Cesaro’s back was against the wall in London. Down 3 - 0 in his best-of-seven series with Sheamus, dealing with so many nagging injuries the Celtic Warrior has taken to mocking him as a “mummy” for his liberal use of elastic therapeutic tape...
Going for the 4-0 #CleanSweep against Mr. Mummy Returns tonight at #WWELondon... We'll paint this town green #fella. pic.twitter.com/9cU8PwBSgf
— Sheamus (@WWESheamus) September 7, 2016
... the King of Swing had to come up with a victory to keep his hopes of winning the series, and a promised championship opportunity, alive.
Well, you can breathe a sigh of relief, denizens of the Cesaro Section. In what was described as a tense match with lots of nearfalls, the Swiss Superman managed to pull out a victory.
He won with a roll-up, which came from his reversing a Cloverleaf submission hold - and that move didn’t work out as well as the rest of the match, apparently.
Cesaro picks up his first win in the best of 7. Nearly a botched finish but the Swiss superman rescued it #WWELondon
— CouchCastUK (@CouchCastUK) September 7, 2016
Good match shame about the botched finish #WWELondon
— Kieron Ward (@Melmangiraffe00) September 7, 2016
.@WWECesaro wins with the roll up of death - it's now @WWESheamus 3-1 @WWECesaro #WWELondon @johnreport pic.twitter.com/Zn6mFNNnbk
— Elliott Cantor (@ElliottCantor) September 7, 2016
Cesaro (eventually) reverses the Sheamus cloverleaf into a pinfall to take his first victory in the Best of 7 series in 17:46 #WWELondon
— Daniel Richardson (@gadget80) September 7, 2016
WWE cameras were said to be rolling for this encounter, so we may have video online from that - or on USA Network next Monday for sure. Sheamus will have another chance to polish off his nemesis when match five takes place in Baltimore during the Sept. 12 Raw.
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