WWE Main Event results: Candice LeRae & Mia Yim vs. Tamina & Dana Brooke

This week’s WWE Main Event was taped at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, before last Monday’s Raw with Kevin Patrick and Byron Saxton on the call.

Cedric Alexander (w/ MVP & Shelton Benjamin) defeated Akira Tozawa (4:59)

This was a solid opener and the Hurt Business seems to be back.

They aired some footage from two weeks ago on Raw where Alexander and  Benjamin got a win over Alpha Academy with MVP in their corner. Patrick and Saxton speculated that things had gotten back to normal with the Hurt Business now.

Benjamin and MVP didn’t really involve themselves, but the crowd were into them being there and their presence gave this a feel of a more important match. Still, it seemed pointless having Benjamin there in his ring gear if they aren’t going to have him work a match.

Alexander and Tozawa have had countless Main Event matches and always work well together. They didn’t get long enough here to do what they are capable of, but this was what we’ve come to expect from them.

After Alexander taking the opening and Tozawa rallying, Tozawa kicked out of the Michinoku Driver, missed a spinning kick, and ate the Lumbar Check to give Alexander the victory.

Candice LeRae & Mia “Michin” Yim defeated Dana Brooke & Tamina (7:22)

This felt like early 1990s WWF when Vince McMahon would talk all over matches between random opponents to build up a match that was upcoming or to recap an angle that he was more interested in.

They replayed Brooke’s loss against Wendy Choo last week and discussed how Tamina and Brooke would work together. Taking on fresh faces has mainly been the job for Brooke and Tamina of late, so it seemed somehow fitting that they should tag up at some point.

As Yim came to the ring, they replayed Piper Niven’s win over her from Raw last week. And, finally, as LeRae made her entrance, they showed how Nikki Cross has been stalking her over the last few weeks. With all that being recapped, we were able to get this thing started.

The match marked both the Main Event debut for LaRae and a return for Yim as this was her first time here in over two years when she was Reckoning. It wasn’t much of a return as she spent most of it being beaten up or stuck in a chin lock.

After what felt like an age, LeRae got the hot tag and hit a top rope missile dropkick on Tamina and then used her as a battering ram to take out Brooke. She tagged in Yim who hit Eat Defeat on Tamina to leave her prone for LeRae to hit a springboard moonsault for the win.

Final Thoughts:

This was a forgettable show compared to the last year or so of episodes where we have seen fresh faces galore. Since WWE was in Canada, perhaps it meant that talent couldn’t travel, so hopefully things will return to normal next week.