{"id":69547,"date":"2018-11-11T13:12:55","date_gmt":"2018-11-11T19:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=69547"},"modified":"2018-11-11T13:12:55","modified_gmt":"2018-11-11T19:12:55","slug":"10-25-wwe-main-event-report-the-revival-vs-bobby-roode-chad-gable-jinder-mahal-vs-zack-ryder-reigns-announcement-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/11\/11\/10-25-wwe-main-event-report-the-revival-vs-bobby-roode-chad-gable-jinder-mahal-vs-zack-ryder-reigns-announcement-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"10\/25 WWE Main Event Report: The Revival vs. Bobby Roode &#038; Chad Gable, Jinder Mahal vs. Zack Ryder, Reigns announcement recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-273033964\" 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 #317<br \/>\nOCTOBER 25, 2018<br \/>\nAIRED ON WWE NETWORK<br \/>\nREPORT BY MIKE MEYERS, PWTORCH CONTRIBUTOR<\/h3>\n<p><em>Announcers: \u00a0Nigel McGuinness, Vic Joseph, and Percy Watson<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>REASONS TO WATCH\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Nigel&#8217;s fascination with Samir Singh.<br \/>\n&#8211; Gable&#8217;s high-flying energy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>(1) JINDER MAHAL (w\/ Singh Brothers) vs. ZACK RYDER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vic made sure to mention Mahal&#8217;s &#8220;historic WWE title run&#8221; during his entrance. \u00a0Ryder mugged for the crowd as he approached the ring, wearing a bizarre vest \/ spiked armor apparatus, complete with dangling chains. \u00a0Percy commented on his &#8220;new look.&#8221; \u00a0Mahal and the Singhs glared and pointed at Ryder, but then transitioned into the smiling, peaceful zen pose when Ryder entered the ring. \u00a0Ryder struggled to get a &#8220;woo&#8221; chant going as the bell rang.<\/p>\n<p>Mahal struck first with a front kick to Ryder&#8217;s abdomen, followed by an elbow to Ryder&#8217;s back. \u00a0Mahal struck Ryder&#8217;s face with a closed fist, and whipped Ryder into the ropes, but Ryder delivered a face plant to Mahal on his rebound. \u00a0Mahal trotted awkwardly to the corner, followed by Ryder. \u00a0Ryder mounted Mahal using the middle rope, and began the classic 10-count punches, but became distracted by Sunil at ringside after only three punches. \u00a0I will be forever unfulfilled due to this interruption. \u00a0As Ryder&#8217;s attention was directed toward Sunil, Mahal slithered out of the corner and delivered a chop block to the rear of Ryder&#8217;s left knee, sending him to the mat.<\/p>\n<p>Using the ropes for leverage, Mahal landed three big knee drops to Ryder&#8217;s chest before grinding his knee into Ryder&#8217;s throat as the referee counted to a rope break. \u00a0Mahal broke the hold, and did more zen posturing as Ryder got to his knees. \u00a0Mahal delivered a clubbing blow to the back of Ryder&#8217;s head, and then landed a knee to Ryder&#8217;s back before applying a rear chinlock. \u00a0The crowd started a very mild &#8220;woo&#8221; chant as Ryder got to his feet and punched Mahal in the gut. \u00a0Mahal pushed Ryder backward against the ropes, and hit a reverse elbow on the rebound to send Ryder to the mat again. \u00a0More zen posturing.<\/p>\n<p>As Zack was on his back, Mahal bounced once off the ropes and dropped his knee on Ryder&#8217;s chest. \u00a0Mahal walked away, then decided to double back not for another move, but for a pin. \u00a0Ryder kicked out at two. \u00a0Ryder crawled to the edge of the ring and draped himself over the middle rope, inviting Mahal to use his leg to choke Ryder against said rope. \u00a0The Singhs taunted Ryder from ringside as the referee called for another rope break. \u00a0This shot of the Singhs led to the line of the night, by Nigel: \u00a0&#8220;The great comeback story of 2018: \u00a0The return of Samir Singh. \u00a0Samir Singh had an injury that would&#8217;ve put most people in the morgue.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3980009950\" 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>Meanwhile, Mahal had Ryder in the middle of the ring again, and applied another rear chinlock. \u00a0Ryder got to his feet, but Mahal used leverage and a side headlock to force Ryder back to the mat in what could&#8217;ve passed as a legit wrestling maneuver. \u00a0Nigel pointed out that Mahal comes from great breeding stock, and is the nephew of &#8220;Stampede Wrestling legend, Gama Singh.&#8221; \u00a0Ryder struggled and eventually got to his feet to deliver more body blows, and eventually a forearm to Mahal&#8217;s face. \u00a0Rider, finally free, attempted to whip Mahal into the corner, but Mahal reversed and Ryder did a hard belly flop after bumping into the corner back-first.