WWE Main Event results: Bronson Reed vs. Tyler Bate

This week’s WWE Main Event was taped at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania before Monday’s episode of Raw.

Dakota Kai (w/Kairi Sane) defeated Ivy Nile (5:41)

In the time they had, this was pretty good. Some hard work and neat little things that they did together made this perfectly watchable.

This was actually Kai’s second ever Main Event appearance, having only been on the show once before back in the summer of 2021. It seems like the kind of place that she would have worked more.

Nile used her power and strength in the early moments to show off. A delayed release vertical suplex was the highlight, before Kai took control and slapped on a rest hold.

The crowd got behind Nile as she looked to work her way out and she fired up with a head scissors another suplex for two.

In the end, while Nile was trying to get the thing won, using some roll-up attempts, Sane came on the apron with the distraction and that was enough to turn the match around.

Kai used her scorpion kick followed by the Go To Kick to get the win and she and Sane made off out of there like bandits. Crowd hated which was good heat and you realise how increasingly well-liked Nile is.

Bronson Reed defeated Tyler Bate (w/Pete Dunne) (6:50)

Bate and Reed had a strong match, particularly in the closing minutes. Much like last week, Bate and Dunne could work this show every week and it would be fine by me.

Although Bate did enter with Pete Dunne, they agreed that Bate didn’t need him and so Dunne headed to the back. Seems like a stupid move when you look at the size differential with Bronson Reed, but it isn’t something you see very often on this show, so was a cool little move.

They went to the break after two minutes or so and so the opening moments was all about Bate trying to grapple with Reed to get the upper hand before he got tossed over the top rope.

After the ads and after Bate had worked his way out of the bear hug, they did a killer spot where Bate used three clotheslines to finally topple Reed and then put him in an airplane spin. I loved this and the crowd loved it too but it wasn’t enough to defeat the big guy.

Reed used a big power bomb and then dragged him into position so that he could finish him off with the Tsunami off the top rope.

I’m still not sure that they know what to do with Reed, but if nothing else, his finisher always seems pretty over.

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