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WWE Main Event results: Sarah Logan vs. Dana Brooke

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The Big Takeaway: Mojo Rawley grabbed a rare win against Zack Ryder in the opener, while Sarah Logan bested Dana Brooke in what will likely be their last Main Event match for a while.

The commentary team now seems set, with Dio Maddin and Mickie James joining lead announcer Byron Saxton. 

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Mojo Rawley defeated Zack Ryder (5:09)

Ryder joked with Curt Hawkins on Twitter this past week, as they continued to find themselves undrafted and unconsidered by the WWE writing staff. After night two they, like Rawley, were re-drafted to Raw in the supplementary picks.

There was no sign of Hawkins at Ryder’s side this week, but the indication was that they were drafted as a pair.

The bout was a usual Rawley match: he bullied and dominated Ryder until Ryder got the shine by reversing a suplex into a neckbreaker. Ryder hit the flying forearm and Broski Boot, but Rawley kicked out. 

It took two attempts and some more near falls before Rawley won with the Alabama slam, but this turned out okay in the end.

Sarah Logan defeated Dana Brooke (5:05)

Just like on the men’s roster, there is nothing like the draft to remind you of your place in the pecking order. And in the women’s division, Sarah Logan and Dana Brooke are clearly right down near the bottom.

These two have had quite a run of bouts on Main Event, stemming from their match a few months ago when Brooke was busted open and the match had to be stopped. For those keeping count, their series is tied at 4-4 after this match.

But with Brooke being drafted to SmackDown and Logan staying put on Raw, this will likely be their last contest for a while. And of all of them, this was probably the pick of the bunch.

The whole match was a total back and forth and it was never clear who would win. But after Logan threw Brooke off the top turnbuckle, she was able to turn her over and lock in a cloverleaf for the win. There’s been some considerable in-ring improvement for both of these performers.

WWE Main Event results: Brooke & Logan’s feud continues

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The Big Takeaway: A better show this week. Sarah Logan got her win back against Dana Brooke as the pair had their third match in as many weeks. Robert Roode stole a win against Cedric Alexander when he used the ropes to gain the advantage.

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Sarah Logan defeated Dana Brooke (5:45)

They ran the tape from two weeks ago and referenced Brooke’s nasty facial injury, then showed us how Brooke had gotten her revenge on last week’s show. This kind of continuity is entirely rare for Main Event.

The match wasn’t quite as good as last week’s but was still full of decent work. Logan took the lead and has quite an array of moves in her locker. Her submission holds throughout and an impressive gutwrench suplex later on showed off her skill set.

Brooke was plucky throughout, trying to get an advantage whenever she could, but ultimately Logan had her beat. Just as they did last week, they did another spot where Brooke took a nasty looking turnbuckle bump, playing up that Logan was a threat. 

Logan normally uses the Kentucky Knee, but here she finished Brooke with a flying knee to the back as Brooke was kneeling down. Presumably, this feud must continue.

Robert Roode defeated Cedric Alexander (5:36)

Roode and Alexander have also had a few matches together over the last few weeks on Main Event. They work well together, but are being utterly wasted on this show, particularly in Roode’s case.

Alexander did a tope through the ropes and looked like he had Roode beaten until he got caught with a spinebuster. Roode went for the Glorious DDT, but Alexander countered with a springboard enzuigiri.

As Alexander was about set up for the frog splash, he couldn’t get Roode down, so he slid under the ropes through Roode’s legs. Roode caught him and sat down, using the middle rope for leverage, stealing the win. He made out of there like a bandit.

Roode has won two straight now against Alexander, but Alexander would probably benefit from a rebrand and a new gimmick. His in-ring work is strong, but he essentially just comes out smiling and sticks his thumb up. Main Event would be an easy place for them to experiment with him.

WWE Main Event results: Dana Brooke gets her revenge

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The Big Takeaway: Dana Brooke defeated Sarah Logan in a rematch from last week where Brooke had suffered a nasty facial injury. The main event saw the random team of EC3, Cesaro & Robert Roode see off the Lucha House Party in under three minutes.

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Dana Brooke defeated Sarah Logan (6:13)

Whether this show will reap any of the benefits of Paul Heyman becoming executive director on the Raw side of things remains to be seen.

The fact WWE acknowledged last week at all here is certainly a positive. Quite rightly, they did a rematch and made a much better go of it. Brooke was smiling and fired up throughout and they kept doing spots where she would get her face bashed.