<\/p>\n<p>Jinder slowly approached the prone Ryder, lifted him from behind by his hair, and planted a big elbow into Ryder&#8217;s head. \u00a0Another clubbing blow. \u00a0Then Mahal applied a chinlock \/ arm bar in the center of the ring. \u00a0Ryder got to his feet, more quickly than before, and escaped by blasting Mahal with a jawbreaker. \u00a0Ryder landed four punches, moving Mahal backward into a corner. \u00a0Ryder attempted another whip, and was again reversed into the corner. \u00a0As Mahal chased, Ryder lifted lifted both knees into the charging Mahal. \u00a0Mahal was stunned, and as he turned back toward the corner, Ryder scaled the second rope and landed a missile dropkick.<\/p>\n<p>Ryder delivered a forearm to Mahal in the corner, then lined up for the Broski Boot. \u00a0Mahal was barely yanked outof the way by Samir, leading to Ryder being hung up on the bottom rope. \u00a0Nigel indicated that Samir was &#8220;certainly earning his rupees here today.&#8221; \u00a0Mahal and Ryder struggled with one another across the ropes, with Ryder standing on the ring apron and Mahal in the ring. \u00a0Ryder somersaulted over Mahal and attempted a sunset flip, but Mahal grabbed hold of the ropes to prevent the move, then kneeled on Ryder&#8217;s shoulders for a pin attempt, but the referee noticed the rope leverage and stopped the count. \u00a0Mahal, distracted, let down his guard, allowing Ryder to complete the sunset flip for the pin and victory.<\/p>\n<p>WINNER: \u00a0Zack Ryder by pinfall.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Meyers\u2019 Analysis: \u00a0Nigel&#8217;s commentary was the highlight of this segment, and the match is skippable. \u00a0Mahal was clunky in the ring, and doesn&#8217;t seem to know what to do sometimes. \u00a0Three rest holds in a six-minute match is excessive.\u00a0 Despite how brief the match was, it feels like the wrestlers repeated a lot of its content.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>-Main Event recap session:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Replay of Roman Reigns&#8217;s leukemia announcement from Raw (edited with a dramatic music bed and slow motion cuts of Reigns and the audience)<\/li>\n<li>Replay of Shawn Michaels and Triple H&#8217;s promo, and\u00a0Undertaker and Kane&#8217;s pre-taped response from Raw<\/li>\n<li>Replay of Ronda Rousey-Nikki Bella contract signing for Evolution from Raw<\/li>\n<li>Match rundown for upcoming PPV Evolution<\/li>\n<li>Replay of Charlotte Flair-Becky Lynch brawl at Performance Center from Smackdown<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>(2) BOBBY ROODE &amp; CHAD GABLE vs. THE REVIVAL<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Nigel asked Vic about the &#8220;peculiar pairing&#8221; of Roode and Gable, Vic asserted that there&#8217;s nothing peculiar about it, and that Roode is a perfect mentor for Gable, and pointed out that Roode is a former NXT and United States champion. \u00a0Roode and Gable made simultaneous &#8220;glorious&#8221; poses at the song&#8217;s instrumental climax. \u00a0As the Revival made their entrance, Nigel indicated that they have being stringing together win after win.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3231828402\" 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>Roode started off against Wilder. \u00a0The two locked up at mid-ring, and exchanged a series of whips, arm drags, and shoulder blocks when Roode eventually went for a pin and Wilder frantically scrambled out before even a one-count, and retreated to his corner to pause the action. \u00a0Wilder appeared distraught, and received some whispered advice from Dawson on the apron. \u00a0Dawson eventually tagged in, and motioned to Gable on the apron, inviting him to be tagged in. \u00a0Dawson dropped to his knees and put his fists up, mocking Gable&#8217;s stature. \u00a0It should be noted that Dawson is only marginally larger than Gable. \u00a0Demonstratively up for the challenge, Gable tagged in.<\/p>\n<p>The two locked up in the center of the ring, and Dawson twisted and maneuvered Gable into a neutral corner. \u00a0The referee approached to break up the hold, and Dawson backed off cleanly, which Nigel described as an act of good sportsmanship. \u00a0The wrestlers fired off a series of rapid chain wrestling moves and pins, culminating with Gable applying an arm bar to to Dawson, who was face-down on the canvas. \u00a0Gable guided Dawson to his feet, allowing Dawson to use a handful of Gable&#8217;s hair to neutralize the arm bar and then blast Gable with a European uppercut, sending him rolling out to ringside. \u00a0Roode, like a standard WWE babyface ninny, completey turned his back on Dawson to ask if Gable was alright. \u00a0Dawson rewarded this foolishness with a clubbing blow to the backside of Roode&#8217;s head.