WWE Main Event Review - April 20, 2023

By Graham "GSM" Matthews

Nikki Cross def. NXT Women's Tag Team Champion Isla Dawn

These two apparently have history that predates WWE (Dawn acknowledged it during her pre-match promo), so I'm sure they must have loved being out there with each other. I never cared for Dawn during her NXT UK tenure, but she's been a bit better since joining forces with Alba Fyre on NXT and winning the tag titles. There was nothing out of the ordinary about this match, but it was well wrestled, if nothing else.

Dexter Lumis def. Eddy Thorpe

Thorpe debuted on NXT TV less than a month ago (after exclusively competing on Level Up prior to that point), so the fact he's now made a Main Event appearance is impressive. He's a skilled competitor but still needs to put it together character-wise and establish himself more. Lumis was an interesting opponent to put him against, and they got a bit more time than I thought they would, but I thought it was a nice match with Thorpe having a solid showing.

Overall Show

Thorpe and Dawn were two interesting names from NXT to feature this week. Needless to say, don't expect either of them to pop up in the Draft next week. It's too soon, anyway. This was a mostly decent show with two average matches (we've seen better in recent weeks alone), so it earns a middle-of-the-road rating in my book. That said, the fresh faces continue to make this show more worthwhile than it's been in years.

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