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WWE Main Event results: Brian Kendrick takes on Lince Dorado

Posted on by James Cox

The Big Takeaway: Curt Hawkins’ long losing streak continued before Brian Kendrick and Lince Dorado dazzled in the main event.

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Heath Slater (w/ Rhyno) defeated Curt Hawkins (4:35)

A big “let’s go Slater” chant kicks things off on Main Event as Hawkins gets some hometown heat. Slater chucks his shirt into the crowd to a big cheer and then atomic drops and scissor kicks Hawkins for two. Rhyno plays cheerleader on the outside, enjoying this hot crowd.

Hawkins slows things down by nailing Slater in the lower back with a running knee and then stomps on his back. The crowd hates it and starts to clap along to get Slater back on top as he kicks out of a sidewalk slam. Hawkins slaps on a rear chinlock and, when Slater works his way out, runs into a big boot and a clothesline.

Slater eventually gets some impetus when he spikes Hawkins with a jawbreaker to get out of a rear chinlock, but Hawkins immediately sweeps him off his feet. Hawkins goes under the ropes with the momentum and celebrates to a rain of boos. When he then rolls back in, Slater snatches a win with an inside cradle.

Curt Hawkins is now without a win in a WWE ring for close to 11 months.

Brian Kendrick defeated Lince Dorado (7:48)

Kendrick looks to be in a foul mood and starts the match off with a cravat and an abdominal stretch. Kendrick spends a long time on the fundamentals trying to thwart the pace and electricity of Dorado. They exchange quick pins until Dorado spins Kendrick to the outside with a spinning head scissors.

Dorado follows him outside and then nails him with the same move on the matting around the ring. He rolls Kendrick back inside, then Kendrick starts to back off and look for the ropes to give himself a breather. Kendrick pulls Dorado’s arm through the ropes as he flies over the top to the outside as we head to a break.

Kendrick is nailing Dorado with a big boot as we return and Dorado kicks out of the cover at two. Kendrick double underhook suplexes Dorado and then goes back to the cravat. He holds on as Dorado tries to create some separation. When he eventually does, Kendrick flapjacks him and returns to the submission hold.

Dorado gets the advantage when he reverses a top rope belly-to-back suplex into a crossbody. He enzuigiris Kendrick and then goes up top for a crossbody. Kendrick takes the impact but rolls it into a near fall. Dorado then gets the heat with a combination of kicks and a spinning heel kick. He gets a two count off of a hurricanrana and then does a handstand stunner for another near fall.

The match builds to a nice crescendo when Kendrick puts his foot on the rope to stop the pinfall. Dorado comes off the top for the shooting star press, but Kendrick gets his knees up. He immediately slaps on the Captain’s Hook for the win. This was a great match for this expectant post-SummerSlam pre-Raw crowd.

WWE Main Event results: Dorado & Metalik vs. Daivari & Gulak

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The Big Takeaway: Curt Hawkins lost again, this week to Kalisto while Lince Dorado & Gran Metalik beat Ariya Daivari & Drew Gulak in a solid main event.

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Kalisto defeated Curt Hawkins (4:27)

Here’s one for you: since he returned to the company in September of last year after the brand split, Curt Hawkins has put over countless people in around 113 matches and he has only had one televised win. He defeated Apollo Crews on the night of his return on SmackDown and since then has been on quite the losing streak. It also means, of course, that he has never won a match on Main Event.

Here, he beats down Kalisto early on, mocking Kalisto. It catches up with him and he is booted in the face and tossed outside. Kalisto teases the suicide dive, making Hawkins look like a wimp in the process. Kalisto goes up top but Hawkins sweeps out his leg and slaps on a read chin lock.

Hawkins nails him with a spinebuster, confidently counting the pin to the crowd, but Kalisto kicks out at 2 7/8ths. Hawkins tries a split leg moonsault, but Kalisto rolls out of the way. From here, Kalisto gets the heat, spinning around the ring and finally planting Hawkins with the Salida del Sol for the win.

