4 Ups & 5 Downs For WWE Wrestlepalooza 2025 (Results & Review)

2. Married Couples Go For Ga-Ga, And It Works

Wrestlepalooza’s mixed tag match was always going to be about AJ Lee’s return to the ring after a 10-year absence, but all four wrestlers managed to stand out in a match that was more performance than wrestling.

CM Punk and Seth Rollins dominated the first half of the match, with Becky Lynch getting a ton of cheap shots on Punk while Lee seethed on the apron. After a few false tags, AJ entered the match and things picked up – and broke down. The tag contest essentially became a tornado match, with all four in the ring at the same time, and the men and women constantly mixing it up. If you’re a stickler for the rules, you probably hated this and threw something at the television.

The male/female interactions were carefully constructed, with the men never hitting the women, but Rollins tripped AJ, and Punk briefly tied Lynch in a Sharpshooter after she did the same to him. Lee also hit a stomp on Rollins and locked him in a Black Widow.

As for AJ’s return, she had some moments that looked a bit off – her windmill punches on Becky and Seth were cartoonish – but she got much more comfortable as the match wore on. Even her Black Widows – she locked in three of them – got better as the match continued. She was very late on a Manhandle Slam kickout, too, but overall, this should be regarded as a success. It was great fun, and Seth and Becky stooged it up just enough, while also still looking like champions in defeat.