<\/p>\n<p>Wilder dashed into the ring and the Revival began to double team the non-legal Roode by whipping him into his own corner. \u00a0Roode side stepped the charging Wilder, ducked a clothesline by Dawson, and made his way to his own corner. \u00a0With Roode as bait, the Revival approached the opposite corner, and were surprised with a missile dropkick from Gable who had scaled the corner behind Roode. \u00a0Gable and Roode delivered &#8220;stereo overhead tosses&#8221; to the Revival, who rolled out of the ring. \u00a0Gable and Roode made &#8220;glorious&#8221; poses as the Revival were stunned at ringside.<\/p>\n<p>After a break with no ad, order had been restored in the ring and Wilder had Gable trapped in a rear chinlock. \u00a0Strangely, the referee slapped the mat rhymithcally three times, not as a pin count, but seemingly to fire up Gable and\/or the crowd. \u00a0Gable struggled to his feet and landed three body blows, and inched toward his own corner. \u00a0Wilder, sensing this, headbutted Gable, knocking him to the mat toward the Revival&#8217;s corner. \u00a0Wilder lifted Gable by his arm while tagging in Dawson. \u00a0Gable escaped a double-team effort by the Revival, crawling through Dawson&#8217;s legs, then leaped at the side-by-side Revival, who caught Gable in midair. \u00a0The Revival suspended Gable momentarily before Gable defied physics and delivered a double-DDT to the duo. \u00a0Gable got to his feet and made a leaping tag to Roode.<\/p>\n<p>Roode clotheslined Dawson twice to the mat, then knocked a lurking Wilder off the aprong to the ringside. \u00a0Roode chopped Dawson&#8217;s chest in the corner before whipping him into the ropes and delivering a back body drop. \u00a0Wilder found himself in the ring for some reason, so Roode clotheslined him in the corner, and did the same to Dawson in the opposite corner. \u00a0Roode, from the second turnbuckle, attempted the Blockbuster but the Revival ducked, causing Roode to land hard, flat on his back. \u00a0Gable entered, and removed Wilder from the ring with a unique hurricanrana over the top rope, and followed up with a tumbleweed senton onto Wilder on the floor.<\/p>\n<p>Gable, in sort of a victory trot, ran around the corner of the ring to be met with a big clothesline from Dawson. \u00a0Dawson then scrambled into the ring, but Roode was waiting and executed a main event (Main Event?) spinebuster to Dawson. \u00a0Roode covered for a two-count. \u00a0Roode performed his hand-twirling gestures and indeed got much of the crowd to yell &#8220;Glorious!&#8221; \u00a0Roode front-kicked Dawson, but Dawson pushed Roode into the corner, backed up, charged in with a clenched fist but Roode used the corner for leverage and gave Dawson dual big boots. \u00a0The two wrestlers then had an awkward exchange: \u00a0Roode missed a chop, Dawson went for a punch but pulled it for some reason while Roode ducked anyway, then Dawson went for a DDT and landed hard on his back while Roode did not go with him, holding the rope to prevent the landing. \u00a0Strange looking sequence resulting from what appeared to be a miscommunication.<\/p>\n<p>Gable tagged in, unbeknownst to Dawson, who had pinned the now non-legal Roode. \u00a0Gable locked his arms around the baffled Dawson from behind, maneuvered him face-first into the corner, then executed his backward somersault into a German suplex for the pin and three-count.<\/p>\n<p>WINNERS: Bobby Roode and Chad Gable by pinfall.<\/p>\n<p><em>(Meyers\u2019 Analysis: \u00a0A standard tag match. \u00a0It&#8217;s refreshing to see Gable&#8217;s high-energy moveset against the Revival. \u00a0Bobby Roode was Bobby Roode. \u00a0Five minutes isn&#8217;t enough time for a compelling tag match.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SHOW SCORE (0-10): 6.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>FINAL THOUGHTS:<\/strong>\u00a0Nothing must-see on this episode. \u00a0Standard pre-Raw matches, with Chad Gable&#8217;s speed and energy being the highlight.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>CHECK OUT LAST WEEK&#8217;S REPORT:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2018\/11\/04\/10-18-wwe-main-event-report-top-reasons-to-watch-plus-no-way-jose-zack-ryder-vs-the-revival-rhyno-vs-konnor\/\">10\/18 WWE Main Event Report: Top reasons to watch, plus No Way Jose &amp; 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