The finish saw Logan with Brooke on the apron again. She went for the running knee that caused the stoppage from last week, but Brooke had it scouted. Brooke countered and then landed a Swanton Bomb from the top rope for the win.

Cesaro, EC3 & Robert Roode defeated The Lucha House Party (Kalisto, Lince Dorado & Gran Metalik) (2:40)

This, however, was a negative. If this show does see any changes, it would certainly benefit if they didn’t throw together arbitrary tag matches where the entrance times out-strip the running time of the match.

The first minute was EC3 getting dominated by the pace and tenacity of the Lucha House Party — before the ring filled and the LHP cleared it, posing in unison. And then we went to a break. Yes, a commercial break, in a three-minute match. 

I can also confirm that wrestling took place during the commercials.

The last minute was everyone hitting their finishers but failing to get the pinfall. The finish was Cesaro hitting a European uppercut on Metalik as he came off the top rope. As usual, the timing looked fantastic.

WWE Main Event results: Match stopped due to Dana Brooke injury

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The Big Takeaway: Dana Brooke got busted open when she was kneed and posted on the apron by Sarah Logan. Robert Roode made his first appearance on Main Event since November, defeating Cedric Alexander in a good match at the end of the show.

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Sarah Logan defeated Dana Brooke (4:03)

So, as most people will know, this match had a lot of publicity this week because it caused Brooke’s facial injury. The spot that caused Brooke to be busted open came about two minutes into the match after they had done some fairly solid back and forth.

Both of these performers have improved of late, but what led to Brooke being completely bloodied was partly because the spot was ill-conceived and partly because of a few mitigating factors. 

Logan had Brooke in a chinlock at the ropes and the referee called for a break, so Brooke went out on to the apron under the ropes. Logan followed Brooke and kneed her in the face, which caused Brooke to turn around and take a posting.

From seeing the tape back, it was a combination of two things that meant that the spot went wrong: the force of the knee and the proximity of Brooke to the post. It was clear that Brooke had underestimated how close she was to the post.

Logan sat on the ropes, not entirely sure how to react as the ref dealt with the blood.

They threw up the “X” and raised Logan’s hand, but she couldn’t hide her concern for Brooke. Logan then swaggered out of the ring and back up the ramp.

Robert Roode defeated Cedric Alexander (6:50)

Roode hasn’t been on Main Event since the back end of last year when he and Chad Gable were tagging together. He looked in tremendous shape as he defeated Alexander here.

In contrast to the opening match, this was a good, solid wrestling match between two strong performers. Their different styles worked well together and, although it’s a crime that Roode is on this show at all, they put on a good match.

Alexander took a ton of the offense throughout. He flipped around and grounded Roode down, getting close to winning on several occasions. It was only in the last minute that Roode was able to turn things around.

Roode caught the charging Alexander and nailed him with a spinebuster for two. Then Alexander came back. He blocked Roode’s DDT attempts, but Roode knocked him off the top rope and was able to hit the Glorious DDT for the win.

WWE Main Event results: Viking Raiders make their show debut

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The Big Takeaway:

The Viking Raiders became the latest in an increasingly long line of NXT graduates who have been relegated to this show, beating the thrown together team of Titus O’Neil and No Way Jose in a nothing match. 

Sarah Logan then made it two defeats in as many weeks on Main Event, losing to Natalya in a decent bout to close the show.

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The Viking Raiders defeated Titus O’Neil & No Way Jose (4:03)

Well, it was only a matter of time: War Machine had a goofy name change within minutes of joining the main roster and now, here they are on Main Event.

Complete with loincloths, face paint and knock-off Road Warrior shoulder pads, they came out looking every bit like The Ascension v2. Sad, but true. Unfortunately, the match was a meager offering to boot.

They cut the ring in half early on, beating down on Jose. O’Neil got the hot tag and he cleaned house. Then, Ivar stemmed the flow, redressed the balance, and they hit the Viking Experience on Jose for the win.

It defies belief that they cannot make room for these former NXT stars on a three-hour episode of Raw, but logic rarely comes into it these days.

Natalya defeated Sarah Logan (8:50)

This was, by contrast, pretty solid as they gave it a lot longer to breathe than they normally do on Main Event. Natalya was a little frustrated that the crowd wasn’t getting behind them, because there was a lot of good mat and submission work here.

