WWE Main Event Review - May 25, 2023

By Graham "GSM" Matthews

Tegan Nox def. Dana Brooke

I'm still not buying Nox as a heel, but maybe she'll improve in the role in time. Continuing to cheat to win matches will only help her cause. Granted, she lost to Nikki Cross last week, but at least she was able to beat Brooke here. Unfortunately, this was a fairly basic bout. Nox is obviously talented, and Brooke is capable of having quality matches, but they simply didn't mesh well here and the crowd didn't care. At least it had the right result.

Nikki Cross def. Emma

I realize Raw has a heel women's champion right now and more babyfaces need to be built up to challenge Rhea Ripley, but I'd much rather see Emma pushed over Cross, just because Cross has in the mix on and off for years whereas Emma hasn't had a chance to do much since returning to the company. Although I wasn't a fan of Cross winning here, they did have a solid match once they picked up the pace down the stretch.

Overall Show

I had to double check while reading the preview for this episode that I wasn't watching last week's by accident considering it featured the same four women just in different matches. There were no NXT talent again this week and that's fine, but I also don't want these ladies relegated to Main Event duty forever, especially Emma and Nox. This was an adequate episode on the whole even if it wasn't as enjoyable as past editions due to neither of the two matches standing out.

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