10 Impulse Reactions Following WWE Great Balls Of Fire
8. Deprived Kingdom
Here's a regularly scheduled reminder that Neville is the best thing going today.
'The King of the Cruiserweights' remains the most consistently outstanding performer on the entire roster, with economic brilliance in his offence matched only by his cartoonishly evil mannerisms and the unflinching master of his realm.
Typically, his efforts were shunted to pre-show duties, but in the WWE Network era, the spot means substantially more than it used to. Now less required to sell a pay-per-view, the spot actually becomes something of an epilogue for the whole show. Garnering similar responses to the opening match, the first glimpse of high profile action generates a enthusiastic response from the crowd, which is something the division rarely receives buried in the middle of Monday Night Raw.
Though game, Akira Tozawa was a lamb to the slaughter on this show. The two may feud again over the summer months, mainly due to Neville's complete and utter dominance over everybody else in the division. This first encounter was little more than a public workout for the grizzly titleholder, but he still resulted to beautifully cheap methods in order to retain. Though Tozawa hit his impressive Senton Bomb late on, Neville had the wherewithal to roll out to the floor, briefly halting the challenger's momentum.
Then crotched by Neville over the top rope, the champion followed up with a hard boot to the ropes, further disabling Tozawa for the easy victory.