4. 'Cien'
Just days removed from his SmackDown Live! squash debut, Andrade Almas was again in confident form as he took apart Sin Cara in a match substantially better than it had any right to be.
Almas made a fine crash pad for Cara in the early stages, with a couple of crowd-pleasing lucha spots filling the time before his inevitable succumbing to the former NXT Champion's hammerlock DDT. Cara sold that well too, helping further establish 'Cien' as a contender on the blue brand following his remarkable turnaround in Orlando.
On duty and on point, Zelina Vega's brief interference was a reminder of her key role in his continued success and reflected the company's interest in them as an act to be kept together unlike similar erroneously split pairs.
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