WWE Uncooked Outcomes: Winners, Reside Grades, Response and Highlights From October 21
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Amid a push by Jimmy Uso to get him to reunite with him and Roman Reigns towards the revamped Bloodline, intercontinental champion Jey Uso, mockingly, rolled into the Metropolis of Brotherly Love Monday evening for WWE Uncooked and a title protection towards Bron Breakker.
Did Jey efficiently defend his belt towards his explosive opponent or did the load of outdoor pressures show an excessive amount of for the champion?
Discover out with this recap of the October 21 present, which additionally featured the continuation of the No. 1 Contenders’ Tag Staff Event, together with grades and evaluation for every section.
Match Card
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- Intercontinental Championship: Jey Uso (c) vs. Bron Breakker
- Seth Rollins and Bronson Reed are in the identical constructing
- No. 1 Contenders Tag Staff Event: Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee vs. The Creed Brothers
- No. 1 Contenders Tag Staff Event: The New Day vs. Authors of Ache
Introduced prematurely of Monday’s present on the Wells Fargo Middle in Philadelphia:
Seth Rollins and Bronson Reed Kick Off Uncooked
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- “You wanna be well-known? Get your ass out right here and I will make you well-known,” Rollins informed Reed.
- Reed missed a Tsunami and crashed via the announce desk.
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The rivalry between Seth Rollins and Bronson Reed reared its head early Monday evening as The Visionary attacked his rival as he entered the squared circle.
A fired-up Rollins referred to as out the person who tried to finish his profession two months earlier and a brawl ensued, with safety and referees making an attempt to drag them aside.
The extreme confrontation continued till they had been separated and dragged in several instructions.
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This was a scorching begin to the present that ensured viewers wouldn’t tune out. Rollins and Reed introduced the depth, and the end result was a high-energy opening section.
From there, girls’s world champion Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez interrupted a promo that includes Injury CTRL’s Kairi Sane and Iyo Sky, organising a tag group match between them for later within the evening.
Grade
A
High Moments and Takeaways
Tag Staff No. 1 Contenders’ Event: The New Day vs. Authors of Ache
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- Kross at ringside, ominously looking at Woods, made for a narrative in itself.
- Wearing black, The Miz appeared at ringside and watched from the sting of the commentary desk, the ultimate piece in Kross’ puzzle of the final three months.
- Reality’s look drew an enormous pop from the followers in Philly. He’s perpetually over.
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The New Day cashed their ticket to the following spherical of the Tag Staff No. 1 Contenders’ Event by defeating The Last Testomony’s Authors of Ache, although not and not using a little assist.
Late within the match, as Akam and Rezar appeared to grab again management of the competition, R-Reality appeared at ringside and attacked The Miz after which Karrion Kross, offering a distraction that allowed Kingston to attain a roll-up and the win.
The match was nice for what it was, however the meat of this section was within the closing moments. Reality acquired a measure of revenge, Miz continued to tease an allegiance with the heels, and The New Day moved a step nearer to the redemption of successful tag group gold.
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Oh, and The Wyatt Sicks returned, combating off The Last Testomony till it appeared as if Miz could be left to undergo by the hands of Uncle Howdy. As an alternative, Paul Ellering shoved the previous WWE champion out of the best way and endured the mandible claw to shut out the section.
The Wyatt Sicks vs. Last Testomony feud seems to be on faucet and given the group’s eruption for the return of former, it is one the WWE Universe is able to embrace.
Outcome
The New Day defeated AOP
Grade
C+
High Moments and Takeaways
Injury CTRL vs. Raquel Rodriguez and Liv Morgan
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- Rodriguez minimize a promo in a pretaped vignette explaining her actions towards Ripley. This was well-produced and one thing overdue by per week or so.
- Jackson and Legend getting the TV time they’ve in current weeks is promising for them and suggests their call-up to the principle roster is a given.
- The group’s response to Ripley tossing Mysterio round was huge. That’s the cash match, not The Eradicator vs. Morgan.
- After one other backstage brawl, Uncooked normal supervisor Adam Pearce introduced Rollins vs. Reed for Crown Jewel.
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Born of a backstage confrontation, Kairi Sane and Iyo Sky squared off with Liv Morgan and Raquel Rodriguez in tag group motion.
The heels seized management of the match coming into the industrial break following a large clothesline from Rodriguez to Sane. A number of minutes of heel domination gave technique to a scorching tag to Sky and a babyface comeback.
Lash Legend and Jakara Jackson, watching from ringside forward of their match towards Sane and Sky on Tuesday’s NXT, delivered an inexpensive shot that drew a disqualification.
From there, the NXT heels beat down Injury CTRL and stood tall earlier than Morgan and Rodriguez confronted them.
