade - and stunning him with a Helluva Kick just as the time limit expired.Īnother Cruiserweight encounter which failed to ignite the interest of the crowd took place, as Rich Swann retained his title by besting TJ Perkins and Brian Kendrick in a Triple threat contest. Sami Zayn managed to survive for 10 minutes against the monstrous Braun Strowman, despite Mick Foley coming out and threatening to throw in the white towel on his behalf.
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