The commentary felt particularly clunky throughout this one, too. At one point, Byon Saxton praised Logan for having the Sharpshooter “well scouted” – a move that is about as subtle to apply to an opponent as a shark attack.

The Sharpshooter was really what the match was built around, though. At every turn, Natty tried to apply it and Logan was quick to escape it. Logan had some submission moves of her own, but eventually succumbed to the finisher, tapping immediately.

Logan is certainly still a little rough around the edges, but if she worked nine minutes with Natalya every night, she’d quickly get even better.

WWE Main Event results: EC3 wins, Sarah Logan makes her show debut

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The Big Takeaway: EC3 won this week, beating No Way Jose in a fairly dull match. Sarah Logan then made her Main Event debut, losing in a solid — but short — tag team bout with Tamina against Dana Brooke & Natalya.

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EC3 defeated No Way Jose (5:30)

No Way Jose was still sporting his new look. EC3 made a deal of telling the conga line to get lost before the match while he swaggered into the ring.

EC3 grabbed a rare win here. The match was really nothing much to speak of. Jose lacks that sleekness that the more accomplished workers have on the main roster and they were kind of clunky in the last few minutes.

Jose went up to the top rope but was toppled by EC3, who then put him on his shoulders. He hit Jose with a neckbreaker before finishing him with the One Percenter.

EC3 and Jose were both entrants into the battle royal on Friday at Super ShowDown, but this win for EC3 broke up a streak of five straight losses.

Dana Brooke & Natalya defeated Sarah Logan & Tamina (3:16)

It was back in late January that Sarah Logan last got a win — and it was against the same team of Dana Brooke & Natalya that defeated her here. That night, she had tagged with Liv Morgan and things looked very different for Logan.

Logan last appeared on The Shield’s Final Chapter in April and has largely been a bit-part player this year. But she was good here and worked well together with Natalya when they got a little ring time. Brooke also looked to have really improved.

Brooke and Natalya cut the ring in half working over Logan. They hit stereo baseball slides on her on the outside before we went to a break. Logan had Natalya in a modified Calf Crusher when we returned and then they filled the ring.

Natalya took out Logan with a discuss clothesline and then they set up Tamina for their finisher, which was Brooke coming off Natalya’s shoulders with a beautiful swanton. This was pretty decent, but then when Natalya is involved, it often is.

Rousey, Lynch & Charlotte teaming on WWE Raw, Angle vs. Mysterio set

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Two matches have been announced for Raw’s go-home show for WrestleMania 35.

Ahead of WrestleMania, Ronda Rousey, Becky Lynch, and Charlotte Flair will team up on next week’s Raw. They’re facing The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan) in a six-woman tag match.

WWE has announced a stipulation where Rousey, Lynch, or Charlotte will forfeit their place at WrestleMania if they betray their team against The Riott Squad.

Rousey will defend her Raw Women’s Championship against Lynch and Charlotte in a triple threat match in the main event of WrestleMania.

Next week’s Raw is taking place at the Capital One Arena in Washington D.C. Kurt Angle’s farewell tour will continue, with him facing Rey Mysterio on the episode. Universal Champion Brock Lesnar is also set to appear.

Angle has defeated Apollo Crews, Chad Gable, and Samoa Joe on his farewell tour thus far and has a match against AJ Styles on this week’s SmackDown.

Baron Corbin has been announced as the opponent for Angle’s farewell match at WrestleMania. Mysterio will challenge for Samoa Joe’s United States title at the event.

Two teams qualify for Women’s tag title Elimination Chamber match

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The first two teams have been confirmed for next month’s Women’s Tag Team Championship Elimination Chamber match.

Nia Jax & Tamina and Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan won Elimination Chamber qualifying matches on tonight’s episode of Raw. Jax & Tamina defeated Alexa Bliss & Mickie James, while Morgan & Logan defeated Natalya & Dana Brooke.

The Elimination Chamber match to crown WWE’s Women’s Tag Team Champions will include three teams from Raw and three teams from SmackDown. The final Raw team for the match will be confirmed next Monday when Sasha Banks & Bayley face Alicia Fox & Nikki Cross in a qualifier.

The SmackDown teams for the match have yet to be revealed.

WWE officially announced the Women’s Tag Team titles on last month’s Christmas Eve edition of Raw. They were then unveiled on the January 14 episode of the show.

The Toyota Center in Houston, Texas will host Elimination Chamber 2019 on February 17.

