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WWE MAIN EVENT REPORT: MAHAL RETURNS . . . AND MORE

By Richard Trionfo on 2021-05-06 18:18:00

We are in Tampa, Florida and your announcers are Byron Saxton and Corey Graves.

Match Number One: Ricochet versus Mustafa Ali

Ricochet with a drop kick and punches to Ali. Ricochet with a chop and a flying forearm and punches. Ali goes to the floor and Ricochet follows. Ricochet with punches to Ali but Ali with a chop and Ricochet is not impressed. Ricochet sends Ali into the turnbuckles and Ricochet with a kick to the turnbuckle that Ali was resting on. Ricochet with a cross body for a near fall.

Ricochet with punches in the corner and then he goes to another corner to punch Ali from the turnbuckles. Ali with a flapjack. Ali kicks Ricochet in the back of the head. Ali goes for a suplex but Ricochet lands on his feet. Ricochet tries for an enzuigiri but Ali counters with a dragon screw. Ricochet kicks Ali away. Ali puts Ricochet’s leg in the ropes and Ali with a kick to the hamstring. Ali goes for a single leg crab and he locks it in. Ricochet gets to the ropes and Ali releases the hold. Ali puts wraps the leg in the ropes and puts it in the ring skirt as Ali continues to kick Ricochet in the leg. Ali goes up top but misses a frog splash when Ricochet moves.

Ricochet goes to the apron and Ali with a punch. Ricochet with forearms from the turnbuckles. Ali goes to the turnbuckles and Ali is pushed off but he lands on his feet. Ricochet with a Shooting Star Cross Body but Ricochet appears to have done some damage to his knee. Ricochet with a forearm and kicks to the chest. Ricochet with a clothesline. Ricochet with a Dragon Suplex for a near fall. Ricochet gets Ali up but his knee gives out and Ali gets back to his feet. Ali kicks Ricochet in the knee and Ali with a rollup and his foot on the ropes but the referee sees it and stops the count. Ricochet with a rollup and maybe he had his hand on the ropes for the three count.

Winner: Ricochet

We take a look at Ccesaro and Seth Rollins from Smackdown.

We go to commercial.

We are back with a look at Roman Reigns versus Daniel Bryan from Smackdown.

We go to commercial.

We are back with the return of Eva Marie.

We take a look at the inclusion of Charlotte Flair into the Raw women’s title match at Backlash.

We go to commercial.

Match Number Two: Jeff Hardy versus Jinder Mahal (with Veer and Shanky)

Hardy with a running forearm but Mahal sends him to the mat. Mahal with a punch and kicks to Hardy. Mahal goes for a slam but Hardy gets to his feet and he connects with shoulders in the corner. Mahal with a back elbow and a boot to the chest. Mahal with knees to the back. Mahal with a rear chin lock and his knee in Hardy’s back.

Hardy with a kick and Mahal catches Hardy on a hot shot attempt and Mahal drops Hardy over the top rope to the floor.

We go to commercial.

We are back and Mahal with a rear chin lock on Hardy. Mahal with a boot to the back and a boot to the midsection. Mahal with a series of knee drops and he chokes Hardy. Mahal with shoulders in the corner followed by a hard Irish whip. Mahal chokes Hardy again. Mahal with a suplex and he gets a near fall.

Mahal with an abdominal stretch. Hardy with a jawbreaker to escape. Hardy with punches. Mahal with forearms. Hardy with a reverse atomic drop and leg drop followed by a drop kick and splash for a near fall. Mahal with an Irish whip and Hardy with an elbow. Hardy goes up top and misses Whisper in the Wind.
Mahal with a jumping knee followed by Khallas for the three count.

Winner: Jinder Mahal

We go to commercial.

We are back with a look at Bobby Lashley versus Braun Strowman from Raw.

We go to credits.

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