{"id":139077,"date":"2022-05-07T11:45:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T16:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=139077"},"modified":"2022-05-06T23:50:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T04:50:09","slug":"wwe-main-event-tv-report-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/05\/07\/wwe-main-event-tv-report-3\/","title":{"rendered":"5\/4 WWE MAIN EVENT TV REPORT: Ciampa vs. Apollo Crews, Azeez vs. T-Bar, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1999447474\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><h3>WWE MAIN EVENT TV REPORT<br \/>\nMAY 4, 2022<br \/>\nHULU STREAMING TV<br \/>\nREPORT BY MIKE F. MEYERS, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\">WWE<\/a>\u00a0Main Event Announcers: Byron Saxton, Kevin Patrick<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>REASONS TO WATCH\u2026<\/h3>\n<p>Historic 501st episode of Main Event<\/p>\n<p><strong>(1) COMMANDER AZEEZ vs. T-BAR<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The wrestlers slowly squared off, measuring one another. This gave the announcers time to gush over their sizes. Finally they locked up and Azeez shoved T-Bar hard into a corner. T-Bar walked it off a bit, then applied a side headlock. Azeez simply lifted T-Bar off his feet and threw him toward the ropes. T-Bar landed clubbing forearm blows, then blasted Azeez in the face with a front kick. Azeez absorbed a big clothesline, then another, but wouldn&#8217;t go down. Instead, he took T-Bar down with a big boot to the face.<\/p>\n<p>T-Bar held his jaw on the mat until Azeez lifted him to his feet and landed a couple shots. He kicked at T-Bar in the corner, then whipped him back-first into said corner. T-Bar landed body blows from his knees, but Azeez scooped and slammed him to the mat. Azeez slowly lifted T-Bar by his jaw, only to clothesline him back to the mat. Azeez went for a one-handed cocky pin, but T-Bar kicked out at one. Azeez applied a chin lock.<\/p>\n<p>T-Bar broke free, but remained on the mat. Azeez held him down with a boot to the throat, then got him to his feet. T-Bar booted Azeez in the face and hit two clotheslines and a couple strikes. T-Bar ducked a clothesline and finally took Azeez off his feet with a diving clothesline. He covered Azeez for two. T-Bar climbed to the top rope and took flight but Azeez caught him by the throat and hit the Nigerian Nail. He slammed T-Bar to the mat and covered for three.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Commander Azeez by pinfall in 6:50.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Meyers\u2019s Analysis: A lot of selling from T-Bar in this one, nothing else special. The announcers explained that Apollo crews didn&#8217;t accompany Azeez to the ring because he has his own match later this show. Likewise, Azeez would not be present for Crews&#8217;s match later on.)<\/em><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2986248620\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>-Main Event recap session:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Replay of Rousey \/Charlotte \u201cBeat the Clock Challenge\u201d from Smackdown<\/li>\n<li>Replay of McIntyre \/ Reigns in-ring confrontation from Raw<\/li>\n<li>Replay of Styles vs. Priest from Raw<\/li>\n<li>Replay of Morgan, Asuka, &amp; Belair vs. Ripley, Deville &amp; Lynch from Raw<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>(2) APOLLO CREWS vs. CIAMPA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ciampa controlled Crews early with a wrist lock and drove him face-first to the mat. Crews got to his feet and reversed into a headlock. He ran the ropes and knocked Ciampa down with a shoulder block, then Ciampa took Crews to the mat with an arm drag before applying an arm bar. He twisted on Crews&#8217;s arm, but Crews pushed him backward into a corner. Ciampa hit a reverse elbow and ran the ropes, but Crews knocked him down with a clothesline. Ciampa tossed Crews to the floor through the ropes. Crews landed on his feet and quickly jumped onto the ring apron, but Ciampa already had a running start for a knee strike that knocked Crews to the floor. We cut to break.<\/p>\n<p>Back in the ring, Crews gained the upper hand by dropping Ciampa back-first onto his shoulder. He fired Ciampa into the turnbuckles, then hit a backbreaker and covered for two. Crews applied a bear hug from behind. Ciampa got to his feet and broke free, then knocked Crews down with back-to-back clotheslines. He splashed Crews in the corner before hitting a flying clothesline. Crews dodged a knee strike in the corner, then hit Ciampa with an enziguri. Ciampa escaped from a gorilla press and planted Crews with an inverted DDT, then covered for two.<\/p>\n<p>Ciampa went for the Fairytale Ending, but Crews reversed out and hit a standing moonsault before covering for two. Crews scooped Ciampa, but Ciampa broke free and rolled Crews up for a two-count. He slugged Crews in the face, then delivered the Fairytale ending. Ciampa covered for three.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: Ciampa by pinfall in 6:00.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Meyers\u2019s Analysis: Decent, fast-paced back-and-forth action. The announcers attempted to tell a story of Crews working on Ciampa&#8217;s back, which began when Crews fired him into the turnbuckles with an amazing sound. It looked and sounded cool but didn&#8217;t play a big role in the rest of the match.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOW SCORE (0-10): 7.6<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-498324024\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><em>Find Mike Meyers on Twitter: @themikeshow42<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>NOW CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S MAIN EVENT REPORT:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/05\/03\/wwe-main-event-tv-report-2\/\">4\/27 WWE MAIN EVENT TV REPORT: 500th episode, Street Profits vs. Hurt Business, Morgan vs. A.S.H, more<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1406748178\"><div id=\"pwtor-1438878124\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>WWE MAIN EVENT TV REPORT MAY 4, 2022 HULU STREAMING TV REPORT BY MIKE F. 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