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WWE MAIN EVENT REPORT: CAN HAWKINS END THE STREAK?, CRUISERWEIGHT TAG ACTION, AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2018-04-20 22:06:00

We are in Hartford, Connecticut and your announcers are Vic Joseph and Percy Watson.

Match Number One:  Karl Anderson (with Luke Gallows) versus Curt Hawkins

They lock up and Anderson with a waist lock.  Hawkins with a standing switch.  Anderson with a wrist lock but Hawkins with a knee and side head lock.  Hawkins with a shoulder tackle but Anderson with a jumping leg lariat.  Anderson with an arm bar and a knee to the elbow.

Anderson with a wrist lock into an arm bar.  Hawkins backs Anderson into the ropes and then  pulls Anderson’s throat into the top rope.  Hawkins with kicks and he goes for a suplex and hits it.  Hawkins with a near fall.  Hawkins with a rear chin lock.  Anderson with punches and Hawkins trips Anderson as he goes to the floor.  Hawkins with a kick to the chest and a kick to the back.  Hawkins gets a near fall.  Hawkins with a reverse chin lock.  Anderson with a spinebuster and both men are down.  Hawkins runs into an uppercut and Anderson with a running uppercut and clotheslines.  Anderson with a running forearm and then he hits the flying boot for the a near fall.  Hawkins with a Michinoku Driver for a near fall.  Hawkins goes up top and Anderson moves.  Anderson avoids a splash in the corner and then he hits a running boot into the corner.  Anderson goers up top and hits a neck breaker for the three count.

Winner:  Karl Anderson

We go to commercial.

We are back with footage from the Superstar Shake Up when Jinder Mahal returned to Raw and lost the US Title to Jeff Hardy.

We go to commercial.

We are back with Roman Reigns’ comments about Brock Lesnar and Samoa Joe’s rebuttal.

We see the return to Raw of Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens as well as the announcement that Miz would be going to Smackdown.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Two:  Gran Metalik and Lince Dorado versus TJ Perkins and Ariya Daivari

Metalik and Daivari start things off and Daivari with a kick and punches.  Metalik with a handspring back flip and chops.  Daivari with an Irish whip but Metalik with a thrust kick and take down for a near fall.  Daivari pulls the mask and tags in Perkins.  Perkins with kicks and he chokes Metalik.  Perkins with a kick and wrist lock.

Perkins with a hammer lock and Metalik with a flying mare.  Metalik with a slingshot arm drag and then he uses the ropes for a springboard drop kick.  Dorado tags in and they Irish whip Perkins.  Dorado with a splash and Metalik gets sent into the corner by Dorado for a drop kick.  Dorado dives onto Perkins for a near fall.  Daivari and Perkins go to the floor and Dorado and Metalik tease stereo dives but stay in the ring.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Perkins with an arm submission.  Perkins with an arm bar but Metalik with punches.  Perkins keeps Metalik from making the tag and Metalik punches Perkins.  Daivari pulls Dorado off the apron to prevent the tag as Metalik hits an enzuigiri.

Perkins with punches and Daivari tags back in and he punches and kicks Metalik.  Daivari argues with the referee and then he tags Perkins back in.  Metalik lands on his feet on a double belly-to-back suplex and Dorado tags in and he hits a cross body on Perkins and a drop kick on Daivari.  Dorado with a head scissors to Perkins and then he chops TJ.  Dorado with a thrust kick to the head and a moonsault for a near fall.  Metalik with a springboard drop kick to Daivari and then Dorado sends Metalik onto Daivari on the floor.

Dorado avoids the Detonation Kick and Dorado with a rana but Perkins with a rollup for a near fall.  Dorado with a handspring cutter followed by a Shooting Star Press for the three count.

Winners:  Lince Dorado and Gran Metalik

We go to commercial.

We are back with a look at the main event of Smackdown.

We go to credits.

 

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