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WWE Main Event Review

Jan 20, 202522 min
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Daniel reviews the WWE Main Event show from this past week that saw Pure Fusion Collective take on Katana Chance & Kayden Carter and Pete Dunne battles Joaquin Wilde.

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This is WWE superstar Drew McIntyre and you're listening to the WWE podcast show.

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The one that everybody wants met for sixteen. So just well, your ass is my d you can acknowledge me.

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Gooday, everyone, and welcome to another main event show review with your host Daniel from Australia. And I'm happy to be here today on this lovely weather, enjoying this this Australian summer for sure, and also being able to have a look at what's going on in the WWE hemisphere as well. As you can probably tell, last week was not the best in terms of audio quality. I'm not really sure what happened with my microphone. However, I was able to purchase a new one and running some tests

before obviously recording this today. It's a lot better and it sounds a lot better, so hopefully that will also sound good for you guys on that end, and yeah, we'll be able to hopefully continue with the episodes as as mentioned every week, just getting the flow and just understanding how we can kind of yeah, continue to give out the reviews here, especially with the main event for those that don't know, is a pre show to Montanee Raw episodes come out on Thursdays, and we normally just

have two matches with a few floating Raw and SmackDown segments from our last week's show or the previous show. So yeah, continuing to review that, giving my takes on what's happening in WW We're getting close to Roller Rumble and then we're getting close to WrestleMania as well. So a lot to Netflix as well on Raw looking like it's becoming a staple. Last week's episode felt more like a proper wrestling show, which was good to see, and

we've smacked Down. Also, being three hours long, we're getting a lot and a lot of wrestling content, which is great. It's great to talk about, and it's perfect for Yeah, give you my take some review on the platform, which yeah, I'm more than happy to do on a regular basis. But I guess without further ado, we can start with yes, the fourth show of this main event review, and we start with the match with the Pure Fission Collective of SHANEA.

Bezo and Zoe Stark. We had shanea Beza fight last week in main Events, so this is back to back main event matches for her, this time in an attag team setting with Katana Chance and Kidan Kater who've regularly made appearances here. They don't seem to be able to get any spots on Raw at the moment or SmackDown, so not really sure what is happening with them. I guess they're going to continue to be them low cards or main event type fighters and just staying on those

shows floating around here. But yet we do get a match with SHANEA Bezos always Stark with them getting the victory here. It was actually a really good match, a

lot of I guess combinations working really well. Katana Chance and Cana kinda did impress me with their move sets, and it does seem like they work really well together as a tag team, and then also with Pure Fission Collective being able to kind of showcase the contrast between athleticism and pure power, which was demonstrated in the last move where we saw a pretty crazy move Katina Chance I think, jumping on top of was it SHANEA Bezos'

feet and then attempting herr Kurana, but then Zolways Stark obviously conning it with her power, setting up SHANEA. Bezo for the knee to the face and getting the count here. I think it was the right decision due to the fact that if what you're seeing on Raw, they're looking like they're trying to get involved in the Intercontinental Intercontinental Championship conversations, especially with what Zoe Stark said on Raw last week which kind of sparked a bit of tension

between PFC. But I much needed win here and I think the right choice. It's good to see PFC getting some momentum, hopefully that can translate onto Raw because as I mentioned last week, it would be good to see these guys just go up a bit of a level,

causing havoc in the locker room. And now with the new Belts or the mid card Belts, it seems like it's a perfect spot for them, and what we'll mention, we'll go into the match between Laara Valkyria and Dakota Kai, but the winner of that, which was Lara Valkyria, has set up, I guess, a perfect few with PFC because there's not really that many heels or mid cars heels on the roster at the moment, so it'll be interesting to see what will happen next week on Raw based

on that proma that we got from Zoe Stark and Sony Deville, whether they have tensions or they managed to kind of continue to be a powerhouse. I'd be a shame if they were split up, because it feels as though they were really hyped up to be something and to shut that down within like six to eight months, it would be a surprise. But again, it'll be interesting

to see what happens. And again they're getting the much needed win here, the much deserved win and some momentum going into hopefully Raw in the future and what I've