Two matches, Rousey segment set for WWE Raw tapings

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Two matches have been announced for today’s Raw tapings in Manchester, England.

Sasha Banks, Bayley & Natalya will face The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan) in a rematch from Evolution. Banks, Bayley & Natalya won the matchup when it took place at the all-women’s pay-per-view.

On last week’s Raw, Banks, Bayley, Natalya, Trish Stratus & Lita defeated The Riott Squad, Mickie James & Alicia Fox.

Finn Balor vs. Bobby Lashley is also set for the tapings. Balor defeated Lashley by disqualification on Raw last week, with Lashley attacking Balor after the match and being added to the World Cup tournament at Crown Jewel as the storyline explanation for John Cena not wrestling in Saudi Arabia.

Balor also defeated Lashley on the October 22 episode of Raw.

WWE is advertising that Ronda Rousey will respond to Becky Lynch tonight ahead of their non-title champion vs. champion match at Survivor Series later this month. On last week’s SmackDown, Lynch cut a promo saying she was going to rip Rousey’s arm off at Survivor Series.

Six-woman tag match set for WWE Evolution

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Ahead of tonight’s go-home edition of Raw, WWE has confirmed what a few more wrestlers will be doing at Evolution.

It was announced this afternoon that Sasha Banks, Bayley & Natalya will face The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan) in a six-woman tag match at the October 28 pay-per-view in Long Island, New York.

After being pulled from Mixed Match Challenge due to injury, Banks was back on Raw last week and returned to the ring at this weekend’s house shows. Natalya faced Riott on Raw last Monday, with The Riott Squad causing a disqualification when Natalya had Riott in the Sharpshooter and the faces fighting them off after the match.

Here’s the updated card for Evolution:

  • Raw Women’s Champion Ronda Rousey defending against Nikki Bella
  • SmackDown Women’s Champion Becky Lynch defending against Charlotte Flair in a last woman standing match
  • Alexa Bliss & Mickie James vs. Trish Stratus & Lita
  • NXT Women’s Champion Kairi Sane defending against Shayna Baszler
  • The finals of the Mae Young Classic
  • Battle royal for a future title shot (Ember Moon, Nia Jax, Tamina, Dana Brooke, Alicia Fox, Peyton Royce, Billie Kay, Asuka, Carmella, Naomi, Mandy Rose, Sonya Deville, Lana, Torrie Wilson, Alundra Blayze, Ivory, Molly Holly, Michelle McCool, Kelly Kelly, and Maria Kanellis announced thus far)
  • Sasha Banks, Bayley & Natalya vs. The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan)

WWE announces two Super Show-Down rematches for Raw

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Two rematches from Super Show-Down are scheduled for tonight’s Raw.

The Shield (Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins & Dean Ambrose) vs. Braun Strowman, Dolph Ziggler & Drew McIntyre and Ronda Rousey & The Bellas vs. The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan) have been announced for tonight’s show. When the six-person tags took place in Melbourne, Australia on Saturday, The Shield and Rousey & The Bellas won their respective matches.

Ambrose pinned Ziggler at Super Show-Down, with The Shield staying united after the storyline where dissension between Ambrose and Reigns & Rollins was teased.

Reigns will defend his Universal Championship against Strowman and Brock Lesnar in a triple threat match at Crown Jewel on November 2.

Rousey submitted Morgan and Logan with a double armbar at Super Show-Down. There was a moment where Rousey and Nikki Bella both wanted to start for their teams, seemingly teasing Rousey vs. Nikki for this month’s Evolution pay-per-view.

Tonight’s Raw is taking place at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois. Triple H, Shawn Michaels, and Trish Stratus are all advertised for the show.

Two tag matches announced for tonight’s WWE Raw

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Two tag team matches have been announced for tonight’s episode of Raw.

In a video on Instagram yesterday, Kurt Angle announced The B-Team vs. The Revival and Sasha Banks & Bayley vs. The Riott Squad for the show. Curtis Axel & Bo Dallas vs. The Revival appears to be a non-title match.

Scott Dawson & Dash Wilder interrupted a segment between The B-Team and Matt Hardy & Bray Wyatt on last week’s show, which led to The Revival defeating Hardy & Wyatt. The Revival have been positioned as the strongest challengers for The B-Team’s Raw Tag Team titles.

