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JBL is joining Cole and Corey Graves at the announce desk. I hope we get a few “MAGGLES” out of JBL.
Sami is out first. He introducers Logan Paul. Corey is psyched about Logan Paul being there. Me too. If he wasn’t, I wouldn’t be able to say, “Who the hell is Logan Paul”? Bad Bunny set the bar really high last night slappy. Don’t embarrass yourself.
KO is out next, to a big pop.
KO is pounding the snot out of Sami early. But then he nailed KO with a brain buster on the apron. I think the crowd is chanting Logan Sucks. They will probably be chanting “Your Masks Suck” soon. WrestleMania, come for the matches, leave with the virus!
Sami got a few near falls. KO came back. What Paul thinks is important to everyone (except me). The match is really good. These guys know each other so well. They are trading momentum and near falls. Sami is actually working like the wrestler he used to be. I haven’t see this guy since NXT. Just as I wrote that, the fans chant this is awesome. Maybe Sami can morph into being the worker he used to be when this feud is over.
KO hit two superkicks and a Stunner to get the win. It was really good and I would like nothing better than Sami comes to the revelation that he was being a goof and gives up the annoying character that he is and goes back to being the great wrestler that he used to be. Yeah, I know.
Logan Paul came in after the match to console Sami. Then he told KO that was awesome and offered his hand. Sami got pissed. How dare you. He said it was a conspiracy. Ugh. So Paul pushed him down and Sami bailed. KO stun this guy, please. Paul raised KO’s hand. KO looked at his hand. He knows what he needs to do. And he did it, stun the, to quote Mike Johnson, ponce.
On his way out KO hugged our boy Superfan Vlad (who was wearing his mask). Awesome.
Riddle Bro encountered Great Khali backstage. He did his usual Bro stuff. Khali didn’t answer him so RVD showed up. The fans popped. They made some pot references, of course. Time for him vs. Sheamus, bro. Sheamus really does deserve a match on this show. His work lately has been great.
These two definitely mesh well. Sheamus was pounding early and then Riddle hit a belly to belly off of the top, and it was sweet. Riddle is working like Drew did with Sheamus, no goofy stuff. He is actually a bit pissed, which I like. He had a little trouble on a standing suplex, but he nailed it on the second try. Then he ran into a STIFF kick from Sheamus, two count only. And then another two with an Alabama Slam (such a great move by the way).
Riddle was on fire when he hit an Asai moonsault to the floor. He is being serious Riddle. He came off the top, but got a two. He locked on the arm bar but Sheamus powered up and dumped him. Bro locked on a choke but Sheamus got to the ropes. He put Bro on his back and went up but Riddle fought out. Somehow Sheamus got to the point to do White Noise but lost his footing. Like a pro, Sheamus adjusted and brought a knee off of the top for a two. He went for the Brogue but missed. Bro went for a springboard moonsault but ate a kick, Sheamus wins the US Title. I like the booking, for two reasons. One, Sheamus’ recent work earned this. Two, hopefully Bro becomes more serious after this because he is really good. Bro’s mouth is busted up. They made sure to show it too. That added to what this was, a fight. There were spots that didn’t go right, but they adjusted and it made it a fight, not a choreographed dance routine. I liked it a lot.
We see an ad. HHH put over Bad Bunny for what he did at Mania but said now it’s time for you do do what you do. He gave him a case with a mic in it. He has a tour coming up. Come back Bad Bunny. You killed it.
Big E vs. Apollo Crews in the Drum match is next. It's no DQ basically. I was hoping it would be a "Crews must give up the bad accent if he loses" match. Wale is there to sing for Big E before the match. The fans seem to like it. Here's a question, if Apollo wants to embrace his heritage, why not get rid of the stupid name?
It's plunder central early on, as it should be. HUGE spear by E off of the apron to the floor on AC.
Lots of back in forth plunder, since it was a short match. Crews got the win when E hit the Big Ending but Babatunde Daba Kato realized he was Nigerian too and he laid out E so that Crews could steal the title. There was a lot of plunder in a short time. They are setting up E to come for what is rightfully he is. Fine for what it was.
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