He should continue to be positioned as a monster until he can have longer matches.Īfter attacking Jeff Hardy during the WWE draft last week, Austin Theory had a match with The Charismatic Enigma on Monday. Orton allowing his partner to be destroyed before finally showing up tracks with his character.Īt least WWE had Omos win clean. Styles asking for instant replays in slow motion was funny even if the crowd didn't seem into it. It was simple by design to mask Omos' inexperience, but it had some fun moments. Just because it's fun to see someone decimate Riddle with ease doesn't mean this match was good. Orton eventually arrived and hit the RKO to Styles before making a quick exit. Omos picked up Riddle for another chokeslam to get the easy pin. Styles asked for and got an instant replay. He asked Omos to hit a roundhouse kick and he drilled The Bro right in the face. He hit a big chokeslam but Styles told him not to go for the cover yet because they could keep beating him up. Omos grabbed him by the hair and brought him into the ring so he could crush him in the corner. The ref finally called for the bell but Riddle rolled out of the ring and attacked Styles. Styles said The Original Bro was stalling and just needed to accept Omos would decapitate him. He then called for Orton to strike, but he never appeared. Riddle grabbed a mic and said some random stuff before forgetting what he was talking about. While The Phenomenal One accompanied his tag team partner to the ring, The Viper was nowhere to be seen. If he doesn't win the tournament, then what are we even doing here?Īfter taking on AJ Styles last week, Riddle challenged Omos to a match. This is Woods' first step toward achieving his destiny to become the King of the Ring. Some of the spots were performed with incredible precision. The length of the bout was fine but they would have had the match-of-the-week award without question with a few more minutes. This match allowed both men to show off some of the skills they don't always get to use, and that saw them put on a fantastic show. He brought Ricochet back in and climbed to the top rope for a flying elbow drop to get the pin. When he went for a second, Woods countered and sent him into the barricade. He went back into the ring and drilled him with a suicide dive. The high-flyer leaped over the ring post and took out his rival at ringside. He grabbed Woods for a cartwheel slam and a running kick, but he wasn't able to make a cover before his opponent rolled out of the ring. Woods hit a beautiful gutbuster to get a near-fall as he began to make a comeback. We returned to see Ricochet get a two-count. They both ended up on the top rope where The One and Only hit a massive superplex to send us into a break. Ricochet tried to springboard into the ring but Woods hit the top rope to trip him. They locked up and exchanged wristlocks and counters until Woods hit a running shoulder to score the first knockdown.
The KOTR tournament continued with another first-round match between Woods and Ricochet. Why didn't they run out to help Big E when The Usos attacked? Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods gave a backstage interview before heading to the ring for the first match. This could have been copied and pasted from another script with the names changed and nobody would have noticed. He can make anything funny, but it wasn't enough to make the whole segment anything special. The best part was Big E's portion of the exchange. We have seen this kind of thing hundreds of times over the years. Two rivals traded some words before they were forced to align against a common enemy. This was a cut-and-dried talking segment. The Usos attacked McIntyre and Big E before making a quick exit. The announcers made sure to mention that WWE management has to make it official. Before they could go any further, The Usos came out onto the stage.Īfter some trash talk, they agreed to a tag team match later in the show.
The Scottish Warrior said he is going to run through Big E as he has Goldberg and Randy Orton, and there isn't a damn thing he can do about it. He told the Scot that he gets why he wants to be WWE champion again because he has seen the benefits that come with having the title. He didn't get to speak for long before Big E entered the arena looking fired up. Raw opened with McIntyre making his way to the ring with his trusty sword, Angela.
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