just mentioned as well the show moving on. The show then transitions into SmackDown a bit late on SmackDown because obviously the latest show has been reviewed and posted, but the SmackDown before that where Cody Rhodes and Jimmy Uso get into a match between Jacob Fatu and Tomatonga, And my first thinging is, why the hell is Cody Rhods

again getting involved in Bloodline stuff? Like it just he was supposed to move on from that and now he's fighting Jacob Fattou and Tomatonga again, Like maybe they didn't have anyone set up for that, but it just it just really didn't make sense. I don't get it. I still think that he should be away from the Bloodline storyline. We've been dealing with this for nearly a year and a half and now he's getting another match with them. So yeah, don't really understand what the angle is here.

But AnyWho, seems as though as well that Cody has become best mates of Jimmy Uso too, and they're just coming out together and fighting as a tag team. But he then abandons him because obviously Kevin Owens interferes. We all know what happens, Jacob Fattu and Tomatonga getting the victory, which was expected. I feel as though that they're starting to really push Jacob Fattu up. He's still hasn't lost the match. Well, hasn't been pinned, I hope if you

can count the Survivor Series match. But he hasn't been pinned or he hasn't looked like he's been weak like Sola has at all all as Tomatonga. So yeah, I expected when here showing Jacob Fattoo's strength and hopefully we're going to see stuff moving forward with him. But yeah, due to the fact that I think Kevin Owens and Cody Rhodes. Obviously we're battling and fighting and continuing that feud, which I've been a massive fan of. We all know that, or I can't really see a world where Kevin Owens

is going to defeat Cody Rhodes. But we can safely say this has probably been the most interesting or best feud that Cody has had post WrestleMania. You can see that it's they're doing a really good job to make it real personal. Every time they see each other, they're always attacking each other. There's always needs to be security guards. And then we saw at the end when they both got put through the table, which was awesome to see. But yeah, I don't want to see Cody Rhodes get

involved with the Bloodline again. That would be great. It's enough that he's with Kevin Owens in his feud at the moment, and it just doesn't really make sense when we've got the ladder match coming up against the two, and yeah, hopefully that doesn't happen again, and if it does, we'll be really frustrated. I will touch up quickly. There was a segment on the promo that basically Paul Hayman

saying that if Romarins wins the roll Rumble. He's going to challenge Cody there, which I hope I don't see that again either. I don't want to see that again, but I think it might happen because of what I saw with The Rock, and yeah, I don't want to see I don't want to see Cody Rhodes and Roman Ragins fight. As I mentioned before, I'd prefer to see Roman fight with the Rock with no titles on the line, and Cody fighting Randy, whether that's WrestleMania or not. I

feel as though that that should happen too. When Randy does decide to come back, hopefully he comes back sooner rather than later. But yeah, that's all on what happened on SmackDown. Then we move over onto Raw for that Intercontinental Championship match, which is a really back and forth match. They got a lot of time here, I think it

was about twelve minutes. Also a great display Lara Vakira getting the victory here, which I wasn't surprised about either, because ever since Lara Valkira has been drafted into Raw, they've been pushing her pretty highly. Her first kind of run was getting into the King of the ring final with Nia Jacks and then being a bit stale for

a bit and then now getting this intercontinental title. It would have been cool to see Dakota Kai winner, and it was good to see that she did make the finals well, especially coming from injury and let's be honest, not really doing much since yeah, I guess being a face or being a part of damage control post Bailey winning the title. So yeah, it was a good match. Lara Valkiro getting the victory here. Personal note, I think she's trying too hard on trying to get people to

do her chant when the song comes out. The little whoo when coming out, I feel like that needs to be done organically. Hopefully it does pick up because it does sound very creative, but you can see Laara Vlkio is really trying to push that now. And going back to what I mentioned with PFC, it does look as though there might be an upcoming feud with them and

Laura Valkia, which I think would be pretty interesting. But again we'll have to see how this run goes and for all how the mid card belts will go across both Backdown and Raw, because obviously these are new and they're just finding ways to get the women's more involved, which I'm all for as well, and at the start I kind of thought maybe there was no need to get the belts in, but I feel like they're helping a lot now because you're getting more interested and encapsulated

in storylines as well, and feuds are still kind of are there. You can see Meachin feuding with Chelsea Green, and you can also see yeah, PFC getting involved now with the Intercontinental Championship, which I hope does indeed happen there.

