WWE Main Event Review - May 23, 2024

By Graham "GSM" Matthews

Kiana James def. Natalya

As I've said before, props to Natalya for all the work she's put in over the last month. She's wrestled multiple matches on Raw, NXT and Main Event. Sure, she's stale as a character, but at least she can usually be counted on for a quality contest. She and James had an adequate match here. It wasn't anything special, but Natalya is the perfect person for the inexperienced James to be working with at this stage and I was pleasantly surprised by the outcome.

Authors of Pain def. The Creed Brothers

The commentators discussed how evenly matched these two teams are as both are former NXT Tag Team Champions and Dusty Rhode Tag Team Classic winners. However, AOP have the slight advantage being former Raw Tag Team Champions, even though their reign was brief and forgettable. This was a solid hoss fight, but I feel like it could have been better with more time. As the Creeds continue to lose, a heel turn should be in their future.

Overall Show

As I always say, I appreciate it whenever we can get fresh matches on Main Event and that was once again the case this week. James is getting reps in on this show while she awaits making her in-ring Raw debut and her outing with Natalya was what it needed to be. The Creeds vs. AOP was a bit better and I'd like to see more from them. This was a middle-of-the-road episode on the whole, even if the crowd was mostly quiet for both bouts.

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