WWE BASH IN BERLIN

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WWE BASH IN BERLIN

WWE Championship
Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens
This felt like a pretty generic big WWE match. The whole KO-not-pulling-the-trigger -angle was not something I cared about whatsoever. Owens wasn't compelling at all when briefly targeting Cody's mid-section & Cody's comebacks were hollow. Then the match is just soulless big move trading & nearfalls for the most part. Combine that with the mentioned silly drama. Very uninspiring overall. *1/2

Women's Tag Team Championship
Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn vs. Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill
Kind of exactly what one would expect I think. Nothing much & certainly not something anyone will remember, but it did its job. Solid hot tag by Cargill. *3/4

Strap Match
CM Punk vs. Drew McIntyre
Now this was more like it after the SummerSlam match! A very good dislike-fueled fight. Punk rocked it all the way through with his masterful selling & great moments on the offense. The only real fear going into this was that they would pack the match with the bracelet-melodrama, but they thankfully kept that to the minimum & had a sweet, pretty damn kick-ass grudge match. ***1/2

Liv Morgan & Dominik Mysterio vs. Rhea Ripley & Damian Priest
This was a fun tag number. Dominik is great at getting whooped, and I enjoyed him & Liv gaining momentum via heel tactics. Priest & Rhea were good at delivering an energetic beatdown, especially Priest. Even the Judgment Day shenanigans in the last third of the match were done really well and in a way that it added to the match. Fantastic crowd as well definitely added to it all. A good time! ***

World Heavyweight Championship
Gunther vs. Randy Orton
This was real good. Long & methodical, but it fit these two very well. The match built as it progressed with Orton displaying a great strategy with him compellingly going after Gunther's arm, which Gunther answered to by selling it big throughout & having to adjust his gameplan(s) on the fly. Now I will say the match took a while to get going, but once it did, it was just some really good, compelling wrestling perfectly fit to be wrestled for the Heavyweight Strap. ***1/2