205 Live Recap & Review – Episode 27
This felt like a pre-show for Extreme Rules (which it kind of is), but it still managed to have a couple of decent matches.
This felt like a pre-show for Extreme Rules (which it kind of is), but it still managed to have a couple of decent matches.
The Brian Kendrick and Akira Tozawa meet in a memorable street fight to try to settle their differences.
Sin Cara takes on Bo Dallas and Cedric Alexander teams up with TJ Perkins to battle Tony Nese and Noam Dar in a surprisingly good episode of Main Event.
Mustafa Ali and Cedric Alexander team up to face Tony Nese and Drew Gulak, and Jinder Mahal takes on Sin Cara in an okay episode of Main Event.
The entire second round of the Dusty Classic is decided in some good matches, though two of those matches are marred by injuries.
RAW celebrates Halloween with two title matches and a battle royal.
The cruiserweights kick off Hell in a Cell in a fine fashion.
A six cruiserweight tag match highlights a pretty decent episode of Superstars that also featured Neville taking on Titus O’Neil.
Goldberg returns to RAW to answer Paul Heyman’s challenge in an entertaining show that also had Rusev sharing some family photos, Seth Rollins coming up with a new nickname for Chris Jericho, Cesaro not paying much attention to Sheamus’ match against Big E, and much more!
The 2016 Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic starts with one squash and one good match, Samoa Joe ruins Dan Matha’s debut, Patrick Clark debut’s a new look when he faces Rich Swann, and Peyton Royce beats up a new girl with her friend Billie Kay by her side.
With two title matches and some minor developments in storylines, this was a fairly entertaining episode of RAW.
Storylines seemed to take a backseat this week, but that allowed Cedric Alexander’s NXT debut to take center stage.
The cruiserweights debut (though the champ is absent), Jericho starts making a list, Rollins goes full babyface, and the main event is a pointless cage match in a pretty average yet entertaining episode of RAW.
The tournament ends and a new WWE Cruiserweight champion is crowned in a fantastic conclusion to the 2016 Cruiserweight Classic.
The second round begins in fantastic fashion as Gran Metalik looks to take down the veteran Tajiri, and tournament favorite Kota Ibushi has his work cut out for him with Cedric Alexander.
A great start to what promises to be a unique and exciting series of shows for WWE.
This was a week of setting up some high-profile matches for the February show in Las Vegas, but it also featured the start of the 2016 Top Prospect Tournament and was highlighted by a good triple threat main event.