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New Day vs. The Usos vs. Lucha Dragons - In short, the match was outstanding. They gave it their all, and pulled out all the stops. The stars were The Lucha Dragons. Sin Cara doing those splashes on those ladders, looked sick, and the monkey flip into a splash was amazing. The Selida del Sol from the top of the ladder, through a ladder was the craziest thing I've seen in a ladder match, in recent memory. Xavier Woods' commentary was on point, and was a highlight in-of-it's self. The trombone finish was kind of weak. I like New Day, but I would've rather had The Lucha Dragons get the W on this one. Lucha Dragons should've kept the title until WrestleMania losing it to Usos or Cesaro & Kidd (unlikely but w/e) - 9/10
Rusev vs. Ryback - Pretty stupid match. I mean the action was alright, and far better than what I expected from these two. But it was just a rehash of their two other RAW matches. The finish is so 2014, that it made me sick. I thought the days of passing out due to "pain" was over? Ryback and Rusev should've had a slug fest. Busted noses, mouths. This, that and the other thing. Let a double KO determine a draw. Carry the feud to Royal Rumble, where, they brawl into the crowd ending via no contest. At Fastlane they have yet another slugfest that ends with no clear winner. They could do a sick bump, like a spear off the stage or something to build up to a Steel Cage at WrestleMania. Have Ryback win, and get a push towards a mid-card title. I would be fine with these two going at it, like that. - 3/10
Jack Swagger vs. Alberto del Rio - The match was pretty vicious and it was a good showing on both guy's part. The chair shots were pretty nasty looking, and the double stop onto the chairs was kind of underwhelming/really good. I was expecting more from the match, but the finish looked too good to be a false finish. I would've liked a longer match with Swagger coming out on top. Having him carry the title until Fastlane and have Alberto get it back for a feud with Cena. It would've been more satisfying, and would've given Swagger and Alberto something to do in the mean time. I guess, you gotta keep dat south of the border meat nice and fresh for Cena. 6/10
Wyatt Family vs. Team ECW - Pretty underwhelming. How can you have Rhyno's return to PPV, and not have him gore the shit out of someone? He didn't gore someone on RAW, and he didn't gore someone tonight. Either they're building up to a crazy gore sometime down the line or they're seriously have no idea what the gore is anymore. Anyways, the match it's self was average. Rowan was the only one eliminated, on Wyatt's side. The eliminations on ECW's side were pretty excessive, and they could've spaced them out more. The fire tease was stupid. Either do it or don't. Was expecting more craziness. 5/10
Dean Ambrose vs. Kevin Owens - Speaking of underwhelming. The match ran for like 5:15. A lame ass hurricanrana ended the match. The only good part was Ambrose is now the king of the mid-card with both U.S and Intercontinental titles to his record. If they had given this a gimmick, like a ladders match. It would've made more sense. Have them do a mini-version of Ambrose's WM Ladder match performance and shred it up. Hell, knock in some Owens from Final Battle against Zayn and really drag the match into Michaels vs. Razor territory in-terms of relevancy. They fucked up. The pre-match promo from Owens was sadistic, so there's some accommodation. 5/10
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Roman Reigns vs. Sheamus - Talk about a dead crowd. The crowd was chanting for Cena and shit. It was more of we don't care attitude rather than a shit on this match/lolhijack attitude that crowds like to have nowadays. The match was average, they both had equal control of the match, but the LoN was stupid. If you can't have the full gang, don't have it at all. The end of the match was anti-climatic. Reigns got decimated but still had the power to crawl back in. No struggle for the title, no race to the top. Just Reigns' crawls in, and Sheamus grabs the title. Reigns snapping afterwards was pretty cool. imo. He destroyed Sheamus and Triple H. More so Triple H. He was killing them all, and the crowd was digging it. I would've wanted a handshake from Reigns to HHH, have the match start over again and have a double turn as Reigns being the top dog. Have him be the heel of the company until Rollins comes back and have Reigns turn face after HHH turns on him, in favor of his main nig. Would seem more interesting, but meh. Anyways, Reigns not winning was not a good move. They might give him a 2nd RR win a row, and have him do it all over again which will just ruin his momentum and have the RR revolt happen again. Hoping for the best. 7/10
