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Providence is split on this RAW women’s title match. We love Bianca but Becky is… let’s face it, Becky. Becky exudes a star power that’s tough to describe. Becky definitely got the bulk of the cheers and a big BECKY chant broke out. Crowd is definitely popping for Biancas comebacks. You can’t ask for a hotter opener than this. God Bianca is strong. Providence serenades the ladies with a THIS IS AWESOME chant. We are not wrong here. Becky with the win after slamming Bianca into the exposed turnbuckle. Great way to start the show and the crowd is Alive!
Theory is bumping like a champ here. You can’t argue match quality at all. Theory with the W by DQ after Dominiks interference. Providence is not happy with the decision but the ref was right.Time to keep the crowd engaged and Rey Mysterio is just the guy to do it. Maybe Providence has been without love wrestling for awhile but we absolutely came to enjoy ourselves tonight. Interesting spot Austin Theory finds himself in. He’s getting booed and I’m wondering if most of it is because the audience isn’t familiar with him. That, and he’s facing Mysterio. Theory has a great move set and some charisma, but the crowd is star driven.
The visionary himself, Seth Rollins, clearly wants him the WWE title as he addresses the unwashed masses of Providence (myself excluded). I have to admit I was underwhelmed by the response Big E got here. The segment works great and E’s challenging him went over huge. Rollins got major heat for declining.
Kevin Owens gets a nice response. Big time as he gets going. WWE would be well served to re sign him based on the crowd. Damn Owens just acknowledged that he has 3 months left. No one here acknowledged it. We’re getting KO and E later tonight
Time for Carmella and Queen Zelina vs Nikki and Rhea. As far as a live presence, Rhea has it all over her partner. Action here is fine fir what it is. Nothing particularly memorable. Audience is reacting but not passionately. We did enjoy Zelina using and winning with a Destroyer. 1/2 way through and there’s absolutely nothing to complain about.
We’re getting Finn Balor vs Chad Gable?!?! Yes please. I’m wondering though if Gable's de-push will make him a non factor to the live audience. Sadly, he is. He’s met with tepid indifference to the Rhode Island faithful. These 2 can and are putting on a wrestling clinic but, sadly, Gable means nothing.
The kid in front of me LOVES his Lilly doll.
Finn wins. We’re somewhat excited but, like I said, Gable means nothing to the Live crowd.
Chad Gable may have meant little bit Providence definitely appreciates the Street Profits as they hit the ring for their match vs. Bobby Roode and Dolph Ziegler. Imagine if Dolph was treated properly from the get go? Biggest pop of This tag match was RK-Bro coming out for commentary. Makes sense as they are treated like stars. During commercial the Dirty Dogs are clowning fir the crowd. I big RANDY chant breaks out. Not much from the crowd besides that. 1st hour was top notch. 2nd has been a come down live. Fords dive got a huge pop but Omos and Styles interrupt. Providence wants Orton and Omos to go at it but, sadly, we’ll have to wait.
Color me surprised, but Priest got a heck of a reaction live. The crowd goes mild as T Bar makes his entrance. Remember when they tried that 1 week with him? The kid next to me said “please” when cheering for a table. I have a feeling they’ll oblige. It’s no DQ. I’m not watching this on TV but the near 50 year old man in me suspects I’d be ready to turn in right about now. T Bar means zilch. Priest, a GREAT TALENT, means only slightly more to the live crowd. And herein lies the problem: we saw the best thing they had to offer at the 8 o clock hour. I’m sure the Main event will be fine but, man, they are bringing this crowd down. A big CM PUNK chant has broken out for about 15-20 seconds. Seems like more of an indictment of the show then than the match itself. We got our table spot. Priest fires up like a boss and gets the W. E and Owens have their work cut out for them.
Apollo Crews breaks up the celebration and introduces himself.
John Morrison is great as the 24/7 shenanigans take place around him.
Liv Morgan wants Becky…. Nice change of pace.
BTW based on the merch stand, John Cena stands to make a lot of $$$ on royalties.
Main event time. Owens got a bigger reaction than E. Owens with a Dropkick off the 2nd rope! That woke us up. These 2 guys are capable of having a great one. Out of nowhere here comes Seth Rollins to provide commentary. No wait, I think he’s just causing distraction.
Providence just invented a THATS A NICE SUIT chant. On a major PPV, these 2 could have a banger. Not sure how far they’ll alllow then tonight, as Rollins is clearly the end game here.
That spear by Big E got things livelier. E counters the interference by Rollins and Score the pin.
That’s all from Providence. Thanks for reading.
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