Rusev vs Santino Marella
As good as 30 second squash as you’ll
get. Rusev blocks a Santino kick, hurting Santino’s leg, then hits a jumping
kick and the Accolade to win
Paige vs Naomi
Face vs face match, with Paige
only recently winning the Divas title. This wasn’t very good, both ladies
looked pretty clunky in the ring, like they weren’t quite sure what the other
was going to do. There were a few nice bits, such as Paige cutting off a corner
bulldog with a clothesline and a really good nearfall as Paige rolls through a
top rope crossbody. It’s just that every time they have to exchange a hold, it
looks like they’re trying to remember what comes next but are failing to do so.
Naomi gets the surprise win with an inverted DDT.
Sheamus & the Usos vs the
Wyatt Family
This was pretty good, but I kinda expected
better from the talents involved. It’s not that there’s anything wrong with it –
it’s genuinely good all the way through – it just never heats up to quite the
levels you’d expect. The best bits, as you’d expect, are when Sheamus and Luke
Harper mix it up. They exchange some nice looking shots, with a mix of head
shots and body blows. The faces control with some quick tags until Harper hits
a throat thrust on Jey Uso. I like that, as the head of the family, Wyatt doesn’t
get in the ring until they’ve got full control of one of their opponents. The
heat on Jey is pretty fun, with a few hope spots sprinkled in. Loved him
fighting out of the Wyatt’s corner, but then running directly into a Harper
Michinoku Driver. The hot tag gets made only after Rowan misses a few moves,
and Sheamus and Jimmy Uso both get to run wild off the hot tag. The end is
pretty great, as Jey hits a big dive to the outside on Rowan, but Bray
intercepts Jimmy as he goes to dive on Harper, fluidly hitting him with Sister
Abigail for the win. As I said, nothing bad about it, just that it’s good
rather than great.
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