WWE No Mercy 2016 Results: News And Notes Featuring Dolph Ziggler's Intercontinental Title Win

John Cena, Dean Ambrose and AJ Styles’ tilt for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship is kicked off tonight’s show. With the second presidential debate and a high-profile Sunday night game between the Green Bay Packers and New York Giants, WWE could have easily curled into the fetal position as it prepared for another stiff night of competition.
You’ve got to admire the promotion for trying every parlor trick in the book. I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s trying to find ways to give away spoilers for the debate and Sunday Night Football, Eric Bischoff style.

The crowd wanted no part of Dean Ambrose tonight. As the match started, they went back and forth with Cena-Styles chants. How an arena full of wrestling fans can be passive-aggressive is beyond me. Ambrose was like the little brother who had to tag along on a date because the babysitter was vacationing in Costa Rica. His main purpose was to break up pinfalls and submissions, but the good news is he didn’t take the pinfall. Either way, this is the third straight world championship opportunity that he failed to convert into a win.

It’s probably time to take a break from the main event for a while. Ambrose and Cena have shown good chemistry in the past, so maybe Ambrose can challenge Cena for his “Never Give Up” armband.
Nikki Bella and Carmella felt like its was being competed for the SmackDown Women’s Championship. Before the match, WWE aired multiple clips from two months ago. This is an actual storyline. There’s actual history here. No Mercy actually seems like too small of a stage for this payoff.  WWE has been building up this feud into a personal rivalry that has clearly pitted a veteran babyface against a young, flashy heel. What more could one ask for? Maybe good wrestling? Oh, snap, they had some of that too! The match had a good story, whit Carmella trying to take Nikki’s spot by ending her career with another neck injury, but it was quite surprising that Nikki held on for the victory.

The Miz is probably the best thing going on SmackDown Live, but he is the worst contract negotiator. He once again threatened to renegotiate his contract if he extends his never-ending title reign past day 188. For a guy who is so into Fantasy Football, Miz doesn’t seem to understand the concept of a holdout. Stop doubling down. Just don’t wrestle and, as long as you have the Intercontinental title, you’ll have leverage. The Miz needs to fire his agent and hire Jeff Jarrett. 

Heath Slater and Rhyno are as funny and entertaining of a tag team as one two men could be without being a joke. The match structure of Heath Slater getting into a pickle only for Rhyno to bail him out has yet to get old. It happened again against The Usos, and I fall for it every time because I know that’s how their title reign is going to end, with Slater taking the deciding pinfall. These matches have all the excitement of Slater walking a tightrope before Rhyno Gores the opposition off of it.