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Yeah.

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So then we then move on back to main event. We have the second match of the main event card with walking While part of part of Sorry, part of l WO, coming up against Pete Dunn and an expected victory for Pete done here Walkin Wilde hasn't really done nothing in WW, which is a shame because I feel like he's a very good ing room performer, especially with his athletic attributes, but I think lacks the I guess,

the personality and skills. Not to say that Pete Dunn's personality is all it, but he's running with the B name quite highly. But again, don't really see where Pete Dune goes from here. Obviously he was feuding with our truth, but not really sure what has happened. And yeah, I think it was a good victory with the bitter end, great finisher personally, and yeah, not really much to say

with Pete done. I think they need to find a way to incorporate him in the mid cards, but I think his home will be at fighting main event matches and getting the wins, which is good for his confidence, but not being able to elevate to that to that stage where you're going to get I guess him getting victories on Raw at this moment due to the talent pool being so high. And then with Walking Wild again as I mentioned, very good in the ring, but not really much to his character at this stage. I don't

know what the LWO really do if I'm honest. If they're not fighting other louchadors, they're just a big group that RAYMISTERI is somewhat mentoring, but it would be good to spice things up there. Maybe a He'll Turn or two would be nice, But I don't really think WW has plans for them. I think Walking Wild would just simply be put in like matches like this to entertain the crowd, give them energy with some few flying acrobatic moves,

some jumps and flips, et cetera, et cetera. So yeah, that's not really much too to display there, but another decent match for an event, and yeah, I guess the crowd hype going into raw between the two, and yeah, the final thing probably to address. I know this is a quick one, but there hasn't really been much to

talk about. Really. We had a bit of a promo with Seth Rowlins and Sampunk mentioning that they're both going to join the Royal Rumble, and then Drew McIntire coming and delivering a promo saying that he's going to be also going to the Royal Rumble, And again, I just don't I just don't like how he's just come up and has been just getting involved in this with like Sampunk and him are finished, like they stopped their feud, so them getting like interacting again and then even like

Drew McIntire folding and not really acknowledging Sampunk there. Just it just feels weird to me. I feel like once their feud is done, they shouldn't really have many interactions, Like it had nothing to do with Sampunk. He didn't need to go and say that Roman Reins was corrupted. This could have easily just been a promo between Seth

Rolins and Drew McIntyre. Yeah. I don't know. Maybe I'm just being a bit picky, but I just think that once you're finished with a few that's going on for maybe ten months, I don't think there is a need for them to be involved again. And I kind of get what they're trying to do. I feel like Drew McIntire's trying to push Steph Rowlins to being a heel to the dark Side, to teaming up against one common enemy,

which is which is Roman Reigns. But at the same time, I just didn't see the need of it to happen in that moment. There could have been better ways for them to do that. It is obviously set up a match for them next week, so let's see where that goes there. But yeah, again, didn't see a point of it. Just basically all three of them declined for in what will be a very very very very stacked raw rumble based on the numbers and the players we got so far, all the rest as we got so far, and more

to come. We've got leaks of the rock potentially coming back, Randy Ordan, maybe Bge. And one that I'm probably the most excited for, which I really really hope happens, and I think all of us hope it happens is the debut of Johanji on WWE, so it's about two weeks away, so I'm really keen for that. I love the Royal Rumble. Roy Rumbles the one thing that gets me going for WrestleMania.