Lince Dorado & Gran Metalik defeated Ariya Daivari & Drew Gulak (4:50)

Daivari and Dorado start off together and Dorado quickly tags in Metalik so that they can double team Daivari. Dorado launches Metalik over his head in a leapfrog so that he can plant Daivari with a drop kick. Daivari rolls out of the pin attempt and tags in Gulak.

Gulak tries to slow things down with his no-nonsense style but Metalik cannot be contained for long. He whips Gulak across the ring with a springboard arm drag and then does a rope walk missile drop kick. Gulak kicks out of the cover at two and rolls outside for a regroup with Daivari as we head to a break.

Dorado hurricanranas Gulak as we return and then comes off the top rope with a clothesline. Gulak again survives the cover, kicking out at two. He then nails Metalik off the apron and after a cheap shot on Dorado locks in an inverted Sharp Shooter on Dorado. Dorado looks done for but Metalik steams back in and drop kicks Gulak in the back.

The finish is aesthetically very pleasing: Dorado does a double springboard stunner on both Daivari and Gulak. Dorado and Metalik both go up to the same top turnbuckle and Metalik swoops down onto Daivari outside with a moonsault while Dorado hits a shooting star press on Gulak for the win.

WWE Main Event results: Gran Metalik vs. Ariya Daivari

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The Big Takeaway: Curtis Axel and Curt Hawkins continued to trade wins, while an explosive cruiserweight main event saw Ariya Daivari steal one against Gran Metalik.

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Curtis Axel defeated Curt Hawkins (5:11)

Hawkins has become somewhat of a mainstay on this show of late. The weird thing is, this show used to be Superstars and when Hawkins was at the end of his last run with WWE, he was somewhat of a mainstay on that show too. It’s a career stasis that is odd given his ability.

Hawkins and Axel usually work well together, and this match is no different. Axel smashes Hawkins into the turnbuckle on the apron and then pulls him into the ring, where he dominates the early going.

Vic Joseph and Corey Graves discuss the lack of success that Hawkins has had since his return as Axel gets a near fall.

Hawkins gets some heat with a shot to the back of Axel’s head as he blocks an Irish whip. They do a spot where Axel misses a clothesline but is able to smash Hawkins to the back of the head to repay the favor. The finish sees Axel get thwarted by blocks for the Perfect Plex until he ducks under Hawkins and hits it for the win.

Ariya Daivari defeated Gran Metalik (4:26)

Daivari is doing his best to amalgamate Razor Ramon and Alberto Del Rio. His current new-money gimmick is getting him some good heat and he’s backing it up with results in the ring as well.

Daivari and Metalik go at it with some pace. After a testing start, Metalik explodes into his repertoire of high-flying moves. He uses a springboard arm drag that sends Daivari outside, then when Daivari tries to outwit him, he nails him with a springboard crossbody for two.

Daivari looks stunned as Metalik superkicks him, following it up with a running bulldog and ropewalk missile dropkick. Daivari kicks out at two and a half, rolls onto the apron where Metalik charges at him, and hits a beautiful running hurricanrana to the matting outside.

They go down for a seven count. Metalik then comes off the top rope with an elbow drop. Daivari barely kicks out, so he tries for the Metalik Driver but Daivari works his way out. Daivari tries to tear Metalik’s mask off and then uses a hammerlock twisted into a short-arm lariat for the win. This was a perfect heel finish for Daivari.

WWE Main Event results: Rich Swann vs. Ariya Daivari

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The Big Takeaway: A good cruiserweight main event saved the show after a lackluster opener between Nia Jax and Dana Brooke.

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Nia Jax defeated Dana Brooke (5:05)

After such strong shows for the last two weeks, it was disappointing to see Main Event kick off with Nia Jax vs. Dana Brooke. Neither seems to have gained much momentum of late and they found themselves struggling to find any rhythm together here tonight.

