WWE TLC 2018: Star Ratings For All 12 Matches
10. Fabulous Truth Vs. Mahalicia - Mixed Match Challenge Final
And the hot opener to the TLC pay-per-view proper started with...Jinder Mahal trapping R-Truth in a rest hold.
There's no real point in analysing the wrestling portion of this match. This wasn't really about wrestling, but Vince McMahon-patented sports entertainment! Also, since Carmella and Alicia Fox did something that doesn't really qualify as wrestling, it seems harsh to judge it as much. This match existed as a bit of fun, not that it should have set the tone of WWE's second-most violent night of the year - nor should it have taken place on pay-per-view at all.
R-Truth and Carmella danced, as did the Singh Brothers, and then R-Truth danced with the wrong person - and yet, he made it through WWE's strict concussion testing protocol where Daniel Bryan did not. R-Truth and Jinder did more very basic stuff, which was better than Carmella and Alicia's amateurish stuff, but in spite of itself and in spite of everything, this warmed the crowd and passed by without causing too much offence.
Your enjoyment of this rested on the extent to which you can stomach WWE's comedic stylings. If nothing else, R-Truth's brand of fun is infectious even to those immune from it.
Star Rating: *1/2