WWE Main Event results: Akira Tozawa vs. Mustafa Ali

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Last week’s WWE Main Event was taped at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, before Monday’s Raw. It was a fun episode that showcased some strong wrestling.

While we didn’t get the weekly fresh face from WWE NXT, the quality was strong with both matches really well put together. If they did this all over again next week, there would be no complaints from me.

Piper Niven defeated Dana Brooke (5:57)

This was a good, solid match. Brooke is always good value these days and she and Niven worked really well together here.

This was Niven’s first appearance on Main Event since she changed her moniker from Doudrop. Last time out back in August 2022, she teamed up with Nikki ASH in a winning effort against Brooke and Tamina.

After the early exchanges, Brooke was shaking her left arm that she hurt when Niven used a splash to the corner. Niven nailed Brooke with a modified tombstone, dropping her onto her shoulder. Niven then used a cobra clutch.

Brooke fired up with a cartwheel into a back elbow and bulldog for a two count. Brooke couldn’t hit a suplex and Niven countered into a small package for another nearfall.

After Brooke kicked out of a Michinoku Driver, she caught Niven on the top rope and managed to hit a power bomb for her own near fall. The crowd really popped for both the move and the kick out.

In the end, Niven caught Brooke as she charged and used a swinging side slam to get the job done. Credit where it’s due: this was a good opener.

Mustafa Ali defeated Akira Tozawa (7:07)

This was also a good match between two performers who are usually never bad in the ring. Ali worked really effectively as a heel and created lots of sympathy for Tozawa in the process.

This was the third time these two have faced off on Main Event and over the years, it has always been Ali that has come out on top. This was no different.

Tozawa is such an underrated performer — always giving his best and always playing whatever role they need him to portray with aplomb.

They went back and forth in the early going with the crowd quite invested. We went quite early to the commercial break after Tozawa nailed Ali with a rolling cannonball off the apron to the floor.

After the break, Ali started to really work on Tozawa’s left leg. He dodged a charge into the corner and Ali took a really great looking bump into the second turnbuckle to give Tozawa the hope.

Tozawa grabbed a near fall from a German suplex and then Ali tried a roll-up, using the ropes to get leverage. The ref was about to count to three but spotted the infringement at the last second.

The finish was really clever as the way it played into how Ali had worked over Tozawa’s leg throughout was creative. Ali used the 450 splash and landed it on Tozawa’s legs followed by a half Boston Crab to get the win.