Wilder tweeted about the matchup yesterday: “The Revival vs The B Team tomorrow night on Raw. We’re not second generation superstars. We weren’t guaranteed anything since birth. But someone let B Team know that we’re the best tag going and we’ll always bring our ‘A’ game.”

Banks & Bayley vs. Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan is a rematch from last week. Banks & Bayley won the first meeting after hitting a backstabber into a Bayley-to-Belly suplex on Morgan.

Tonight’s show from Jacksonville, Florida is being built around Ronda Rousey making her Raw in-ring debut against Alicia Fox. Bobby Roode vs. Mojo Rawley is also set.

WWE adds The Riott Squad, Natalya to Raw women’s division

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The Raw women’s division got four new additions in the 2018 Superstar Shakeup.

The Riott Squad (Ruby Riott, Liv Morgan, and Sarah Logan) first moved over from SmackDown, interrupting a match between Sasha Banks and Bayley. Banks had the Banks Statement locked in and Bayley was reaching for the ropes when The Riott Squad attacked them both.

Riott, Morgan, and Logan were called up from NXT and debuted as a group on SmackDown last November. They arrived the night after Mandy Rose and Sonya Deville debuted on Raw and aligned with Paige, who was announced as the new on-screen general manager of SmackDown last week. The women who are joining SmackDown will be announced on tomorrow night’s episode.

Later on Raw, Natalya appeared during a backstage segment with Kurt Angle and Ronda Rousey and was revealed as another new member of the show’s roster. Natalya and Rousey hugged, with Rousey mentioning that they’ve trained together. Angle said Natalya would be in a match later.

WWE SmackDown video highlights: Riot, Morgan & Logan wreak havoc

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Three more women were called up to the main roster and debuted on last night’s episode of SmackDown.

In an angle similar to the one from Raw, Ruby Riot, Liv Morgan, and Sarah Logan arrived on SmackDown by laying out Naomi and Becky Lynch backstage. They later put a stop to Charlotte Flair and Natalya’s Women’s Championship match by attacking both.

Also on the show, there was an angle where Daniel Bryan decided not to fire Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn despite Shane McMahon wanting to after their actions at Survivor Series. Bryan put them in a lumberjack match against The New Day and announced Owens vs. Randy Orton for next week.

More coverage from last night —

WWE SmackDown video highlights —

Shane goes to fire Owens and Zayn, Bryan puts them in a lumberjack match instead

Jey Uso vs. Shelton Benjamin

Ruby Riot, Liv Morgan, and Sarah Logan debut

Shane McMahon wants Daniel Bryan to fire Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn after the main event

Luke Harper & Erick Rowan re-debut as the Bludgeon Brothers

AJ Styles vs. Jinder Mahal is set for Clash of Champions

The Usos promote WWE Shop’s Black Friday sales

Ruby Riot, Liv Morgan, and Sarah Logan interrupt Charlotte Flair and Natalya’s title match

The New Day vs. Kevin Owens & Sami Zayn in a lumberjack match

Owens pleads for his job after leaving Zayn behind, gets a match against Orton next week

SmackDown fallout: The Hype Bros argue after their loss

SmackDown fallout: Natalya reacts to her title match getting ruined

Ruby Riot, Liv Morgan & Sarah Logan debut on WWE SmackDown

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A night after Sonya Deville and Mandy Rose debuted on Raw, three more wrestlers from NXT’s women’s division were called up to the main roster on Tuesday.

Ruby Riot confronted Naomi in a backstage segment on SmackDown, introducing her to Liv Morgan and Sarah Logan before they all attacked her. Becky Lynch tried to make the save, but the three new arrivals laid her out as well.

Riot, Morgan, and Logan later interrupted Charlotte Flair and Natalya’s SmackDown Women’s Championship match by attacking both.

Riot, who was previously known as Heidi Lovelace on the indies, was the most prominently featured of the three before coming to the main roster. She was involved in a triple threat match for the NXT Women’s Championship at TakeOver: Chicago earlier this year and lost a qualifying match prior to the fatal four-way at Saturday’s TakeOver: War Games special.

Morgan also participated in a qualifying match and has made semi-frequent appearances on NXT television. Logan was formerly Crazy Mary Dobson before coming to WWE. She’s made some TV appearances in NXT and lost to Mia Yim in the first round of the Mae Young Classic.

Riot vs. Deville from Saturday’s tapings will air on this week’s episode of NXT TV following their main roster debuts.