CM PUNK vs. DREW McINTYRE “HELL IN A CELL” (31:23):
Last week on Wrestling Observer Radio they noted that this show was sold
out and the secondary market tickets were all going for really high prices. I
guess because the card was pretty good. Well, at least there were two big
matches. And the crowd probably went home happy because The Rock made an
appearance at the end. There ended up only being one good match on the show and
it was this one. The reason that this was the best Hell in a Cell match in
years was obvious; both guys were bloody messes. Since the WWE sold to
Endeavor, they've used blood on occasion after the WWE never used blood for
decades. The reason they stopped using blood after the Attitude Era was so they
could get family friendly advertisers on their shows. I guess they don't care
about them anymore? While this was a typical HIAC match, the blood made it seem
more brutal and more exciting. They used tables, chairs, a wrench, and the ring
steps. McIntyre had a bag of something and it would've made the match better if
it was thumbtacks but unfortunately it turned out to be friendship bracelet
pieces. Yep, we're still not finished with this blood feud being about a
friendship bracelet. Still, it was probably the WWE's best match of the year. ***
NIA JAX vs. BAYLEY (14:12): The rest of this show was boring and the crowd was fairly quiet until parts of the main event. In this match, Tiffany Stratton attempted to use her MITB briefcase but Nia saw it and thwarted the attempt. 1/2*
DAMIAN PRIEST vs. FINN BALOR (12:50): This was okay but totally forgettable. Carlito and JD interfered. Remember Edge started The Judgment Day? I think it's time is over. *1/2
GOLDBERG/GUNTHER/SAMI ZAYN SEGMENT: HHH came out to unveil the new Crown Jewel championship (another title? What is this, AEW?). The crowd booed when HHH mentioned Saudi Arabia. Gunther came out because it will be Cody vs. Gunther for this new title. Gunther made fun of Goldberg who was sitting ringside. Goldberg tried to get into the ring but security stopped him. Sami Zayn ran out to beat up Gunther. How old is Goldberg, anyway?
RHEA RIPLEY vs. LIV MORGAN (14:32): They botched the ending to this. That didn't really matter, as it was a bad, boring match anyway. Dominik was suspended in a shark cage. He somehow got the door open and ended up falling out but was hanging by a chain on his ankle. Rhea went over and hit him with a Singapore cane. The ending was supposed to be Raquel Rodriguez returning, helping Liv to win. The problem was that the ref wasn't supposed to see this interference but he did and so just rang the bell for the DQ. Raquel still laid Liv over Rhea for the pin, not realizing the ending was botched and the bell had already rang. Awkward, bad ending. 1/2*
CODY RHODES & ROMAN REIGNS vs. THE BLOODLINE (SOLO SIKOA & JACOB FATU) (25:50): Shockingly, this was Roman's first match since Wrestlemania. Jesus. He has quite the sweet deal. The match was boring. Cody did a top rope splash onto Jacob Fatu on the announce table. That was great. The rest of this didn't feel special, it just felt like a random TV match. After the match The Rock came out and stood there and then left. Okay. At least do something! **
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