Champions vs. Challengers
Charlotte tags herself in after the bell rings. Charlotte backs herself into the corner tags Rusev back in. Reigns and Rusev locks up. Reigns drops Rusev with a shoulder tackle. Rusev responds with a spinning heel kick for a two count. Rusev with a series of right hands to Reigns in the corner. Rusev rams his knee across Reigns face. Rusev drops Reigns with a short-arm clothesline for a one count. Reigns uppercuts Rusev. Rusev drives his knee to the gut of Reigns.
Reigns explodes out of the ropes and clotheslines Rusev. Reigns connects with more haymakers. Reigns connects with a leaping lariat. Reigns with ten corner clotheslines to Rusev. Reigns with a running boot to the face of Rusev. Reigns sets up for the SuperMan Punch, but Charlotte grabs the leg of Reigns. Sasha drops Charlotte with a running forearm. Reigns tosses Rusev to the outside. Rusev applies a rear chin lock. Reigns with a big right hand to the jaw of Rusev. Rusev dropkicks Reigns for a two count.
Rusev encourages Reigns to tag in Sasha. Rusev with more clubbing blows to the lower back region of Reigns. Rusev suplex’s Reigns for a two count. Reigns drops Rusev with the SuperMan Punch. Sasha and Charlotte are tagged in. Sasha ducks a clothesline from Charlotte. Sasha with two flying lariats to Charlotte. Sasha follows that up with a dropkick. Sasha grabs Charlotte by her leg and lands a knee strike. Sasha with a double knee stomp to the chest of Charlotte. Sasha gets Charlotte trapped in the tree of woe. Sasha connects with the Double Knees for a two count. Sasha gets Charlotte trapped in the Bank Statement. Reigns drops Rusev with a massive Spear and Charlotte proceeds to tap out.
Finally, WWE gives us something to enjoy on Monday night. I want to talk about how entertaining the first segment was. Charlotte and Sasha both seemed to get ticked off at Rusev, who thinks his championship match is more important than theirs at WWE Hell in a Cell. For a split second, Charlotte plays up the face role to perfection. She gets right back into the face of Sasha, which I enjoyed. I wanted to see some progression from Rusev on the mic and the opening segment did not take too much time. As for the match, it was all about “The Boss.” It was a great tag team match and really entertaining to see. I felt the heels would win somehow, but Charlotte taps once again to the Bank Statement. They really let the women work with the men getting a few splash moves in between. Two segments were successful in developing the WWE United States and WWE Raw Women’s Championship matches, both going to be contested inside Hell in a Cell. Good booking decision on WWE’s end.
