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WWE MAIN EVENT REPORT: CRUISERWEIGHT TAG MATCH, AXEL VERSUS MAHAL, AND RAW RECAPS

By Richard Trionfo on 2017-03-10 10:49:00

We are in Rosemont, Illinois and your announcers are Tom Phillips and Byron Saxton.

Match Number One:  Jinder Mahal versus Curtis Axel

They lock up and they go into the corner.  Mahal teases a clean break but Axel avoids a punch and he chops Mahal.  Axel sends Mahal into the turnbuckles and chops him again.  Mahal with a kick to the midsection and punches.  Mahal with a forearm and Axel with a hurdle leap frog and running drop kick.  Axel with forearms but Mahal holds on to the ropes on a drop kick attempt.

Mahal with a running knee to the chest for a near fall.  Mahal with kicks and he chokes Axel in the ropes.  Mahal with a series of knee drops.  Mahal with a drop kick and he gets a near fall.  Mahal with a rear chin lock.  Axel with punches as he blocks punches from Mahal.  Axel with a flurry of punches in the corner followed by a kick.  Axel with a clothesline or two.  Axel with a running shoulder into the corner followed by a snap mare and leap frog neck snap and sliding clothesline for a near fall.

Axel sets for Son of Perfectplex but Mahal blocks it and then Mahal hot shots Axel on the top rope and Mahal with a Cobra Clutch choke slam for the three count.

Winner:  Jinder Mahal

We take a look back at the Universal Title Match from Fastlane.

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Match Number Two:  Jack Gallagher and Mustafa Ali versus Tony Nese and Noam Dar (with Alicia Fox)

Gallagher and Dar start things off and they lock up.  Gallagher with a side head lock.  Dar sends Gallagher into the corner and Gallagher with a head stand and he holds Dar at bay so Nese is tagged in and he ahs the same result so he tags Dar back in.  Nese and Dar charge but Gallagher leaps over them.  Ali makes the tag and he hits a missile drop kick on both men and we go to commercial.

We are back and Nese with a shoulder tackle to Ali but Ali with an arm drag into an arm bar.  Nese with an Irish whip and Ali floats over and connects with an arm drag into an arm bar.  Gallagher tags in and Nese backs him into the ropes and Dar hits Gallagher from behind and that distraction allows Nese to connect with a forearm.  Dar tags in.

Dar works on the arm and he sends Gallagher into the turnbuckles.  Nese tags in and he slams Gallagher and gets a near fall.  Nese with a body scissors.  Gallagher with a crucifix cover for a near fall but Nese holds on and Gallagher with another crucifix and a drop kick.  Ali tags in and he hits a spinning heel kick.  Ali goes to the apron and he connects with an elbow.  Ali knocks Dar off the apron and then Ali with a rolling neck breaker and he gets a near fall. 

Nese runs Ali into the turnbuckles but he runs into a boot.  Ali with a tornado DDT off the turnbuckles and he gets a near fall.  Dar kicks Ali and Nese with a double thrust to the throat.  Dar tags in and Gallagher tags in and he connects with a head butt.  Gallagher staggers around and then he hits the running drop kick and then he head butts Nese to the floor.

Gallagher falls onto Dar as he makes the tag and Ali tags in and hits the inward 450 splash for the three count.

Winners:  Jack Gallagher and Mustafa Ali

We go to commercial.

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