WWE Main Event results: Kylie Rae debuts, Edris Enofe & Malik Blade in action

This past week’s WWE Main Event was taped at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before Monday’s Raw and featured debuts and returns of sorts.

Dana Brooke defeated Briana Ray (6:13)

This was a decent offering from the two, running slightly longer than they usually allow for these openers. Ray, the former Kylie Rae, should be happy with how she did in her debut.

In the latest round of debutantes to try out against either Dana Brooke or, more inexplicably, Tamina, Ray took center stage for this one. Apparently, ‘Kylie’ was for no good for some reason so they went with Briana and a different spelling of Rae.

Having had her own personal battles, it was probably cathartic for Rae to get the appearance on the show despite being on the losing end.

They were very evenly matched and slowed things down with a couple of chin locks in the early going, but it really wasn’t clear which way the pendulum was going to swing.

In the end, Brooke was on the top rope and managed to fight off what looked to be a superplex attempt by Ray, finishing things with a swanton to grab the win.

Cedric Alexander & Mustafa Ali defeated Edris Enofe & Malik Blade (7:01)

This was a good, but felt like it should have been even better given who was involved.

Backstage before the match, Ali and Alexander were in conference. They were kind on the same page and kind of not, but made it clear that Ali was still wanting to fight for the U.S. title even though he was on this show.

It’s been a few weeks since Ali has been on this show. It’s a shame that he can’t just be on the main roster, but it probably feels better for him to be involved in good tag team bouts on Main Event rather than being pummelled and belittled by the likes of Lashley on Raw.

Enofe and Blade have been NXT Level Up guys and this marked their first true main roster TV match as they made 2021 appearances on 205 Live. Both are still a little bit green, but certainly look the part and couldn’t have asked for better opponents.

Things started off with a handshake and we ended up at the commercial break with Ali getting frustrated, yanking Enofe out from under the ropes and slamming him into the dasherboards.

After the break, Ali and Alexander were very much in control. After lots of near falls, it ended with Alexander hitting the Michinoku Driver and Ali pinning Blade after the 450 splash.

Final Thoughts:

Both matches were ok, but when you have new faces, the quality of the match is sometimes outweighed by the intrigue in seeing how the debutants will fair. Long may this continue, but it would also be good to see some of these talents debut with strong wins that make a point.