Kiana James def. Ivy NileJames didn't appear on the Raw following her call-up, but she did appear in a backstage segment with Adam Pearce this week. I know she has a businesswoman gimmick, but I have no interest in seeing her as Pearce's assistant. I still think she was called up prematurely, but putting her in the ring where she can continue to improve makes more sense. It was noted on commentary here that Nile has beaten James twice in the past in NXT but that James gave Nile has last televised singles loss on NXT prior to her call-up. Thus, they have that built-up chemistry from their previous encounters and this ended up being decent.
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Blackpool Combat Club (IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Jon Moxley and Bryan Danielson) def. ROH World Television Champion Kyle Fletcher and Jeff CobbAs I've said before, I have no idea why Fletcher is still ROH World Television Champion if he continues to eat as many losses as he does on AEW TV. It's practically a prop at this point. At any rate, this was an enjoyable opener. They tried to make it Anarchy in the Arena-esque with the chaotic start, which I'm not a fan of personally, but the rest of this was well wrestled. It was cool to see Cobb on AEW TV again, too. Post-match, Konosuke Takeshita attempted to attack Danielson and Moxley before Claudio Castagnoli made the save.
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Sol Ruca def. Izzi Dame to Qualify for the NXT Women's North American Championship Ladder Match at BattlegroundI don't have much faith that Dame is going to do much on her own now that her tag team partner Kiana James has been called up to Raw. She held her own here, but Ruca has a much higher ceiling and is further along in her development, so she was the right choice to qualify. I'm stoked to see what she can do in a Ladder match. They had a perfectly passable match and the out-of-nowhere finish looked awesome as always.
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