Nyla Rose def. Shanna in a Tables MatchRose and Shanna have been feuding for the past month and I like that stories for the women exist outside of the title picture. I'm not the biggest Nyla Rose fan, but there's no denying she's been impressive in the last few matches I've seen her in, including this one. This was a solid Tables match, even if there were some awkward spots. That finish with Rose planting Shanna through a table at ringside looked brutal. Kip Sabian def. QT MarshallMarshall serves zero purpose on the roster other than to put other people over. He isn't terrible in the ring by any means, but I sense nothing special about him whatsoever. This merely existed to give Sabian a win before he faces Cody on Dynamite and to establish him as credible in his feud with Joey Janela, but the match lasted a few minutes longer than it needed to.
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Sean Mooney Interviewed NWA Worlds Heavyweight Champion Nick AldisFirst and foremost, it's awesome to see Mooney being brought in as part of the NWA's announce team as he's a perfect fit and still has a lot to offer. This was a hell of a segment with Aldis addressing his victory over Flip Gordon at Hard Times as well as Marty Scurll challenging him for his championship. Aldis never ceases to bring the goods on the microphone and this provided a great hook for their sit-down later in the show. Royce Issacs def. Andre GuhnI still can't bring myself to care about Issacs on his own, but they're clearly telling a story with him and how Mae Valentine has apparently played a factor in all the losses he's racked up recently. He was able to get back on track here with a win, but it's going to take more than a victory over an enhancement talent for him to be taken seriously. Unsurprisingly, the match was nothing special.
Sarah Logan def. Deonna PurrazzoThis is a rematch from last week's Main Event. It's cool to see Purrazzo making back-to-back appearances on WWE programming, but I'm not sure if this means she's main roster bound or not. I would assume not since she's in the midst of a mini feud with Shotzi Blackheart in NXT at the moment, but the extra exposure won't hurt. It was weird seeing Logan work as a face, but it was a decent match and both ladies had solid showings. Unfortunately, the crowd largely sat on their hands for this due to not knowing Purrazzo and not caring about Logan. Riddick Moss def. Cedric AlexanderAlthough this was taped beforehand, Moss officially made his main roster debut on Monday's Raw as Mojo Rawley's new "offensive lineman." As I mentioned in my Raw review, he didn't do a very good job considering he let Rawley lose the 24/7 Championship following his successful title defense against No Way Jose. He looks like a star but is a work in progress in the ring. Obviously, wrestling people as talented as Alexander will help with that, but it's incredibly sad to see how far Alexander has fallen from where he was just five or six months ago.
Drew McIntyre def. The O.C. in a 2-on-1 Handicap MatchIt's about damn time WWE pulled the trigger on McIntyre as a main event-level babyface. The promo he cut here was similar to the ones he used to cut as a face in NXT years ago and thus it's easy for the crowd to rally behind him. I'm not super high on making him make Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson look so weak, but the Raw tag team division is in shambles anyway, so it hardly matters. It's more important that McIntyre is made to look dominant and this accomplished that. Brock Lesnar laid him out with an F5 afterward, which was inevitable after what happened between them at the Royal Rumble. I'm looking forward to their feud heading into WrestleMania 36. Rey Mysterio def. MVPI thought MVP returning to a WWE ring at the Rumble following a 10-year absence was a very cool moment, even if he didn't last long. Granted, he's 46-years-old now and doesn't have much upside long-term, but I'm all for him making a few appearances like this here and there. He definitely showed his age here, but I thought it was a solid match up until the ending, which was botched beyond the belief. How does something like happen and an audible isn't called? It looked hilariously bad.
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