WWE taped the Superstar Spectacle special on Friday morning ahead of the SmackDown broadcast from St. Petersburg, Florida at Tropicana Field.
This is a two-hour television special event for India featuring WWE’s Indian performers alongside Superstars from Raw, SmackDown and NXT. It will premiere on the WWE Network at 9:30 a.m. ET, as well as on Sony Ten 1, Sony Ten 3 and Sony MAX on India’s Republic Day, Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 8 p.m. IST.
Here are the spoilers from the taping, courtesy of ITNWWE.com:
The show opens with “WWE- Hero in All of Us” promo. A promo video package featuring Guru Raaj, Bollywood Boyz(Sunil & Samir Singh), Jinder Mahal. Jeet Rama, Kavita Devi Singh, Rinku Singh & Saurav Gurjar(Indus Sher), Dilsher Shanky, and Giant Zanjeer was shown.
Jinder Mahal does a promo where he congratulates Indians for the Republic day and asks fans to be loud so WWE will give them a weekly show. He also asked fans to tweet to WWE for the show.
Big E & Xavier Woods make their entrance. They do a promo and wish Happy Republic Day to Indians. The Street Profits interrupt them. This leads to them announcing the special performance from “Spining Canvas.”
A Dhol Beater comes out followed by several dancers for a Bhangra performance.
Triple H narrates a special promo about the importance of India to the company. The video features John Cena, Bret Hart, Daniel Bryan, Triple H himself in front of Taj Mahal, and others. Triple H now introduces the new crop of the stars that are in WWE Developmental such as Jeet Rama, Indus Sher- Rinku and Sourav, Guru Raaj, Giant Zanjeer, Dilsjer Shanky and Kavita Devi Singh.
NXT Champion Finn Balor defeated Guru Raaj with a Shotgun Dropkick, Coupe de’ Grace from the top and the 1916 DDT for the finish. After the match, Balor offers his hand as a token of respect.
Dilsher Shanky, Giant Zanjeer, Rey Mysterio & Ricochet defeated Dolph Ziggler, King Corbin, Shinsuke Nakamura & Cesaro.
AJ Styles(w/ Omus) defeated Jeet Rama with the Phenomenal Forearm.
Sareena Sandhu & Charlotte Flair defeated Bayley & Natalya.
WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair came out and was about to introduce the main event but was interrupted by Jinder Mahal and Bollywood Boyz. Mahal cuts a heel promo before WWE Champion Drew McIntyre interrupts. McIntyre introduces Indus Sher.
Drew McIntyre & Indus Sher(Rinku & Saurav) defeated Jinder Mahal & Bollywood Boyz(Sunil & Sameer Singh). McIntyre hit the Claymore before Indus Sher connected with their finisher on Mahal while finisher for the win.
@DMcIntyreWWE & #IndusSher Defeats @JinderMahal & @BollywoodBoyz at #WWESuperstarSpectacle pic.twitter.com/KDJrUyrCIl
— ITN WWE – Wrestling, MMA & Boxing News (@itnwwe) January 22, 2021
The show ends with all the Indian stars and McIntyre in the ring with Triple H.
