Bianca Belair def. Ruby RiottRiott hasn't won a match since February 2019, so it's safe to say that the outcome to this contest was never in doubt. However, that didn't at all hinder my enjoyment of the outing. This was as entertaining as their original encounter and the addition of the wrestlers in the audience helped with that. Belair is coming along nicely, but it's a shame she's already been relegated to Main Event purgatory less than two months after being called up to the main roster. Shelton Benjamin def. Akira TozawaThese two have had terrific chemistry any time they've faced each other on Main Event in recent months. Despite not being given a ton of time here, they once again did their best and contested a super fun match. Benjamin scoring the victory didn't surprise me as he tends to occasionally win on Main Event, but I wouldn't at all be opposed to more matches between them because they never cease to work well together.
0 Comments
Kevin Owens Hosted The Kevin Owens Show with Raw Women's Champion Asuka, NXT Women's Champion Charlotte Flair, Natalya and Nia JaxThis was basically a last-ditch effort to get viewers to care about the Raw Women's Championship number one contender's match later on in the night. Owens and Asuka were entertaining together, but the rest of the segment with Flair, Natalya and Jax was nothing special whatsoever. Flair is overexposed, Natalya is insufferable, and Jax's mic skills are below average. Asuka brawling with Jax and not the other two made it obvious who was winning that Triple Threat. Apollo Crews def. Andrade to Win the United States ChampionshipIt's rare that Crews is given a chance to showcase his skills and prove to people just how talented he truly is, so I'm glad he and Crews were able to have the match they were capable of here. It was an enjoyable outing and Crews taking the title was pleasantly surprising. He has been constantly looked over in WWE over the last five years, so this was a cool moment. Granted, the United States Championship means absolutely nothing, so I don't have a ton of faith that he'll be any better of a champion than Andrade was (and we all know how many non-title matches Andrade lost while champ).
Buy In: Best Friends def. Private Party in an AEW World Tag Team Championship No. 1 Contender's MatchI'm a big Private Party fan, but despite their impressive win-loss record so far in 2020, it's a shame they haven't been featured more prominently on Dynamite lately. That foreshadowed the finish to me, but this was still a solid match with a few hiccups here and there. Best Friends have been all over AEW TV for months and it only made sense for them to become the new number one contenders to the AEW World Tag Team Championship. This was wisely positioned on the pre-show. Brian Cage def. Darby Allin, Luchasaurus, Colt Cabana, orange Cassidy, Joey Janela, Scorpio Sky, Kip Sabian and Frankie Kazarian in a Casino Ladder Match to Earn a Future AEW World Championship OpportunityI've seen so many Ladder matches in wrestling (specifically WWE) over the last year that I wasn't as excited for this as I probably should have been, but I really liked how it played out Gauntlet-style as last year's Casino Battle Royale did. In fact, this was so well done that I'd like to see it brought back as an annual happening at Double or Nothing going forward. It was far from the greatest Ladder match I've ever seen and I could have done without all the interference, but it was a blast on the whole and everyone had their time to shine at one point or another. Cage finally debuting (it was originally rumored earlier this year) and earning the future title shot made for a cool moment. If he can stay healthy, he can be a big star in AEW.
Oney Lorcan and Danny Burch def. Ever-RiseThis is a rematch from Wednesday's NXT where Lorcan and Burch squashed Ever-Rise in a matter of minutes. This wasn't much longer, but it was a bit better with Ever-Rise looking good in defeat. I've heard only positive thins about them, so hopefully they're given more chances to shine in the future. As for Lorcan and Burch, it's nice that they're picking up wins again, but they've failed to become tag team champions so many times already that I don't ever see them getting beyond a certain level. Isiah "Swerve" Scott def. Tyler BreezeThe story was that Scott was frustrated with being bumped from the Interim NXT Cruiserweight Championship Tournament and wasn't his confident self. I'm not sure if he and Breeze have faced each one-on-one before, but they worked well together here and put together a fun match with Scott showing more aggression than usual. My only nitpick is that they didn't get more time, but what we got was entertaining. Scott's new finisher (unless he's been using that for a while now) isn't anything special, though.
|
Categories
All
Archives
May 2024
|