Seeing the unexpected superstars come back is probably the best thing about it, and then obviously seeing who wins and where the storyline goes from there. But I'll keep my Royal Rumble prediction when we get closer to the Royal Rumble, just to see how things are going to be going

from now to then. With a few shows coming up as well as obviously Saturday Night's Main Event two, which hopefully I can kind of touch up on as well, we then get the main event of Raw and the final match between Damian Priest and Finnbala, with Damian Priest obviously getting the win here with the basically South of Heaven chokeslam in a street fight. I'm not a fan of the street fight on Raw. They're not as violent

as they used to be. Obviously it's a different eraror now, but I would have liked to see them fighting a bit more backstage and really getting into each other hard. But yes, obviously they will put through a few tables each and it was a pretty good match back and forth. But again, Damien Priest was always going to get the victory here and this finally puts an end to I guess anything that Damien Price has with the judgment day and then Finmbala again taking another loss, Damian Priest getting

the victory. I guess it's good they really evalivated him last year. He had a really really good World Heavyweight Championship run. In my opinion, I would have liked to see him have the title for a lot longer. But nevertheless, this was a good feud, obviously f in Bala costing him. And now where Priest goes is an excellent question, because I think he's in the toughest position right now as

a superstar, because he's obviously very talented. He's obviously showed that he can be up in the upper tier cards. But at the moment, if you look at how deep the roster is and all the storylines that are happening,

there isn't really a spot for him. And I was listening to the mail bag last week on this show and someone raised a really good point going back to the World Heavyweight Championship stakes, is that even gunther who's the World Heavyweight Champion, is not getting matches that are quantifying to the hype of what we've seen with Seth Rolins, CM Punk obviously the Bloodline, and Cody Rhodes and Kevin Owens.

So with all those things happening, I'm just curious to know what they're going to do with Damian Priest and how are they're going to make him kind of stay around that upper tier quality, especially with him already facing Gunthera, So there's no real World Heavyweight championship chance for him unless they want to run that back again without Finnbala interfering. But yeah, I don't know what will happen. I think

things have to settle. His time might be post WrestleMania, but I feel like he does deserve to be featured on a big card on WrestleMania, So maybe we might get him in the elimination chamber. He might declare for the Royal Rumble, But yeah, I don't know. What happens with Priest now and then in terms of Bala, it's really frustrating to see that he's just the jobber now. He just constantly loses big matches. But hopefully that will change. I feel like his time with the Judgment Day is done.

I think he's got to move on bigger and better things hopefully in the future. Yeah, they do something better with Ballet as well, and I feel like, yes, he mentors j D mcnonnagh, but I feel like he's better and bigger than being a tag team as well. So yeah, it'll be interesting to see again, as I say, all the time will be interesting to see, but it really will be interesting to see what will happen with the

two of them. Obviously their feud is over, and yeah, Theamian Priest is a big fighter, so if he's winning there, they must have some plans or they must have some ideas that he will be in around that championship, that championship conversations. So yeah, all in due time, We've got WrestleMania coming up, We've got the Royal Rumble coming up, We've got Elimination Chambier coming up, a lot of things happening. Yeah, to get us to where we need to be, I think,

and I'm really excited for it. I don't know which direction WW is going at the moment, which also makes me excited, and I'm just hoping that it's the right direction. There's so many things in my head that I can see could happen, but you never know with creative and with what Triple H is thinking. And I do trust in Triple H. I think he's done a pretty decent job considering a lot of factors in situations. But there is always room for improvement and there is always ways

where he can improve a little things. But again, lots of talent, lots of storylines, lots of spots to work with now with two shows being three hours, so yeah, it'll be really interesting to see. And then I'll continue to have a look at main event and I guess see where those superstars that are on that lower card fit into to WW, to Raw and to SmackDown and then again with that transfer portal, just forgot to mention,

maybe that will shake a few things up. What is going on with that at the moment, because they've been chatting it up for so long, but when's that going to close? And when's there. When we're going to see more I guess transfers. I know we've seen a few, but that hasn't as many as I thought. But yeah, hopefully that will get I guess cleared up. But yeah, that concludes episode four. Again, as I said, apologies for last week with the microphone quality. Hopefully this week was

a lot better. Next week back to normal recordings as usual. Trying to get these out as early as I can, obviously considering the time zones and when I get the episodes are a little bit different to when they air, so apologies for that. If you feel like the reviews are a bit delayed, if we're one week behind on SmackDown,

one week behind on Raw, that's the reason. But yeah, it's been it's been your boy Daniel again, signing out from Melbourne, Australia and hope you'll have a pleasant day or night wherever you're listening to this around the world.

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