WWE Main Event results: Axiom vs. Mustafa Ali, Andre Chase in action

This week’s WWE Main Event was taped at the Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa before Monday’s Raw.

Happy holidays, everyone!

Cedric Alexander defeated Andre Chase (5:09)

Chase looked perfectly fine here in his main roster debut.

As he made his way to the ring, Chase got an inset promo where he said his students were on winter break. As a producer tried to wrap him up, he started cutting a promo on the guy behind the camera which included an f-bomb that was bleeped out.

If you’re not familiar, the WWE NXT regular is tall and works in a red Chase U sweater along with slacks and a white collared shirt. 

He and Alexander shock hands at the bell. They did lots of neat, intricate mat work early on. In a strange little peek behind the curtain, Kevin Patrick mentioned that these two know each other well from working indies back in North Carolina.

Chase hit a sit-out powerbomb for two and went up top, but Alexander had it scouted. He rolled through but Alexander was able to nail him with the Neutraliser before using a scoop brainbuster to get the win.

As Saxton pointed out, the win took Alexander to 7-0 against NXT competitors on Main Event.

Mustafa Ali defeated Axiom (7:09)

This was very good. They worked a slow start but got the crowd behind them as they got into it. Axiom had a very solid main roster debut here.

They did lots of chinlocks, wristlocks and chain wrestling early on. When Axiom got the better of Ali, he looked dazed and bewildered which the crowd liked very much. After lots of back and forth, they went to a commercial break when Axiom hit a beautiful top rope springboard moonsault to Ali on the outside.

After the break, Ali took control until Axiom (the former A-Kid in NXT UK) locked in a sleeper hold. When he got out of it, Axiom came off the top rope but Ali quickly got to his feet and sliced him in half with a dropkick. Axiom kicked out just before three for a false finish.

The crowd got into this as they started trading near falls. Axiom looked to have it won with a guillotine submission hold, but when Ali turned it into a power bomb, he left him prone. Ali finished him off with his 450 splash to get the win.

After the replays, Ali raised Axiom’s hand to crowd to put him over. There was a real sense of appreciation here and an understanding that Axiom on the main roster would do absolutely fine.

Final Thoughts:

There was some good wrestling this week on Main Event. They do debuts well when they put guys up against the right kind of opponent. Alexander and Ali can get good work out of just about anyone, but Axiom and Chase hardly looked incongruous here. More of this next week would be fine by me!