Nia Jax’s Championship Celebration, Andrade VS Carmelo Hayes
Tiffany Stratton was out first as she welcomed Nia Jax to her custom-made Championship Celebration! The ring was full of pink balloons and also unicorns, and Pretty Deadly were also there cause why not?! You could tell that Tiffany was pleased with her work, but the same could not be said about Nia Jax who made it clear that this wasn’t her style. The Queen of the Ring then told Miss Money in the Bank to bow down to her, but Stratton had a better idea which is when Kit Wilson and Elton Prince sang Nia a song as a little sneak preview to Pretty Deadly: The Musical! Jax was again not impressed by this before Michin arrived and started swinging a kendo stick around to end the segment. I don’t know what this was, but it made me laugh so that made this successful!
Grade: B-
Bianca Belair, Jade Cargill, and Naomi were being annoying again backstage before Carmelo Hayes came up to them and was pleased to know that they’ve been watching his matches! Speaking of matches, it was time for the first one of the night as Carmelo Hayes looked to finally get one over Andrade. This was another really strong contest between these two super-talented competitors, and like I said last time, the only thing that’s missing her is some kind of “Best of” stipulation. However, the in-ring action has to be applauded as Andrade is getting to showcase why he’s underrated whilst we all know how brilliant Melo is! In the end, it was actually Hayes who nicked a win back following a roll-up, but a little bit too much showboating from HIM resulted in a post-match brawl. It’s a shame they’ve only had 3 matches so far as I would’ve had their final encounter take place in Germany!
Grade: B
Blair Davenport VS Naomi, Grayson Waller VS Kevin Owens, DIY VS The Street Profits: WWE Tag Team Championships Number 1 Contender’s Match
Solo Sikoa made it clear to Tama Tonga that they will have to acknowledge Roman Reigns if he regains his place as The Tribal Chief before we got another video package for Giovanni Vinci. Naomi was then ready to wrestle in her hometown of Orlando, Florida against Blair Davenport. This was a fine match, it was a bit slow at times, but there weren’t any obvious errors which is always a good thing. This was one of those matches where you could argue that both performers needed to win, but Blair needed it more and a V-Trigger ultimately scored the victory for Davenport.
Grade: C
A-Town Down Under were talking smack about Kevin Owens which is when Owens showed up and laughed at them. KO then made his way down to the ring as it was time for him to go one-on-one with Grayson Waller. This was a house-show style esc match with the Heel getting some offense in, but the Babyface controlling the majority of proceedings. This made total sense given Kevin Owens is fighting for the Undisputed WWE Championship in two weeks time, but what I liked about this is after a Stunner, KO decided to hit a Pop-Up Powerbomb to score a statement victory! After the match, A-Town Down Under tried to take advantage of the number’s game, but Cody Rhodes arrived to even the odds.
Grade: C+
Solo Sikoa made it clear that Roman Reigns will acknowledge him tonight before Legado Del Fantasma had a well-shot video where Santos Escobar told his Familia that Championship Gold is coming back to them next week! LA Knight then arrived to cut his own promo where he basically said that’s not going to happen before Michin was gifted a WWE Women’s Championship opportunity due to her wrecking the opening segment. That makes no sense! Nia Jax then attacked Michin, and Nick Aldis wasn’t best pleased! It was then time for the Main Event match of the night as DIY and The Street Profits collided for the opportunity to fight for the WWE Tag Team Championships. This was a really good match, it’s the best Montez Ford and Angelo Dawkins have looked for a while whilst Johnny Gargano and Tommaso Ciampa are excellent at what they do. The wrestling between Ford and Gargano was particually good, and the crowd were also into this (because of course they were, it was Orlando after all)! Ultimately, a super Blockbuster was enough for The Street Profits to pick up the win, and that makes sense right now.
Grade: B
Solo Sikoa Calls Out Roman Reigns
In the Main Event segment, Solo Sikoa was out to ask for acknowledgement from Roman Reigns. Roman Reigns then arrived and managed to beat up both Solo and Tama Tonga pretty easily before he put the ulafala which seems to signal who The Tribal Chief really is. However, Roman was then blindsided by Jacob Fatu who absolutely destroyed The Head of The Table before Sikoa, Tonga, and Fatu sent Reigns crashing through the announce table to end the show! This was an important segment for WWE to do, but it did look odd seeing Roman get took out like this!
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