Segment 1: Randy Orton, Cody Rhodes and Pat McAfee
Randy came out to a big pop, because St. Louis is his hometown. He pulled Cody’s catchphrase, he then talked about how Cody can’t handle this version of Randy Orton and that Stephanie was right and he said the voices in Cody’s head are telling him that he has no chance of winning. Then Cody came out and started beating up Randy. Then Pat walked into the ring and kicked Cody in the nuts. Then he said that the version of WWE that Cody is leading is terrible and that the WWE has forgotten the Attitude Era(which I think it has). Then Randy kept on hitting Cody with the steel chair. Then Pat revealed that he was the one that Randy was calling. I think was a decent choice to bring back Pat McAfee. I like the way they are booking the Randy vs Cody thing, but I have no clue where Jelly Roll stands in all of this. But I’m guessing Randy is gonna beat Cody and become the Apex Predator on SmackDown again. But I’m excited to see what happens with Randy and Pat, I am still surprised it was Pat, I thought it was gonna be the Rock but still glad he is back.
Rating: 4.9/5
Match 1: Rhea Ripley vs Michin
This match made no sense and everyone knew who was gonna win. Michin stood no chance. And post match we all knew who was coming, Jade and B-Fab came out and started attacking Rhea, but Iyo came out to save Rhea. I’m still not sure if Rhiyo will reunite or not.
Winner: Rhea Ripley
Rating: 2.4/5
Segment 2: Matt Cardona and Aleister Black
I seriously am a huge fan of both, I like how they have handled both of their returns. Cardona is very interesting to watch and Black has a lot of potential. And I was in the mood to finally see Black and Cardona face off. Cardona’s arm is still in a cast.
Rating: 3.5/5
Segment 3: The MFT
Solo forced Tama Tonga to fight Howdy for the lantern. I feel this rivalry is just getting stale. I just hope the WWE drops this rivalry or the MFT just breaks up because a lot of them would do way better by themselves.
Rating: 2.3/5
Match 2: Uncle Howdy vs Tama Tonga
Tama stood no chance in this match, Howdy was going to win even if the lantern wasn’t on the line. Then Solo comes out and distracts the ref and coincidentally Tama and Howdy hits the Sister Abigail on Tama for the pin. Then Solo and Tama have a tense conversation in the center of the ring and Tama says the lantern is poisoning the family and rips it out of Solo’s hands and places it on the edge of the ring and Howdy gets the lantern. Thank god the MFT doesn’t have the lantern, this godawful rivalry is finally ending.
Rating: 3.4/5
Match 3: Matt Cardona vs Aleister Black
I was excited for this match, of course Black is gonna win because he has been on a tear lately. But Black focused on Cardona’s injured arm and hit the Black Mass for the win.
Winner: Aleister Black
Rating: 4.2/5
Segment 4: Drew McIntyre and Jacob Fatu
Drew just basically said that he will expose Fatu as a convict. Makes no freaking sense but whatever. This clearly is trying to grow the hatred for their match at Mania.
Rating: 2.1/5
Match 4: Alexa and Flair vs Bayley and Lyra
Alexa and Flair beat Bayley and Lyra and after the match Lash Legend and Nia Jax attacked all 4 of them.
Winners: Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair
Rating: 3.6/5
Match 5: Priest and Truth vs Kit and Miz
This was a guaranteed win for Priest and Truth, I was surprised Priest didn’t throw Kit. But all in all, decent match.
Winners: Damian Priest and R-Truth
Rating: 3.9/5
Match 6: Sami Zayn vs Carmelo Hayes
Great rematch, I am a huge fan of both and I wouldn’t mind seeing Trick vs Melo but Sami vs Trick is good too. Also Sami won because Melo looked like he had an ankle injury(keyfabe).
Winner: Sami Zayn
Rating: 4.5/5
Show Rating: 3.48/5
What are your thoughts?