World Heavyweight Champion Damian Priest Confronted Drew McIntyreMcIntyre setting his sights back on the World Heavyweight Championship this soon is an interesting development. I thought this might happen a little closer to Clash at the Castle considering it's in McIntyre's home country of Scotland, but it looks like they're going to this match for King and Queen of the Ring. Plus, whatever happened to what was being teased with McIntyre and Sheamus? This was a solid segment with good mic work from both men.
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Wendy Choo def. Wren SinclairChoo's last televised match was almost exactly a year ago as she's been out injured this whole time. Unfortunately, she's still doing the stupid sleepy character. I know she's a fan favorite with this Performance Center crowd and they welcomed her back with open arms, but it's one of those terrible holdover gimmicks from the NXT 2.0 days that shouldn't have a place in the current NXT. That's nothing against Choo as a competitor, though, because she's actually quite talented. This was a basic bout, but I assume that was the point as Choo looks to work off ring rust.
SmackDown General Manager Nick Aldis Revealed United States Logan Paul as Undisputed WWE Champion Cody Rhodes' Next ChallengerFor a split second, when Aldis said he was about to introduce Rhodes' next opponent, I thought he might attack him from behind and reveal himself as the new number one contender. Unfortunately, that didn't happen (real ones remember their NWA Worlds Heavyweight Championship clash from the first-ever All In event six years ago), but Paul certainly isn't a bad choice. Rhodes vs. Paul is a match I've wanted to see for a while now and Paul obviously has heat, but this feels abrupt, especially with Paul still being the United States champ. I don't like both belts on the line (assuming that's actually the case) because Rhodes doesn't need two titles and LA Knight really should be the one to dethrone Paul.
Diamante, Mercedes Martinez and Taya Valkyrie def. Lady Frost, Abadon and "Legit" Leyla HirschThis was the standard six-woman tag team match that we get quite a bit on ROH TV in that it didn't really accomplish anything other than to serve as a showcase for the women's division. It was well worked, but it's a shame the crowd was quiet for a majority of it. I appreciated that it was acknowledged that Martinez and Diamante cost Abadon the chance to advance in the ROH Women's World Championship Tournament because there's been no follow-up on that since.
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