Brooke tries to attack Jax on the bell with forearms, but she is thrown off. It is only when Brooke dodges a charge from the dominant Jax that Jax is posted in the corner and sent outside. Brooke dives off the apron with a crossbody and then dropkicks Jax in the corner. When she then goes for a handspring forearm, she is just shoved to the mat.

Jax starts to work over Brooke’s back, standing on it and stretching it with her knee, pulling her arms behind Brooke. When Brooke powers out each time, she is just slammed back down to the mat. Jax misses an elbow drop and Brooke tries to fireman’s carry Jax to no avail. Jax then just puts her out of her misery with the Samoan drop.

Rich Swann defeated Ariya Daivari (6:36)

Daivari’s new gimmick is that he is part of a rich family. Corey Graves clearly enjoys playing up to it on commentary, saying that Daivari “wouldn’t normally set foot in New Jersey” and so he had stayed in Manhattan and chartered a stretch Hummer to the arena.

After lots of intricate moves on the mat, Swann hits a dropkick for two. Daivari comes back with a big boot and launches Swann into the corner. He now takes over the match, working the lower back. After a backbreaker, Daivari puts on a stretch hold to get a rest.

Daivari hits a beautiful layout reverse DDT but then runs into a boot from Swann, who now hits him with clotheslines and a spin kick for two. Daivari rolls outside and Swann springs off the top rope with a corkscrew tumbleweed.

They beat the referee’s count, but Daivari kicks Swann in the face and uses a neckbreaker to put him in position for the frog splash. Swann dramatically kicks out at two, and after Daivari slaps him around the face, Swann craftily rolls him up for a sit-out pin. It feels like a steal and Daivari is furious, so hopefully we will see a rematch next week.

WWE Main Event results: Rhyno in singles action

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The Big Takeaway: Rhyno returned to this show with a win against Titus O’Neil, and the team of Gran Metalik & Lince Dorado entertained against Drew Gulak & Tony Nese in the main event.

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Rhyno (w/ Heath Slater) defeated Titus O’Neil (5:15)

This was Rhyno’s first appearance on this show since last November. This week he is over with the pre-Raw crowd. He and Slater burst out of the curtain ready to fire things up. Rhyno and O’Neil exchange power moves to begin with as O’Neil takes the early going.

As Slater cheers him on outside, Rhyno gets some hope, hitting a shoulder block and then tossing O’Neil over the top rope to the outside. O’Neil manages to reverse things there and gets a near fall after rolling Rhyno back in the ring and hitting a big boot.

O’Neil slows things down with his usual chops and strikes in the corner, but Rhyno gets the heat with shoulder blocks and a belly-to-belly suplex for two. O’Neil hits a knee strike, but he misses a charge and runs into a spinebuster for the win.

Gran Metalik & Lince Dorado defeated Drew Gulak & Tony Nese (6:57)

Gulak comes out with a megaphone and a hand-made sign that says “No Fly Zone” on it. Although it’s an improvement on his normal entrance, it doesn’t seem to either generate heat or a reaction of any sort from this crowd.

Nese and Dorado start things off together with Nese overpowering Dorado in the early going. Dorado then hits a sunset flip and a rana and tags in Metalik. They use a series of quick tags and double team Nese with dropkicks. Gulak manages to shove Dorado off the top rope as we head to a break.

Dorado is maintaining the advantage as we return, but quickly Gulak comes in and stomps all over Dorado. He and Nese work quick tags, cutting the ring in half and isolating Dorado in their corner. Dorado hits the desperation superkick and makes the tag.

Metalik then hits his patented ropewalk elbow drop and Dorado hits a handspring cutter. The heels get clotheslined to the outside and Dorado and Metalik nail them with top rope dives. The finish then sees Metalik come back inside to hit the Metalik Driver on Gulak for the win.