WWE Great Balls Of Fire 2017: Every Match Ranked From Worst To Best

2. Cruiserweight Title: Neville (c) Vs. Akira Tozawa

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Result: Neville crotches Tozawa on the ropes and kicks him in the stomach in order to score the pin (11:35).

Rating: It's a shame this wasn't on the actual PPV, but as far as pre-show matches go it was very good for the most part.

The result wasn't exactly a surprise, but such is the nature of putting title bouts on the kick-off show. The pacing was surprisingly slow, but it was allowed to go a decent length and delivered certainly no less than a TV-caliber match.

That final sequence was really underwhelming, though, and while Neville's desperate heel tactics made sense, it was such a boring and unimaginative way to close things out. 6/10

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