This week's WWE Main Event was taped at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, before last Monday's Raw with Byron Saxton and Kevin Patrick on the call.
Akira Tozawa defeated Sanga (w/ Veer and Jinder Mahal) (3:38)
Before the match, Mahal announced this was the most destructive tag team on Raw and tonight, Sanga would be unleashed on the carcass of Tozawa.
Tozawa tried jumping on Sanga's back, but was promptly thrown off. He came off the top rope with a crossbody but got caught and slammed by Sanga.
Sanga hit a really nice clothesline and a spinning cobra clutch slam. He almost had the submission with an over-the-shoulder backbreaker, but Tozawa managed to escape.
Tozawa made a comeback and hit a missile dropkick, but it didn't drop Sanga. Finally, Sanga hit a giant boot to the face and a chokeslam for the pin.
Nikki Cross defeated Kayden Carter (w/ Katana Chance) (8:13)
This was Carter's first main roster singles match since an April 2020 loss to Charlotte Flair on Raw.
Before the match began, Cross crouched behind Chance, grabbed her hair, and held it to her upper lip as if it were a mustache. She dropped Carter and began dancing while moving her hands in a claw-like fashion as if she wanted to grab something.
After a brief game of running around the ring, Carter hit a low dropkick. However, her advantage didn't last long. Cross trapped her in the ring apron (similar to Fit Finlay) and beat on her foe. Hey, if you're gonna steal spots, steal them from the best.
Back from the commercial break, Cross hit a sit-out death valley driver for a near fall. Cross locked on a straight jacket hold that Carter eventually got out of, but Cross then applied a sleeper. The story of this match was Carter not being used to singles competition as a few times it looked as though she was reaching for a tag.
Carter got out of the sleeper and began a comeback, hitting a running punch to the face, a kick, and a springboard leg drop off the bottom rope. Cross got the near fall with a bulldog and Carter got one off an STO. Cross eventually won with a flying crossbody which was little surprising if you ask me.
Final Thoughts:
In case you're wondering how this show lasted an hour, we got some lengthy recaps of Raw, SmackDown, and NXT. If you want to know more about those shows, go read the remarkable recaps written by Steve Khan (Raw), Chris Aiken (NXT), and Colin McGuire (SmackDown). I approve of anything The Judgment Day does, but do you really need to know that?
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