WWE Main Event Review - April 18, 2024

By Graham "GSM" Matthews

Natalya def. Xia Li

I completely forgot Li was still on the roster. Her last match on Main Event was two months ago. This show emanated from Montreal and Natalya is obviously Canadian, so the crowd was behind her and wasn't completely quiet for this contest. It wasn't a great match by any means, but it was perfectly passable. Fun fact: Li won her SmackDown debut against Natalya two years ago and has done almost nothing of note since.

Ludwig Kaiser def. Otis

It was weird seeing Otis after his Alpha Academy partner Chad Gable turned heel at the end of Monday's Raw, but this was taped before then. Hopefully Alpha Academy confronts Gable about his actions next week on Raw. At any rate, this was a solid match while it lasted. Otis is over with the audience, but Kaiser is better in the ring and it made sense for him to go over. I'm curious where all of Imperium end up in the WWE Draft.

Overall Show

Similar to last week's show that was taped in front of the post-WrestleMania Raw crowd, you'd never know this was taped in Montreal other than their reaction to Natalya. Then again, neither match was worth getting excited about. Natalya vs. Li was okay and Kaiser vs. Otis was decent, so it was an average edition of Main Event on the whole. I'm glad Raw roster members were used instead of bringing in stars from NXT when it wasn't necessary.

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