5 Ups & 6 Downs From WWE WrestleMania 38 (Night 2)

1. RKBro Win Great Spotfest

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While perhaps not as ballistic as the Tag Team Title Triple Threat from Raw's 7 March episode, RK-Bro's triumph over Alpha Academy and The Street Profits opened WrestleMania 38's second half with an almighty bang.

This was a pure popcorn match. A total spotfest, it was all about eliciting a sugar rush from the crowd with tight, well-executed sequences, cutoffs, and stunts. There was no effort at crafting a grander story here, which worked to the match's benefit. Sometimes, you just want to throw an entire share size bag of Skittles down your throat, not a $60 steak.

Montez Ford was particularly impressive in the way he threw himself around the ring here, while Otis and Chad Gable did a great job of trying to spoil everybody's fun with their cutoffs. Elsewhere, drama came through a close two-count following Street Profits' awesome Doomsday Brainbuster, RK-Bro hitting simultaneously rope-hanging DDTs to the crowd's delight, and Riddle's incredible springboard RKO to Ford, who was perched on the top turnbuckle for a Frog Splash.

Randy Orton scored the win for his team, nailing Gable with an RKO as the Alpha man flew from the top rope. His friendship and appreciation for Riddle now truly at the forefront, the veteran deserves immense credit for reinventing himself in this role, whatever happens next.

It's a shame that the post-match angle featuring Gable Steveson suplexing Chad didn't land, but we can't have everything.

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