Leighty’s WWE Main Event Review 2.06.25

-Announce Team: Blake Howard and Vic Joseph
-Taped: Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse

Natalya vs. Sonya Deville (w/ PFC)

-Well, this is awkward since we know Sonya is done with WWE as they are not renewing her contract. Good to see she got one final match at least. I forgot Sonya was on the season of Tough Enough I recapped for 411 many years ago. Nattie gets a baseball slide, but takes a few minutes to keep track of PFC and Sonya makes her pay with a running kick. PFC get some shots in before sending Nattie back into the ring. Sonya works her over in the corner with strikes and kicks and then hooks a reverse chinlock on the mat. Nattie to her feet, so Sonya yanks her down by the hair. Suplex is blocked and Nattie gets a small package for two. Sonya goes back to the reverse chinlock as the crowd rallies behind Nattie. She escapes the hold, and we get them trading strikes. Sonya gets a spin kick, but runs into a discus clothesline for two. Sharpshooter, but blocked and they trade pin attempts. Sonya avoids a slam, and gets a Fisherman’s Suplex without holding the bridge. So, not Perfect! Nattie goes for a Sharpshooter for a third time and PFC gets on the apron. Sonya tries a roll-up, but Nattie counters into one of her own for the pin at 4:51.

Winner: Natalya via pin at 4:51
-Seemed a little clunky at times and there is a clear formula with Nattie matches that I have noticed. That is bound to happen when this is her fourth match on this show in six weeks. *1/2

-Royal Rumble recap video. That SPEAR on SPEED was nasty! WWE is great at hyping their own stuff.

-Peacock commercials!

-WrestleMania Week! Vegas!

-Back to RAW as Jey Uso celebrates his Rumble win with the fans and before he can pick the Champion he wants to face, GUNTHER is here. GUNTHER is disappointed as facing Jey at Mania doesn’t appeal to him. Jey can’t lace his boots and beating him won’t add anything to his legacy. Beating Cena, Punk, or Roman would have added to his legacy. He promises every week will be hell for Jey if he chooses him and he will hurt him and put him down like a diseased dog. I am fine with these two facing each other though I guess it’s not official.

-Peacock commercials!

-Shop WWE for shirts and belts!

-Back to The Royal Rumble as AJ Styles returned and with his original music.

-Back to RAW as that segues into Adam Pearce announcing that AJ Styles was the final deal as part of the transfer window. Cathy Kelley total smoke show here as well!

-Back to RAW as Charlotte gets her time to celebrate winning The Royal Rumble and she gets booed out of the building. Rhea Ripley interrupts and these two obviously have history at WrestleMania. They can tease is, but I can’t see them running this match again. Putting them in separate matches would make for a stronger card. Rhea wants Charlotte to pick her though and mentions she beat her the last time they faced at Mania. Charlotte brings up she beat Rhea the first time they met at Mania. Charlotte makes no decision as she wants to go to NXT and SmackDown.

-Peacock commercials!

-Elimination Chamber! Toronto! March 1st!

-Back to The Royal Rumble as CM Punk eliminates Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins and then gets eliminated by Logan Paul. Funny enough, the previous night Punk took a shot at Kevin Owens for losing to Logan Paul. Back to The Rumble as Seth goes crazy and Curb Stomps Roman on the ring steps. It seems we are getting a 3 Way at Mania out of all of this. I assume that would close Night One and then Cena/Cody would close Night Two.

American Made (The Creed Brothers) (w/ Ivy Nile) vs. Alpha Academy (w/ Maxxine)

-None of these six were released at least. Otis, who the crowd loves, starts with Julius. To the corner and Julie pie-faces Otis. That doesn’t work as Otis runs him down and Brutus comes in to get run over as well. Whip to the corner, but Julius gets a knee up to stop a splash. Tag to Brutus and he works Otis over in the corner while Julius knocks Tozawa off the apron. Otis hits a shoulder tackle on both Creeds and then uses Tozawa as a weapon, which makes Tozawa dizzy. Otis benches Tozawa and tosses him to the floor on the Creeds as we take a break at 2:19.

-45 seconds of Peacock commercials!

-Next Saturday: NXT Vengeance Day! Washington DC!

-Back at 3:43 with Julius holding Tozawa in a chinlock as we see Julius turned Tozawa inside out with a clothesline during the break. Tag to Brutus and that lets Tozawa get in a desperation shot and the hot tag is made to Otis. He runs wild and hits Julius with a sick clothesline. Caterpillar to Brutus, but Julius makes the save. Tozawa is back in as all four men battle. Splash to Brutus! Julius hits a spinebuster on Otis, but Tozawa is the legal man up top. Ivy sends Maxxine into the post on the floor which distracts Tozawa. Julius hits a pop-up suplex and Brutus comes off a different corner with a moonsault for the pin at 6:34.

Winners: American Made via pin at 6:34
-Solid tag match, but rather short as it ran just over 4 minutes if you take out the commercial break. **1/4

-Back to The Royal Rumble as at the Press Conference, John Cena named himself as a participant in The Elimination Chamber because it is best for business if he is in The Main Event of WrestleMania and wins a World Title.

-Peacock commercials!

-Back to RAW as CM Punk and Sami Zayn did battle for the first time ever in an Elimination Chamber qualifying match. Very good match as you would expect between these two. CM Punk gets the win and shakes hands with Sami after the match. A battered Kevin Owens attacks Sami from behind (and knocks Punk to the floor) and hits A PACKAGE PILEDRIVER! Cool! Sami vs. KO at Mania should be great and I would assume they will get more time than their Mania 37 Match.

-Thanks for reading!

6.0

The final score: review Average

The 411

Just a standardly average Main Event, which has been common since they moved away from the NXT vs. RAW format. We may be getting some new faces on the show as just going by the matches this year we have lost some familiar faces. Isla Dawn, Sonya, and AOP have all been fired/not resigned and Chance, Carter, and Vega were moved to SmackDown. Guess we will see!