NIA JAX vs. ALICIA FOX (4:55): While this show was average at best, at least the card resembled a real WWE ppv card as opposed to Smackdown's Backlash two weeks ago. RAW tied it's worst rating ever last week which means I'm not the only soul who hates this split. But, if you love content, here was another extra long show for you. It ended at 11:07 PM and this pre-show match started around 7:40. It was another forgettable women's match. I thought they got rid of those? -No Stars-
THE NEW DAY vs. LUKE GALLOWS & KARL ANDERSON (6:45): Maybe Gallows and Anderson should, like, come up with a team name. The Ex-Japs? The Thugs? The Bores? The New Day kept their titles again. Yawn. Their act, sadly, has grown stale. *
T.J. PERKINS vs. BRIAN KENDRICK (10:31): The WWE had a terrific cruiserweight tournament on the Network over the summer that finished with Perkins as the champ. The problem was making his first defense against the worst cruiserweight out there; Kendrick. Perkins is young and fast and awesome. So there's that. This was half as good as the three matches on the cruiserweight finale show, though. **1/2
CESARO vs. SHEAMUS (16:36): The final match of the Best of 7 series ended in a no contest. I guess let's forget it ever happened (good) or have another last match (bad). Cesaro did a through the ropes dive and landed on his head. It made me cringe. He's lucky he's not paralyzed. A lot of it was brutal and entertaining...but this whole series was utterly pointless (the winner gets nothing!). **1/2
CHRIS JERICHO vs. SAMI ZAYN (15:22): Why Jericho won is just about as baffling as why he beat AJ Styles at Wrestlemania. Does the WWE not believe in creating new, winning stars? Add that to the fact that Jericho hasn't been in good matches since the 90's and you got a fairly uneventful slog. At least Zayn is excellent. Why not...I don't know? Give him a better opponent? *1/2
CHARLOTTE vs. BAYLEY vs. SASHA BANKS (15:28): Good match but not as good as either one of their single's matches. The chemistry didn't really mesh. Charlotte's perfect moonsault on both of them was great, though. Charlotte pinned Bayley. It was light year's better than the women's matches of old. Which is a good thing. But lately they've hit a peak that's hard to reach again. **1/2
ROMAN REIGNS vs. RUSEV (17:07): Reigns won the U.S. title here. It was average stuff. Did I mention the split sucks? *1/2
KEVIN OWENS vs. SETH ROLLINS (25:07): Mediocre. The end, with Jericho showing up and a ref bump, was good, but so much of this was pedestrian and these two just don't work well together. Rollins has a great move set and arsenal but, man, he's rarely in great matches. Perhaps he's the problem? **
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