{"id":3742,"date":"2018-01-11T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2018-01-11T18:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=3742"},"modified":"2018-05-12T16:19:10","modified_gmt":"2018-05-12T22:19:10","slug":"main-event-recap-review-episode-276","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/main-event-recap-review-episode-276\/","title":{"rendered":"Main Event Recap &#038; Review &#8211; Episode 276"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WWE Main Event<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Episode 276<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Air Date: January 11, 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Event Date: January 8, 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n(<a href=\"http:\/\/network.wwe.com\/video\/v1872569383?contextType=wwe-show&amp;contextId=wwe_main_event_replays&amp;contentId=264779148&amp;watchlistAltButtonContext=series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">available on the WWE Network<\/span><\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>City: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=memphis-tn\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Memphis<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=tennessee\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">TN<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Venue: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=fedexforum\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">FedExForum<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Commentary: Vic Joseph, Nigel McGuinness<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ring Announcer: Mike Rome<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Intro Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n&#8220;On My Own&#8221; by CFO$<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Dana Brooke<\/strong> w\/ Titus O&#8217;Neil, Apollo Crews <strong>vs Alicia Fox<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Dan Engler)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69e755848c68b','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69e755848c68b\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69e755848c68b\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Alicia Fox wins via pinfall after an axe kick<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 5:44<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nPretty good match. The momentum shifted a few times, and the action was fine. I particularly liked the finish. It came kind of suddenly after a lull in the action, and I think it worked great.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nFrom RAW, a clip of the segment where Paul Heyman talks about how title matches used to be booked, then the brawl that had Strowman pull down some of the stage rigging with a grappling hook.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nClips of the match between AJ Styles and Sami Zayn from SmackDown where Daniel Bryan makes a handicap title match for the Royal Rumble.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nA clip of the 3-on-2 handicap match from SmackDown.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Mustafa Ali &amp; Akira Tozawa vs Drew Gulak &amp; Ariya Daivari<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Rod Zapata)<\/p>\n<!-- Content Reveal v2.3.1 -->\n<div class=\"scrhead\" onmouseover=\"document.body.style.cursor='pointer'\" onmouseout=\"document.body.style.cursor='default'\" onclick=\"acr_swap_display('ran_69e755848c781','0','','')\">\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/simple-content-reveal\/images\/image1.gif\" class=\"scrimg\" id=\"scrimg_ran_69e755848c781\" alt=\"Reveal content\" title=\"Reveal content\"\/>');<\/script> Show\/Hide Results\n<\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<div style=\"display: none\" class=\"scrdiv\" id=\"scrdiv_ran_69e755848c781\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Mustafa Ali pins Drew Gulak after an 054<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 3:49<\/strong> (1 break)<\/p>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.writeln('<\/div>');<\/script>\n<!-- End of Content Reveal -->\n\n<p><strong>Match Thoughts<\/strong><br \/>\nPretty good match. I liked it, but it was short and interrupted by a commercial break. It really felt like we missed a lot in the break, and that hurt my enjoyment of the match.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nA clip of the 6-man tag match from RAW.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s interesting that even though there are only two short matches, they still feel the need to put a break in one. This wasn&#8217;t the best show.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Dana Brooke vs Alicia Fox<\/strong><br \/>\nThe cruiserweight match was fine, but the presentation hurt it. I really liked the finish of the women&#8217;s match, so I&#8217;ll pick that one for tonight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The team of Mustafa Ali and Akira Tozawa take on Drew Gulak and Ariya Daivari, and Dana Brooke battles Alicia Fox in a pretty good pair of matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[457,297,622],"tags":[892,463,660,875,518,557,903,1820,569,1819,871,890,638,464,1635,375,1822,1365,7],"class_list":["post-3742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main-event","category-show-results","category-wwe","tag-akira-tozawa","tag-alicia-fox","tag-apollo-crews","tag-ariya-daivari","tag-dan-engler","tag-dana-brooke","tag-drew-gulak","tag-fedexforum","tag-main-event","tag-memphis-tn","tag-mike-rome","tag-mustafa-ali","tag-nigel-mcguinness","tag-rod-zapata","tag-tennessee","tag-titus-oneil","tag-titus-worldwide","tag-vic-joseph","tag-wwe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3744,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3742\/revisions\/3744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}