WWE Main Event results: Tommaso Ciampa vs. Cedric Alexander

This week’s WWE Main Event was taped at the Key Bank Center in Buffalo, New York, before Monday’s Raw.

Apollo Crews (w/ Commander Azeez) defeated T-Bar (5:07)

Crews got his third win in as many weeks on Main Event in a decent five-minute match.

There was some nice storytelling as they actually referenced something that happened on this show last week. T-Bar was selling his left knee, which was wrapped up, because it had been damaged in his match last week against Tommaso Ciampa.

T-Bar did a really good job here of continually selling the knee throughout, even at one stage grasping at it as he was covering Crews for a near fall. It’s a side of his in-ring work that has improved dramatically over the last year and all credit to him for doing so.

Crews used the injured knee as his focus for the match and it played into the finish. T-Bar wasn’t 100% and couldn’t follow through with some of his move set like High Jutsice.

Azeez tried to swipe T-Bar’s knee but missed, but it was enough of a momentary distraction for Crews to regroup and hoist him up for the samoan drop for the win.

Tommaso Ciampa defeated Cedric Alexander (w/ Shelton Benjamin) (7:40)

Ciampa continued his run of wins on Main Event in a really strong match with Alexander. This is one to check out if you can.

The Hurt Business have been on this show for the last few months having consistently good matches, either as singles or as a tag team and this one was no different.

The fact that there is no spot for this kind of match on Raw, is inexplicable. It also stands to reason that they should link Ciampa up with someone else so that they don’t get have to send Benjamin all the way to TV to just stand in Alexander’s corner for a match that gets very limited eyes on it.

Ciampa took the early going for the commercial break with Benjamin trying to interfere. When the ref had had enough of his antics, he sent him to the back. Ciampa waved goodbye, but it was all a rouse and allowed Alexander to get the upper hand.

There was a great little moment at the end where Ciampa had kicked out of the Michinoku Driver but was looking done for. Alexander went for the Neutralizer, but Ciampa rose quickly and slide in to hit Alexander with a baseball slide to the face. From there, Ciampa hit a running knee strike and was able to use the Fairytale Ending to get the win.

This was a really good match by the end and one that the crowd was getting into as well.

Final Thoughts:

Two good matches this week with Ciampa and Alexander having a match that is actually worth going out of your way to check out if you can. That said, all four of these wrestlers can now be considered regulars on Main Event, which is not a label that anyone wants.