Last week’s WWE Main Event was taped at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, before Monday’s Raw.
Dana Brooke defeated Indi Hartwell (5:13)
This was fine and while it gave Hartwell lots of time, it didn’t really allow her to show off what she can do. Thus, the match was fairly basic.
Hartwell had an inset promo as she headed to the ring, saying that fresh off appearing in her first Royal Rumble match, she was now ticking off another thing on her bucket list: competing in a match on Main Event.
Hartwell is only 25 and seems to be destined to make a run at the main roster soon. The Rumble appearance and now working here are certainly encouraging signs for the Australian.
She and Brooke had a very friendly encounter with lots of smiles, especially in the early exchanges. But it was an uncomplicated match-up with a couple of rear chin locks thrown in for good measure.
Hartwell had a couple of spots, including a spinebuster, but it ran slightly longer than the usual Main Event opener with Brooke finishing her opponent off with a spinning neckbreaker for the win.
Much like they have done with other babyfaces on Main Event in past weeks, Brooke helped Hartwell to her feet and raised her hand as a show of respect.
Luke Gallows & Karl Anderson defeated The Creed Brothers (w/ Ivy Nile) (7:29)
This was great in the last few minutes with lots of broken up pin attempts and both teams trying everything to get the win. I give huge credit to Gallows & Anderson who really made the Creeds look excellent here.
Before the match, they aired a backstage segment where Gallows & Anderson were joking around with the Creeds. Ivy Nile interrupted and told them it was time to get serious. Julius and Brutus left first before Nile glared at them both as she left. Anderson joked to Gallows that he thought she liked him.
Gallows & Anderson had a run where they were essentially Main Event regulars back in 2020, so it must feel a little unnerving to have been brought back to the company to end up here again. But, at least their opponents were fresh and interesting here and The Good Brothers were certainly the perfect match to help get the real-life brothers over.
Early on, Julius and Brutus cut the ring in half, working over Anderson to get the heat. Eventually, Gallows broke it up with a blind tag and the pair worked together to send the Creed brothers to the outside as we went to a break.
After the commercials, it was Gallows and Anderson’s turn to dominate as they worked over Brutus to build for the hot tag for Julius. Julius was animated on the apron, jumping up and down, desperate to get in the ring.
When it came, the hot tag was definitely the highlight. Julius was able to show off his speed and strength with Anderson bumping all over for him and giving him loads of offense. The pair built to a false finish where Brutus had Anderson in a piledriver position and Julius leapt over the top of him to nail Anderson with a sliding leg lariat. Anderson barely kicked out before three.
Then, things got completely chaotic and the live crowd loved it. The crux of what happened was Gallows & Anderson looked to be going for the Magic Killer, but Julius fought his way out and dispatched Anderson to the outside. He and Brutus then hit consecutive standing moonsaults, but Anderson broke up the pin attempt.
The finish saw Julius get posted by Gallows so that he and Anderson could finally hit the Magic Killer and get the win while they had the stronger man neutralised and targeted the weaker man. The earlier backstage stuff with Nile never played into anything.
They all shook hands after the replays so that the Creeds could get their hands raised, too. This was good house show stuff.
Final Thoughts:
Another set of fresh faces on Main Event this week made for a very watchable show. I really enjoyed the tag match and would be more than happy for them to do it again next week. The Creeds looked perfectly at home here and a feud with Alpha Academy would be the next obvious move if they stay around the main roster.
