{"id":4091,"date":"2018-10-02T21:00:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T03:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=4091"},"modified":"2018-10-13T19:26:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T01:26:21","slug":"mixed-match-challenge-2-recap-review-week-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/mixed-match-challenge-2-recap-review-week-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed Match Challenge 2 Recap &#038; Review &#8211; Week 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WWE Mixed Match Challenge<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Season 2, Episode 3<\/strong><br \/>\n#WWEMMC<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Air Date: October 2, 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Event Date: October 2, 2018<\/strong> (aired live on Facebook Watch)<\/p>\n<p><strong>City: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=portland-or\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Portland<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=oregon\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">OR<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Venue: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=moda-center\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Moda Center<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Commentary: Michael Cole, Renee Young, Vic Joseph<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ring Announcer: Mike Rome<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nKayla Braxton and Vic Joseph talk about tonights matches.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nA look at Finn Balor and Bayley, Team B&#8217;n&#8217;B.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Selfie Promo<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nB&#8217;n&#8217;B say they will win tonight because they are on the same page, unlike Mahalicia.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nClips from previous MMC matches are shown with subtitles of the in-ring banter from the wrestlers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nA look at Rusev and Lana, Ravishing Rusev Day.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Selfie Promo<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nRusev and Lana attempt to put tonight&#8217;s troubles behind them as they prepare for MMC.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nMore subtitled clips from previous matches.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Selfie Promo<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nDay One Glow doesn&#8217;t care about the problems within Ravishing Rusev Day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 1<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Bayley &amp; Finn Balor vs Alicia Fox &amp; Jinder Mahal<\/strong> w\/ Sunil Singh<br \/>\n(referee: John Cone)<\/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_69e6033f95337','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_69e6033f95337\" 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_69e6033f95337\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Bayley pins Alicia Fox after a Bayley to Belly<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 9:26<\/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 \/>\nGood match. There wasn&#8217;t as much goofing around as previous matches in the MMC, but I liked it that way. There were some more problems within Mahalicia which cost them, and B&#8217;n&#8217;B looked quite good as a team.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nMonster Eclipse is ready for B&#8217;n&#8217;B next week.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nKayla Braxton asks B&#8217;n&#8217;B about their match next week. Bayley says they&#8217;re ready, and next week they&#8217;ll do exactly what they did this week. Win.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Jimmy Uso &amp; Naomi vs Lana &amp; Rusev<\/strong><br \/>\n(referee: Mike Chioda; watching in the back: Asuka, The Miz)<\/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_69e6033f9543e','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_69e6033f9543e\" 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_69e6033f9543e\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Naomi pins Lana with a schoolboy<\/strong> (after a distraction from Jimmy Uso)<br \/>\n<strong>Time: 8:49<\/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 \/>\nFor a dancing competition, this was a pretty fun wrestling match. I definitely smiled when Jimmy Uso pulled out the sunglasses for Rusev.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Selfie Promo<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nAJ Styles and Charlotte will show Fabulous Truth why they are phenomenal.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Selfie Promo<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nR-Truth and Carmella are still confused.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nAs much as the first match focused more on wrestling than probably any MMC match so far, the second match tonight was the complete opposite. Still, they were both entertaining in their own ways.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>B&#8217;n&#8217;B vs Mahalicia<\/strong><br \/>\nThough I liked both matches, I&#8217;d definitely watch this match again before Day One Glow versus Ravishing Rusev Day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Official Results:?<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwe-mixed-match-challenge\/2018-10-02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwe-mixed-match-challenge\/2018-10-02<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mahalicia looked to bounce back from a loss by defeating B&#8217;n&#8217;B, and Ravishing Rusev Day versus Day One Glow was more of a dance competition than a wrestling match on week three of the Mixed Match Challenge Season 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1830,297,622],"tags":[234,463,556,2172,2187,547,537,527,2166,2171,2170,655,445,469,468,1149,514,452,2167,87,515,871,1831,2164,1015,1686,460,294,1685,1684,310,2186,451,632,1209,2208,564,1365,7],"class_list":["post-4091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mixed-match-challenge","category-show-results","category-wwe","tag-aj-styles","tag-alicia-fox","tag-asuka","tag-awe-ska","tag-bnb","tag-bayley","tag-carmella","tag-charlotte","tag-day-one-glow","tag-fabulous-truth","tag-fenomenal-flair","tag-finn-balor","tag-jimmy-uso","tag-jinder-mahal","tag-john-cone","tag-kayla-braxton","tag-kevin-owens","tag-lana","tag-mahalicia","tag-michael-cole","tag-mike-chioda","tag-mike-rome","tag-mixed-match-challenge","tag-mixed-match-challenge-season-2","tag-mixed-tag-match","tag-moda-center","tag-naomi","tag-natalya","tag-oregon","tag-portland-or","tag-r-truth","tag-ravishing-rusev-day","tag-renee-young","tag-rusev","tag-sunil-singh","tag-team-paws","tag-the-miz","tag-vic-joseph","tag-wwe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091","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=4091"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4093,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091\/revisions\/4093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}