Rhea Ripley arrived to a thunderous ovation and laid out the heels earlier than trapping Morgan within the Prism Lock.
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Earlier than she might down the ladies’s world champion, Dominik Mysterio made the save, rescuing his love curiosity from the grasp of his former Mami.
Ripley stood tall to the delight of the followers.
This was a superbly executed section in that the artistic group was capable of deal with two totally different packages with out shorting both. We all know Injury CTRL and Meta-4 have a difficulty that can be resolved Tuesday and Ripley once more got here oh-so-close to revenge on Morgan, Mysterio and Rodriguez.
Did it additional something? No, however with lowered tv time, it acquired everybody on display screen in a fashion that didn’t really feel pressured and highlighted the ladies’s division in a major section of the two-hour broadcast.
Outcome
No-contest
Grade
B+
High Moments and Takeaways
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Tag Staff No. 1 Contenders’ Event: LWO vs. American Made
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- Backstage, Finn Bálor reiterated his concern over Damian Priest laying declare to a World Heavyweight Championship alternative, to which Dominik Mysterio requested: “What if I grew to become champion?” The group laughed and Carlito vowed to repair every little thing.
- For the love of Terry Funk, can we please discover one thing extra for Vega to do?
- American Made is in a rut and has fallen off considerably since Gable’s Intercontinental Championship pursuit ended unsuccessfully.
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Rey Mysterio and Dragon Lee joined The Battle Raiders and The New Day within the finals of the Tag Staff No. 1 Contenders’ Event by means of their victory over Julius and Brutus Creed Monday evening.
The aggressive contest got here all the way down to the involvement of Zelina Vega, Chad Gable and Ivy Nile at ringside as their confrontation supplied sufficient of a distraction for Mysterio to ship the 619 and Lee added a frog splash for the victory.
The motion was robust and, extra importantly, proved that giving 4 guys with the expertise stage of Mysterio, Lee and the Creeds will end in a fantastic match.
One of many downsides of the two-hour format for Uncooked is that the longer matches followers had grown accustomed to on Monday nights aren’t any extra, that means the expertise concerned has to maximise their minutes.
All 4 rivals did that right here. The end result was the most effective match of the evening thus far.
Outcome
Mysterio and Lee defeated American Made
Grade
B+
High Moments and Takeaways
Intercontinental Championship: Jey Uso vs. Bron Breakker
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- Backstage, Damian Priest interrupted world heavyweight champion Gunther and reiterated his intention to problem him and once more grow to be El Campeon.
- Breakker and Uso executed a buying and selling of suplexes spot on the ring apron that didn’t garner the response that they had hoped for and as an alternative got here throughout as awkward.
- The Breakker-Fatu staredown was magic and may have Triple H and the artistic group scurrying to discover a technique to get them collectively within the ring.
- The false end off of Uso’s superkick and top-tope splash was executed fantastically.
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The Intercontinental Championship conflict pitting Jey Uso towards Bron Breakker was marred by interference late as The Bloodline made its presence felt.
After Uso fended off Solo Sikoa, Jacob Fatu, Tama Tonga and Tanga Loa at totally different factors, it appeared as if he could dangle on and retain his title. He downed Breakker and delivered his prime rope splash, just for The Badass to kick out at two.
From there, Fatu caught Uso with a superkick and delivered a Samoan Drop via the commentary desk, setting him up for a Tremendous Spear from Breakker, who scored the win and his second Intercontinental Championship to the dismay of the followers in Philadelphia.
The match was past overbooked late, but it surely furthered the story of Uso and his impending realignment with brother Jimmy, Roman Reigns and a fourth individual towards The Bloodline at Survivor Sequence: WarGames.
Breakker additionally regained a title that many believed he by no means ought to have misplaced.
That it was Fatu, who was on the receiving finish of Uso’s threats Friday evening, who value Jey the title made loads of sense and units up that program as a secondary rivalry to Reigns vs. Sikoa.
Outcome
Breakker defeated Uso to win the title
Grade
B
High Moments and Takeaways
General Present
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The most important takeaway from Monday’s Uncooked could have been the escalation of the Bloodline saga, however the remainder of the present featured some high quality stuff alongside the best way.
We noticed the reemergence of The Wyatt Sicks and the instigation of their rivalry with The Last Testomony, the intensification of Injury CTRL’s battle with Meta-4, the most recent within the tag event and the reintroduction of Damian Priest’s pursuit of Gunther for the world title.
There was rather a lot occurring over the course of the 2 hours and virtually nothing to do with the upcoming Crown Jewel occasion, exterior of the unending Rollins vs. Reed brawl.
That implies subsequent week’s present can be a more durable promote for the premium stay occasion.
For now, this was a stable episode that did rather a lot proper, restricted the missteps and had a scorching end that may result in a Survivor Sequence primary occasion.
Grade: B+