This was rock solid but the heel beatdown had me sleepy and this was the SECOND match. RAW Tag Team Title: Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson vs. Sweet decisive finish, effective stuff and the right match for Samoa Joe right now but a weird choice for a PPV opener. Zayn as per usual sold and bumped his heart out – he took the uranage in the corner as good as anybody. Liked Joe’s jabs, him blocking the armdrag, and that SWEEP. This was a 10-minute squash that had enough cool stuff to keep it interesting. I have done a complete 180 on Joe’s theme music – it’s incredible in a big arena setting. Swann & Tozawa is a fun team though, enjoyed Tozawa leaning on Swann’s dance at the end like they were best buds. This had a fun run by Swann but otherwise not much to speak of… another cold formula 205 Live match, and exhibit A on why 205’s heel side needs a real kick in the ass. Liked that they just shat on the idea of Jinder & Rusev having a Best of 7 Series – as did every one I watched with, of course – and both of them were like “yeah that sounds right.” Joe Q&A was fine, he continues to crush it mic-wise.Ġ. That Jinder/Rusev break-up felt more sudden than Wyatt/Orton. Kickoff Show was acceptable but in retrospect not a great start, highlighted by them actually acknowledging Tom Phillips being a fuck face. Stupid layout here – every match outside of the main event was like 90% a heel beatdown, which is classic wrestling stuff but more glaring than usual when it was just one after another. If this website was funded by the Kremlin I’d be saying, Sad! A few good matches surrounded by a sleepy brand and bad layout, with everything brought another few notches down by a truly criminal decision on the Women’s Title match, Mick Foley hijinks BS, and blatant time-killing with the Jinder, Rusev and New Day stuff.
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