{"id":4125,"date":"2018-10-09T21:00:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T03:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?p=4125"},"modified":"2018-10-18T20:36:33","modified_gmt":"2018-10-19T02:36:33","slug":"mixed-match-challenge-2-recap-review-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/mixed-match-challenge-2-recap-review-week-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed Match Challenge 2 Recap &#038; Review &#8211; Week 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>WWE Mixed Match Challenge<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Season 2, Episode 4<\/strong><br \/>\n#WWEMMC<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Air Date: October 9, 2018<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Event Date: October 9, 2018<\/strong> (aired live on Facebook Watch)<\/p>\n<p><strong>City: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=indianapolis-in\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Indianapolis<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=indiana\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">IN<\/span><\/a><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Venue: <a href=\"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/?tag=bankers-life-fieldhouse\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Bankers Life Fieldhouse<\/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 tonight&#8217;s matches. Kayla informs us that Kevin Owens was injured at the hands of Bobby Lashley last night, so Natalya will have to have a new partner going forward in the tournament. Kayla is interrupted by Lio Rush. Lio says Kevin Owens is out, and Country Dominance is going to win everything.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nLast week, B&#8217;n&#8217;B told Kayla Braxton that they are ready for Strowman and Moon.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Backstage<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nKalya and Vic Joseph are joined by Ember Moon and Braun Strowman. Strowman feels good about their chances tonight. So does Moon.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Video<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nTwo weeks ago, Cathy Kelley asked R-Truth and Carmella how they move forward after their loss. Carmella was disappointed, but R-Truth says they just need to get fine tuned.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Selfie Promo<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nR-Truth is excited to take on Ric Flair tonight. Carmella corrects Truth, but Truth is confused.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Selfie Promo<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nStyles and Flair are ready for tonight.<\/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 Ember Moon &amp; Braun Strowman<\/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_69e6035e7c492','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_69e6035e7c492\" 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_69e6035e7c492\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: Braun Strowman pins Finn Balor after a running powerslam<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 9:04<\/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. B&#8217;n&#8217;B&#8217;s strategy was to keep Ember Moon in the ring, and though Moon looked dominant, it seemed like Balor and Bayley&#8217;s plan was going to work. Unfortunately, Strowman did get a couple tags in the match. Balor looked good against Strowman, but it wasn&#8217;t enough. I liked this match though. It was nice an competitive with very little goofiness which a lot of these matches seem to have.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Selfie Promo<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nNatalya says she needs a new partner, and she&#8217;s not sure who it&#8217;s going to be.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Selfie Promo<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nLio Rush and Country Dominance came to win.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match 2<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Carmella &amp; R-Truth vs Charlotte Flair &amp; AJ Styles<\/strong> (WWE Champ)<br \/>\n(referee: Jason Ayers; watching in the back: Jimmy Uso, Naomi)<\/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_69e6035e7c635','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_69e6035e7c635\" 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_69e6035e7c635\">');<\/script>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Result: AJ Styles pins R-Truth with a sunset flip<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Time: 8:28<\/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 \/>\nThis was goofy, and it was fun. There was a woo contest and a dance break early in the match. There was also an extended sequence that featured Charlotte chasing Carmella around and around the ring. Once they actually started wrestling, it was still pretty light-hearted. I liked it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Selfie Promo<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nThe Miz and Asuka says they will beat Ravishing Rusev Day next week.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Selfie Promo<\/em><\/span><br \/>\nRusev and Lana don&#8217;t think The Miz is funny.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Show Impressions<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nI liked this pair of matches. One was mostly serious, and one was mostly goofy. It was a good balance for what this show is.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Match of the Night<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Fabulous Truth vs Fenomenal Flair<\/strong><br \/>\nThis definitely stood out more to me. The first match was easily the better wrestling match, but this was super silly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Official Results:?<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwe-mixed-match-challenge\/2018-10-09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\">https:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwe-mixed-match-challenge\/2018-10-09<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fabulous Truth and Fenomenal Flair have a goofy match while B&#8217;n&#8217;B makes a real attempt to take down Monster Eclipse in a well-balanced episode of Mixed Match Challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1830,297,622],"tags":[234,556,2172,2187,1681,547,943,511,537,883,527,2185,518,2166,999,2171,2170,655,1547,1680,516,445,1149,452,966,87,186,1831,2164,1015,2165,460,294,310,2186,451,632,564,1365,7],"class_list":["post-4125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mixed-match-challenge","category-show-results","category-wwe","tag-aj-styles","tag-asuka","tag-awe-ska","tag-bnb","tag-bankers-life-fieldhouse","tag-bayley","tag-bobby-lashley","tag-braun-strowman","tag-carmella","tag-cathy-kelley","tag-charlotte","tag-country-dominance","tag-dan-engler","tag-day-one-glow","tag-ember-moon","tag-fabulous-truth","tag-fenomenal-flair","tag-finn-balor","tag-indiana","tag-indianapolis-in","tag-jason-ayers","tag-jimmy-uso","tag-kayla-braxton","tag-lana","tag-lio-rush","tag-michael-cole","tag-mickie-james","tag-mixed-match-challenge","tag-mixed-match-challenge-season-2","tag-mixed-tag-match","tag-monster-eclipse","tag-naomi","tag-natalya","tag-r-truth","tag-ravishing-rusev-day","tag-renee-young","tag-rusev","tag-the-miz","tag-vic-joseph","tag-wwe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125","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=4125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4127,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4125\/revisions\/4127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cnjradio.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}