Joaquin Wilde def. Raul Mendoza
Following Raul Mendoza’s victory against Joaquin Wilde last week on WWE 205 Live—thus giving them each a victory against one another—the highly competitive rivalry was ripe for a rubber match.
As soon as the opening bell sounded, Mendoza charged forward and took down Wilde with a dropkick. Wasting little time, Mendoza attacked with ferocity and used his size advantage to keep Wilde grounded. Intense and highly aggressive, Mendoza continued to apply pressure to his opponent, preventing the cosmic Superstar from any offense.
Wilde eventually battled back, countering his opponent’s hold before delivering a kick and mounting an effective offense that allowed him to pull Mendoza off the second rope into a powerbomb. Fired up, Wilde followed his opponent to the outside of the ring, taking him down with a huge hurricanrana and bringing the WWE Universe to their feet.
Displaying his own aggressive offense, Wilde continued to press forward — but ascending the ropes allowed Mendoza time to recover. Exchanging blows on the top rope, neither Superstar could maintain a strong advantage. However, Mendoza took a moment to shout “you are no better than me” in Wilde’s face before attempting a high-risk maneuver.
The gamble didn’t pay off for Mendoza as Wilde countered into a hurricanrana off the top rope. Despite the jaw-dropping maneuver, Wilde was still unable to score a victory and the battle continued. Striking back and forth in the center of the ring, both Superstars grew more and more frustrated as neither could secure a victory.
Turning up the pace of the contest, both Superstars traded momentum until Wilde managed to reverse a moonsault before executing The Wilde Thing and finally scoring the pinfall.
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