WWE Main Event results: Apollo Crews vs. Tavion Heights

  • James Cox
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This week’s WWE Main Event was taped at the Capital One Arena in Washington, DC before Monday’s episode of Raw.

Despite some fresh faces, the work in the ring never really dazzled and so the show was a bit of a damp squib.

Katana Chance defeated Tatum Paxley (4:48)

This was quite a tepid offering from the pair, that didn’t get going, but Chance is a good babyface with a lot of crowd-pulling potential.

Tatum Paxley is an NXT Level Up performer who has been in and around the show since the summer of last year. While she and Chance have worked together before, they haven’t done a singles match.

They laid out a basic match with Paxley taking advantage early of a slip-up so that she could work over Chance’s left arm.

After a few near falls, Paxley had a slip-up of her own where she walked into Chance’s boot. And that was pretty much it.

Chance hit a Sister Abigail-type flatliner move and got her hand raised to keep her Main Event record at 4-1, for those keeping score.

Apollo Crews defeated Tavion Heights (7:36)

A better bout than the opener, but Crews is still coming back from injury and Heights is still pretty green.

Heights made his Main Event debut here and certainly has a good look. His name, however, is pretty lame. He’s an Olympic wrestler so I would say his real name G’angelo Hancock is a lot cooler, but what do I know?

Crews is certainly a good person to debut against because he’s a guy who doesn’t get involved in too many bad matches and who knows his way around the ring.

As you might expect, there was a lot of mat work in the early going. After some grappling, Heights gave Crews a big boot to send him outside and we went to the break.

After the ads, Heights was getting some serious heat. People were booing him as he locked in a rest hold and stomped and beat down Crews. Heights dodged a charge and used a scoop slam for a near fall.

The finish was very ordinary: Crews used a boot to plant Heights and then he hit a top rope frog splash to get the win.