James Drake def. Xyon QuinnQuinn has fallen far in the span of five months. He was quietly building momentum upon the relaunch of NXT and found television time in his feud with Santos Escobar, but he lost to him twice and hasn't been on NXT TV since then. Worse yet, he's been demoted to NXT's secondary show and he lost to a tag team guy who didn't need the win. Listen, I love Grizzled Young Veterans, but Drake isn't a singles star. Quinn is. The match itself was serviceable but nothing you'll remember tomorrow.
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SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair and Sonya Deville Attacked Ronda RouseyRousey is still rough on the mic, but I appreciated that she spoke like an actual human being this time compared to when she first came back last month. If she can continue to come off as likeable, I think she'll largely be cheered, but then again, fans booed her against Charlotte at Survivor Series back in 2018, so it's tough to say for sure. This was a fine segment to further the feud between Flair and Rousey and set up Rousey vs. Deville for next week's SmackDown. That will be Rousey's first TV match since before WrestleMania 35.
Heath Attacked Impact World Champion MooseI liked how Moose ran down everyone he's beaten so far as Impact World Champion, though I wasn't expecting Heath to be the one to interrupt him. We haven't seen Heath in a bit, apparently because of IMPACT's COVID-19 protocols according to what he said. He was correct when he referenced that his debut match in IMPACT was against Moose two years ago, but I really don't have any desire to see them run it back at Sacrifice with the top title on the line. Then again, if there's any match to give away on a two-week build, it would be that, so whatever.
Microman, Aramis and El Dragon def. Arez, Gino Medina, and Mini Abismo NegroI'm not familiar with Microman or Abismo Negro at all and I was skeptical how they'd fare against the other guys involved, but the live crowd sure seemed to enjoy them and it made for a fun match. Aramis and Arez always work well together any time I've seen time share the ring, so that added to my enjoyment of it as well. I don't know if this needed to last as long as it did, but again, the crowd was into it.
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